r"3 ssssssss9sWsfUtsWsK S "" .,'rkB MrrsBUKGr" dispatch Sunday, , 'September- li; v 1892.- "??wjp!wsi , -'swt NOT PRETTY AT ALL A Close Inspection of the Eng lish "Woman Reveals One Point of Beauty AKD THAT IS HER YOICE. Clean and Wholesome-Looking, but Slngsish and Graceless. THOUGHTFUL OF HER DKPORTMEKT 3he Fur Department the Most Attraciire In the London Shops. BTILES CEETAIXLI KOT COMMENDABLE fCOERESrOXDEXCI OF TOT DISPATCH. London", Sept. 2. Someone has said it a strange fact that Americas women never look English; that at their best they ap pear Parisian and at their w orst, Spanish or VTest Indian. Let us hope that this "strange fact" is a correct diagnosis of onr style. I don't know how a Spanish or "West Indian woman appears outside of a picture, and I hare as yet only seen imported French women, but I am quite sure I would prefer to look like either type than look English. My dear friend Cornica says she would rather be an old v oman in America than a young En glish woman, and I must say: "Them's my sentiments, tew." Well, there is nothing like being self satisfied since there is no one else with whom one must spend so much time, and neither Cornica nor I are longer young, nor pretty, alas! Neither could we be reck oned "smart" according to the English translation ot the word, nor yet clever after the American idea, but I am sure you will believe wc must be very sensible first to realize and nezt to admit these sorry tacts. Comparisons Am Pleasing: Tnls Tlmv But the point to which this admission leads is this: Being nothing to brag of in onr own country, so lull of beautiful and charming women, over here we lose noth ing by comparison with English women. (Inferences upon this point furnished if necessary). I have no intention of playing Kudyard Kipling, and have not the ambi tion to get back at that gifted critic for his caustic comments upon American women, their lack of style, uncouth manners and loose morals, and I believe it is pretty well known that I am a woman's woman, prefer ring always to say the best I know of women wlierever found. But judging by their appearance on the street, in shops, at the theater and at church, I must in all honesty say the job lot leit in town at this season are the home liest, dowdiest, most loose-jointed and graceless nomen imaginable in a great city liKe London. They really look like women who never had known the advantages of a life in town. "White faces they certainly I'ave, and the red wine of health paints their cheeks, but the white is of the bread and butter variety and the red, so vivid as to suggest tne rouge-pot. Their complexions have not the same dainty transparency and delicate coloring that those of the Irish beauty have; no more have their eyes alike brightness nor their mouths a comparable sweetnese of expression, Month or an English Woman. Indeed, this last feature is the English women' worst. Their mouths are abnor mally large, of every shape except the per fect, And look as if the v stood open all night long. Wholesome looking women they are most certainly. They haTe not been over rated in this regard. They look equal to the physical endurance with which they lnne been proverbially credited, but, oh, it is such a sluggish wholesomeness! There is no sparkle, no tprightliness, no litbeness of figure, no supple grace, none of that gentler craft which is a woman's heritage. All of these womanly attributes the cultivated Irish woman has and yet is stronger than her English sister. Tne English woman is of heavy mold. She eems built to outlive the most ardent aflection that could be bersfor the winning. One realizes she has bone ior her founda tion, and not wire, and while she could not dance so gracefully as you could, in a walk ing match she would be "out of sight." But you would not want to walk like her reallv nu would not There is no poetry of motion in her movements she is slip- last fall in America. This cape was mads to her order. h pin7 the nelt before it was cut. it was lined with silk-backed j satin, and finished in a very superior way in every detail. The lur season lasts all the year around here. Such a thing as storing furs for the summer weather is unknown. "While the women will get into white and all pretty light clothes yet they are seldom seen with out a wrap on their arm if it is not on the back, and this wrap is commonly fur in congruous enough yon will say. Htw Fricra Compare Tvlih Oars. Nearly everything priced In the drygoodi line is just a little cheaper than at home. Special bargains are offered in silk or woolen hosierv and underwear, but the gloves are a delusion and a snare. "We hope for better things inithis line when we reach Paris. Ithink I said nearly everything was cheaper here than at home, but the one thing we most wanted was not, and that was a readv-made dress. "We had plumed our selves for a real English town, one of the kind you read about "you know" and we not only (ailed to find the ideal gown, but failed to have tnonev enough to pay for anything that we could persuade ourselves would do 545 would buy only the plainest blue or gray worsted frock, with maybe a little gilt b'raid for trimming, which only cheapened the general effect Of course this gown like all others, was lined with silk; we were shown nothing with cotton lining. Bnt then, we only vMted stores whose sign bore the talismanic words "Costumer for Her Majesty, " or "Cnstumer for the Boyal family. ,( However, it by no means follows that we visited only the highest priced stores for that sign like the trail of the serpent is over alL In the language of the small boy. it made us "awful tired " One genius has a sign "Hatter to His Excellency, the Presi dent of the United States." Mabt Temple Bayard. AFTER THE