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NINE TOPICS.
Eugenie’s Diamond Peak Bright Western |
Woman=-Dress Fronts--(icorgia Honors a |
Woman Artist, Etc, Etc.
Eugenics Dianiond Pen.
Whenever the Empress Eugenie, o
I'rance has occasion to write anything
about her lamented husband she ab
ways uses the diamomd pen which
signed the Treaty of Paris,
who participated in this historical oc-
But 80 keen was the Empress on pos
sessing it that she begged that only
one pen should be used, which
thought she had a right to retain ns a
souvenir. This was agreed to. The
pen takes the form of a quill plucked
from a golden eagle's wing and richly
mounted with diamonds and gold.
A Bright Western Woman.
One of the bright women of the
west is Mrs. A. 8 Horne, who is a
member of the Utah Legislature. At
an early age she graduated with high
honors from the University of Utah
an! the Deseret University, and has
since been an active member of the
Alumnae Association of the first unl
versity and its vice-president. Be-
sides taking a deep interest in educa
tional work, Mrs. Horne is prominent
in art. music and Hterary circles. She
is said to be a typical daughter of the
ploneers, and with her knowledge of
parliamentary law, it is predicted that
she will be a useful member of the
lower house.
Diress Fronts
On most of the redingote
and many of tue princess gowns for
dressy afternoon functions the famil
jar straight fronts are avoided, and
the edges cut in long curving scallops
~thus, when the length of an ordi
nary coat is reached a curve is made
gnd the material cut away
épace of threeelights of a
more. When two-thirds of a yard of
he skirt-length is traversed another
backward scallop is made as before,
terminating at the skirt edge The
hodice portion is usually open-fronted
and low cut, above a gimp of shirred
Ak muslin over silk or satin, gather
# into a beaded band around the
neck. At a public entertainment of
4 fashionable hotel recently a gown
exactly after the style described was
worn. A narrow line of otter fur
lurnished the edges of skirt and waist;
gown gray. repped silk
and wool, and the gimp of pink, crim
son and green matelasse on a deep
cream ground,
yard or
the was of
G:orgia Honors a Woman Artist.
Miss Adelaide Everhart, an Atlanta
girl, has just received a commission
for a portrait which will place her
name on the list of well-known Ameri
can painters. The last Georgia Leg
islature appropriated £500 for a full
length oll painting of the late Senator
Charles VF. Crisp, hung in the
corridor of the State A num
ber of distinguished artists have been
working for the honor of painting it,
but the committee awarded the work
to Miss Everhart.
Miss Everhart is already one of the
Dpest-known artists in Georgia, but
this picture will surely carry her
fame outside the state. In 1801 one
of her peitures took first prize at the
Atinnta Exposition, as the best origi
nal composition in oil,
Miss Everhart is the daughter of an
Episcopal minister, Mr. George M.
Everhart. Her early life was spent
in Kenosha, Wis, where her father
was for a time rector of St. John's
Church in that town. Dr. Everhart
to be
Capitol
gomery, Ala. and it was there that
Miss Everhart received her education,
She had the finest advantages in art,
earliest childhood.
art for some time under the best in
structors in Cincinnati and
York.
Beautiful Viennese Woman.
Vienna, the capital of Austria, Is
Jhiefly noted for producing three
things—coffee, music and women
the morrow take care ot itself. She is
quite as good a housekeeper as her
German sister, but not quite so par.
ticular; she is quite as economical,
but dresses herself more artistically;
she Is just as good a mother, but a
more loving wife. She is somewhat
nervous, and the quarrel with her
husBand is as regular as the amen in
her prayer. The truest and prettiest
type of the beautiful Viennese woman
is that which comes from the south.
In common with the majority’ of her
European sisters, the Viennese makes
marringe her goal, but retains her
girlish ways, her jolly spirit and much
of her beauty, and even to guess at
her age, Is not only a erime, but an
England's Future Queen.
