English trainmen bnve decided that
n express train in one Laving a con
nection cord and rtiuuing twenty miles
without stopping.
The governing 1ody of New York
city is authorized to expend a million
dollars every year ii establishing
email parks in the crowded districts.
A railroad superintendent in Penn
sylvania has issued an order prohibit
ing the throwing of rice on railway
premises. His act is regarded as a
coveit attack on matrimony.
A writer in an English paper sug
gests, as an explanation of the pres
ent commercial depression of contem
porary native art, that cheap Mack
and white reproductions cause the
publio to acquire a disgust of the
originals.
It is gratifying to the American
Cultivator to note a decided increase
in the popularity of wooden sailing
vessels in our ocean trafllo for bulky
cargoes which sudor no deterioration
from slow passages. Much vessels
can be employed in thnt trafllo with
safety and economy. We have forests
of oak and maple,locnst and tamarack,
bard pine and cypress for ship build
ing purposes.
In a recent address on athletics be
fore the students of Harvard, Presi
dent Elliott said his preference was
for sports that required no remarkable
muscular power or weight, and that it
was his belief that competitions re
quiring them would ultimately be suc
ceeded by recreations in which agility
and alertness of mind and body are
essentiul. President Elliott paid his
respects to cycling as an almost ideal
form of recreation.
Dewey Couuty, South Dakota, which
is larger than the state of Delaware.is
offiically declared to have no inhabi
tants, and no votes were cast in it at
the last election. In Pelano County,
which is as large as Long Island, Ave
votes were cast last November. Heobey
County has twelve voters. Twelve
votes were cast in Piatt County, six
for McKinley and six for. The Brynn
largest county in the state is Butte
County, with an area of 2335 miles,
and the smallest is Todd Comity, with
an area of forty-five square miles.
Louisville is the biggest tobacco
market in the world with seventeen
vast warehouses that will hold at one
time 40,000 hogsheads of tobneco of
2000 pounds each. She is the great
est whisky market in tho Union. She
is the largest market of cement in the
United States. She is the foremost
vinegar market in America. She has
the biggest plow factory and vehicle
factory in the Union. And she is the
nearest to the centre of population in
the United States, and almost a fourth
of the population of the whole Re
public is in a radius of 300 miles of
.Louisville.
The rejoicings over Professor Koch's
alleged discovery of a remedy and
Antitoxin for the rinderpest have turned
out to be premature. His invention
is now proved to be of no practical use
whatsoever, and bo disheartened are
the British authorities in South Africa
over the dismal failure of every effort
to arrest the progress of the plague,
that they have now abandoned all fur
ther precautions against its spread as
being of no avail. North of Cape
Colony not even one per cent, of the
cattle have survived, and is pretty cer
tain that the Cape Colony, so rich in
farming industry, will be subjected to
similar devastation.
The birth of a seoond daughter to
the C jar of Russia suggests the possi
bility of a female successor to the pres
ent ruler, aud calls attention to a state
of affairs that is enough to make old
John Knox if he is still cognizant of
affairs on this mundaue sphere turn
in his grave. He, it may be reinem
bered, complained bitterly in his duy
about what he was pleased to term "this
monstrous regiment (meaning govern
ment) of women," in allusion to the
fact that Elizabeth and Mary were
reigning in Euglaud and Scotland, and
Catherine de Medici was all powerful
in France in direct contravention, iq
the opinion of the great Presbyterian,
of the divine ordiuations. But what
was that, asks the New York Tribune,
compared with the present situation,
when a womau is about to celebrate the
..completion of a sixty years' reign over
the greatest empire in the world, wheu
another is Regent of Holland, during
the minority of a female sovereign, and
third holds the reins of government
in Spain, while a little girl, the Grand
Duchess Elizabeth, is talked of as the
possible heir to the throne of Austria,
aud the baby Grand-Duchess 01 ga of
Bussia iasy possibly live to be Ein
; jpreaa of thnt country f
A SUDDEN SHOWER.
First a haze nnross ttin morning
And a elond upon thn sky,
Anil a wind thnt snnt the blossom
From the gardens scudding by.
Then a drop, a warning pnttor,
And a shadow like a psll.
As thn day was swiftly dnrkoncd,
And the rnln began to (all.
Far away beyond the ma low
t'nmo a glenm of yellow sun,
Ami a rainbow o'er the steeple,
And thn sudden shownr was done.
Drenched and dead a tender nestling
l,ay upon thn weedy walk,
And a Illy torn to tatters
lianglud on a broken stalk.
