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THE VOICE THAT CALLED
rrjqHEn.rti in the clttb-
room had been tell
ing stories mill tin'
nvniIiillo stock of
narratives Laving
given nnt wo wore
cu-ting about for
inori'. "Yes." said
luy friend, t bo di
rector of ami part
Dor iu a noted ouciin
steamship lino. "I
)i ivo lm 1 nint ' a few r. ui.irkiilili! in
ri l.iits li it - ii to me in my tiny,
i cuilly wh. ii I wus sailing niie of
tin two ships belonging to the
1 1 ti-. an 1 in v inn tin r tin' (itlii r." willi
it ri t r -iiootivo smile n ho thought of
the extensive number of vessel 1
Cuiit ruled.
lint I think tho most Iryinp ex-IH-rn
nce I ever knew look place even
before then, when I was a youngster
t twenty mid very proud of bein.;
trusted with ii ship while still soyouritf.
"You ki.o, I was a clergyman's son
und iny family looked upon my detire
to folinw the seaas utter foolishness,
Imt after I had run away a dozen
times or so and been followed and
brought back just as many, my father
thought ho ini'ht as well let me have
my own way, mo he took me down to
.1jivcriool -'-? ,-.-f.
rly and iu the duo form to an old
frn.nl of Ins, who was tho head of h
p;rint nierchnnttiian linn riiiuun to
tho West Indies and buck. I was only
fourteen then and I believo tho idea
-wan that I should tiro of tho labor and
hardships of sen life and bo 'lad to beg
for homo aain ; when this happened I
viih of course to bo let e,o, for frieui'
hhiji's snke, and would bo started oil'
to c.ille in duo order ; a year or so
behind my proper time, but (.till not
irredeemably late. "
Tho old captain smiled nain utid a
twinkle brightened his eye as though
ho was very much amused internally,
but his voice was as dry as ever and
not the shadow of a smile transgressed
the club rule which prohibited a mem
ber from laughing at his own stories.
Home of tho listeners stirred n littlo
lazily as ho paused, and Wilson, w ho
was always tho leader, nodded to him
to continue.
"Well," ho complied, "I disap
pointed my father and enjoyed n sea
life so much that my captniu gave fine
accounts of mo and my father's friend
took a great liking to mo and ofteu
had mo to spend a week at ins home
nhen tho ship was iu port, And I fear
ing to bo lato iu joining her again, had
bhortened my home visit and was wait
ing for tho day of hturliti. His wife
xviih kind to me, too, an '. ho had a lit
tle dsughtcr, who but that's autiei
imtiug. "Tho years of ray apprenticeship
passed autl the proud moment when 1
received my papers as a 'master
manner' arrived. Then 1 was given a
ship, although my youth ma le this a
very unusual thing, and sent oil' to
the West Indies. Of course, I was
htipplied with all old lltld experienced
lir-t mute, nud it was probably duo as
much to his care and watchfulness as
to my own skill that tho voyage paused
itV without an accident or misehiineo
of any kind, but 1 was as proud as u
lieu with her first batch of chickens,
itud tho head of tho firm showed his
foutideuco iu my abilities in a manner
which came very near to losing him a
daughter.
"'Arthur, my boy,' ho said to mo
homo days before 1 sailed again, 'I'm
Koiug out with you. I'm k''5 to
take my wife and (laughter along, too;
wo all fancy tho trip, und it struck
mo that wo would go with you instead
of ou a passenger vessel. My wifo
Las Hindu tho trip ou a merchantman
many a timo when we were younger
nud my daughter is very anxious to
try it. You can let tho ladies have
tho 'wife's cabin,' can't you?"
"Iu those days every merchantman
uliip was supplied with a little cabin
for the use of tho eapt'uu s wife, al
though thoy stopped tho practice soon
after aul forbado the men to carry
their families with them. Of course,
I wus very willing to havo my friends
as passengers, Although I was a littlo
nervous at the thought of my cm
doyr being iu the fehip with mo and
having Li J sharp old eyes taking
notice of my every movement.
"Hut I need not hare been anxlons
on thin account, for the day before we
pailc.l tbo olil gentleman wan disabled
with an attack of gont and ho decided
that he must stay at home.
" 'But there in no good for the old
Imlr and my littlo girl to do to,' he
told me when I went to aj Rood br ;
tlioy ran go nloni? with yon, ami I
nhall insist upon this. Another trip
will make the aeaiion too late an J I
think tho Toynp;e will benefit thom. I
put them in your care and trust yon
with thorn.'
