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FASHIONS AT COUNTRY CASINOS. SUPPERS OF WHITE (iLACE KID, WB BLACK SATIX TIES LACED AVITH SCARLET RIIIBONS ARE IVORS FOR MORNING DANCES. lUbbon-Tlirendeil Slorkingi Another l lira Novelty of the Senium—Lin gerie Thin Sommer Is Fretted With I.ace of the Sheerest Nainsook Made Into a Variety of Charmln a Style*—They Are Flower* of Needlework—Salt Water Costumes Follow the Mode* la Hav iuit 'fuelled Skirts anil Tlented Rack*. New York, June B.—The hostess sat on her vine-shaded veranda in a sheer, fresh organdie gown, striped in black, flowered in rows of pink, wbitp end blue convol vulese, the frills edgfed with black point usprit lace and the most charming pastel hlue ribbon appearing on her black straw bat and her crisp frock wherever ribbon should gracefully appear, "I've been paying a few calls,” she in formed Maisie, who sat clothed in her H>lf suit humbly on the Veranda steps. "How do you like my new shoes? It is ghe smart thing, you know', this sum mer, to wear very fancy slippers for every occasion except golf and actual i;ywraping on the highways.” The speaker put out an amazingly well rvolded foot and displayed a thin woven *dk stocking and a Cromwell slipper, Blade half of white glace kid and half Of black patent leather; a buckle of white A " . * / (1) Dark Blue and fro m Colored Flannel. (2) A Scarlet Serge Bathing Dress. (3) A Mohair with Blue Rings. (4) Dress o£ Sand-Brown Serge Trimmed with Cream. enamel with silver edges clasped the in step. "1 oail that extremely nice and highly becoming,” granted the critic cordially. “I’ve been hanging about the Casino bnl ccaiy this morning, and I remark that, though the gowns are nil long-tailed and clinging, their owners have ‘caught on’ to the sensible notion of grasping their flowing draperies in either hand and gracefully lifting them just high enougn to show smart, exquisitely shod feet and ankles, and the edges of charming un derskirt*. High heels and rounded toes were in the majority even when ties were worn. One girl • who danced all the morning, wore on her fairy feet a pair of black satin Oxfords laced with scarlet ribbons, and her silk were nn ultra novelty. They were black and threaded lengthwise, with scarlet bebe ribbon ran through eyelets woven up and tlown the ankle. I had speech with that damsel later, nnd she informed me privately that her dodge is to put ribbons in her shoes and hose to mutch every change of gown, and having wrung from her the address of the rU*al r in such charming devices you will* soon sfe me, too, tripping the l'ght fant. i: • in ribbon threaded stockings.” Well Dressed Feet. “To continue dvith my confessions, I must also tell you that I saw exceedingly nice leather tics stained the new walnut brown that has, caught the public fancy, good, sensible shoes, and glv'-n just that Coquettish touch of contra, t needed by lacing strings of black silk. Brown lisle stocl ings shot with black s!lk are essen tial with such boots, just as a'l the best patent leather walking tics are fastened with white, or brown, or blue, or green •ilk laces. “There are narrow souls, who turn up their noses, and ue tiie word ‘conspicu ous,’ but give me a breath of noVelty in the deadly sameness of fashion that we suffer this season. Why, I’ve jus' bought pair of very taking little dancing shoes myself; high-heeled, one-strap slippers, in pastel yellow’, decorated on the tie with reed pearls, and my stockings to match have single pearls sewed on them here and there. Then, In black satin, I've an other pair, but the beads are pin-head size, set singly all over the satin surface, and they are sunk in rhinestones. Of course, the black hose twinkle with wee dew drops, too, and the fascination ties partly in wearing footgear that looks ns if it represented a fortune, while in real ity the price of such frivolities need not •tagger any modest purse.” “Still, Malsle, you know you are rather an extravagant piece,” remonstrated the hostess, contemplating with satisfaction her black taffeta parasol with its white enameled handle, and the decoration done in white Valenciennes edging, run in three ruffled groups between rib ends and ferrule. “For Instance, in underwear.” “How little you know me,” protested the girl. “I’ve reformed. Papa swore a mighty oath, like King Cophatua, but over my bills Instead of my beauty, and last week, when 1 ran up to town, L •aw linpeile of the most enticing loveli ness and passed it all over for white things that look, in cemptfris n. like sack cloth. I saw’ the loveliest cache