FOR THE FAI R SEX. SEASONABLX HINTS AND MAT. TERS OF MOMENT. Summer Souven!rs-—-Notes on Dress and Millinery - Lucy Stone No More —A Natty Coat Mrs. Beecher stil Active in Good Work, SOUVENIRS OF SUMMER, The woman who hus made the most of the summer has resources for many a unique Christmas gifts. Birch bark, cattails, ferns tukan up with their native mold about them, the green pods of milk weeds—these and a thousand other things should now be in your posses sion. Then for some friend who into the country, perhaps ¢sshut in” who never leaves what more welcome than a pot -—growing in a common red earthen pot, for ner room, t ferns Of A REFORMER GONE, The Passing Away of an Anti-Slavery Leader and a Champion of Woman Suffrage. With the death of Lucy Stone, who who passed away at her home in Dor. chester, Mass, the reforms in which women are iuterested lose a valuable champion, Lucy Stone was born on a farm near West Brookfield, Mass., on Aug. 13, 1818. She came of good New England stock. Her great-graudfather fought in the French and Indian War; her grand- futher was an officer in the Revolution. ary War, and afterward captain of 400 | men in Shay's Rebellion. Her father! was a prosperous farmer, much respected neighbors, but fully imbued by his their wives, was most men of his generation. He helped his through college, but when his daughter wanted to go he said to his | wife: ‘Is the child cruzy? The young citl had to earn lhe money herself. She over ns son if needs must—in a pretty glazed jardi niere if you may. lichens and mosses you can make a pretty case for the pot Any city friend with a set of mil are not delicate make as the pretty fluffy pompons. lect three of the them; 1 would Awe sl SO nor so green take out the cout thoroughly both cut the po is in 1 them fit little cu fluffy silk taken from t or dark red cl prettily with stems must together at the t which a brass ring cover to mateh the sik this tie aud point eac tassel fet scented with sa # ribo dirch } ] Birch bark « merous charming can sill photograph, painted with daisies oi I over t glass, pliable, and can be board foundation f you are ambitious ~x he ai ae ls RE rindi —————————————————— nts, in flat tiny lar bits to ov All sorts of t from this very mada WO brads, ac pret from sn in and tration It must have a blue or yellow or soft bre which forms a the bark: betw bark put a layer « turn back one fuer trasting silk. It must narrow ribbon, f{eather.sti bon and bark ean strips for a change. Celluloid i=.an inexpensive articl susceptible of many fan-shaped picce makes a graph frame. Point the upper edge, and shade one side of each point with paint; cut two incisions, slip in the tures, paste a strip of i the back to hold them of flowers over the t« them droop over, and the picture itself if it gin. A narrow strip slits cut up the sides, through which ribbon is run, tying in at side at the top, then bent double and suspended with ribbons, makes a most comvenient broom holder. A few grasses painted on the front in sepia and what ever color harmonizes with the ribbons used gives it a pretty finish. The only opening is at the sides, both ends being laced together with the ribbon at the top. Just the made from =a cut the reducing peasant 1 o Pe Woven #3l SiTIF fae pleasing uses + ol ¥ sel photo heavy m in and pais vo of ! De has taprays each, letting continued on a white mar of the celluloid, with a bow either catch-all paim-leaf in deep somewhat; | little penny edges its size de Arest is fan; points, couch tinsel cord all about these and sew on a little pocket of silk, shirred full at the top to give space for gloves, ribbons and such flotsam and jetsam of the tollette as may be in daily or hourly use. Inch-wide ribbon with a pleot edge tied about the handle in a bow and sewed to the back near the tip of the fan serves to hang it up by. to buy distriot books, For years she schools, studying and At the low w ages | her | earn the 3 then the n the country that admit d women, she nity five to He +t 2 S43 § 1 J sy 18 an hour, made daring colored peopl nardware was fully in d to de ¥ With hier work, Promise over and th cord. The so called gold rns of bullion embroidery, tive with pleated brims st trimmed witl parrots’ out from choux of hiffon with gold picot loop White satin ribbon strings two inches wide start bonnets with ATE Very of brown wings din white « e iged the from DARcK chin in a tiff bow Dainty misses ige flat sachets and matrons are putt of der their rugs and carpets It diffuses the de sble drawing i abl i ing rooms It i ¢ seaming being and broaden the | with to shorten women waists should select this stele of bodice appearance figure, only