Queen Victoria recently admitted
that of all the members of her royal
family, excepting only her youngest
daughter, the Princess Beatrix, she
has most love for her successor, the
by personal favoritism, She admires
who married “Dodo,” and
could have secured for him almost
| any position, but she was either too
indifferent or too careless to ask, and
the viceroyship which might have
| been filled by him to<day belongs to
| another, The Queen, who knows every
| tine of the possibilities of her states.
| men, has ever been a politician, look-
improved service, civil and
military, but Alexandra has never
worked along political lines and never
will; she is pot that kind of a wo
man.
Alexandra has her little weaknesses
all womanly ones. She is fond of
novels, on thing the Queen despises,
unless of the classic sort. She dis-
likes famous people, such as authors
and artists, for she is timid in the face
of genius, while the Queen will have
nothing to do with any other. Alex-
andra loves fancy work and can our
line a worsted dog to perfection,
I Asquith,
Alexandra potes the hang of the skirt
and the cut of the sleeves,
is calmly oblivious
copt court dress. Alexandra has been
| preserving herself to have her royal
insist upon it.—Chicago Tribune,
The Tailor Made Girl's Troubles,
The man should laugh to
scorn an assertion that the tailor
made girl bas quite as many tantaliz-
average
herself for that “simple smartness”
characterizing her, as he
in arranging
He doesn't dream how well
femininity has many times a week to
suppress wrath akin to that which =o
| freely
| because of the
prices of an
| button. It never enters his mind that
the fetching Ascot has perhaps caus.
same aggravating ca-
her mirrors, calling on
{ come down and help her tie the thing
He knows well enough the
feuces of his own neckgear
wrath with which he has pounced up-
on his laundry king, but the shy little
thing at his side—why,
does not know what trouble is,
The tailor made girl has to avoid the
least suggestion of flutliness.” Her
hair should pot look fluffy, nor the
feathers on her hat
is hopeless If not thoroughly
and her tie must receive just the right
twist
One girl red
wrestling
lars that
first one,
ached, and her
gOVETe,
ently spent a solid hour
with stiff col
refused to bution,
another Her arms
neck was scratched
with the trying. When, at last a
tractable buttonhole was discovered
the tiny gold button disappeared and
had rolled under
rug or behind the cosey corner. Th
8 search for that began, for
pened that she had no other button.
It was simply that or pone
After a long search,
at last in a hat box.
What tailor made girl has not stood
before her mirror hopelessly entan
gled In the meshes of an Ascot tie
that simple little string that persists
in twisting itself into an
knot, or wriggling the
out?
The
desperately
simply
then
wn
discovered
wrong
made girl's boot string
of her
tailor
ing a hurried tollet.
Her hair positively
times to part straight, and one per
sistent tress makes her a half hour
inate at the play.
A button deliberately flies
coat as ah: starts for the door, or she
will find a most deplorable dent in her
bat crown. It is wholly inexplicable,
But it is there.—New York Herald.
New Fashion Faacies
Ribbons with gauze piped edges will
be used for trimming purposes.
Coral necklet sets with occasional
favor.
A superb variety of fancy silk hose
has been designed for wear with even
ing slippers.
White poplin reception costumes
heavy lace have a handsome appear:
ance.
Long fichn scarfs of lace, net or
Liberty with shirred, frilled or lace:
trimmed ends wear prettily on the
ueck.
and bold vine designs in many color
combinations will be in style,
Zephyr gingbams in all the newest
slik patterns, including checks, plaids
and stripes are intended for the shirt
waist woman,
Some of the names of the mont
tffective brands tha will be used in
effective braids that will be used in
fashionable spring hats are “Cuba”
“Japanese,” “Jumbo,” and “Italian.”
What is called gold straw, though
not gilt, has been woven into many
fantastic shapes. It is, however, the
well-known yellow straw that was so
much in vogue several seasons ago.
a
The Eye of the Crocodile.
The erocodile has a remarkable oye.
It ean arrange the pupil to a vertical
or horizontal position at will to suit
Its requirement by day or night.
bas a special natural protecetion xr
the eyo, and throngh a “duct” escapes.
the fluid when the “monster weeps”
in fact, he i a peculiar brute alto:
n—
S21 Clemente, off the Const of California, le
Barren and Lonely.
