NEWS FOR THE
ITEMS OF INTEREST ON NUMEROUS FEMI-
NINE TOPICS.
The Latest Corset Short Jacket Effects
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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
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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 “
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CLASSIC ROYAL BEAUTY
I CMDress f Russia 15 M
lotod twonty.aix vear. and
vears and a iif = a
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(an Court, w f We 1 wt
grain for | t er t 4
n name and bh el as Rus
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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
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its OW 20 long
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sit i lind gorgeously v
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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
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For the slightest inf a of #
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in navi i I i {
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forw 1 ar ts
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em is the solitary and fish nfl
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This consis
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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
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Destruction of Our Forests.
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Why Americans Fight.
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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!
$08 n fi i giy that
8 con 1 he had neve t it
i Thu of + was
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“Bobs” Is An All Around Soldier.
In the regular arp iis ar
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4 oy “ { bo
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regulars
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BR i i = #1 1
\ ! g officer drew x itch
to & mocket l Ww my t 8
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$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
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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
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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
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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.
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