Chicago 1 henUhlor than ever be- j
fore. In fact it is by fnr the health
iest large city iu the Unitod States.
There Is nn enormous demand ia
New York for Fifth avenue property
facing Central park. Only the rich
can liny, when bare lots are held at
from $4000 to $5000 a front foot.
A Baltimore judge hns decided that
n faith cure or a niiud cure doctor
cannot recover pay for attendance on
sick person. The judge rules that
neh doctors render no service to their
patients worth paying for.
The committee in quest of a site for
the proposed contagious hospital in
New Haven, Conn., has finally se
lected a lot in the rear of a cemetery.
It is expected that these latest "ad
joining property-holders" will not
raise the customary objection.
France and England are rapidly
appropriating the unappropriated ter
ritory of Sudan. Perhaps it would
be more correct to speak of it as an
occupation, since most of the countries
affected have been claimed, for several
years, as belonging within the French
or English sphere of influence.
A most stupendous book-making
licheme in England is now set in mo
tion by Lord Acton, namely, "The
Cambridge Modern History." It will
be published by the Cambridge Uni
versity press iu twelve volumes, and
will cover the period from the end of
the Middle Ages to the present day.
The first volume, dealing with the
Renaissance, will appear in 1809, and
in each succeeding year two volumes
will be printed until the work is com
pleted. Lord Acton's staff includes
great array of historical writers, to
whom different historical periods will
be given.
Says the Chattanooga Nows: It is
bettor for. the country that most rich
men's sons are like Fullman's, rather
than Vanderbilt's. That it should be
three generations from shirt sleeves
to shirt Bleeves is a wise provision of
Providence to prevent the republic
from becoming a few princes of finance
on the one part and millions of pau
pers on the other. It is well for the
majority of humanity that one gener
ation is usually disposed to spend
what the former generation accumu
lated. Thus is the aver ago kept up
and that approach to equality main
tained which alone makes a republic
possible.
In connection with the announce
ment of young Henry George that he
pledges himself to carry on the work
which his father began and his evi
dent inadequacy to the undertaking,
it is interesting, remarks the New
York Times, to recall an observation
in "Progress and Poveity." Mr.
Oeorgo said that in his early life he
bad been a printer, and that he in
time had met a great many rapid
printers and some very slow ones, but
that the swiftest compositor he ever
saw could not set type four times as
fast as the slowest. He was of the
opinion that there was not more dif
ference in the mental equipments of
men in other words, that no one man
had fonr times the intellectual capacity
of another. Whether Mr. George
was right or wrong in this attempt at
applying mathematics to the determi
nation of mind is not material, but the
implication that one can do nearly as
good work as auother will have a
ohanee to be tosted in the future
career of yonng George.
The expedition of the British war
ship Imperieuse to Cocoa Island in
search of bnried treasure is one of the
most amusing incidents that bas
ever happened on this coast. Here is
the admiral of the British Pacific
quadron taking his flagship down to
an island off the Columbian coast and
using bis marines to dig for treasure
aid to amount to'thirty millions. The
island has do harbor, and the risk of
taking a large warship near its coast
was great, bat luokily the weather
continued fair and no disaster oc
curred. It is reported that the
marine fonnd a slate slab which the
guide declared covered hidden treas
ure, but the water poured into the
hole so freely that the admiral grew
weary of the work and gave orders to
return to Victoria. It is reported that
another party will soon start for the
island. This Cocos Island treasnro
is as mythical as other buried wealth
along the Spanish-American coast of
the Pacific, but every year sees new
expeditions fitted out to hunt for it,
There is absolutely no historical evi
dence that gold or preoious stones
were ever buried on the island, and
none of the soores of treasure-hunter
have even obtained a glimpse of
the wealth they sought.
WHEN YOUR EYES SMILE TOO.
When your eyes smlla too when your eyes
smile too,
It's then 1 know your litilden henrt Is laugh
ing out with you.
