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®WOMAN’S PAGE®:
SUMMER GIRL AND COLORS.
WHITE, WiIITRR. WHITI>T I' THE
m r,!>: Tin* si: \sn.
She Snjx Her < olorle** Tollels \ro
fool, Heeomins mid Inexpensive.
Hon II tilrl llressliiK for nil \fler
noon Ten nt Nnrrnisaniief I. silo wed
That in Forty Minute and l.j
Spend! nu Ten Hollnrs. She Seenred
Her 13 ntire loilmni —Three Times
a liny I rinp and i harming; < ombi
nalinns in While re Iliuie. Snit
n life for All Oceanian!—l'linie
SUlrls Willi Sill* l.inhroidery or
Chiffon Mortice* Are Popnlnr.
While Collar and Crjnlal Hend*
and Motion* llie A o 14110.
New York, July H.—Studies in white.
Symphonies in white, cffee' in whit* :
white. whit< r, whitest, 1! at is lie s> • m
and theory of the summer slrl who every
season nenera:**: some : ; :tt lorieal expre.--
fioii of her individtt.'tlily. Never before,
however, lets she so thoroughly surneeded
in securing Hie ideal summer raiment, so
fair, so beaming and inexpensive as this,
end of the thousand and one women in
White to he seen any day in the country,
et least rn t per cent, of them arc dressed
In pique.
Pimple white pique in a variety of
weaves has given a staggering blow lo the
popularity of the colored gingham, sprig
ged organdies, striped lawns and sweetest
foulards, and the pink, green, blue or yel
t ... ..i e dear to t heart of
every damsel, is east aside and forgotten.
If you fetch up. one of these warm days,
with a trunkful of flowery tinted gowns,
at a pretentious or unpretentious resort,
this condition will in a single day be made
perl md your 1 n tty gaily col
ored costumes wtil promptly become al
most 1- . your sight.
Even n i otel will he
sure to hove caug t the infection and go
about their duties in white, while tin feme
Inine lodgers do make a a many as three
white toilets a day If you try to discov
er the raison d'etre they will all tell you
that given a good laundress, there is noth
ing so cheap and easy as dressing in the
blanched goods. Any woman with a figure,
provided if is not hopelessly abnormal,
when she makes up h„r min t to array her
self ill white, has only to go 10 the nearest
dry goods shot* and in an hour, and ai
the rale of al>ut So a costume, lay in a
supply of frocks that will answer every
purpose for every simple or elaborate so
cial function of her season.
The Morning Costume.
If you wish really to know now the
scheme works when in active operation,
let us take the one day in the summer ca
reer of a woman in white, and see how
sec dresses it. In the morning, when there
1- golf, or wheeling, or sailing, or tennis,
or simple lounging to be attended 10, she
comes forth fresh as 11 daisy In n severely
plain white kittle of pique to her ankles,
ll is finished by a deep hem at the bot
tom. and if she is a really smart girl, who
keeps i*aee with all the evolutions in white,
she has no pockets let into the front of
her skirl high up near her licit, bur on tin
front widths, just about at the level where
pockets are put on an apron, two square,
capacious pockets are made by sewing big
pieces of pique onto the surface of the
skirt. They may or may not have flaps
to button down.over their tojis. but at any
rate there they are. and the owner of
them finds honest comfort and convenience
In their possession. She puts golf balls
and her score hook, her keys, and any
thing else she wishes into those big re
ceptacles. and feels solid satisfaction in a
way she never was able to realize from
a concealed bag In the upper part of her
petticoat.
With this easy-going garment a while
skirt that has no yoke in the back, but
three wide box pleats anil a little yoke
effect on the shoulders, is the next es
sential thing. In other particulars it is
Just like any ordinary shirt waist, though
no collar or leather belt is worn with it.
To have the proper freedom for any
sport tliat may turn up, a linen collar and
rigid belt are not suitable, so round her
neck the morning girl winds a white silk
handkerchief. She puls it on so that two
corners of it overlap and hang under her
chin, like a small bib, and in the folds
of this bib an ornamental brooch to? fast
ened. At the haek of the neck the hand
kerchief is tied and again pinned to the
neek-band of the shirt waist. Round her
slender middle this girl draws a man's
large silk mouchoir, tying it In a firm
knot In front, but a trifle to the left of
right side. Sliver links or bent buttons
of plain silver fill the cuff butttonholes.
and the substitute for a hat is a small
white pique sunbonnet, usually carried on
one arm, and only utilized when the sun
I- hot enough to encourage a burning,
to bo followed by shedding of precious
Cuticle.
White shoes and hose are not ordinar
ily a part of the morning suit this sum
mer, for obvious practical and economic
reasons. Brown ties of ample sole area,
especially about the toes, sensible heels,
on.] y< low or bronze hose to mateji. have
b< 1 n chosen for matinee wear, and gloves,
If carried a; all. are usually worn In lin.ii
brown-handed owners' pocket.
For Mitldny Wcnr.