OUTING. Hints for the Fair in Setting Up Home Establishments Again. WOEKJNG BACK TO THE ROUTINE, Bat j of the Moihr With the Great Asiatic 1 lague at Our Doors. LOKG SOLD CHAINS IX BTII.B NOW i BECEIVD MILLIONS OF STAMPS. Slrango Story of a Newspaper F.iko Circu lated About an English Lady. Chicago Tribune. The recent death of Miss Penelope Every, only daughter ot the late Sir Henry Every, of Eggington Hall, Derby, England, at the age of 84, recalls one ot tbe oddest mistakes that the press has ever been the means of circulating. About 1850 a paragraph went the round to the effect that a w ealthy and eccentric individual had announced his de termination to send his daughter to a nun nery unless she could collect in a given time an almost impossible number of can celed postage stamps. It happened that Miss Every was applied to by a friend who had interested herself in the case, and by some misunderstanding, a second paragraph was published associating Miss Every's name with the task of receiving collections of stamps toward the ransom. Immediately, Eggington Hall was inundated with English and foreign stamp, to the nnmber ot ud- ward ot two and a half millions. The an noyance caused by this queer invasion became so great that the Everys had to for ward a notice to the Times intimating the groundless nature of the prevailing impres sion, and earnestly requesting that no fur ther supplies might be dispatched. o perpetuate the event Miss Every exe cuted a clever picture representing the vast assemblage ot packets, netted wrappers, parcels, bags, boxes, cases, hampers, ana other receptacles used in the conveyance of the stamps, and of this curious sketch an en graving appeared in the Illustrated London Sous of the period. The letters which ac companied many of the consignments were bonnd p, and formed a portly volume, which may probably yet be seen in the family library. Miss Every spent the early part of her life at Eggington Hall," the happy and constant companion of her father", but after his death, in 1851, she went to reside at Millington. There she was fore most in all local charitable movements, and was always to be found in the homes of the sick and sorrowing, and for children, above all, Miss Every most delighted to work. lwarrrair tor thi dispatch. 1 Although the noons are still warm and only the early morning and late afternoon hours cool to wrap needing, still the short ening days are reminders of the waning season, and finished outings turn attention to fall renovations of the deserted and closed homes. A delight of the autumn is the open fire which many houses now have, even if they are steam or furnace heated besides. Everybody knows that the chim ney seats are the desirable ones when the sparks are flying np the chimney and the wood is cracking cheerfully, aud an ar rangement ot a sitting room fireplace in a particularly hospitable house, Bhows how the greatest number of these may be evolved. The cushions are low and are up holstered in red leather, the center being in a separate section to draw away when in use as a seat from the too ardent heat At other times itrests against the low fender. Linen "emergenoy cases" for traveling are made of gray linen bound with bine or red braid like a small brush or comb case. A one end is awide'pocket divided into three compartments, which hold respec tively an envelope of court plaster, a pack age of antiseptic cotton, and a flat card wound with fine linen twine. Above the pockt is a band of inch-wide silk elastic, the color of the binding stitched down at intervals to form five holdings for five one half ounce flat bottles with contents labeled knows of one or more families in her neighborhood who are entirely destitute of sanitary knowledge of any sort To such it wonld be a kindness amounting perhaps to-life-saving to urge the necessity of care and boiled water. It ii possible now to get such extremely .pretty rugs, even of large size, at rates within the most moderate purse, that house keeper can indulge their ambition lor rug covered floors almost without stint The smooth prayer rugs, worn to silken fineness by the slippered ieet of the Orientals, are still costly, and remain a prized object with iEARING THE TENUS. The American Girl Ib Fast Growing Into the Ideal Beanty. gPU&TMjO0TrggTM HER FOEM BECOMING MORE AMPLE, The Waist More Natural, the Feet Larger and the Hands Entailer. NOT ASHAMED TO EAT A EQUABE MEAL An Emergency Case. JtHfj u iff H-, . f-m i iii i ii - Novet Fire Place Arrangements. shod. lie Vole j Is to B e Admired. But you will think I am not going to leai e the English woman one tning to re deem her from hatefulness, but I am, for she has what ti e have not and which I am much a'raid we as a people never shall have, that most estimable charm a sweet low voice. "While the English woman's voice has not that winning, almost persuaie quality peculiar to the Irish voice, yet it is low and agreeable, not jar ring. And then she impresses one as being so pre-eminently respectable, and thought ful of her deportment, which should be quite cnoush to outweigh all short comings but is it? "Where did we get our exalted idea of English style, please? That a garment or costume came to us irom England has al wavs been enough to make it the rage, and really there have been some pretty things sent us with the English stamps! I ex pected to find these same styles in London as thick as gnats at summer sunset, but they are all out of town. "Everybody is out of town, you know." I have had that answer to every and any inquiry until my teeth are on edge and my ears ache. I am afraid to ask one more question for fear of the same answer with the inevitable "don't you know," in which event I "know" I should get the lockjaw, notwithstanding