It's often 1 hnro seen your Hps go searching
up a
I. oh.
tin a stiille.
And, oil, I somehow knew your heart was
irrlevinif no l ho win e
And tlm sky was (lark unit gloomy, and the
bird-songs were so few,
And tlm sun forgot Its shining till your
eyes smiled too 1
- THE SUBSTITUTE.
Hev. M. Pennell, pnstor of the First
Society, Brookville, entered his house
one afternoon iu July with an expres
sion upon his countenance so unlike
the look of w ariness generally there
visible that his wife, noticing it, in
quired: "What bas occurred Hint affords yon
such evident gratification?"
"You know I was wishing that I
might have a temporary relief from
my cares, but ws unwilling to take n
vacation because of my belief that no
church should, even for one Sunday,
be without preaching?"
"Yes; aud I know that you owe it to
your people, not less than to yourself,
to rest from your labors; so doing, you
could accomplish much more. Have
you decided to go away for a seaHou?"
"Read that," he replied, passing a
letter to his wife.
She uufolded themissive.whose con
tents were:
C , Nr.w Yobs, July 13, 18.
Dear Broth rr Prhhem.! You will le
surprised lit hearing from your former class
mate In Andover, between whom imd your
self there has never been sny correspond
ence: but a few words will render nil com
prehensible. From my remembrance of your
views respecting the duties of a pnstor. and
from whnt 1 have heard of your faithfulness,
I apprehend Hint you would Dot saerllhw
whnt you, perhaps unwisely, regard the
welfare of your people to your physical aud,
of course, mental health and strength.
A yuHiig man whom I considered very
gifted has been studying with me for nearly
two years ana would like to preaon a lew
Hundays, experimentally. Provided you
wish to be absent from your charge for a
month or six weeks, my friend will gladly
supply your pulpit during tbat time for no
other oompensntlon thnn his board. If.how
ever.you shall choose to make him n trilling
donation, it will he very aeceitlble,as he has
to provide for himself entirely.
I shall be aliseut from home until the
middle of September, so, If you think proper
to accept my suggestion, plense write to Mr.
Thomas Hmllh, JJoslon, whither he Is going
to visit friend, on reeeipt of tills. With
kindest wishes, Fraternally yours,
William Ulake.
"You will avnil yourself of the op
portunity to recuperate your energies?"
asked Mrs. Peuucll, having finished
the letter.
"I shall. It seems too much like a
dispensation of Proviilcuce to be neg
lected." "I am so glad!"
Mr. Pennell went to bis library and
wrote to Mr. Smith, mentioning the
letter from "Brother" Blake and in
viting him to substitute for him dur
ing the coming six weeks.
Three days later Mr. Smith came to
Brookville.
He was of the medium height,
slight, pale-faced; had long auburn
whiskers, worn a la Anglais, curly
hair of the same hue; blue eyes, that
were sharp, inquisitive, penetrating;
regular, pleasing features; was evi
dently not far from '25.
The following Sunday he ocenpied a
seat in the pulpit with Mr. Pouuoll,
but took no part in the exercises, ex
cept to offer the closing prayer.
At the conclusion of the morning
service the only one for the day
the pastor introduced him to the more
prominent members with the re
mark it soon became sterotyped:
"Mr. Smith will preach fur nvj
while I am having the vacation which
it appears to be my duty to take, and
I think you will have no reason to re
gret the temporary change."
Everyone expressed his pleasure at
knowing that Mr. Pennoll had con
cluded to rest; no one doubted but
that Mr. Smith would satisfactorily
meet all requirements.
Indeed, the newcomer had already
done much toward securing the favor
of those who were to constitute his
congregation.
"What a fervent prayer!" "How
earnest he seeinsl" "He is destined
to become distinguished," and other
like observations might have been
heard, sotto voce, from the elderly
people.
The maidens whispered to one
another, "Did you ever see such side
whiskers?" "What magnificent eyes
be has!" "Isn' t he fine looking!" and
ao on.
