The Blood Horse.
Gamarra 1s a dainty steed,
Strong, black, and of a nobla breed,
Full of fire, and full of bone,
With all his line of fathers known ;
Fine his nove, his nostrils thin,
But blown abroad by the pride within l
His mane is like a river flowing,
And his eyes like embers glowing
In the darkness of the night,
And bis pace as swift as light.
how round his straining throat
jrace and shifting beauty float;
Sinewy strength is in his veins,
And the red blood gallops 1
8] 1 Roe
Dicher, redder, never ran
Through the heart of boasting man,
He can trace his lineage higher
Thun the Bourbon dare aspire-—
Douglas, Gusman or the Guelph,
Or (' Brien’'s blood fiself!
Loot
hrough his
He whe hath no peer, Was born
Here, upon a red March morn ;
But Lis famous fathers dead
Vere Arabs all and Arab-bred,
Aud the last of that great line
Proxd like one a race divine!
Aud yet, he was but friend to
Who fed him at the set of sun
By some lone fountain fringed with
W Lim a roving Bedouin,
He lived (none else would he ¢
Through all the hot Arabian day),
And died untamed upon the sands
Wlere Balkh amidst the desert stands.
one,
green ; |
bay
TIS,
To
kK
de
Do vou know what a hallig is? Itis
| broken, Jagged piece of ground
of the
a SIAl
that projects above the waters
North sea, which washes the west
coast of Schleswig-dolsteln, Once
beautiful islands lay here, inhabited by
the brave, hardy Frieslanders, whose
motto had been through many cen-
turies, **Death rather than slavery,”’
and who up to this day have submitted
to po master, and at the present time
the Friesland marshes are inhabited
nly by peasants.
Floods have nearly washed away
these islands and left only small bits,
upon which the sea still gradually en-
sroaches, Often in a single night bun-
1reds of lives were lost, and when the
sun again appeared the high sea swept
where happy homes had been, and over
their graves the waves danced and the
shark swam in pursuit of his prey. The
mer the larger islands adually
built high dams and dikes, they
at last succeeded in erecting
+ protected their lives and properiy.
. where only two orf three families
tived they could not aff yrd the labor
and expense, and but mgenuity
of the people these small halligs
when floods came, everyl 2
would be destroved. Their houses
built in the middle of the hallig, Wi
it 18 the highest, Embankments ol
tough clay, sometimes twenty feet in
height, are constructed around them,
and into this strong foundation are
ir:vea the beams and piles which sup-
port the roof. If the wild billows now
break over their defenses, the husband
flees with wire and children, with his
sheep and his best goods and chattels,
‘
{
*
on gr
until
defenses
t)
B
for the
on
Lhe
wers
o the roof, and only In rare cases does
the flood reach this safe asylum,
But seldom a year passes in which
the turbulent waters do not, at least at
nce, thunder at the house doors with
neavy blows, when the whole ballig is
y wild. foaming, frightful sea, rushing
und roaring, with its numberiess dread-
ful heads and cruel white [angs
stretching out after its victims, Phen
the inhabitants fall upon their knees,
praying to the Almighty to succor
them, as they listen in fear and an-
guish to the howling of the storm, to
the rush of the waves, to every blow
that death stpikes against their closed
shutters. Such fearful days and nights
some only in spring, when winter de-
parts in wrath because his reign is Over,
2nd in autumn, when the heavy storms
rage. In summer the hallig presents a
peaceful, quiet scene, and is covered
with a long, reed-like grass. Swarins
hovering over
which many thousands are
and with their eggs furnish delicious
food to the families. Then the long-
haired sheep bleat and frolic, and the
halllgman fishes and rows in his boat
Thisam and Tondern, with eggs,
hides and the produce of the sea, which
he exhanges for flour and potatoes,
hemp and wool, Then the wives and
children run at low tide to seek on the
black, bare sea bottom crabs and mus-
wis, erawlish, oysters and amber, and
the young men hasten away to Ham-
burg, Bremen and Holland, and travel
nalf the world over, yet always again
return to the mists and storms of their
peioved ballig, Many of the more ex-
perienced nen cruise as pilots and
bring many a ship safe into its harbor,
for which service they often carry a bag