When fra afternoon arrives anil the
driving and tournament watching, teas,
etc . begin, no transfer is effected to
rainbow glories of organlde or silk, hut a
fresh an.l quite immaculate study in
whir, is made This time the skirt er nes
the floor, though it is no! distinctly shor t
nnri ii tnaj have a epupie of flounces at
tt<- fooi, with narrow Insertions of em
IrM '• 1 VI i • 1 . tier hems. The
r>drr u v i half of Ihe roikt (•: pique, hut
>rr 1 ■ rr.l in group of small thive-leaf
ed clovers or clusters of crescents, and
cither a slock tie of white lawn Is used,
O' * two’ and a half In.h high linen collar,
with an ascot of stiff pique, showing a
v< > > -mail pearl pinhead. A white talfeta
tlihon rices duly at the walsi, and the top.
i" r r off is dene with a wide-brimmed
naming -crowned hat of cream varnished
the ey< and 1
v II folds of white taffeta ahom the
I I wn. 1 reset .- of Ii on one side and a
l"' • snowy quill stuck through the ro
f-r t*
-'ey top-lofty girls, who f. . 1 the for
th 1 iry of the occasioi . wear first a vel. of
\‘* ry fir:* white si k tu ie over tbiir faces,
imd li.u laid upon this a veil of white
■ • irs-. Russian net. with large silk cater
l'rllar riots on it. w hile t is- more easy-going
o the white company adopt thin veils of
w' ire . hiffon. cut at the bottom In scallops
nrd the scallops edged with the very nar
row';! kind of gathered white satin rib
bon Wash leather or white suede lisle
gloves are always preferred by the conn-
BY " 1 ■■ s to th< hot. easily soiled glace
1 browt imished or patent
leal er ti. s wire smart open-worked lisle
bos* prettify dotted, Is the correct foot
s' ur.
At these afternoon frivolities parasols
of whifc*lot:cd iviss. whit* taff*iu. white ,
embroidered muslin, or captivating straw
ides, in carried : ''
tthols open out as flat as those .Japanese
profe'tors made of paj>er, they are nov
. Iti,-s. md both expensive and fragile,
though very pretty with their pair yel
low canopies and bamboo sticks. An od
dity adopted by the Ix-arers of < ominon
plfire white muslin parasols is that of
iyl 1 .1 • • ■1 i sllvei plated b< la out
side the muslin canopy, and as close as
possible to 1 lie point to which the ribs
converge. At every motion of the sun
shade h jangling of sweet bills in minute
time is heard.
The Whitest Toilet of Them %11.
When evening :<*!* prevail and the
hour of the c is.no hop draws nigh, the
seaside and mountain r- sorters come down
to dinner and dancing in ulqu* skirts that
;..;i 1 the floor behind and that are fin
cifully adorned by insets of open-work
embroidery. With such a skirt an all
over embroidery bodice, high-necked and
lon* leeved b ltto ing up tx nd oi a vety
elaborate white chiffon waist, or one all
nicks and her>unboning and crystal but
tons. of fair taffeta, or a decollete cream
l ice body, ore any one of them perfectly
gweet and suitable. To dinners and small
dances at private houses the younger ele
ment at a summer resort, go arrayed in
such artless simplicity, pinning big bows
.f white tulle In their hair, slinging small
fins or chains of white coral or crys
tal heads round their necks, and leaving
glows o those who know no better than
to wear the shackles of city fashions dur
ing summer's freedom.
Not only is it the fashion from a sense
of fitness and beauty to dress thus sim
ply find effectively in white, bid women
do it from comfort’s sake, and even
wealthy girls boast of the cheapness and
dispatch with which their pretty suits
were procured. "To give one example: A
girl set-ting out for an afternoon tea at
Narragansett, itemized her crisp toilet
thus:The skirt was chosen from a huge pi!-*
of ready-made petticoats, and cost $3, and
did not need to have one stitch altered.
The shirt was bought at another counter
in the. same shop, and cost $2.50; there
was a high collar on the shirt, so a pique
necktie was needed, and a lovely one with
a pearl pin in it came to 15 cents. Any
one car. add these item? and discover what
this simple, comfortable and unvarying
becoming lit-tle outfit did cost, and the
lime required to procure it was forty min
utes. It is now a question whether the
most sternly economical home dressmak
ing can beat this. Mary Dean.
THIS NBATNESaf OF BURS. PLUMMER.
By Caroline Frances Little.
“Jest bring in them ’ere horse blankets,
Jake, and I’ll give ’em a good sudzlng, as
to-day is Saturday.
“The horse blankets!’* exclaimed the new
hired help.
“Yes; the law of the barn, as well a*
(lie house, is neatness.’’
Jake brought in the blankets, and Mrs.
Plummer said to her niece:
“Here, you wash them checkered ones
fust, and the old striped ones after in
tlie same water, and then rinse ’em in
clean.”
“They ain’t fit to tech,” said the girl,
sullenly, as she looked at the old blan
kets. “I never heard of any one’s wash
ing horse blankets <lll I came here."
“The more’s the pity. I guess you
hain’t been used to good housekeeping in
your mother’s home; our family wuz brung
up to be neat, but when brother Beza
married your ma he had to say good-by
to a neat house.”
“My mother was as good a housekeeper
as ever I want to see, and she made a
happy home for pa and me,” said the
girl, coloring angrily.
Taking no notice of the girl’s remark.
Mrs. Plummer said: “After you suds ’em,
don’t forgit to rinse ’em, and ” But
she broke off suddenly, exclaiming, "Well,
1 never! Ef Jake hesn’t gone and left
the print of his big. ugly boot on that
outer doorstep.”
“I hope he’d leave a good many more,”
muttered Hepsey under her breath.
Her aunt swept off the step, and -then
with a pail of warm water and a scrub
bing brush, restored the outraged door
step.
“Now I’ll do the cellar stairs,” she said,
“and do you git them blankets out before
the sun’R high.”
