OUR PARIS LETTER. If one can judge from the fashion and style of both materials and colors which are favored this spring, those most prominent tor the coming summer wiil excel in exquisite tints and daintiness of material. The most fashionable eolors are those of the most delicate shades. These are employed not only for dressy toilettes, but also for those designed for plainer uses, Pale grays, tans in the lighter shades, misty blues, maize, delicate lavenders, and tender greens predominate, and the materials being so soft and light they will, no donbt, be largely worn during the sume mer, especially at monntain and sea- shore resorts, It is with deep regret that we see the dress skirts increase in length, and their wearers deserve, in- deed all the jokes and jibes that are heaped upon them, for it is not possi- ble that a woman of good sense would ever be guilty of wearing such a gar- ment in the street. They have their lace it is true, but that place is not he street, gathering up whatever ref. use may lie in their way. Because some women possess wealth and there- fore are not obliged to walk, it is no reason why those who must, should make themselves objects of scorn, con- tempt, and disgust by imitating a fashion which 1s entirely unsuited to ther station in life. Skirts continue to be made straight with slight drapery, and the fuluess massed in the back. Small paniers sre seen on but few costumes; while the trimmings are placed chiefly at the bottom of the skirts, Cloth gowns have deep hems with a narrow bit of braid or passementerie covering he edge, or a cord of silk is let in the old fashioned way to finish the hem. Deep slashings with plaitings of the material inserted are also used to give the skirt a fulness about the bottom. Lighter goods have a more fanei al decoration, flounces, embroideries and passementeries, but lace is the favorite and universal trimming. Itis used in a plain flounce, or flounces, with the gathers caught in clusters witha bow of ribbon or an ornament of some sort. Modistes assert that summer styles will show draj eries festooned at the bottom of the skirt on all fash onable gowns, The most prominent portion of the | gown is the bodice, made so by reason of its elaborate trimmings. It 1s worn much longer thau formerly, and ex- tends, even in wash materials. from six to eight inches below the waist line. Invisible side fastenings are universally | employed, although central fastenings | are not entirely discarded, i In the shape of sleeves there is but little variety; they are still made long, wide above and narrow towards the wrists. I'he tendency is to diminsh the height on the shoulders, and to ex- tend the length at the wrists; in some cases the cuff or frill at the wrist, al- most conceals the hand, buat this, of | course, is the extreme mode. Cioth jackets, the wrap par exoel- lence, are either cut in one, en prince se or with the basques sewn on, ornamen- ted with embroidery and revers, and open to show light waist-coats, also covered with embroidery or braiding. A few tailor-made silk coats have made their appearance, but are hardly warm enough for our changeable chimate, to mect with much favor. They are made of bLlack broeades, with undulating lines and stripes of black. of them are y fitted long basques, boned like a dress bodice, with large sleeves wrinkled around the armas, and a high flaring collar. Black lace is set on fiatly as a vest and revers, A flounuee of lace half a yard deep, 18 added in | very full gathers n wlow the waist line, and 18 headed by a girdle of jot | passementerie, which is logped in front | with long en f Capes of silk made in round fall} shape, like cloth capes, and trimmed with fauey galloon, also capes made of a series of graduated black lace floun- | ces, sot on a foundation of black net will be the favorite wraps for general summer wear. It is difficult to distinguish new hats from bommets, for they are like flat plates with a box-pleated brim of lace, within a close set wreath of gay flowers | Indeed, the fasluon of having flowers and puffs of chiffon, like old style bon- | pet borders, ia now very general. Gold in all forms, gold lace, gold passemen- teries and satin ribbons, with fine de- | signs in gold, are equally used on hats, | ihe latest in bounet chida in velvet, and six species of these bave already been imitated in white, and red. Finely cut jet ‘hich are hollow and therefure , are in great favor for dress bonnets, avd are fast taking the place of the so-called “jewels” of ep et glass, Most exquisite bonnets are made entirely of these beads, their only trim- ming being a large black aigrette, and strings of black velvet ribbon. A. Bs E Dome closely i+ i 1h lowers are or- | rose No. 1005. Lapies’ UNDERWEAR, hese garments are specially adapted for traveling use as they will not show the marks of soil as quickly as pure white. The chemise is made of pink and white striped China silk; the edge is notehed and worked with pink mik and the front ornsmented with feather. stitching and monogram, also in pink #ilk. The night dress of fine batiste is plain'y made with square yoke and cuffs of figured ®iuna silk, The drawers are ornamented with a band of eolored embroidery, while the skirts, one of plain the other of Line and white striped Imtiste, have deep flounces, embroidered in colors. These colors may be selected to smit the taste of the person who 1s to wear them. Those who travel much will find these gar- ments a source of great comfort No. 1008. Laps’ Duawens, — a. | The band of this garment 1s formed of strips of embroidered insertion and strip of plain batiste, and is bordered with a narrow feather-stitched band. The flounce of pereale is finished with sn edge of embroidery. On the outer side of the band 8 placed a knot of blue ribbon, b, Vieatings of pereale held “ knot of ribbon, form the band of arment; below which extends a deep a arnished by tho garment, An Wes No. 1007. Corser Warsr.—This gar- ment is made of fine batiste, the front ornamented with a series of tucks and insertion. Throuch the centre of the back, strip of insertion with tucks on either side. The neck snd armholes are trimmed with lace through the heading of which is run narrow pink baby ribbon tied on the shoulders and at the neck in tiny bows, No. 1008, Croax ron A Yourxa Ginn. ~'1 his pretty cloak is made of striped beige-colored wool ent on the bias and and of bronze velvet, The fronts of beige-colored bengaline are pleated and supported in form of a blouse under the front edges of the cloak proper. Across the bottom of the fronts isa gathered flonnce of the bengal ne. Be- tween the plets of the fronts are placed ribbons of beige-colored failie which form loops at the neck and acrosa the bottom. The red: ngote shaped back furni-bes the fullness necessary for the skirt of the cloak. The side-bodies and fronts of the eloak are velvet; the fronts terminat - at the waist and tarn back to form revers, which extend aeross the back in stape of a fiat collar, of low the waistline in pointed basques; in the back at the in front a sash of ribbon the side. Full sleeves velvet tabs cross waist-line; at vet No. 1000. Jaocxer ron A Youxe Lavy, This model is of light tan-colored cloth embroidered in silk of the same shade, the edges, collar and cuffs being ornamented with gold thread. The rolling collar forms revers which ex- tend below the waist-line, The sleeves are full on the shoulders and embroid. ered at the wrists. The collar and the edge of the entire jacket is ornamented with the embroi , also a small de- is em below ihe collar. ’ placed on Phe hips, Lining of changeable surah silk. No. 1010.Canue x Prastroy, —Cream- colored surah is used for this; the top is open in V shape and draped over the chest. The bottom of the plastron is pleated on a smooth lining having a curved seam in the centre. A small pleated plastron fills in the V opening. High collar closed in the centre of the No. 1011. The house gown is of gray Bedford eord, ornamented with em- broidery executed on the material, and with silk cord and olive shaped bat tons. The skirt is pleated in three deep flat pleats on either side, and with one five-inch triple box-pleat at the middle of the back. The lower edge is hemmed and edged with silk cord. The cont basque is slashed on the sides and centre of the back snd edged with cord; it opens on a vest of embroidery which rests on the bodice lining. This vest closes in the centre with hooks and eyes, to the waist-line then is left open below that point. The front edges of the coat are ornamented with sim- ulated buttonholes of cord and the olive shaped buttons. High flaring collar of embroidery. Bleeves with straight cuffs outlined by silk cord and ornamented with button and button holes like those on the coat No. 1012. Bmipes Marmn's Toque. The small flat crown of this charming toque is in white crepe embroidered with multi-colored gilks. The edge is encircled with a gold galloon finished with fluffy pompons in various tints Lace bow and butterfly in front FANCY WORK. For several wocks past, the small boy of the household has bees in the depth of despair because Lig pocket money will not, by any sort of contrivance on his part, expand to the sam required to buy a new ball and the one of last season is altogether too shabby to pre- sent a respectable appearance. To his pitiful appeal for help to renovate his old