"So tua two ladies went out with
mo, the only women on board tho
fhi,i;id wo had hardly got out of the
channel beforo tho mothor tvai taken
nick.
"'it's queer for such an old sailor
as I,' hIio murmured faintly as I as
j nisted her down below, 'but I suppoao
I'm nut of practice.'
olio K"t enoiiirii rraetico in i iio
i mi.orie of Hoasickness that trip to last
i lm home time, poor thinrr, and in tho
I ni' an timo tin) daughter, who, whilo
j In r ni'ither slept, invariably catno up
i on ilt ok, rrtiowi.'il her olil irteTiIsTii
with mo. 1 bad not soon much of nor
for Homo yenre, since she ha I boon nt
cchind dnrin my brief visits at hor
homo, and wo found tho recalling of
old t intra 'delightful.
"Kvory niht, rvon after hor mother
lm I reoovj red partially, wo promen
ti led t Iio deck together nudotir friend-f-Ki
p urow n)nco, Ouo night, when
the older In Iv was btdow, stilTcnn
I with a hea liieho, wo talked until rerv
late and (hu told mo queer tales of
uhostH and sleep walkers and tho like.
Who had been tilled with thono stories
while at school and we enjoyed them
as only Very youutf people do enjoy
listening to and telling of horror.-t.
Atuoti; other thinK-tshe told mo of an
rxperionoo hha had once had liorself
in the sleeji walking lino,' in which she
had climbed down a ladder phioed at
a second story window and reached
tlio ground iu safety, but still fust
nslrep.
"Vhilo wo talked wo Alternately
ia"oil the deck and leaned ov,.r tho
side, watching tin phosphorescent
fln-h(M in tho water and talking as
voting idiots will of the moonlight and
tho beauty of tho stars and she sud
denly said :
'How delightful it would bo to
walk out on that pole fpointiu ' to t Iio
main boom) and leap oil' into the ail-
v, r.v W!ter.
Sim siioko lightly, but I idiivcrsd
from an untxphiiuablc presentment of
evil, mi I she, catching tho induction
of my mood, shuddered suddenly ami
hastily turned the subject. We talked
for awhile longer, but tho pleasure of
our conversation had somehow been
spoiled by that cureless remnik, and
she soon bade mo good night aud went
below.
"After she had gone I roado a lour of
tho ship, according to my custom, and
lln ling nothing to need my presouee,
I went to bed myself.
"Yf'r tue fMU'on ' outb, tny
1 -.. no roonrr touchoi the pillow
thau I was souud asleep, aud it seemed
to me that only a moment hud passed
before ( was roused suddenly by a
voice which called to me, 'Come!'
' did not recogni.o tho voice as
that of any ouo ou tho ship, but it was
so full of terror, so thrilled with a
quivering fear, that I sat np hastily,
trembling aud listening for tho slightest
sound. Tho wind was rising and 1
could hour it wailing softly, with the
eerie sound which it always has at
night and at sen, but 1 could hear
nothiug else, And I was about doziug
when that call camo again.
"This time it sounded as though it
were further oft", but its appeal for
help was just us clear to my brain,
and I hesitated no longer. Hastily
slippiug into my clothing, I dashed
up tho companion, aud as I touched
tlio deck I heard it plainly onco more.
Come, it pleaded, in a lingering cry,
and ah I stood straining mv eves to
pierco the stormy darkness which had
succeeded tho brilliant moonlight it
seemed to dio away in the direction of
tho mainlioom. At tho samo timo I
saw, or liiuciod l saw, a glimmer of
something white creeping slowly along
the lioom, and upon coming nearer 1
hiuv that it was a woman's figure,
nieuder and graceful and clothed in
something long nud white and tlowiug.
Iho form was quite erect, and it
ooni'jd to glide aloug tho dangerous
way without a falter or even so much
as a feeling for footing iu tho dark
ness; tho arms were spread widely in
it similar attitude to that which a ropo
walker assumes when crossing a slack
rope, tunl the head was thrown back,
r.s though tho guzo was directed to tho
threatening skv.
.My t'rt thought was of the super-
natural, and for a moment I stood
till, struck with tho dumb terror
which such a fancy causes, whilo tho
foric, which had been near tho mast
when I lirst descried it, went steadily
on toward the cud of tho boom ; thou,
as I tried to rouse myself, i felt a
touch upon my arm, aud tho mate,
who was then ou watch, spoke to mo,
his face whito with horror und his
voico shaking.
