NEWS FOR THE FAIR SEX. ITEMS OF INTEREST ON NUMEROUS FEMI NINE TOPICS. Dotted Veils--«Cost of Royal Gowns--Easy Way to Freshen a Bedice---More Thae Ever om Hats--Etc.,, Ete, DOTTED VEILS. Paradoxes are in fashion—a woman pays $7 for a dotted veil and $70 to her oculist to correct astigmatism, An oc- ulist once said that every dot in tlemen of his profession. The being constantly strained to avold these obstacles in its way, and, of course, it is weakened and tortured Think of a woman paying $1.50 fo something that will, in time, her eyesight just as sure as leave it to vou if she's not of a ninny ? But women do these things in spite of everything—except when the overworked eves begin to pain, and then they're glad enough most anything for quick relief. eye is destroy fate. I to do COST OF Royalty exceptions, is Thus, ROYAL GOWNS. with one or two notorious singularly economical in dress, the German Empress, who obtains her best robes in Vienna, pays from S20 The Em- press of Austria rar goes beyond $10, Queen Victoria nemical ly disposed, and has raid a extravagant at any time The young Queen of Holland usually gives $5 for a dress in Paris, ever more than $735. Considering the nur gala costumes which have to wear, their moderation is wonderful. The German Emperor is said to be tt most extravagant man in Ex clothing, and the Prince of Wales, while the best dressed, to be the omical upwards is also ec never really price mber of roy: ladies rope fo most econ- Y TO FRESHEN A BODICE and EASY WA An a black, white or o« bodice is ery in dd oT: fon, the contrastin darts nor is easily waist, the fancy accordion-pls airy weaves dainty ruffie pearl, easy pretty way viored to cover it with style of net of the bod color. As there e seams, this shade adjusted, one can dry goods ted by the yard, 8 to match cream, ecru Bows of satin with the ribbon straps of the ribl bows back of the a slender | {ORE BIRDS Never in THAN EVER ON HATS of with Mra, Le City the history rned they ar ! secretary of the ish so he protection of bir . TE ly to New York the result of one 1} { th ported roce Audubon auction in London last April figures: Aigrette plumes representing Hy EE he 5,051 bundles one hundred feath the 80C] ird she tended Thege are the S02 ounces feathers, 215 ~~ ium peacock bering bundle; ers to the birda, 2.362; parrots humming birds, 118.490: king- fishers, 08; owls and hawks, 7.1643 That represents the slaughter of than half a million birds Mrs Lemon added “That same kind of sale is taking place month by month a: many other auctions for I have only described one out of dozens and dozens of dozens.”"—New York Sun. paradise a y iN, more of CLUB WOMEN idedly novel character the busi- Coralie LONDON A club of a dex is about to open its doors to ness women of London. Hon Glyn, who is the founder of the institution observing how unutterably uncomfortable” Sunday in London is to a large class of women engaged in business during the week, resolved to establish a club that should afford them facilities for rest and recreation. and enable them to enjoy pleasant so- cial intercourse on their only day of leisure, She was enabled to secure ex- cellent accommodation at the College for Men and Women. Subscription the Camelot Club, as the organization is named, {3 $1.25 per year. Candida‘es for election to the Camelot must be women over the age of sixteen, and must sither be proposed and seconded by two members or furnish satisfactory references. The rooms of the club in- clude a large drawing room, a dining room, a tea room and a “silence” room. The project has received widespread new to Countess of Stafford, the Dowager Lady Rosmead, the Hon. Mrs. Pelham and Canon Shuttleworth.—Pall Mall Gazette, STUDY OF GRAPHOLOGY Graphology is the little accomplish- ment that the girls are equipping them- selves with, now that palmistry has less long, or as a spur to a fagging con- versation, it comes in very well. she always kept some accomplishment people that could not amuse her. The study of grapho is not too in-! tense and quickly engages the attention | of al. It ia also an accomplishment | that, aided by a keen observation, are a number of good authorities, and a little practice after reading them carefully will soon enable one to Ae- tect the prominent traits of character by the handwriting. The. artistic temperament and lHtec- ary ability are readily seen. Ardor, vehemence, pertinacity, the talents, candor and recklessness all write theimn- selves out flauntingly. In fact, the cardinal virtues and faults often dis- | play themselves in the handwriting | when we, elas, imagine that we have | schooled