OUR PARIS LETTER, Of a truth, the straight full gowns have ceased to exist, and there is to be seen at present only the clinging skirts but in an infinite variety of styles, Some modistes have brought out the old fashioned skirt with points, a style especially successful. All the breadths are cut on the bias; those of the front out bias on each side, with a width of 294 inches, then come two points of about £0 inches in width which make in all five breadths, inclnding the two back breadths which are joined mn the centre by a biss seam. These skirts are extremely desirable not being too clinging. Those made like an umbrella have the breadihs bias on each side, and joined by » very namrrrow open- work inscrtion-lhike points, This effect is very desirable, especially when the insertion 18 used in the centre of the front. Gowns of gauze, muslin, in fact all light cowns made in this style. Speaking of robesof giuze we will deseribe a gown that we have geen in the rooms of a leading modiste, It is of black ANZ embroidered Ww th litle dots of all colors, The umbrella shaped skirt was finished by very small open-worked points with insertion to match, The bodice was completed by a deep pleated Sere, the Pp very fine, 1 4 shape, ish d velvet, trem ing 1 juste a Phe the tom by a Huht which plae tl and 80 « with poluted Kirt cilienne with bro graduated band wrminated by ball | ge desde the front of the +l The very full and I , has deep revers of brocade and opens on a plastron of silk muslin of the same shade. The full sleeves of gauze reach just below the elbow and are held by a band of passe. menterie; beneath these, close sleeves of brocade extend to the wrist Paris has never seen so many light gowns as are worn this season, a fact due, large- ly no doubt, to the unvarying fine weather that we have had. Many gowns are made of silk erepon, which is truly the gown *‘par excel- lence,” because 1% bas none of the in- gon: éniences of pereale, zephyr, bat- iste, mushn ete. One t hese gowns as freely as if they were wool without their becoming soiled or erum- pled. They come in most novel de- gions, and in lors most charming. Another fancy 14 i ored underwear. arming coqnetierie, and its t varied and intinit ; for trin ng lar inte ed scallops 1 dT ed which are ars wii om ure ats being nierie nd Jacket, ‘ is f dall THY § i8 OZ i MbhNg I on Wears the col- nt. on a 1§ pear: n Wass 1 £4 ar abo 8 tht is kt in Em eleg back, t 8 band pleats mns-t art yers bey are of I alin gue r, fants tie Ma i ats, they ar ton d. M Wo le of t As tie ieg Or, capotes or y are mere folds, made of | aothing, lace on TOW { roves or fine lowers. In the bs a knot of velvet or r blu i "ings, AD Oroa- ment oi some So {tO raise it a litle above th The round hats are also smal with -traight brims, the crowns, as mall as those of | capote», are surrounded with a ruche of satin nnbbbon. White or bLlack lace falls over the brim sud also stands np against the ruche like the calyx of a morning glory, Two aigrettes of rin bon or o: festhers, placed well to the left frcnt, completes the garniture of this Lar, Home rose-colored straws trimmed in this way with black lsee, black ritsbon, and black plumes produce the most sharming efieet, . Fruice Lesvis, or 0, rt, an very No. 1144, has a serge skirt of dark crimson over which is a drapery of ivory white flannel with a ge erim- son stripe, partly woven in silk. The back and sides of the bodice and the elbow cuffs are of the serge, while the upper art of the sleeve is of the striped stuff, buttoned on the inner seam with small gilt buttons, A white Linen shirt and Russia leather belt are worn with this costume, which 1s also furmshed with a crimson silk blouse wais!, The wiite straw sailor, has a large rosette ot white silk, pinked in the edges, and a narrow band of crimson velvet, No. 1145, 'I'bis other bat which may be nsed for summer drives is One of Redfern newest shag the trim- ming 1s } dered ribbon and ostrich tips, ali of shaded green, It is impossible for ehiffon to be more in favor or in grealer thar it is HO variety 1.40 all reen and , #ta., one 2 entusted by a rather wide selvedg ft lominant shades, Ev: the flowered ehaf- '« white colors are i pronounced have a faded look as in pink! of the 00 ( he fo Of but i i i : No. 1147. Danss ron A Girn Tex Ymans Oro.—For this neat costume cream-colored foulard is used, with trimmings of embroidery snd silver buttons, The full skirt is finished with =» broad band of white embroidery, and the round bodice has the centre of the front and back, of embroidery to matoh; the front forms a piastron and the back is closed in the centre. Pleated bretelles outline the back and front of em. broidery to the chest, from which | oint No 1146, — renin they descend perfectly plain to the waist. Bleeves, buttoned on the upper side from the wrist to the shoulder. Belt and high collar of embroidery. No. 1147. Gown or Fourarp.