Bellefonte, Pa., Nov. 6, 189l.
A PRAYER.
BY ANNA REEVE ALDRICH.
A morrow must come on
When I shall wake to weep,
But just for some short hours,
God, give me sleep !
I ask not hopes’ return.
As I have sowed I reap,
Grief must awake with dawn,
Yet oh, to Sleep!
No dreams, dear God, no dreams,
Mere slumber, dull and deep,
Such as Thou givest brutes.
——Sleep, only sleep !
‘A BACHELOR'S EDUCATION.
BY KATE TANNATT WOODS.
Peal after peal of merry laughter
rang out over the transom above the
door of Breen & Hatherton’s law office,
in the brown stone block where various
signs ornamented the niches between
the large windows.
Other offices opened from the rooms
devoted :o the legal business of the
gentlemen above mentioned, but the
doors were always closed save those
which led into the luxuriart apartment
of Smart & Norton, two intimate friends
of Breen & Hatherton, Lawyers sel-
dom quarrel among themselves, the
quarrels of other people prove too re-
munerative, and the special depart
ments of law which these friendly
neighbors followed in no way conflict
ed. .They were known all over “Law-
yers’ Row’ as the “dolly Bachelors,”
and merry sounds were not uncommon
in and around their rooms. They
were popular young bachelors, too, and
were genereusly remembered by the
fair sex with invitations to all manner
of entertainments. In temperament,
they were totally unlike; in matters of
social life they seldom agreed, aad yet
they were the best of friends.
“I wonder what ie up now,” said
Ned, the elevater boy, as be listened
to the laughter which stole away into
every corner of the halls, “Those
men have no'end of a good time,” he
said to himself. “Nobody asks them
to come in by nine o’cleck, or howls at
them te get up in the morning.”
Yes, they were jolly. Something re-
markable had happeaed and three
members of the quartette were laugh-
ing at Mr. Jack Breen, the seaior
member, a reserved bachelor of foriy-
five, who had just anaouneed his en-
gagement.to a lovely youag lady. It
seemed incredible; and his friends
were inclined to consider it & good joke.
He was the very last man of the group
to be suspected of such a proceeding.
He had-said again and again that no
amount of money or persuasion would
induce him to resiga his liberty; and
yet, here he sat telling hid friends that;
I: Saseieyiions md.ehs meine! document which invalidates her claim,
1 and prevents her from receiving any
i income from the property.
i client knews this, and insists that she
“Yes, it-sarprised me; in fact, I am | shall resign all claim to the estate, or
y ? #
i f my identity | ; :
BOL Julie ite Of By OWA HEU and the repairs which have been plac-
Jed upon the property.
would talee place in two weeks.
Even his gpartner was surprised, and
gave alow whistle-
“Awfully sudden, isn’t it Jack 2’
yet.”
“Whois ¢he lady 2”
“Bereniee Putnam.”
“Whew!” ejaculated one wat .the
friends. “How did you happen to
meet her? She has been out of socie-
ty for several seasons on account of her
mother.”
“That is the reason I chansed to
meet her,” -eaid Breen, calmly.
“fF as-she any money?’ asked Mr..
Smart. the flippant mewmber of the
group.
“Really, I never asked her,” was the
sarcastic response. :
“She is a.fine girl,” said Hatherton,
who felt bound in honor to stand by
his partner. “But Jack, you are the
last men I ever thought of marrying.”
“So I thowght,” was the laconic
reply.
“You have been a very Joey Bag.
stock for slynees,” said Smart. “Why
I never saw you show the slightest at-
tention ¢o any girl.”
“I newer did.”
“Come, tell us all about it,” said
Norton. “Positively, Jack, you have
given me such.a turn, that I shall de-
cline my «dinner ¢o-night.”
“I told vou.it was sudden,” said
Jack, “and such matters are not to be
jested about, I. assure you. We have
been associated here for ten years now,
and when I repeat that I am as much
surprised as you are I am simply tell-
ing you the truth.
sidered as told youin confidence.”