Jf shining sliver thalers home. |
Now it happened several years ago in|
a moall hallig, not far distant from
Amram, a single family dwelt on a bit
if firm ground, or rather there dwelt
there the last remnant of a family, a
young girl, Anna Muur, who had lost
her father, mother and brother. and |
who was now the only possessor of the |
ballig and all that 1t contained. This |
zit] heswess inspired a
ure of
i
i
hatching;
4 «= ory ile
i Sta guiis
7
sentiment |
warmer than friendship in the breasts |
¢ many of the young men, and could
wave bad her choice of a dozen brave
fellows, but she was hard to suit, as |
\eirpsses are wont to be; at the same |
je she was cordial to all, and none
would find fault with her. Strong and |
wif.reliant she stood in high leather
shoes and parti-colored gown, and |
when she sometimes went to the church |
n Amram with her handsome hair |
sraided with red ribbons and her white
\andkerehief tied over her head, from |
snder which the fresh face looked |
‘weerfully out, the neat jacket, the |
waist with its row of bright buttons, |
10d bodice laced closely to the form, |
wud on her neck the heavy silver chain, |
wen there was a great commotiont
umong the young men, and none there
put would declare that she was the
most beautiful of all the maidens, even
though the girls of Amram wore a
front of satin embroidered with tow-
sre. Many a man envied the blonde
aired cousin, Lorenz Karsten, who
wad the good fortne to live with Anna
wn the ballig, and who was her pro.
sctor and escort, Yet, eagerly as they
wished for her favor, none spoke slight-
ngly of the fortunate for Lorenz
Karsten was a man highly
i
Faw were as skilled as he in guidioe &
ship; none as well as Le knew the
waters from Elbe to north Denmark.
He was the best pilot on the island, and
had been for several years steersman of
a Hamburg frigate that sailed to the
East Indies,
Then he returned and did not go
again, for his young kinswomany, Anna |
Muur, had become an orphan. With |
her on the hallig he now had his home,
aud never was a little spot of earth
kept in finer order. Lorenz Karsten |
was thin and bony, as the Frieslanders I
are who lsve on the islands, in conse. |
quence of the sharp sea air, but in
could com- |
bright bl
the thin,
ue eyes, the high forehead and
delicate nose, would have |
fate
i
noble- |
But here, with his rude sur-
rested with
none that |
that loved
while some eyes
pleasure on him, there were
bore him itl-will, and many
he en-
tered was success, and that he would
marry Anna Muur seemed 1nevitable,
Most people wondered why 1b had not
already occurred, but it was remarked
by others that it went with Lorenz as
with rest of the world, and that his un-
grateful cousin, for whom he did so
much, would do nothing for him. Qae
Sunday morning Anna Muur, In her
fine crimson dress, her sash with the
flashing buckle and her hair braided
with bright ribbons, took her cloak
from the closet and prepared to set out
for the church. At the table sat Lo-
renz Karsten, quiet and thoughtful,
his head leaning his hand, occa-
sionally looking through his fingers to-
ward the girl, and then tluarning his
face again to the window. Without
circled the white mist over 1 hallig
that seemed to be waiting for the sun
te mount higher and d it. The
maid was busy and singing al her
work. Within the room all was tidy
and comfortable, as neat and bright as
a little jewel bax. Rows of blue pla’es
and cups stood on the dresser, shining
5 were hanging above, and
ticked the great house |
t length the young man
on
ale
isperse
y
»
metal utensil
{ pe $ild
hi boots still
short
iis high seaman’s
nd buttoning
Horn
t, 80 that nothin
the wide, overiappi
and India silk har
‘Well, now,” asked J
hy are ¥ ing acro
the jacket |
y great ittons close
» 1
pil Siri
t tad
A 4 THUS
the words do not come
1
#0
Speas,
ahie, laughin
. AJOTENI !
answered he,
must come to an end,
the church, Auna,
What draws thee there
thee?”
‘“That
turned st
No,
is my business
i SHArpiy;
wish to be.
say Lo you. f
jJabored and Kept
order; now lam t
longer.’
“Dot n t,!!
is free.”
“Over in Sch
no
answered Way
want men,
“The war is not yet
many brave
to Kiel."’
eswig they
muttered Lorenz
over with the Danes, and
fellows have gone
“Well, follow them.”’ said she,
fastening her chain, **Thou art an ac-
tive man, and hast a fatherland to fight
for.”
