OUR PARIS LELTER Truly, Lent is the season ‘par excel lence’ for reunions of all deer tic and among the most notable ones piven here so fur are those of Mudame Adam, the noted directicss of “La Nouvelle Revue.” Alweys in gnest of invovatirns, Madame Adnm bas presented entirely new and entirdly original progrommes, In plaice of the shot repfesi nb tions which ere ordinerily given, mi d which leaves such a fleeing impres-i on of the author or interpreier, Madene Adsm devoles an entire programme to each artist. Thursday was reserved for Mongienr Chorles Grandmonugin, who read his magnificent drama of “Cain” before an audience composed of the elite. Another evening was entrely pocupied by the poet Jean Ramean, who sperks in sn extremely curious and personal manner, The aitisis whom Madame Adam has thus raised to prominence, in the fashionable world, ought to be very grateful to Ler for this mark of favor, At these reunions rre seem many sharming toileit 8 which are worth de- peribing. One, of brown velvet, was trimmed wits mastic faille. The skirt was entirely plain, while the elose- fitting jacket was ent below the waist ine m square iabs; under these tubs was placed a long, pleated basque of faille. A large. square, Chapelin collar, of faille, terminated in a very lugh rolling collar held in shape by # fine wire placed beneath the edge. With this was worn a small round hat with open-workrd brim, plain in front but fluted and turned up against the crown in the back. The trimming consisted of folds of pink velvet around the erown—a pretty rose tint quite new—a knot of gold galoon in front, and black ostrich tips in the back. Another costume was of red cloth a | tn the buok, the left front edve of the over-skirt is trimmed with gold galloon and the right edge with loops of ribbon, ‘Wve fronts of the plain bodice, orna- mented with revers, are crossed at the waist line anil open on a plasiron oi lune, iu the centre of which is & ease of Ince reaching from the collar to the crossing of the revers. The bh gh col- | Inr, rovers snl wrists of the slovves are trawmed with the gold galloon. de No. 946, G's Ursren, ed home-spun or beaver cloth with Tan-color- trimmed with des gns of jet passemen- terie placed at equal intervals apart on! the bottom of the skirt. These designs | were about an inch deep and nearly an | inch wide. The corsage was made with | a yoke of this beautiful passementerie, | while the sleeves, puffed high on the shoulders and close at the wrists, were completely covered with jet. Jet is| used on every thing and it is even reen on light robes. No ornament is more | orig nal, more elegant or lends itse.f to | more odd combinations, i All costumes are more clinging than | ever, but not in the style'of last season —that is in the outer garment. To-day | this effect is obtained by the garm its | beneath, thus leaving a greater fulness in the dress skirt. Under skirts are | rfectly adjusted by yokes low on tha | BR and sre perfectly plain in front and on the sides. These skirts are made of Thibet, light as down, oceupy- ing but little space and very warm, pretty emb. oidered design ornaments | the bottom. Above this 18 worn a skirt | of faille or surah, the fulness held back | by draw strings and the bottom fini h- | ed with two or three parrow pinked | rufles. For hand ball toilettes | the under skirt is made of white fa:ille, | pot lined, and trimmed with a i of rose colored, pinked taffetas or The richness of these under garments surpasses all imagination, and 1% is ex- | tremely diffizult to decide winch e- | cites the greatest admiration. the smallest articles of the toilette re- | eerive the most careful attention. | (Garter bands, corset hooks, all are set flonnee ince, | The short under skirt is of sik taffeta finished at the foot with a pleating of the same, The front is draped with the silk ganze ha ing across the foot in front a pleating of the same material, The back of the skirt is covered bv the long train. The jacket shape i bodice w ich o ers on an nnder-bodice of silk ganze, has its front edges trimmed with a shell-hiseo pleating of the ganze. The upper part —————— vet applique in the shape of a square | yoke. Tue same applique covers the Chestnut brown velvet are combined in this garment. It is cui in sacque shape, and slightly fulled on the point- ed yoke of velvet, The garment is closed in the centre of the front and held at the waist by a belt of velvet festened with a metal clasp. The full sleeves are finished with velvet cuffs Collar of the same material. FANCY WORF. Arrow, —This sateen, Crmo's is made of white little