FES ID OUR PARIS LETTER. The city is seemingly deserted, for every one who can afford it has gone either to the country or the sea-shore to enjoy the pleasures of out-door life. For some this 18 a life of quiet, calm | repose; for others, on the contrary, it * a repetition of rounds of galety, excursions, baths, fetes, concerts and dances, In order to make a good 1m- pression, this class must have a very large wardrobe, a thing not difficult to obtain in the present day when ma- terials are so cheap and the styles of making cowns go simple. L'oilettes ured for daily wear have the skirts quite straight, shghtly tonch- ing the ground in the back, with plain bems and stitching, With this is worn a long jacket to match, open on a chemisette or guimpe of some sort. The entire coquettishness of this dress consists in the choice and composition of these centre fronts, Some are in surah or batiste, a sort of small blouse quite short and con- fined at the waist, by a leather belt; others have a plastron of bright surah with a long band of guipure. A satin ribbon holds this band at the waist, and a deep flounce of the same guipure de- scends from the waist half way the length of the skirt. For young girls, we advise plastron in or surah, pleated and mounted on a large | empiccement Irish guipure lined | Some wear thisopen-work | empiccement without a lining, but it | shows v¢ ry bad taste. This lastron | loses itself in the band of the skirt and | is fi ( pretty belt, The | belt may be ““Theodora” all metal, or of velvet or ribbo naments forming a sort of ial the front, but the prettiest of is a band of gold braid studded with little colored stones. With a blue plastron | these s'ones should be turquoises; with | a pink one they should be rose, violet | or amber color, | Lf one prefers plain waistcoats, a long | Jacket of gray beige would be desirable | as it could we worn with different’ skirts. This jacket should be worn half open (buttoned only at the top) over a waist coat to match, A girdle of leather embroidered with fine steel or silver points holds the back of the jacket at the waist line, passes through i8 Oni a sort of | sky-blue ¥¢ rose color Ol with surah. 4 a5 ii i front and back of jet-ambroidered silk. The cape straight flounce fifty-three inel ng, gathered at the upper edge, which should be ronnded, and sewed to the plastron. The point- ed front and back connected by a belt, and *p this a flounce two yards and threeduarters wide is joined for a basque. GAVE 18 B are axD Rue Tor- Pougee trimmed with is used this { model. The ost plain with only a light fulness on the # | ders; collar with pl jabot, {trimmed with es to the bot { tom of the skirt in the back, while th { pointed nf extend only to | the waist li: gar- { ment 18 nfined by a bel and #1 i i Dusr Croix BrTE.— No. 1124. ! ofa colored EVFTION Ince for 1 \ CICRK IS lace, re at o ot ie, 1¢ bac O he | neck is f ‘ lar | trimmed with in the under arm seams the waist coat in fro §, ing the j cket fronts to hang loose. fennis flannel 18 in and, plain or ) wools, ally gray, beige, marine-blne, white | | rose. For daily street wear wools mo tn fas foulards for home | and batiste for The wool gown | ings made and clasps Ie i open re ver 14] great den SO tly striped 0s- BACK VIEW ie reception gown is of cordurette, with appli gue trimming of white eloth embroider- with Sunede-colored silk and gold beads. It is made in polongise form, with a separate ders) two yards and a half wide, three inches longer at the back than at the front, and 1s finished with a silk balave use; a the dress material inches deep 18 aronn outer skirt is with a band of Wir, Ray line ed fF OC2asiOons 2 tp 3 ne jacket to round bodice, bon in veivet the mousseline with insertions, ciennes or mmitation y are round and orna- ribbons. Guilled front a i or these dressse; | cloth which rm for a skirt is | and sides, ‘en pont” as sailors pain space of about twelve i ig left in the centre of the tront the top of the skirt, and on each is made a slash, A small strap sse8 this top and is fastened at each le with buttons; with this system » is no need of an opening in the back, the entrance being given by this little ‘“‘pont” which is open. The above toilettes are quite simple, de- pending for their effect npon the col- ored skirts worn with them, which may be made with more or less elogance as the wearer desires. : As for little g their dresses are decreasing in length, and their entire tolleties show a greater increase of taste in their general make np. The waist still remsine under the arm covered by a belt fastened under a knot of ribbon or velvet; the trim- cons st of Irish guipure as flonnces or as yokes, Lattle boys dontinte to be dressed in the same stylo—the sailor-—and wdar hats with broad rolling brims, A novelty is to place the child's name on the front of the hat, also on the silk facing. A very sensible idea, for as the hat is worn so far back on the head with its brim rolled, the name can be soen more plainly on the faced brim than on the ribbon surrounding the crown, Ferioe Lest, Now 1123. Lace Wrap, This wrap 4# made of black lace flouncing twenty inches deep, with a pointed plastron in flounce of trimmed the white extends The at the bottom embroidered across the front simulated, pointed | aicle iris ris { FOR FANCY WORK. Never was