" 'What do you think of it. sir?' ho
nsked, falteringly. 'I saw it come up
the cabiu stairs and go out there, and
it climbed up on the boom without
seeming to need bauds at all, I think
Miss Alice must bo dead, aud that's
her ghost, sir.'
"At tho mention of Alice's came I
shook oil his baud aud made a leap
for tho boom myself, for her talk of
sleep-walking aud her remark of how
nice it w)uld bo to wiuk along tho
boom aud jump into tho water had
Hiddeuly recurrad to me, aud like u
flash I realized that she was walking in
tur sleep, going out to her doutu iu
the sea, which was tossing roughly,
vitli now aud then a w'avo breaking
over the ride.
"I kntrv that my post was on deck J
that i should have been caUod some
time ainee; I knew that the rising
wind and sea needed 'my presence and
all my skill ; I knew that a captain
first duty ia to. his ship; bnt, tbcre,
ahead of mo, steadily nearing the end
of the boom, stoa lilv progressing on
the road which loads down to the dark
valley, was this girl, and no one bnt
myself to savo her, aal could I reach
her in time?
"1 tried to call her name alond, to
shout, to scream even, but tho ttrong
agony of the moment had deprive I me
of my voico and no sound came from
my straining throat. Perhaps it was
just as well, for if I had succeeded in
waking her she would inevitably havo
fallen in tho terror of finding herself
in such a position ; sbo had not a
steady head when awake. But I was
despersto And as sho lcapod for out
above tho water, after a ghostly awful
second in which hor form was dourly
shown against tho dark sky by a flash
of lightning o vivid that I saw even
her long eyelashes laying back agaiust
her whito cheek ond was so impressed
with tho pattern of tho lueo on her
robe, that I could draw its leaves and
Mowers now, I leaped too.
"I landed, thanks to tho Provi.lenco
which guards such foolhardy actious,
on tho very end of tho boom, nnd os
sho flew past mc I cntignt a hold of
her gowu. Tho impetus of her fall
upset my b.ilanco and wo both fell,
but in falling I managed to grasp tho
boom nnd there wo swung, 1 holding
on to life with otio hand, sho clapped
in my other arm.
"Tho shock wakened her, nnl, bc
sido herself with terror at her un
known position, sho struggled nu.dly
and strovo to free herself from my
embrace, whilo scream after scream
scared tho men ou deck until all
thought of duty was forgotten aud tho
ship was practically unmanned.
"Sailors nro invariably supersti
tious nnd not a few of them really
thought that tho whito form was a
ghost and that tho screams were mine,
tis I w as carried off to the region w hich
is suppose! to await thoso who med
dle with tho spirili from another
world.
"Al last, nfter perhaps a minute
which seemed to me an eternity, I
grew desperate, and I'm ling that 1 was
still Voiceless and could not reassure
her I drew her closely to tne, sipieezed
her fnil form until sho erased tj
struggle, then, pressing my chin to tho
the hollow of her thrsst, 1 completed
tho work of silencing her. Sh) grew
rigid, her arms fell limply down, ouo
of them striking my face u gentle blow
in its sudden diMccut, and tho next
lightning flash showed me that she hud
fainted,
"Willi ii great sieh of thatikfuluess,
mingled with a ours.) that I had been
forced to thus hurt her iu order to
savo her, I began to work my way
toward the ship. (lod only knows
how, with my ouo frcohsud, sti!t with
fatigue, and growing useless with the
long strain, until 1 was just giving up
in despair and thinking bitterly that
I should be compelled to 'let p,o and
drop back into tho seething water. I
felt a rope, seized it and somehow by
the aid of that Power which watches
over us aud which we all neglect save
in times of distress-, drew myself up
onto tho boom and clung thcro breath
less, exhausted, but saved.
"Onco my breath hud returned I
was fully conscious of tho disorder on
tho dock, and with a mighty etlort I
struggled to my kuees, made my way
along tho boom, bruised aud beaten
by its wild swaying, aud' dually faced
tho demoralized crew with slinking
limbs and a hoart boating to suffoca
tion but with a stern face.
'At sight of mo appearing before
them suddenly in tho weird light of
tho storm they shrunk back, and ouo
dashed dowu to his buuk, but hero
my voico camo buck to mo, and I think
tho stroug objurgation I yelled after
hi in did more to reassure tho rest than
anything else which I could have done.