it is said no woman was ever so afflicted. The lie st Outfit for the TcurUt. V everybody is out of town who are the fnniltfinHe ftt npntril I Yt a, cimato nri ehnna and whose carriages jam Kensington andj Hyde Park and Botten Eon? Not all tour Ins, for they are recognized at once by what should henceforth be known as the tourist's uniform, the blue serge, plain skirt and blazer. Prom u knowledge corn of experi ence, I can say this uniform is a comforta ble and enduring outfit, uuaffected by weather on sea or land. But then one does hate to be mistaken for an orphan from an American institution, given a holiday tour for sweet charitv's sake, all on account of a gown which, like most ugly things, lasts lorever and a day. Every style that ever has been, or is, can be seen on the streets of London. One-half the women are ruu filed up iu furs to the top of their ears and the other half with necks and arms showing through the sheer fabric of their gowns. The majority of wraps worn are those abominable loose backed fnshts that were sent over for our inspection and ultimate rejection last spring. A man raid to me they looked to him as if they needed seams taken in them some where. I quite agree with him. In the Shops of Iondon.l Of course we have haunted the "Shops" there are no stores over here) and Eegent and Oxford streets have some fine shops that fully snstain their reputation, but their large stores are nothing with which to surprise Americans. Our greatest delight was in the fur stores which really are on a magnificent plan and offer inducements that pat to the test all one's moral courage. Certainly there is no other setting lor a woman's face so enhancing as lur and so Cornica indulged herself in a fine seal cape of verv stylish cut for which she paid just half the price we knew they brought THE PJTETJ2IA.TIC SULKY. It Kuni So Easll j That JSttad S Mar Still Bd the Queen of the Turt Here is a sketch of the pneumatic sulkv with which Nancy Hanks beat Maud S's record. Everybody concedes now that it is easier for both horse and driver, and many do not concede that Maud S is not Queen of the Turf. They think that if she had had a pneumatic " when she made her record the figures would have been so much lower that Nancy Hanks could not have equaled it Getting ' rid of the jolt makes it easier for the driver. The ball bearings and wide tire make it easier for the horse to draw. In these days of oictcies everyDoay Knows wliat tne nail bearing and the pneumatic tire are. The tire is an advantage to the horse because it will not cut into the dust or soft spots in the track. If the reader will ride a solid tire bicycle over a dusty road and then ride a pneumatic tire uheel over the same road he will appreciate why Nancy Hanks' record is looked upon with suspicion. In the illustration A. A. indicates the poiition of the ball bearings. B. B. is the backbone of the sulky; it is a hollow steel rod, thus combining strength with lightness. ICEBEHQS IN THE ALPS. Bare rhenomnon That Generally Occurs on the Ssa Coast. lewTork Sun. "When Lord Lonsdale returned from British America he excited some amuse ment by telling of the wonderful icebergs he had seen pouring over falls iu the rivers into one of the big lakes. It was thought icebergs never originated inland. It is a curious fact, however, that last summer there was in the Alps an interesting clacial phenomenon which may be compared with the caving of glaciers in the Arctic regions. In the valley of the Kaunserthal, about four miles from its junction with the Inn river, is the village of Nufels. The high road here crosses the side valley of the Nufler, which has its source in the great heap of rocky debris at the foot -of the Gall rut glacier. Of late j ears this glacier had receded, and a lake had been formed at its foot Gradually the lake, as its volume in- creaseu, ciieuaea under tlie glacier. Dur ing two cold summer months the lake re ceived but a small water supplv, and its surface sank until at last the e'nd of the glacier was actually hanging In the air above it On August 7 of last year the end of the glacier, a mass of ice estimated at 70,000 cubic ieet, broke off and fell into the lake, causing it to burst through the embank ment and rush down the valley, carrving with it great masses of mud and rock. Stealing a Tombstone. At Prairie Lea (Tex.) cemetery about a year, ago Mr. W. H. Thomas had a tomb stone erected over the grave of one of bis children. Several days since the sexton noticed that the stone had been removed, but Jie said nothing of it, thinking probably it had been taken awav tor repairs or to have some change made in it, but it is now learned that the sexton was mistaken. The stone has been, stolen. across the bottom ot each: Ammonia, witch hazel, camphor, glycerine, cologne. A loop of elastic cord on one flap attaches itself to a button on the opposite one when they are folded over the bottles, and the other ends are also folded and tied as in the usual traveling dressing case. Cooking by electricity is being demon strated in England, and is surely one of the probabilities of the near future. Fancy, too, the convenience of doing a big family ironing with a single electric "flat" that knows no variation or cessation of heat, which is an innovation not only promised but shown. It looks as if the niillenium of the housekeeper lies in the storage battery. A good rule ior embroiderers to remember in designing center cloths for the table is that they should follow its shape, square, oblong or round, as is the table. Black corduroy is announced as among the coming cloths for autumn tailor-made wear. A winter of fringes is also pre dicted. A good floor stain which is pertinent with the above paragraph is raw sienna