them to keep in the back- | ground. { After looking into the art it is of in. terest to note how differently we glance | at the writings of our friends than formerly. On reading a note that has ithe a's and o's left open at the top we | smile and say, a good-natured babbler; {if the writing slants downward toward | the right we shake our heads and thiak certain way of crossing the t's flatly means i stubbornness, while an upward flourish denotes imagination, Graphology cannot be used as a | means of fortune telling, but in the majority of cases it is a good guide io {knowing the temperament of the wri’ er, Not long ago a young hostess mads use of this fad to amuse the guest a luncheon she was giving. The ana wers to her invitations she gent to an expert in the of graphology, and laid his delineation of each character by the side of the guest's plate i were ally arranged in the When the last course they were read was no end 3 At art artistic f menus, on the table and the result merriment, This would h formal luncheon, where forth their best traits clothes, for sometimes character! mented upon ed i women were all in of fun ardly be possibl put bes all are in t 4 rather disagree- are bluntly the above-mention not matter, friends stica At function it did able com intimate when one of the number unhesit: read “egr was a shout o reminded of how she used the greater part of the chocolate cake in egiously selfish’ f laughter, and out to eat up school days One of the b that the est ami 1 grapho- he fails often in talent logy most liscerning lis that says when criticised habit wi in the said THE COMING Si However much may giLyies forth, the wear vary, wh thelr the waist variations shirt will show only gsyles be fel, will So far as can foret or poached mo The essentia waist is not successfully down at itates again drawn mili ‘ern ever safely b to have models ics a double-pointed yoke t collars of a the center pla to hold their place and and amall checks are among signs shown In addition licted for la: achable an vidence choice and nd diagonal 8 promise both polka OE at Stripes Ids s ge 0 at Ereat variet found and both ea appear to 1d Sleeves quiet an have 1 show little chan their claim having become reduced tion shirt little farther be done the « n and lin stuffs will be cut closely af ner of the straight cuff whether it detached and surrendered style to and on » man iIk and cashmere, the being stitched to buttoned into pl go far preferred be the sleeve ace ney UNI VERSALITY OF Ti RING use of iE WEDDING While the trotha! ring is common to almost country, land possesses (ts own variation in ve method of the importance attached to it Japan the girl receives the ring in dence that the union is binding Ia Malabar old custom was to both bride and bridegroom on a while a relative washed t} of the bridegroom with milk and put a silver ring on the great toe of his right foo: A gold ring and a necklace were thoy given to the bridefroom, and flowers were bestowed upon the bride In Ar- menia, after all business preliminaries are settled between the families of the bride and bridegroom, the bridegroom's mother, accompanied by a priest and two matrons, visits the bride and gives her a ring in token of espousal, and with this ring the couple are finally married, The regular ritual of the ireek Church ordains that a betrothal should precede the actual marriage, in which ceremony a gold and silver ring are blessed 1% the priest, the gold ring being afterward i given to the man and the silver to the woman. The espousal service finished, | the rings are placed on the right hands, (and then exchanged, that no inferiority the wedding or be- every epr™ bestowal the sat dais 0 foot | held.—~New York Tribune, FASHION NOTES. White suede gloves are the thing for ‘afternoon and evening wear, and white suede slippers are worn for dancing. A popular new underwear fabric fis! covering of pure silk. ‘as wool, and yet is more durable, less 8 clumsy and will not shrink. | geline fabrics will over lace materials will also be much | wos, made up over silk foundations of contrasting colors. For dress occasions in early spring chiffon, mousseline de sole and simile diaphanous fabrics will be in the hes! fashion, All-over lace materials will also be much worn, made up over silk foundations of contrasting colors, Bayaderes are in high favor this sea- son, and will be seen in the spring nov- elties and lightweight goods, such us mousselines, gauzes, satin and chiffon. Brocade and jacquard weaves are held in popular memory rather than present favor, The latest thing in hats is a of white broadtail trimmed