I NEW YORK FASHIONS.
If Designs For Costumes That Have Be
ll come Popular in the Metropolis.
NEW YOHK CITT (Special).—Pink
dimity is here prettily united with fine
lawn, tucking and lace insertion, the
trimming being ruches of the mate
rial, edged with Valenciennes lace. A
GIRLS' YOKE TRESS.
sash of pink taffeta ribbon is daintly
bowed in back. The full waist is sim
ply gathered top and bottom, and ar
ranged over fitted linings. The waist
may be made without lining and fin
ished with a low, round neck, the lin
ing and sleeves being used separately
as a guimpe. The closing is made in
centre back, and the neck is completed
with a standing collar. The one seam
sleeves are gathered at the upper and
lower edges, the wrists being finished
with bands of insertion edged with a
WAIST OF A POPULAR TVFE.
tiny frill of lace. The frill around
skirt is deeply hemstitched at the
foot, the to,» being gathered and sewed
to the lower edge of waist.
While suitable for all thin wash fa
brics with dainty yokes and sleeves of
tucking or embroidery, this stylish
little dress may also be of cashmere,
veiling, camel's hair and all soft wool,
silk or mixed fabrics. The yoke may
be of any suitable contrasting mate
rials, such as velvet, silk, corded or
tucked taffeta, or "all over" lace. If
made all of one material the yoke,
wrist bands aud collar may be attrac
tively trimmed with ribbon, braid,
gimp or irregular insertion.
To make this dress lor a girl eight
years of age will require two and one
quarter yards of thirty-six-inch mate
rial.
The Advanced Shirt Waist.
The shirt waist is an institution that
has come to stay. It has its subscrib
ers in the homes of the poor and the
mansions of the rich. Its praises are
sung by the women who have cents
and by the women who have dollars.
The popularity of the convenient arti
cle of dress places it on a pinnacle
from which it will take lots of time to
drag it, if it ever comes down at all.
The shirt waist belongs to no class,
to no clime, so far as America is con
cerned. It has covered the upper of
the Southern as well as that of the
Northern woman, and that of the
Western as well as that of the Eastern
woman.
Four dozen is a very ordinary nnm
bertoownaud the collection posse j sed
by some reads like the extraordinary
number of toilets listed in the royal
wardrobes.
There are bound to be at least two
thirds of the lot that are white. That
goes without saying this year. There
is a pink and white gingham fine as
gossamer, a pale blue, a medium blue,
a deep blue with a round yoke of em
broidery. There are at least two ecrus
with embroideries to lighten them and
lavender ones, and white ones these
in silk, and solid grounds with nar
row stripes and broad and narrow
stripes alternating. The bewildering
variety of designs in th > white ones
almost takes even the owner's breath
away as she views them for the first
time buried in tissue papers of deli
cate tints. The most advanced of
these, like the one shown in the large
engraving, has all-over embroidery
for the fabr-'c, with stripes meeting in
points all the way down front and
back. It is stunning and dashy, and
it is hard pushed by the lovely nain
sook one with the short yoke of em
broidery and lace running down into
the top of the sleeve. The finish of
the bottom of the sleeve of this one
is unique too, with its long pointed
cuff falling over Ihe hand and making
no end of a becoming flap to the very
knuckles.
For the white waists there are at
least three ties for each, wide, long,
soft affairs to wind around the throat
and tie in a short bow with long float
ing ends. For the silk waists the
neckwear is white or rose color, blue
or violet in chiffons or gauzes, with
ends finished with crimped chiffon, or
having striking i>atterns in rich iace
appliqued on.
Hat* Joyful to Look Upon.
Tulle hats are airy, fairy nothings,
joyful to look upon. Iridescent ef
fects in these diaphanous materials
are delightful. Combine pale blue,
Nile green, pink and lavender, with
butterflies for trimmings. Spangles
should not be used, as their brilliancy
would ruin the effect.
Earrins:* to Reappear.