In a few moments Hepsey heard her
calling, “Hepsey Barney, you come here.”
The girl wiped her hands on her calico
apron and went as she was bidden. Point
ing to a spot on the stairs, her aunt ex
claimed :
“Didn’t you scrub them stairs down on
Wednesday?”
“Yes.’’ replied the girl.
“Well, there’s that stain where your un
cle spilt the cider Sunday night; I guess
it’s time you lamed that spots ain’t to be
left a week on my cellar stairs; why, I
wouldn’t hev slept for the night ef I’d
a-kno\#i I hed such lookin’ steps. Git
me the box of sand; mebbe the grit will
take the sj>ot off!”
Hepsey obeyed, and. returning to her
washing, rinsed and wrung out the blank
ets and carried them to the clothes line
hack of the house. Jake was near then .
making a bed for “garden suss.” ns that
had to be attended to before the spring
work on the farm began.
“Demme hang ’em up for ycr.” he said
pleasantly “They air a sight too heavy
for you to lift.”
“I qu s you’d think so if you’d been
*a-washlng ’em," replied the girl, ns she
watched him stretch (hem on the 1 in<- with
bis strong arms. , When he had finished
she thanked him and picked up her bask
et to return to tlie house.
“Mrs. P.’s a master hand at neatness,
ain’t she?” he asked.
“You’ll think so before you’ve been here
a mouth," remarked Hepsey. breaking off
i twig from a shrub and rbrowing it on
the ground.
“Pick up that there twig.” ca.led her
aunt. who. having finished the stairs, had
come out io tak- o look at the hen house
and ascertain, whether the law of rieat
iu .-a and order lied been violated; “and
you hed better do up tho front porch now;
there’ll he no time before we sets to the
baking and gittin’ dinner.”
Hepsey turned to go, hut said softly,
when her aunt was out of hearing: "What
will you think of having to wash the gar
den tools end everything used on the farm
onc t n two weeks?"
“The land's sake!” exclaimed Jake,
bursting into a laugh.
“Hush—she’ll hear you,” said the girl,
smi.ing at him as she turned back toward
4he house.
Farmer Plummer had driven into mar
ket that morning, hut returned home in
time for dinner, which Hepsey and her
aunt promptly placed on tho table t 12
o’clock. Jake and Lloyd, (he hired men.
sat on one side, with Hepsey opposite*,
while Mr. and .urs. Plummer presided at
the head and foot of the table.
"Your dinner smells right good. Mrs.
P.,” said the farmer, as he cut ofT largo
slices of corn beef, and passed the plates
to his wife, who piled on cabbage, turnip
and beets with a generous hand, for
stinginess was not one of her faults.
“Jt tastes as good as it smells.” com
mented Jake, lifting his broad-bladed
knife, on which were balanced the vege
THE MORNING NEWS: SUNDAY, JULY 16, 1890.
tables the aroma of which was so appe
tizing to (he hungry workmen.
Hepsey had taken off her soiled calico
apron and replaced it wiih a neat wiiite
one, and fastened a blue bow in her ban ;
(ins change in her attire did not escape
J.-Ke’s notice.
One day Mrs. Plummer to a • host
of drawers in vvh h in r limn was K* #• t.
A cry of horror ro.se to her 11m and
startled Hepsey. who was preparing to ■(
fway ibe mi’k, which Jake had just,
brought in. She ran to her aunt, and even
Jake turned bark from the doorstep to
if he were needed.
“Oh, what is It, aunt?’’ cried the girl.
T'-riost HfWrhirss, her aunt pointed to a
linen sheet vvh-ch had a small brown spot
on it. “iok at that!” she gasped. ‘‘Hep
sey Barney, that's some of your work! i
trusted you to do ’em last work when 1
wuz to Neighbor Worth’s funeral.”
“YVhyy, I thought ; would come out in
the w ish next tin* , it was only a spot
from the iron.”
“From the iron!” exclaimed Mrs. Plum
mer. “Didn’t you rub them Irons before
you fetched ’em to th sheets?”
”J didn’t think of it.” said Hepsey, won
•
worker; but Jake said nothing, and turn
ing away, went to the barn, for somehow
he never could boar to hear Hepsey
scolded.
The next morning when Jako came down
sia is before sunrise, he was surprised to
find the fire made, the wash boiler on and
all the tubs in formidable array. As he
went towards the barn he saw on Ihe line
in the hack yard, sheets, table cloths, pu
low cases and napkins, fluttering in the
mild spring breeze.
At breakfast, which was ready by 4:30,
Hepsey said timidly: “Aunt, would you
like to hev me to wash out that sheet
to-day?”
“No,” said her aunt, “I got up at 2 and
washed everything from the chest that
hed a spot in it; only, next time hev a
care that there ain’t no spotted ones put
away.”
That, was the beginning of Mrs. Plum
mer’s new habit. Every few weeks she
rose early, and, taking the clean linen,
washed It over again. The deep frown
between her eyes was intensified, and the
hard lines about her mouth became like
furrows.
It was now scrub, scrub from morning
to night, until Hepsey'B arms ached, and
nothing but the fact that the girl was de
pendent upon her aunt kept her patient
under the new rules which were constant
ly made.
One hot summer day Mrs. Plummer said:
“Them horse blankets must be washed to
day: it’s been kinder neglected of late.”
