NEWS FOR THE ITEMS OF INTEREST ON NUMEROUS FEMI- NINE TOPICS. The Latest Corset Short Jacket Effects ’ | | Shirt Waists— Do Not Know How to Fan — Famous Old Kansas Mother —Etc., Etc. THE LATEST CORSET. A new corset, designed solely for comfort, is made of a light supple material and boned with alternate It Is well adapted Another straps of elastic, for easy and neglige wear. novelty in the stay line is a straight busked corset, with cambrure sides, made in pale tints of exquisitely fine batiste; gives the pretty this shape rounded effect so noticeable in the Pa- risian woman's figure, SHORT JACKET EFFECTS. S8hort-jacket effects are still used on autumn day gowns and evening toilets, with sometimes the pretty change of making even the very short models double-breasted, lapped far to the left side snd fastened with medium-sized battons of handsome quality. On some of the costumes, these jackets form a portion of the = sewed in with the show Heese a arm seams, and t velvet over wool. Othe a separate entire-velvet a natty silk vest-front, ard with thes costumes It is Intended that the ja shall be worn in lieu of a light wrap during the entire autmnn season LACE MADE IN NATURE'S HUES One of the recent gifts to the Cazr ina of Russia by the French tion consists of a Chanti shawl about three yards { in breadth, but wrought \ threads, like Venetian embroider) stead of being in « le ) Around the edge runs a border of na cissi exactly cour feiting d cate hres of nature i 2 in TTR \ sprays of red and yello DET meander intertwined along { sides of the t ‘ 1 space of which is « all v lilies on a ground of the finest t J'Alencon, while in ea« ss 0 monogram of Alexandra i } i surmounted by an l worked in gold. CARING FOR SHIRTWAISTS There is no do % t pists have come to stay, v tl qu tion is how to care for them, after they amive fresh from the laundrs 0) of the department stores is showing a shirtwaist-box which Is simply fr erate, about thirty inches long, fifteen inches wide and twenty Ir a hizh It is lined with white clot pred top is paaded with cotton and npeatl covered with a pretiy chintz A } lance of the chkintz is tacked around the top of the box and allowed to reach the bottom, hangin | 13 loosed: This and the bars of + allow a free cirenlation of air an 1 ‘ shirt waists “sweet.” Made prettily the box forn to me's room t well. The s boxes is that they may be mad it pome. The family green grocer will gladly furnish the erate, which has a hasp that may be gilded.— New York Tribune. DO NOT ENOW HOW TO FAN Sukoshi Kakari, a young Japanese gentleman who is spending som 1 in this city, bas studied the habits of the American woman, and 18 COM to the conclusion that in one respect at least she is behind her Oriental sis ter. She does pot know how to fan nerself properly. Mr. Kakari says the majority of American women rest thelr wrists on their breasts and as the fan moves back and forth the breeze goes mostly up in the air, while the fair ones’ faces catch only the outer edge of it. In Japan, he says, the women nold their fans perpendicn! before their faces and what litt] recze is et is not worth having to fans Jir. Bakari says he has noticed quan tities on exhibition in the stores clalm- ing to be Japanese, which no Japanese woman would ever Japanese folding fans always perfectly plain wooded supports on the outside. No earvings or are ever put there, because the Orien- tal girls keep their fans not in in their tunics, and they like them to be perfectly smooth so as not to fray the vlks. Philadelphia Record. carry. Genuine have decomtions 18 FAMOUS OLD KANSAS MOTHER Mrs. Caroline Clark, ago as mother of the known Sixth Kansas chives of the State. able woman in many respects, rame here from Leavenworth Khe years ago at Pleasanton. Her first wars—the Black Hawk, Florida, Mexi- san and Civil wars—from all of which he was honorably discharged. She was with her husivand through the Mexican war, and a 1842 she was ma- iron in the Military Hospital at Fort f.eavenworth. She came here with Sir, Beth, a minor officer, who died in ne of the Government bulidings after the war. She was later married to Thomas Clark, and the justice who »erformed the ceremony in the latter 308. Judge William Margrsve, is still swerving In this eity as a justice, being sas, Mrs. Clark i8 70 years old, and has 110 living grand and great-grand. children. She had seven sons and four daughters.