He stood still and clinched his hands
together. **Why do you go 0 Amram,’
asked he, “and deck yourself out as if
for a wedding?”
“You may guess if you please,
she laughing.
*] will pot guess,” th
man, passionately; moderating
his tone and restraini bimself: “1
would like another word with thee.’
“If it be short,” sald “let me
hear it.”
“Short, ves.”
out and sald hoarsely:
hand or not?”
“Thy hana?” She looked mockingly |
in his gloomy eyes. |
“My hand that has worked for thee, |
and will still do all that a brave man i
can do. You know me, Annal” |
“Just because I know thee,” said
she, “can thers be nothing between us,
Thou'rt much too rude and sharp; see
"» sad
said
then,
he young
ahe
Sif ’
He stretched his hand
“*Take thee this
She took the little glass from the
wall and held it before him. He
turned away and went out, while Anna
laughed after him.
Now several hours passed; the mist i
did not decrease; the sun did not break |
through; the church-going was
abandoned. The handsome heiress had |
morosely viewed herself in her fine at. |
tire innumerable times, and had cast
threatening glances toward the upper
chamber, where Lorenz Karsten’s firm
steps were now and then heard. He
did not come down to the noonday |
meal, and there was no mirth and
hilarity, no sportive jests and railiery,
as was usual at the table, At last the
door opened, and there stood the moody |
man, his hat on his head and a bundle
in his hand.
*I am going,” said be, ‘‘and shall |
not soon return. Farewell! May you |
be happy!”
“Art going?’ said she, “Where?” i
“Over to Husum; from there to Kiel. |
I will help to fight for oy fatherland. I |
will go in the little boat across to Am- i
ram, and will send it back.”
“Sg do,” sald she, and left him with-
oul taking his offered hand. He let it
slowly drop.
At that instant there fell a bright
ray of sunshine through the window,
and without It became light, and one
could see far over the sea, so suddenly
had the mist oleared, Lorenz threw a
glance out and stood still in astonish-
ment, Instead of taking his bundle
and boldly starting, he threw his pack
under a chair and took & step or two
pearer tif window. Directly between
Amram and the hallig lay a ship, a
sharp t cutter, on the topsail of
which the red cross of the Danes was
displayed, and a short distance from it
appeared a boat manned by four
men.
“What do they want?’ cried Lorenz,
while he keenly observed them. *‘They
are Danes,”’ murmured he; *‘they come
for no good.”
The four seamen came toward the
bouse. Blacked glazed bats ehaded
thelr weather-browned faces. Three
had brown jackets on and knives in
their belts; the fourth wore a cord on
his hat and another on his neck, to
which hung a whistle, fle was a young,
fresh fellow, with stiff, thick, red
whiskers and lively, bright eyes.
“That is the boatswain,”
Lorenz; ‘‘the three are sailors.”’
The door was rudely opened and they
all entered,
“Hey! Good day,” said the boat-
sald
is thy name?”
“J.orenz Karsten,”
“Thou art my man,’ cried the other
in the north Schleswig German tongue.
“Understand Danish?’ asked he,
“1 do not understand it,"’ answered
vgeest thou there the cutter?
on the
I have
captain has
head.
come
Thou shalt go aboard.
for thee, as the
Lorenz shut his eyes fast; he wished
neither to see nor hear. That laughing
voice pierced like a thousand sharp
spears in his heart, **Oh, the lass, with-
would have thought it?”
steamed over sea and hallig.
heard a rustle, saw A WOINan slip
through the small, low door that led
from the kitchen into the chamber. In
an instant he recognized Anna.
had a knife in her hand.
*“\Viit have my blood?”
mured, ‘*Thrust it in well”
“Thou art a fooll”
“Speak not loud; jump up and
before, those wild folks would
he
come;
Now the
boat;
far.
thy
wouldst not have gone
mist lies thick; ran to
the kitchen.”
“And thou, Anna?”
taking her hand in his,
“Have no concern about me," an-
swered she resolutely. ‘‘When thou
art gone and they find the bed empty I
sald
¥
suspicion fromme. I will save Ioy-
these waters of apy man
ready.”
Lorenz Karsten was through
which
th
matic calmness and self
who under the trying
stances preserves his presence of mind.