“But, aunt,’’ expostulated Hepsey, “the
horses don’t wear ’em now' in this boiling
weather; they are just put away in the
carriage house.”
“I know it. but the dust gathers on
’em," said her aunt, fixing her eyes as
if looking at something in the distance,
with the tense expression they now' wore.
“I tell you I won’t hev them blankets
washed again this summer; it jest wears
’em out,” exclaimed Mr. Plummer; “and
there ain’t no use in scrubbin’ and wash
in’ one’s life away.”
“I don’t keep the house half-a-wgys de
cent.” replied his wife, bursting into tears.
“I'm ashamed of myself; bur most of the
cleaning fails on me, for Hepsey’s that
slack.”
“I wonder that she lives,” muttered Jake
so that no one but Hepsey heard him.
When the men went out to the barn the
next morning all the blankets were hang
ing on the line, for Mrs. Plummer always
carried her point, and she had l)een to the
barn before dawn, found the blankets and
washed them.
The sun rose red and fiery that morn
ing, and not a breath of air was stirring;
the last acre of grass was to be cut down
that day, and the men set off early for the
fields.
About It o’clock Jake was startled by
the sudden appearance of Hepsey in the
hay field, her face looking white and scar
ed.
“Oh, Jake!” she cried, poizing his arm,
“go for a doctor! Aunt went up to ecrub
the roof of the south piazza and the mo
ment she came in she fell in the upper hall
in a dead faint; you call uncle, while I
run back.”
Jake gave the alarms, and while he rode
off for a doctor, Plummer lifted his wife,
with the help of Hepsey, and laid her on
the bed. The scrubbing-brush was still
clutched firmly in her hand. They bathed
her head and her poor, rough hands, ami
succeeded in restoring consciousness, at
least partially, before the arrival of the
physician. When he came he said:
”1 fear it is a sunstroke, or apoplexy,
und she must be kept very quiet; has she
been out in the sun at all to-day?”
“She was on the roof of the south pi
azza, sir.” said Hepsey, ‘‘and when she
had finished scrubbing it she climbed back
through the hall but fell on the hall floor
in a kind of a faint.”
“Out on a tin roof such a day as this!”
exclaimed the doctor. “It is a pure case
of sunstroke.”
He left remedies and gave directions that
she should be kept quiet and in a dark
room. Poor, frightened Hepsey prepared
the dinner as best she could, and after the
tnen returned to the hay field she kept
watch over her aunt, who slept most ail
the time.
That night about 1 o’clock, Mrs. Plum
mer roused and asked her husband to caii
Hepsey. When she came, her aunt said:
“1 guess I’ll clean the roof to the south
porch, and there is a spo-t on the window
sill in he upper hall. 1 must git up and
rub it off ”
“Oh. no, aunt. I’ll do it; you ain’t # well
enough,” said Hepsey.
“I will do it myself,” cried the sick
woman, rising up in bed.
Fearing to cross her, the farmer and
Hepsey were silent.
“Git the brush and some water and be
spry now. Hepsey.” she said, with some
of her old decision.
Mechanical!} the girl obeyed, nnd tak
ing a candle, went to the kitchen and re
turned with the desired articles. As hot*
aunt saw the brush her face lighted tip
with a look of pleased recognition.
“Mrs P.. don’t git up; jest let Hepsey
fix it all tight.”
"No. no; help me git on to my feet.”
she said to her husband. So. leaning on
his strong arm. she managed to go into
the hall; Hepsey went before them with
candle, brush and pan.
As the light of the candle fell upon the
spot on the window sill, she gave* a fain*
cry of horror, and retching for the brush,
she fell back into her husband’s arms
gasping for breath. They carried her u *
her room, and Jako was sent for the doc
tor; but ns Ihe physician’s step was heard
she breathed her last, a victim of neat
ness.
Years after, when Hepsey and Jake had
a little homo of their own, over which
she presided as nicely as any housekeeper
in tLo district, Jako would frequently say:
“Hev a care, Hepsey. Don’t git too
neat, and make an idol of that there scrub
bing brush.”
Ami she would pleasantly retort: “There
nin’t no danger that I’ll be too neat with
four tearing boys to look after.”
—Matanfa, the Samoan claimant to royal
honors, is passionately fond of Moody and
Sankey/i hyouis. ,
7Jo 9f/rs. ZP/nkhcim,
jCunn, 9//ass.
[LF.TTE* TO MRS MXKKAM NO. 41,207]
“ Dear Friend —A year apo I was a
preat snfD rrr from female \v akness.
My heaii ached all the time and I would
pet so dizzy and have that all pone
feeliup in the stomach and was so
nervous and restless that I did not
know what to do with myself.
“My food did me no pood and I hail a
had ease of whites. I wrote to you and
aiter takinp Lydia K. I’inkham's Vege
table Compound as directed. I can
truly say that I feel like anew woman
anil cannot tell you how grateful I am
to you.
‘ I have recommended it to all my
friends and have given it to my
daughter who is now getting along
splendidly. May you live many years
to help our suffering sisters M as. <'.
C'ARrENTKR, Jj3 ORAM* Si., BROOKLYN,
K. V.
Over eighty thousand
such letters as this were re
ceived by Mrs. Pinkham
during 1897. Surely this is
strong proof of her ability
to heip suffering women.
THE REMEDY FOR DIVORCE.
What Newport Thinks of tho Rev.
Mr. Ilntnilfnn's Plan.
From the* New Y'ork Commercial Adver
tiser.