corsets du lal. corset covers, you know, to wear with evening fr cks, their shoulder straps made of ribbon, and the fine white batiste fronts fretted with k.ce and fastening to one side with liny bow knots of bebe rib bon. Another b-wi t ling little affair, of finest white nainsook wa all criss-cross ed over with bands of vnlenciennes entre deux, and still another, almost irresistible mede, was the empre demise. All its ‘yoke was solidly or. I should say. airly constructed of alternating rows of lace nd embroidered lawn bands. The skirt was full and ended in a flounce lucked and lace edged. Some women use these as chemise, and some adopt them as cache cot set and p tticoat in one, to wear with their empire tea gowns of such. “IJkc a greedy bee. I went from one lovely flower of needlework to the other and then recollections of paternal anger anl r proach coming to mind. I counter manded all my reckl- ss orders, decided 4o go heme, and in s'mpl*? stuffs copy the pr tty patterns myself and then took the left to the bathing suit department. • Salt Sea Tablet*. “Dear me!” Interposed the hostess. “I can’t yet decide what to get for the wa ter. and I am pining for a salty din. What do you advise, oh, Mai ic! ready in coun cl?” - “Why, just get the orthodox thing, ray dear,” suggested the girl. “I had my first plunge last week with three of the smart est women of my acquaintance ond I nm bound In cold justice to say that my flannel suit rather threw the others into the shade. Woman number one wore a nice, graceful Idea in navy blue French serge. Her skirt had a triple box pleat behind, and then a few fan pleats jadiat- | ou t on either hip. Inside each pleat rnn a band of flat cream mohair braid, which rather took my eye. Her walfct was a short-sleeved blouse with a big scalloped edged collar folding down 10 th? waist line, striped with stitched on bands of cream braid, fastened with a big mo hair button and folding back from a sailor vest of the same light goods. Woman number two wore a wading suit. You know what I mean; she is the i sort of girl who has a fine figure to dis play, so she puts on Repane corsets un der tight-fitting suit, and paddles about in the wavelets jut* ''above her knees. She w'ore an automobile red flannel frock with a puff front, and was most effective against blue sky and sea. I then stood out in 4ine contrast with my cream mo hair gown gaily spotted in marine blue polka dots. Two tucks and two frills I have in place of stitchings about the bot tom of mv skirt, and all the front of my low-necked, short-sleeved blouse is decor ated witli little latitudinal frills. I h ive a goy blue cap of wa<erproof silk, and I confess I’ve won more pretty speeches on *ha t gown than on anything I’ve worn In a long time. \ Fi*li W ife Siege. “Now. you, my dear Pauline, would look vastly well in a suit that my third mer maid friend wore. A brown, wide, wale fish wife sergex good sand brown, the skirt rather plaid, but 4he blouse double breasted, showing a square cream flan nel collar with brown braid anchors in both corners and a double row of cream flannel covered buttons running up the fnant. A brown silk kerchief knotted in your hair, and, I hate to confess it, but under those conditions I fear I would have to look upon you as a rival.” With a laugh Maisle ran down the steps, and * i ' (1) Stockings and Slippers Beaded WUh Pearls. (2) Cromwell White Glace Slip pers. (3) Black Satin Ties Laced With Scarlet Ribbon. (4) Patent Leather Tic. (5) Brown Walking Shoe. the hostess mused a space on the brown and cream composition until a clear voice called: “But I never heard you say whether you lilted my golf dress,” and the hostess, rising, came down the steps and out on the lawn to where her friend stood try ing to put a ball Into u hole on the prac tice green. Critically the hostess surv veyed the string colored suit of linen, the skirt severe with Us stitched hem, the waist showing two superimposed box pleats, like a close fitting Norfolk Jacket, and the hut of brown linen wound with a clear tulip red sljk scarf. “It Is rich, but not gaudy, eh? Is what you are wanting to say," quolh the golfer. “Well that Is the motto this season for the links. I* is easy to he fancy, to wear tucked coats, tailor strap ped skirts, annex flounces and pleated petticoats, but hear me prophesy that all those devices will be done to death this season, the golfing woman runs the ter rible risk of being overdressed and In the end, you will see the mirrors of fashion ■will do as I do, cling to good brown linen, conservative make up and Just one