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FASHION’S AWFUL DILEMMA.
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~..rd i i>on Particular Shade of
J lr „..lr .nr Hrr fonf.o.
N . tor. * ***t 3t-Never hat a sea
of fsh n ben so barren of novelties
ai thl*. From Parts comes
p .,..., i ~i there Is nothin* new, thnt
...makers t t their wits' en.|
1 ths modiste* without tn
worth, RawdnSt* and Vlrot de
!y ire that there are no more
„ ~| i fan. Ics of drea* to be Invent
the hot I*arlsln summer,
•i* tf exposition, ts to blame, but
„ vfr - the cause, chaos re tan.a In
r f the mode. We have no aye
„„ t .,..err to guide u any longer
none of hats or our selections
rcr J . Wear what you please, for
, , , please Is as good fashion as
vwhtt-a ■ ’**' *>'* lhp cloakmaker. tailor,
•ourtera and milliner. Weak
teen. 1 ft on. or yellow; cut your skirt j
V- wA* M \ ~ v .. *-
O' : i r V
Three Belt Novelties.
r;h a Min or wicifout. gather and pleat
Jt a- th*' *aW. or let It flt the hips as
***** * the hark fii* a tree;hmg dlrec
• ir.lv :• sour coat and waist, or chop
iff both rl*nt under the arms, confusion
K-'ails and bad taste is given.
* !*:m of the show windows and
etuf *er t : iiej with new lanes and bro
<“i >s is cause for ttars. The worst col
r> ar#> cast together In the most tin
r fu: and Inappropriate designs, one
rorjrtois robin's *-gg blue satin bears
feur* 1 bouquet* of mistletoe. brocade In
foil thread, while knobby locking little
of reddish purple violets are
t<*-l nrre and there on the green satin
•s* ** A pink *ut:n is figured over In •
e<*.' at resemh es an 'ndtess chain of
r u peaks, on which snowflakes ns
he r i as round as Quinine p 111 or<*
•
. rowpect Js no more pleasing at the
.'• where lace red* 4 .* are displayed,
f r.to the m*sh of the lace !ar**> Irreg
ular shape! ptecea of painted twinne or
r k muslin are let. Not satisfied with
t • much decoration, the 111-advised man
u‘a'* urers introdn © on the surface of the
jiAtit *♦ or musiln square ridiculous roses
a * illpe and ISKtaa an 1 elttllm of wl
un. made of putted tulle cf a variety
ef '•entrasted tints. Those tulle flowers,
tf resemble nothing so much as raw.
__ ♦ Iking Gown for Young Girl.
WorM mri n, have stalk* and leave*
*• foil braid. and three or four Inches
*' Wr* lluma glitter at the foot of the
roi *.
It rally Prrllr Frock*.
" •* childish and pariah in appearance
* m -I so, Indeed, that It la a positive
*o iurn 10 the conn-itautve gwn
' r ooda which. while showing r.o
J " r v I nure* display both grare and
i'll a gown, or roam, rafher.
*' * croup of two evening frock* in
, ’ *• lumn *ketch. Theee are ea.
j * 'Maned for the fresh and youlh
t In variety, for the hud* after
n e fiance la over. The one on
! u moaa roo pink taffeta bril
b- .iy |* quaintly ahlrred all about,
thre.tde of the shirring are ob
,l b>- banda of baby velvet rlltbte.
•i vreen. that mntrhe# very freah
• • <*lland now Mhe ahlrrlngs and
*’ r ae of frrm velvet ribbon ron
*n upon the aklrt to form a lon*.
■'l apron < rr*rt. The edges of Ibla
■ atlutler with chiffon frill* of
bn . changing through pink to
, and lender gre, n. A deep frtil of
:f| ' hordera tha aklrt all around.
1 1 pleasing la tha companion
„ 11 ' f i"i* yellow yvktn crepe, d*. ked
j, h.iti.iw hand* of mink's fur. A
f'.llTTfe gilt and p.-ile blue eap
i* the points of the abort muave
, ’ *■ • her over tha bust, and b*k*r
v ‘ irr * <l e.|re of the aouavea falla a
yt . ‘ Wl ‘ blue liberty llaaute. spotted
wnr* * t>,J e * k dancing petticoat la
under the aklrt of yellow crepa.
and simply airret Uonaa.