The frankness expressed by the Rev.
Braddin Hamilton in his sermon before a
fashionable congregation in All Saints’
Church at Newport last Sunday may have
sprung from a courage horn of the con
viction that he was well supported in his
opinions by certain influential members
of the Newport colony. Under the topic,
“Home Life,” Mr. Hamilton approached
the question of divorce. He said: “We
ask you, as a favor toward the church,
to refuse to recognize divorce in your
good society. If you have a friend or a
relative who has so erred simply say to
him or her, ‘I am very sorry, but for the
sake of my home, for the sake of the gen
eral effect on the community, for the
sake of morality and the church, I can
not treat you as 1 did before.’ ’’ With
certain matrimonial events fresh in the
public mind, the sermon created almost
a sensation, in view of the fact that the
Rev. Mr. Hamilton and Mrs. Hamilton,
who is the daughter of Col. Stevenson of
Philadelphia, are widely known through
out Newport society, and coupled with
the impression that the sermon had an
official ring to it. The clergyman’s words
fell upon willing ears. There has been
no open expression of opinion, but in
private there -has been much nodding of
heads among the persons who are regard
ed as the moulders of opinions nt New
port.
The incident opened a way to obtain
some expression of individual opinions of
well-known Newporters. A New York gen
tleman who has been prominently iden
tified with Newport and Us society for fif
teen yt*ars, and is the owner of one of
the show places there, was asked on
Wednesday if he had read Mr. Hamilton’s
sermon. ”1 guess those who did not hear
it read it,” he answered.
“What impression did it make?"
“Generally .1 very favorable Impression,
I guess, as far as I can see.”
“Will some of the leading summer res
idents back Mr. Hamilton in his opinions?”
“Yes, many of them will, ntul 1 guess
those who may not take a very d< eided
stand one way or the other will be as
neutral as they can.’’
“Do you think that public opinion will he
pointed this summer in any particular di
rection?” was asked.
“Now. that calls for a difficult answer.
You may say that the bulk of opinion in
Newport is undoubtedly aginst receiving
anyone, man or woman, who enters no de
fense to the charge of having violated the
most solemn and binding of all vows.
There is but one instance of the kind now
lx?fore Newport, and if that person should
return to Newport this summer tho opin
ions of certain persons would be express
ed courteously but emphatically. Public
action, in such matters must be based upon
the opinions hand, and down by the courts.
Individually you may have a very biased
opinion, but the public cannot go hack of
the court’s action and act justly by any
one in such a position. It is possible to
go through the divorce mill and come out
in certain instances without one’s char
acter being besmraic 1. Public opinion in
such ins’aru cs lias no right to exile per
sons. When Mr. Hamilton asked his hear
ers to refuse to recognize divorce he must
have realized that there are grades of di
vorce that need not carry social death
with it.
“As to the < xpresison of public opinion
in any one direction, this summer, you may
say that if the defendant in a recent suit
should be indiscreet enough to turn up
among old friends at Newport many per
sons would feet i: necessary to make their
posi;i.>ns very lointed. Common courtesy
would call for a reurn of public recog
nition. but thTo Would be few. if any. ex
changes of 'hospitulity. 1 do- not Ixdievo
tho the defendant will return, as the
bouse she w • fid o:t u;y is now upset and
could not be made ready for use until late
in the season. 1 think in this particular in
stance. which undoubtedly Mr. Hamilton
bad in mind when he preached better judg
ment. \v i pro vail and it will not bo neces
sary for the Newport public to precipi
tate uch an u.ipl. asant situation. Shoukl
the defendant return during the season
several families might find it the best pol
icy to leave.”
High Lights.
From the Chicago Nows.
We nil have energy to do the things wo
want to do.
It -takes an intellectual person to have
fun op. 50 cents.
Martyrdom consist** in being the only
one in the family who likes onions.
Poetry is what man writes about gardens
without mentioning the weeds.
It takes four weeks’ hard labor to pre
pare for a two weeks’ summer vacation.
Mon knows that Hope is a flatterer, yet
he kei i- on coaxing her to talk to him.
No pimic i success to that woman
who doesn’t gt t a piece of her own c ake.
Any dolt cun take time by the forelock;
it takes a genius to hold on to him by the
heels.
The harder a woman’s husband has to
work the madder she gets when she sees
a lazy man.
Few men ore enough at home in their
own houses to go into the pantry and look
for pie.
Summer would be happier if women could
wear their new clothes and save them to
go away with, too.
—One- Ahead.—“ Cooking school? H’mph!
1 suppose you’ve learned everything ex
cept how to bake bread, young woman?”
“Yes*, sir. We don’t bake bread at cook
ing school.” “Oh. >on don’t?” No, sir.
We bake the dough.’*— Chicago Tribune. J
GORGEOUS GGLD PLATE.
TRBASC'RES \C( l Ml BATING IN THE
FAMILIES OF HIGH NEW
YORK Fits.
Vn*e*. Cnntlelnbrns, Etc., of Precion* !
Metal a* Tall an the Women Thent
olve,—Mrs. Hartwell’* Silver
Siamese Elephant* anil Mr*. Thea
ter Griswold’* Gold Tea Set Are
Sample*—Men and Women Who
Own- the Great Stable* of This
1 ountry—Mr. John T. W illiams lias
GxnetI> 24 Matelied Hays, and Hi*
Stable* Rivals Emperor William's.
Pet* To-day Are Valued More for
llrain* Than Beauty—Mr*. John G.