there so great a demand of all kinds reat as is the suppl be equal to ] eé who is connected or arts, and indeed things As at the t day r, and g never i YETY G1 ¥ BHI. 4 presen tha 1 is ii + BT novelties. iy clever Copy 6 table-searf, ete., but a fortune awaits the one who the market supplied with ine novelties which are vot copies that have already been ex- We do not propose to show women all fancy 1 merely to describe a few pretty which may be new to many thus perhaps stimulate them to oD the suggestions given. Costes for slipping over a dish of hot and inrger cover. and up in the Aare with shape, and a trifle dish they are to hickly wadded Lhey 3 soft silk drawn le flaps and is the embroidery, the revers being faced with the dress ma- terial, : 3 end of the re vera lo the skirt border the fronts are fastened sll-shaj ed v y pear tons; the buttons are sewed on the side, and on the right edge is set a re of imp, the loops of which serve as button-loops; the gimp extends ap right rever. Straight collar of the embroidery and sleeves trimmed with the same. No, 1126. C« 1 A piastro ww gold g sroMe cr Wirre Woon. A deep border of bias blue and white stripes surround bottom of the skirt. The short, open jacket-bodice has a vest of bine and white striped wool, the long basqueof which extends around the and back of the odice, The revers and collar are! lightly embroidered; the jrcket fronts and sleeves are studded with pear] | nds the sides as a handle. Hound the stretched a band of em- plash or velvet, which tal as one may desire to EOTVOR i 8 broids red Can be as « rusmen make it. Fau-bags are made of white inc hes througl simple COIOTE, colo gros grain ribbon three wi which centre prefly embroide ry is done, the bon shoul be doubled and seamed together, an finished the bow Dack be pinned to 18 embroidered with some denne contrasting at top with a the bag by which it may L" :1t 18 a very soft and pliable, to use the year round I'o make these, turn over the top ot depth of five inches and trim it h a fringe about eight inches deep, just above this a pretty head The fringe must be of linen n threads, Across the foot shoan 8 band of embroidery s inches broad, worked in in colors which will harmonize the cloth. Few experiments have as yet been made with crepe-like fabrics that are so much used this season for dresses: but there is no doubt that they would serve admirably as a back ground for delicate om broidery. The erinkled nature the material would no doubt prevent close and thick needle-work from setting well upon it, but trailing patterns followed with outlining and fine gold thread, and thickened here and there with satin-stitch, or French knots, could not fail to | @ successful. This fabric is so soft that it would lend itself well to draperies for easels or screens, fabrie, suitable 1 id iv of CUSHION POR YERANDA OHAIR. & Cosnion ror Veraxpa Crain, loose threads on its surface, into which a pattern is darned in long stitches The work is easy and very effective thread and darned, the flower in red A band shown in the design b. is No. 11127 No, 1127. Monxixa Jacxer. Our pretty model is of blue-figured white ecambrie, edged with a frill of blue and | white embroidery. The collar is cov- ered with embroidery and the full | sleeves are finished with a frill of the same. A pointed hall belt is fastened at the under arm roams and buttoned in the centre of the front, Sofa Versus Broom Drill Bello—« Can't yon go to the broom drill this week, Carrie?” Carrie—«No, I'm very much pressed for time this week.” Belle (maliciously)~Yes, and | know what time it Is, too.” Carrio—+ What do you mean?” Belle = “The time that vou an sin n Free Press. blne-gray cotton and gold cord. I'he diagonal stripes, illustrated by Figure a, are darned in olive and gold, and blae and gold, with the small eross- i CHAIR, Le rnors bought at ary only of the gether, so that it off for the wash, 18s worked cotton, CAD eh ' f the cover in red and are strings of fustened on A Monument of the Past. £ na ii HEeness 19 neient Britains MEER or sacred d urrounde the glones, The a ditch fifty feet vile perpendicular, tw and nearly four tops of these were rt ularly united ; ond circle of forty IOS, void of imposts tions of two oval ing. Within the cell or adytun & huge’ % & tructur i 3 ; » : if hua tempie 18 » 5 ir- thirty height On outer « stones, feet consisted of IXiy in the y imposts, reg- Wis & BEC smaller and wi this here are Wik k many fallen thea ired and sa———— —— The American Beauty, Beauty, § the most rose in all the little history of | iw ihe mt America t hie { France and nearly all America but uriously enon ot the Mace, it new val of rr ti given the this gh, resunit of waiting to have t¢ advent tl orid encoursged : of hybridiza- exponer of found one and color, a scrubby of a Wash- inusual beauty attention of classification was found men, How it been sscer cross between Itivati MYALION. tion, this it Amneri mornin fil all ©} Hs was form on ¢ garden Its 1 immediate EXQUIsILEe IN SragTranoe, i tle bush in ¢ ington gentieman attracted flower lovers, Was attempie ude the was produ tained. Se happy the but when Varieiy to in Tv : never two especiall adapted varieties, and that cross the result of chance, prob- ably originated this marvelous and per- fect variety of the Loyal to on American genius, it is