But within the narrow limits
Of an lvlcd portico
Wns a sound of happy laughter
And of voices soft and low.
For a pair of parted lovers,
Keeking shelter from the rnln,
llad forgotten all their quarrels
And were reconciled ngiiin.
Minna Irving, In Judge.
i THE TIME OF ROSES, t
f BY R. rSAJRroBT MOOSK.
"Why have yon so persistently
avoided me ever since since well,
since Lady Barkston's garden party?"
I inquired of Miss Windram so soon
as I succeeded in elbowing my way
through the dead wall of Mrs. Ben
nett Wyse's guests who stood between
nn. The result of a brief calculation,
entered on the next morning, wns to
convince me that, during the six
minutes it took me playing the part
of a pick, in order to rench Miss Wind
ram, I made as many enemies as I had
made during the thirty years of my
life preceding Mrs. Bennett Wyse's
"At Home."
"Have I avoided you, Mr. Glyn?"
she asked, opening her eyes very wide
and (but this was doubtful) very in
nocently.
The question is not if you have
done it, bnt why you have done it," I
said with some measure of severity.
"Suppose I deny thnt that is the
question?" she suggested quite pleas
antly, though without quite such a
show of innocence as had been asso
ciated with her previous inquiry. It
is quite possible to speak pleasnntly
without any particular exuberance of
innocence.
"Suppose von deny it ? Well, in
that case you will have have denied
it," said I. "But it so happens thnt
yon won't deny it, Miss Windram."
"1 m not so sure ol flint, li any
one would make it worth my while I
might."
No one will make it worth your
while. There is nothing left for you
but to speak the truth."
"Great heavens I It is come to
that?"
'Whv have you avoided me? We
were good friends up to thnt day I
have put a blue mark opposite that day
in mv diary.
"lea, we were good friends ; good
friends are those who have a sound
quarrel every time they meet, I sup'
pose?"
l'reeiseiy; friends whose friend
ship is strong enough to survive a
quarrel."
Did we quarrel that day?
We certainly did not. Where
would society be if a man and a young
woman quarrelled because, when he
asked her
'Is there any need for you to tell
everyone in tins stilling room what
one problematically foolish young
man asked a certainly idiotic young
woman?
I felt that there was something in
her question.
I had not, however, been speaking
louder than iwmal ; it only seemed so
because of a sudden momentary
diminution in the volume of sound
proceeding from two hundred guests
of Mrs. Bennett Wyso, who had been
speaking at the same moment. I tried
to explain to her ; and then she asked
me what I thought of the Signora
Duse as an internrter of emotion as
compared with Madame Sarah Bern
hardt, and if I held that an actress
who was a admirable exponent of the
strongest emotions might be depended
on to interperet the most powerful
passions.
"It is a nice question, " I felt bound
to sav. "Let us clear out from this
ruck and I think I'll be able to tell
yon all that I know regarding the
higher emotions. These people are
not to be depended on ; oue minute
they are taking fortissimo, the next
thev are pianissimo."
"W Mild you have them rehearsed,
Mr. Glyn ?"
"Well, a good deal might be done
by judicious stage management."
"And a conductor with an ivory
baton ? There s something in that,
admit. Your idea is thut they should
become forte when you are speaking,
so as to affurd a sort of background
for your wisdom.
"Wisdom? What man with the
least proteuce to wisdom would come
into a crowd like this for the sake of
talking to a girl who has persisteutly
avoided him for the past year and
month?"
"What man, indeed ?"
"And this brings us back to tho
original question. Why have you per
sistently avoided me? '
I could see that she was a trifle put
out by my persistence in returning to
the topic which had originated with
rae. She had apparently found some
imperfection in the feather tips of her
fan, and thought it would be unwise
to neglect the opportunity Uf pulling
off the uneven fluffs. Some of them
settled upon my waistcoat, where
allowed them to repose uudjaftnrbed
a few made a bee-line for the cavern
ous nostrils of our neighbor, General
cirebrace. He sneezed with consider
able force of character.
"Well, you see, so many things have
happened since May Bd last year, Mr,
Glyn," said Miss Windram, when she
had satisfied herself by the repeated
opening and closing of her fan that
aho had remedied the' defect in its
construction.
"What things in addition to your
avoidance of me?" I asked.
"Well, you have published a book,
to begin with. Isn't thnt something?"
she said.
"If we avoid all the people who
have published a book our circle of
acquaintance would become appreci
ably narrowed, Miss Windram. Any
thing else?"