“The ‘Jolly Bachelors’ will never, ! aL 2
| | Breen, iv is the first time she has touch.
never irrepressible
Smart.
“I is like wou ite make a clean
‘breast ot it,” said Hatherton, who lov-
.ed his partner like a brother.
Mr. Breen threw away the cigar he
had been smoking, wiped his lips with
a dainty mouchoir, and began.
“You all remember old Skinflint,
my wealtny client, and his houses on
Bancroft street which I have charge
of?
“He wished me to call upon Mrs.
Putnam, whose husband was at one
time interested with him in property ;
it was necessary to obtain a release
from her. As you know, she had a
shock and is very feeble. When I call-
ed Miss Berenice came into the hall to
see me, and entreated me to make mat-
ters as easy as possible for her mother,
since her health was so poor, and she
had suffered much from the persecu-
tions of Skinflint. I had thought her
pretty before, but she was certainly
very charming as she stood there plead-
ing for her valid. I am fully con-
vinced that many women are always
most beautiful in their own homes;
that is, the kind of woman who are
best fitted to make homes.”
“True, most noble philosopher,” said
Hatherton.
“Well, Miss Berenice stood there
without one thought ot herself or her
surroundings, and pleaded with me, as
if I were a monster, to care for her
precious invalid.
tell,” said the
As old friends you |
have, in a way, aright to know some- |
i ir, which t be ! 2 !
inAgor eptiivig iol als il of confidence, when Berenice had quit-
1 to take it from the widow and father-
| and she has been so good to me.’
“We had a terrible time with the
mother ; she refused to sign the papers,
although Berenice entreated and coax-
ed her like a petted child. Ithas been
a pretty difficult piece of business, and
I have been obliged to call there sev-
eral times, for old Skinflint is obstinate
and exacting. Every time I have
called I have seen Miss Berenice in a
new phrase. She is eimly perfect,
boys.” This solemn assertion caused
Smart to laugh aloud, made Norton
walk hastily to the window to hide his
smiles, and led Hatherton to say,
“Then you are the very man for her
old boy.”
“You may laugh if you will,” said |
Jack; “I am not ome of the spooney |
sort, as you know ; but a woman who '
has so much tact, patience, gentleness |
and good grit, will prove a woman |
worth winning ; she deserves a better |
fate than wearing herself out in a sick-
room.”
“Better exhaust herself in waiting |
upon Jack Breen, Esquire,” said |
Smart,
“If Jack Breen has not manliness te
shield her and care properly for her he
had better die here and now,” said the
lawyer with a flash of his dark eyes.
“Beg pardon,” said. Smart, ‘“veu
must sot mind my nonsense, Breen;
go on with the story ; I have admired
Miss Putnam for years, at a distance.”
“You would admire her more if you
knew her,” said Breen, quietly. “She
has taught me some things already.
When she came to me the other night
and placed a little jewel case in my
hand, saying : ‘Please take these, Mr.
Breen, ite use in the settlement of this
cease, and whatever you do never let
my mother know that I have given
you these jewels; they are very valu-
able; my father gave them to me not
long before his death,when he was con-
sidered a rich man. Use them all if
need be, but spare my poor mother
further annoyance; she has suffered
much from your client, aad I am only
too grateful to him for sending a gen-.
