fWWTIW THE PITTSBURG- DISFA.TOH, . SUNDAY,' ATTGUST 80 1891, 18 LATE FASHTOJJS AND BADS. XnnstratloBS Thai Slay 8ugst TJsefoJ Ideas tor the Home Drestmaker Tail Notion In Dreta and Millinery Fact About Artificial Beauty. A novelty in vests this fall Is shown here with. It is to be worn, says Harper's Eaxr, in an open bodice. It is of red crape, pleated, at tached to a standing collar of the same, and with a belt of folds at the waist. It is spangled with star-shaped Jet nail heads. The dress shown In the second Illustration of this column is made of embroidered ecru batiste. A bordered flonnco headed by a ruche is around the bottom of the skirt; the top is finished rith a folded ribbon belt and a bow at the back. The bodice, the edge cf which is slipped under the skirt, has fichu drapery formed by two seirfs which are shirred on the shoulders, draped across the front and fastened under the bow at the back, hanging thence in long tash ends. The other illustrations to-day will serre to stimulate the imagination cf the horn dressmakers. Each is in style for its partio ltr purpose, and considerable latitude is at lowed in the selection of materials. DKATIXQ THE SKIKXS. There is a decided tendency to 4rspe skirts onoe more: to lift them OTer one or both hips is almost Invariably done in . mort of the new gowns. In many of the elaborate costumes tahliers of lace or some contrasting mate rial are slightly drawn to one side by a metal clasp or a forreau of rib bons. A charming example of this last style of drap ery I saw in a gown intended for a petit diner, or a small "evening," savs a writer in the New York Press. It was a dull rose-colored bengaline: the skirt itself is quite plain, with a heavily plaited demi-train, but across the front is draped a tablier of thin black grenadine, embroidered with great jet daisies. This tablier falls straight to the hem from the rijjht hip, and is lifted far back on the left side by a heavy rope of jet that evidently is a continuation of a girdle loosely tied about the short round bodice. Daisy embroidered grenadine forms a lastron covering the front of the bodice, and is gathered high on the right shoulder bv a large j"t ornament. The sleeves are of the light black material, and very full and high on the shoulder. The fin de Steele man has developed an un manly loc for feminine sshes and fripper ies, but the woman of the diy goes him one better in her appropriation and adaptation of manly attire. Her fall bodice is more masculine than her summer reefer. Its favorite design is an adaptation of the long English, frock coat, with a double-breasted waistcoat and fancy shirt beneath. GOWNS FOB TKATELnnj. One of the leuched upon prettiest thai has vet been the tide belongs to an early fall traveling gown of vivogne in rus set cloth, edged with ecru braid liberally inter woven "with gold, says the If ew York Sun. This coat falls awav from a tight waistcoat of suede leatherin the natural color worn over a silk shirt of gay Scotch plaids on an ecru ground. For vouthful fig ures the Eton jack et, with laced lanels ouenintr over vf. a waistcoat of plaid nljttl. .In.nil .,!. uuiu uwcu iinua starched cambric shirt and Standing collar, is extreme ly swagger. Another autum- cal jaunting and jannty costume is of Har ris cloth, with its faint suggestive odor of the peat-warmed huts where it is woven. The doable-breasted frock coat has a double frilled barque, which only the slightest of TPomer may attempt, to the envy of all their plumper sisters. The finish of this suit is simple stitchings of heavy silk, but the gleam of color, warm and rich, which is E'ven by having all the capes and frills aed with nasturtium yellow must be seen to be appreciated. Shamrock leaves cannot be used as dress decorations. Tney are absolutely prohibited la England, and in America it is at least bad taste to wear them. And why are the shamrocks tabooed? you ask. "Why should the graceful, poetic little green leaves be seen no more upon the gowns which our modish women are wont to wear? "Why, Just ior this reason, explains the Hew York Advertiser. The shamrock bears a striking resemblance, to the ace of clubs, and you know it is not good taste to appear is so- way" a pack of cards. Since the recent little baccarat disagreement no one who pretends to be good form mentions card playing when In company, and to decorate one's self with a gown suggesting a pock of cards is in the worst of bad taste. BACCARAT AN D DRESS OEXAMENTATIOIT. Mrs. Arthur "Wilson, the who was so closely identified with the baccarat trouble, nearly put her foot in.it most awkwardly. Ehe was invited to Lord Salisbury's gar den partv, and she ordered a dress of yel low mulf, with shamrock leaves scattered all over it. "When the dress came home, and she was showing it to an admiring audi ence of lady friends, one of them ex claimed: "Why, Mrs. "Wilson, how closely that dress resembles a pa:k of cards all aces of clubs fedt ' Vila Mb !"'.iWii ' il,v M fti'lM I' 'ii ' 1 '...'iu V .1 .('I 4 S?r ' 'in . : i v . Mi3PT ' .- "Kr - - . dK Of course Sirs. Wilson bad to send the dress back, and at the last moment she was put under tbe necessity of ordering another gown for the garden party. Properly to characterize the late summer miilinery of this season the word pictur esque would have to be written in capital letters, says the New York Times. The outdoor life, more generally approved each year, is especially favorable to the develop ment of the picturesque in millinery. The long list of open-air sports calls for, or at least permits, headgear of such surprising tendencies that it is impossible to imagine what vagary may be next brought out. Aside from the coquettish arrangements prepared for outing uses, there are innum erable varieties of beach and country hats, and, most remarkable of all, the woaderful creations in which society comes forth to its alfresco entertainments. A peculiar feat ure of this summer's hats ot every style is the beauty of the fanciful straws; such in genious braidings, curlings and twistings of straw fibers never delighted wpman's eyes before. The straw which is wrought into these queer curlicues is gathered from all quarters of the globe, while the straws and grasses dried in our own harvest fields and on our prairies are being utilized with charming results. FACT VXESUS FICTION. It rs curious to note how different the-shop girl offset is from the shop girl of fiction. xne snog girt 01 fiction is a faded, hollow-eyed crea ture, with insuf ficient clothing and an abrasion in the elbow of her waist. The shop girl of fact is by no means emaci ated, and her clothes are sot only sufficient in quantity, butfash fonable'in quality and style. The shop girl of fiction crawls home to