'Turning to the mate, who stood
by speechless with mingled shame nnd
fear, I delivered the fainting girl to
hiru, telling him to carry her below,
rouse her mother and return as quick
ly as possible, aud then, barefooted
nnd half clothed as I was, I forgot all
else for the tune being iu thinking oi
tho ship, which was running ma lly be
fore tho wind and taking iu more
water than sho could curry safely for
long.
"Tlio storm which was upon us was
ono of tho worst I ever saw aud I
have been in many a wild storm aud
it was two days and a night later be
foro I could tiudtimo to go below aud
ask utter Alice, yet through all my
anxiety and the exhausting labor I
never forgot her and tho recollection
of her white still face, after I had
choked her into unconsciousness.
haunted me the wh lo time.
"When at last tho storm abated and
I felt free to leave tho ship tothocaro
of tho mate, w ho hud been completely
upset by his scare and tho remorse
which followed it, I was almost light
headed, aud tho fancy that hor small,
cold, clinging lingers were nlways
pulling at my arms, holding uie buck
from my duty, nearly maddeued me.
"When 1 got below, hor mother
told mo that Alice was very ill, had
been wildly delirious for twenty-four
hours after that dreadful shock, but
was, sho hoped, beyond danger now,
and she even allowed mo to soo her for
a momeut, as sho lay in hor berth,
thrown from side to eido by tho toss
ing ship, but still as death herself.
" 'I know all about it now,' sho
whispered faintly, 'and you saved my
life at tho risk of your own.' "
Tho captain was silent a moment,
and more, thau ono of us blow his nose
vigorously; even the captain himself
wus pale, aud his voice trembled as he
continued :
"Well, boys, that finished it. Iwos
weak uud tired, and the strain hud
beeu hard on me. I cried like a baby,
and I think I stooped and kissed her
dear pale faoo before I went away and
her mother didn't object at all, Tea
seconds later I wai a onnd aslaap m
I nad been when that t-oioo wakened
me two days or, rather, nights be
fore, and when I woke np Again it all
eemod like a dream. But I had
Alice' illness (for she was sick for
weeks) and this gray patch above my
forehead to prove its reality, andthei
the cruel rnsrk on Alice's throat, tue
spot where I had bruised it with my
chin, was to be seen for months.
"Did it ever go away? Oh, yes,
and sho recoverod fully after ah,"
rising and preparing to depart, "that
reminds mo I told her I'd be homo
early. You see, I married her when
wo got home again." Chicago News.
A Spider larm.
A sirup bottler has improvod upon
the prison lesson of Bruce. Ho has
taken tho spider into partnership in
the working of one oT his most impor
tant departments. Flies, cockroaches
and other insects, attracted by his
sweets, and encouraged by the genial
Air of his bottling room, used to inter
fere with his work, get into his bot
tles, steal his goods nnd "worry hint
to death." He has recruited tho
spider against his foes and vanquished
thom.
Some MOO npiders now make their
home on tho ceiling nnd walls of his
bottling department. Their webs nro
everywhere nnd they behavo them
selves with great intelligence.
Said the bottler to an interviewer:
"Tlieco creatures know nioro than a
groat many people. Spiders do not
enro for sweet things and never drop
into my vats or get into my bottle.
1 never disturb them except to feed
thum occasiouilly. They appear to
know my call, and will come out and
feed from my hand, or tako a fly from
my finder.
"They shut themselves up during
most of tho winter months iu tho lit
tlo nests you soo stuck like dauljs of
mud about tho ci-iling. When winter
comes I brush awny nil the webs; they
prefer to weave new ones every spring.
"fitch Miy they reappear roily to
unravel the silken fabric that is stored
in their bodies. It is just about then
that tho flies htiva hitched their lirst
voting. If the spiders appeared rarlier
tho crop of Hies would soon givo out.
"I havo only been running this
spider farm two years, but I bud my
little partners indispensible ; they will
not on biro la tho placo a single fly or
j insect that is a plunderer of sweets
and sirups. Atlanta Constitution.
A Big Tr.iu t Fur.u l'lutm-vl.
Dr. I'. .T. Bethel, a well known den
tist of Hake rsticld, is at tho Baldwin.
e spoke yesterday of his recent trip
to Seattle.