apron with edg- the middle of the front of the apron over the chest—models were given some months ag knotted which are also fastened with a jewel, pins which hold the hats, those which support it and even the hair pins | sparkle with these same jewels. So far | has this faney been carried that it re- | quires more style and elegance to wear | s simple toilette cnriched with these | gems, than one of the greatest magnifi- | sence in which they are lacking. Fruice Lesure, of | No. 942 No. M42. Morsxmva Wearern, This pretty wrapper is of blue and white striped flonnel with a square at the front and back of the neck filled in with tncked white crepon, The waist and skirt are eut together, of sutfloient fulness to allow for the pleats both back and front, and fitted over a close lining. The full sleeves, gathered into deep wristbands, are cut on the bias, The square at the neck is outlined by » fold of the dress foods and the same ma'erial is used for the belt and the trimming on the wristbands. No.” 948, GownNsaThis elegant gown is ma of violet-orkred No, M4. standing eo'lar. Elbow sleeves of vel- vet with a deep pleating ot ganze, and pointed half girdle of velvet. No. M4, Visimine Costume. —Auber- gine bengaline, with embroidery in chenille and beads, is the material used for the costume. The plain, close front of the skirt is trimmed with a wide band of the embroidery; the bodice laps to the right side and has short paniers cut on at the front and mdes, which are eanght together nnder a clasp in front and terminate under the coat back. The high collar lapped edge of the bodice and close, deep, cuffs of the full sleeves are ornamented with the embroider, No. 948. House Goww,-—This model is made of fine striped wool goods, The under skirt has a narrow velvet and figured, violeb-silk gayse of of the goods around the ad reer over skirt is open In front and draped ght Fi~ low oit the middle of the top three. quart rs of an inch deep for the arm hole, . loping to an inch and a Lalf from of the side p eces join » skirt picce twelve ORILD'S APRON, inches wide and seven deep, gathered on. five inches wide and eight deep, hem the right side an inch deep, and face the left, and gather to ea h piece skirt twelve inches wide and to the sides by means of insertions. The top of the front is then gathered backs into two inches, and both are bound with bands an inch and a quar- ter deep, over which is a fiat fall of The shoulder straps, which are join- ed to the bana are six inc es long, an inch and a half wide at the widest part, and sloped a little narrower rears the ends, At the wrist-line a strip of the material is stitched down on the wrong side for a drawing-string; loops are fastened on the outside, through which a ribbon belt is and tied as ilins. trated; bows of ribbon are placed on the shoulders. To crochet the insertion begin with a chain of 43 stitches; work back and forth. 1st row.—Pasa 4, a treble cro- chet on she next (for a treble put the thread over twice, insert and pull a loop through, work off 2 joopa, work off 2 more, then work off the final 2), 8 chain, a single crochet on the following 8d (for a single, insert and pull a loop through, work off the 2 loops on the peedle), 4 chain, a double crochet on the suoceeding 8d (for a double put the thread over onee, insert and a loop turough, work off 2 of the 8 loops on the needle, work off the final 2), 4 times by turns 1 chain and a double on the succeading 2d stitch, then 4 chain, a single on the following 8d, 4 chain, pass 2, double on the next 14, 6 chain, pass 3, 2 single on the last 2. 2d row, Turn, 8 chain, a double around the following 2d stitch, 8 chain, a single around the next 5 chain, 4 chain, 10 double on the middle 10 of the 14 double in the last row, 4 chain, a around the following 4 chain, 4 2 double separated by 1 chain the next 4 chain, 8 by turns 1 chain and » double around the ah chain between 2 double, then 4 cobain a tingle around the rext 4 chain, b chain, 2 singles, one on the treble and one on the succeeding stitch. 2d row, ~='T'nrn, 4 chain, a treble on the follow- ing 2d stitch, 8 chain, a single sronnd tie pext bb ehain, 5 chuip, a #fin gronnd thenext4eban, 4ehainadon sronnd the ehuin after the following d donble, 4 times by turns 1 chain end a donble around the succeeding chain, then 4 ehinin, a single around the next 1 igh dl i chan, a «in chain: b chain, 2 singles on an | the succeeding stitch, 4th row.