wer NEWS FOR THE FAIR SEX —— NOTES OF INTEREST ON NU FEMININE TOPICS. — f How to Cultivate Beauty—Queen Helena's | Gift of Repartee A Royal Sculptress Fleur de lis Knot - Thoughtfulness of Swiss Women ~Etc., Ete. “us ? . How to Cultivate Beauty. Queen Natalie of Servia is remark her great charm be which resembles able for beauty, ing her lovely neck, that the Milo Her recipe for preserving it from the ravages of itself Every morning she 1 walk in grounds near Belgrade, her head. This exercise nol only proves the neck by strengthening hut balancing of the and of famous Venus of simplicity akes a brisk little time is the of her palace bearing a pitcher on i111 is muscles, the pitcher encourages Aa graceful Peasant weights their in r arkable their dignified and grace easy carriage women who hey Carry heads on manner are for fine figures and or ful bearing. Queen Helena's Gift of Repartee. When the new Queen Italy, lena, as Pri Court of ste, one of the court ipted and “Your rown HORS fo ena JIO8S change.” caught being firs middle up, ae Fleurs tight descend, pr it Thoughtfulness of Swiss | The women of tho be than Nwiss VOT) has homes Milan, Bud Berlin, it 4 iit ena and opean where the wo man traveller i! companion. ov ion, eriess, well siddenly dismissed nursemaid As need mans sistance, as femporars Hany waiuen shelter who may and help from accidental causes may find furnish es as The “homes coris to and from places to work, supply lodging an employment mon ground for meetings. These intended, also, home, and the rafllway stations the fearful; Inuching bureau, and ad are av for they and plac ig a religious on social places for fn ultimate hope of their founders and supporters is to forund “houses of retreat” for women who, after working hard all their lives, find themselves at last homeless, poor and unable to toil longer. Although con ceived and organized by Swiss women, in the first place, for the bene. fit of their own countrywomen, they are thrown open to all women without distinction as to nationality or re ligious belief. Among the 1.100 wo- men who spent more or less time at the Vienna “home.” hall were Swiss: the other half was made up of French, Germans, English, Austrians and Hos slans- Springfield Republican, specially those who need Gowns for Children. Figured silks are very useful for children, and there are two er three new ways la which they mag 9 made up. One smart little gown ls ade in 3 flat box-»leats, and has a round waist | shirred on the shoulders, and trimmed | The or entire uRrow | closely stitched down at and the fastening at the left side has rosettes of bright velvet caught with small buckles, Another style of frock i.iherty silk lnn=downe for IHrrow a enpe, tucks deep enough walst of box-pleats, either side, in waist steel is un or inter foot The with Ince on ut irregular It is a succession of heavy vals with frout of prt finished around the rifles trimmed ileen sll the the of it, wWiist In hands nee, a coll 3 Sie Ves of same cape arommd the helt of India side In bows and bands ‘here soft the loops \ is a left ost tied two though silk ut and ruther attractive is of In it and pleated conspicuous, frock ght red in soft wool material has a plain ire breaath und aid is hin K, velvet just Of terial. The wal out lined wit} bon and fax red isn with a erold The Modish Coitfure. Poor fensninity, what shion arbiters are 3 Food ooden nm paste prot sotne needles and thread and a supply of gold leaf whole collection costs thre dollars ix done painstpkingls fn “Mite only lets i bry of four mad work Such binding every of the hamd craftsmen make of fine to add to their volumes they ally new, are, of or ginal taken with specialty books in hh a ns The gener rors their way beauty and valine operate upon are and preserved becanse old rite COHN, in and to make the binding the Not long saw a copy of Watson's “Hymn to the Bea and Other Poems,” which had been rebound by a8 young woman who has a shop, or ‘studio, as she enlls it, in Chicago. The material used was very dark morocco and the tooled de sign represented sprays of seaweed, Covers, grest pains are harmonize contents ugo | connoisseur are’ just as important as the outside, were ornamented with a Crenall figure of a starfish in gold, scat | tered frregularly over the surface [The effect was exquisite. She got $55 | (it, off and on, for a month, but she [had at least balf a dozen others iu { hand at the same time. There are | two other women binders in Chicago Land five or six In New York. They all {have ax wach work as they ean possi | my do." «New Orleans Times-Demo i crab, Where Lace Abounds. Brussels owns countless attractive little shops with the most tempting displays of in their windows, many of which are devoted exclusive Ix it that Belgium's eapital is the place to Ince to tx sale. ix 8 recognized fact mnk wenvers in lace the thousand the mnjority twelve women of this priceless, cobwebby hut fabric Flemish and Belgian convents, of are No woman iu in SEGMLE Lie Brussels, one may decked handkerchief always in a of finely count on her ont collurette or wrought Ince Frill of Fasnion, dusted with gold, =ilve: 10 of Hoe or cop beautify some the winter HOWISs to and of the iden is have fichia while the different to match rest be of sie Ves terial, puffed xibill dress may 1 Gathered skirts, with tn on the Bias are among the pos fon OsLumes vill be tulle and elaborate NAMING AN INDIANA TOWN Settlers Shot at the Dispute £1 Early a Target to down As a hinve rile Indiana towns amd ¢ either 1 of in ee named In honor prominent people, firs settiors, or have been given their names of locality Elkhart Elkhart river, was given dian the oy ne rest was and name in the fancied 1e the river pane after Elkhart there an that the Indians sembled the heart of an elk William Harrison, through the Falls dente the its beri gn tome was island stream Henry nes-Ohio trail. heard the sweet of Smith singing the plaintive ballad “Corydon.” amd it at tracted him many thoes to the Smith home, where he located the first capi volee song. Rockville is a city builded on a rich the town, plonesr settlers, each of whom wanted the town named after himself, At Inst a stranger laid hig hand on the big rock and sald: “Well, here's a fellow that's been here longer'n any of you-name it after him.” The one flask in the crowd was drained and the town was christened by the empty bottle being broken over the “fellow that's beet here longer'n any of us" Indienapolis Press, | CALIFORNIA SARDINES. 