—St. Louis Globe-Democrat, STYLES IN MOURNING. The wearing of mourning should be a matter of personal sentiment. But judging from the short time that most women wear it these days It must he Fashion and vanity have evidently united and decreed that the period of wearing crape or even black shall t Most women make very hard work of dressing in mourning, consequently forces be sho fow wear either suitable or becoming black. In reality, it 8 a shaple mode of costuming, and if a little thought Is expended when colors are taken off excellent mourning can bo selected Widows alone wear quantities of erape on their fi There are two kinds of crap 0A h and French, and both are found in several grades The most expensive crape is the cheap st in the end, for it can be renovated any times, Ouly widows should wear veils that fall below the wa's! line, The wearing of the wlilow's white bonnet rue s 1 matter of per sonal ast Evin when ry widow wears | \ i hrown back t Is $ deemed good 1 y wear an elabo tte] 1 ned I Hombaz “ ilwars a saf leet 1 COS 11 it { ~ “| | vi } ' 1 = ¥ ind : $. Orgs, nN 4 ling rammed g \ ex, and § a i seid y { y FOWHS Ww % coll ¥ should neve \ we, 8 i sl10 1 J » a 4 11 5 gt i Ba ‘ x Foot } i NEW IDEAS IN 1 ERW AR | 1 - ~ I 4 or $n ) ‘ \ i “ 1 % v i of ' ~ Ly - - : " 1 » h “ 1 \ “ t \ 3 “ i “ wa \ i 4 5 = s § fond cr i ol t 4 g ’ \ i \ » take A ¢ 1 ~ N , s = qu 4 @ 4 4 ) [nas g or « t {08 i il } ; n « of a L4 f wird yy 116d war : “ 5 tied s ¢ i i I 1 % & v § ‘ t This at 2 ‘ i > “a » & $ i CLASSIC ROYAL BEAUTY I CMDress f Russia 15 M lotod twonty.aix vear. and vears and a iif = a il vy x of Russia gra snd dignit + ’ ' . 4 1t 1 1 1 ea aint Alt eo of he i 1g 8 ®wR not t joa s i } § “ % ing Za passed iin t 11h = f w» i ii 3 i L f Hess } i ! jook wit Lr 3 te Ktante il % 1 monial and for i in (an Court, w f We 1 wt grain for | t er t 4 n name and bh el as Rus 1 # Alix she nad passed a le + girlhood, and it was her as her i married for love plain, kindly sister Irene, now Princess Henry of Prussia, had done. Her de. to have sire for a Russian marriage was cor tainly not increased by the sight of the tragwal misery of her beautiful sister Ela, whose hashband is the grand auke of Serge, uncle of the pres “nt czar. As Princess Ella had been quite pow. erless to resist her fate. so Princess Alix also yielded to the demands of her family, but. golike her sister, she | found a gentler, if a duller, consort. sweeten and refine the life of the court Petersburg, Her influence Is somewhat that of her grandmother's, the queen of Eugland, and sie has In all gossip, low her own religion privately. her reforms. against court cle and agains’ antiquated foeolish forma and cerepnjonies the czarina is quietly upheld by the solemn, rather stupid young czar, who is said to have the profoundest respect for nis wife's beauty and her splendid virtues, He is in fact very much inclined to follow her advice, defer to her opin. fon, ana ae adores her two rosy blonde daughters, the highlands: it Is by her pleasure that they also visit every summer her homes in Germany, and if all goes well it would seem that the day would come when this falr young woman, whose face is sad and severe as that of a nun, will hold great power in the Russian empire, to which she came so reluctantly and with tears as bitter os those of Iphigenia. FASHHION'S FANTIES, of great ue, de- shirts in sults and ecru separate white or pique are mand. Lace Insertion and tiny sliver bur tons used to decorate linen gowns are most effective, Faille and all varieties of corded silk be In seasons before us will great vogue during the two Tucking, milliner's