tleman like yourself to arrange with
us; you have been so quick to catch
‘my signals, when to speak, and how,
that my dear mother imagines you to
‘be her friend xather than her enemy's
counsellor. 1 am sorry to trouble you
:somuch, but the doctor tells me that
mamma is liable to leave me at any
time, and I shall make her happy at
-any cost.” There she stood with her
‘beautiful eyes full of tears, while I had
ther diamonds in my hand. Somehow
iI felt at that moment as if my educa-
tion had been neglected. Even a Har-
vard man finds a supreme momeat
when the egotism and nensense is
knocked -eut of him, and I began to
weflect upen all the mean things I had
said of wemen in geaetal, and young
women in particular. I tried to return
the jewels, but she looked so hurt I
could not insist. It isa peculiar case,
if you leek at itin a purely legal as
pect. The old lady has lest a certain
Now, my
pay an enormous sum for the taxes
I went to. Skin-
flint and told him that I must resign
the case; he protested; but I told him
that.I did not want money bad enough
less, and I was convinced that Mrs,
Putnam’s claim was just. Then I
went around to their flat to tell the
ladies, or at least to tell the daughter,
that I was ready to fight for her.”
“Did you sell the jewels?’ asked
Norton.
“Yes to myselt; my bride will wear
them.” .
“Tell us how it was settled,” said
Bmart, “I am dying to gain a little ex-
perience; they say matrimony is & con-
‘tageous disease.”
“If you do not stop scoffing he will
‘tell you nothing,” said Hatherton.
“[only want to know how our good
old Breen was caught at last,” said
Smart.
“I do not know myself,” said Breen.
“I am telling you the truth. When I
went in, Berenice was making seme
toast for her mother, and they insisted
‘that I shonld take tea with them. Af-
iter a suitable time, I announced that I
was convinced of the justice of their
claim, and had so arranged matters
that they would henceforth be exempt
from further annoyance. They were
overjoyed, especially Berenice. She
seemed like another girl. She brought
out her mandelin and played for us,
told stories and joked with her mother
until the old lady said to me in a burst
ted the room: “Do you know, Mr.
«ed her mandolin since her papa dish,
Af:
ter a time the old lady fell asleep in
her reclining chair, and we sat there
by the open fire chatting like old friends
The only thing I can remember is, that
I asked Berenice to marry me and she
refused.”
“You dea’t ‘meaum=it,” exclaimed
Smart. ;
“I thoughtshe would catch at the
hook at once,” said Norton.
“Boys,” said Jack Breen, with a
very serious face, ‘your education is
at fault; I assure you ithata refined,
delicate and eultivated woman will
never give a hzaty aaswer tv such: an
important question.”
“Refused you ?” said Hatherton. “I
cannot quite understand it.”
“I can,” said Breen, 4‘she was per-
fectly right— :
“Gold lieth deep.
But miea greets the day.”
She said she could not marry any one
without a full kncwledge of his tastes,
views of life and righteous belief;
besides, it would :be impossible to
burden any man with the care of her !
mother. I protested, and made plea |
after plea; but she stood firm while |
expressing her warm thanks for my |
great consideration and kindness. So
we parted. Now you know why I!
took that sudden trip to Washington,
When I returned I called upon her,
and something in her manner led me
ORT Is —
to think that she was my sincere
friend, if she had refused me. I ven-
eronotie. OL OTA TAS
sence of tears; but a slight indrawing
i about the girl's mouth told him, better .
| tared once more to ask her to become | than words, how her tender heart ach- | 4 Case of Clever Roguery Related by
my wife, and after some delay itis set. | ed without one relative to bless her on
tled. She is good enough to accept me | her bridal day; and yet the girl was
with all my faults. No, no, boys,
don’t congratulate me; condole with
her. Ever since she consented to take
me, I have been finding out my ignor-
ance in a thousand things.”
Mr. Breen arose, lighted a fresh ci-
gar, and went out. His confession had
cost him a greater effort than his hear-
ers knew.
“There goes a good man spoiled,”
said Smart.
“Nonsense,” said Hatherton, “it will
be the making of him.”
“Why don’t you go anddo likewise
then ?"
“Because I cannot find any woman
whom I dislike sufficiently to punish
with my crankiness every day in the
year.
Jack Breen's engagement was a nine
days’ wonder. Many refused to believe
I not thinking of herself, but of the in-
valid she must leave behind.
| Jack was a proud and happy man as
| he walked down the aisle of old Trini-
| ty with his wile upon his arm; and he
| was prouder and happier still when he
| witnessed her delight in the home he
| had prepared for her.
