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Every woman of society, says the Chi
ca r 0 chronicle, desires to be graceful on
ail occasions, but many find it extremely
difficult to master the art, while many
ary romfelled to acknowledge the impossi
yiity of accomplishing the task. One wo
man. who was far from graceful by natu
ral gift, hut who overcame all obstacles
w [he attainment of the coveted faculty,
te il ? now she did It. “All through my girl
bo£j i ' she says, "my mother lectured tne
u. my manifold awkwardness. My walk,
oiy carriage, my sitting down and stand
ing up were a series of angular movements,
simply intolerable to her artistic nature.
Bu it ne\er seemed to me that I could
beij, ii. 1 was 'made that way,’ and how
could 1 change?
-Well, one lay I chanced to read of an
mu-ess who always studied her parts be
fore a full-length mirror, in order to be
sure that her gestures were graceful. It
caught my attention in some way, and I
rhought of it many times in the next few
days. At last 1 came to a deliberate rrso
ju'ion that 1 would adopt her plan and see
what would come of it. Thereafter all inv
spare hours were passed in the drawing
rcom. w here tin re was a large pier glass.
I took my books there to read and chose
m old-fashioned armchair to sit In. At
fits- i nr n ly looked at my reflection after
1 was stated, and actually blushed at its
ungainly angles. Then I observed the fig
ure, approaching the mirror in short,
jerky steps. and blushed again, until I was
us dissatisfied with myself as my poor ,
mamma, and became absorbed in my en
deavor lo improve. 1 studied pictures and
copied their attitudes as closely as I could.
When 1 wu in to the theater 1 gave earnest
att.r.twa to tile movements of the act
resses in i when 1 went home tried to imi
tate them. ,
“1 am afraid that all this sounds as if I
had lieVe.uped into a most self-conscious
prig a;,! pusause, but I can acquit myself
of my such feeling. 1 was studying grace
of motion as one might study drawing,
and with no more egotism, but, indeed,
nos: hum-iie self-depreciation. I practised
war. imp- until I learned to correct the
;au!;s so clearly visible, in that inspiring
glass, until my limp spinal column ac
quire! aeif-rc iiance and firmness, and the
protruded chin drew back Into line. I
Prac'd " 1 walking on the line suggested
by a mere chance sentence In a novel :
'Sh“ walked with rather long, rhythmic
sifts as if to music,’ and studied the dif
ferent rhythms until I found one that
seemed to me most graceful.’’
It takes a long purse, says the New York
Pun. ;o iuiy fashionable flowers in mid
wmier. The rose is indisputably the queen
of flowers and the American Beauty un
qUf-stionalily the queen of roses. It holds
Ha own in popular favor from year to year,
and is consequently the most expensive
rose sold. The standard price for a long
stemmed American Beauty of the finest
quality is from $1 to *1.50, but prices shoot
upward “found holiday times like a sky
rocket. The man who sent his sweet
“a'u an American Beauty on Christmas
or .New Year's day paid $2.50, and in some
'uses a little more, for the privilege. If
p did the proper thing and sent her a
‘ e d °2on, it cost him just *32. If he
_ s t 0 Pay her the same beautiful little
untion to-day, he can do it at much less
fin i vow *'" buy a dozen of the
ne-t of these flowers that it is possible to
* ! - will get as many roses as
dollars, of such quality that the
differ edrt •’fobably would not know the
an i^ n "' ■' ll ' ,n S stem is as essential m
beauty as the color and qual
liirw h ' ‘’f-tals. The longer the stem the
wkiii, g ,° es ,ht ' price “P to the *1.59 notch,
,i_ '1 rea ‘*y standard in ordinary
t..‘i ' loose with short stems, say from
bourh. ,n tlghteen inches long, can be
■J?. as low as 73 cents each. The
,; 0s 'be florists call them, are Just as
as those on longer stems,
from B are k u° wn as stock roses retail at
when s * 10 a dozen at all times except
cSk,i rs are ln special demand, as at
like the t vn' K , asler ’ Perhaps a rose
Pirk rr bridesmaid, one of the loveliest of
bemmn ' may fio way U P ln P rlce and
Amerif n ‘ ore ox P en slve even than the
ttre'vin". Bß eauty; . auty; but this statc ot affalrs
Unit M 8 for rnore than a day.
rar„ l. Peop ' e do not know that New York
the Unft ? b £ Ut tw °-thlrds of the roses for
Krned h 1 blates ’ ° ne New Yorlc man
log- „ i lua last winter to his sorrow. He
"Do VO ,*T® and flayed Paying it.
> rosei, th m Ko,ng t 0 P a y W-60 for
io \L. b, ‘ 3ald - “'Veil I’m not. What
"'•lt until nk ‘ m made out of, money?