her dim and cheer less tenement to languish out a lonely evening be side "a hard bed and a stove with a broken lid, in a room periodically invaded by a grasping landlord. The shop girl of fact goes laughing and chattering home with a bevy of other girls. "When she wants a day oft to go on an excursion she somehow manages to get it, whereas the shop girl of fiction is dis charged for staying at home half a day in attendance on a sick brother. The shop girl of fact has no path of roses, to bo sure. But she is not always a slave, driven by low-browed ruffians with good clothes and diamond shirt studs; and she does not always wish she was something else. She generally prefers being a shop girl to an upstairs girl, for instance; while general housework is something she never would think of taking from the girls who have just crossed the pond. The social economist persists in never understanding this, but it is so. THE ABTHTCIAL -WOMA2T. False teeth are happily on the decline, continues the New YJork Sun. .There is nothing so sugges tive of the grinning symbols of death and decay. And, worse than all the rest, they will rattle, and are always left be hind in case of fire or disaster. Dentists are becoming more and more skillful in the preservation of this, one of women's chief beauties, and women will suffer tortures for the sake of having one tooth saved. Let us say nothing of the complexion. Ye cods! where is the woman who ever lets us see what the natural cuticle is like? The spotted veil has wrought tbe destruction of all principle in this matter, and grease paint, insiduous, smooth, difficult of detection, and becoming, is in favor with all Eve's daughters. Never is tne artificiality of the fashion able woman so apparent as when she' goes among her country cousins in the summer. How slim and straight and tall she has frown, how light her foot in its perfectly tted boot, how fresh and sea-shell like her -skin, how exquisitely neat and dainty the fit and fall of her perfumed cowns and'man tles! Her own youngest sister looks old and plain beside her; her figure is bad, her Bkin seems coarse and broiv n, and yet the country sister lives in the purer air and sun shine, goes to sleep earlier, and rests more in a day than the city woman rests in a week. Much is said anil written with truth about the wear and tear of city life, and yet, thanks to milincr and mantua maker, to" the hairdresser and cosmetic inventor, to cotton and whalebone, padding and pinching, the city woman of 60 looks younger and fairer than the country woman of 35. KOTIONS IS 2JECKWKAB. These are the days of chiffon and lace and other dainty and gauzy trimmings, every sort of gown, the cotton as well as the silk one. being ornamented with them. Jabots. collarettes or fichus are worn on everything and almost upon every occasion, and noth ing could be prettier " than some of them. One design is of cream silk gauze, spotted with silver and corn-flower-blue. Another is a collarette and plastron of gold galon, jetted and framed with a shell trimming of pink gauze, edged with jet beads. Then there is a Louis .WJL necktie of white gauze, composed of neckband, jabot and large bow, which is daintily draped under a jewelled ornament, corresponding with the gems shining on the "Venetian lace. Another design is a flounce front of pale blue embroidered chiffon, attached to cir cular fold of surah of the 6ame color. A "Toby" collarette is of white net, dotted with pink chenille and crystal beads. In front the box-plaits are arranged so as to form a fan-shaped bib. A parure of Renaissance guipure consists ot vandyked epaulettes and upright collar, finished off with a pointed yoke. A Fact Bluntly Told. St. Loots Republic , Young A, who is well known on "West Norgan street, is very rich and very reck less, a high-flyer whose kites scrape tlie empyrean. A friend commenting on his dissipated career asked: "He is very rich, I understand, living on his income?" "No, dying on his income," was the re- joinaer. A dose of lemon juice in a cup of black c .pence cures neaoaono. 4S3 T?-J''l i Ml mmj LBIUET OF A LMCH. Erom Simple Bepast It Has Grows to Ostentations Affair. A FORTUNE CAff BE SPENT OZWN&r, nw-Fcur Quarters of the GMb&TSritota: Furnishing the Table. EECIF18 FOE TABIOUS DELICACIES rWMTTtaC fOTt THK SI8PATCX.1 A Gotblo window, where a damask curtate Hade the blank daylight snadowy and tra- certaln, A slab ot agate In four eagles' talons Held neatly up, and merely taught to 'bal ance A porcelain dish, o'er which In many cluster Black grapes hangdown, doad. rip and wlttt- out lnster. A melon cut in thin, delicious siloes, A cake that seemed mosaic, rich In spleen Two china cups, witlr golden tulips sunny, And rich Insido with ohocolate like honeyi And she and I, the banquet scene complet ing With dreamy worda, and Tory pleasant a lng. If all lunches eould be as poetic and as simple and as luxurious as this the hostess would have little trouble in giving a lunch. But alas! from the slice of cold ham or chicken, and bread and butter, we have now the grand Bunt breakfast, the ladles' lunch (most delicious of luxurious time killers). The lunch, therefore, has become in the house of the opulent as elaborate as the dinner. Twenty vears ago in England I had the pleasure of lunching with Lord Houghton, and I well remember the simplicity of that meal. A cup of bouillon, a joint of mutton, roasted and carved by the host, a tart, and some peaches (very fine hot-house fruit)and a glass of sherrv, was all that was served on a very plain table to 20 guests. But what a company of wits, belles and beauties we had to eat it, BROWNING'S STaiPIiE BUiIi OF FAKH. I once" lunched with Browning on a much simpler bill of fare. I have lunched at the beautiful home of Sir John Killais on,what might have been a good family dinner with us. And I have lunched in Hamton Court, in the apartments of Mr. Beresiord (now dead), who was a friend of George IV. and an old Tory whipper-in, on a slice of cold meat, a cutlet, a gooseberry tart, anil some strawberries as large as tomatoes from the garden which was once Anne Boleyn's. "What a great difference between these lunches and a ladies' lunch in New York, which, laid for 28 people, offers every kind of wine, every luxury of fish, flesa and fowl, flowers which exhibit the most over whelming luxury of an extravagant period with fruits and bonbons and bonbonnieres, with painted fans to carry home, with rib bons on wmen is paintea one s monogram, etc, etc I have seen 'daisies, buttercups and red clover, field grasses and dandelions in January at a ladies' lunch, as the last concession of a fancy for what is unusual. The order having been given in September, the facile gardener raised these flowers