He comvurehended op the spot that he
would be pressed by the sailors into the
Danish service, and that refusal would
serve him nothing. He looked at the
tarred rope which two of the
held in their hands—he well
what purpose,
“If it 1% must be so,” said he, casting
a quick glance through the window,
where in the channel lay his yawl with
the oars ready, ''so must
me half a dozen
follow.’
The boatswain was about to
1 the affirmative, and Lorenz
gE
toward the door,
most
cnew for
be.
then 1 1!
Will
trisat
minuies,
WAS
gO-
stopped him,
go,’
escape thee!’
“‘Let him not
will
Al
pistol
Dane
and
these woras {
he
from hi ]
ollar, while
r. Who i
t by the arms,
““}He would go over to Husum U
1800
cont
with
had
nave
(rer
1 the Dane,
a rat we
shou'dst not
wTabka
MRE
he favor U
“There are many here,’ said
“More than ot
ler. But you have
friends.”
“Bind him close,” ordered the boal-
swain: and the sailors bad only waited
for the command of thelr leader. In an
instant Lorenz was strongly bouid and
incapable of moving. They pushed
im to a chair by the wall, and there
we sat silently.
“Wait till we ge
sald the boatawall
make a
end that will bring t
t thou at
Muaur, hast a true
must give me a Kiss,’
Anna laughed loud,
hand ceaxingly on the
brown jacket.
“Stay, friends,” she said.
must drink to my health.”
The boatswain looked toward the
Anna,
will: the trailot yon
here also m
ie
any goud
i
}
i
board
shall
y On
Fear 1d
thou
hee to thy
maiden, Ann
heart and
3. art rien
UL ars In
1
Da
List
laid
of
her
the
and
sleave
“You
Bring here,
girl, what thou hast good and fill us a
cap. Harrah! Long live Anna
Maur."
They drew up to the table; a chair
was lacking. There on one sat Loren
his head sunk low on his breast,
“Lay him in the corner there; he can
look on at a distance,” laughed the
Dane.
“No. cried Anna, stopping them,
‘he shall not even look at us; bring
him here in the chamber and lay him
on the bed.”
“He shall not see how I kiss thee,”
cried the wild sailor. **Good, my sweet-
heart. Dring the monkey to bed and
make him some tea; but first put a
hey lifted him up and dragged him
within. The poor fellow gave a deep
groan; the boatswain struck him with
his hand on the mouth, ‘‘Keep still,”
roared he, “and think how you will soon
There he lay now two whole hours,
and beard through the board partition
Anna's clear voice encouraging her
guests to fill thelr glasses and give loose
reign to their enjoyment. Often the
conversation was of him, and, increase
his rage and pain, he heard how the
bold fellow, who was hardly worthy to
live,
“*}as he then done thee wrong, sweet
“Much wrong,’ said she, ‘‘only to-
day he has bitterly vexed me.”
“‘fe shall get his reward for that.
Do not fear, thou shalt never see him
* That's right,’ answered she; *‘but
gee to it he does not get clear.”
“Hol! ho!" velled the Dane, *‘of that
there is no fear: we understand the
business; in the first week his skin shall
be as soft as thy little velvet mouth,
thou pretty little witch, and when the
war is over I shall come back and
marry thee myself.”
A roar of laughter followed, but with
it fell a cannon shot from the ship,
vfTalloer!"” said the boatswain, ‘‘we
must go; the old growler calls us.’
“let him call,’ laughed Anna. “The
water boils on the hearth, the grog shall
be ready before the clock strikes, and in
the oven bakes a fine piece of mutton.
Drink! Drink, friends! I will not let
‘thee go. Red beard, thou must stay
with me.”
‘*And
thee?”
“All will be well,” she
along. ‘‘Hear how
knaves roar] I hope that their officer
will order them striped coats when
they go on board empty handed,”
Lorenz Karsten had regained
what-—what will become of
“Now,”
{8 right; thou wilt
She threw herself on his neck
hung there a moment, then
him out of the door, dried
with her apron, listened a
then quickly took the bowl with the hot
grog and went in Danes. When
the Frieslander had got ashort distance
he heard wild
on the hallig, and a pistol was 1.
peal of laughter,
then plied the oars so forcibly that they
bent like a reed. The yaw!
the thick sheet of mist,
Now i8 Lorenz Karsten caplal
trim Hamburg brig and Anna
oung wife, wh i
y aflirm
wi
her eyes
+ t}
vo Lhe
cries
fire
shot to
nan, yn it
he Danes had taugh
A Glimpse of Germany.