Mr the r® *r et down ln Florida and I’ll
bu,h t 's do; n <an 3ust p,ck ' em orr the
little „ r n there ’ they teU me. Have a
bfurlran n* a " d 1,1 P a >’ you with three
tout I guess they won’t
lth a chuckle. a " * quarter ’” he ® dd ed
Walted very amicably until
" V m 1 /n Jacksonville.
ittio .; vant m y fOM," she said, with a
*or 1 ?. '* cm Pbasls on each succeeding
Us not on. ' onvey ed the Impression that
". n , t , oaly wanted It, but would have it
bav.lt,’’ he replied, with
it-u r lKh ! ?'""*• , H * re ' s a flower store.
*nt." * and plck °ut any one you
h!;, 1 .! *‘ n d ° nicely.” she said suavely
'bow much7 W h‘ h a "*? tra I 01 '* tem.
kin i t . h .' he n ' ,kft(l of the girl be
out ***
'lt irne * lr ’" " he answered glibly.
bbly.TatSr ‘l r ** y from New Yor k in a
Rind'd', beaven ! Duped ! Robbed '
iiim.itp 1 ' Puncoed at last!” ex
'iiought If t ," Who wou,d ever hove
'ifigl. ro i ’ , o ' nf ty In long groen for a
n, u!; 3 '; an d here In the Land of Flow
ln C 'be rose* In v" 1 h v V ® " aVed tl by bu Y
-1086 'n New York."
toi'Tis**- ty * ,ay " tbe New Trl
iore or less on a wrong basis in
regard to the relations of men and women
to each other in a ball-room, and that
many clever and desirable persons of both
sexes are thereby deterred from attend
ing dances, has often been remarked, but
so long as selfishness and pride are the
corner-stones of the social structure, as
they undoubtedly are now-, there does not
seem to be much hope that things will be
otherwise. The women who could, if they
chose, after this state of affairs will never
do it, for the reason that they are too sat
isfied with the existing order of things,
whereby they engross the attention and
admiration of the majority of the men, to
change it. As it is now, however, a man
with a kind heart is almost at as great a
disadvantage in a ball-room as a shy and
partnerless girl.
A young lawyer of great intelligence and
many personal attractions said the other
day that he had been at one dance this
winter and that six horses could not drag
him to another. “The trouble with Jim,”
said a younger brother, whose chivalry
led him into no such difficulty, “is that he
enacts the knight errant, and does noth
ing but rescue distressed damsels, so, of
course, he has a stupid time.” And it
transpired upon investigation by his
amused family that the good-natured elder
brother had had only two partners during
the entire evening, both of whom had been
left sitting alone and disconsolate until
the modern Don Quixote had taken the
one forsaken maiden to supper and danced
the cotillion with the other.
Popular young women rarely reflect that
they might take a little Christian charity
with them into the ball-room. A girl who
is a favorite can do much to make shy,
awkward young strangers happy by a lit
tle friendly attention to their needs, but
it is astonishing how seldom such kindli
ness is shown.
“I felt like a pariah the other night,"
said a young girt from the country. ” I
partner for the cotilTlon, but none
for shpper, and it did not occur to me that
I needed or.e, especially, or that there was
any ordeal about it, until I heard the
march played and my partner, who had
an engagement, said: “Where shall I
take you?’ ‘Oh,’ said I, quite unconscious
of committing any solecism, ‘there Is
MollyB—; I can sit with her.’ To my sur
prise Molly, who must have heard me. and
whom I had always considered a friend,
turned her head and nearly her back, in a
manner that was unmistakable. ‘Then I
will sit by Alice A ,’ I exclaimed, in des
peration, but Alice, who had two men at
tending to her with assiduous devotion,
never gave me a glance as I came up, and
I could sefe plainly that I was not w-anted.
I felt quite miserable for a moment, as I
knew my partner was waiting to go, when
a nice-looking girl, whom I did not know,
made room for me beside her.
“ ‘Come and sit beside me,’ she said,
kindly, and I really felt thankful, where
upon a. man I knew well came up, and af
ter that 1 was all right.”
“Is there any harm ln dancing or in go
ing to balls?” asked a conscientious girl of
her rector.
“Not In the least, my child,” answered
the broad-minded clergyman. "If you take
your principles with you to the ball-room.
I know of no place where they can do
more good, and you can be as consistent a
Christian there as anywhere else.”
Counting Apple Seeds—
Beside the hearth one winter night
Made rosy by the great log's light
That, flaming up the chimney dark,
Hit every cranny, every nook,
Upon the rug a little maid
Sat curled, in pose demure and staid.