with white feathers. The low, broad effect in ar- ranging the trimming on all hats 1s the novelty in midwinter millinery. High, one sided decorations are out of date, toque of fas. lon addition nse'ul and guimpes and fabric are in being a very dressy toilette, they are most a half-tone, rounding one Yokes avery shape Besides the color to in trams or pomp- appropriate for dress occasion forming adour day The The bodice into any time taffeta is are demand for unabat favorite shades cardinal and they 3 Cherry, than blood, an more National blues, popular Te ing expensive other colors and and plaid violets Ereens are also tint taffeta tppeal A beautiful imported black lace recently Seen iamented with spangles a oundation White chiffon formed the 1 tiny bl made over ang let of heavy white sa front in on diagon lace sequins, and made of heavy white sat formed the handsome epingle i, rises n small ch promises Among the lates the colored failles gatin-back velvet, with eotthe mode backs, and black doul sating, with Otter rajlsed flowers on « emerald, ruby and tawny f much used Harlequis 1%) re, and are trimmings nted failles lead In colo dregs and blouge and ps much in favor blacks are a Evening clothes are never strinking ly picturesque, the critica will True But add to the regulation black broadcloth a big fur cap-—very pig, tall, very furry-a cross between the headgear of a drum major and that a Klondike pioneer, and there is an striking and novel That the aldes of the Lord Mayor it is rumored that “upper Irizgh cir. will follow the same style ay Yers of attire is what do and cies First Floating Dock. n the time of Peter captain of a British ship, finding that his vessel, in Cronstadt harbor, was in want of docking and that, owing to the absence of tide in the Baltic Sea, the then orthodox method was impractic- able, obtained a hulk named the Came; and completely removed the whole +f her decks and internal! work, cut off one end and fitted it with a gate. Hea then berthed his ship inside the nol low hull of the Camel, closed the gate and pumped the water from its jateri- or. This, says a writer in Cassler’'s Magazine, is the very first instunce on record of the use of a floating dock, and it was directly brought about by the absence of the hitherto essential tide the Great, the ts sig - ——— Prickly Comfrey. This plant belongs to the forage it is d coarse growing plant, producing en- if the From time to time it has been brought to notice as a valuable forage plant. Cat- tle and horses may be starved to eat- | ing it, but at best it stands no com. It is propa. gated by division of the roots. —New England Homestead. Substitute for Homey. A substitute for honey has been ine troduced in Germany, and consists of gugar, water, minute amounts of mina- eral substances and free acid. pa OUR YOUNG FOLKS. FOME EVENINGS, Some evenings, when my prayers are said, And And papa is neross the hall, I am enddied down in bed, I just can’t go to sleep at all, and he Tells lots of funny things to me, And maybe sings » song, and then When I wake up it's light again, So then he comes and stays, THE THAP IPIDER. One of the most singular specimens of insect life 1s the trap-door spider of Jamaica, His lined with silk, and closed by un trap door with a hinge. The door exactly fits the en trance tothe aud when closed, 80 precisely corresponds with the sur that it hardly be even when .ts position strange sight to n little lid raised, rnde DOOR burrow is burrow, rounding earth can distingnished, is known I see the earth «pen is a I legs pre ally the whole form of The wid by night, some hairy and gradu dershow rally hunt the daytime [14 the if the trap they run {f then Hurrow, might wonder th ©“ Kpl itself lers gent for 1 they are very door of then sed from © KD and in chary of openin domicile, and be ral ontside, to the forefeet and so The fully Le Kpot, 11 It thie claws ¢ in the hining of the | ' resist witi ni thelr strength of the spider great in proportion t FAMILY at that the were «quite and med } OVEercont my cine-chest and visit them said y ¢ Luey vill 1 will eat y I have ‘Ser wu ana ted Ein, pon o bury mm”? beat it.’ from the jeressed id fife, of dod rs nunoticed b-a-dub went the drun squeak, squeak, The Americans in that he'p had come fro iuenk, own thought ¥] Foston, and into boa's to attack the red The Brivish jaased in their of destruction: and, when the “Yan kee Doodle.” their boats and haste to the war ship, which CORA Work fife began to play they seramibled rowed in ia o sailed swift v away THE BOY KING OF SPAIN What a long nate for one boy to have ! think of being called Alfonso Leon