"Whilo in Soattle,"said Dr. Bethel,
"I learned of an immense trout
hatchery to bo established st Orillin,
ou Spring Brook, about four miles
north of Kent and thtrteeu inilos from
Seuttle, on tho Northern Pacilic.
S-ring Brook is a branch of Black
ltiver, Aud At tho pluco chosen for tho
enterprise it is the purpose of the
compauy operating it to construct
dams, whern there are tho most
springs, ou tho brook bottom. This
iusures a constant supply of fresh
water, and several miles of nrtillcial
lakes will thus be secured. When the
trout have attained a certain age they
will bo transferred to the lake next be
low, nnd so on to tho end, wheu they
will bo lit for market. l'ifty Acres o(
laud will bo covered by these lakes.
It is ulso tho purpose of tho manage
ment to allow llshiug in tho lowest
lake oud charge fishermen for what
they catch. The hatchery is to be
known as tho Spring Brook Trout
I-'u rin, and will bo tbo largest in tho
United States. " Sun Francisco Ciirou
iclc, A l):g Messenger.
William Donning, tho Naugaluck
blacksmith, is tho owner of a black
water spaniel that any ouo might bo
proud of. From time to timo Mr.
Denning has taught him to carry
papers lor him, and also to remember'
names. Strange as it may seem tho
dog appears to kuow (loorgo from
John, und will tako a paper to either
ono named without making a mistake.
This morning tho intelligence of tho
dog wus put to some practical use.
Mrs. Denning was taken sick at her
homo on tho trotting park, and gav a
letter to tho dog aud told him to take
it to Will. Tho dog seemed to under
stand, and shortly ufter arrived at tho
blacksmith shop at the corner of
Water street and Bubber avenue with
tlio messago iu his mouth, which ho
delivered iu almost us good condition
as Undo Sum could havo done. After
reading tho letter, which told of his
wife sickness, Mr. loiiuiug went
home, arriving there iu less timo thau
it would have takuu him if tho message
had beeu delivered in tho usual way.
llurtford Times.
An Obi Neslin;; Place.
If von walk along the roal in Looh
Sheldrake you will observe in tho gar
deu of one of the residences a pair of
boys' weatherbeateu trousers baugiug
on the clothesline. This, iu itself, is
no curiosity, but if you know that in
one of its legs a bird had built its
tiny nest and reared six little ones.
you might opoa your eyes.
'This is tho case, and as tho owner of
tho trousers is too humans to disturb
the ingeuious littlo builder, tho trous
ers remain tharo iu all sorts of
weather. In showing them to visitors
the owner tells how the bird, whilo
they were still damp, carried in its
littlo sticks and threads aud arranged
them insido, and, whon not disturbed,
brought its mate aud roared their lit
tie brood.
The trousers will probably adorn
tho garden until tho suowi fall. For
hapa some belated sparrow may then
find a cozy home in the forsaken r.st
aud bring its family Uxsioupy it for
tbs wiuter,
WOMAN'S WORLD.
rLEASANT tilTElt Al'URE
KEM1MNK ItKAOKftS.
FUR
ixcrediblk hums for si.rrrEns.
The London West End Shoemaker
lately mentioned that almost incredi
ble sntns are sometimes expended on
slippers. Thus, not long ago a conn
tess had a pair made, ornamented with
rubies, emeralds and diamonds, cost
ing 822,000. But at A masked ball
given by tho Duke of Manchester some
years ago a lady impersonating Cin
derella wore a pair of slippers adorned
with jowelry valued at over 8GC.O0O,
AMRntf'A WOMEN'S VOICES.
Tho voice of the average woman
about ns is not pleasant ; it is not
round and flute-like said Dr. O. W.
Hhimm in a recent address. A harsh,
strident quality is' taking tho placo of
the low, oft, rich quality which bo
longs to them, And which nil might
have if they sought it. One reason is
the lack of proper training as girls
grow up, and another is the odd habit
many have of talking each other down,
not waiting for the completion of sen
tence, but piling up unlluishcd sen
tences, and unconsciously iaibiug the
voice iu the effort to do to.
THK Ql'F.EN IS LtDEHAL.
All the English papers are talking
about tho cashmere shaul, tho jeweled
bracelet And oth.T coBtly presents
which Miss McNeill received from the
Queen and royal family on the occa
sion of her marriage to tho Duke of
Argyll, near fifty years her senior.