hour, colored glass, each framed in zine, and | each other by Sshaped hooks. i Round waists have lost none of their | prestige, but are rivalled by basque. | bodices and pointed corsages with frills | to the lower edge. Draped | : gowns, and accordion and kilt-pleated | skirts are already seen-—the pleats or kilts by contraction and expansion wherever needed obviating the necessity of shaping by means of scissors, Many of the balloon sleeves are now cut into two moderately full puffs. Rolleover collars are new, and with these small cuffs appear, Little folks are wearing some odd and pretty clothes, School frocks are as daioty as their purpose will permit; and dress gowns are dreams. Crepon makes up beautifully in Empress style for maidens from five to seven years, There is a high-cut yoke from which the skirt hangs full und straight. Three excend- ingly narrow ruffles of velvet finish the skirt, and an Eton jacket of velvet sup- plements the waist, ————— GYMNASIUM FOR WOMEX, The first gymnasium or college for women in Germany was opened a few weeks ago in Car! srub, the fan-sha a iy, Lan -shuped The course of instruction is precisely the same as in the gymnasia for boys and oung men. X years are necessary to Lo it. Te Feuadare of the insti tution hope that by the end of that time, as the prs and the oan ion of a pretty pine ushilons BOG Use. a8 girls pretty JER tite made {ro ful souvenirs luncheon It seems but you must amputats both legs, aud in their place put four riuel, to the waist. These ean be made from the merest soraps of silk, satin or bolt ing cloth, and of four harmonizing or contracting colors: fold a surplice of silk aver his chubby shoulders and put on about the waist with a sash and and ends of ribbon. OMELET PARTIES THE LATENT. Omelet among society belles and beaux, recent entertainment given by members. ceived by the servants and ushered into a room in which two tables were set. On one were ranged ten small loaves of bread, each with a designating mark, but conve ing no hint of the maker. The second table was laid with plates and forks. The vompany was requested to form two committees as bread judges and omelet tasters. Badges’ had been furnished the guests, consisting of sprays of wheat for the committee on bread, tied with Balintrops ribbon, and artisti- cally designed with white satin hens for the omelet committee members. In the club, ai} young ‘gi. from. the highes club, all yo tls from ranks of ye. were busily in the kitchen ng dainty : for the delectation of their male friends. Each and sent to the room the All parinke pa is absolutels winler wear, full akirt, ing waist and full alec the : : Ia 1301 53 sptinis to ils | puian THO EFFECT A JOINING, % Most women are ho back. That reason their skirts sag and dip and hang erooked Ihe new skirt is very full, but it is cut to bang even ali I'o bring about this pleasing giant hook and HE suits, The goes and the hook the skirt braid When they meet firmly the skirt will be straight, provided it is cut right. These skirt hooks sell for a few ceats and should be put in all the heavy iresses, —{ St. Louis Republic, low in the & th around effect need on the waist Delt being a on all street eve eye ot TH There is a furor for fur on hats and bonnets, and cute little beads with know ing little noses and beady black eyes peep from under softly knotted ribbons and rich velvet bows Fur iz laid in bands on the broad brimmed hats and one tiny rich majenta bonnet is trimmed with a pair of small creatures in the furry line, whose pretty little heads look knowingly out in tront, while FUROR FOR YUR. in two long loops in a very novel and Several of the new hats possess an advantage not often seen, They can be worn either way on--back or front, with equal propriety. |New Nearly five hundred women recently met in Brooklyn, N. Y,, to take some notion regarding the Mayorelty contest. Among was the and Jove- able but resolute widow of Mr. Beecher. We give a very fair sketch of her as she is to be secn to-day EIDER DUCK FARMS. FACTS ABOUT ONE OF ICELAND'S LEADING INDUSTRIES, Covers the Kggs with Down from Her own Steals and Sells in than Reykjavik, the chief Iceland, All the available { shore not taken up with hous town of 8 covered stench All the fs of the { ing out an intolerable rocks, palings and even thero houses themselves are covered with these gleaming s of the oocupation or trade. Other the place are cider down, horses and hot water, One of the larg cider duck i farms is situated on a small the | bay, and, with the i owner, can be visi Ww sy | Not much Bri ] nuity is exp { farmer upon for the most festimon! CitVy 8 Clie Products isang in 4 + 1 riaission of INZers