ground in oil mixed with raw linseed oil and turpentine, in the proportion of three parts oil to one part turpentine; add a very little bronze green color ground in oiL The mixture should be rather thin, and after being thoroughly stirred allowed to stand over night Have the floor swept and wiped clean with a damp cloth. It the cracks are unusually wide they should be plugged with puttyj aud this it is follv to attempt one s selr. Any general utility I man, sucn as every nouseceeper is apt to know of, is equal to this work. Aline of paint should be put over the cracks before the putty is put on, as that holds it The stain should be rubbed in with a woolen cloth, keeping a clean cloth to wipe off surplus stain. One coat or rubbing may not be sufficient, and a second can be ap plied. "When well dried in, after a day or two apply a coat of varnish, which protects the wood, and the smooth surface is readily wiped free of dust Transition times are always more or less critical. The good of a summer outing is often seriously neutralized by the methods of workiug back to the winter routine. In particular should care be exercised in the case of delicate persons and children. To start a child off to school the morning after he reaches home from six weeks of roaming the open country with no thought of books or lessons, is almost crueL If he most be gin the first day of the term see that the home coming is accomplished a iew days earlier, giving the boy or girl a chance to get rewonted to familiar surroundings and take up by degrees the routine of home life again. If he dandles even after beginning school do not chide him for it An editor said recently: "It is understood in the office that a man is of not much account for a week after his return from his vacation." Give a child more than a week to get started and look for the good of his outing all winter. A word of caution to the boy's mother may not be amiss. "Whether she has spent her summer at home or in some country re treat the langnid days of July and August have seen a relaxation of her usual mode of life. There is a certain vitality in the first cool weather to wnich the system readily responds, but it is follv to tax this sudden buoyancy too severely. A touch of crisp ness in the mornings makes the ambitifts house-mother think of winter clothes and preparations for the cozy winter home and sbe is apt to spring at her mountain of work all at once, exhausting her energy and rapidly decimating her stock of reserve strength secured through the idleness of the summer. Take things slowly, my sister, and you will take them longer! The long gold opera chains of slender strand are coming into favor again, a direct reaction from the no chain of the pinned on watch, at present so much in evidence. the -rich; modern art, however, produces these floor mats in such beautiful likenesses of the mellow richness of the Eastern ones that they are as satisfactory in all respects save the one of tradition. "Wood floors, whether tbey are of polished hard wood or of other varieties stained, offer advantages of cleanliness and wholesomeness not to say nothing of artistic effect, that should be ap preciated. If, however, there is but one rug-covered floor in the house let that be the dining room. It is desirable to have this of hard wood that the dining table may not stand on a wool mat, whicBis peculiarly absorbent and disagreeably retentive of food odors, but if this is not possible have stained margins and a Kensington square that mar be taken up dailr and shaken tree of dust and crumbs. The satisfaction of eat ing in a room that is not redolent of a year's dinners hidden in carpet and draperies, which should always be washable ones, by the way, amply repays tbe slight additional trouble to accomplish it A pretty bedspread seen in a room where rose was the prevailing hue was made of coarse wide bobbinet trimmed with a loosely-gathered frill or valance of the same lace which had been darned in a conven tional pattern with coarse rose flax. The spread was lined with rose silesia, and was made long enough to pass under the pil lows, over which it was then brought and tueked under them again. At the place where the center of each pillow would come was worked in the rose flax in bold outline the monogram of the owner of the pretty room. Some authorities assert and seem to prove that a child's disposition is to some extent governed by his diet, citing a case of a little girl who -lived principally on meat, and whose really tigerish disposition was ascribed to that fact While not wholly admitting this, it is certain that whole some food reacts to produce a wholesome temperament ".t'onr. ana pie says an old doctor, "are as perncious as original sin," and the philosophy of this blunt way of putting it may well be considered. A suggestion for holding clothing In cramped quarters will bear repeating. It is that of wooden boxes mounted on wheels, which may thus be easily rolled under the bed. Leather handles attached to the side make them more readily managed and they may be nearly as long as the bed, thus affording much space. Margaret H. Welch. HOW TO TIE A EH0ESTBIHO. tYF The Trick Is Simple, bat "Very Few People Do It In the Proper Way. The really infallible way to tie a shoe string, says the New York Herald, is to tie an ordinary double bow knot Then before pulling it down tight turn loop No. 1 back and pass it through the opening once more. Pull the lopps out tight and you will have a knot which will stay by yon through the vicissi tudes of any ordin" ary day. Still an other knot for which untying if not undying con stancy is claimed is as follows: Make the first loop as usual, then pass string No. 2 over loop No. x and in stead of making the second loop right awav put string No. 2 clear through the open ing under loop No. 1, bring around again and make the second loop as usual. This may sound blind, but by taking the strings and following the directions point by point they can be easily understood, and a woman will be able to take her mind off the subject of her shoestrings and give it to the tariff question and other great prob lems of the times in which women are sure to be interested. 