I ' !,T a vtTprj of enythlPd but pralae
should accompany the two dtscre*t walk.
n gowns that Illustrate the best types of
Outdoor suit now beinc made for adults
and Juveniles The young girl* dress is a
wiry haired tweed In a warm shade of
red. and atroked Irregularly with fine,
close ret back lines. A band of solid ret
ladles' cloth borders the rk rt. collar on I
yoke of waist and forms a belt, and this
la sensibly toned Josin by app lea Ilona of
narrow black soutache.
The costume for the older woman ts
a Wofau blue homespun of delightfully
"oft quakty. the coat and *k!rt edged
with smooth, lighter blue cloth und brakl
ed in black. While the lower half of the
body and top of the skirt Is arranged m
blue silk that matches the cloth .Ages
Some very interesting striped casnmerea
have been brougrrt out this season The
stripes run the length of the good* a->*
half an Inch wide and alternate in bla k
and white, tahae brown and yellow, red
end black, etc. They are extensively used
In the makeup of smart house skirts, the
tops of which have the lighter stripes
tucked out. This leaves the lower half
of guch a skirt very full ami the stnpea
conspicuous A fancy shirt waist and a
narrow flexible gold belt completes quiie
an Ideal morning dress. •
heather and Twilled ttlbbon Bells.
Apropos of belts, we are In danger of l
doing the flexible gold ribbon to death
with overmuch patronage Black satin
girdle* braided In gold are also pretty,
but rapidly hastening to deetru tlon '
through too great popularity. A group
of really .smart belts accompanies the I
text, and shows how leather and twilled
ribbon are most tastefully used The
belt of black mitin sprinkled with tiny
l**l brills, and clasiwxl In front by
handaom* sirass* buckle. I* carefully
ahape.l to fit the walnt. aa a collar taiuU
cut and skillfully adjusted to the neck.
Thin la a French Inven'.kon.
I The leather girdle i* a straight strap
of white calf's hide, with the fine,bleach
'd hair clinging to the skin. Thl* pliant
hide Is taken from the body of a still
born calf, and is the only sort of while
belt that doe* not soil, since the fine,
close-lying hair accepts little grease or
dust, nr.d that whlrh It does take can
be easily wiped off with a cloth.
The third strap ts of while s.lk. diag
onally Striped with a black velvet line,
! and, elapsed with a gold disk buckle on
white, three englels are outlined In bril
i Hants Nearly all the good gowns this
season are finished with small crush or
I stitched belts that exploit buckles of In
trinsic value. From l’arls they are send-
'-/['CjG % $r
A Moss Rose Tlnk Taffeta Tarty Gown. A Tale Yellow P.-kin Crepe <~ostum
In* ur beautiful buckle# In the form of
comic and tra*lc maequee. grinning aatyr
faces nr shape! and worked In Imitation
of Japanese sword guards and Mandarin
buttons.
dome Title Novelties.
The moat du moment Idea In collars la
tha hitch, stralcht satin band, about the .
base of which a soft ribbon Is drawn and
tied In a bow In front that shows as many |
as six ends of uneven length* In front,
hut no loope Bvnr end la pinched to
cether and finished with an ornamental
golden ta*. and the result of this trifling
device Is extremely pretty. Bomctlme*
tne tacs are of true old, charmlnkly
wro-iht and ae. with tiny Jewels. ,o that
they can ba tr*n.ferrd to every fresh
* 1 aoadea of broam alovas prevail,
from XrULlct cafe-ou-l.lt Uca M
to hnavv walkln* auede tn deep taboo
hrosvr. Bom. of the smart walkln* *lv<
I have stripes of kid laid on the back end
tailored on with many sod
flat heavy brown pearl button faatenad
22 JU a hr... -hank -'heprop
method of closing them at the *•>
The black tulle toque was ep.demlc laat
wl' ter. end It was to be hoped that the
heat of summer had permanently-melted
It from the memory of toque "•'*" T?-
manklnd. No such rhan*e of heart has
Jaw. Place, however, and tha tulle toqu.