"Hasn't it gone Into six editions?
she cried, in n tone of accusation.
'I don t deserve the blame for
that," said I, in n way thnt was meniit
to show her I felt the injustice of her
nccusation. "Blame the public if you
wish. The public are invariably idiots,
the editor of the Universe announced
in connection with that book of mine.
He wns right, though the fact thnt the
public steadily refuse to buy the
Universe points in the other direc
tion."
"Oh, it's nil very well to try and
throw the blame on the public," said
Mim itidraiu with a shrug, "but is
that quite generous of yon, Mr.
Glvn?"
"Perhaps it isn't. Was it on account
of the book you have avoided me so
carefully?
"Oh, there were other things. The
Geographical society gave you a gold
medal, didn't they?"
'They were right there. lliey
couldn't get out of it."
"I daresay. That may bo very
well, but people who get gold medals
conferred on them can't expect to be
trented as ordinary people."
I suppose yon are right. Jiut do
they want to be treated as ordinary
people?"
"Hint s quite aside issue. I decline
to discuss it."
"And that's all?"
"All? all? Heavens! what did you
expect?"
"Sense that is, n mndernto amount
of sense ; reason that is, a modicum
of reason ; frankness that is, n soup-
con of frankness. Supper? oh, let
them go to to supper."
And she let them.
We were left practically alone.
"Are von engaged to any man for
supper? 1 asked of Miss Vt ludram.
ics, she replied. I believed that
I detected a mournful tone. If I had
not detected that note I would have
left her side.
I did not leave her sido.
"And I am eugngod to some woman.
Let us go to some place together,"
said I.
Ihe reasonableness of tho sugges
tion that is, the modicum of reason
ableness seemed to strike her.
We reached one of the conservn
tories without having to tell a single
lie, but that wns probably because we
met no one en route ; every one wns
at supper. I steered her to a seat
under a pnlin. The light wns very
dim. A fountain Hushed under the
electric lamp in tho distance.
"Tell me nil," I said.
That was how I commenced. I saw
that she was very palo ; and I had felt
her hand trembling as it rested on my
sleeve a minute before. I perceived
that she fancied I had led her hither
to tell her something, and I was nnx
ions to reassure her. It was I who
wanted to bo told something.
"All?" said she.
"All." said I.
"It was ninmiua," said she, qnito
meekly.
"I guessed as much. Aud thnt is
nil?"
"Isu't it enough? You're a man,
Yon kuow her."
"She is one of my dearest friends
now.
"Ah now."
"Now. 1 said now. But a year
ago
"And a month."
"And a month. If you ha in't re
membcred the exact date I should
probably be at supper just now. A
year and a month ago she was my ono
enemy. She knew that I loved you
yes, a year and a month ago I loved
yon in a sort of way not the way
do now ; and she knew that yon loved
me in a sort of way. She commanded
you to keep mo at a distance. Your
mother is not a woman of genius, but
upon occasions she can be quite as
disagreeable as though she were. She
prefers, however, being disagreeable
by deputy. You were her deputy a
year ago and a month."
Miss Windram got up from beside
me and took a few steps to the side of
the conservatory, up which a splendid
rose was clambering. She had had
her eyes fixed on a spray. It would
have been out of the reach of most
girls, but she was very tall, aud she
managed to break it off the parent
stem.
The light shouo upon the white flesh
of her round arms. Surely no living
woman had such lovely arms.
She returned to her seat.
"Well?" she said.
"Then my poor uncle "
"Poor?" She gave a laugh.
"My poor rich uncle dead, leaving
his money to me, and your mother
told you that you were to draw me on,
I could swear that those were her
exact words. Did you pluck those
roses only to tear off their petals?"
One rose lay wrecked at her feet.
The other dropped from her hand and
lay complete among the crimson flakes.
She put hur hands before her face.
"But instead of drawing ine on you
persistently avoided me, aud, in fact.
did everything that was in your power
to make me believe that you were sin
cere w hen you told me, at the com
maud of your mother, that you had
never heard anything more ridiculous
than my suggestion that we should
love jstti other ; aud that you hoped I
would not think it necessary to repeat
anything so absurd. You have failed
in your aim, Rosamund ; you did not
l. . i ii i i ii
inane we oeuuve m your sincerity,
was n an rigutr- '
( am certain she guve sob; but she.
did not take her hands down from her
face. '
'Look at yonr fcet,"I snld sudden-
Him was MtArtleil. and frlnnced
clown quickly. (Her gloves, I per
ceived, were ruined.) "Look nt yonr
feet. Which Is to be my future our
future our future, Rosamund?