About fifty miles off the
California, nearly opposite Ban Diego,
Hes the barren, lonely, and half un
known island of San Clemente,
trip is usually a rough one,
summer-time, at least,
if one knows the locality well it ix not
hard to land on the steep
strewn beach. From the shore
bare hills rise abruptly on all sides,
The
the island
and confirmed by a study of its struct.
ure us a whole Is that of a great block
of the earth's crust, tipped up on the
side toward Catalina, and very little
altered by erosion.
Ban Clemente forms a pasture for
thousands of shebp and a smaller num
ber of cattle, and Wilson's Cove is the
headquarters of the sheep herders
when they are on the island. That is
in tae spring and summer, for
the rainy season not only do
the sheep need less care but the Isl
and is often unaproachable on account
of rough weather. At such seasons
one old man, who has lived there for
used to have the island to
no human face
months at a time. His cabin
above the shore at Wil
and near it are the few
buildings used by the sheep
The place is usually knowo as
Gallagher's.
The only water supply here is raip
caught during the winter season a
tanks. The days of living in this fav-
ored spot are further enhanced in
summer time by strong winds which
flow through a gap in the hills,
ing from the naked slopes clouds of
rough
bring
The more level regions of the island
constantly of the desert
no trees except a very few
in some of the larger canons. In the
spring there are flowers, but they soon
and the summer aspect of the
island seems its normal onc. In some
places there is grass, in others only
cactus, or a little low underbrush, and
mesembryanthemum,
called “salt grass” by the
which are
Not only camp sites, but stone im
plements and human bones remain in
cohisiderable numbers to testify to the
former occupation of this ixland by In
dians,
The desert-like the isl
and is intensified by the almost
lute stillness. Birds of all sorts are
than on Catalina. Except
crows—seldom heard--there
smaller birds,
such as linnets and sparrows, which
the canons, There
character of
abso
for a few
seem to be none but the
also unknown there, but
in their place are multitudes of silent,
sun-loving lizards. In the canons one
may catch an occasional glimpse of a
wary fox; but generally the only
large rnimals seen are the herds of
wild goats, and the sheep and cattie
scarcely less wild, which are pastured
here,
The features of the
next to the ter
most striking
cut across them. There are no gradual
ridge to canon, but a
warning s&cross
its walls
these walls is in most cases an utter
Even at the most fa.
vorable points the path which winds
down to the bed of the canon and up
again on the opposite side is so steep
and rough that only a mountain-bred
animal could follow it. The hard-rid
ing Mexican herders will not trast
themselves to their sure-footed horses
in crossing some of the canons, and
any one acquainted with the class
knows that a trail which will make a
Mexican wismount must be bad in
deed, :
In the dry season not
flowing anywhere on San
a stream is
cut in the solid rock and the immense
boulders which are scattered over
their beds can give any idea of the
force of the torrents which foam and
Neither words por pictures can do
justice to the wildness and immensity
of San Clemente's topography in gen
eral. The depth of the canons, the
broad expanse of the terraces. the
height of their cliffs and the rough-
ness of the coast are all belittled in
any general view, and figures are
powerless to measuring grandeur,
We sailed out of the cove in the san.
Clemente; the waters around us silver
blue, the rugged cliffs rising above
them, black againe!
and nestled in the shadow of those
beetling hills, the little cabin, pathetic
in its loneliness, with the sturdy old
man sitting on the porch, his dogs and
fowls around him, watching the vessel
out of sight.
arya ar
Originality of 8 Schemer.
Sl a
shoulders like a Hercules, walked into
a department store late one after
noon, and, after gazing about a min
ute, stepped up to a salesman and
made known his wishes to buy a shirt.