In pensive mood, with dreamy eyes
She sits, while up the chimney flies
A thought with every fiery spark
Glinting and flashing through the dark,
Till with a sigh profound and deep
She moves as one moves In her sleep.
A rosy apple In her hand
A weight of thought seems to demand
She taps It with a finger light,
Then carefully she takes a bite.
Another bite, now one, now two—
The core is thus exposed to view.
Another sigh! what can it he.
My little maid, that aileth thee?
Ah! What is this? Some incantation?
Muttered with such reiteration.
Hark! as each seed her bright eyes see,
These are the words that come to me :
“One I love, two I love,
Three I love I say!
Four I love with all my heart.
Five—l cast away.”
Here a tear rolls brightly down,
What the secret she has won?
Who can say? But Just behind
Sounds a voice so soft and kind:
“Book again' Thou must indeed
Find for me another seed!"
Rosier her bright cheeks glow
In the firelight’s ruddy glow.
Bure enough! n culprit seed
Finds she in the core indeed—
" From thy lips I fain would hear
W hat the sixth one means, my dear.”
“Six he loves,” she murmured low.
And the firelight’s flickering glow
Two happy faces now disclose.
With cheeks agiowing like the rose,
But here we'll let the curtain fall.
For the end is best of all.
—Sacramento Union.
New York, says the Tribune, Is not the
only city where the social relations are
greatly strained by the deadly quarrels
between reigning families—the Montagues
and the Capulets, the Gueiphs and the
Ghibelllnes, the Lancasters and Yorks. It
Is almost as difficult to gather together a
fairly big dinner party of smart peoplo
without bringing enemies Into undesirable
contact ln Boston or Philadelphia as it is
In Manhattan. 80, when Mrs. Bavolr
Faire, of Walnut street, had with Infinite
trouble and tact arrwnged for two enter
tainmentp on successive weeks, and had
purposely asked Mrs. Montague with the
Gueiphs and the Lancasters, all of whom
she knew were friends, It seemed to be the
THE MORNING NEWS: SUNDAY. JANUARY 17. 1897.
very irony of fate that the former should
mistake the night, and arrive like a bomb
shell, as it were, in the very camp of the
enemy. She came very late, and nearly
all the guests were assembled. Luckily,
a neutral friend of all parties, who knew
the dates and guests for the two dinners
of the opposing factions happened to be in
the dressing-room when Mrs. M came
in.
“My dear,” she said gently, “you have
made a mistake; you are a week too soon.”
“Impossible!" gasped the other.
“I assure you,” continued her friend,
“that it is a fact, the Capulets, and Yorks,
and all that set are here, and I know Mrs.
Savoir Faire told me she had asked you
next week.”
“What shall I do!” exclaimed Mrs. Mon
tague. “My carriage has gone, and Mr.
Montague came on earlier from his club.”
Just then their hostess rushed in. “Dear
Annie,” she cried, seeing that the latter
had found out her mistake, “of course you
must stay! I shall be utterly miserable if
you do not.” And so after no end of per
suasion the affair was arranged.
Mrs. Montague sat between her host and
the husband of the neutral lady, while
Mr. Montague occupied the same relative
position at the other end of the board,
there being literally no one else whom
they could talk to.
At arecent public function in this city,
says the Cleveland Leader, the attention
of a lady guest was drawn to the roseate
cheeks of one of the young matrons.
“Haen’t she a lovely complexion?” said
the admirer.
“Her cheeks are certainly red,” admitted
the lady guest.
“And yet I’m sure she never uses a hit
of rogue.” persisted the admirer.
“Y’et it is a suspiciously high color,"
quoth the doubting guest.
So she resolved to approach as close as
possible to the red cheeks and try and dis
cover the cause of their glowing suffusion
Pretty soon her opportunity came. She
came very close, indeed, to the rougeless
complexion, and had a chance to survey It
with minute care.
She noticed the skin was perfectly drawn
and puckered in two geometrically correct
circles, and it came to her ln a flash that
she knew the cause.
The woman had put small mustard plas
ters on her cheeks to redden them, and ln
this case she had left them on a little 100
long.
The value of the marinade or acid bath
is not half appreciated by any but French
cooks. Almost any salad foundation Is
the better for this sort of pickling. Beets
thoroughly boiled—this is imperative for
the processes of on quite a
new flavor if allowed to liq for an hour or
two in a mixture of two tablespoonfuls of
oil, one of vinegar, and a good pinch of
salt. This is for a small quantity, to be
proportionately increased for a larger dish.
Chicken is much improved by marinading
before being put with the celery and “ma
yonnaised” into salad. To marinade meats
a slightly different mixture is prepared.