—This gown of figured and plmn-striped fon- lard has for trimming eream-colored, embroidered tulle. The front of the skirt is trimmed with a draped flounce of the tulle; the fg nt of the bodice is also drape! with tulle which extends below the waist line forming a basqne drapery. The half-long sleeveless cont is of willow-green bengeline, open in front with notebed revers, High col- ts the sleoves, with green ribbon and seieral swal- aD No. 1151. No. 1151. Vesr rora Jacker Bopion, ~This vest is made oi! colored surah, to be worn under an open jacket or The frouts are pleated and the gathered at the waist line. The nished with a standing collar which is covered with a Hip box- pleated ruche of bias fringed surah; the same trimming extends down the by beit ends of the milk, which proceed from tle under arm seams and cross in front. with high collar in black lace or em- broidered grenadine over old pink | bengaline silk, which also appenrs through the folds of the pointe trou, front and back. Fly bows in | green ribbon, faced with pink, Wing | like sleeves in moss-green crepe braid- | ed with silver. ples One of Chauncy’s Latest, Chauncy M. Depew tells the follows ing story of the many interesting char- acters he encountered last Fall whils the vital 1mues of the campaign. It doesn’t ’ FANCY WORK, Wicker Lawn Tanne Wirn ~=1This table has a cirenlar top twenty- one inches diameter, three lower shelves, each ten inches in diameter and a central shelf near the ground fittcen inches in diameter. The top and three upper shelves have covers of cream oolored canvas on which the pat- tern is worked with red snd blue linen’ hreads, The working pattern for the cross-stitch embroidery is given in No. 1 a. "he covers and fimshed fring: of re i of whieh Coven, iii aro made to fit the shel with e and white, tl oted with ut the edge a ta i § nd has 6 sing dle 2; ) middle single preceding scallop the same to the scallop, torn, single with 2 chain between t! e 34 4th and * th and 91h, around the next | scallop 6 single, with 2 chain between the middle 2, around the first balf of the follow ng sesilop; turn, 7 chain, | connect to ti ceding scallop, turn, 11 single, with 2 chain between the 3d and 4th, 5th and Oth, and ¥th sud 9th, sround the pre- oeding 7 chain, then fill t Oat ie w by th und each 0 single w RBUILH gle on the 1 picot 4 chain and them, Faste tips of the scadio of WICKER LAWN the hall One night, after meeting ili the was clearl a weather-beaten man buttonholed : me to one side and said: out here at ' nostimact er 01 1 I'm postmaster i and ele Corners, cf fF RWay 3 n : office, 1 » the i wens’ “No that ain't it,” he replied. bit mid RR Ye . hen I boom pay ar, ol ment A Pretty White Cs elly Dionae with fearless grace Narragansett dress % nastics gymnasii ked | silk cap with the crown. ods interwoven shirt and tr ba under a a Little bing on O118¢ The OUusers WITH COVER, WOMEN WITH MILLIONS, A———— Nork C1" Can Boast of a God Number of Them. A New York paper gives the fol lowing list of women of that city whe are the fortunate Ppossessors of » million or more ;— Mrs, Moses Taylor, the widow oa famous dry goods merchant, is full be worth nol New timated to vt, the widow ¢ the merchant, herited fron i R500. 000 oul and a lif 000. who is » most desirable 1 wil WH, has & ’ that was, f Marl : tn interest dow of th ve 801ic WBA, New read Ow, elanGer and heirs lations! has $1, al a appoints at least . Mason Jones, $0 old ie «Lady ¥ alla £31 CRiLeQ Mary Mason Jon 4 DEOL Dy queer ] i e widow of une in pe~ ave received Mrs, by her husband i in dry rn, who avenue ade } he Victoria and a share in the ives Yurker, Wadsworth, who i but isa New d to be worth a mi Mies Hit a society n, but is said to have in her own ili which 0 P. Mor- willion ngton, 3 oa o} wal Aan oh ail, sOIeLY ton is said ¢ wel a ) BAYe Mrs. Ulysses Grant, from the pen. which intitles women of New York, although her capital is small. Mrs. Cleveland has about §150,- Mrs. Garfield i= a has, it is said, an income income, But the richest woman in New York, probably in the world, is «ileitie” Green. She is about 47 years old and fs worth at a conservative estimate about £256.000,000. She married E. H. Green of New York, Mr. Green was worth $700,000, and it is said Mss Hetty had an ante-nuptial contract with him whereby he agreed to pay all ) and more Afier her wedding activity and through in her own name, ghe kept up her she did the speculating here self and made while her husband lost She could buy large blocks of stock would bull or bear the as she thought best. Siw made money right along and BOW repated to be worth forty -odd millions, She is economical withal, and though her income must be immense her wind household expenses are not over $5,000 og - is Power of the Whale. An English naturalist who has bren oul Lo ree the whale In bis pative pac. tures estimates that a fullsgro+ n whale, driving abead at full speed, could bieak down any breakwater ever bull, and that the sweep of his lower jaw iscqual to the force of a 1 kirty-hotse power on- gine workiog at full sped, Ci —-—-— Coal In the Province of Almeria, n Spain, Is 80 dear ‘hat here is great ree joicing over th+ di