touch of red, preferably on the hat.” • Mary Dean. WOMEN Jilt HOStOI’ISTS. One Til oil SH ti and Women nt Work In tlie ClilcnKO Stock Yards. Chicago, June Of the thirty thou sand or more lahorers that daily go In and out the wonderful maxes of “I’ack- Irgtown,” or the Chicago Union Stock Y'ards, only about one thousand are wo men. It 1* obvious that comparatively little of the work there could from any standpoint be considered adaptable to the “weuker sox;” but as the West nowhere offers to working women the same op portunities tor earning their dally bread THE MORNING NEWS. SUNDAY. JUNE 10, 1900. asdoesTthie kast\ cotton and wool en mills, its shoe factories, manufacto ries of silk. etc., the very most must be made of the chances that exist. The number of women actively engaged in the stock yards, however, is but a small representation of t ie w\ ni n vi ally interested in its 1 - re, since this gigantic expression of modern commercialism sup l-Ort* from 115.000 to 175 00) people, the laig st industrial of the wcrlJ. An* interestii g occupation connected with the stock yards, in which women are engaged, but which is under the control of the government, is the microscopic in spection of such meats as are to be ex ported. The esiab of this branch of the work was brought about by the at:i ude of the pi ire pal countries of Eu | r.pe which—Enalmd expected—in 15*81 j imbed in rei s r.g to receive American | l>Drk into tneir harbors, on the ground , that it was pceu.iarly subject to trichi nae This act, of coaise, completely par alyzed fore gn trade in this commodity, • and lor fully ten years both the govern*- j ment and the ackers wore powerless i aeainst the edict. In IS9I. however, the j Urtiud States Bureau of Animal Industry ■ proposed to subject all meat intended for j foreign ports 10 a rigid microscopic ex | amination, and to fowa and with each ship ! ment a certi c.te cf health. This act had the desired effect; the tan was removed, and gradually foiegn trade swung back to its old status. The Bureau of Animal Industry has its office just at the entrance of tile stock yards. The department of microscopic examination is under the general manage ment of Dr. \Y. S. Pe Voe, head of the bureau in Chicago, with Dr. Morris Wood en, chief mlcroseopJst, in immediate charge. Associated with Dr. Wooden is one man, assistant chief microseopist, and 100 assistant microscopists, all of whom are women. Briefly speaking their work Is to examine the meat under the microscope, and make reports as to the presence or not of trichinae. These assistants for the most part, a more than ordinarily well-educated class of woman, a few physicians, some ex teachers and many college graduates be ing amongst <he number. The examina tions for the posh lon are, however, not so stringent as to exclude those of a good high, school education, and fully ony haif of the credits are given for practical work in microscopy. The age limit is 20 years and over. The work is inter esting and by no means arduous. It is, however, exacting and very hard on the eyes; so much so, that frequent rests have to be taken during the period covering the labor of the day. Every assistant Is required to be at her table at 8 o’clock In the morning; at 9:4a a rest of fifteen minuies Is talon, when work Is again re sumed and carried on until 12; a half hour is then allowed for luncheon. From 12:70 to 1:45 the young women are close at it again, and then conies another flf ! teen minutes' rest. At 3 o'clock (he work Is over for the day; the six hours of actual labor being all that even a strong pair of eyes can endure without Injury. To In sure the absolute accuracy of the work, there are seven" expert women whose sole duty It is to re-examine the specimens already passed upon by (he other assist ' ants. j New recruits are obliged to spend four !or five months studying how (o detect j trichinae In the different stages of i growth before being considered suflicient j ly expert to undertake the real work of pronouncing ujton the soundness of the meat, The specimens for examination arc out. by Ihe regular slock yard Inspectors, from the various parts of the animal where disease would lie likely exist if anywhere. These specimens arc put In [ little tin ltoxcs specially made for the pur- I iioso, and marked with a number, Ihe duplicate of which Is pm upon the car ess. Every particle of the meat thus selected is. passed under the lens, ond If It Is found to contain the germs of any disease, the animal Is condemned and sent to the rendering vat. Beside the regular assistants, two