— Turn, 4 chain. a treble on the secon, 8 chain, a single around the next H chain, b chain, a single around the next le rronund the dle 2 of the 6 double in the last row, 4 ehnin, 4 chain, 2 doubles separated by 1 chain sronnd the next 4 chain, 3 times by turns 1 chain and a then 4 chain, a single sround the next 4 chain, 5 chain, asinele around the next b chain. 5 chain 2 sinvles on the treble and the sneceeding stitch, Continue the work with the help of Figare 3, which gives the pattern of the edg to match, For the edging begin with a chain of 49 stitches. lot row. Pass 0b, a crochet on the next, 5 time chain and a double on the following 2d, then 4 chain, a single ing 8d, 5 chain, a siogle'on the succeed- ing 4th, 4 chain, pass 2, s double on the next, 4 times by turns 1 chain and a double on the succeeding 2d, then 4 chain, a on the following 3d, ing on single some powder out of it into the glass, and stirred the liquid smartly, # Oh me! oh we!” mosned the spar- with a us if he were washed, “il'hore agaun,’ the che opened thio Eparrow out, “‘Look at the canary!’ yelled the ch ldren on the street: ‘look at the eavary: he has flown away from the red chemist: eatehh him, catch the thief!’ and they threw s‘ones up into the mir He sat on the eaves and when, however, lie heard the ery from the street growing ever louder, ‘Look at the canary,’ and the stones began to hail more thickly, he looked about him anxiously, and saw to his terror ina little window that he had grown quite yellow, like a real canary. “Whiz! at that moment a window pane flew in splinter; and whiz, ther want anotier! Down below the boys in the street wero fighting, till bleeding heads and lumps were going, and the neighbors were scolding out at the broken windows, and two policemen and each seized two sponge, benz now, ein cried, and threw fly away langhire, the Yon mst WILLOW, ofl to the police station ‘Bat the little chemist was grinning out at his garret window, and be eried: ** ‘Look, dear neighbors, to day you chain, pias 2 tr bles on the succeeding 2. 2d row,— Turn, 1 chain, 2 singles on the next 2, twice by turns 5 cluinani a single around the next 5 chain, then 4 chain, 2 double separatea by 1 chain around the next 4 chain, 3 times by turns 1 chain and a donble around the chain after the succceding double, then 4 chain, as smngle asronnd the next 4 chain, 4 chain. 2 doubles around the succeeding 6 chain, 4 chain, next 4 chain, 4 double sround the chain after the suc- ceeding double, 4 times by torns 1 chain and a double around the next chain, then 1 chain, a double around the following chain. 3d row.—lurn, 8 chain, 2 doubles separated by 1 chain on the 3d and times by tarns 1 chan and a double around the chain alter the next double, then 4 chain, a single 4 chain, 4 chain, 2 de following 4 ond . ibles around the 5 y ; chain, ible on the 3 \ de around the 1 1 1 a 4 double aroun following work with aid of th and the detailed rows given. The are the a chain tinue it elas athe. Loa of 3 lace it Wer foundation for is 1 his lace t ean be poses; it is also made of wool pattern is very desirable, for variety of Heed 101 very hands n me THE SHAM CANARY. It was raining one Munday, great heavy drops. The birds were hanging their little heads sadly, and a wood- pecker was grumbling bitterly about the bad weather. “Ah! never complain of rain, chirped a learned stariing. “I will tell you a story in which the rain plays a very important part. “There was onos upon a time an old deaf mother sparrow, whose wings and legs had grown so heavy with age that she had to lie still in her nest when her son flew out to seek for food. But he always brought her honestly whatever he conld find. In winter he had to fly far away into the city, ana search on the street with great pains, but he liked to do it, and was very glad when he could carry home to his old deal mother a morsel of bread or a grain or two of oats, “Now it happened one day that the old ugly chemist with the hair as red as a fox, and the hunchback, had put a roll in front of his garrett window. That very day, as chance would have it, our sparrow could not find anything, and as he was very hungry he flew boldly in at the window. “Click! elick!