for this especial lunch. JTar more expensive than roses at a dollar apiece this bringing of May into January! It would be impossible to say where luxury mould stop, and, if people can afford it, there is no necessity of its stopping. It is only to be regretted that luxury frightens those who might like to give simple lunches. TES EKOUOH FOB LTOTCH. A lunch party of ladies should not be crowded, as handsome gowns take up a great deal of room, and therefore a lunch of ten ladies in a moderate house is better than a larger nnmber. As ladies always wear their bonnets the room should not be too hot. The menu is very much thesame as a dinner, excepting the soup. In its place cups of bouillon or of clam juice, boiled with cream, and a bit of sherry (very nice) are placed before each plate. There follows presumably a plate of lobster croquettes with a -rich Bauce, filet de boeut, with truffles and mushrooms, sweetbread and green peas, perhaps asparagus or-cauli-liower.. Then comes the sorbet or Boxnan punch, much needed to' cool the palate and to in vigorate the appetite for further delicacies. The Eoman punch is now often served in very fanciful frozen shapes of ice, resemb ling roses, or fruit of various kinds. If a ladyis not nearaconfectionershe shonldlearn to make this herself. It is very easy, only compounding it at first with care, maras chino cordial or fine old Jamaica rum being mixed with'water and sugar as lor a unch, and well frozen. The game follows, and the salad. Thase two are often served to gether. After that the ices and fruit. Cheese is rarely offered at a ladies' lunch, excepting in the form of cheese straws. Chambeetia, Chateau, Yquam, champagne and claret are the favorite wines, although sherry and Madeira are offered. Cordial is offered afterward, with the coffee,' and a la dies' lunch party is supposed to begin at 1 and end at 3. SMALL FORTUNES IN THE DKAPEBX. It is a delightful way of showing off all one's pretty things. At a luncheon in New York, I have seen a tablecloth of linen, into which has been inserted Duchesse lace, worth doubtless several hundred dollars, the napkins all trimmed with Duchesse, worth at least 520 apiece, if not more. This elegant drapery was thrown over a woolen broadcloth underpiece, of a pale lilac or red; the effect enchanting. In the middle of the table was u grand epergne of the. time of Louis Seize, the glass and china superb. At the proper angle stood silver and gold cups. ornamental pictures and claret jugs. At every lady's plate stood a splendid Bouquet tied with a long satin ribbon, and various small favors, as fans and fanciful menus, were given. As the lunch went on we were treated to new surprises ot napery and of Sevres plates. The napkins became Bussian, em broidered with gold thread, as the spoons and forks were also of Kussian silver and gold, beautifully enameled. Then came those embroidered with heraldic- animals the lion and the two-headed eagle and griffin the monogram gracefully inter twined. Then came plates, apparently of solid gold and beautiful workmanship. And the Koman punch was hidden in the heart of a waterlily, which looked uncommonly innocent with its heart of fire. LTTSUBr PAE EXCELLENCE The servicef this lunch was so perfect that we did nSAec how we were served; it all moved as ii to music Pleasant chat was the only addition which our hosless left for us to add to her hosnitalitv. T hnva lunched at many great houses all over the j world, but 1 have never seen so luxurious a picture at lunch as this was. It has been a question among ladies whether oysters on the half-shell should be served at a lady's lunch. For my part, I think that thev should, although many la dies prefer'to begin with the bouillon. All sorts of hors d'osuvre, like olives, anchoves and other relishes, are in order. Jn sum jner ladies sometimes serve's cold luncheon, beginning with iced bouillon, salmon cov ered with a green sauce, cold birds and salads, ices and strawberries or peaches frozen in cream. Cold asparagus dressed as a salad is very good at this meal. In English country houses the luncheon is a very solid meal, beginning with a stout roast with hot vegetables, while chicken salad, a cold ham and various meat pies stand on the sideboard. The gentlemen get upa and help the ladies; the servants, after going about once or twice, often leave the room that conversation may be more free. ETIQUETTE OF THE INVITATION. The etiquette of invitations for a ladies' lunch is the same as that of a dinner in the matter of invitations. They are sent out a fortnight before; thev are carefully en graved, or they are written on note paper. MKS. SOMERYIXLB Ecquals the Pleasura cf 1TBS. MOSTQOMEBT'fl Company at Lunch on Thursday, i at 1 o'clock. S.S. r.p.- Thisshould beanswered-nt once, and the whore engagement treated with the grarltT f a dinner engagement. " These lunch parties are very convenient for ladies who, from illness or indisposition to society, cannot go out in the evening. It is also very convenient if the lady of the -house has a husband who does not liko society and who finds a dinner party a bore. The usual custom is for ladies to dress in dark Btreet dresses, and their very -best. That with an American lady means very much, for an American husband "stops Tit no expense." "Worth says that American women are the best customers he has, far better than queens. They ask the price,and occasionally naggle; American women may ask the price, but the order is, "the very best you can do." THE HOTTE FOB THE LTOTCH. "What time did our forefathers lunch? In the reign of Francis L the polite French rose at 6, dined at 9, supped at 5, and went to bed at 9. Froissart speaks of "waiting upon the Duke of Lancaster at G in the af ternoon after he had supped." If ourancest ors dined at 9 when did they lunch? After some centuries the dinner hour grew to bo 10 in the morning, by which time they had besieged a town and burned up a dozen her etics probably to give them a good appetite, a sort of an avant gout. Dinner was what our late breakfasts are. The later hours now in vogue did not prevail until after the Bestoration. But lunch has remained fast ened at 1 o'clock for a number of years at least. In England, curiously enough,, they give you no napkins at this meal, but the nature .of the food certainly requires them. A hunt breakfast in America is of course a hearty meal, at which tbe men and women are asked who have an idea of riding to hounds. It is usually served at little tables, and the meal begins with hot bouillon. It is a heartier meal than a lady's lunch and as luxurious as the hostess pleases. But it does not wind up with ices and fruits, although it may be gin with an orange or grape fruit salad. Much more wine is