women arc constantly re quired to empty ami w.tsJi the ls>xes. The good meat Is given to charity Insti tutions or to any poor people who may cure to call for it. An average of twenty-five carcasses is examined every* day. which Is sufficient to cover the foreign trade. Americans must take their chances. However, since the department have demonstrated that 9S per cent, of the j rk > free from apl rnnlculae. and that trichinae is very easi ly destroyed by heat, there loesn t seem to be any special need of worry. The general stock yard inspectors make both ante and post mortem examinations of the iinimal with the nukvd eye, which is sufficient for determining the presence of tuberculosis nnd kindred diseases. How ever. the microscopic inspection costs only about six cents a carcass, and the bureau are in frequent receipt of appeals to strengthen their force of microseopists, so that meat intended for home consump tion may be scientifically tested as well as that intended for our friends across the water. At all events, the institution* affords a veiy desirable occupation for women. The average rate of pay is SSO n month, the hours agreeable, the work interesting, and except for the strain upon the eves, not difficult. Della T. Davis. THE GRE AT FAMIIN E OF INDIA. Twenty-Seven millions of IVople Swept by Starvation in n Century. Some statistics* from Indian government rei>oris give an- Idea of th© tremeiul us loss of life that has taken place frem the date when Great Britain inaugurat ed lid rule in India; and of the enor mous sums of money expended in relief works without, as yet, providirg any.safe guard against' the recurring calamnity. Iti the year 1770 Bengal was visited by a famine, the records of which f r the horror of the situation eclipses any sim ilar narrative to be found in the page* of history. The crop < f 17ti9 being a total failure within nine months, it Ss compute!! that out of a population of 30,C0), o>. one third, or 10,000,C00, perished from t nova tion and disease. In order to obtain lood, sold their children into slavery until no buyers could be found, fer a lime thousands subsisted upon leave* trees and grass until even that sour e of noui ishmuit failing, the living actually fed upon Nhe bodies of the deal. As if file were determined to revel in irony, it is recorded that while the rainy season of 1770 brought an abundant harvest, in the meantime millions of starving w:\uch s crawled despairingly from one deserted village to another in a vain search fr food, dying in multitudes through in ability to live through the few intervening weeks that separated them from their harvest. The elYects of this famine wvre f It for two generations. The children l end young people having almost all succumbed, ‘here was no rising generation to till he field*. So Jungles grew up where there had once been flourishing farms ard village?, and tigers and elephants multiplied to such an enormous extort, tliat their ter ror-stricken defenseless population lay at j j,, A Brown Linen Golf Gown. the complete mercy of savage beasts. In 1857 the North West provinces were ravag’d by a famine cf which it Is re coded that in two cities the inhabitants died at the rae or tw. l,e hundred a day. and in the rural districts human beings |. 1 1- h and by villa*, s. Of 0 e thre • gnat fain'ties of 1860, 1867 and 1869 In the North West pronvlccs, Orissa and BaJ;mland respectively, three millicns of pec pic are said to have been sw.pt away; in that of 1866 th famished wretches again it sorting to cannibalism. Bengal WHS again vlsi el by a terrible famine in 1873 when 3,9X),f,00 people re ceitel daily tel ef at a cost to the gov ernment of $32 3 t0,i03, and to private charity of $1.14.).C00. On this occasion the previous c p nlng up of the country by toads and railways, as well as the heroic r ll.f efforts, sue su c.ssful In holding t'e grim sc m e at so that but few ac ually perished , From 1873-1878. however, the provinces | ,f Bombay, Madras anti Mysore were swept by famine and pestilence that al most equalled the disaster of a century before. c At a cost to the government of $33,. (Of*oCo. 1.500,000 pcs pi, w re temnorarlly re lieved; but that th's suffice 1 little Is de mons rated by the fact that In one dis trict -of 2 129,000 people, 27)0t0 are sup ped to hav'e perished. From tit sub--quent rrld mlc of chol era, th deaths were returned at 357.000 ftr Madras, ii-.too for M.sore, and 37,n00 fer Bombay. In a'l, during this fearful period, the famine commissioners re|>ort ed tat In the provine, s under British ad ministration cut a pot u atlon of 190.000,00), 5 250,10, of deaths took pace fit ex cess of what might have 1> . n looked for during the same period In ordinary sea sons. In the yur 1807 famine once more raised Its head In the Northwest prov inces, threatening a papulation of ST) on,. I too. By October. 