folds, and rows of galloon or ribbon trim many of the new light-wool gowns for general wear 1 grays are graduated in tone and known as platine, aluminum, nickel and silver, the paler shades being more popul ped flounce decorates the new Pa iz ulster con It i 1 in } 3 of { ¢ to oust tan its OW 20 long 1 new sk f black’ m sit i lind gorgeously v . ' a I dors sed turquoise bl SOR 14 i It orang wil elon pin nohe Diu A } a 8 } i two ’ whipped i ren ning them 1 tight «1 o to gl x full - EF 3 ® “5 IVs i = all i 134 $ ; i g N { 1 % ' I § x ! ’ 5 1 i a % { i'n The Woodchuck in Connecticut ba { ' 4 ut | il aut $a » 1 : i 1 i ’ { ' “ < i 5 1 . ¢ ¢ * :. Ww t ¢ w? + . : ‘ g x dis i $ t t ing » f f » i ~ . f i t ¢ 2 WW § ' % y 4 i Con it wood k dog is log r. He wil ' 1&1 i i fr tra & at I. Dut 1 § «tf i if %§ He » f ¥ A rma 3 dd “ f i Ve § wi tf § 3 t for « bus * 4 i “ i i ' ‘ 2 2 ‘ He § | t i i K 3 Tog t . 3 $4 13 5 i B } § t «md 1g of Lis 3 o New Yor Sun Wili Help to Preserve Sight. Fow mw {i Be iWhare what an ex lent tone a cold water bint i= for Nott ord is i Seg Hide but Owning To 2 and ling ths wg for a i nr i len Cool Water To ) take a teacupful of wa tor ind 1d t clo to the ove, igainst the face, and open the eye in Open and shut two or three ti to wash out the eye. Then dry with a soft towel Never rub your eves: jt {is an excesdingly injurious practice, wind children should be warned against it. If your eyes are weak put a pinch of salt in the water, To relieve a sty, wet a compress of old linen with boiling water and lay on the epent every few min utes several times, and do this ones an hour as long as may be necessary. Good sight Is among the greatest blessings of life. and it behooves wo men for their own gake to take good care of their When sou have nothing to do. when you are simply resting. close your eyes and let them | rest also. As long as the eyes are open they are at work to greater or | less extent, and oenlists will tell you i ti'gt the moisture of the closed 2ids is good for them. Never press the eyeball, as that { flattens It in time and brings on pre | mature loss of vision. If a cinder gets | in the eye, wet a flaxseed and put it ‘in one corner of the eyelid. Close the lid and the seed will attract the cin der and bring it out. Closing the eyo and anointing the edges of the lid with vaseline is another means to ac | complish the same end without irri. the delicate organ. —Chicago sty. eYeR, | Today Finland has about 1,200 miles | of railroads in operation and quite a SPANISH SAILOR'S LIFE, ft 1s Made Up of Menial Tasks and Severe Punishment, “The Bpanlards do not know how to fight thelr ships,” sald a naval officer, “1 am perfectly confident that George Dewey could have exchanged fleets with the Spaniards in Manila harbor and then have given them almost as sound a drubbing as he did with his own fleet.” The same opinion has heen expressed familiar with the which officers who principles ujen navy Is run. It is asserted that a majority of the Spanish sallors are from inland Spain are the Hving aboard warships, know too well the cruelties and hardships inflicted upon men forward in thelr country’s naval service to put themselves in the wiy of being trapped into it Spanish petty officers, even within | the last five years, have been ambus saded ashore and killed by shipmates that they have thus shanghaled Spanish sailors forward are ill treat ed habltuallyy by thelr officers. This 18 not a prejudiced o CXAKE ited statement, It is lit tru 1 officers of the Epanish navy are for the ITI 831 of good | i ¢ gained rb t } r tht rh compet an. but ¥ reeasion of P30 rt ¥ € f ¢ vy of } ‘ ¢ § for 1% n y 1 a Np rid enlisted 1 [V8 « ns { f his “ ships—enlis 1 1 ar i ‘ to feel that $ ) r ) beast For the slightest inf a of # regulat A “ i in f: f r * in i 05 i - Hus i in navi i I i { Great Britain flo ! The ntral and g le f 1 Rpanis nays 1 il % forw 1 ar ts In the Si f fr ward, | ‘ { { 1 4 lown to th i i 8 i by for a tt i ta for ‘ f 1 y od t i ¥ » ’ * *v ques : fi “ PE 1 