Which? The wrecked rose or the
other?"
Mie picked tip the complete rose
and handed it to me.
I kissed it, and then fastened it as
well as I could in the front of her
dress.
And then
Then a man came up and snld that
we would do well to hurry into the
supper room if we wanted a bite of
nnvthing.
I wanted something, but it was not
supper. New York Weekly.
BILLY MULLIGAN'S LAST DAY.
A Terror of the I'nrlfle Wope Who
Marie
Ills Tnltlng-on Memorable.
"His name was included in the lit
tie list of Nevada desperadoes made
by Mark Twain in 'Roughing it,' said
the Nevada pioneer in an uptown New
York hotel to a Sun reporter. He did
not say "Mark Twain," by the way,
but 'Sam Clemens, the name by w hich
all old Nevadnns and Cnliforninns
knew the famous humorist. The pio
neer wns talking of men of his time
who hnd died with their boots on, and
Billy Mulligan was the character who
just now was to the front. Some of
the hostile mix-ups and shooting
mntches in which that young Irishman
hnd taken a hand had been relnted,aud
now tho narrator had come to the day
of bis taking-oil.
"liillv Mulligan had run a long
string, and lasted a good while for a
man of his temper and practices for
he was tough, out and out," continued
the pioneer. "His neck was in danger
in the days of tho San Francisco vigil
ance committee, and he ran some nar
row chances with tho law and lynchers
afterward. He was n brave, desper
ate man, handy with weapons, and
would light 'at the drop of the hat.
lint he pulled through all trouble un
til the time came, which seems sooner
or later to befall almost every desper
ado, when the strain of danger mid
the effect of constant drinking and
excitement got the better of his nerves
and judgment. When n desperado
gets that way there are two courses
that he iniiv take quit the country,
quit drinking and get to work nt an
honest calling, or stav and got killed.
The Inst wns what Mulligan choso.but
ho kept tho business in his own bauds
and forced the puce to the end.
"It was at Carson City that the end
enmo to Billy Mulligan. The cards
had gone against him all night. The
liquor ha had drunk hnd madn him
ugly as hn walked out of the Earner
nldn saloon oue morning. Next door
wns a laundry, and a Chiunmnn, iron
ing clothes, lifted his face to tho win
dow just ns Mulligau was passing,
Without a word tho dosperndo drew
his piHtol and tired through the glass,
blowing the Chinaman's brains out;
then went on to the hotel where ho
wns staying, and upstairs to his room
in the top story. The door of his
room opened near the head of the
stairway, and when the sheriff's of
fleers came to arrest him for killing
the Chinnmnti he stood them off with
his revolvers. They kuow it meant
certain death to some of thorn to try
to rush up tho Btnirway, aud they
stopped at the foot to consider. John
Coleman, a particular friend of Mulli
gau, who wns with them, tried to per
suade hun to surrender.
" 'No use, John, said Mulligan.
shan't be taken alive. This is my last
day and the gnme'll end right here.
You keep away and don't got mixed
up in the tremble.'
"Coleman was working along up
the stairway as he talked, with the
object, perhaps, of getting near enough
to the desperado to disnrm him.
" 'Stop whore yon are, John,' snid
Mnlligan;'oue step nearer and I'll kill
you.'
"Coleman made another step for
ward aud Mulligan shot him through
the heart. He permitted the others
to take the body away, keeping them
covered with his pistols all the time.
A crowd gathered in the hotel and
the publio square which it faced, and
plans were discussed for capturing
Mulligan; but his character for deadly
desperation was such that volunteers
were scarce. At last it was decided
to call out the militia company and
take the desperado iu his stronghold
by regular assault.
"The troops were mustered in
double line in the publio squnre, fac
ing the hotel, and waiting the order
to advance. Through the window of
his room in the third story Mulligau
could be seen now and then as he
walked to and fro between the stair
way and the window keeping watch
aguiust a surprise in either direction.
Then us the face of the desperado ap
peared once more nt tho wiudow, oue
of the soldiers tired with his rifle, kill
ing hiin instantly. It was aa unex
pected shot which undoubtedly saved
several lives that would almost cer
tainly have been sacrificed in carrying
tho room by storm.