drunk than at a lady's lunch, and yet somo hunters prefer to begin the day with tea only. Everything should be offered, and what 'is not liked can be refused. COSTS A THOUSAND DOLLARS. Luncheon is apt to be a lively and exhil arating occasion. It is the best moment in the day to some people. A thonsand dol lars is not an unusual sum to expend on a ladies' lunch in New York for 18 or 25 guests, counting the favors, the flowers, the wines, and the viands, and even then we have not entered into cost of the China, the glass, porcelain, cloisonne, Dresden, Sevres and silver, which make the table a picture. The jeweled goblets from Carlsbad, the knives and forks with crystal handles, set in silver, from Bohemia, and the endless succession of beautiful plates who shall estimate the cost of all this? As to the precedence of plates, It Is meet that China, oldest of nations, should suffice for the soup. The oysters have already been served on shell-like Majolica. Eng land and maritime nations, surrounded by ocean, must furnish the plates for the fish. For the roast, too, what plates so good as Doulton, real English, substantial faience? For the "Bouchers a la Belne," and all the entrees, we must have Sevres again. But do not give us "the beautiful head of Lam balle," on a plate. I declare I have had a portrait of Marie Antoinette given me to eat off of which has taken away my appetite. Japanese will do for the "filet nux cham- pigions," the venison, the pieces de resist-' ance, as well as, English. Japanese plates are strong. But here weare running into dinner; indeed, these two feasts do run into each other. AFTEBPAEX OF TUB LTOTCH. One should not hare a roast at a ladles lunch, unless it is a roast pheasant. Dres den china plates, painted with fruits and flowers, should be used for the dessert. On these choice plates, with perforated edges marked "A E." on 'the back, should lie the ices frozen as natural fruits. "We can scarcely tell the frozen banana or peach be fore us lull or luciouj trait, irom tbe painted banana on our plate. And as to the candied fruit, we must again have Sevres. Then a gold dish filled with rose water must be passed. . "VVdip a bit of the napkin in it (for in this obuntry we do have napkins with our luncheon) and wipe our lips and fingers. This is called a Trempoir. The cordials at the end of the dinner must be served in cups of Bussian gold filagree supporting glass. There is an analosr be tween their rival lucious richness, the cor dial and the cup. The coffee cups must be thin as egg shells, of the most delicate French china. Or even American china will do. "We make most delicate china and porcelain cups ourselves nowadays at New ark, Trenton and a dozen other places. There is a vast deal of waste in offering so much wine at a ladies' lunch. American women cannot drink much wine; the climate forbids it. "We have not been brought up on beer, or on anything more stimulating than ice water. Foreign physicians say that this is the cause of all our woes, our dyspepsia, our nervous exhaustion, our rheumatism and hysteria. DELIGHTS OF X1US WINE CUF. , Bnt I believe that climate and constitu tion decide these things for us. "We are .not prone to over-cat ourselves, to drink too much wine, and if the absence of these grosser tastes is visible in pale cheeks and thin arms, is not that better than the other extremes. All entertaining can go on per fectly well without wine if people so de cide It would be impossible, however, to make many poetical quotations without an allusion to the "ruby," as Dick Swiveller called it. May the temperance movement forgive us. Since Cleopatra dissolved the Searl, the wine" cup has held the gems of uman fancy. Champagne Cup One pint bottle of soda water, one quart dry champagne, one wine glass of brandy, a few fresh strawberries, a peach quartcied, sugar to taste, cracked ice. Anothor recipe: One quart dry champagne, one pint bottlq of Khiue wine, fruit ana Ice as above, cracked ice, mix In a large pitcher. Claret Cup: One bottle of claret, ono pint bottle or soda water, one wineglass brandy, hall a wineglass of lemon Juice, half a pound of lump sugar, a few slices of fresh cucum ber; mix in cracked ice. Mint Julep: Fresh mint, a few drops of orange bitters and maraschino, a small glass of liquor, brandy or whisky, put in a tum bler half full of broken ice .shake well, and .servo with fruit on top, with straws. Another recipe for mint Julep: Haifa class of port wine, a Tew drops ot maraschino, mint, sucar and thin a slice of lemon, shake the cracked ice from the glass, put straw berry or pineapple in with the mint, BEFBESHTNO AND "WHOLESOMB, Turkish Sherbets: Extract by pressure or infusion tho rich juice and fine perfume ot any of the odoriferous flowers, as violet, rose or orange flower, cr fruits, mix them In any number or quantity to taste. When these essences, extracts or infusions are Drenarad. they may be immediately used by adding a proper proportion of sugar or sirup and water; somo acid fruit, suoh as lemon or Somegranate, are used to raise the flavor, ut not to overpower tho chief perfume. Fill the cup with cracked Ice and add what wine or spirit is preferred. Claret Cobbler: One bottle wine, one bottle Apollinans or sipnon, one lemon, naif a pound of sugar; serve with ice. Champagne Cobbler: One bottle of cham pagne, one-half bottle of white wine, much cracked Ice, strawberries, peaches or or anges, sliced; sugar to taste. Sherry Cobbler: Full wineglass of sherry, very little brandy, sugar, sliced lemon, cracked ice. This is but ono tumblerful. Kimmcl: This liquor is very good served with sliaveu ice in small green claret cups. Punch: Ono bottle Arrac, one bottle brandy, two quart bottles dry champagne, one tumblerful of orange enracoa, one pound of cracked sugar, bait a dozen lemons, sliced,' half a dozen oranges, sliced. Fill the bowl with large lump of Ice and add one quart of water. Shandygaff: Landon porter and ginger ale, Tmif and half. H. E. W. Suilkwood. Prescribed by tho Authorities. Chicago Trlbnne.3 Sympathetic but near-sighted lady (to tramp filling temporary engagement at Btono pile) Poor man! That work seems hard and you look dreadfully tired. Don't you evor take a vacation? Tramp (pounding away drearily) I'm on my vacation now, mum. Invalids and American Fort TTlne. No American wines have received the en dorsements that have been accorded to Sneer's port crape wine, claret and climax brandy,. OLD--TIME CUSTOMS. Revelations Found In a Register of 1766 by Bessie Bramble. CAPITAL CRIMES IS MGLAKI). Jfadarae de Pompadour's Position and Power in tho French Court HOW A BEIDB 6ATED HBE SOWN IWKXTTX?T TOR TBS DrSTATCltf The forgers, embezzlers and thieves of to day have reason to congratulate