0Si "With cholera knocking at our gates, mothers will be more than usually mindful of the children's diet The plethora of fruit in September and October brings with it the danger of over-indulgence, and the necessity above all that it shall be in a fresh and ripe state before it is eaten at alL Some authorities recommend no raw fruit in cholera times because of the possibility in this way of introducing the dreaded bacillus into the system. It has been demonstrated that the cholera germ effects an entrance through the alimentary canal, and it is also accepted that the germ is de stroyed by a high temperature, so that the use of boiled water and cooked food, pro vided the vessels iu which it is cooked are clean, and all handling of food watched for the same condition practically secures an" Immunity from the disease. It is not alone the house mother's duty to watch these things in her own family; every inch one Walked Air.iy In Her Sleep. In Camden, N. J., 'the other night a po liceman saw on the street a woman attjred iu a wrapper with her hair hanging loosely down her back. She was walking slowly and when the officer approached her side he was astonished to hear her snoring, although her eyes were open. He addressed her in low tones, but he received no answer. He then crabbed her by the arm. This aroused her. "When she was found by the officer she was nearly two miles from her home. THINGS HAIST THE SAME. twairouf roa THK DISPATCH. They tiaint a nary one the same! For though they've got the oltime name, They don't slip down the way. yor know, Things did sum twenty year ago. There's buckwheat cakesl Grate Sezer'a ehost! I nseter think them bouz the most Delishus thtnes 1 ever et, When rr.other'd lmrry up 'n get A whole big plateful, crisp 'n brown, night erly, 'lore the rest wuz down, N hand mo tlio morlasses Jug, 'N tell mc, with a leetle hug, Ter clear jjie plato which was my rule 'S siieu I'd cut an' run for school. N ingin corn! my land! how goodl I'd (rive a penny ef I cud Jest sit a orly roastln year Ter taste like tliem I nseter clear From shucks n' silk, n' put ter roast Shaw! them there times they wuz the most Enjoyable I ever see. When wo went flshln', Thede 'n' me 'K built a Are ter roast our pike I 'X corn 'n taters 'u the like. N when it cum ter shortcake, well! I Jlst halnt eot tbe words ter tell , How good I uster think it wux, When mother done ez mothers does, 'N cut tlie biggest hunk fer mo Thnt wuz lior favrit uv the three, 'X klvcred up with cood. rich cream The grate red berries. It don't seem That berries now Iz big 'n sweet Ez them that once I useter eat They halnt a nary one the samel There's nothln' left but jest the name. 'N yot, 1 note m v yunsters feels Ez I did onco. Perbap Time steals 1 be taste away, 'n It may be That all's the same exoeptr me. AaBB YlEQIHli. CnXBZBTSOV. COBBKSrOlTOZXCI OT TBI DHrATClH.l New Yobk, Sept 10. Prince Poniatow ski remarked the other day In conversa tion that American girls seemed to him very artificial that they are "always pos ing." Now, this opinion. must be regarded not lightly, in as much as the author of it has been Newport's most conspicuous beau this 'season, ior whom all the unmarried young women of the smart coterie have set their paps. Certainly it is surprising to note such a view of Yankee maidens, who have hitherto maintained so marked a rep utation for naturalness of demeanor. In deed, this was judged to be their prime and distinctive charm, though the Prince of "Wales thought it carried too far when one of them dropped a piece of ice down tbe back of his neck. The American girl of a generation ago represented a distinct type physically. But her delicaoy of physique appears to have been lost, partly through the adoption of athletic habits in imitation of the English. The most famous ladies' tailor in this coun try told me yesterday that within ten years the average native born young woman of 20 has become one inch larger in bust measure and more than one inch bigger aronnd the hips, as shown by his measurements. The n-ct of Tennis Playing-. "Their figures are better developed alto gether," he said, "and they do not need nor use so much padding as formerly. I at tribute the increased measurement about the hips chiefly tq. tennis playing. Anier can young ladies have bigger waists than they used to have, but that is because it is no longer good form to lace much. Of course, the corset should compress the fig ure somewhat, but in tbe best society tight lacing is ruled against The practice must go, for the reason that it has been relegated to persons of inferior station. "What do I think of the figures of Amer ican girls? They are charming, of course But I will say frankly that there are no figures in the world equal to those of the English girls. They represent the perfec tion attained through generations of healthy living and good exercise. We em ploy English girls only in our show rooms, and their figures are the admiration of our customers. Prench women have well developed busts, but their legs are too thin. Thin legs are considered most correct in Prance. A ballet dancer once told me that American girls required less padding for the stage, as to their lower limbs, than those ot any other nation." Prettier Arms and Necks. A great Broadway manufacturer of cor