Take one-third vinegar and two-thirds
water; add onion, garlic, if liked, and car
rots chopped fine; throw in a bay leaf,
some peppercorns, whole cloves and all
spice, and let the meat steep ln this over
night and until ready to be cooked the
next day. Mutton thus treated becomes
venison to even an educated palate. A
fillet of beef is always Improved by an
hour’s marinading before cooking.
No Change for Her—
If marriage is a lottery
And gambling is a crime.
How can a good girl hope to hear
The happy wedding chime?
—Philadelphia Record.
The “coming-out” reception, says the
New York Tribune, shows signs of be
coming less fashionable
A “tea" is supposed to be so general,
and society has attained such magnificent
dimensions that no ordinary private house
is capable of containing what used to be
known as the "Four Hundred.” So the
most exclusive women this year are hesi
tating about giving the world to under
stand in this fashion that their daughters
are “out.” A certain grande dame, it is
said, has expressed the general feeling of
her set by saying: “I really can-ot open
my doors to such a rabble.” She has
adopted a most sensible method, which
undoubtedly will become a precedent. She
has enclosed her own and her daughter’s
cards in envelopes and simply sent them
by post. This really gives the world all
the information that is necessary, namely,
that the girl is grown up and Is ready to
receive invitations. Some of the “teas” of
last year in moderate-sized houses were
crushes that were beyond description.
Certainly such an ordeal gives pleasure
to neither guests nor hostess, and It would
bo far better that the card system should
obtain vogue.
The Baltimore Herald tells a good story
of Bishop Paret (Episcopal), of that city.
Some time ago he was the guest of an
Episcopal family In Weat Virginia. Learn
ing from the bishop that he lßted hard
boiled eggs for breakfast, his Ixfeteaa went
to the kitchen to boll them herself. While
so engaged she began to sing the first
stanza of the hymn “Rock of Ages.”
Then she sang the second stanza, the
bishop, who was in the dining room, join
ing In. When It was finished thero was
silence, and the bishop remarked: "Why
not sing the third verse?” "The third
verse?" replied the lady, as she came Into
the dining room carrying the steaming
eggs; “ oh > not necessary.” "I
don't understand,” replied Bishop Paret.
"Oh! you see,” she said, "when 1 am cook
ing eggs, 1 always sing one verse for soft
boiled and two for hard-boiled.”
Mr*. Green, the rlcheet woman In Amer
ica. has been quoted recently as saying :
"My Idea of the new woman le the one
who etaye at home and makes homo
happy. Good food is the basis of happi-
ness; therefore, the wife, to make home
happy, should stop going to pink teas and
look after her cooking. I don’t care how
many girls a woman has in her kitchen,
she ought to be there herself occasionally
to look after things. She should lay down
her diamonds and knead dough once in a
while. Her husband s digestion will be
better for It—that is, if she learned how lo
cook, as she should have done before mar
rying, and he will stay at home nights,
instead of going to the elub. There is no
economy in buying cheap food. If you
haven’t much money don’t get a big as
sortment, but what you do get let it be
good. Hash has caused more divorces
than unfaithfulness.”
That sounds very womanly until one re
members that Mrs. Hetty Green's first and
last thought is money-making; In fact,
she winds up the Interview from which
the above is quoted with these words : ”1
don’t have a house because I want to be
able to go wherever I want to.”
The anecdote, says tha Now York Tri
bune, of the woman whose husband asked
her to hide the latchkey under the door
mat, so that he might find it on his return
at night, and who, to make things doubly
sure, stuck a card ijack of the bell plate
on which was written so that it could be
easily seen In the lamplight, “The latch
key is under the mat,” was probably a
mere fabrication.
Nevertheless, a lady told a story of her
maid at a dinner the other evening very
much like that one. The mistress was
stopping at a hotel, and expecting to be
out late told the maid not to wait, but to
leave the key of her trunk and jewel box
in the pocket of one of her gowns hanging
up in the closet (deeming that a safe
place) and that she would put away her
things herself.
On her return she found a placard pin
ned on her cushion on which was written
in large characters: “I have left the keys
on the trunk and Jewel box ln the pocket
of your green walking dress, which is
hanging up in the closet.”
It has been told, says the Detroit Free
Press, by the judge scores of times, but
within his circle it is one of the favorite
holiday stories, and he never tires of re
peating It
“My, how time files!” ivas his prelimi
nary musing. “Any one who was old
enough to be out doors alone in 1893 recalls
how horribly cold it was on the first day
of the year in this latitude. I was read
ing law with a good firm and engaged to a
daughter of one of the partners. I sup
pose that the prospect of finding an easy
way to a practice had something to do
with the matter, though I would not have
admitted it at the time. She seemed to
think, too, that her relationship gave her
a sort of proprietary interest in me. and
she was angry because I was going to
spend New Y'ear with my folks in the
country instead of with her In the city.