ball, we put our wits to work, and the result more than repaid us for our effort. Now, that some other little boy may be helped out of his difficulty, we will give our readers the resull of onr work. Yon will need very simple ma- terials for the work is of the simplest. If you wish to cover an old tennis ball take three thades of Perlin wool and No. 10 needles, begin with the second ghade, then use the second again, and lastly the lightest, which will be next to the second shade when the cover is joined. Cast on 32 stitches over the thumb, to make a firmer edge for sow- ing together; * krit a plain row, knit iS sta, ; turn back, knit 4; turn again, knit 5: turn again, kmit 6; and so on until all of the stitches are on one needle, when there should be 32 stiteh- es; join another shade and repeat from . Four sections will make a ball, Shp the first stitch when yom turn, and when all the stitches are again on one needle, knit back one row plain, that is every other row should a plain one. When the cover ie finished, sew up the knitting on the wrong side hall way, then put in the ball and sew up the re- maiming rtion, Should you wish the two sides separ- ate, and of different colors without breaking the wool, cast on an even number of stitches with scarlet wool Scarlet and black are good eolors as they do not soil easily. Knit one row plain. 20d row—Take black, with the wool in front of the pin, slip the first stitch as if to purl, put the wool back, k 1, + wool forward, slip 1 as if to purl, ut the wool back and k 1, repeat om 1. 8d row. Take black, slip the first black stitch af if to purl, put the wool back, t slip the soarlet stitch as if to purl Fe the black stitch, put the wool kK, t from ¢. 4th row. Soarlet wool forward, slip the first stitch as if to purl, t put the wool back slip the black stitch as if to purl, purl the soarlet stiteh; from 4. bth ro stitoh as EMBROIDERED INSERTION, | Exenoiperep Insertion. —This em- | broidery may be executed in cotton on | percale, or in silk on eloth, If desired | colors of a different shade from the cloth may be employed. The stitches | used are stem, tambour and lace stitch, | These bands of insertion are spec ally | adapted for ornamenting childreu’s | dresses, ok “a Bine-Boarp Scary for this scarf i silk or cotton alternate devices may | fn ACCOT ing to laste of work rons through tl of liven embroidere lors used for yak dra ve the 3 ah 4 i an in soar! and is also placed just hem. If preferre may be used should have rr i Ince scarf artion « d in which case the an ed ing of lace. Dr. Tyng and the Tiger, Dr. Sk 1 hen H. T'yng, of St George's | Church, New York City, in his Sunday school one Sauda n He nad told the chi in all of us there is an anima and he had run this familiar in forms which appealed to the child imag: sation. “The liar” serpent, that creeps in secret nous way« to strike with his fangs a sorson with virna. The pos is » monkey, giving 1 f up to sntios and grimace, he vain child is a peacock spreading himsel! to be ad- mired by others, The engry child is a tiger, passionate and untamed.” Then he gave out a hymn, The children did not make ready promptly, and began to sing it in confusion and disorder, Instan:ly his face flushed. He rapped sharply on the de«k with his book, and gave veut to some exclamation of im- patience. A little girl in the rear of the room, standing on the seat, who had been swept away into forgetfulness of self by the vehemence of the preach- er's eloquence, pointed ber finger at | him, ng called out in a childish voice, but loud enough to be heard all over | the room, “Tiger!” Instantly a hush | fell upon the room. Dr. Tyng laid | down his book, walked down the aisle, | took the little girl, shrinking and frightened, in his arms, quieted her | fears with his benign smile, walked back to the platform, and, caressing | her, said to the children: “Yes, she has | | told the truth. My enemy all my life | has been the tiger in me. I have hard | | battle to keep him caged. Every now land then he breaks loose in spite of | me; and it is because 1 have oy such { & hard battle that 1 want you children | to tame the tiger that is in you while you are young.” No child that was | present will ever forget the lesson of { that incident, and no man of less con- soorated spirit could ibly have made this childish rebuke such » means of ministry. WHHL Beak noon idea out sh } a he saa, is 8 and sin- d his irivo ous imsed Ix Spain the German language is at present considered very valuable. The vernment encourages the study of Ge . Eight chairs for professors of German have been created in the univermtics of the country, and sta- dents of medicine are ob to go through a course of