1897, the total cost of I relief had reached $50,0)0,100; but yet many I hundreds of thousands perished. The dls : aster was quickly fo! owed by the plague, claiming a death roll in lh province of Bombay of 100,000; to be In turn succeed od by <he present famine, of the magni tude and terrible nn ure of which *te arc being daily informed. It is computed that from the year 1770 until 1579, India has been visited in dif ferent parts by no less than thirty-one famines, with a loss to hunion life di rectly and indirectly of the truly appalling total of 37.000.000. A glance at the map of India wi l show the enormous extent of territory subject to these dread visita tions. With the exception of the strip of coast beneath the motinrains from Bom bay to Cape Uormorin, the greater port of the provinces of Assam and Burmah, together with the deltaic districts at the head of the Bay of Bengal, the test of the peninsula is liable to drought and conse quent famine; with forty millions of peo ple at all times on the verge of starva tion. In spite of the vast sums expended unon irrigation works, and the general develop ment of the country under British aus pices, the hopelessness of the situation is expressed by nn eminent Anglo-Indian authority recently decensed. whd says that no compensating influences can pre vent these recurring periods of conrinu uous drought with which laige provinces of India are afflicted. Water works on a scale adequate to guarantee the’ whole of India from drough*. not only exceed the possibilities of finance; but are beyond the reach of engineering skill. Michael Gifford White. PERILS OF DEATH VALLOT. Mont Desolate Spot In the Western lletailapliere. From the Scientific American. Death valley i? probably the most unique notural feature in California. It is located in the southeast corner of In cyo county, und Is inclose! by the Pana mint mountains on the west and the Funeral Range on the east. It is seventy five miles long, and at its narrowest point blit eight miles wide. At one time, most probably, it was the bed of nn ancient river. The lowest de pression is 200 feet below sea level, hut nbove this rises Telescope Peak, 11,000 feet high, of the Fanamlnt Range, ond directly opposite the Funeral Peak, which reaches nn altitude of 8,000 feet. During the winter these peaks are covered with snow*. This remarkable valley was discovered in 1850, by a party of Immigrants, many of whom lost their lives in the attempt to cross it. The name has clung to it. also, as being the scene of numberless trage dies. Early In its history traditions of gold and silver deposits of wonderful rich ness within its boundaries persuaded many adventurous persons to undertake the hazardous experiment of Its explora tion. The number who have lost their lives In this desolate field is undoubtedly great. Pursuing the mirage of rich de posits of precious metals, these adven turous prospectors succumbed at last to ■ II I IK INTO THE HANDS OF THE CONSUMERS Is oat prime object just now. Profits are lost sight of in our desire to accomplish this end. 1-3 OFF ON MEN’S SUITS This means an immense saving to you on STYLISH CLOTHING TAILORED BY TAILORS It Means--- $ 8.50 Suits go at $ 5.67 . 10.00 Suits go at 6.66 13.50 Suits go at 9.00 15.00 Suits go at 10.00 • 18.00 Suits go at 12.00 20.00 Suits go at 13.34 25.00 Suits go at 16.67 v l\ Ol'R HHOB DEPARTMENT WE I l.lftEH \L DIM (It MS ON STRAW I OFFER SOME STAHTI.IVi RED! C- 111 ITS, ROYS* HI ITS, NEGLIGEE I TIONS TO CLEAR OIT HOME ODD jMI I UTS, Ft HMNHINGS f.M) l\| I DEH WE Alt GOODS GENERALLY. i “We fit you from head to foot/' M, DRYFUS, Now I After Sept. 1 127 Congress Street, 111 Broughton Street, West, | wes t, the intolerable heat and the agotVfefc bf thirst. % The range of the thermometer is prob ably grener in Death volley than else where in the Western Hemisphere. In winter the temperature is way below zero, while in July and August, the thermom eter ranges for weeks at 137 degree* above, frequently rising several degrees higher. For we)is at a time the lowest temperature observed exceeded ICO de grees. The deadly heat burns every ves .tige of vegetation. The Spanish bayonet, a plant that flourishes under the most arid conditions, here barely survives, while the mesquite. with its long root* penetrating