The Noises of flreitt City,
The aggregation of human and in
human uoises in the metropolis has
brought the New York World out with
a vigorous protest. Bedlam let loose
is the only parallel for the nerve
racking and sense-destroying din. A
similar protest might be made in cities
not so big or rumbling as New York,
yet where there are a thousand and
one ueedless noises that distract the
sick aud b ing the well to the brink of
despair. Bridgeport (Conn. )Staudard,
In London many people inuke
living by supplying food for the my
riads of cats iu that city. They are
callod "cats' meat men," ,
Model Suit for the Wheel.
A model suit for the wheel is made
of tan-colored cloth with facings of
cloth of a lighter shade. One of the
fancies of the hour is the mixture of
two sorts of cloth. In the model
pollen of the skirt is perfectly plain,
the waist clone fitting, with wide turned
collar terminating in revers, which
are buttoned down to the wnist over
the bust. The fronts of the wnist fold
over a full length vest of cloth, like
the facing. There is a light colored
leather belt with a small buckle; the
cull's match the light goods and are
quite wide and attached to the Bleeves
by buttons sewed through. Ihe Led-g'i'-
WaIkIs for Morning;.
The newest importations of French
morning jackets show them to be mnde
of all the new summer materials, the
most popular of which is mull. A
bright rose-colored negligee was' cut
in straight breadths of the goods,
sewed together at the sides and bn'rk
and then laid iu tiny little plaits all
around. The bottom wns cut in points
before plaiting to give it shape and
finish. The sleeves were well finished
with the plaiting around the arms just
below the elbow. This could be worn
hanging loose or belted lightly with a
metal belt. A belt of gilt medallion
may bo worn with t.
Hide Combs.
Hide combs never wero worn so
much. And never were they so long.
Some resemble the combs which ex
tend from ear to ear which are worn
by children. Tho material is shell or
imitation. But they must be put
in carefully (outside the strands over
tho roll) in such a way as not to
destroy tho rotundity of the halo. Sets
of three combs, each four inches long,
are also sold.
Ono arrangement of combs or an
other is quite necessnry for outdoor
use, because tho wind is not respect
ful of pompadours. Bnngs, decidedly,
are passe. Such stray locks as have
not itrown to manageable lengths nre
curled aud allowed to nestle about the
forehead. But they must not have a
lixed appearance.
llrlile's Wren lb of White Itoses.
That a bride should wear orange
blossoms seems n custom as firmly es
tabhshed as tho niarringo ceremony
itself, but the bride of 1HII7 has shown
her indepeudenco by rejecting this
with other traditions. According to
the very latest standards it is as mad
missible for n bride to wear.orango
blossoms as to appear in a decollette
gown. The substitute is white June
roses.nnd no orange-blossom-bedecked
brido ever looked sweeter or more
bride-like thau these very modern and
advanced young women,, who, having
discarded their grandmothers' idea,
proceed to make themselves charming
In rosebuds.
The veil is worn much in the same
fashion as always, except that it is ar
ranged a little more becomingly. The
flowers, which must be perfectly
white and not cream or yellow in tint,
are joined together with an abundance
of green leaves. V hen properly 0,1-
justed the wreath is simplo and very
becoming. New lork World.
Women Live Longer.
A report from the office of the registrar-general
of England shows that
there are more female than male cen
tenarians. Out of a million people 255
women reach the age of 100 years,
while only 82 men round out the cen
tury. Now, the great conundrum
which is proposed is: Why is this so?
According to the popular superstition
it takes much longer for a woman to
reach even the age of 50 thau it takes
a mun to reach that age. If this is
true it makes the showing nil the more
remarkable. It has even been as
sorted that association with women
makes a man live longer, as shown by
the fact thut the average life of the
married man is longer than the
average life of a single man. The
fact, however, is denied by the end
man at the minstrels, who says that
the life of the married man is not
really longer, but only seems so.
So far there is no satisfactory expla
nation of the original proposition why
more women live to bo a hundred.
Some any it is because woniou nre
less addicted to tobacco and strong
drink, others say that it is because it
is more healthy to spend money thau
it is to earn it, and so on. It may be
ninny of the men are killed at an early
age in casualties to which women are
not exposed. It may be that tight
lacing is a life preserver, and it may
be not a fact, after all. Possibly tho
English registrar-general may be mis
taken. The situation is replete with
possibilities. Bultunore Sun,
Men as Housemaids.
They ore solving the domestic ser
rant problem iu their own way in some
parts of tho J'.ast End of London,
Struck by tho fact that he was inun
dated by hundreds of applications for
a vacant clerkship, while his wifo
could not get a satisfactory "general1
for love or money, a manufacturer in
this district suggested, in a half sar
aastio way. to a very pros&lng oandi'
date that he might try his hand at the)
femiuiuo work rather than do nothing.