Her mother was there te welcome
her, thanks to the good doctor, and
found the world none the less lovely
{for the motherly greeting she gave
i him. Smart had said one day “it will
! be an awful bore, old fellow, for you
| to see an invalid always about;” but
| Hatherton, who was made in a finer
I' mold, said quickly, “I remember read-
| ing somewhere that the presence of an
| invalid in a family sanctified the whole
{ household, for it kept them from being
gelfish, and proved a blessing.”
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it ; some wondered Why he had chosen [~My dear son, said the Tavatid; “I
Berenice Putnam, and more why he
had cared for a wifeat all, when he
had such comfortable bachelor quart-
ers. A few malicious people, the wasps
of society, insisted “that Bererice Put-
num had laid a plot to capture the
fortunate lawyer ;”' while others knew
be was too shrewd to overloek the fact
that 'the western investments in real
estate, made long since by Mr. Put-
nam, were likely to bring forth a rich
harvest. There was another faction,
to which the Governor's wife belonged
—the kindly people, who sejoice in the
happiness of others, and especially the
joy of lovers of anv age—these geod
people thought Mr. Breen a very fortu-
nate man to win such a prize.
As for Berenice, she had little to
think of herself; her mother required
all her care. Then it was that the
Governor's wife, who had been a school
wate of Mrs Putnam, came to the res.
«cue. She was one of those royal souls
who never forget old friends, let fate
or fortune do their worst, and the mo-
ment when the news reached her, told
in a little Battering note from ker god-
child Berenice, she insisted upon acting
as chaperon. * It was she who ordered
the modest trousseax, who made all the
arrangements for, the wedding in
church because the mother would keep
a promise made to her dead husband;
and she it was who went along with
Jack to superintend the furnishing of
his new home, a home which Berenice
was not to see until after the cremony.
: “I know that child’s artistic soul,”
said Mrs. Apthorp, and it should be
fed ; she has done nothing but think of
others for years, and now we will think
of her. It will be the easiest thing in
the world for her to rearrange matters
if she chooses.”
Duariag this busy period, Jack amus-
ed his legal friends by asserting over
and over again “that he was just be-
ginning to obtain an educatien.”
“I never dreamed,” said he, “that
such prosaic things as tables and chairs
could prove so interesting. Do you
know, Hatherton, that Mrs. Apthorp
has tried a dozen places in search of a
dainty sewing chair for Berenice? I
have acquired a great deal of knowl
edge which will help us out in that
case of Durkee & Lynn.”
A ‘few days after, Jack discovered
that -a kitchen range was connected
with .a famous patent law case, and
that the carpet in his hall was bought
up by a syndicate which threatened to
do serious injury to the legitimate
‘trade in such articles. Everything in
the hoase met a question of political
economy, or social science.
The man who put in Jack's coai
gave him some new ideas on the tar-
iff, and the old German who was fill-
ing mattresses in the fourth story—be-
cause Mrs: Apthorp insisted “that one
could only be sure of good hair, and
pure, when it was done in the house”
—told-Jack a story of fraud which led
him to regard his own profession as re-
markably honest.” The men who were
frescoing the drawing-room not only
taughtitke lawyer something concern-
ing “tints” and “tones,” but their re-
lation te health ; and,when the plumb.
ing was reached, Jack went out aad
spent haurs consulting the best author-
ities in sanitary science before he could
decide how his home should be fitted
up.
Paint, paper, coal, china, glass and
furniture all demanded serious atten-
tion, and Jack who has hitherto flat-
tered himself that he had been liberal
ly educated, now found himself lamen-
tably ignorant.
He became so interested in questions
of rental from the standpoint of those
who were working for him, that his
own property acquired anew interest
in his eyes, and the taxes of the poor
man wae not “a mere fad of certain re-
formers.” .