It comes from very good authority
that earrings are to reappear, not the
simple solitaire or plain unobtrusive
form of eardrops alone, but pendant
ornaments, such as Queen Victoria
wore in her early years, and at. times
still uses.
Jacket For Autumn.
Fawn-colored vicuna made this
stylish autumn jacket, the lower out
line of which is characterized by the
graceful dip fronts so popular last
season. The fronts lap slightly in
reefer style and close with a double
row of flat round-shaped crystal but
tons. Machine stitching finishes the
edges in strict tailor style. The box
fronts may be fitted with single bust
darts, if so preferred. Under arm
and side back gores with a curving
centre seam in back contribute the
trim adjustment, coat laps and flatly
pressed plaits being arranged at the
termination of the back seams. The
fronts reverse at the tops and form
pointed lapels that meet the }ng
collar in notches. Pockets in
serted in the frouts, over which laps
are stitched to conceal the openings.
The fashionable sleeves are correctly
shaped with upper and under por
tions, the fulness of the upper being
taken up in four -Hort darts or dis-
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MISSES' KEEFER JACKET.
posed in gathers, if so preferred. A
double row of stitching at cuff depth
finishes the wrists. This jacket may
form part of a suit of cheviot, serge,
broad, Venetian or covert cloth, or in
light or dark shades be worn with
separate skirts. Braid or strapped
seams can be effectively used in its
completion, and a silk lining will pro
vide a dainty inside finish. To make
this jacket for a miss of fourteen
years will require one and one-half
yards of material fifty-four inches
wide.
A FILIPINO ROMANCE,
Troubles of the Cortes Family, Gentlefolk
of Manila.
Tbe story of tbe troubles of the
Cortez family, Filipino gentlefolk of
Manila, is not without its romantic
features. Don Maximo and Don
Angel Cortez have just returned to
Hongkong from Washington, happy
in the belief that they are at the be
ginning of the end of those troubles,
President MeKinley having ordered
the restoration of all their property in
the Philippines confiscated by the
Spanish authorities just before the
commencement of the war. The prop
erty involved is close on $1,500,000
in value.
When Aguinaldo rebelled in 1896
Gen. Weyler was recalled from tbe
Philippines and Gen. Primo de Rivera
took his place. Weyler's policy in the
Philippines had been much on the
same line as his subsequent policy in
Cuba. Rivera adopted no such tactics,
preferring rather to approach tie in
surgents with gold in his hands, and,
as is well known, he succeeded in
buying them off. At the same time
he took care to impose fines upon a
large number of wealthy Filipinos,
alleging that they had aided or sym
pathized with the insurgents. Among
tuose made to pay large sums were
the Cortez fuinily, which was the
wealthiest in the Philippines. Not
only was its property confiscated, but
the property of Don Maximo's wife,
against whom no charge was made, was
taken.
Subsequently, after the departure
of Aguinaldo with his b ibe money,
Rivera offered to return all this prop
erty if the Cortez family would pay
$150,000 into his hand. Inasmuch as
the Spanish government had already
ordered the return of the property, the
decree having been published in the
Government Gazette, Rivera's sug
gestion was declined, and in conse
quence the family was forced to leave
the country and go and reside in Hong
kong. On the outbreak of war be
tween Spain and America the Cortez
family gave Aguinaldo $10,003 on the
understanding that he would goto
Manila and fight for annexation to
the United States, and not for inde
pendence. Tbe money was handed to
him in the presence of the United
States consul-general at Hongkong, so
that if ever at a later date it should
be said that tbey had backed Aguin
aldo with money to light tbe United
States they would be in u position to
convince the American government
that there was no truth in tbe story.
That the precaution was a wise one
and that tbey correctly gauged Agnin
aldo's character eveuts proved. Im
mediately on the declaration of war
the Cortez family went to the United
States cousulate and formally ten
dered their allegiance to tbe United
States; at tbe fall of Manila they
placed their palaces at tbe absolute
disposal of General Merritt, and tbey
have been made use of as residences,
no rent being paid, ever since. Gen
eral Merritt recognized their conduct
by doing all be could to secure for
them their just rights.