Fernando Maria San tiago Isidore Faschal Marcian R! Perhaps it i= all right that he should have eight nines, for he is one of the most interesting boys in the world. In six vears more this little man of nearly twelve will mount the throne of Spain. When he was born, May 17, 1886, a royal salute of twenty-one guns boomed out from the palace, then np went the Spanish standard over the palsce, the bells chimed, and the cannon roared. What a day that was! The great camarera-major, the President of the Conneil, the Captain. CGieneral of Madrid, and the Command. er of the Halberdiers, and all the lords and ladies, excitedly announced that a little king had arrived, This boy loves the sports of which other boys are so fond. His bicycle and his pet pony are his favorites. A boys’ battalion was organized three years ago, and, of course, this little ing became their lead: r. Their uni- forms are very bright and pretty, and when they have their annual parade, march, drill, and charge with bayo- nets, the sight is very stirring, The boy's mother sometimes calls him Alphonsito-—~her own pet name for him. Once a minister to his ma- jesty said: “How are you, Alphon- sito 9’ The little king looked at him and said: “To mamma I am Alphon- sito, but to you lam the king.” WHITE ELEPHANTS, White elephants are not a distinet species but are sitaply albinos, which are found among animals, birds and Jat inse ots as well as “among members of the human family, In Indiathe white elephant is considered a sacred ani mal and is treated with the greatest reverence When specimens nre found in the woods and jungles they are captured with tender and their possession is eagerly sought for by the sovereigns of the small king White elephants have been the cause of many wars, as their pos session is supposed to bestow greater benefits on their royal owners than either chests of gold or extended territory. Oue of the proudest titles of the King of Ava is ‘‘Lord of the White Elephant,” and the King of Siam at Bangkok also counts his white elephants among his most precious possessions, as, according to Burmese superstition, they insure prosperity and good fortune to the nation. The death of one of these creatures is re garded as a national calamity, funeral is conducted with great solem nity and the entire for the loss of a dear relative elephants are kept under richly em broidered iw 8 dome, CANOPIes, most delicious fruits and members of the nobility seek for the honor of be ing custodian to the be ast. When the ephant is taken to bathe in the ri of music at royal ver il goe ud is followed by ads 5 singular for lephant has existed in Burmah turies n English that country the tréeatmen which time ven the reverence albino e cen Bane beast be seen at the ent ay hairs of this creature supposed to ins 1X55 a foreign am presents to ordered max in return good fortune In ure tassador wio hands of the am box, locked said was far more presents for than all the other opened was fas Le “w 3 1 few hairs of a white el n i this eleplant iil yellow col clin eyes and ng ve No gre und of the n of the nati dia than th ia int proof uid . « €SE ana Ignorance f I: ns « earth Was * ALG Woe their pat} upon, was re pri San alieq now a Vale ranks and ischarged for the What are ding Army 8y he a prison ers ers and the soldiers for prisoners? it come 10 pass sacrifice his rights TF on J rea we bul up in our 1 wo gpeci for Rlem Oo where the private must as a free man to supen: OF jors and become Faas €F colonels despots ¥ tO i are il as they, then army of the Unit either abolished more humane 71 { Mass.) Union the should be to ringfieid ‘ y ted dies Trifies Affect People’s Lives Benjamin Franklin ed volume of Mather, influenced and testified that a little tatter Good.” hy Cotton was a of his has been a successful cit lic owes all that little book that the single the whole that if izen “the the advantages of it Jeremy Bentham said phrase, "the greatest good of the greatest number,” caught in a glance a phamphlet, shaped the current of his thoughts and studies for fife The entire career of Charles Darwin was influenced by a book travels which he read in early years On the other hand, it is fatally pos- sible for any one, especially for anv vouth to read himeeslf ta death in a bad book in five minutes. The well-known minister, John Angell James narrated that when he was atl school a boy ent him an impure book. He only read it a few minutes, but even during these few minutes the poison flowed fatally into his soul, and became to hima a source of bitterness and anguish for all his after years. The thoughts, im. ages and pictures thus glane=2 at hannted him all through life like foul spectres. Let no one indulge his evil curiosity under the notion that he is safe. “He that trusteth in his own heart is a fool.”"