The next Sabbath the subject of bis
discourse was: "I was a stranger, and
ye took me in. As a literary produc
tion it was masterly, aud it was de
livered in a manner that held the au
dienoe spell-bound.
When he descended from the pulpit
an ola man, whose frame was bowed,
whose hair was silvered by age, ex
tended hi baud and said, tremulous-
"Brother Smith, in more than 80
years I have never heard so exoellent
a sermon as yours."
"Thank you," returned Mr.. Smith
"Your kind words are encouraging,'
and a blush suffused hia face.
From that time hia praises were on
every lip. People who were noted
Sabbath-breakers went tJ hear him;
the prayer-meetiug had an attendance
larger than it had ever before known;
the "sewing circle," usually discon
tinued through tbe bot months, was
re-orgauized,andof it be was the tuov
ing spirit
The young men liked him; the
young womeu married as well as
ingle fairly adored him.
With, refereuoe to the gentler sex
Be acted oironmspeotly, being courteous
toward all. but manifesting no favor
itinat for an of them. In fortnight
When ynnr eyes smile too whoa yonreyos
nm I In too,
Oh, the listen of the willows and the glisten
of tint (lllW I
Oil, tlm brightness of Ihn meadow and the
lightness of the ariiln,
And the mimic of thii llttlo winds that laugh
along thn linn I
Oh, the whier of the valley and the dorp-
ness of thn blue,
And ths glory Just of living when your
eyes smllo toot
New York Tress.
4
ho was as popular as a clergyman
could desire to be.
"I should like to nek a great favor
of you," he said to Mr. Campbell,
president and cashier of the local
bnuk, a "pillar" of the church, as
they sat iu conversation one evening.
"Do not hesitate to a-k any favor
which it is in my power to grant,"
was the reply.
"It is not exactly the thing for nn
bumble servant of the Lord to wear
this ring" extending his shapely
white hand, whereon sparkled a large
diamond. "It indicates a tnste for
display that, not commendnble with
the rich, is reprehensible where the
wearer is poor and fitting for the vo
cation that is to be mine. I do not
wenr it as a matter of display, how
ever, but because it is an heirloom,
from which I have been unwilling to
part in the seasons of my direst need.
The people cannot know my motive
iu having it appear upon my person
and will probably misapprehend it.
I would ask, if you are willing, to
give it a place iu your safe at the
bank."
"Most assuredly. Carry it there iu
the morning, aud I will deposit it
where it will be secure."
"Thank you. My mind is relieved
of a grent responsibility."
The next morning he went to the
batik and sow his ring placed where
Mr. Campbell convinced him it would
be "secure."
After nn absence of five weeks Mr.
Pennell returned to his charge, aud
Mr. Smith went from Brookville to a
small village in Mniup, whore be had
engaged to preach for a short tinio, he
said.
Tbore was a wide and deep regret
at his departure, and now a few of the
church member especially those who
had joined under bis administration
freely expressed their wish that the
'lay preacher might continu.i to sub
stitute for the regular pastor, who,
such remarks reaching, deeply
grieved.
Finnlly mntters settled into thoir
former channel and moved on peace
fully for the greater part, though not
without an occasional disturbance
such ns the parish hud not known
prior to thn advent of Mr. Smith.
Toward the close of Heptomlier a
pnnio was created in the place by the
rumor thnt the hank had been Imr
glarized to the amount of nearly $00,-
000 a rumor that proved true.
The dny that this announcement
was made Mr. Smith again came to
Brookville to obtain the ring, w hich he
had thought it best should remain in
the safo while ho was away.
Despite the gloom of those who
had siillere 1 by the burglary, they
wore glad to see him aud, learning
bis loss, were so sorry as to almost for
get their own.