themselves that they dld,not live in 1766. In the "An nual Kegister" of that year is recorded a large number of executions for offenses in their line. A man named Edward McGinnis and his sister were sentenced to death for stealing some silver plate from the house of their master. John "Wilfordwas executed for stealing a horse, and a lady's maid, for appropriating a piece of jewelry that be longed to her mistress, was duly tried and, sentenced to death, while John "Wilson, for forging a bill of exchange for l,O00, was convicted and speedily put to death. How the more humanesentiments of ptty, sympathy and benevolence have' grown since those days Is shown by the milder punishments meted out to the worst of fenders, and by the increasing opposition to capital punishment, even for murder. Pris oners to-day in our palatial penitentiaries in all save liberty are better off than many honest folks outside. They suffer not from the" cold of winter or the heat of summers. They have good food, regular employment, and plenty to read. Benevolence is ever at work in their behalf, and kind friends are ever praying and working for their reform. BESTJLTS OF OLD METHODS. If the old English way were in rogue the executioners would be kept busy the rascals would not long be the subjects of prayer nor would the burglars and thieves revel in fine linen and fare sumptuously every day, with little to be dreaded in store for them, save the loss of liberty alone for J a short period. "Spare- the rod and spoil the child," says that alleged wisest of all men, Solomon, but the growing fashion of the day is to spare the rod altogether on the ground that using it does vastly more harm than good. To the great comfort of the "miserable sinners" of the world, the doc trine of the eternal punishment is also going out of style, and a great demand is being made for such revision of creeds and catechism as will blot out the horrors of eternal punishment for the great majority of mankind, and break up a monopoly of heaven by the few "elect." But there was no Elizabeth Fry In the days of George JJJL to visit the prisons and endeavor to mitigate their horrors. No one then thought ot preaching that punish ment did not subserve to the security of tho people, did not abate from the propensity to. coil, nor deter from crime, and did not tend to the reformation of ony one, bnt rather increased deceit, hypocrisy, hardness of heart, hatred and revenge. ENFORCING OLD TAEIFF LAWS, In those days when a tariff was the fashion in England, instead of free trade as at present, the importation of silks, velvets and other goods from Franco was especially prohibited. One lady, as related, was ar rested and held for trial at the Guildhall oa the supposition that a handkerchief seized upon her person was French cambric. She was convicted of the heinous offense of possessing this little article of French man ufacture by clear proof and sentenced to pay a fine of 200 a pretty dear piece of finery, besides the costs and the disgrace of a puuuo tnai. Benjamin Franklin was In London In this year of 1766 on Colonial business. His idea s as to electricity and lightning were hooted at by the Koyal Society at first, but after much discussion, and being indorsed by the famous Buffon, of France, thev were adopted as great truths. The society finally made more than amends for its neglect and contempt. In token of appreciation of his services to science he was elected a member of the august body and awarded a gold medal. During his stay honors fell upon him thick and last. He received the degree of Doctor of Laws from the universities of Oxford and Edinburgh. In the "Chronicles" of this year is re corded, perhaps, the first experiment of ap plying electricity as a curative. The case was that of a woman who had lost her speech by convulsions. JBy the application the fits were cured and her voice restored. Mr. Franklin, of Philadelphia, was present, said the record, and was vastly pleased, and no less surprised at the result. CHEATING- HIS GBEDITOBS. One of the oddities of English law and a way to get around it is illustrated by a case recorded of a bride appearing to be married in a church at Whitehaven. As the story goes, when she had advanced a little way into the church, the bridemaid began to un dress her, until finally arrayed and adorned in only one under garment she went to the altar and was married to the man of her choice by the reverend clergyman. This queer wedding is explained on tho ground that owing to an embarrassment in the hus band's financial affairs, it was deemed ad visable to do this in order that it should ap pear that with her he received no other marriage portion than the garment Bhe stood up in before the altar. By the old imgiisn law every tmng tne Dnae owned houses, or lands, or money, or jewels, or clothes, became the sole property of the hus band as soon as the words were said that made them husband and wife. Hence this plan was devised to cheat any creditors who had any hope of securing payment by levying on the apparel of the bride. She must have been very anxious to get married when she would thus demean herself to marry a rascal, and enter into such a scheme to cheat his creditors by securing her wardrobe to her husband. That some men were the same in 1766 as in the days of Judas Iscariot is shown in these "Chronicles" by the story of a man who, while having plenty of money, yet re fused to furnish alittle wine for his wife, who was very ilL After she died, he was so overcome with remorse, that he went out and hanged himself Another note is that a Mr. Pernel, who had been married to a young lady in the morning, and having some words with her before nichu he straightway went to his home ana nangea tanged himself. Lord Byron a later day distinguished himself by gat and abusing 8his bride on their who at a later swearing at and abusing: way home from the church 'where thev had just been married, was not made of such sensitive stuff, but lived to make his wife a most unhappy woman. Instead of hanging himself, he seemed to find pleasure in. dis gracing himself and family. A BEAUTIFUL ACTBESS. In this year of 1766 is recorded the death of the celebrated actress, Mrs. Susanna Maria Cilfter, whose talent for tho stage was so remarkable that she was, notwith standing her immoral character, given the honor of "burial in Westminster Abbey. She was not surpassed, it is said, by any one upon the stage. Her genius was uni versally acknowledged. Her voice in sing ing, her powers of personation, her beauty and grace were the theme of all tongues. She was not troubled with stoutness, like Fanny Davenport or Lillian Bussell, but, says her biographer, though in her last years she did not possess the bloom of