“Being unexpectedly detained at the of
fice, I did not reach the station nearest
home till the afternoon of the Ist. No
one met me because I had arranged a
surprise. Hiring a fast team and a cut
ter I was soon skimming over the glassy
road. Two miles out there was a bleak
stretch of country where the wind had a
clean sweep, and ahead of me 1 saw a
woman’s figure, swaying and staggering
in the pitiless blizzard. As I came up with
her she fell, and it was a (ead weight that
i placed in the bottom of the cutter
Throwing the robe over the unknown pas
senger I gave the excited horses their
heads, and It was with the long, low leap
of the greyhound that they carried us the
balance of the way. As we flew along,
the wind going through me like a knife, I
felt the woman's hands and then her
cheek. They were like marble and her
veil was frozen to her lips.
"Wrapping the robe closely about her,
I took her on my knees, chafea her hands,
pressed my cheeks to hers and prayed for
her life. She came through aii right and
of course, she’s my wife."
“They were one and the same. She had
learned my plans, took a train ahead of
me and walked toward my home, expect
ing me to overtake her. She had corre
sponded with my sister and expected lo
be her ’company.’ It was tne best piece of
courtship we ever did.”
“I have been a man a good many years
—more years than I care to tell—and I
have come to the conclusion that, if 1 were
a woman, I should consider few men, if
any, worthy of me.
"If X were a woman, I should expect a
triumphal arch erected over each door
through which I was about to pass, and
each floor strewn with flowers upon which
I was about to tread.
"This is what 1 would do.
“And if the men were to expect me to
return any gratitude to them for It—why,
that's just what I would not do.
"Max o*Rell.”
Everything, says the New Orleans
States, tnat is delightful Is dangerous, and
the woman friend, on account of the very
sympathy and understanding which makes
her such a comfort may become a source
of peril to the unwary, who are apt to con
fide too much. A cynic once said that the
only way to treat friends was to remem
ber that some day they might become
enemies. To do this would be to do away
with all friendship, all trust, ail that
makes love sweet and beautiful, but at
the same time there is a world of sound
advice in Burns’ admonition to "aye keep
something to yourself you scarcely ted to
any.” If the details of your private af
fairs,.your griefs, and trials, and Joys, and
hopes, are not to become public property
you must keep your own counsel, or else
trust someone for having more discretion
than you have yourself.
There arc many women capable of the
most exalted friendship, great of heart,
broad in sympathy, wise in counsel. Hav
ing found one of these, grapple her to
your heart with hooks of steel, but re
member that the truest friendship is all
the finer for its reserve. The heart that
turns out every thought end emotion for
our inspection is like a shallow box, of
which we soon tire, because we know all
Us contents. We like to feel that in the
soul of those nearest and dearest tq us
there are still depths which the plummet
of our love has never sounded, and scent
chambers, the opening of whose door may
some day flood our friendship with per
fume and light.
What a blessing, saya tho New York
Press, it would be to humanity If women
would take more pains to become ac
quainted with the proper food necessary
for th* physical requirements of their ram
ifies and the right method of cooking the
food!
That cooking is an art will not be ac
knowledged until women realize that, to
be a good cook, means more than merely
to be able to prepare a few palatable
dishes and dainty tld-bits; that It takes
year* of study and practice to understand
the culinary art theoretically and practi
cally is as yet scarcely apprehended.
Great results would be achieved If women
would pay as much attention to the edu
cation of their daughters in domestic af
fairs as they do in more ornamental direc
tions. Very often they spend large sums
of money in having their daughters edu
cated in professions for which they have
neither Inclination nor talent. Thus they
spend time and money foolishly which
could be used to a better advantage In
teaching them what is necessary for their
welfare and happlneaa.
Nearly every girl hopes to marry some
day and have her own home. But how Is
she going to conduct her home if she
ECZEMA TEN YEARS
Suffered Untold Agonies. Limbs
Swollen so Could Not
Get About.
Ablest Physicians Signally Failed.
Was Absolutely Disheartened.
Had Lost All Hope.
Gave CUTICURA a Trial Which
Resulted in Absolute and
Perfect Cure.