"Though the intrinsic value of the
ring was considerable, I valued it
chiefly because it hud been iu our
family so many years handed down
from one', to auother generation," bo
said; "but my los does not deserve
mention with Hint which some of you
have experienced. It does make me
feel a personal interest in the affair"
this to the directors and depositors
"and I would suggest that you at once
telegraph to New York for Mr.
oue of the most expert detectives in
America. I regret my inability t re
main and learn the result of your in
vestigatio'i. If you succeed in re
oovering the stolon property, I shall
appreciate your kindness if you will
express the rim at once to me at
Rochester, New York."
Mr. Campbell promised to do so,
Mr. Smith thnnked him and was gone.
The detective named was summoned
by telegraph and within 1'2 hours ar
rived iu Brookville. Tohim the pros
ident stated all the facts iu the case,
of which the officer made a ineiiioran
dum. Then, as iu verification of these
statements:
"The door of the bank was locked
when you reached it?" he said, inter
rogatively.
"It was," returned Mr. Campbell.
"The safe was also locked?"
"Yes."
"The windows were fastened as
usual?"
"They were."
"Who knows the combination that
you use on your lock to the safe?"
"No one but myself."
"Have yon ever committed it to
paporr
"I have, and the paer is now in a
sealed package, held by my attorney
and to be opened only iu case of an
illness that renders mo unconscious
or my death. "
"Do yon know that the package has
never been tampered Willi?"
"I suppose that it has not. Will
learn shortly," and he wrote a note
which be sent to ' bis attorney.
"No suspicious person has been
seen in the village recently?"
"Not that I am aware of."
The officer began bis examination
of the premises, frequently referring
to bis memoranda. Meanwhile
sealed package was handed to Mr.
Campbell, who, opening it, said:
"The paper is here, unmolested.'
"Are you sure that you have never
actjwentaliy disclosed the combination
to anyone that no ono hns been neat
yon when you opened the safe?"
"ibe only person who has ever
been near me when I opened the safe,
with the exception of the officials,
is the gentleman who substituted for
our pasttT this summer."
"How did be happen to be near
you?"
"He came here to leave a valuable
ring that wns his for safe-keeping."
"lou opened the snfe in his pres
ence, and he unsuccessfully tried to
open it aftor you?"
"Yes," In absolute astonishment.
"Describe bis personal appearance."
Mr. Campbell did so.
"That is all for the present," re
marked the o IU cor.
Fonr days elapsed, during which
the detective seemed to give the'Vase"
no consideration, devoting his time to
conversation with this, that and the
other one on any subject except the
burglary. Then he went to Mr.Camp
bell. "Your description," he said, "of the
gentleman who substituted for your
i .I . , i . , i
pastor nun summer inuieti no niceiy
with the description of a burglar who
has 'operated' in the West that I at
once made up my mind that the two
were Identical."
Mr. Campbell gave a start.
"Leaving you I called on Mr. Pen
nell and learned the name of the cler
gyman by whose reeommendntion Mr.
Smith came here. To this minister I
immediately wrote. The reply is "
reading a letter:
C , Nsw York, Oet. 2, 18 .
Drab Rir In answer to yours. Inst at
hand, would sny i I know no one by the
name of Thomas Smith. never had a student,
never wrote to Hrother Pennell. The even
ing before I left home, last July, a young
man. In all respects like the one you describe,
called on me and asked Innumerable ques
tions ooiioerning brother Pennell so many
anil so strange that I wondered at them. I
Intended to write brother 1'. about this man,'
but neglected It so long that I deemed It
best not to write at all. Wish now that I
had, as It would have prevented the Imposi
tion which has been practised upon an es
teemed oo-wurkor and his people.
lours resiiectrully,
William IIlakr.
Mr. Campbell was too much aston
ished to speak.
"Probably this man Smith or
whatever his name may be learning
that your bank did an immense busi
ness, resolved to burglarize it long
ago," continued the officer. "Just
how ho chanced to adopt the clerical
role I cannot sny; but, having deter
mined upon it, he could easily find
the name of some one who wns your
pastor's classmate at the Theological
seminary by consulting t ho catalogue
of the institution for various years.