German *“to enable them keep pace with the medical science in Germany." “Pinkeye 13 making serious trouble again in the stables of Philadelphia, Insects have begun their assaults upon the Kansas wheat flelds among them 18 a new enemy of the grain, The Jamaica fair has proven of great benefit to the island although not a0 nancial success, HORSE NOTES. ~ fh. neg wand stand is to be bullt at the Terre HHaule track, — Jockey “Tiny’® Willlams has grown antil be is no longe® tiny. - 1ranc Fleming has ten horses in trasssog #t Fleetwood Park. — Fx Geers will take charge of C. J. Hamiin’s horses at out June 1. —Johuston, record, 2.061, 1s likely to appear ino Grand Circus races this year. —There are 117 entries for the spring meeting of the Delmont Driving Club —Mr, Coibitt announces that Do mares will be booked to Guy Wilkes for 1802. —H. G, Crickmore has been appoint~ ed Necretary of the New York Jockey Club, — William Bell, a well-known local tra‘ner a driver, died from Bright's kidney disease. —The fifteen sta'ls burned at Bel- mont Course have been rebuilt. Quick work for Builder Sloan. — Mabel, the sister of Beautiful Eells, has dropped at Rancho del Paso a bay cclt by Stamboul. —In the West the main rebance for thoroughiy skiliful and capable jockeys is on colored boys, ~—Eutries for the Philadelphia Drivt ing Park Association Spring meeting will soon close, —P. J. Dwyer has bet $1000 with M, Corbett that Priwrose Royal will beat Tenny in the Brooklyn handicap. - — Bushineton, Julge Morrow, Tea Tray and Prince Royalare the names on every tongue for the Brooklyn handicap. ~Charles 'redinore reports that Jal laa bas wintered well and will make the free-for-all pacers liustle this year. ~ 8, P. Salter has arrived at the Lex- ington Fair Grourds from Georgia with Mattie H. and even cther good ones. — It can be set down as pretty certain carried out at Monmouth Park. Hie Wilkes, 2.2 £ for which W. & Son Lexington, Ky,, re 5,000, will joln the Doble the most industrious having ridden no fewer ince Jauuary 1, of which ny was CRey A TRUER B between Planter iM) 1s off, Tlanter and cut himself wed, 3 0 o r 94 OMA, by Elec- Mohawk, tok a saturday onlag Fraucisco on stakes offered Park As- cioeed on an purses and e Chester Oak Ihiving ‘1 artford, Coun. have been dropped at A has com- e new track, and he { young-ters, ier ner of the Ces. . i at auction in Api for £2400, Lord lie purchaser. —The wel known double-team Au- bie and a d Lady Wellington have been placed inthe bands of William Weeks, who has a slring of fifteen, ~The mare Godiva {dam of Domest hs | t Al'n Farm a 2.21 Godiva bay coil, by ia “Zi ed by Je N. of Burden, 4 3 5 Arurhiam Leng i JAB onast, Blower, C, = AN 1 E. Owens, Parkersburg, Va., aed fem H 1. & Fo D. H-wecks-0id ch, ce. Zolian, by dam Alpha by Alcantara, for Stout the Nutwood S700 i — Bowerman Drothers, Lexington, havesold to O, T. Mocker, of New Y ork, twelve yearling fillies by Wilton Silicon out of Siibouetie, and Si.ver- ime out of dliveriock. a Frank Fairbanks, of Glen Stock Farm, bas placed in Gee Grimes’ hauds for development his Nutwood stallion, Glenwo.d and the 4-year-old mare El la Ciiltenden, —=enator Stanford’s game, grandly bred, but unlucky race mare, Gorgo, Las been bred to Peel, by Monday (by Colton, out of Mollie Jackson, by Van- dal) out by Precious, by Lever, Yelmont Course presents a lively pearance these bright mornings. The tra ners are all sending their Lorses along. petiing them in shape for the meeting. Scott Quinton 18 so well pleased with Belmont track that be proposes bringing eight more horses there after the meeting next week, He pow Lap twelve hor-es at Belmont, «1 he kite-shaped track made a revo- {ution in racecourse building, and now the figure eigh'-shaped track is de- ing space than accelerating speed — On Saturday last at San Francisco the 5-year-old horse Hotspur, by Joe Daniels, am the sister of Jim Doug ass, ran a mile and three-quarters in 3.003, lowering the record made by Glideia in 1882 — There is a movement on foot at New York to give Thomas Johuson, an ex- pool-seller and father of Bookmaker David Johnson, a trial as starting judge at one of the trotting tracks in that vicinity. —T'wo horses entered the 2.50 list at Baltimore recently. Number Seven got a mark of 2.29} in the 2.32 class and Yorker was forced out in 2253 George M. Mott in the fourth beat the 2.37 class, «Captain W, H. Boyce has the fol. lowing well-bred 2-year-olds in training at the Lexington Fair groudds track: Roan colts, by jay Bird, dam (dam of Prince Charlie) bY Subbu roan Ally, by jay Bird, dam by Pearsal ; bay colt, by William L. (sire of Axtel), dam by Busbey.
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