IS evidently prepared to weather the rig
or# of another winter Thi. season we are
to have black tulle toques with uprolllng
velvet brims braided In old. or ovrjald
adth gold lace. Another specie* of shir
red tulle head*ear Will be a Marquise In
shap.- the brtm freighted with lon*, lus
cious hhiok plumes, drawn l*i front throujth
n very long. very narrow Marquis* buckle
of militant* Brliesanakla have already
he*un to patronlxe the tulle Marquise m
Mnrk because of |!a Ineffable soft grace
rulnem and *he charmln* contrast Into
which It throws their delicate colored
■owns.
Ilrorailr WU(rol.
Every coat that la not as lon* In the
ek*rts as a tea *own la a coats*. There la
the Spanish coatee, tha Romney coatee
nnd t hcDtr ectotre and Louts <|utn costae
The only dllterance between any one of
JISb u 1
TTIE MORNING NEWS! SUNDAY, OCTOBER 2S. 1000.
have not The D.reetolre and Lands Fif
teenth roats boast the most mag. Ifk-ent
antique brocade waistcoats A stot/ Hy
ing about the dressmaker's establ..-' mem
reutsa the experience of a wealthy woman
who wanted n true old brocade of a spe
cull Du Barry pink color for her green
velvet Louis coulee Killing to And what
she wauled at any of the dry goods pal
aces or at tho furniture dealers’, she made |
a round of tl* hri -.i-hr.tc shops and dp- ,
covered a chair upholstered In Just the
brocade she wis searching for She paid
t 1.600 for tlx* chair, ripped oft the gorge
ous bro ole dress It wore, and ordered It
into the front of her coot. The mangled j
chair did not suit htr empire drawing
room, so that It now remains In her gar
ret. a monument to the extravagance of I
the rich American when the perfection of
her wardrobe Is at stake Mary Dean.
tll.D TIMH It KM HI) IK ft KOH GOl'T.
Buttermilk Kvery Twenty-Four
llnura said to t are Achlnis Joints.
New Tork. Oct —"Ooul to tha bane '
of existence, a very tricksy Ariel among
diseases," the old doctor said In his alur
! ring Southern voice. "You never know
! Just where it will take you—lt has as
many ways of showing Itself as you have
fingers and toes—yes. and legs, arms and
muscles generally. 1 honestly believe M
can set up a separate and Individual ache
In every fibre of the human frame. But
even that ts not the worst of It. It la so
utsleperKloble. I'atho.ogtcal idiosyncrasy
i counts for so much In it. the cure (or
one man e gout Is the polscet of another s
"Bo of late I am returning to drat prin
ciples and treae many of my gouty Pa
tient* with household remedies Doom
Boulh. where I grew up, people swear by
the buttermilk cure. With good reason,
too—tactic acid, the aour of bugerimlk.
attacks ond dissolves every aor* of earthy
deposit In the blood vessel*. Thu# It
keep* the veins and arteries so supple
end free-running, there ran be no clog
ging up, hence no deposit of Irritating
calcareous matter around the Joints, nor
of poisonous waste In the muscle* It I"
the stiffening and narrowing of the blood
vessel* which bring esi eenlle decay
Buttermilk, I firmly believe, postpones the
period of it, ten to twenty years.
"The gouty diathesis Is unquestionably
hereditary, but the exciting cuuse of a-t
--ual gout Is sluggish Inexertlon. Buttermilk
gently stimulates all the excretorlea—
liver, ekln and kklntys It does even
more In tonln* the stomach, and furnUh-
In* It the material from which to make
rich healthy blood. Asa nutrient, butter,
tnllk Is wholly unlike sweet milk ll food
value may lc l-as. by chemical teats, but
In every other wny. It Is very much mrwe.
If you have gout, or a trouty tendency,
drink a qunrt of buttermilk every twen
ty-four hours, eat no meat, not sweets,
let alone pastries, rplced thing* and wine,
hut allow yourself all the e**s. *amc and
fresh fruit, and vegetables, especially
salads, you can consume, and unless you
A Rltte Homespun Street and Shopping
Skirt.
OUR OPENING
Occurs Thursday, Nov. ist.