As to matters of etiquette, with the
aid of Berenice and Mrs. Apthorp, he
found himself only able to come to the
surface after a plunge into the ocean of
the proprieties.
In Mra. Putnam's siek room all the
new and dainty appliances which mod-
ern science had created to render the
sum of human wretehedness less, made
him quite ashamed of his former negli-
genee concerning the quiet sufferers he
had known. He bad long conversa-
tione with Mrs. Putnam's physicians
and found another world of thought
open to him.
Like most honest men he had studied
well in college, he had a superficial
knowledge of the ills which burden
humanity, of the influence of the mind
upon the body, but little patience with
invalids,
“Positively, Hathertor,” he said to
his partner, “it is quite a shame that
we know so little of our own bodies.”
There was very little sentimental
nonsense about the wedding of Bere-
nice. She would gladly have escaped
the ordeal of a church wedding, but
for her mother's insistence, When
Jack saw the woman he was about to
marry, hold her mother’s head on her
breast in a mute caress just before they
drove away to the church, he thought
her far too brave and good for him to
claim as his own. There was an ab-
ghall not be here long, and I want to
thank you here anil now for your kind-
wess,”’
It is a little curious to observe how
Jack’s education extends itself. Every
Thursday evening the “Jolly Bache-
lors” dine with Mrs. Breen, and the
topics under discussion take a wide
range, while Berenice smiles upon her
husband’s friends and bids them wel-
come in such a cheery manner, that
Hatherton, Smart and Norton, all de-
ciare Jack the most fortunate of men;
as for Jack, heis fond of quoting Sir
Richard Steele:
“To love'her is a liberal education.”
rm ————————
Fred Douglass, the Great Negro States-
man and Orator.
Who will take Fred Douglass’ place
as the leading negro orator und states-
nan, is in the minds of the people now,
as Mr. Pouglass is retiring to private
life. Without question Rev. J. C.
Price, B. D., of Salisbury, N. C., who
many of the Northern visitors to ‘the
Southern Exposition have bad the
pleasure of meeting, is the smartest
negro the race has ever produced.
He is full blooded, very dark, of splen-
did physique, has full keen eyes, a
magsive head, and a pleasant smile on
his face at all times. He has by hie
own exertion built up the largest indus-
trial school for colored people in the
South. TIt.was through his influence
and energy that the negroes took up
the work of making a display at the
Southern Exposition, and heis now the
leading spirit of that work, He is
Commissioner-in-chief, and under his
direction a great display is made by the
colored people. A display that says to
the Northern men and women who
worked for the freedom of the race:
Your work was not in vain ; you have
done a great thing in freeing the color-
ed people of the Union, and now they
repay you by showing to the civilized
world that they are worthy to be free
men and women.
It is an interesting sight to see and
pleasant to hear the great hearted and
large brained Price talk. Whether he
will ever enter politics, is a question.
So far he has refusee to do so. He says
he feels that his time and talent should
be devoted to his race and that he now
feels that some one else must take Mr.
Douglass’ place as a negro politician.
Dr. Price is an unassuming man. He
does not try to impress any one with
his greatness. The people of North
Carolina, both white and colored are
very fond ot him.
The crowd of Northern wisitors to
the Exposition is constantly increasing
and during the month of November uo
doubt many hundreds of people will go
down to see the very fine exhibit made
by both the white and colored people
of the South.
HE — ————
The Colors of the Stars.
There are three well defined classes
of stars according to the quality of light
which they yield. In the first class are
the clear white stars, like Sirius and
Vega. These are supposed to be the
hottest and most luminous in proportion
to their size. Then there are the golden
yellow or pale orange stars, of which
Ardturus and Capella are examples. It
1s supposed that they have begun to
cool. Finally there are the deep orange
or red stars, like Aldebaran and Antar-
es. These are presumed to be still
further cooled, Now the spectroscrope
informs us that our sun belongs to the
orange, or Arcturus type, and if we
could view it from distant space we
see a lovely star of a pale golden yellow.