A couple of samples were shown him
and he informed the salesman thateith.
er one would do. It was an article thay
wold for $1.50, and in making payment
4 huge roll of bills. He apparently
small bill, but he could not find one
sr
“Oh! 1 govss it's all right;
nnd you ean give that shirt to a porter
it.’ All 1 wanted was the change. You
Good day
Philadelphia ecord,
NST
HOW DREYFUS RECEIVED THE NEWS,
pression on Him,
How did Dreyfus receive the good
his case was commanding
universal attention, and that the
Criminal Chamber of the Court of
Cassation had taken It seriously in
hand and was conducting an exhais
tive investigation? It will be remem.
bered that in his reply to the telegram
which his wife was allowed to for-
ward to him be xald that he rejoiced
with them all and was in excellent
physical and moral condition. What-
ever particulars may have been re
French Ministry of the
Colonies on this subject, have however,
been carefully’ withheld from the pub-
lic, but as matters stand at present
this was rather to be expected than
otherwise, as the officials here are not
in the habit of taking the world into
thelr confidence.
Now, a person occupying an lmpor-
tant position at Cayenne, and well in-
formed as to what is passing at the
lle du Diable, has arrived at Pais,
and in the course of conversation on
this very Interesting topic, he posi
tively declares that the ex-captain of
artillery received the glad tidings very
and did not appear to be at all
impressed or excited, The reason
which he gives for this is a melancholy
Although the unhappy man en-
deavored to his family in the
affectionate which 1 have
referred, be is. according to this au
thority, in a very prostrate state,
“Dreyfus,” he goes on to explain, “is
in a spirit of great intellectual depres.
and it is pot possible that this
should be otherwise. Only think! He
has been for nearly four years cut off
from all intercourse with his fellow
creatures, as no one is allowed to
even to answer his
it Is a long time
anything. as
a mere waste of
breath. In the earlier period of his
life at the lle du Diable, Dreyfus work.
ed a good deal at algebra, but now he
rarely up any intellectual task.
i can, declare in the most
positive that whenever he
to proclaim his inno-
But as nobod vy is permitted to
reply to him,
discussed
ceived at the
coolly,
¥
0°
Assure
message to
sion,
im, or
Moreover,
since he has asked about
this would have
speak fo
questions
been
takes
however,
manner
does speak it is
Cenee,
this question cannot be
Moreover, he sees only his
are a dozen of them.
and they are replaced every three
months. Besides them only four per
sons can get near Dreyfus. They
the Governor of Guiana, Director
of the the Com-
I=land and the doctor.
“Well,” «oncludes this gentleman,
“apart what 1 have mentioned
it is utterly impossible to furnish de-
tails about the position of Dreyfus. He
keepers. There
are
the
Penal Administration,
mandant of the
from
nounced stoop, and his mind has be
come enfeebled. This 1s all that |
can way about him, and as a matter of
fact, with the single exception of the
people who can get to him, no one
could add one new or interesting par-
ticular.”
The Cape Bastards.
Two of the most beautiful of the les.
sor Cape bustards of South Africa are
the Vaal and the Blue koorhaans
birds of splendid form snd coloring,
good epunlly for sport or for the ta-
ble. Another very beautiful bustard
ix the Bush koorhaan, a denizen of
bush and forest country, with its no-
table pinkish crest, its Intense black
underplomage, and its handsomely
speckler black and rufour back, This
bird gets up most silently before the
gnuner, wavers through the trees with
and affords not only pretty shooting,
but excellent eating.
The paauw itself may well be term.
It ate
tains a leogth of more than four feed,
a wing spread of eight feet four ine
ches, and a weight of as much as fifty
pounds. The weight depends, of
poll the bird's feeding.
Average well-fed specimens will scale
this magnificent
bird feeds greedily upon the gam ox-
on flesh and fat in a quite amazing
manner. In biz locust years, too, the
paauw gains flesh with great rapidity.
At such seasons well-fed male speel
mens will attain enormous bulk asd
fatness, and are to be found ranging
between thirty and forty pounds.
many colonists say even as much as
fifty or sixty pounds—in weight. The
flesh of this splendid game bird is do
liclovs eating, and a pasaw Is one of
the greatest Inxuries of the hunter's
Made From Sawdust
The town of Deseronto, in Canada.
where there are several large lumber
mills, is partially lighted by gas n
from sawdust. The sawdust
charged In retorts, which are wh
by a wood fire, the gas from the r
torts passing Into series of cof