The energetic young fellow (who had
n wife aud two children depending
upon him) thought over the remark
aud returned next morning with the
words: "I'll tnko that 'general's' situ-'
ation at your house, sir, if you think
I know enough about it.
After some explanation and a little
demur the mistress was induced to
give the new "maid" a week's trial.i
and despite the sneers of other ser
vants, the brave young man, being1
adaptive and willing, soon learned
sufficient to make a most efficient sub-'
stitute. He has no pride, he says, and
docs not care a whit if seen whitening
the doorsteps or cleaning the win
dows. He lights the fires, cleans the
floors and paint, makes beds,has even
learned washing and ironing in fact,
does all the usual duties of a general
servant. With a civil tongue and tact
rather above the average maid's, he
is getting more than he would earn as
junior clerk; while the employer anil
his wife nre recommending the new
idea to their friends as a brilliant solu
tion of the "servant difficulty." Cos
sell's Journal.
The Use of Cnrnmber.
Most of the expensive toilot Inx-
nries will be found to contain cucura-
er juice. These hold a very impor- ,
taut and expensive place, and just now
is the time for the wise housekeeper to
prepare their cooling aud healing quaW
ities, not only for her own and chil
dren's nse, but for the comfort of the
pnter also.
To make encumber cream, which
not only clears and cleanses the com
plexion, but is also very healing, pro
ceed as follows: Remove the soft part
from two or three cucumbers, warm
sufficiently to make it squeeze through
a hair sieve; to half a etipof this add a
tcnspoonful of glycerine and five drops
of salicylic acid, both the latter are
preservatives, ami if glycerine does
not agree with the skin the salicylate
nlone will bo sufficient. Add a few
drops of any perfume liked, and the
ointment is ready for use.
While encumbers nre plentiful it id
well to have thick slices of the softest
with the soap on the washstand, and
to use after tho former, to rub face,
hands aud throat, rinsing afterward.
The clean, soft feeling of the skin will
answer for its future use. While
tomatoes are ripe aud plentiful they
are excellent to remove freckles and
miiddiness from the skin. A woman
w ith a peach-like bloom on her skin
declares she has used nothing else be
sides sonp from her girlhood. A thor
ough rubbing of the skin once or twice
daily while the season lasts with a ripe
tomato will work wonders, and if this
is found to be the very thing for cer
tain complexions the canned may be
used occasionally through the winter;
those canned nearly whole must be
chosen, as they are the least cooked,
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Fashion Notes.
Round yokes curved low in front
and striped with insertion are seen on
cotton gowns.
Made pieces of passementerie sell.
Six-inch edging and one-inch insert
turn sell well among the Valenciennes
Inces.
Woolen dresses have bands of braid
or velvet ribbon starting from the side
seams and hidden at the back and a
second duster outlining an apron in
front and curved up to the belt at the
back.
Rustling taffeta silk gowns are
more than ever to tho front, and they
have a cool effect unrivaled. They are
trimmed with rows upon rows of Val
enciennes lace and cost small for
tunes accordingly.
White kid bolts are very fashion
able aud red or blue velvet belts em
broidered or bearing scrolls stamped
out of metal. A cherry velvet bolt
worked with gold confines a blouse of
shot cherry and biege silk having a
loose blouse front held at the top with
a single button and has a single lapel
covered with frills of cherry colored
silk. ,
A favorite Paris color of the moment
is ibis pink, aud a smart toque just
brought over is of ibis pink straw, the
very smull crown surrounded by a
a roll of pink tullo, while at the left
side is a plume of wings in pink and
coral. Scarlet tartan plaids are also
iu favor in Paris and transparent inns
lius in vividly bright plaids also hold
the fuuoy.
The blouse bodice is having a new
lease of life, and a good half of the
gowns made now have a blouse front.
A blouse with a deep collar, slashed
aud trimmed on the side, is none the
less a blouse. We do not always see
sleeves of the same material as the
blouse, for the sleeve iu going down
in size has gone up iu importance.
With the rljvevs aud deep collars so
fashionable,', this gives the garment
some, suggestions of a sleeveless
jacket, whicWis added io by the scant
tubs that often full over the shoulder.
Iudoed, soulo recent gowiyi give the
idea that the sleeves are' put ou first,
and tho rest of the gown added after
ward, ' ' - '1M 'v.
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