Not one of them, however, makes
mention of the fact that the (juceo, in
accordance with traditional custom
and usage, furnished tho trousseau of
the brido besides presenting her with
a check for $.i)00. Tho Queen does
this for each of her maids of honor or
bedchamber women that may happen
to wed with Victoria's convent during
their term of olliee, and Princess
Louise's new mother-in-law is no ex
ception to tho rule. Chicago Tribune.
Tun altaca rr.rnroAT.
With many people tho nlpuc.i petti
coat is taking tho place of tho silk one
on account of its wiriness, which makes
it more efficient than the silk in hold
ing out tho wide skirts which fashion
lecrcoB women shall wear this season,
and also because it assists in keeping
the effect of a tight tit about the waist
and the many godets at tho feet. A
leep flounce nt tho bottom of the pet
ticoat, instead of steels, has a little
hair cloth iu the hem. Ofton these
alpaca skirts roust be worn with lawns
and batistos, in which case they are of
white alpaca, and an extra flounce of
lawn edged with Valenciennes luce is
basted on the alpaca flounce. This
gives tho thin gown a beautiful foun
dation aud keeps tho extreme fashion
able cut more nearly perfect. St.
Louis Star-Sayings.
TUB KKWE3T XIATEUIAII.
Butcher's linen, in a sort of modiara
blue, is one of the now materials for
outing suits.
Duck, iu a mixture of silk and
linen, is used for this purpose, but
suits made of this material Are expen
sive. Piqne is still the rage, nnd Al
though stiff And not always becoming,
possesses a certain style of its owu in
its crisp, natty freshness.
Changeable mohair is the latest
thing for skirts an 1 dress lining; it
is au excellent substitute for silk w hen
that material is found too expensive.
This mohair is of light weight and
suflicieutly wiry to set out the
dress.
Hustle cambric is another excellent
dress lining, and although of closer
texture, resembles creatly tho old
old-fashioned paper cambric ouce
used. The soft finished percalino is
quite out as it is useless as long as the
present fashion of inflated skirt con
tinues. irr.noirr pollx madisos.
The march of improvement in that
part of Washington formerly known
us Oeorgetown, and older by many
years than other parts of tho city, has
oompellod the destruction of the tomb
of Benjamin Hoiuans, in the old Pres
byterian Cemetery, in connection witn
whom Dolly Madison's heroic feat in
1814 was performed. Hotnans was
Chief Clork of tho War Department
during tbo War of 1H12, and at the
time tho British invaded the capital,
upon his owu responsibility, he sent
twi wagou loads of documents to the
canal-boat of Captain Daniel Collins,
and placed two armed soldiers ou
guard, telling them to allow no one to
com on board. A little later a beau
tiful lady, who proved to bo Dolly
Madison, drove down to tho boat anil
gave one of the crow a truuk, telling
hint to take great care of it, ana tnat
ho should be rewarded. Among: the
articles in tho trunk was the canvas
ot Veale's portrait of Washington,
then hanging in the White Houeev but
bow in the Senate wing of tho- Capi
tol. Then Hotnans gave the order to
Sherwood to take the boat up the
eanal and not wait for the captain,
who had cone to Washington. The
boat, accordingly, was headed for a
point near the Hominy lloaee, a well-
known establishment, in tuose uays,
and in the barn there the dooumeuts
were stored until dautrer was passed.
That night the Capibol was burned,
aud the documents saved were among
the most valuable, belonging to the
NaAion. Argonaurt.
IOTS or CHOICE IX BKIKT3.
Fashion ia arything but arbitrary
this season, and, if you except sleeves,
ia about as democratio a go-as-you
please dame as you ever encountered,
There are the skirts for instance.
Anything from a tur gore to nine
may be worn, and ita wearer eonnted
"stylish," if she has that IndeflimU.
. t , 1 1 . uie
omemiug iuoui ner, ine
i .
ack of
whish would render
nv BOWn t.4
stylish. Then there are skirts with
no gores at all. Jnst aiz or seven,
breadths of wido material sewed m,
and fastened to a band. Of course
such dresses are of tho sheerest m'
terial, like organdy and swing an,j
mull, which do not take kindlv to
much "goring," since they must be
made np without lining. Most chsrro
ing dresses are made of these thin ma
terials, the skirts having only a wi,l
hem, and tho waists stopping under a
crush belt of the same, are of plainly
made overhanging blouse pattern with
a bit of lsco at tho wrist and throat.