-The Independent. Rather Remain Bald Two of our citizens, one bald-headed and the other red-headed, met in Mr. Wiley's barber shop the other evening, when the red-headed one sald to him of no hair: “You weren't there it seems when they were giving out hair. were you?’ Baldy replied: “Oh, yes, I was there all right, but they had nothing but red hair Jeft, and 1 would go bald a thousand years be. fore I would wear red hair.” Next,” shouted Mr. Wiley, just in ‘time to prevent bloodshed. he boy course conduct, of - i PIGEONS AS MESSENGERS, (dvantages of Their Use for the Rapid Concentration of Naval Forces. The twenty-third volume of proceed ngs of the United States naval insti- ute, just issued, has among itscontents everal ably written papers on subjects nteresting to the navy. Lieut. E. W. Lberle contributes a paper on “Homing digeons as Messengers of the Fleet” n which he refers to the advantages ind practical workings of a messenger sigeon wservice, and points out condi- fous under which it may be used with wWlvantage to the fleet. In his paper Jdeut, Eberl” says: “From its geographicai surrounding: Ley West will become our important yigeon station on the Atlantic, and Port Ffownsend, which controls the straits and the entrance to Puget be the most important op Port Townsend station cap re entrance to the west. of Great Britain, and alue in the that country rapid concentration of naval point of attack orthe move. forces to intercept the enemy ble when we have a can communicate station from long and the messenger the system by communica- be called, sea telegraph’ ugh its messages can- with the speed and of the telegraph, yet has the advantage of for- g it 5 messages fre ym any position limits, and therefore it to seek the telegraph rder to send a message. lities 11 wound, will he Pacific ontrol the enti Nn pPOSBCESIONS his would prove of great vent of hostilities with The orces at the of mace whic , idly with only possi yetem by we i anceg at gervice only h we can obtain such This might ply, A service chad thed tainty BYElem vardin many given in the sent in or- important the arrive he event i 3 than those ations would be Ore Messages the receipt of nly one of should maneuver he :etion of life of our sen- would prove government sum before annual efficiency ticaliliustra- } Open oureyes Let a sin- rom shipwrec kK fie maneuver trated in the arrival of usty lite o and aud the result a messen- the seas - MERRARY ve of oa Biliboards. versal iichigan bear hoardings be covered tracts this Ago travel started the religion. in Muske- where socie- Text Display work. The Joseph B the state Muske- his obser- extensive ad- movement. for the work, to secure an elabor- advertising matter and 10 cover wall obtainable ) with short sermons print. in immense display type. Texts ble and warning messages sinners, and, in addition, illustrations of scenes will be used. Traveling sign painters prominent sermons and buildings In cars will be utilized, cards dis- played in hotels, theaters, depots, etc, in short, it is proposed to force every- something of the Bible by inders put before Sermons Text of raised board use and dead will place on sign- boards cities the street 10a 1 Arn one to having them constant rem Te Sevelop 8 Zedroid. Since the domestication cf the zeura it has been suggested that mixture with the horse would give a hail ‘breed combining the qualities of the two ani- mals, as the mule combines the horse and the ass The new hybrid is an- nounced by the Baron de Parana, the animal now being in the second balf of the first year. The “zebroid.” as it is called, is a male of a bay color, with zebra-like stripes, which are hidden on the body by the thick winter coat. The black mane resembles that of the vebra, the tail being like a mules The haunch is large and well round. ed, the chest long and high, the eyes and nostrils are large, the lips and head sthall, the legs muscular but deli cate and the hoofs small, black and hard. The creature is very lively but gentl The largest tree in circumference now known to exist is “Ceneral Grant,” Tulare County, Cal, given by United States surveyors at 100 feet in circumference. The tallest tree is the “Keystone,” Calaveras County, 365 feet high. The Mariposa big tree is the only living tree through which a four-horse coach is driven daily. The tree is thirty feet in diameter. The “Old Sequoia” of Tuolumme p,
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