M t i i! t t 1 Ph i 5 4 > 3 » i ¥ 4 f a ‘ 4 1 7 . br nent AY y Ry or » > + # . ¢ o* fas y ¢ iarating i zing vy 1 i ¥ : i iH 1ii8 8 it ng { ‘ i : a nir ie 1 : He i y Ww : ¥ ’ " ’ what » 1a y n I ’ 1 4 i % W t ire rs 1 1K % % rig ght of s and t vis tors on t ‘ i Span Med ket, 8 i i n a I 1 Progress { 2 $ + % fi: 1) 4 oy ¥ ward wie i “He ’ +4] 4 3 i 3 i t I Is « 2M wml for @# te of - nt Spa 3 * a ke his } ty by a fi i v8 it w : 1 Rs Ww fT f & $Y 1 th 13 ' y ¢ t i t fis f t gz of offenders by 1 wo th % #0 1 3 r foot stich the gr fr verhead ¢ is ot feature of t pt © RYS em is the solitary and fish nfl 00. This consis ffender in y unventila ter WN iIsoever A Prejudice Overcome. 3almoral castle is now | electricity, The queen has | household to give in to the lumina tion now in general use for some of the public rooms, but she has put her foot that in her own apar:. ments or into the library and dinging room It shall not be introduced. You soe, the prince consort was taken away before incandescent lights were dreamt of! What was in his time must also remain with her; at least this kas been the queen's objection to many “improvements” in the royal residences, and what concessions wer: granted were becanege their royal mis tress could not combat her immediate family's arguments, Balmoral is » down dull. old-fashioned. inconveniently.- planned house, which electricity would make brighter, if not more cheery, and it is likely that another season will see the lights extendad even to the sacred rooms occupied by her majesty, panies have been “commanded” to performances would be so dirk with only candle illumination the actors were quite digpirited. but pow there can be no more complaints on that score, and a new zest will be given to those functions held In the vast room. Princess Henry of Battenberg is said to have made the designs for the electric lamps at her mother's re- juest.—Boston Herald, No less than five systems of law cre © use in Germany. Clean'ng Machinery with Blotting Paper. The practice of cleaning wachinery hy means of blotting paper has been established in German Tow, wool, refuse, sponge coins, jute workshops. waste, ete, are the materinls ' usually employed Tor the cleansing of ma chines and parts of engines which are soiled by lubricating substances and dst The better varieties of cotton waste are excellent for scouring, but the lu aper grades gaze charged with dust, making necessary the use of a wnge cloth specially manufactured that purpose. In employing blot ting paper for scouring purposes, not only can the nee of cotton waste be de creased, but the sponge clothis can be entirely dispensed with The German workman formerly received on an erage 250 grammes of cotton was ne pew sponge cloth and one or two renovated ones pow | UDI 1 with 150 ox of 1 vis 1d elght ert lot ting paper, at a 1.2 ! t stend of, as forn y 1-4 « 1 i paper is not onl 1 ofl the ma 1 i ti} dust Li #1 RB en re nr { it { prefs ton . Bb d this t BO f is id get « 0 { " * q ' 3 v % ' i v cr i of i { igo KE Destruction of Our Forests. i Yi f ¢ 1 i ¢ i ns f 4 ’ { J s ¢ { ¢ f ’ i : i ’ . ‘ ‘ i » ’ I Y s ¢ / ¢ ; i R i y 3 i Why Americans Fight. Te ’ ~~ 1 . ] g A fro N ( Englis i 5 F 2% i » f . pickle I ¢ Q iH Kad i A - ¥ n ' 8 wn life the ¢ wa 3 his Fas izing oO Fre } ! 10 Ag 1 ft was ‘ ¥ i t i % § i y I1 ii wa 1 £1 } #3g i f 4 Oo 1 31 114 1s 8 QUE ' oo 11 a g 5 ress i { 2 ' wit : i 1 3 T juss 1% ® f t i g i 5 Ly 1 He f ; RB i i amaig: os it { Peg a formed on ame an i 1 goes to bat nud ¢ 2 ¥ t mal siakes i B . % 1 goTH nt prompt) { Chicago g Herald The Famous Class of "6L. The clase of "61. United States Naval Academy, comes near monopolizing the high places in the present war Twenty-two of its present members have held responsible commands, and twa of them have died in the service Captain Gridley, flagship Olympia at Manila, and Com mander Horace Elmer, who command. ed the Atlantic mosquito fleet. Oth. ers in the service are Acting Bear Ad miral Sampson; Captain Sands, Colum. bia; Captain Glass, Charleston; Cap- tain Sigsbee, St. Paul; Captain Good rich, 8t. Louis: Captain Sterling, Lan- who fought the tain Taylor, Indiana: Captain Whiting, Monadpock: Captain Clark, Oregon; Captain Chester, Cincinnati, Come Connnander Wilde, nabhtading McCalia, ron; Commander mander Schouler, bureau of navigs- tion: Commander White, naval acad- emy; Commander Davis, naval obser- vatory; Commander Perry, ist light nouse district inspector.