Arcturus is 11,500,000 times as far
away as the sun, and if our sun were
placed at that enormous distanca its
diameter would have to be 82 times as
great, in order to give u light equal to
that received from Arcturus, says a
writer in the Scientific American. I
hesitate to present such figures, imply-
ing magnitudes far beyond any to which
we have been accustomed, yet they are
but the logical deductions of observed
facts. In other words, Arcturus must be
a gicantic sphere. 550,000 times larger
than our sun—with a diameter of 70,-
000,000 miles, or more than large
enough to fill the entire orbit of Mer-
cury.
PE —
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remedy for catarrh, and it has effect
ed a eure in my case. H. L. Meyer,
Waverly, N. Y.
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Honor Among Thieves.
a Detective.
“Have I met with much henor in my
career ?”” replied an old detective to a
reporter’s question the other day.
“Yes, honor.”
“What kind of honor and where ?'’
“Among thieves.”
“Oh | that kind,” said the rogue-
catcher, with a laugh. ‘Yes, I have
met with & good deal of that character-
istic you mean when you say ‘honor
among thieves,” but it’s not honor, its
only selfishness, self-interest, self-pre-
servation, and it wilts whenever it pays
better to cast it aside. .
“But I have just heard of a rather re-
markable display of this sort of honor,
which occurred 1n this city not long
ago.
“An elderly man, a countryman, who
had come to town to see the sights, ac-
costed a policeman on the Bowery and
told him, with tearsin his eyes, that
he must have been robbed of all his
find iit in any of his pockets and he did
not know just where or when he had
last seen it.
“He had been poking about in some
of the worst dives and dens of the city.
and the wonder was thatin his green-
ness he had not met with something
rougher than a mere pickpocket. Noth-
ing could be done, however, so the old
fellow was advised to pawn his watch,
all he had left, for enough money to
buy a return ticket and in future to
keep away from the wickedness ot the
metropolis.
“The old man set out from the police
station for the pawnshop in wild de-
spair, but in a few hours’ time burst in
upon the police sergeant behind the
desk with the shout:
“I’ve been robbed again !”’
“Again,” exclaimed the sergeant an-
grily. ‘Have you been into the dives
again? Did you pawn your watch ?’
“No.” cried the countryman, 4ust as
I was going to the pawnshop a man
touched me on the arm and said that he
was a detective in plain clothes, sent by
the police to help me to get back my
money and if I would go with him he
would have it returned to me !’
with him I’ exclaimed the sergeant.
¢¢Of course I went.’
your watch too !’
‘My watch I’
“Yes your watch I’
“My watch is all right !’
“You said you have been robbed
again.’
“So I have.”
‘ ‘But when you left here a few hours
ago you said you had nothing but your
watch.’
‘Neither I had.’
“What in the mischief could they
steal from you then!’
+ ‘My money !’
“ ‘You're drunk, you old idiot; I'll
lock you in the cooler for awhlle till
you can talk sense.’
‘Gosh all fishhooks, I am talking
sense captain ! Don’t lock me up, but
let me tell you the truth, the whole
truth and nothing but the truth, so help
me George Washington.’
“Go on, then,” said the sergeant,
threateningly, ‘but cut it short; I've
wasted more than enough time over
you already.’
“Then the old fellow told how he had
followed the bogus detective, by devi-
ous ways and dark alleys, into a room
on the top floor of a crowded tenement
house. There his conductor intro-
r
tive, who appeared to the old man to
be of higher rank than his guide ow-
ing to the bullying way in which he
spoke, and the deference paid him.
This fellow produced the old man’s $80
from a drawer and counted it out slow-
ly to him.
‘(Theres your money, old man,’ he
said, ‘and the vigilance of the finest
police force on earth is once more at-
tested. No other power sould have re-
covered it for you. Now tell me, is
that every cent you lost ? Be particu-
lar and do not trifle with me, as you
value your liberty. Were you robbed
of one cent more than the $80 ?’