sets said: "The American girl of to-day has more1 arms, neck and bust than formerly. Twenty years ago her arms were apt to be skinny, and the bones in her neck showed. To a certain extent these things are true now, so that it is often remarked that En glish young women have better necks and shoulders than those ot this country, though their faces are not so pretty. The present style of corsage makes the bust seem high and the waist as long as possible, the latter effect being heightened by making the cor set so as to repress and confine both bust and hips. One must commend the first point, which is an improvement on the old fashion requiring that -the bust should be low. A low bust is a mark of an Inferior physical type, as you may observe in many tribes of savages. In that respect it is like an over-long waist, which can never prop erly be considered beautiful. After awhile we shall see a revolution in the style, which will demand that the hips shall ap pear as high as possible, so as to give ap parent lentrth to the limbs and the most graceful effects of drapery. Look at the Greek statues and you will uuderstand what I mean." A manufacturer of ladies' shoes on Snane street said tnat women 'wore larger sizes than they used to. . ot Shimon" of Big Shoe. "It used to be the case that a woman would never acknowledge wearing a shoe bigger than a five," he declared. "Dealers were obliged to mark sevens and eights down to lower numbers else they could not sell them. Customers would say that they could get smaller sizes to .fit them at other shops and would go elsewhere. Now la ties' shoes are sold up to nine and the wearers are not ashamed of them. I don't think that the female foot has grown bigger, but that the development of common sense in dress has brought about the change. "With in the last hve years it has ceased to be the fashion for little girls to wear shoes with high heels. Most of the shoes made for them nowadays have no heels at all, and ladies are adopting the same fashion. Prench heels se;m to be rapidly going out "Women usually wear low shoes iu sum mer, though it is claimed that thev enlarge trie ankles. Vanity about the feet seems to have diminished of late years. Even the dandies no longer pinch their toes. Peet in different parts of the country vary so much in shape that different forms of lasts have to be used in manufacturing shoes lor various sections geographical. It is not blood, but climate that determines these matters. In Kentucky, where people have the smallest feet, the same rule appears to apply to animals, even the horses being remarkable for the smallness of their ex tremities." Women's Hands Are Sm iller. A manufacturer of gloves on Broadway made a very - unexpected statement. Said he: "American women wear smaller gloves than formerly. We have been compelled to notice the difference within the last few years. Ten years ago we sold very few gloves of sizes 5J and 6, but now a great part of our trade is in those sizes. The tendency is to plain gloves, and the fashions in them change verv little, whereas they used to alter constantly, often leavinr a big stock of unsalable goods on hand." A fashionable physician of celebrity was asked to account for the physical improve ment of the American girl. He said: "Physical culture is accountable for it all. On sunny afternoons, when I go driving in Central Park, I often see as many as 70 young girls playing tennis on one meadow. To me it is a delightful spectacle, because these are the mothers of the coming genera tion. "Womcn,walk nowadays and indulge in many athletic sports. It is no longer the fashion for young ladles to be delicate, and they do not chew slate pencils to give them what used to be considered a becom ing and interesting pallor. Unwholesome girls are not in demand for wives. The chief danger to be apprehended, in my no tion, lies in the faot that American lami lies are ceasing to produce offspring. Now a days parents who have one or two chil dren consider that they have contributed sufficiently to the population. There is every thing in 'breeding. Look at the wrestlers of Japan. They and their women have be longed to an exclusive caste for centuries, being obliged to Intermarry within it Con sequently, tbey tower head and shoulders above the ordinary people of their o wn race. N o H?auty In the Fonr Hundred. Anyone who goes out at all iu New York society can hardly fail to be struck with the marked absence.ior scarcity, of beauty in that exelusive circle which'is called the, 400. There are so few really pretty girls that you could almost count them on the fingers of one band. "Why should this be so? Luxnnous habits are doubtless ac countable for it Pampering in childhood, with plenty of candy and cake and limited opportunities for such health-giving exer cises as youngsters less highly born enjoy, is not conducive to the most perfect blos soming of womanhood. Nor arc balls, be ginning well along toward midnight, and late suppers calculated to keep the stomach and liver in good order. Without a first rate digestion and aproperinternal economy otherwue.beauty is not Besides, it has been truthfully remarked that wine-drinking in the smart set is shockingly prevalent among women, even with those who are unmarried and should be restrained from going beyond a sip or two of champagne. Here is a true story in point: A young girl of not more than 22, while on a yacht ing party one day last summer, took per ceptibly too much to drink. Everybody supposed that it was an unfortunate acci dent. But during the subsequent winter, ata ball given in a private house, a similar misadventure happened to her, her condi tion being such that two young men, who naa Deen on tne yacatlng party aforesaid, were