emphatically velf-made. ya, I cs mA —— How Young Abe Lincoln Danced. on of Quincy, Ii., was one of the bright voung of Springfield, Abraham Li WAR A tells td story, ch lieve has neve been printed The bevy bright to which Miss Todd belonged ore her marriage to Mr. Lincoln used to have a good deal of sport at this young man's expense, little party Mr. Lin- coln approached Miss Todd and said in his peculiar idiom: “Miss Todd. I should like to dance with you the worst way.” The young lady accepted the inevit- able and hobbled around room with him. When Miss Todd had turned to her one of chievous companions said: “Well, Mary, did he dance with vou the worst way?” “You,” she answered: worst.” Gen, Singlet laws when vonuth there, be green whi we before. vonng ladies bef (One evening at a the re- Hilfe sent. her tithe very nnn A Millionaire's First Earnings “] war six vears sid 1a Stanford, “but 1 can well, Two of my brothers and self gathered a load of horse radish in the garden, washed it clean-l thin they made me do most of the sori bing, for 1 was the voungesi-took it to Schenectady and sold it. We ree ceived six York shillings for the lot, and of that I received two shillings. 1 felt very proud of that money you may be sure.” dese al — It is compuied, in recently made s'a tistics, that the giass-bottle product io - of the world amonuts to a dui'y output old.” land remember 11 NY - | | Kissing His Hobby. A lively incident has occurred In the hall specially set apart for: persong who call ou the Deputies at the Paials jourbon, save a Paris letter, While 8 party of ladies were waiting in the hope of procuring from of the linnt me tickeis of admission ted attention and staring Suddenly up to 8 good 1 catching numbes some § Hrs by lounging ug Hem this individual EE out of looking you ney in nis if Kisses 181 r face, “he ens if from his in his affec the ushers, the spot by custody, to the neerest poe was living I had $e fils a“ deavored grasp, but he who had been her screams, £) into On being conic lice station } at Nogent-sur-Marne, and that Paris in the lope 3: BRC he 4 that afterwards as i CON asylum, to the ation. peep the Chamber, certained ths fined hind been for a vear in a lunatic iirmary at the 3 ‘re seems, ve unlearned, trious than Ho means en are few, th ilans.are by Their needs ge lhe most tive, their carts, cooking ir ploughs, their ox yokes, contrivances for spinning and | weaving, their water jars—every thing { about them is as in the time of Christ. | The native civilization here is like Pal- 00 years ago.— Credit Fone {| prim ir | utersils, the tha their { estine’s 2.C gier, li Wants No Nonsense. i Sherman is an « i { said to a friend of ours was talking } { delay in 1 Hs other day Gen. i who iting uj ment: “That won't own monument and paid | thousand dollars for it. The minute bu i ianped on ovef the matter. i with rugged won't be rd. ! TY ught m ent m ed it wiil be | me and { won't have { my monument,” and fancy there { any either.—Tracde Mark VATK 3 ena any damn I concluded rey $ r 511 tint Will h Jonsense the Hero, we ‘e Rec a He Grew Weary, ung writer—«Have you read my tl irrent number of the leview, Misr Yo { article in ie onthly | Penelope 77 { Mis Penelope— No; | 1s still in store for me. | say, though, that he had i Young Writer—«Did { that I treated my subject { haustive manner ? | Miss Penelope— Yes, I believe he did say something about being tired. Exchange. | ———————— ! Paste Diamonds That Defy Tests, {| The diamond trade is mnch interested in the remsrkable artificial diamonds { which came into notice during the Paris Exposition. So perfect are | some of the imitations that they puze zle dealers and experts, By the same chemical analysis as applied to precious stones, they are found to melt at only a very high degree of heat, and, of course, were exceedingly hard—in fact, v0 hard thst they would scratch and almost cut mirror glass. that pleasure I heard pape reed it.” he not think in & very exe — pts Electric Lightning. It is not yet ten years since the first { electric light put into daily nee in { New York city. Bat the figures which was represent the progress of cleetric lights belief. 1,000 are J incans aliriact eta Simos] stag to than 3. & in ten years oer n said be There are ip lights and more escent lamps now in use in the United States, Electricians estimate the cost f these, in dynamos, wires, franchises with indescent and other « wnses connected ine light, mak- in tn) ‘ . x1 at 820 per each ! their use, ] lamp and 8200 for each an investment of capital his industry of at least 8 160.000 This refers « which might nly to electri ghis, to appropristely be added many millions more a8 represented in various plants where electricity is used for power to drive machinery or run railway cars, the United States % Electric lights in 3 led by four large ompanies — the Thompson<Hounston representing a system of are lgbis aad incandescent lamps wi “alternating the Brash Light The nis and interests which they sarrents vmpany and the Edison, +. with pat control, an ins lustry which is only in iz infancy and in- vested capital of something like 8200,- 00,000, when buildings, dynamos and all kinds of manufacturing wachinery are taken into scoount, an agaregale — New York has a Sccond-hand Clothe i
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