The ay 1
a t
$1 1
He OQ
with
Germans Deg
meat
gin
American breakfas
and potatoes, but witli-a cup of coff
and a plece of bread-—som
with the bread, but
About the middle
everybody eats a ‘‘plece.”
ant and day laborer eat their bard
brown bread and wash it down with a
muddy looking liauid; the skilled work-
man also eats brown ULread, has
good beer to drink with it; mer-
chants and professional men usually
eat their sandwiches dry; school chiid-
ren at their morning recess eat the
“pieces” which they broaght from
home or else buy sandwiches and pret-
German, brezel) from the bakers’
boys who are on hand with big baskets,
sol
oe
i 108 BOney
rarely butler,
of the forenoon
The }
Wed Se
Yired
Dut
t1
Lae
7408
Almost invariably I relish my 10 o'clock
sandvich, bat it makes me feel
much like a boy to eat a *‘piece”
BO
Dre
The big meal of the day is dinner,
which 1s usually taken between 12 and
fruit. The soups are excellent,
week.
meats are generally roasted or
he vegetables are potatoes
red cabbage, while cabbage
koh! rabi, beets, peas, beans, etc. The
pastry is destitute of rien, juicy pies,
[ miss the sweet potato very much;
in Earope, and that was at a hotel.
other Americans and myself
This reminds me of an
American who, at a hotel one day,
who heard him. The English say bis.
pected to see
plateful of firecrackers,
of the afternoon
till between 7 and 8 o'clock in
eveming. Then they have supper,
which is similar to the dinner, with
the exception of dessert. Frequently
table after it is cleared and spend the
evening (especially if company
present) in conversation,
with beer or other drinks and sweel~
ened with confectionery.
S——— AI A —————
becoming may venture to adopt it. A
rich costume worn at a matinee re-
cently, charming in itself, but by no
means complimentary t) the wearer,
was made of faille Francaise of this
shade, combived with velvet of a
deeper color. En suite was a princess
bonnet of softest velvet-like mauve
felt, trimmed with velvet loops and
clusters of Neapolitan violets, with
gold and purple hearts. The narrow
strings were of violet velvet. The
bodies was of the faille, with a yest of
the velvet. A dark-brown fur pelerine,
with narrow stole fronts, was the oaly
extra covering added when the play
was over and the wearer left the heated
auditorium,
Captain 8, 8. Brown has sent the
imported horse Richmond to his farm
in Oldham, Ky., whers he will make
the season of 1887,
A great soul is above insult, injus-
tice, grief and mockery.
HORSE NOTES.
There are about 135 runners atl
New Orleans,
—Dan Woodmansee is driving Little
Brown Jug on the road.
— Brown Hal, the pacer, will do stud
| service in Tennessee this vear,
—D. B. Goff, of New York, has sold
| the g. g. Gilbreth Knox (7) to DP. C.
| W. Berry for $1500.
—C. H. White, of Lexington, Ky.,
| has secured the poolir
Tatonla for 1887 at $53,700.
records of 2.30 or better that are hable
| to appear on the turf in 1887.
—John S. Campbell has sold to W.
| sailles —Carrie Watson, for $4000.
Connemara has so completely recov-
| ered from her attack of lung
fever that she shows no traces jof it
JA il.
recent
the for
—Palmer Cleveland,
and Neta Me-
i ? horses
trainer of Maxey C
| dium, is handling W. Ehnch’s
in New York.
—TRobert Steel has purchased
| blk. m. Miperetta, by Administrator,
dam. Buzz Medium, from H. |
| of New York.
nel
yD
the
—Twelve horses the get of Grins
started in 124 i
| 20 and $50,832,
| lante contributed
Cloud $12,920.
races in 18856,
of which
$24,550,
—~3ire Brothers, of Naw Yor
purchased from Milton
| Cleveland, the ch, £.
by Masterlode. dam by
| Price stated, $2500
~The get of Falsetto, th
which ran in 1886, started in 106 races,
winning 28 and $51,214. Dewdrop won
28,4 and Rupert and Jennie T.
each won over $10,000,
~T. E. Moore, Shawhan,
sold the bay
foaled 1885,
Jeckerlie,
by Victor
Wilkes, by
George Wilkes, Price, §
Saundert
(reOTRE
» we "i ¢
Magna aria.