deep into the earth in search of scanty moisture. Just manages to ex ist. A party cf enterprising agriculturist* once experimented with growing fruit and vegetables in this region, anticipating large profits in the early marketing of their crops. The attempt was :i complete failure, the intense heat withering the plant*, notwithstanding copious supplies of water and the most skillful cultivation. •In the higher f the Funamints there arc numerous \d|l.ys with flowing streams. In these frgils are cultivated, and reach the market two months before the California products mature. The prevailing winds in Death valley ar from the west. Though originating In the Pacific ocean and saturated with humidity in traveling the lnlerme<Kaic distance, they are intercepted by thr* lofty peaks of the four ranges of mountains, which absorb all' of their moisture, so that by the time they reach the valley all humidity h as disappeared. blast* are as If heated In fiery furnace, and no living thing can survive the intense hea#. Even bird's, indigenous to the region, die. It is in the months of greatest heat thnt the sand storms of Death valley are most deadly. They rage with (intense fury, obliterating the landscape nnd dim ming the light of tho sun. withering the Ktnpire Chemise and New Muslin. Corset Covers •canty vegetation and covering the tmlls deep in powdered dust. At all times the aspect of the valley is superlatively des olate. No spot on earth surpasses it in aridity or taphet-Hke heat. During the heated term nn hour without water means death. Meat becomes putrl l in an hour. Eggs are cooked in the blis tering sand. Water is only palatable by nunns of large porous earthenware Jars, common to all hot countries, suspended in drafts and reduced in temperature by means of the rapid evaporation of the moitUure from the outside. The belief that the borax marshes are the remains of the vast lake which once tilled the valley, is supported by traces of water-line found 000 feet above, on the mountain sides. In general appearance all borax marshes are alike. They are located at the point of greatest depression, and from a dis tance iook like deposits of salt or snow. Under the surface is common wet clay or water of varying depths. These depos it® arc generally circular in form and *p- COMPANY'S EXTRACT fL h*s be*'' for over 30 years the stand lUaifcN ard. Sclentificaily prepared from tH# finest beef; it strengthen* th strong §l, jjf and in.igorat.s invfthd,. - pear as though once they were crater*. Borax wits created by contact of horacta add in gaseous form with the lime and soda of th** surface. At Teel* marsh. Ne vada 1 . borate of lime appears in thl form of balls Imbedded In clay along with soda, trait, etc., but at Columbus, the*4 ore found in sandy soil. Sometime* these balls ore decomposed, underlying the soil which is removed, and the borate shovel ed out. Deposits of crude borate of sod* are found in Nevada and in Death vatlty, at the Monte Blanco mine*. Some Tliinking by Dog*. From the London News. Do dog* think 0 Yes, roriled Herr Stein er-Brunner. tho landlord of the Hotel du Glacier at Meidf-n, In the Turiminnthal. Herr Brunner left h!s mvuntaln hotel during th*' last winter mult r the guar dianship of a watchman, whc*e only eam pan;< ns w ere a coup’e of dogs—a French “griffon" and a little ‘'spit*.” A month ago he watchman was cutting wood in the neighborhood of the hotel, when h<> was suddenly overwhelmed by an aval unche. The two dogs were with th*ir master, and must have seen him thtw buried by the fallen mass of enow. Un able to get at him for hi a release, his tw6 canine friends, either with or wl.hout holding counsel together, rushed down the mountain (which F'ands at the height of 1.800 metres above the sea level) and made their way to Herr Brunner’s hou/c in the valley. There, by snorting, barking and other signs of excitement, they mad the landlord understand that something extraordinary had occurred at the sum mit. The host, with three men and twe dogs, ascended to the Hotel du Glactef, n journey which occupied them nine houra When they arrived at the spot where the accident hail happened, “it was as clearly indicated by the conduct of the two dog* l as If they had said in words, ‘This la the place.’ ” The watchman was soon ex-* cavated from his snowy grave, anti quick ly recovered himself. As lie could give tha exact timer at'which the avalanche had fallen, it was calculated thot the twb doga had made their downward Journey of eighteen kilometres In little more then an hour, end during' a heavy anowtttU. 19