beauty, and she lacked the plumpness essential to youth and loveliness, she yet showed such Symmetry of form, such power of impression that it was impossible not to believe her in the zenith of her charms. The most interesting part of this old vol ume is a memoir of Madame de Pompadour, written by herself. This wonderful woman, who so long ruled France, has been the sub ject of both high praise and extravagant abuse. Having the weak and lazy Louis XV tied to her apron strings, so to speak. adviser for many years, 'she showed herself possessed of most 'remarkable talent, of power to manage men, of ability to rule or ruin kingdoms, of mind comprehensive enough to understand and shape politics, and patriotism enough to devote herself to the best interests of her country. Madame de Pompadour was ambitious. She loved power. Her moral principles were weak. Her desire to stand first in the King's af fections was not prompted by love so much as by ambition. jioealut of 'the couet. Judged by the standard of the nineteenth century morality, she was a bold bad woman to be held in dishonor and covered with contempt But in the France of the "re ligious Louis IV" it was not the fashion for husbands and wives among the nobility to love each other. It was very bad form for them to appear together in public like com mon people. A man with any pretensions to blue blood and style did not dream of dancing attendance upon his wife. She found lovers more to her liking in other men, and he, on his part, bestowed his af fections and attentions upon women he found more attractive. When a married couple so far forgot what was due to society as to appear together' in public, they fur nished great stock for .laughter, sneers and ridicule in the salons. To be in love with each other gave point to wit and edge to cynicism. The court led the fashion. Married usu ally for purposes of politics, kings found consolation in alliances not made sacred by marriage vows. To be the King's favorite was a position most ardently desired by some of the proudest dames' of the court of Louis XV. The great antagonism shown to Madame de Pompadour, who, by her beauty, wit and cleverness, secured the affection and allegiance of Louis, was not from any virtuous scruples on the part of the nobility, but was simply owing to the fact that she was not of noble birth. That the distinc tion of being the King's mistress, should be bestowed upon a daughter of the"ieonle ex- cited the rage and wrath of the haughty grana aames ot tne court circle, nat sue soon showed herself to be possessed of such tact and intelligence as to make it clear to most people that she wielded the scepter of France and that to insure court favors and secure high places her friendship was to be sought and her good offices secured. The Queen objected to her being (made a dame .f 4k. . ! .... 41. ...... f 1. 1. 1ik1i but Louis bestowed upon her the title and estates of a duchess. HEB DESCRIPTION OF THE KTNCk In her memoirs she describes the King as "humane, mild; affable, compassionate, just, desirous of doing good, and the declared enemy of all that does not bear the char acter of honor and probity." But she savs little of his weakness, his melancholy dis position, his incapacity as a ruler. He had a taste for huntingj for amateur cookery and working tapestry in cross stitch, but none for affairs of state. These he left to Madame de Pompadour. She filled the chief posi tions in the army and appointed the highest officers in the State. In making these ap pointments she aimed chiefly at capacity and fitness, -and did not base these, as did Madame de Maintenon, mainly on a regular attendance at church and the saying of many prayers. But she records of the nobility of France 'Thejr spend their lives In Indolence and dissipation. Politics is as much unknown to them as finance and economy. Those who have ambition enougji to push them selves into the ministry have no other merit than that of intrigue and caballing. In vain have I sought for Colberts or Louvolses. The age of able ministers in Francois over. The branches of the administration must be intrusted to those who are only versed in the science of plundering the State since there are no other." GOOD THETOS SHE DID. Iiordswas too weak in mind and too lazy to apply himself to or take any Interest in tne auairs ot government, save as related to him in an interesting and piquant style by Madame de Pompadour. In addition to en tertaining him and preserving him from ennui, she presided at the Cabinet meetings of the Ministers, and received the foreign Ambassadors and gave ear to the complaints of the people. She was the patron of science and philosophy. She gave encouragement to all improvements and developed the man ufactures which give prestige to her name to-day notably the porcelains of Sevres designs for which she modeled and painted herself. She established hospitals and schools, and had ever a warm side for men of letters, of science and of art. In the fragment of her "Memoirs em balmed in this Annual Register Madame de Pompadour does not dwell upon her servi ces to the State, but defends herself from the accusations of being the 'author of the misfortunes of France during her hold of, power. The French nobility, she writes had no genius for war. There was no mili tary school until she established one and they became Colonels and Generals . before they knew how to be soldiers. "I never," she says, "placed a Minister, or gave a com mand in the armies to any person without a certain conviction of his talents and merits." That she had poor material to select from was the weakness of France. Although the Solic law prohibited women from occupy ing the throne of France the history of that country shows they can do it. law or no law. when they make up their minds to rule and have requisite ability, as hod Madame de Pompadour. THE BO ADS OF ENGLAND. "When wo read in these "Chronicles' that the King of England at almost every ses sion of Parliament was signing bills for the improvement of tho roods, it is not surpris ing that the highways of the United King dom are remarkable for their excellence and durability. It would have been vastly to the interest of this country if the fore fathers had given a little of the same at tention to the improvement of the roa Is in America that was manifested by George TTT. and his successor. Pittsburg, as a town of four squares, was laid out two years before this Annual Begister of 1766 was published, and a few log houses were erected, but with all Its growth and improvements, with all its boasted advances in trade and com merce, the roads around about it are as deep with mud in the winter as when Brad dock with his army was defeated and when Washington described