When it was known that Aguinaldo
had botruye.l bis trust and gone back
on the promise he had made to the
American consul at Hongkong the
Cortez family refused to have anything
more to do with him, and in conse
quence brought upon itself the enmity
of tbe Filipino junta at Hongkong,
which treatened to murder them if
they went to Manila. In fact, an
uncle of Don Maximo, an attorney in
Manila, disappeared some time after
ward and has never beeu heard of
since, although the American military
authorities' have done everything in
their power to obtain some clew as tc
his whereabouts.
Realizing that it was impossible foi
them to do anything in Hongkong,
they went to Washington and were
kindly re -eived by the president, tbe
secretory of state and the leading sen
ators. Their case having been ably
put forward, an order restoring to
them their property was issued. The
family will remain in Hongkong until
it is safe for them togo to Manila.
They are the only family of Filipinos
of any consequence who have re
mained trua to their early promises
and to their oaths of allegiance.
ltoll (iiiidrd Her to Safety.
A pathetic story is told of a bell in
one of the chinches at Ladenburg,
Germany. A long time ago, about A.
D., 1513, a young lady of the noble
family of Sickingen was returning
home to Ladenburg from a visit to a
neighboring village. An unexpected
snowstorm brought on darkness be
fore she coulil reach the town. At
that period there were still remains ol
forest in the wide surrounding plain.
The mantle of snow soon obliterated
the roads. In this condition of things,
tbe young lady soon lost her way, and
wandered helplessly about in the dark
wint y night. In her distress of be
wildermeut and despondency, she
prayed ardently to heaven for deliver
ance. When hope had well-nigh died
iu her bosom, she heard the peal of a
bell. She hastened in the direction
of the sound, and as the bell contin
ued to sound, she still followed, t 11 at
length she found herself under the
wall of Ladenburg. In grateful com
memoration of this deliverance, the
knight Hans von Sickingen founded
a charity of 600 bushels of wheat tc
be distributed every year among the
poor of the town, with the additional
stipulation that forever after a bell
should sound from that church tower
at the same hour of the night that
brought rielirerauceto the young girl.
—New York Times.
The Utility of Fly Screen*.
"Our doors and windows have
screens so wo sit out in the porch in
comfort."
"How's that?"
"The flies all stay on the screens,
trvinsr to eet in."
THE OLD CORDED BEDSTEAD.
Boine Recollection. Alio of the Straw Betf
and Feather Bed That Went Willi It.
A correspondent of the New Yori
Sun writes entertainingly as follows
I'm wondering if there's any such
thing in use nowadays as a corded
bedstead. They used to have them
when I was a boy—bedsteads that
were corded with a rope running back
and forth lengthwise and back and
forth crosswise filling the open space
between the sidepieces and the head
board and endboard with what was
practically very wide-meshed netting
of cord running at angles, upon
which the beds were laid; a straw bed
first and on top of that a feather bed.
There were ropes made for this use
and sold in the stores under the name
of bedcords; you could buy a bedcord,
just as you could buy a clothesline.
In some bedsteads the bedcord was
run through holes in tbe sidepieces of
the bed and in some it was turned
around stout pegs at intervals in the
top of these parts, the pegs being
made rounding out a little at the top,
like a pinhead, so that the cord
couldn't slip off. The bedcord was
stout and of good material, but in use
it would stretch some, so that the bed
would come to sag more or less in the
middle; then we used to tighten the
cord up with a bed wrench.
In the course of time the straw in
the straw bed would become broken
and ground up iuto little bits. Then
we used to take the straw bed down
in the yard and empty it—it seems
sort of funny to think of "emptying"
a bed, bnt that's what we used to do
with the straw beds—and we'd burn
that refuse and buy of the grocer 'a
bundle or two of straw, according to
the size of the bed and the size of the
bundles, these bundles being great
sheafs of clean, handsome straw tied
around the middle with a band of
straw, jnst like you see sheafs of
wheat in pictures. We used to open
the bundles and put the straw in the
bedsack and spread it around so that
it would be even and of uniform thick
ness, and then sew up the sack aznin.