Moore's Unttrrfly Eared I)ok Weep*
Heal Tears and Mrs. Thorn's Pet
Pick* Out “Old Dos Tray” on the
Plano.
New York. July 14.—There is no reason
to believe that with the rise of the motor
carriage society wiil lose, one iota of its af
fection for the showy, high-stepping,
swift-traveling horse. In proof of inis
the stables of some of our metropolitan
mtdases are yearly growing larger and
more luxurious, and the rivalry to possess
the finest nag of its class is as keen as
ever.
There is not a better instance of the grip
horesflf .di has on the New York affections
than the establishment of Mr. John T.
Wi liams. This rich man has a taste for
fine roadsters to drive in his dozen and cno
vehi- Ifs. and has collected exactly twen
ty-four matched bays, and houses them
unite as sumptuously in his Stamford sta-,
hies as docs Emperor William. The finest
slahicful of polo ponies, and it is a string
of some twenty-five, is owned by the Vin
gm brothers, who arc the smartest gen
tlemen jockeys of the I.ong Island hor=e
loving set. One of these young men, Har
ry Yiugut, is a remarkable rider. He has
carried his horses about quite as much as
Foxhall Keen, playing polo matches in
England and India, and even Australia,
and he is quite inordinately proud of the
fact that with, the exception of his spinal
column every bone in his body has been
broken at least once, in the horsey cause.
The chief aim, however, of the wealthy
New Yorker is lo own some conspicuously
fine pair of carriage horses, and for a car
nage pair the decision always wavers, on
Fifth avenue and Bellevue avenue, be
twet n the merits of Hooker Hamm rsley's
and Mrs. Ogden Mills’ victoria horses. Ab
solutely nobody disputes, however, the su
periority of Mrs. Cornelius Y'anderhilt’s
single brougham horse over all others. Her
favorite is always a huge buckskin, inva
riably harnessed (o a claret-colored
brougham, lined with claret ted silk in
side, showing red running gear, and her
own coachman, Charles, and the groom, in
claret liveries. Though the Cornelius Van
derbilts make little pother about it. their
stables shelter somu of the costliest and
most thoroughbred equines in the slates,
and it requires sixteen men to do the horses
justice. Among the women Mrs. Borden
Harriman possesses the nob’e-st string of
hunters, for she is a perfectly fearless
amazon in the saddle. Mrs. Regis Post
owns the most faultless pair of Arabs, sir
ed bv Gen. Grant's famous Arab, and Mist
Virginia Coudert and Miss I/ila Sloan are
the two most skilful four-in-hand drivers
of the feminine persuasion.
Their Gorgeous Gold Plate.
When Mrs. Bradley-Martin left New
York last spring it required a corps of
skilled men, working five days, lo pack
for shipment or storage the glass and
china alone of ihis ivealthy lady, while
a set of men were busy for a couple of
davs storing lit strong boxes her silver
and gold plate. This is merely indica
tive of the way the wealth of our Amer
icans brings them overwhelming posses
sions, for Mrs. Martin, whose silver
punch bowl, with its enamel grape and
fruit decoration about the sides, is big
, nough for a fat baby’s both tub, and
who can serve a small dinner party from
sever in every detail of plates, cups,
dishes, soup tureen, etc., is but one of
the many hostesses that have astonishing
collections o.' the precious utensils.
The very top notch in gorgeous table
service seemed to have been reached this
past spring tit the wedding of Mrs. Wil
liam Sloan’s daughter. From her cousin,
Mrs. William K, Vanderbilt. Jr., came to
Miss Sloan a set of one dozen exquisitely
wrought fruit platters of gold, ns sold
and pure as it is safe to make such ar
ticles.
The second most beautiful gold service
is a complete tea set of repousse
gold owned by Mrs. Chester Griswold,
and Mrs. William Astor’s set of six slen
der gold rose vases for ornamenting a ban
quet table comes third on the list. So
far among the young brides, sumptuous
as have been their wedding gifts, noth
ing has surpassed the great candelabra
to which Mrs. Lorlllard fell heir at her
wedding, for the elaborately wrought sli
ver trunks, from which branched eight
een arms, to hold thirty-six candies be
tween the pair, rose exactly to (he level
of the bride's own head, and the. workman
ship on those noble towers of light was
estimated as costing far more than the
material of the candelabra had the silver
been absolutely without niloy.
Mrs. Hartwell's S nmose elephants of sti
ver bearing the branched candlesticks on
their backs Is ano.oer notable piece of
plate, and Mrs. John Hammond owns the
prize pair of silver vases. They are tali
enough io hide a man's umbrella in their
tapering waists, and measure twenty
inches across the mouth: but the extent to
which silver is given as bridal presents,
as well as the lavishness.of the rich Amer
ican, was proven at the wedding of Miss
Brooks, when seven complete tea services,
complete even to caddies, silver sockets
for holding iiandleless Chinese cups and
sugar cutter.-, were received.
Fashionable Pet*.
The heart of the fashionable woman still
goes out to her dog. but nowadays there
is a bond of true Intellectual sympathy
between the canine and mistress, and
dogs are now sought for brains as much
as beauty. Or, in other words, the edu
cated pet Is in keen demand. For this
reason the cnniche still holds his own,
and the lntest enterprise or the various
mimls, Florisettes, etc., is that, of going
gravely about the drawing room and of
fering not only a paw, but a bark of wel
come to every guest. Mrs. Hazard Mc-
King’s poodle, Mrs. Frederick Pierson’s
Irish terrier and Miss Julia Rhinelander's
to:: terrier have all these gentlemanly
ways, in addition to special accomplish
ments, and If your dog is not capable of
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doing the circus net then he certainly
must h* famous for his depth of soul,
his proofs of spiritual sensibility, or he is
not worth having.