—Detroit Free Press. The Prince of Naples has begun an experiment in the education of the troops under his command. He = having all the privates {a the garrison at Naples taught scientific farming. fle thinks that in this way he can Amazing Cleverncss of Birds, There Is something very remarkable in the almost reasoning powers mani fested occasionally by birds in eluding pursuit or turning attention from thelr nests and young, but in few is this more noticeable than in the duchy In i narrative in thes, Captain Black's of his Arctic land expedition the fol lowing Instance of this Is gWen: Mr. King, One of his companions having shot a female duck, fired again, nnd as he thought, disabled its male companion, Accordingly, leaving the dead bird, which he had the mortifiea- tion of seeing shortly afterward car- ried off by one of the white-headed eagles, he waded into the water after the drake ‘ far from being flint tered or irined, remained motionless f wating to be taken up Still. as neared Jt t glided easily away mgh inpumerable | Ie nooks and vindings, Boy times he reached t hand to # ‘ nd ng at ist with great patler naged to COOP it Up in oa corner f1 1 which here appeared to be no ese px 15 r nobantl ending tis it, mn, te § utter a . it ked around at r { Kk! $08 n fi i giy that 8 con 1 he had neve t it i Thu of + was ’ w gunn { its i “Bobs” Is An All Around Soldier. In the regular arp iis ar 114 Be \ Y 3 from the 1} : or fr i a 4 I } f at ef DOS4 YW ’ r His g Lut ¥ g b § 8 & f } ’ ¥ m . id » 3 i * n “ x ¢ a Bohs 4 f 2 is r » B & CIOS } | 5 3 arti ¥ LY yf § f in § r 1 f ‘ 10 . > ®) f + - hg 7 2 ¢ t a yt ’ . The Only Time There Was 4 oy “ { bo % & a s 2 recog ’ 1 a # “ » A ¢ (2 Shai “ A xP ay regulars \ r { t at which - { for a | NY Years i 5 gz several { a th ? iy 1 3 48 and, : exact . {1 1 & i ny BR i i = #1 1 \ ! g officer drew x itch to & mocket l Ww my t 8 eX vy rig es i y watch $AvE t 3 tes Das ros ** At 8 Jur rs Major Shafter ked at s silver I don un w \ r w 1% rk nd vist 1 sh nde that in this mand it is : 1TeR Past I 1a young off 8 ren Drerend the y of t ‘ ling hoor i 1 ov 10 ie 1 ¢ of 3 = 1 I A rT airing the y 13, 189, a Waar. St : % un Islands, i tt 15. Was 8 § one of the ofs of the island mentioned. and 1 to Mr. Mit who has just re ed from a vis the Solomen group. The lett « as follows: "Her Gracious Queen: 1 hope you will most Ww ngly excuse me for having the im pudence to write to you in this man. ner, and the reason for my doing so is when | was reading the paper yester. day 12th of February, 1 read about the steamship Bonanza, being drifted in #4 i and the women under you gan select husbands from the crew, and that the captain of the ship would not let them go ashore, and moreover, that you, my Queen, wanted for a husband a wan that would love you and make you happy. 1 have been thinking the matter over, and [ have come to the conclusion that if you will have me for a husband, write back and let me know, also that you should cond me the money for my passage island, io = Iw repay you the money when I get to you "—#yduey (Australia) Daily Tele i 3 AAS AL A Inventor of Rifles. Rifles are said to have been first in- venfed by Gaspard Zollner, a native of Vienna. This was about the end of the fifteenth century. Efforts are being made to revive the flax industry ln certain parts of Eng. land, where it bas fallen into desue tude, especially in the county of Line colnshire. pe The United States have about B00. 000 telephones in use; Germany. 140. 000; England, 75.000; Fraoce, 35,000; -
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