§
Oi
O irteen
OE
dy
colt Bismarck Wilkes,
to A. rwoond Mr.
of Connecticut, He was sired
von dam Mattie
Colonel 1
oil for
gr role
Bismare A
» 40 frre TiS
or some time pas
¢ tha %
iz the Io
Eh, /
i DOUIAS,
ir golr
Ie IPrielol
tion of retiring.
has not taken a very
Or SOME years,
he
yus accident happened Mr.
Haggin's nominations to the English
Derby in 1883, The way the story goes
town is that, last season when
the stake Cl Haggin made
some thirty nominations by cablegram
to Weatherby's, at London. The large
number of nominations staggrered the
English. They were without precedent,
and that. in the mind of the average
Briton, room for doubt.
weed,
is sufficient
When the nominations were publ
Mr. Haggin’s did nol appear, Ti
| planation is that the English U
it either the joke of some mad man, or
some one who had taken the liberty,
| unsanctioned by Mr. Haggin: the enor-
mous number alone shocking them and
arousing suspicion.
~0. P. Alord, Kentucky Stock
Farm, Lexington, Ky,, has sold to BH.
trotting stock: Zoo Zoo Maid, by Ham-
bletonlan Star, dam Sister Mae,
Whirlwind; in foal to Judge Saulsbury.
Silver Hair, by Administrator, dam by
Jackson's Flying Cloud; in foal to
| Judge Saunlsbury. Ellen Clay, by Cas-
| sius M, Clay, Jr., dam Ellen Wallace;
| in foal to Judge Saulsbury.
bay colt, by Red Wilkes, dam Zoo Zoo
| Maid, by Masterlode. Miss Arding,
bay filly, by Robert McGregor,
Ellen Clay, by Cassius M. Clay, Jr.
Silver Lake. bay filly, by Red Wilkes,
| dam Silver Hair, by
Ignora, bay filly, by Egbert,
by Barney Wilkes, dam Dy Collin’s
Iron Duke,
— The trotting meeting of the Penn-
track offering the greatest inducements,
A committee, consisting of Edward A,
Liteh, of Brookville; J. A. Quay, Mor.
ganza, and B. Multon, of Kittanning,
has been appointed lo confer with the
different track managements of the
State and receive propositions, The fol-
lowing were elected members of the
Sutton, Indiapa; W. E. Rels, New
| B. Multon, Kittapning. H. C.
| of Brookville, was electel for one yaar.
The Executive Committee organized
t;. Edelblute Presi.
| dent, J. A, Quay Vice President, B.
| by re-electing N.
| Harbison, Sacretary.
~The b. m. Waterwitch, foaled 1859,
Lawrence, died at the Woodburn Stud
{on January 8 In her long career in
foals to Alexander’s Abdallah, Reli’s
Mambrina Pilot, Edwin Forrest, Bon-
nie Scotland, Joe Hooker, Woodford
Mambrino, Hero of Thorndale and
Belmont. Some of these died early,
and no attempt was made to develop
the speed of others, Four of her colts
obtained records — Mambrino Gift,
2.20; Scotland, 2.22}; Viking, 2.204;
and Undine, 2 35} —and two of th
trotted fast trials— Wavelet, 2.28}, and
Naiad, 2.30}. Three of the daughters
of Waterwiveh have produced 2.30 per-
formers— Fairy Belle, dam of Nymphia,
2.964, Sprite, dam of Sphinx (3) 2.944,
and Pori, dam of Alice Taylor, a 3.
Mambrino Gift would have been a
great stallion had he lived. As itis he
figures as the sire of Mambrinetie,
2.244; Alfretta, 220}; Mambrino Sot
haw, 2 261; Gift, Jeu 2 274; Tecumseh,
2.98, and Faro, 2.204.