it as "a town of 29 loghouses." The last pages of the Begister are de voted to an account of the books published' in that year, which list forms a striking contract to that of onr own times. Five books constitute the list, viz," "The His tory of Greenland," "Swift's Posthumous Letters," "A Discourse on the Antiquities of the Isle of Anglesey," "The Genius and Evidences of Christianity," and "The His torical Events of the Empire of Hindo- ?'" e?eo. "iii,-is wouia appear, J onH JS0.,Hn?i,5 'SvT w lcar of Wakefield," published I in that stan. If these were all, as would appear, year, was not mentioned, and why Hume. Johnson, Burke, Gibbon and other famous writers happened to be silent in that par ticular year. Bessie Bbauble. GOLD AND PAPER MONEY. T- A EemarkaDlo Statement from a Cashier About tho "Weight of Each. Hot long ago, says a bank cashier in the St. Louis Olobe-Democrat, I was overstocked with gold and had to cash a rather large check with it, much to the holder's chagrin. While he was grumbling about the weight, he said he would rather have theamount in 51 bills, because they wouldn't weigh one-tenth wliat the same amount in ?20 gold pieces would. I good-humoredly challenged his assertion, whereupon fhe retorted that the gold would weigh 20 rather than 10 times as much as the paper. Later on I was curious to ascertain whether it would really take anything like 400 or even 200 greenbacks to outweigh a f20 gold piece, and I was suprised to find that 50 "ones" bumped the scale hard ajainst gold coin worth just 20 of them. This story will, I think, be received with incredulity by anyone you repeat it to. but if you ever happen to have a roll with SO notes in it in one pocket, and a $20 gold piece in the other, you will admit its truth. There is an immense difference in the specifio gravity ot gold coins and their equivalent in SI bills, but the difference in J weight is comaiaUvelr trifling. WOMEN AND TTPPM. The Ebony fellows With Itching Palms Bo Not Like the Sex. TJMBEELLA HABITS UT AMEEICA. Entertainments .in Paris for the Benefltjsf the Young Mothers. ODDS USD ENDS FOB FAffi EEADEBS I W BlTTinr TOE TUB DISPATCB.l "My berth in a sleeping car going East from Chicago recently,J' says a woman, "chanced to be the end one near the porter's nook. In the night while we stopped at a station I heard the porter of our car chat ting with his confrere of the next, who had come in, probably, for the gossip. 'How's your coach to-night, pretty fall?' asked the visiting darkey. Tes, it's full enough such as they are,' replied our guardian; 'they're most all wimmin, though,' he went on in a tone of withering contempt, 'And I don t like a car load df wimmin.' " That's so,' assented his companion, they all want their berths made up at the same time, and it's "porter' here and 'porter there, till a felloi don't know how to wait on 'em all.' 'And you don't get anything for it either,' continued the other one, they don't ever want their boots blacked nor theirselves brushed,' he finished with a sig nificant chuckle. Not they,' cams the prompt reply. 'Why, when I was in a drawin' room coach Vye had wimmin ride all day long In a common car and just be fore they got to Hew York pay 25 cents to come in the parlor car so as to get off from that when their friends met them. Wimmin is very careful of their money sometimes,' summed up this dusky philosopher. Then the train started and I heard no more, but I confess," finished this woman, 'that I made a trifling service in the morning an excuse to give the porter $1, weakly hoping to establish myself in bis eyes." .A reaction has set in in favor of short jackets, and the days of the "Louis" coat are already numbered. The coming autumn coat will be two inches-below the hips, ac cording to the best authorities an announce ment that most women will regret. The long "Louis" coats arc handsome garments. becoming to nearly everyone, while these very abbreviated jackets need a trim and natty figure to wear them with good effect. At some of the handsome dinner parties of the summer scarfs, even covers of Hr, have been used, with, it would seem to many, most questionable effect. Napery fine as silk and with the sheen of satin, but of the color of unsullied snow, is always the handsomest cover to spread upon any board. At Mrs. Astors famous dinner parties the most exquisitely fine of damask cloths, more or less elaborately decorated with drawn work, are used over pink silk. A very handsome din ner given recently to San jFrancisco had the table covered with a pale green silk cloth and extending its entire length was an oblong bed of la France roses set in a border of maiden ferns. Hanging from the chandelier was a large ball of pink china asters, while the sideboards and man tel were banked with pink sweet peas and lilies. At another dinner a pink silk cloth was used with white flowers, smilax and ferns. Bead trimming not glass or jet, gOtor silver, but wooden bead trimming is an nounced for smart fall towns. A feature of this is the substitution for the popular sash, belt or corselet, of a single twist of tbe beads about the waist, with long strings of it tied loosely, rosary fashion at one side. An imported dress of gray had collar and rosary of gray and red beads, and slender scroll pattern on a panel of the skirt was worked out with them. A small, olose fitting capote or bonnet was shown to wear with the dress, made of'the beads and tiny gray ostrich tips. It Is well known that sea water-has a most beneficial effect upon the appearance of horses, imparting a satin gloss to the coat, a brightness to the eye and a generally re freshed appearance. It is no unusual thing at Cape May and various other seaside re sorts to see 'ostlers giving the animals in their charge their sea plunge as regularly as the most systematic bather on the beach takes his. Some Hew Yorkers summering in Europe send their stables to the seashore for a fortnight simply for the purpose of giving their thoroughbreds this course of tomo treatment.. Sea air, if not sea water, would appear to have a similar beautifying effect upon lawns, for nowhere does the grass seem to show suoh brilliant and dazzling green as In the stretches of turf around sea side villas. Yet salt in quantities will utterly destroy grass. It must be the air and slightly saline spray mingled with the undiluted sunshine which works the excellent result. At some of the beautnul JM ewport nomes tnis summer a very gay effect has been produced by ob long beds of low growing, bright colored flowers which look like an Eastern rug thrown across the turf. They are sown in a regular pattern of broken conventional lines, very much resembling the Daghestan Bokhara product, and azainst the back ground of the