“No, replied the old man, trembling
with delight at the recovery of his mon-
ey. ‘That is all, captain, $80.’
“(Take it and go,’ said the fellow
‘and be careful to let the same officer
who brought you here conduct you to
the railway station. Speak to no one
but him till you are safe again on you
way to your eountry home and leave
the wicked eitv to city folk and the all
watchful police.’
“The old man and his guide bowed
themselves out and departed. The
had not gone far when a burning thirst
seized the conductor and the overjoyed
old fellow was not slow to appease it,
More drinks followed, and the way
to the railroad station began to grow
tortuous. Presently the countryman
missed his guide altogether in a crowd
and no efforts on his part availed to
find him. The old man got on a horse
car, and when he put his hand in his
pocket to pay his fare he found thyt
his money was gone again.
“Redid not understand at all, even,
then, and it took the police sergeant a
long time to make him see that he had
been ‘played for a sucker’ of the rankest
kind. Finally he took it in and there
he exclaimed . ‘Well, gosh darn it all,
I dunno which is the slickest, the
rascals that done me or the police that
can see through their tricks.’
“You see,” added the detective, by
the way oi explanation, “one of the
organized bands of criminals had spot-
ted the oid fellow the minute they set
eyes on his toggery and his guileless
manner. They set one of their light-,
money, eighty dollars, for he could not |
‘“ ‘And were you fool enough to go |
duced him to another fictitious detect- |
i The World of Women.
| Gray and yellow ate frequently com-
bined. ;
| Piped gores are noticed as a feature of
| many fashionable skirts.
| Immense bows of satin, broche of
| plaid ribbon are wore on little girls’ fur
| felts.
Long cloaks are much too comfort-
able to be abandoned, and are often
made of woolen brocade, rather full.
When handsome barred goods are
used for the skirt the coat should match
| in a plain cloth, one of the dark tones.
| Hats and bonnets are worn “smaller
than they have been, and are often
| pointed or have a high trimming in
| front.
Many skirts are finished at the back
| with a revival drapery which consists of
| shawl revers of the goods: folded back~
ward and forward.
There are said to be more widows in
New York than ahy other city in the
world out side of London. Paris comes
next to New York. -
A close, fleecy reverse side appears
upon the double width woolen goods.
This is frequently utilized for capes and
coats to be worn en suite.
Elegant feather tips show the Prin-
cess of Wales tips, with a jetted aigrette:
and tran- parent jet wings, or a butterfly
apparently holding them all in position.
Papiers are fancied by many peopte,
but they do not look well under the
close fitting jackets : under cloaks and
shoulder capes they are quite suitable.
Green goods men find men easy to.
deal with, but they rarely find 8 woman.
verdant enought to be bitten. This is.
probably because they don’t enclose
fashion plates in their circulars.
Chief Justice Fuiler’s daughter, Miss
Mary Fuller, will soon return to Ger-
many to resume her musical studies.
She takes a younger sister with her.
Miss Fuller devotes six or seven hours a
day to her piano practice.
Sleeves come under the same category
as bodices ; for evening dress, the varie-
ty is greater ; but, for ordinary use, the
sleeve is of the coat shape at the lower
part of the arm, with moderate width
and height at the top.
For occasions requiring much dress,
white, very light grays, etc., are select-
{ ed by young women ; but dark-greens,
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“Then you deserved to be robbed of burplish-reds, various shades of brown,
| are more ordinarily chosen, because they
wn less conspicuous and more serviceu-
| ble.
Mrs. Hattie M. Kimble, who has
| been elected president of the Pennsborc
{ and Harrisville Railroad. Clarksburg,
| W. Va., is the widow of the late Moses
| P. Kimball, and is the first woman ever
elected to such a position in the United
| States.