Mrs. John G. Moor, for example, owns
a butterfly-eared Mexican toy dog, who
visibly gives way to genuine large tears
and sounds easily interpreted as sobs,
when his mistress is obliged 10 leave him
at home. This demonstration has been
witnessed 100 often to be doubted, and
has made him famous and coveted in so
ciety. Another amazingly noble-minded*
dog is owned by Mrs. Thorne. His taste
is for music, and he only likes the beet.
He can sit on the piano stool and strike
out a tune with one paw, and the lune
is “Old Dog Tray.” When there is music
in the house he remains in silent ecstacy
under the piano, and for vocalization he
has an especial preference.
Dogs on a whole, however, are not quite
as popular as a few years ago. Latterly
birds have flown into many soft nests
in stately houses, and two of the most
notable specimens are Miss Greta Pome
roy's white cockatoo and Mrs. Jonathan
Thorne’s laura bird. The white cockatoo
owns a yellow topknot, a bad temper and
an exclusive atitachment to his mistress,
who can carry him about on her wrist,
and docs receive her friends often thus
in order to show off Blmi’s good points.
The laura is a gay red, green and yellow
fellow of the parrot family, and not only
sings, but is, like Poe’s raven,
a thing of superstitious interest to his
owners. Early on the morning of any
bithday in the family the bird is heard
to sing a strange, wild tune. That tune
is never sung on any other occasions, and
the family who have been at pains to
listen, discover that a birthday never ar
rives that the peculiar tune is not sung
over once or twice.
Miss May Bird, a remarkable horsewo
man, has naturally chosen a horse as her
pet, and Lady Bird is as good as a hu
man being for intelligence, while in the
Newcomb family a monkey reaps ail the
honors and affection that usually fall to
the share of a dog. This monkey, Frisky,
is a gentle, sad-faced, long-tailed scrap
of eccentricity, devoted 10 catching flies
for fun, and making pins travel. He can
carry a colony of pins all over the house,
sticking them In an orderly manner, first
in one room, then marshalling them into
another, from chair to chair,and sofa to
s-Afa in the most comical manner.
So far cats have made but modest so
cial progress, and only the Angoras are
received in t lie best circles. A wonderful
fellow, standing two feet high on his bare
paws, with a coat as white as fresh-fal
len snow, is the most fashionable feline
in New York, and is owned by Mrs. Will
iam King. The most fascinating feature
of (his smart pussy is his large and per
iod ly ruby red eyes. He is graciously pa
raded for envy and admiration before
guests, and given the particular owner
ship of a gilt-framed chair, upholstered
in pale blue satin, that serves to set off
his fair beauty to perfection.
On Breezy Piazza*.
AT)out once in live years the mode of
fancy work chops and changes, and out
on the breezy piazzas of country houses
just now white-handed ladies of high de
gre-‘ are mildly busy and enthusiastic
over some novelties in handicraft. They
are not embroidering tea
cloths and dollies in colored silks. That
is a dead and done-for fashion, and lace
is in its place. he chatelains of summer
houses and their guests have all taken
laci-making lessons or are either busy over
the finest renaissance pattern for' hand
ruching, boleros or collars, else the coars
er. easier style and stitch is spent on
pieces tor table decoration. The lace work
is carried usually in a bag knitted of a
greaL number of colored silks, with the
mesh of which small brilliant beads are
worked, and all the women draw the finest
ot black silk mittens on their hands when
the dainty tasks are begun.
Women of large artistic ambition have
gone in heart and soul for tapestry work
They hardly venture any bigger pieces
than will cover a chair seat or upholster
a sofa cushion, but some of them do truly
excellent work with iheir wools and big
needier They work at frames like those
at which our grandmothers worked their
wonderful wool and silk embroideries
Now that Ihe first flush of interest ha*
faded from the business of knitting things
goit hose, waistcoats, etc., the girl who
must do something wiih her finger* Is
making truly lovely jackets of ice wool
This is an English mode, for In thai coun
try no woman can wear a shirt waist with
out just a shadow of a shade of somethina
under it. The Ice wool jackets of cream
pale rose, or heaven’s own blue, and thin
as a cobweb, is just the thing. Nearly
every young girl now carries round with
her a passepartout box and makes by this
simp.e method picture frames for her
friends, and the most fascinating form of
picture frame t. present your hostess is a
wide cardboard frame, with a small pholo
gi tph ot yourself ,n the center, and then
smad. artistic blue or platinum prints on
the frame round you, showing glimpses
of those nooks about the country houe
or .awn, or tiny views of the place vou
moM admire. Tills the giver has mounted
11 passepartout, under glass, and sends to
her hostess when the visit is over.
Emily Holt.
FIRING KXEMIf CHILDREN.
Stimulant in the Form of Egg and
Salt I* Injected I ttilrr thr Sldn.
New }ork. July 14 —A prompt and ef
fective cure for anemia has just been dis
covered by Hr. Albert Muggla, a progres
sive German physician. lie takes the
of ,, a , frffh laiJ hen’s egg, mixes it
with a littie salt, and filters the mixture
Then he injects it with a hypodermi
syringe. His experiments have been con
ducted upon very weak, anemic children
that found difficulty In assimilating food.