When the Ladies will have the gratification of viewing
the very latest and most stylish London and Paris
models of SUITS, SKIRTS, JACKETS, CAPES and FURS,
As well as the most select* exclusive and perfect lines of
SILK and FLANNEL SHIRT WAISTS
__ Ever exhibited in the State of Georgia. _
This I§ Not a “Belated” Opening,
Y / Our judgment decided us to defer our exposition until the VERY I
) LATEST MOMENT, the better to obtain the NEWEST and MOST
APPROVED developments of a growing season, as the stimulus of dc-
Y cided atmospheric conditions in the world’s great Fashion centers is
always necessary to bring out the BEST and most arbitrary creations of |
'liJKe, j.W\\ rca * ''P ace ‘ settcrs °I sty lc . a °d to endeavor to save our patrons from \J ,
\ j being behind the procession instead ot IN FRONT. Jm rf
The Ladies Will Embrace the iSIA
_| OPPORTUNITY
- - j' To inspect our remarkably masterful collection of
Dress Novelties of Every Description-Up to the Very Minute.
Walking Skirts, Fine Hosiery Novelties,
Rainy-day Skirts, Eiderdown House Coats, Etc.
Charming Neckwear, sin$ in .hon we exhibit,
The Famous Home-made f EVERY DEPARTMENT
Muslin Underwear,l (M The Newest Attractors.
# - . * Sec the new models of
S,L. W The KABO CORSET.
We Hope to See all the Ladies Here Thursday.
*
Our Boys’ an d Children’s Section
Is on the same floor as that of the Ladies, and incidental to oar OPENING, it
may interest those Ladies concerned to look over oar gigantic lines of the best
CLOTHING and FURNISHINGS fot the YOUNG FOLKS,
Including many very new IMPORTED NOVELTIES in Fabrics and Styles.
OVERCOATS, REEFERS, SUITS, HATS, CAPS, NECKWEAR, UN
DERWEAR, HOSIERY, Etc. Special attention is requested to
° or Very Complete Supplies for Infants.
B. H. LEVY & BRO.
are a vary 111-conditioned perron, you will
ehortly be smaml at your own Improve
ment I have seen alm.wt hopeless crip
ples cured bv six months of nah-cak* and
buttermilk three times a day. the ash
cake saturated with *<ol grass butter
ar.d auppl-menird with roaa'ed e**s. po
tatoes and nuts
"Since aah-cake Is beyond the reach of
city people .they must moke out ** best
they may with graham crackers, shred led
wheat, and so on. H-t soda biscuit oc a*-
lonally do no hurt provided they are llaht
and well bnked. but rolls, flour muffins,
bread of every sort. Indeed anything he
jqr.slrg to 'h* tribe of ferment*, la best
let atone. As to the buttermilk the quart
la the minimum If you have appetite and
capacity for three q'tarta ao much the
better In fact, my advioa to anybody
who has a creaky Joint, or a swelled and
aching one. Is drink all the buttermilk
you can relish, whenever and wherever
you can It must be good buttermilk
fresh-ohurned. and ffho**om. from a de
pendable dairy. Milk that has been kept
too long before churning, or afterward,
will certainly cot do good, and may do
harm.
Buttermilk waa not by any means the
only remedy my home people used. In
fart they had goul-curea nearly as va
rtoua as tha mantfeMaitona of gout Itself.
Borne few of them were heroic—the tur
pentine bandage for example. (loft old
flannel wetcVlth qptrtta turpentine was
bound on the affected part, and Ironed
with a hot Bat-Iron as long as the pa
tient could stand It. It took grit to stand
It many minutea-the turpentine vaporta
ed. and went in. making a deep painful
burn, which generally drove away the
gout. Tha milder roaln-plaatar was much
affected by the bla< k people. Rosin either
crude or commercial waa melted, mixed
with grease, and spread upon thin soft
leather, often the red morocco top of an
old boot-lfg. then clapped In place alaallng
hot, and left to wear off Hlnce It stuck
worse than a poroua plaster the wearing
off was tedious. Rosin piasters were com
monly sacred to lame hacks and shoul
ders A big one was a treasure often kept
ns a sort of heirloom—lt could always be
reneared by spreading on fresh rosin -
•Tiny poultices ran them hard In pop
ular favor. Ocherous red clay, or dirt
burned In tha chimney hack, was mixed
to very soft mud with apple vinegar,
spread an • o i&Sdfc a!! arour.J the gmiry
spot, and left there twenty-four hour*.