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{ Jackets are made with all varieties of
| basques, some trimmed with pockets and
| buttons, some are slashed, some slightly
pointed in front. The close fitting
| double-breasted one is as fashionable as
the one with revers, with a full plastoon
| or a waistcoat.
Mrs. Phoebe Hearst, widow of the
| late Senator from California, has endow-
| ed five $300 scholarships for young wo-
men at the State University, Candi-
| dates for these scholarships are to be re-
| commended by the county Superinten-
i dents of schools, but the scholarships
| are not to be given as prizes for honors
| in the entrance examination.
|
London Lancet says: In a recent
| case of blood poisoning, the sufferer was
| a seamstress, and the mischief resulted
| from her using a dirty metal thimble
marked with verdigris, a little of which
' appears to have entered a scratch on the
| thimble finger. There is really no ex-
| cuse for women who trust their fingers
| in these cheap and worse than useless
| articles. Steel thimbles are much safer
and cost very little. .
There is a Chicago lady, a Mrs. Carse
by name, who is said to be the best wo-
man collector in the world. She always
makes a careful toilet, drives out in a
well appointed coupe, and makes it a
i rule to call on banker and millionaires
immediately after they have lunched..
' She is now collecting funds tor the Wo-
man’s Temperance Union World’s Fair-
fund, and is meeting with extraordin--
ary success. A few years ago the same-
| lady undertook to raise $1,000,000 for-
the erection of the Temperance Temple -
now being being built in Chicago. She-
{succeeded in getting the money. She
| rarely works more than three hours a.
' day when collecting.
WEDDINGS AND WEDDINGS.
There promises to be much marrying -
and giving in marriage during the early.
autumn. Possibly the little blind god:
has learned some labor saving and infal-
Y |lible process of speeding his arrows.
| Perhaps the summer young man has.
had a raise in salary ur concluded that
| coal bills aren’t so much more formid-
girl, weary of perennial girlhood, has
grown less perverse and coy.
the ranks of belledom are seriously de-
pleted, and the heart of the milliner re-
joiceth in anticipation of
| triumphs.
| Of course you will have an English .
wedding. All the swagger girls do.
So reason and writes a Chicago Pribune
authority. ‘That means that it will be
atthe church and will be solemnized be-
tween the hours of 8 in the morning
and 3 in the afternoon. Evening wed-
| dings are decidedly American. It means
(too, that your wedding gown will be
white and high-necked with long
sleeves. The wedding gown is allowed
to be more sumptuous in material and
{ more claborate in decoration than
would have been considered good taste a
| few years ago.
Something after the court-train. order
figured members, the one who played | silk, sometimes edged with fur or feath-
the guide afterward, to rob him. The
‘swag,’ eighty dollars, was much less
than they had expected to get and they
suspected the man who had robbed
1m of a lack of ‘honor among thieves’
and accused him of keeping back part
of the plunder. He had undertaken to
show them that he was ‘square’ and
you have heard of the clever way in
which he led his simple old victin: to
assure the captain of the gang that
eighty dollars was all he had lost and
‘honor among thieves’ was once more
exemplfied, without costing the thieves
anything as the plunder was soon back
again in the gang's treasury.”—N. ¥.
Tribune.
l'ers and lined with plaiting of flne lace.
| The dress has a petticoat of plain satin,
with & festooned flounce of chiffon drap-
ed at intervals with ostrich feathers.
The sleeves are entirely of chiffon, with
the broad, deep puff falling from the
shoulder to the wrist and sown into the
armhold with an epaulet of puffs and
feathers: The high collar of brocade is
bordered with feathers and finished with
a cravat of chiffon. About. the hips is
knotted a Cleopatra girdle with the tra-
ditional bridal flower, and a wreath of
the fragrant blossoms fastens the veil in
place. This is of tulle sheer and fine,
very broad and falls to the end of the .
train.
{ able than carriage hire, or the summer -
Any way,
troussean .
are these elegant, sweeping breadths of