1 SOR THE CANNARIES. | - | The Spawning Fish Are Being Decimated Story of the Moss Bunker Over Again With captain aboard wants cordiality boat characteristic of the his craft the to study the {eresting an industry as sardine fish sardine stranger, who details of so io ing and which Is extensive ly Coan canning, carried glong the California ou “Tumble aboard L.ook out the salt jug that's aft” bag; and mind that Take a seat sad of with the dago red. of long, low power eng } ft master one those launches fitted Fl] ine the California sardine The the long 'edro ne vessel was Ilyving at a wharf in narrow harbos it a building erected on plie that told tl canned #4 Bign Were lobuters ferawil hoat had of sardines below, while a cloud filled away striugrling nex the walter and fing = 3 weal of zilvery su drifting tira esi wen af yellow tail wn bass, and wea Ons n grasped t hailed end of the the Fhe capita fie wooo hed weeond down tackle, and plunged it into the squirm ing throng: the tackle men away. basd over hand, and the young man who directed the scoop steered it {to a particular partition and dumped it a glittering, gleaming stream. walter now came to the front, threw salt by the handful upon the | pattering heap | and up it came again, and so the work the air filled with fying until in a remarkably short time the deck partitions were filled ehinck 8 block with sardines, repre senting in weight several tons, and {generally of large size, five or six finches in length, Frequently the launch cannot cary all that is caught, and the remainder is released; but sev sral tong constitute a fond. The anchor was now hauled up, and under steam and =all the fishing boat headed for San Pedro, where the fish were handed over to the cannery. Here the sardines are first washed, then go- log to gangs of workers who cut off the heads and tails, cutting them déwn to the length required-three or four Inches. They are then laid on racks and lowered en masse into caldrons st boiling oil, (California olive,) where they remain a short time, and are thea Hfted out, and are ready te pack In boxes, went on, scoules, The fishing industry i= increasing all along the Pacific Coast, Monterey Bay is moon to have a cannery, this being a famous place for anchovies, and nn establishment, It is sald, is he started The abalone an decided commercial The shell is made Into buttons jewelry, while the meat is a nrticle of diet, “Don’t you sometimes things you are not after?’ asked the passen-—- the sardine of the to and catch ger on boat of one “You're right,” was the reply in the that rips it fis gen lon keeps shark sometines no all day it The as it rolls over and over and tears the The big fish known through it, is thie worst, net in every way fix. All those animals prey lie ned On Ar dines, and generally under the when the is lowered the and cuught shoals, Ke in trap. HOW WOMEN MANAGE MEN “ Lords of Creation” Completely Overcome by Feminine Subtiety. HGuaging ose the ankles, give a gi } Wf striped stockings and ith sii sliort The white nmps ver bnckles 1 Blue facket senmed with hide the irusiy tape belt boys does not broad leather and entlase: the gallery his with for all Tom appearanoe a roar hiszx name he Pipes Backstay, inst but he the British as represented by the late Mr, Cooke excellent him Bill there we Know Ay or in wa ilor Tr. r That hi= first actor made Wellclose Square, in 1804. He had been a man-of-war's man himself, and shined in the glories of the battle of Ki. Vincent: be knew the British sailor of hix day thoroughly. and in such parts as Long Tom Coffin in "The Pilot.” William in “Biach-Eyed Sn- san,” Harry Halyard in “My Poll and My Partner Joe” he gave to the stage and the public an excellent type, and I believe In the main a trathfal one; but if the lower decks hind been filled with that type, and no other, the pre- servation of discipline on board his Majesty's ships would have been even more difficult than it was. The Nine teenth Century, French Silk Mats. The silk plush ont of which hats are made comes almost exclusively from Prance, all attempts to produce it In the United States having ended in fall. gre. Nine-tenths of the felt hats worn in America are made from the fur af the rabbit and hare 4 a | THE JOKERS' BUDGET. The Step From the Sublime. jut yesterday he felt that he Was king fis ir was proud, He crowd vent snaoping born 1o be a high a wil “ten held his Wis the round And fond t A letter A cringing. sinking thing! i his innosxt jus he Lins cone lo He Herald, Times Works Both Ways. Manu Paul | run to bed thelr Paul iat 5 Mamma birds darling. mat You Rew, the birds are already in Nexis { g © CME fiext morning up! All the World, mamma, wake are up! - New York He Could Stand It hireatend 1 Landiady You = ¢ of pie you ross at The Impatience of Grief Five 1 had You fave Feminine Envy. a litt aunra ant to 1 it shirt waist i'm fot lis Jack 1 voll got camphor, with deadly these new afraid Ol Yon pecting Laura needn't worry a little bit No self within forty gunshots of those i’ Plain Dealer, res moth would come things, Cleveland inconsistency, Who that man the white, seared face?” “That's the fellow we met al the | funeral yesterday, who was telling the wife of the deceased to cheer up that ' per husband was better off.” “What ix the matter with him now? “The doctor told him he was going die." Indianapoli€ Sun. ix over there with { to The Only Way, Parke There's only one way to man age about money matters, Whenever { see # thing 1 want | invariably ask myself this question: “Can 1 afford ny _ Lane-RBut do yon always stick te thin? Parke Always, If 1 find I can't af- tord it 1 buy IL~Brookiyn Life, Getting Eves With a Girl When a girl has made a man work sard to get her he can always get even »y making her work Lard to keep him. ~New York Press Lehigh Valley Railroad has abolish- «l newsboys from trains. ;
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