neutral tinted ocean stand out in the vivid green most pleasingly. A "beefsteak stew" can be made the chief dish of a simple dinner if desired, and is exceedingly hearty and palatable. Select a juicy top sirloin and cut it in neat pieces three or four inches square, sprinkling each with salt and pepper. Pat some good drip pings in the frying pan, and when hot, slice into it Or small onion and a couple of tomatoes; fry them a minute or two, then lay in the steak and fry all together for about five minutes; remove the steak, onion and tomatoes, strain and skim the fat off the drippings, add a little boilingwater, pepper and salt to taste and a little w oroestershire sauce, put the steak with onion and tomato 1MCtf DELICIOUS flavoring ARE Unequaled in Unequaled in Strength. Unequaled in. Economy. Unequaled in Havor. PRICE FLAVORING EXTRACT CO back Into the pan, pour tho gTary orer It and simmer for half an hour. Fresh pears sliced and sprinkled lightly with powdered sugar are a delicious break fast cQsh, served with whipped cream. The man who carries his umbrella under his arm in that wi.y," said a woman, the other day, dodging one protruding from under the arm of a person in front of her as she climbed the stairs to an elevated station, "ought to take a tour abroad. He would get short shrift in London or Paris or in al most any of the Continental cities. Tho natives don't do it, and the American, when he attempts it over there, is treated to an ob ject lesson that once or twice repeated cures him. I once saw an angry Englishman, after being prodded by an umbrella which was be ing carried like a double-acting battering ram, seize the stick, wrench it from its place, and, presenting it in the proper posi tion to its surprised owner, give him with his property an indignant and emphatic opinion upon his method." Bibbons as bretelles and sashes have been much used this season. A pretty muslin gown had a novel belt arrangement Four inch ribbon was passed around the waist inree times, tne top and bottom rows pointed to fit the figure with girdle effect, the ends being tied in a fiat bow at the left side and pinned down with fancy pins. A novelty In art materials for this tutaa are the beautiful" dyed linens which are being shown at the art shops. In lieu of the tones of gray and fawn with which we arefamilar, rich hnes rivaling the "blue and purple and scarlet" of the sacred hang ingSa of the old Hebrews are seen. The fabric itself in its new guise is sufficiently heavy to take good folds as it hangs and is likely to contest with art serge for the place ot favorite. Mrs. Van Benssaeler Cruger (Julien Gor don), the brilliant author of the "400," shows in her bearing and manner the haughty dignity with which she clothes her grandes dames in print. She is very punc tilious and ceremonious in the arrange ments of her household and in her attitude toward society. Her servants are models of respectful docility, her men are kept al ways in full livery, and an air of almost State formality is preserved in the details of the establishment. Mrs. Cruger enter tains a great deal and has a liking for send ing out invitations weeks in advance. Cards for a handsome dinnerwhich she gave in Easter week last spring were fluttering among the favored before Ash Wednesday. It may be added that Mrs. Cruger is a very successful dresser, her toilets being striking and original, always stopping short of the bizarre, however. She herself would never indulge in thn vagary of a black velvet tea gown on a July morning, as she permits one of her heroines. , This season has been a peculiarly trying one to the summer girl as it has been so pronouncedly a white onor The fashion for wearing white has amounted to a rage, and at the seashore and in the mountains, in villas, boarding houses and hotels, white gowns have prevailed, with white parasols, shoes and gloves as accessories. Against these spotless toilets black has been some what used in embroidery, alternating with gold and silver, but for the most part un.-e-eved white Is the rule a fad which Is both expensive and to many girls very un becoming. In a search for novelty, some entertain ments have been given recently in Paris called "balls for young mothers." The in vitations include only such as have aright to this title, with, of course, attendant cavaliers, and the cotillon favors are chil dren's toys. The next day the young matron pays her visit of reconnaissance, ac companied by her child. Mabqabet H. "Welch. AEBIAL HAVIQATIOS SOLVED. A'lttwTork Broker TJses Pigeons ulSa Been Very Successful. Z have solved the problem of aerial navi gation, says Broker Alfred Cordova, of Hew York, In the Si. Louis Globe-Zhmocrat. I use pigeons to obtain my motive powtr, and call my line the Cordova Aerial Mes senger Company. I do not do any pauen fer traffic as yet, and probably never will. use my pigeons, which are very well trained, to carry messages between my office in Wall street and stock farm at Cheetolah, H. J. I can stay at home if I want, and receive reliable reports direct from my office much sooner than the tsle- grapn would bring tnem. 1 nave found that the birds are jusc as reliable as any ether means of communication, and advices in tended for me do not fall into the wrong nanas. Besides, it Is interest1!!? to stndr the birds and time their trios to and from tha office and the form. I have never lost y uiru, aiiuougu bwu or mrec utb waaaereu away and become missing for a time. Only last week one of my carriers was taken ill on its flight and sought refuge in a farmer's yard some miles .from my place. The latter discovered and returned it. The wings of all my birds wear this stamp: "OordovaJ Aerial Messenger Company, limited." BHE FLU23 UP OH SPZIHta. Qnaea Victoria Has Meohiumal AM ' Ins and Bowing to He Peopl. St.-Loal Globe-Democrat. For many years Queen Victoria barbael mechanical device to assist her to rise SK be carriage and bow in response to the cheers of the people. A publlo procession is, for her, a serious matter, as the cheering is al most continuous and she is forced in tome way to respond or lose her reputation fur politeness. The device is under the seat of her carriage, and consists of an arrangement of very strong springs. ' They are held down by some contrivasvee for the purpose until she wishes to rise,, when she touches a key, and at oace.th springs are released, and flying upward force her into a half-standing position and support her there. In this way she is re lieved of the labor of rising 20 times every quarter of an hour,a task which, to a woman . of her age and weight, would be veryvarda-,, ous. --. Purity. ctsl xtra vBHsf-"H VrBS w v juujsn-r- jfs-s-sai -J i $&& jfjMt i " 4 ay ' " -&K3 4 -, ;V-$ J'teuflliHi'