—1It shut behind him, and | e was eaught, “Ha, ha, ha!’ lnughed the ugly little chemist, ‘you fool you have let yourself be caught? and then he wanted to take hold of the poor sparrow; but he flut- tored about the room in terror, and slipped away each time when the chem- int fancied he had eaught him. “At length the man threw his great black hat over him, and then pulled the poor wretch gently out with his Is “he little sparrow now thought: ‘O dear! now he is sure to hurt me, or even to kill me, for don't wicked people believe an animal does not feel pain Like a person? Oh dear! oh dear! what will become of my poor deal mother!” “However the red-haired chemist dia not kill the sparrow, nor did he hurt him, but only looked at him malicious iy, and said: ““* Why are you happier than I, yon stupid sparrow? Why do your brother sparrows not laugh at you, as people do at me? Why have you a smooth grey plumage, and not red hair like me, to make the street children ran after me? Why oan you enjoy smong the others the rays of the sun, the n trees and bright flowers, aud the tiful creatures on the dear earty, and do not need to hide yourself ina wretched garret room? It is because you have no aap on your back, no red hair and eyes? Just wait, sparrow you shall have them too!’ “Then he stepped with an evil smile ” “Then our sparrow wanted to fly awny to his deaf little mother. Ah! he raised his wings, when boys down below began 10 make a noise again, and threw stones at lim, aud the other sy arrows commenced to peck at him, and ened: “ ‘Why come you here, You ere rt Toeat o Fest on yi We'll pee glure ques brea ar head! dead? 5 K yo fhen the sparrow got away as quick- ly a8 he conld. But in the next sireet the sparrows flew angrily at him, and cried: “ "Why come you hers, KY j dead!” “And wherever the poor tormented sparrow flew the cory was repeated. Then he wept bitterly and thought: “If I were only with my own dear mother,’ “At last he reached the little nest tired todeath and all bedraggled. ‘Al! mother,” he eried; ‘ah! my aear r iin te ire + | ams vour son? p old mother sparrow conld ya know, and fancied the was some strange rogne shut the dom low bird £5 him standing PpY SPAITOW flew ¥ an {314 fishes, lo H o Bat the gold fis shook their heads, “Meanwhile it had grown « ark. thunder was rolling and lightning tongues were flashing through ave you t he and swam away the in their soft, warm little nests; only {e alone on the branch mother does not know me any more, and the other birds will peck me to death to-morrow, hunger too. Oh dear! oh dear!’ “Thus thinking, he fell asleep. When he awoke next morning he saw that he was not dead vet. But as he felt a great thirst, he flew to the pond ain. “The gold fishes cried: ‘Good-morn- ing, little sparrow!" and when the sparrow, quite frightened, looked into the water, he saw that he haa again just grey like an ordinary sparrow. “Then he chirped slond with joy, and flew off to his mother; and there was such rejoicing that all the neigh- bors gathered round to hear the won- derful story. “A heavy rain hal fallen during the might, and had washed the whole of the yellow color off the sparrow. “And when the sparrow flew into the city again, the soldiers at the Branden- burg gate were crying ‘Hurrah’ and presenting arms, and the old Emperor was driving past, and the sparrow swayed to and fro on the branch of a troe in the warm rays of the san, and cried, ‘Chirp! How I do love my life.’ “And so,” said the old starling who was telling this trae story, "you should pever gramble st rain.” Som Tus men in Lapland have dressed in the same syle for a thousand years. isi A Hs THE SPIRIT OF EVENING. WILLIAM STRUTHERS Exquisite spirit of evening! Thou, treading the dim paths of ale, Post their myster nus secrets share, The while vagus twilight echoes ring Across the hills In faint sweet pals, And on Day's wearied eyes are laid the seals, And al her mirth and sadness, smiles and tears, Have joined their fellows of the vanished years, Slowly the last wan glimmering fade, faverent of the day rotembed, Night comes with cresset unillumed ; Her floating mantle oversoades The valley lands with sombreness And silence, wha so much ean sill exprem, Walks by her «ide, a-strewing buds of peace, Whose [ragranee seems to breathe: “Seon pain shail conse,” 1 stand in rovery of soul, ©, balm of Gilead! desire Grows cold, and pale ‘ts fire, Peedly the waves of passion roll, And agorgliog rio 1 round one’s feet wpeotral recat’ of too ir onee maddened beat l- And windst | sof walk ol the mmbont pla; AM nba Dea Lilids tan Anrichog hl yey way. THE INDIAN POLICE. BY BASIL RESTEIN, Dering the Indian war in the viein- ity of Pine Ridge, frequent reference Leen made to the Indian police, and ers have donbtless reen pio~ tures of this queer econstabn ary, Ontside of the 1idian sgencics and the War Department, very few peog le know anvihing abont thisorganizat on, it« number or d vet it plave very important part on the front er, number of veards agent could i snd orders, but that onl. he himself wad likely to enforce them. There werd eoldiers snd United * tutes marshals 1d plerty, but none of them admitted the rule