After a shorl course of Ireatment his pa
tients gained in weight perceptibly nnl
improved in healih from day to day T.ae
principle upon which, this scientist works
is that the body assimllaies whatever i
injected under (he sjdti with far greate'r
case and promptness than if it he taken into
the stamach. It is notable that in most
cases of extreme anemia the digestive ap
paratus refuses to work properly and the
iron or food swallowed is not assimilated.
" hen Introduced in the new way, directly
into the blood, it can not fail to build up
the system promptly. The importance or
this method is In proportion to the wide
spread prevalence of anemia among chil
dren and women of our day who do not
get sufficient exercise or fresh air to keep
the frame in healthful condition. The idea
of feeding beneath the skin, hypodermical
ly- 19 9 ° simple and effective that the onlv
winder is that it has not been thought
before.
SOME ALFRESCO TABLEAUX.
Pretty uni! Easily Arranged Country
House Entertainment.
As the summer advances and house par
ties are in full swing, out-of-door enter
tainments make up the season's fun-,
lions. For the hostess who delights n
special diversions in which jollity is com
bined w ith but little expense, th’e Aif r ,
tableaux forms an important feature
These charming affairs need only the lt ..
ranging of a few old duds taken from a
country garret, where odds and ends H r
kept, that can be gathered up for ii
occasion needed.
In giving tableaux in the open air, the
time selected should be evening, when
th“ stars lend their presence to the
and on nights where there is an absrr-e
of moonlight. The place appointed for ihe
setting may be on an even part of ihe
lawn, directly in front of the house, r
they can he given on the porch, while the
audience is seated or. the grass.
To make things run smoothly, the arti.
c>s used for the scenery of these sim-.:*
affairs should be grouped together, aid
so marked that no confusion will follow.
Two young men. or even one, can he ta
property man of the occasion, besides con
trolling the red and green fire which an*
ns a power for these entertaining pic
tures.
In the following example? i? shown
what can be done with simple household
appointments:
The Haymakers.—ln the center of <\
large space a stump of a big tree can be
covered with grass or hay. which servos
as a table for a pall of water. About this
are grouped several young men and young
women, as if in attitudes of rest. Their
costumes should be that of farmer lads
and lassies. The women look well in
short skirts tucked up over bright petti
coats, on their heads sun-bonnets, and a
handkerchief tied loosely around their
necks. For the men, the better the work
ing garb, the better the picture. Seven
or eight people is all that is necessary
for this scene. One man can be pouring
water from a pitcher for the girl beside
him; another lying at the feet of his com
panion. If given on a lawn, a clump of
trees forms a fine background.
. The Vestal Virgins.—For this tableau the
cotton sheet does duty as a Grecian drap
ery, each one artistically hung on the four
or five young girls taking part. In their
hands should be small antique lamps, and
on their shoulders tall thin vases can be
held so as to form a picture. In fact, their
attitudes may be copied from any scene
found in books on ancient Greece, or left
to the imagination or inclination of the
people concerned.
“While the Cat’s Away, the Mice Will
Play.’’—By a few draperies for a back
ground, the effect of a room can be gained.
Near the center place a tall easel, on
which rests n picture frame. Through this
is a pretty face looking out, which is don.*
by a young girl kneeling behind the east 1.
and whose figure is completely covered up
by the drapery at the back, hung there for
the purpose. Near the picture stands a
girl on whose face is a half-amused air,
Kneeling in front of the easel is a lit P
girl, while close to the picture is a sturdy
boy, who paints on the fact a moustache,
one-half of which is already done. While
the boy is in the act of putting the finish
ing touches to the other half, the signal is
sounded and the tableau is on view.
These simple tableaux may be copied
from pictures found in any periodical of
the day. Sentimental scenes can be de
picted, provided the hostess is a woman
who studies effects and groups with an ar
tist’s eye.
JE.\M r LIND’S FAVORITE SOU*.
Great Singer Relieved It Had a Grent
Deal to Do With the Preservation
of Her Voice.
The recipe used by the famous singer,
Jenny Lind, in making her favorite sou:>
has just been discovered. She believed
that it had much to do with the preserva
tion of her voice ana keeping her throat
and chest in good condition. She would
entrust its manufacture to no one, prefer
ring to see to it herself that it should
be made precisely right. She soaked for
ty-five. grains of pure sago in cold water
for several hours. She then put it on the
fire to boil in fresh water, and when it
had reached the boiling point poured cold
water over the sago in a sieve. Then
it was cooked for twenty minutes with
one and a Half spoonfuls of bouillon, and
carefully skimmed. A little salt, pep!"
nutmeg, sugar and cup-up parsley w e
added, and finally the yolks of two fresh
eggs and eight spoonfuls of hot err <ut
made into a sauce was put into the >
through a strainer after it had been iif !
from the fire, and all thoroughly worked
with a large spoon. Now it was ready m
be eaten or drank. All ambitious singers
who take soup i ke this will not necessar
ily become Jenny Linds, but their vo - 9
will stand great s-train and retain their
sweetness by Its aid.
The Limit.—“ Paw,” said Tommy. “how
big a hailstone did you ever see?’’ “When
i was out West in 1891,” said Mr. Tu:Uer,
“I saw jl hailstone as big as this boil I v<*
got on the back of my neck.”—Chi as*
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