FASHION NOTES.
| There is something ¢lse new in the
| way of head-gear, but to my mind, not
| very taking. With the small capotes,
| vollettes are worn, arranged #0 as not
|to crush the coiffure, They are com-
| posed of a small strip of fine tulle,
| plain or spotted, fourteen inches long,
| eight inches deep, rounded off so as to
terminate with a point on each side of
the back. In the middle over a width
lof aboat eight inches at most, this
vollette is slightly gathered, so as not
| to cling too close by to the face, This ar-
rangement 1s both moe comfortable
| the wearer and more becoming. Of
| course, the vollette must be put on De-
fore the bonnel.
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~The fashion of wearing ornaments
in the high coils of hair arranged a ia
| Japanaige is by no means decreasing in
popularity. On namental
take the pia
ous devices
hair-pins, Real jewels
hair, but
Ce 1
are worn, no
| only in the
pensive d
cases are ransacked
other ornaments which
away as obsolete 1
for various portions of
fashion of wearing real gems on head-
gear, it is said, arose from the examj }
set by the Princess of Wales, who wore
mond ornament on
at the Edinbu
1
violet-velvet bonnet
fashion may do
be comune nae
itt The
glittering dia
This
L Lo
counlry woins
splay of diamonds worn in
fashion and the nsks attending
18 10 need cominent,
4
100 DVI
-— Black silk
| med with appliques of
combined with black
| lustrous ia quality, for
| most elegant and
among a score of
black sil}
KIME
ited.
\
rs of the black silk lak
with kiltings of the
dress, very b
forming doul
nger,
~ Many of ; i are
looking forward something by the
way of acha gement of dress
skirts, The i in the near
future short dinner siting dresses,
devised by 1 dressmak-
ers, which are « exceedingly smart
by introducing full breadths
the back of the skirt, ti s1
for be
} quality. This is, howeve
hase of simplicity which costs mu
more than elal A skirt made
ith one plaited frill or ruche an
the edge, and otherwise
breathes of economy moderation,
| but when that skirt made of some
very costly fabric—salin, velvet, sik
or brocade—a different result
| reached. Then, again, the cut of a
plain skirt must be unexceptional.
| Upon a trimmed skirt a false snip of
the scissors may be craftily concealed
by the clever disposition of garnitures
draped above it, and even a greater
| error may be remedied by the addi-
tion of a daintily devised tunic or
pannier sash, wl no ope would sus
| pect as being a happy second thought
ito a faulty original design, If. then,
| the forreau style dress really suc
{ coeds abroad more, and
| eventually obtains favor in Amenca,
| there will be a finis to those deft econo-
distes
ns these 10
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oration
unc
wholly plain,
and
18
is
of
once this
| mies, which, after all, do but prove the
| inferiority of the modiste as compared
| with the tailor.
—Women are constantly chidden—
and justly, too —for the manner in which
they obstruct the view of audiences
| in theatres and other places of amuse-
| ment. There has never been any real
| need of this, for there are always small
enough bonnets, that ure not too much
i out of the fashion, Women were
disposed to wear them, A few seasons
ARO very small bonnets were the rage,
| unfortunately, at the same time very
large hats were worn. Instead of wear-
ing a bonnnet nearly every woman
| wore a hat to Lhe theatre; not because
they were fashionable; not because
they were comfortable. for that they
were not; but 1 do believe out of a per
verse desire of parade. Now, how.
ever, they think they have a good ex-
cuse for making themselves obnoxious,
for bonnets and hats are alike mon
| strosities. Neither is pretty or becoms-
| ing to any face. To obviale these diffi.
culties a daring innovator of this
| city has invented a sort of cap or tur
| ban expressly for evening wear. They
| are made in all shades of surah silk,
| They are nol expensive, and are very
| light and airy and exceedingly pretty.
| A half yard of surah silk would make
| one, any woman with a modicam of
| taste or ingenuity about her could
| make one for herself, It remains to be
| sen now whether woman will adopt
this style of theatre wear, and so make
herself a fair and pleasant picture for
man to look upon, or whether she pre.
fers making hersell the cause of further
objurgation and criticism.
Knap” McCarthy will have the
wonderful filly Mamie Wood, 2.27},
Floodwood and the 2-year-old pacing
fly Nettie Mato: ni or Oona
n 1.21, 0 y
man Flood, of Elmira, N. Y., in his
string next summer,
«The bay yearling colt Judge Rider,
Billy Wilkes (son of Harry Wilkes,
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