The under slip is usually of Bom
tinted material, sntine or silcsis, with
a simple foot ruffle and a roun lct
throat with elbow sleeves. A thin
gown like that is cheapness itself, an I
a child might launder it. It is only
when the thin goods is roado u; with
silk linings and perishable lace trim
mings that such dresses become,
amazingly costly.
tery few women seem to roMi.f.
that a plainly made gown, which
looks easy enough to bo comfortable
and airy enough to bo cool, while
tierhnps being neither, will giy0 t.
thoso who look at her tho ides tint
she is both, and tho immediate t"in.
pcralure is thereby lowered a derto
or two. A tailor-made gowu, by the
very closeness ot its fit np l tri:
Ul junne, vmui'D ii nu"iii;ioll ;
warmth, even though it bo of tho
thinness of lightweight woolens.
Washington Star.
FASHION NOTHS.
Just now thecrazo is for Llnck skirt
in almost everything.
Henrietta cloth is shown this scAmiti
in more thau forty shades.
No cotton gown seems finished with
out ribbon somewhere about it.
White chillies and erepons nro go',1
materials for use iu the autumn.
Wiry vigourenx mixtures nro thi.
most useful and popular Jgoods fur Li
cycling. All French gowns now fasten at tlia
back, aud skirts and sleeves ure wi,t
than ever.
Some of the new black hose nre shot
with diiTerent.colore t silks. Sums of
tho tan color are also shot with green,
bluo or foe.
-I c -
For country usn nnd tennis nre wmo
natty littlo outing boots laced .;h
silk cord ami 'finished with finely cor
rugated solos.
The nowest setting for diamond ii
whito enaipel. This enhances the
brilliancy of tho stone and tho isetting
hardly shows.
Cnshmere coloring, a soft blending
of many colors and a tendoucy to the
designs found iu old cashmere shawls,
is just now popular.
The favorite foot eovering just now
is tho Juliet or Diana shoe, with t
graceful, instep, elastic- aides and
shapely yet solid heel.
A dainty little cape has a heavy ptt
tern cut out of black silk, jet eJeJ
aud appliqued on to bluok nut, the
whole being mounted over violet silk.
A velvet ribbon, edged with n litie
single row of cut jet spangles, mk
au effective and becoming flat garni
ture for silk And silt and wool g.jwns.
The latest thing in dress gloves for
women is au exact copy of a nutu
dress glove. It is of heavy white kil,
and buttons with two big pearl but
tons. The latest fashion
is to ilmmrl
paper for walls and
hung tho ru'va
cloth, pongee,
with cretonne, satin
holland, denim and, in
fact, any ma-
terial but paper.
As must bo tho case whon large ht
are favored, leghorns iu both hifc'k
and white are lreely shown. Higli
crown leghorns are very desirable suJ
more picturesque than thoso of season
past.
Visitinc? card cases made of potrcnm
colored satin or pomegrauuto hues of
moire silk bound with tiny clasps of
silver or silver gilt are very pretty.
They are lined with pale heliotrope or
tri-colored silk to suit varied tastes.
An entirely new design of capes i
made to roach to tho elbow an t Hare
straight to tho collar. Its fomnjatiuB
is changeable taffeta silk, and it is tiu
ished at tho edge with a thick ron
ruuhuig, tho edges of tho rucking l-
ing pinked Out.
Tho two extremes in sizo wo evident
this season in the hats aud bonnet
the one being very largo aud the other
correspondingly small. Between tJts
two extremes lio tho toquo siiapes m
small round hats that will bo w
woru for early spring.
Green is a color that has recently
laid hold on the fancy of tho w
dressed, yet it bids fair to. enjoy co-
tinuod favor, uud for tho Btteruw
at-homo or a smart calling suit noth
ing quito taken precedence of a '
built green velvet toilet.
A visiting gown, i of tan crep'1'
with a silk tbeoad ia.tho warp. 13J
yellow satin, with butter eoloreJ I
over it. Three rows of narrow yelk
ribbon velvet Are run throiin w
meshes of tho laoe to form the ckoW
or crush.
The latest thing in table enibroi
eries is the celery doily. It w iua
and narrow, like the low glass di""
and the edge all round is "iuu"
irregular scallops. On the "e1'
the doily at each side, near tus
der, ia worked a design ot a cels'5 Ie
spray.
During the thirty years that An
worth F. Hporlord has had chsrgf
the Congressional Library at
ington the number of books nnL,
charge has grown from 70,000 to'1"'
000.
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