of the Department of the Interion So, when agent wanted anything done, he was obliged to do it himselly or Cu on the u certain ad of thé friend Indisns or the employes of the reservation. his worked very friendlies or employ the order enforced: b them, it had made, for they spent, and even obev the gloner, un ] many rend £3 fies, was (1800 "ago that the $Y $i an i ii ily nieely when the desire d to sed _ if it displeased been i at the snally refused 1d Indian C ““(irent Father” ray of bay mets Bo the | first time gain- was found to be a neces better Oniy O10 113 18 nless backed it up w and deputy ma gree, which has lately ed notoriety, sity. An order from Secretary of the Interior first aliowe d the agents to em- ploy fr endly members of the tribe of tribes under their charge to “preserve order and protect the property of the government and its wards.” At first two or three members chosen on each reservation, 1 were sometin es under the charge ol s native cantain, more often they were | captained by some white man, | They were paid the munificent salary | of ten dollars a month to offic.rs and eight dolisrs a month to non-commis’ ! gioned officers and privates, From the time of the appointment of the police the discipline of the reservations be- came beter. Only the best men, morally and phy- | gic lly, were accepted by the governs ment, whi was thus able to securd ! the material for its foree at the smallest remuneration paid to any of its numerous employes. The entire Indian police now musters about one thousand men, who are the uf sole agents + Interior Department : { the werd he po icd +h best for the enforcement of its rules and the ation of the Besided they receive usual sup of wards of the resery Peace, their salary, the rafi ns and government, lies rescribed by the gen- instructions operty of the suppress every kind of lawlesst ens TOSETVEe form, iI8 ung he national of both the civil It approaches the f the blouse and the | trowsers with the bigh-top boots, Bat { the military asp lt in the broad {| sombrers i the cartridge-belt and { Winel LIArY Datal. ’ iis al Oceesionally the uniform is discard. i, and then the members of the foroe dress as they please Sometimes a casts off cavalry suit, or a coat belonging to a missionary or agent, finds the back {| of a member of the force its last rest- | ing-place before being cast into the { Tag-Dag. But among this brirade, the mem- bers of which stand between the nae | tives and their white guardians, the | most absolute discipline is maintained. Most of the men belongiog to it are married, asd live near the agency of whatever reservation they may be ats tached to. They have no general head- quarters, being distributed among the varions agencies. (olden Daye. PEESONAL. Mes CosrEr-Canmovs, the mister of General Caster, has been offered the position of Librarian of tte State Ld- brary in Michigan. Mrs Calhoun is well known as a reader, and and has recently made a successful tour through Richmond, Wilkesbarre and Washing- ton. Some time in March she will read to an assemb'y of the veterans at Har- letn, and on that occasion Mrs, Custer has accepted the urcent invitation of the veterans, and will sccompany Mrs, Calhoun. Barox vox Havsex, architect of by far the greatest number of the monn- mental buildings that adorn modern Vienna, died last month, Hespent his youth at Athens, where he built the Acsdemy and the University, and go- ing tor Vienna managed to introdnoe the classio style of Greece into thas oity. Tue danghter of Bjornstjerne Bjorn gon, the Norwegian novelist, is an ac- complished musician, and intends to become & publio singer. Tun Margaret "Winthrop Hall, at Cambridge, is sn ised Miss Pinckney, under the direction of Mr. Arthur Gilman, The effort is tc make a real home tor girls away from home at school. Ma. Bunxe-Joxus, it is said, by no means approves of, and does not read the stories written by his nephew, Mr. Rudyard Kipling. It certainly would be a little diffionlt fo imagine the paint er of “The Briar Rose” bestowing hia blessings upon the art which hss pro- duced “Under the Deodars, "and ** Light that Failed.” By Tun provisions of Dr. Schliemann's will, a mausoleum is to be erected in Athens to contain his remains and those of his Greek wife and their two chil dren. To this second wife he left the antiquities in Lis house at Athens, while to his first wife, from whom he was divorced a number of years ago, he bequeathes $20,000. Her two eml- dren and the two of hic Greek wife share alike ip Yee arvisiou ol bis prop. 4 erty 3 v
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