obliged to hide her away upstairs, taking turns at guarding her, so that she should not escape and make an exhibition of herself. Of course, however, the story got around. Too Hnch Champagne Flows. There is champagne at dinner parties, champagne at balls, champagne on the lawn at ietes champetres always champagne, ac companied by other tempting drinkables, with which the young women are plied by beaux who have more than commonly taken more ot the same than was good for them. Any observant person who will take notice of the fashionable women on coaches at the races or on festive occasions at Newport will remark that they quite usually exhibit symptoms of having partaken too freely from the bottles that are kept continually popping. What wonder that young married women have frequently to powder their noses. Do women dress to please the men or to satisfy the criticism of other women? That is a much-mooted question, and probably it will never be decided. Presumably it is somewhat of both. General condemnation will not kill a fashion. Tbe men all laughed the "Grecian bend" to scorn, but the style ran its course. Thev made unlimited fun of the ugly masses of Zulu hair called "chig nons" which women fastened on their heads a while ago, but they held their own. Bustles, likewise, notwithstanding the ridi cule ot the comic papers, and similarly with the new fangled suspenders tor females. But, though men may make fun of women'a fashions in the abstract, they encourage them in the concrete. Is not every man par ticular and even anxious that his woman kind shall be dressed according to the fash ion? Stockings the Fair Ones Wear. A great manufacturer of women's stock ings told the writer that . these artioles of apparel were sold now in the same sizes as hitherto. "Without going further into the discussion of so delicate a subject tbe infer ence to be drawn may be left to the reader. It is stated, and probably with truth, that the average American girl of to-day is taller than 20 years ago; furthermore, that the girls of the Eastern States are bigger than those of the West, bo that one often sees them looking down upon their partners in the dance. After all there need be no hesi tation felt in speaking of the clothing for the nether female limbs, even though it were of garters, inasmuch as women are no longer ashamed of having legs. Do not the new-fashioned gowns exhibit them almost as plainly as if the wearers had on tights? There has been a revolution in thinking as to this point within the last generation, and grandmothers' nowadays vainly try to convince their granddaughters that they should always sit with their feet close together'on the floor, so as to convey an im pression that they are built solid from the ground up, like the ladles of Noah's family who come in toy arks. "When the fin-dc-siecle American girl sits down at the table, she eats a hearty meal, not being ashamed to have an appetite, like Lord Dundreary's young lady, who ate nothing to speak of in public and gorged herself in private. This is another matter in which ideas formerly accepted have been overthrown. If the Yankee young woman has grown one inch in bust measure in the loat ten years and over an inch around the hips, to what proportions will she have at tained a century hence, her feet becoming steadily more sensible in size and her hands smaller? , Rene Baciie. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS jr W THE LUEEST UNO LEADING MILLINERY IDDSfll WESlr, IL . Always redeem ing; our published promiaesTto the very letter, offering for sals tha highest class of merchan dise In all the va rious departments at much LOWEB - A PAliles PossiliiBS .&i jg pPTrttpa. Vidv.T -..wu.Ji iui; . else?) where, constantly Keeping these big stores crowded with thrifty, economical well pleased, znoneyj saving buyers. Nol dull trade here froio one year's end another. Actualities TDBNI&' 1)E COKNDEKi lwikn-riN tob the msrATCH.! Wen drlhin down de road in style, Dj mos' ob men hablern Dat w en dey reach a cornder sharp, Taint bca' ton quick ter turn. Dey cotter slack dey pace able, An' tck n rUht big sweep, Er lov may run 'sin sumpn' dat 'LI Ian,' 'em In a heap. Same way along dis road ob life, We meets wid sudden turns. An' don, ter slack dote go-carta np De men dat's wise dey larns, An' tnrnin' 'ronn' de cornden sharp, Dey bettor tok big sweep, Er dey miy i un 'gin .sumpn' dat 'IA lan 'em in a heap. I'se cum a right good ways, mysef, An' dls am my advice. Des' git long fas' wen yu kin see De road am straight an' nice, Hut wen vu reach a cornder sharp, Yu slack, an' tok big sweep, Erytt may run 'gin sumpn' dat 'III lan' yu in a heap. Aids VinoraiA Ccxbebtsoit. pffWCts yy delicious FtaYoriwi itrad NATURAL FRUIT FLAVORS. Of perfect purity. Of great strength. Economy in their use Flavor as delicately Yanllla" Lemon Orange Almond Rose etc 1 end dellclously as the fresh fruit. ITor sale by Geo. E. Stevenson & Co.. andaU first-lass grocers. The probabilities and possibilities attainable and unattainable by the sons of men, in their varied pilgrimages throughout this terrestrial ball, are often amusing, sometimes laughable, always Interesting! It's in the list of probabilities that every native bora male, of this free and enlightened land, can and may aspire to the high and honorable position of President of the biggest and greatest country the sun ever shone upon. Bat then possibility steps in and says, only one out of the many millions of voters can attain to that noble and exalted position. It's also very probable that a dozen young men may be after the same girt, each of them vielng with the other in their prodigality of money, buggy rides, ice cream, candies and so on ad libitum, but after all it's only possible for. one