For ten years I suffered untold agonies from
that dread disease Eczema, my lower limbs
most of tbo time beiug so swollen and broken
out that I could hardly go about. 1 had to wear
Slippers so that I could move about at all. My
brother, a physician of thirty years’ practice
and extensive experience, had tried in vain
to effect a euro and signally failed. I tried
other physicians of splendid ability with like
results, add had reached that point where I
became absolutely disheartened, and in fact
had lost all hope, when a friend miter long
and continued persuasion) succeeded in in
ducing mo to at least give Cuthtra Reme
dies a trial. I shall never regret that 1 did
so, and until my dying day 1 shall sing the
praises of them. 1 used two cakes of Cirri
ouka Soap and two boxes of C'uticuba (oint
ment), and it resulted in an absolute and
permanent cure. I feel that I owe suffering
humanity the debt of at least, in my feeble
way, calling their attention to Uiy case and
absolute euro. I am now, 1 feel, perfectly
cured, sound as a dollar, amt the sweets of
lifearestill mine, thank God, and toCt ticuk a
Remedies 1 attribute my almost miraculous
cure. I refer all interested to the Postmaster
of this place, any of the ministers, the prom
inent business men, and all of the citizens of
our vicinity Indiscriminately, and especially
to my friend, John A. IS. Shij.pey, attorney at
law, who succeeded in persuading me to givo
Ct' ticuita Remedies a trial. With profound
gratitude, 1 remain your most euthusiastlo
admirer, DAVID M. SAIT, Plymouth, 111.
Dealer in Hardware, Stoves, etc.
Bpredt Cure Treatment vok all Bk;r and Blood
Btmors Warm bath* with Cdth-pha Soap. Rttiitl®
tpplicationa of CUTICUBA (ointment), the groat gkin cure,
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Sold throughout the world. Potter D. and C. Corp.,
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RED ROUGH HANDS by cuticjsa Sosr.**
knows nothing? Can a musician conduct
an orchestra if he has not studied music?
or can a man run a locomotive if he knows
nothing of engineering?
No more can a woman keep house prop
erly without knowledge of domestic
science.
Mothers injure their daughters by over
looking this important part of their edu
cation. We ail tire soon of useless orna
ments. A man soon tires of a wo
man who is nothing but an ornament.
Then (there are so many temptations out
side) a man is likely to leave his wife and
home. It is, therefore, necesssary that
every girl who wishes to marry and retain
the loyalty of her husband should be well
trained in housekeeping and cookery.
One can hardly enter a high-class Lon
don shop without noting not only the air
of distinction the attendants possess, but
their refined voices and manner. Refer
ring to this one day, the manager of a
large establishment said that the girls are
required to have all these qualifications,
and for the most part eomo from good
families, preferring this to the overcrowd
ed occupations of nursery, governess or
companion. There Is hardly much to
choose from in point of freedom, for all
the girls are obliged to live In a building
provided by and under the supervision of
the management. These homes are doubt
less comfortable, but the rules are ex
tremely strict. No masculine callers are
ever allowed, and the house Is closed
promptly at 10 o'clock. If a girl misses
the closing hour on throe occasions, no ex
cuse prevents a prompt dismissal. The
management claim that these rules neces
sitate their attendants to take a proper
amount of rest, anil probably the custom
ers find it to their advantage not to be
obliged to listen to an account of the iast
dance, or what “he said” or "she said,”
when they wish to be waited on.
The most expensive method of smarten
ing a plain velvet gown is to wear with it
one of the new girdles of precious metals.
The girdle is no relative of the belt, hut is
used in a manner altogether different. It
is formed of plates an inch wide and an
inch and a half long, linked together with
rings. The latest fancy Is to have one of
antique book-clasps, curiously worked by
the gold or silversmith. If the clasps
have been taken from some ancient missal
they probably show some tiny scene or ilg
ure from scriptural authorities or the lives
of the saints. In one or two cases a date
is found on the reverse of the ciasp. Of
course, these subjects can he copied by a
clever worker In metals, anil the desirable
look of antiquity can be given In a way
that makes it difficult to detect an origi
nal antique from adroit Imitation The
girdle chain is intended to be tacked
through the rings. In the middle of the
back, at the bodice, as far as possible be
low the waist line. On no account must
It be at the waist The girdle Is long
enough to pass over the shoulders. It
does not unclasp, but It may be said to ter
minate witli a bonboniere or pomundi r
box, which hangs far below the waist. In
front. The general effect produced is of
the girdle worn by generations of stage
Marguerites. It must look as If it were
about to fall off, but In reality the firm
stitching at the back of the corsage holds
it steady and perfectly secure.
Bathing is positively the best cosmetic
In the world, and any physician will tell
you so. Regular hours for eating, and
abstinence from rich food is the next best,
and regular hours for sleeping will come
third. The girl who tries the receipe for
three months can throw powder and rouge
pot on the garbage heap, and look to he
her own granddaughter when she reaches
three score and ten.
A 111iiST 't hat Won.