Fortune favored him in selecting Mr.
Blako. He had never corresponded
with Mr. Pennell, but was thoroughly
versed in his ways. This circumstance
enabled Smith to write to your pnstor,
with no fear of detection by reason of
the penmanship. The time of writing
wns also opportune, as Mr. Blake was
on the point of leaving home, and Mr.
Pennell could not write to him con
cerning the would-be substitute.
"The ring it mny or may not have
been worth something was the ruse
by which ha gained a knowledge of
your combination. When yon opened
the safe lie learned the number thnt
you used, and his unsuccessful at
tempt to open it after you was a mere
'blind.' Of course, to obtain au en
trance to the building wns an easy
matter for him. I shall this very day
go in pursuit of him, and my advice
is, sny nothing of whnt I have told you
to anyone except the directors, more
than thnt I have obtained a clew to
the perpetrator of the deed, until you
hear from me. "
Early in December he received a
telegram from tho detective at New
York, which contained the single
word "Come.
He went to that city, where he
found Thomas Smith, lins various
other names, iu custody, who made a
full confession, quite substantiating
the officer's uppoNitions,and restored
all that he had taken from the bank,
rave a hundred dollars or so.
When Mr. Campbell returned to
Brookville with the stolen property
everyone was astonished; they were
more astonished on learning the true
character of the "lay preacher."
"His first te.t should have been, 'I
was a stranarer and took ye in,' " fa
cetiously observed oue of the church
members whom Mr. Smith had espe
cially pleased.
Since that time no one of bis flock
has expressed any desire that another
than the Key. Mr. Pennell administer
to his spiritual wants,
Ktrange Ircss for Hliiiiiese.
A London daily hns this reference
to an old photograph which thn Siaiu
Free Press points out some of its rend
ers may have seen: Twenty-five years
ago there was a photograph on sule in
Singapore representing the oousorts
of the king of Siain iu Highland array.
There were thirty or forty of them in
kilt and philabeg and ostrich feathers,
with a piper on each flank. The mon
arch aucestor, we presume, to king
Chaulalongkorn had lately received
a Scottish gentleman, who thought it
fitting to don his national costume for
the ceremony. His majesty was so
struck that he borrowed the accoutre
ments, set hia tailors to work, equip
ped all tbe harem and sent for a pho
tographer. The funny old print ret
ours to memory when we read the
preseut kiug's admiration for the dress
of the Magyar nobles. He is not likely
to parade his wives therein, but he
bas ordered one for himself. It is in
deed a strikiug costume so striking
that one does not know whether to
luugh or to admire when coming across
a gentleman thus rigged out in the
brand new, buatliug thoroughfare of
Budapest.
Vermont makeB considerably more
maple sugar and syrup than auy other
state in the Union. The average
sugar crop is about 13,000,000 pounds,
besides syrup,
A Ileal "Miss lWvlahfllil."
The case of Miss Havishirn, in
"Great Expectations," has lately been
paralleled iu England by a Miss Clarke,
f Chatteris, in Cambridgeshire, who
aas just died after 45 years in her
jed. In 1852 she hail a disappoint
nout in love, and forthwith retired to
ler bodchamber, which she never left
ilive. She was in comfortable financial
liroumstannes, and found her chief di
version in fancy needlo work. Argo
naut. The llecomlngness of Fnr.
What woman does not know the be
somingness of fur on a cold crisp day,
when the eyes are brightened, and the
Kilor of the cheeks heightened by the
itiff, bracing air? Fur, if selected to
mit the wearer aud worn consistently,
loes more to lend youth and freshness
io the face aud general style than al
most any other accessory of feminine
Iress, and the woman of 45 who af
fects furs to harmonize with ber gen
sral coloring of hair, skin and eyes
ran take many years from her usual
ippearauce. Woman's Home Com
panion. A Favorite Trimming.