to acquire sole possession; the only satisfaction the other fellows can have is to get behind a fence and kick themselves for their unproductive lavishnessl It's also quite probable (and in this case, pardonable) that others may try to sell good goods as cheap as Danziger's. Possibility to the rescue agun, shouting in thunder tones: Stand back, let the crowds come forward! There's only one Danziger's, and theysell better goods for less money than anywhere else. It Has Been Moved, Seconded and Carried by Universal Acclamation That Our New Fall and Winter Wraps Have the Floor Now. In former years this most popular department has always been in the very front rank of public favor among the cash buying citizens of "Western Pennsylvania and surrounding States. "We intend retaining and maintaining this enviable position by the same old, simple, honest methods, "offering for your criticism aud inspection nothing but best of their kind in the various materials, newest styles, best make and fit; last, but not least, lower prices than elsewhere. Every Desirable Style of This Season's Con ception, the Different Patterns and Materials, Too, Come in Almost Endless Variety. New Watteau Plait Reefers, New Russian Reefers, New Fur-Trimmed Reefers, New Plain Reefers, all lengths, for short or tall, thin or stout; lengths run from 28 to 40 inches. Then our prices; well, it's just like this: -If we don't save you from $2 to $10 on every garment, why, then we won't expect your trade. We're also ready for the dear children with New Gretchens, New Reefers, and New Norfolk Jackets. Our Boys' Department is meeting with far past extraordinary success; still, there's small wonder, either, Boys' Suits and Pants being sold all day long and every day in the Week at about one-half usual prices. X Handkerchief Layout, and They're Regu-i. "lar Pocket Book Ticklers, You Bet. 300 dozen Ladies' very fine, Pare Linen, prettily and neatly Hemstitched 15c Hand kerchiefs ' Now 3 for 25a 100 dozen Ladies' Beautiful and .Richly Embroidered 25o Handkerchiefs have been cleared to Bell now for 15c each. 280 dozen Ladies' Extra and Treble Extra Fine Chastely Embroidered, nicely Hem ctltchrd and charmini?lv ScalloDed Edze 50c to SI Handkerchiefs Now for 2ia and 49c each. Gents' very fine Large Size 13c Handkerchiefs; COO dozen of them to sell Now 3 for 25a Mothers, in this go-aheadative best patronized department of its kind west of the mountains, you'll find the handsomest, most stylish, cutest, nattiest, prettiest, richest and by very long odds the bigsest stock ot Infants' and Children's "White and Colored Eich Silk Caps, also, without fear of contradiction, at prices very much lower thari. elsewhere. Elegancies in Children's Aprons, Ladies', Cheviot Skirts Regular Prize Bargains. A mott magnificently grand exposition of Children's fine, finer on up to very finest cambric, lawn and checked Nainsook Aprons, beautifully trimmed wlthdainty, handsome laces, elegant Hamburg and rich Swiss embroideries; they come in all sizes from 1 to 7. As usual, we'll save you monev; the prices'il vary Prom 21c. to 81.59 each. Several hundreds of very pretty plain and striped Cheviot and Seersucker 75c, SLOO and 81.25 Skirts to close Now for 59c, 69c and 74c each. Men's Furnishings and Ladies' Underwear. . High Price Tantalizers They Be. A lot ofSLOO fine Dress Shirts Now for 74c eaoh. 81.50 custom-made fine Dress Shirts, long and short bosom, Now for 99c each. 8Z00 better Shirts, with richly embroid ered bosom. Now for 5L21 each. Men's 75c merino Shirts or Drawers Now for 49c each. Men's 85c, 8L0O and 81.25 medium weight Underwear Now for 69c, 79c and 98c each. Men's 81.10, 81.25 and 5L50 Sanitary Wool Underwear Now. for 89c, 99o and 8L24 each. Men's 81.25, 5L50 and 81.85 camel's hair Underwear -.a . Now for 99c, 5L24 and 5L49 each. Boys' 75c and 81.00 Wai'ts, with patent belt, Now for 49c and 74c each. Ladles' extra good 75c merino Underwear, either with long or short sleeves, .- s Now for 49a each. Ladies' 50c heavy ribbed Vests or Pants Now for 39c each. Lidies' ?L25 and 82.00 pure silk Vests Now for 69c and 99c etch. An Exposition Of Fine Wall Papers and Mouldings open now and continues all the year. Come and see. Prices always moderate. Ie Triile & Go,, Sixth' and Wood St., PITTSBURG. S10M Basement Sluggers, Softer Snaps for You We've got an even thousand of real pretty half-dollar "Work Baskets to be distributed And if vou're after a good every-day use, all-around Tumblers for little money, 1,000 4c ones Now for 2c each. Or maybe you want a few nice Tooth Pick Holders; about 5,000 pretty 10c colored glass Then here's another very necessary article when laundrying, 5c bottles of Liquid Bluing , , ,wor ' You all want to keep your tinware, knives, forks, spoons, etc.. in a bright and beau tiful condition. Beit thing in the world for this purpose is Brooks Crystal bodp. "We'll sell you eight of these 5c cakes for 25a 1,000 extra heavy tin 50c Dish Pans, and all made in one piece at that, ' J ' Now for 24o each. There's also a most elegant lot of quarter-dollar beautifully decorated China Bowls Now for 14o each. 350 very handsomely and artistically decorated half-dollar China OysteKPlates We'll throw out a couple casks 25o Japanese, square China Plates, prettily decorated, ' JMow lor lie each. And we'll wind up with a phenomenal fizzer in Tea Kettles. We've, secured just one carload of Nos. 7, 8 and 9 Iron tea Kettles, enamel lined They're the very same kettles vou always pay 90c for, and what are wel eoineto sell them for? vou ask. Well, we never do anything by halves. A; B I R R Off they go now for 34c-each.i ALWAYS THE -CHEAPEST. SIXTH ST. -g AND PENN MB teMS - A- -, ''.
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