The Earl of March, who was known as
“Old Q,” on one occasion was challenged
to fight a duel by an Irish sportsman,
says the San Francisco Argonaut. Lord
March appeared on the ground accompa
nied by a second, surgeon and other wit
nesses. Great, however was his surprise to
see his opponent appear wltn a tike reti
nue to his own, but Increased by a third
person who staggered under the weight
of a polished oak coffin, which he de
posited on the ground end up, with Us
lid facing Lord March and his party.
Surprise gave place to terror when his
lordship read the Inscription plate en
graved with h's own name and title and
the date and year of demise. The earl at
once approached his facetious antagonist
and upbraided him with so unseemly a
joke, to which the Irishman replied:
"Why, my dear fellow, you are of course
aware that 7 ’! never miss my man, and as
I find myself In excellent trim for sport
this morning I have not a shadow of a
doubt upon my mind that this open box
will shortly be better calculated for you
than your present dress.” Lord March
was so impressed by his antagonist's
confident manner that a peace was patch
ed up between them.
—lt Is announced that peppermint loz
enges. which all good Scotch Presbyte
rians have hitherto sucked In kirk, are be
ing supplanted throughout Scotland by
chocolate drops filled with whisky.
The Anniversary of the Great and Immortal
GENERAL ROBERT E. LEE
will be fitly celebrated in Savannah, Our gallant
soldier boys will turn out as usual to do honor
to the memory of the lamented chieftain.
THE LADIES WILL PARADE
Every day this week—and every lady is expected to
visit the Great and Stupendous Silk Sale at
ECKSTEIN'S.
Silks here mean Silk in the Warp and Silkinthe
filling—no antiquated styles—but a selection of
Black, Fancy, Brocaded and Plain Shade Silks.
5,000 YARDS GO ON SALE
at 69 c * Si
Sale is Absolute! —No Samples!—No Approval!—
No Exchange!—A Positive Clearing: Out!
OUR UNRIVALED STOCK OF
EMBROIDERIES
Has created a furore! Nothing like it ever seen
in Savannah. Styles are superb—Prices are ridiculous.
See Them at sc, 10c, 15c, 25c
A Slaughter of Capes at- Si.4b, $2.99, 53.99, $4.49.
A Slaughter of SlO and sl2 Fine Jackets at $6.69.
A Slaughter of Warm Wrappers at 59c, 99c, $1.39.
A Slaughter of Girls’ Dresses at 99c, $1.25 and $1.99.
A Slaughter of Girl!’ Reefers at $1.50, $2.99 and $4.49.
A Slaughter of Jersey Waists, Silk Waists, Ladies' Sweaters.
Ladies' Muslin Underwear.
The Best and Cheapest Line.
See the Many Special Drives on Our Counters.
Sheets 39c, Flannellettes 10c, Crash sc, Aprons 15c.
And a Lot of New Things to Arrive This Week.
GUSTAVE ECKSTEIN & GO.
AT A FOOT BALL FAIR.
MRS. CLEVELAND ASKED TO PRE
SIDE AS CHIEF PATRONESS.
I’lzakln Knight* llHrnc*el l Her
Carriage—Proceed* May Fonnil a
Much-Needed Foot Hall llaapltal,
to He Located at Old Na*nn—llall*
Klekeil by Itlukey and Sweater
AVorn by Murphy.
Princeton, Jan. 15.—'There I* a foot ball
fair under way here. The young ladies are
busy making the things .anil decorating
the table covers, and the foot ball boys
are busy blessing the souvenirs—that is
what the lionized players call it when they
touch a flower, kick a hall or hand over
an old rusty sweater to an admirer.
A recent foot ball tea was such a suc
cess financially that the scheme of a foot
ball fair Immediately suggested itself as a
fit way for the foot ball team boys to show
their philanthropy to the suffering world.
The charities of the winter and the ap
proach of the Lenten season offered good
opportunity to put the plan Into opera
tion.
It,is proposed to postpone the fair until
the days of Mrs. Cleveland, who is export
ed here in about eight weeks, or to hold
one fair now and repeat It later.
The fair is to be all foot bull. Even the
cups have the heads of the players upon
them; and when you lift the porcelain to
your lips you may be kissing the golden
locks of Baird or coming Into close com
munion with the pompadour of Hlnkey.
The tables are to be draped with the
crimson of Harvard, the blue of Yale, the
orange and bluck of Princeton and the
blue and white of Columbia. The fair is
to be strictly non-sectarian in the matter
of college prejudices, and the visitor cun
buy a Yale l>all, standing under the colors
of Yale; or buy a Harvard sweater In the
midst of a drapery all crimson.