tha id ende hi fra stunted grass, whi the wind and worl { the weather into round as may be frequent] barren and d leeland cavities { the : easily distinguishd wwering which the Dest dow 1 hie ber of CRs BIC OLLAINt ad three weeks of the lay has in general been observed that the birds ia greatest number in rainy westher Fhe fe aud persistent sitter, and sitting the inaie, dalie cot stancy, remains on watch hard by, but so soon as the young are hatched he considers his responsibility at anend, and leaves them t6 the devices and the care of their mother urious and preity sight to se ww the latter after her brood. She leads the nest, so soon as they i» of out the CEES, and pre cedes them to the water, while they toddie after her When she reaches the rside takes them on her back and swims with them for a few wards: dives, and the young ones are left float ing on the water like yellow corks, and henceforth are oblived to look after themselves. Indeed, the farmer seldom sees his flock again till the next breeding season, for they become comparatively wild, and live out among the damp rocks in the sca, where they feed upon insects and seaweeds and other like vivers, Some idea of the value of the crop may be gleaned from the fact that one female during the whole time of laying generally gives half a pound of down, which is, however, reduced one-hall when cleaned. This down is divided into thang dunn §y Lhe of « RE ny Ng As she ia 2 te i With commet looks m out of Cree walt shit she then i | down, : | ered to be the best in quality. | #5 a pound, : { erably in quality, the first being superior { vo the second, and the second to the third. The birds themselves, apart from value. The down taken from dead eider | ducks is valueless, as it has lost all its marvellous elasticity, An eider duck farmer is excessively proud of his ducks, and regards them with intense and peculiar affection. The owner of the farm just described was in the habit of saying that he would rather loose one of his children than one of his ducks, but to any one who had seen both, this statement would seem to have but little comparative value.—|New York Tribune, ls MH es A SPIDER FARM, A New Industry Which Has Taken Root in Chattanooga, Many will bo inclined to discredit the statement that spider raising is an estab. lished ind Chattanooga, and is elog + ee ully conducted, by Ernest he proprietor o terprise ok on Cowart street. Mr. * Reyber estimates that between 5,000 and 65,000 of these insects make their home in his bottling department, which oecu- The ceiling is fairly covered with upon thousands of little patches of fibery material within which ihe insects nest and lay their egus. At this season they spend little time in their hide in dark, orners, but mmand of thelr woven snares, Bpider webs are every w spanning between floor and celling or the machinery, in front of everywhere, in fact, the weavers can find 8 place from which ang their network. A big corner of room is ©iven ich have apparently ¢ ul 1 iour-waliel nests, but in the davtime hore Kc ut window al $i besides ILO many and ober is a ple and a irewd ereatures know keep them War on ver, hose more cermin whicl Fhe Hygiene ts and appli and the im- Illaschko's paper : 3 id i 3 in Ber ti of adisorder to v 1ich plied the term 1 British Medical Journal, Saalfeid apn tansur: dermulomycosis Nocturnal Creatures origin of all nocturnal the leathery winged be regarded, practi. tiny monkeys, e task of catch- ing nocturnal flies and midges. Few people know how nearly they are related They belong to the self same di Most curious it insect hunters are bats, which may cally speaking, as very highly specialized for 10 us vision of the higher mammals as man and the apes their skeleton answers to ours, bone for bone and joint for joint, in an ordinary manner; only the unecssential fact that they have very long fingers with cousins, The fe- them as remote once removed from the gorilla, Most of them feed off insects alone; but a few, like the famous vampire bats of of sleeping animals, and suck their blood forest or on the Others, like the fiving foxes of the Malay srchipelaga, make a frugal meal off fruits and vegetables; but even these are persistent night fliers. boughs of trees during the hot tropical dastime, but sally forth at might, with Milton's sons of Belial, to rob the banana patches and invade the plantain grounds of the industrious native. The bat isa lemur, compelled by dire necessity to become a flying night bird. —|Cornhill Magazine, EE A Precious Gavel, A marble gavel used by President Washinguan at the laying of the corner stone of the a er ee
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