In the course of time the slatted
bedstead came into common use, and
what a tremendous improvement it
was! Tbe cords used to break, and
instead of getting a new one right
away we'd tie knots in 'em, and maybe
a lfnot would come just so, with the
stretching of the rope, as to come to
a hole or a peg, so that we couldn't
draw the rope quite tight; or maybe
tbe rope finally, with repeated bieak
ings and knottings, got so short that
we had to skip a mesh or two, leaving
an extra large space for tbe straw bed
to sink into. With a good bedcord ill
perfect order and kept well set up the
corded bedstead was all right, but it
wasn't always kept lip iu that way.
And the bedslats not only gave more
uniform and stable support to the bed,
but they were far less trouble in every
way: you didn't have to bnv new slats
every now and then, nor did you have
to devote more or less time to setting
them up. 1 don't know of auy house
hold improvement of greater value
than the substitution of tbe slatted for
tbo corded bedstead.
And beside the slats wo have had
nil manner of springs, cheap as well
as costly. We have nowadays mat
tresses of many materials, to say
nothing of those of no material at all,
stuffed, so to speak, with air. I don't
see any more standing in front of the
grocery store, bundles of straw as
samples, to show that they have straw
in the barn. I suppose there are
mighty few people, iu these parts at
least, who sleep on straw beds. I
reckon that in remote parts there are
still people who sleep on feather beds,
and maybe they have straw beds un
der them, quite iu the old way, but as
for myself, I have not seen a straw
bed nor a feather bed these many,
many years.
Verily, have we departed from the
ways of our fathers, and with all le
spect aud reverence for the old ways,
the new ways are vastly better.
Cotiraceoitft Parent Mice.
A woman residing in the West End
had a remarkable experience with
fourteen baby mice.
She went into the cellar to a secluded
corner, where no one had beeii for
some time, in search of an ice-cream
freezer. She found it and inside was
a nest containing fourteen mice. One
good-sized mouse was in with them,
and, although frightened, would not
leave the little ones. An old piece of
tape reached from the top and down
to the ground. Mrs. B. went npsta'rs
to look IV* some of the boys to help
her take them out, but none of them
wes home, and so she mustered up
courage acd determined togo down
herself aud turn them out. When
she reached the freezer the light of
the lamp she held iu her hand shone
directly ou it, and she saw two big
mice, each carrying a baby mouse.
One was coming up on the inside and
tbe other going down ou the outside.
She was held spellbound at the curi
ous sight, aud did not offer to disturb
them. She watched until every one
of the fourteen babies had beeu carried
to a place of safety.
She says that she never knew that
mice ha.l such courage before, but
they knew they we e discovered and
that there was but one way out of
it. Mrs. B. had a large mouse trap
on the other side of the cellar, and so
touched was she by the scene she bad
just witnessed that she took the trap
upstairs and threw it into the fire.
Albany Times-Union.
British ltoy of Bulk.
At Dearbam, near Maryport, th«
winner of the belt awarded for wrest
ling by youths under 16 by the North
ern Counties Wrestling Association
was J. Tunstall of Great Broughton,
who is only 12 years of age, stands
over six feet iu height, and weighs
about 12 stone (168 pounds).—Birm
ingham Post.
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Holding a Seat In Arkansas.
Here is a new way of holding your
seat on a train when you have occa
sion to leave it. The other morning
a traveling man of this city got on the
train and was walking through look
ing for a seat, when he discovered one
which to all appearances was unoccu
pied. He went to it, and imagine his
surprise when he saw a six-shooter
calmly resting on the cushion. He
passed on and found a seat in another
part of the car. He says that people
came in and started for that seat, but
as soon as they saw what it contained
marched on. Try it some time.—Ar
kansas City Traveler.
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coming numerous in France with the
increase of automobiles. Many of
these fires are due to inexperience, or,
for instance, in a recent case, where
the attendant foolishly tried to fill the
reservoir with petroleum without ex
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