A favorite trimming for handsome
doth dresses is muuve, reseda, green,
luhlia, gray, fawn, etc., is a rather
jeavy cream or ecru guipure lace
which is employed for yokes, boleros,
paulottes,and laid flat on velvet vests,
spaulettos, cuffs and collars as bor
lers. Very dressy gowns made with
princesse backs are cut down in a
iqilare at the front, with an inserted
foke of guipure, the yoke bordered
sith fur or with a framing piece of
guipure which brondons out into
spaulettes at each side, partly cover
ing the small sleeve puffs. The seams
it graceful princesse corsnges are de
fined by a narrow cache point or gimp
f passementerie which is carried
lowu to the bottom of tho skirt.
Woiitirtr New Occupation.
Students of the drama will doubt
less recall oue play atleast ia which the
fortunes of a family, or the hero's life
ind honor, were saved by a girl don
aing a jockey's colors and riding the
winning horse to victory. A case of
this kind in real life bas just come to
light in England, where a young
woman of 18 had worked for six
I nonths as a stable groom without her
! lex having been discovered. She be
longed to a family of jockeys, was a
I capital ridor and devoted to horsos.
! She induced n stable friend to intro
I luce her under a masculine alias, and
luring the entire time of her service
I javo excellent satisfaction. A stable
' iccidont revealed the truth ns to her
lex, but the owner for whom she
: worked, in telling the story, declare 1
i he belioved it would be a great a Uan
j Inge if young women could ride race
horses, not only on acconut of their
light weight, but on account of the
j devotion the horses showed Jo them,
Mew Ioi k t ress.
Ilutter HupplmiU Flowers.
Florists do not like the new fashion
which decrees that butter, aud not
' flowers, is the proper gift to send to
i friend, man or woman, about to sail
for Europe. Butter appears to be
rather a strange token of friendship,
hut just now it is the proper thing to
tend as a farewell offering to one
about to go down to sea in a liner.
The bntter is sent in the cure of the
ship's steward, who sees to it that it
is served at tha table on the numer
ous or rare occasions when tue recip
ient of the dairy gift appears in the
Jining saloon. The gift is not sent as
a rehV'tion. upon the butter served by
the ship. Nor is it cheap Lnrter. in
deed the butter is very expensive, for
it costs from 00 cents to 31 a pound, it
is the product of milk from the very
best bred cows, i ive pounds is tue
quantity usually pnrchased. That is
sufliciont to last a passenger six or
seven davs at sea or even more, if be
or she becomes seasick. New York
Comuiorciul Advertiser.
Women In RwlUerland.
The women of Switzerland are hop
ing to arrange a congress of women
from all the cantons, to take place
during the exhibition at Geneva next
year. They look forward to being
able thus to lay a foundation for the
formation of a national council of
women not an easy thing to do whan
one considers that the inhabitants of
Switzerland consist of throe different
races, with different languages and
religious creeds. 1
A society now existing in Geneva,
with branches in other towns, has
mueh tbe same spirit and aims as a
national council. It is called L' Union
des Femmes, and bas taken up the
question of women's wages, of -co
operative stores, of technical educa
tion, of dress reform and woman's
morul olevation. Connected with this
union is the Society for Woman's
Legal Bights, which only last year
achieved a great step in auvauc
by procuring for married women th
right to dispose of their fortune o
wages, as the oase may be, aud t
bank the same uuder their own name,
Louis Bridel, professor of law at th
Usiwiity of Geneva, ha been wosj
helpful in this matter, as iu all ques
tions relating to women, iu which,
aided by his wife,he takes the greatest
Interest.
Feminine education, as every one
knows, is far advanced in Switzerland.
aud the University of Zurich hasjnany
...... .... , - V
numeu niuiieiiin, inoec oi wuom come,
however, from other lands. It was
here that Dr. Emily Kempin, the first
lecturer of the woman's law class of
the University of the City of New
lorlc was trained. She had a long
and hard struggle before being al
lowed to practice her calling; but
the fight has been a successful one,
for she is now not only engaged in
active professional work, but ia also
professor-at-law at her alma mater.