Gouty feet were Incased In It until they
looked Ilka the hands of a giant prlae-flgh
l*r ready for the ring For gouty anktes
the mud was put Into a sock which was
then drawn on. and worn sometime* a
week. Gouty finger Joints had the lead
bandage. made by hammering a bullet thin
and flat, then bending It In place with
the ends lapping A* tha sw-lllng went
down the end* were tapp'd further, thus
k'eplng up the pressure which was held
to cure.
•’May Apple ointment was sovereign for
lame bach*, sore shoulder*, and stiff nerlta
The fleshy roots were stewed eoft then
mashed up In lard, and stewed half a day
longer Jt waa a powerful remedy, end
needed to be uead with discretion or It
would lake off the skin end make an
ualv sore Where there was racking or
shooting pain, hop-poultices and hop foot
baths came into play and certainly did
good The hop-poultice area a thin bag
half tilled with dry hops, wrung out of
boiling water, and laid vaag hot upon tha
gouty spot. For the foot.bath a bigger
beg of hops want Into the tub. ladling
water wae poured In. end the feet steam
ed until the water was cool enough for
bathing. Grape sap was the cure of cure#
for spring gout A vigorous wild grape
vine an* cut off any time In March or
April, and the flowing sap taught In a
wooden vessel. It was an article of faith
not to let M touch glass or metal It wae
drunk from a gourd, or else from the rim
of the pigging. A healthy vine would
drip enough eap In a night, to drink all
next day, as well as to wet bandages for
the sore spot*
"There were blftera Innumerable. The
best of Ihem w made of wlldeherrv
bark, poplar bark, dogwood bark, dan
delion root, and hop*, each Infused seen
rately. the straining llqu<>r mixed, and
added •<> It* own bulk of honest whisky
In many eases pokelierrlaa and whisky
beat the bitters out of sight. Dry pofce
henles were better than fresh ones, and
you had to drink three filling up from the
same bottle of berries. It was odd—hut
the poke-berry whisky made no drunk
ards. instead It Kernel to destroy a taale
for whisky where It already related,
Bought m Wife for ggfl.OOO.
From the New Torlx Herald.
Aa a preface to her second marriage.
Mr* Mamie Gordon Johnson, twenty-one
year* old, of 77 Garden atreet, Philadel
phia, related a remarkable ratract of
her sale to an aged sea captain aa a girl
bride for tX.bOb. her escape from him. her
Struggle to support herself, and the news
of her first husband's death, which made
possible the ceremony which to-day unit
ed her to Um ancaUieau of her girlhood.
Georg* lie grew, twenry.seven year* old,
of X William street Pateraoc, N. J . wag
the man to whom Mrs Johnson woe to
day married, tn Hoboken by Justice of Ihg
Peace George Seymour.
According lo thalr story, they were de
voted to each other as playmate* year*
ago In Paterson. When the girl w.ig four
teen years old her parents moved to Phil
adelphia. One year knar they betrothed
her to William Johnson, a retired sea cap
tain. slxty-ftve years old
Johneon. they say. was wealthy, and of
fers.) Mt.aflo to the girl s parents to com
pel her to marry him. Bhe still loved Iter
hoy sweetheart In Paterson, and refused
to tnnrry the old sell until coaflhtaMM
in a dark on an exfr*m*ly llmttad
diet for three day* compelled her to con
sent
After the ceremony rapt. Johnson lock
ed her up In hi* houae, she aay*. for two
day*. Then ahe escaped and went to Chi
cago and became a hnuaematd.
ft tie wrote to liegraw They renewed
• heir chlldhocd hetruthel amt settled
l,,wn to welt for her liberty to marry.
Mrs Johnson was urged tn get a divorce,
but refused
(the any* recently she received word that
her husband was dead, and came Kaet as
quickly a* she could. Bhe met Mr. Degraw
In Paterson, and thsy took slaps to b
married at one*.
Capt. Johnson was a widower, with three
children, when he married the girt, and
they are contesting Mrs. Degraw's claim
for dower in tha estate, which Is said to
comprise bond* and considerable money
in bank, on the ground that aha was not
a faithful and obedlam wife
After tha ceremony Mr. aod Mrs Do
graw want lo Paterson.
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