This Invitation to preside is to be sent to
Mrs. Cleveland :
"Mrs. Orover Cleveland:
"Dear Madame: you are urgently re
quested to |)e the chief patroness at a col
lege foot ball fair to be held in Princeton,
March . A booth, draped in the colors
of Wells college, your alma mater, will be
erected for you. The booth will be filled
with used foot balls, which It Is requested
that you sell, as an extra price could thus
he realized for them. The fair will last
three afternoons. A team of Princeton
boys will call for you every day and draw
you to the hall In your carriage, draped In
the Princeton colors. The fair Is for tho
benefit of any worthy charity you may
name. Respectfully yours,
"Committee of the Fair.”
Besides Mrs. Cleveland, other promi
nent women will b 9 Invited to become
patronesses.
The tables will be presided over by young
women, sisters of students of all the lead
ing colleges. As many as can come will
be cordially welcomed. These can wear
tho colors of their favorite college, and
decorate their ends of the tables as they
see fit.
The attraction of the fair will lie In the
things that are for sale. These are so al
luring that It Is expected all the trains
running Into Princeton will be filled to
overflowing. The Cleveland special, which
will leave fot New York at 4 o’clock after
March 4. will need extra cars to carry all
the visitors to the fair.
At one talus there will "be foot holla.
These, though new balls and uninteresting
looking, In fact no different from any foot
ball In the shop windows, will each have a
history. Borne of them will be marked
"Kicked by Flneke.” This means that
(he celebrated Yale quarterback has driven
the ball smartly with his foot, thus making
It a foot ball souvenir. A ball like this
ought to sell for $5. Others will be mark
ed Kicked by Smith," the quarter-back
of the PM nee tons. Balls marked “Kicked
iiy both Flneke and Smith" will bring
double price.
These balls will be in great demand by
amateur foot ball organizations, who re
gard an old foot ball as a mascot, and
grieve over Its Anal wearing out. But a
still greater sum will be realized by sell
ing them to the fair admirers of the foot
ball boys, the girls who stand on benched
in the rain and yell themselves hoarse to
encourage the hardy knights on to victory
or death.
Pictures of Church, Princeton’s stag
tackle, making one of his famous tackles,
will be sold at $1 each.
The sweaters worn by Murray, Thorne,
Murphy, Chamberlain and McFarland, alt
good knights of the pig-skin, have beets
secured and will prove a great attraction.
The foot ball devotee has of late taken ui
anew fad. It is to furnish one corner of
her room with foot ball trophies, and in
the midst of t|>e decorations to pose in
foot toll costume. Her dress Is a cast-off
sweater not at all renovated, but madn
very attractive by certain femlnle Hbbons.
If the sweater is foy a "Beef" Wheeled
Hhe wears It Just the same, though she ba
as small as Marie Tempest. If for an
Arthur Poe she squeezes Into It though
she be as large as Killian Russell. It
looks q|teer, but It is all right If you know
she Is a foot ball faddist.
The choicest table of all will be presided
over by matrons of stern Homan type,
This will be absolutely necessary from the
rush that will take place to secure the
articles upon the table, yet they are not
such great things to look at.
In the autumn games such trophies were
secured as the big yellow chrysanthe
mums worm ' by those Prlncetonians,
Johnny Baird, Ad Kelly, Church and Poe,
and the blue Violets or handkerchiefs car
ried by Murphy, Murray and Chamber
lain, of Yale. Both the flowers and the
handkerchiefs were supposed to hava
touched the lips of these much-worshipped
heroes, and they are worth their weight
in gold. A chrysanthemum kissed by
Hlnkey should bring several dollars. A
handkerchief upon which Gaily has rubbed
his prophetic nose ought to be worth as
much.
The proceeds of the fair may be devoted
to tho New York Kindergarten Associa
tion, an Institution in which Mrs. Cleve
land is much interested and for which sba
does a great deal of personal work every
winter.
A brilliant suggestion was made by a
member of the Yale team, which was that
tho funds be used towards tho establish
ment of a foot ball hospital, to be located
at Princeton. Here wounded playeri, laid
up like Flneke for a long time with a bad
leg. could go to recuperate, and desperate
cases could be carefully treated. The ex
pense attending lts foundation would be
more than the Football Association would
care to undertake alone, but aided with
funds from the fair It could be quickly
done. It might be run In connection with
tho Isabella McCosh hospital, long under
discussion.
The young Ihdies of the town have taken
up the project very enthusiastically, and
will spare no efforts to make It a grand
success. The college boys have been im
pressed with the Idea and can be relied
upon to socond every move of the Fair
comlttce. If Mrs. Cleveland lends her
favor a grand carnival will do honor to the
finest foot ball teams ever turned out by
American colleges, the teams of '96.
Harry Germaine.
—Cardinal Ittchard of France bus for
bidden the priests of his diocese to at
tend dramatic performances ...
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