Now York Tribune.
The Diamond Itlng.
The diamond ring is general if not
universal. It sits enthroned on the
hand of young and old, rich and poor,
and though it may not always be safe
to test its genuineness, it glitters its
very best uuder all circumstances.
This passion for a bit of carbon is in
born. One offers no excuse for the
taste that can be gratified at a com
paratively trifling outlay, for there are
diamonds of such exquisite pnrity that
cease to become mere ornaments, and
are rather gems of nature to be won
dered at. Man's fondness for shiny
objects began with his creation; and
though no mention is made of Adam
wearing a diamond ring, it was Eve's
A-cakness for a serpent s bright eyes
that led them both astray and made
the earth give up its treasure to grat
ify their suddenly developed human
vanity. Not many years elapsed
after the expulsion, I warrant, ere
Mine. Eve was ordering Adam to bring
her home some of those bright peb
bles to sew on ber new frock. To
drop down to the present era, when
diamonds are bought by the pint, it is
not strange thnt everybody wears one
in a ring or in his scarfpin. Some
years ago the man who wore a diamond
pin in his shirt bosom was regarded as
the poison i Heat ion of vulgar ostenta
tion but today he does more he
wears diamoifd studs, a diamond scarf
pin and the inevitable ring. There
fore the other day when a car con
ductor flashed a diamond ring on bia
third finger, under my nose, I wasn't
a bit astonished at the exhibition of
his wealth, but silently wondered what
fortuitous conditions had led hiin to
collecting the public's fares. It was
of no consequence if the stone was off
color, for any lapidary will tell you a
yellowish tint adds to the brilliancy,
but it showed how human nature in
sists on gratifying Us tastes, even at
the expense of the necessities of life.
But as a philosopher opined, when we
all have bicycles, why in the world
shouldn't those who can't ride one
buy something thnt costs as much as
the wheel? Why not, indeed? It ia
matter of saving up. Boston Herald.
Fashion Notes.
Lace collars add greatly to the
beauty of velveteen or ' corduroy
dresses.
Collarettes or boas of fur with mnffa
to match are smart accompaniments to
jacket suits.
Plaid aud Roman striped ribbons
are chosen in preference to plain rib
bons for stocks, beiti aud tiiuiaiing
purposes.
Small patterned, self colored taffeta
silks in beautiful evening shades are
now sold in popular qualities at froni
75 cents to 31 a yard.
Corded silks and ribbed woolen
and velvets will be very fashionably
used for handsome gowns.eutire street
costumes, redingotes aud wraps thia
winter.
The oddest, but certainly not the
prettiest, of new belts are of fiuted
gold and silver, the outside enameled
with a solid color aud etrewu with
flowers of different tints.
Velvet ribbons are to be especially
fashionable this season for dress trim
mings. Checked, striped and plaid -velvet
ribbons are also in demand, and
are exceedingly effective in brighten
ing up street and house gowns.
A smart blonse of dork brown cloth,
ia crossed in front by straps of bright
red cloth fastened with black military
frogs. The belt is of red cloth braid
ed with black, and the flaring collar ia
braided with black and fastens in front
with an ornament of steel.
The fur blouse which will usurp the
place of both bodice and wrap ia one
of the leading novelties of the season.
There are likewise fancy, blousea
for very youthful wearers, made of
Scotch tartans and plain vivid reds of
many different shades, but somewhat
toned in effect by their velvet trim
ming. Facings, revers and vest of whits)
or cream cloth appear on some of the
handsomest cloth costumes for special
wear. This is au easy aud most af
fective addition to a gowu and always
a becoming one. Some of these gowns
show the white or cream portion bor
dered with row of white and gold
braid; other are almost hidden by aa
intricate arabesque or vermicelli da
ie'n ia band braiding.
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