I
The Kaffirs, it Is reported, Lave be
come opium eater. The Chinese have
tnnght them for the purpose of ex
tending their market.
The use of petroleum is becoming
common in China. As a result lamps
and oil stoves are being imported
heavily. Moot of them come from
Japan and Germany.
Russia is strengthening her forces
in the North Pncille.ns nho did during
the Chinese war. litis in means to
control the destinies of northeast
Asia. If Germany shall stay in China
it will be because Russiau policy per
mits it.
The United Htates is now regarded
as the leading dairy country of the
world. In 1880 the aunual value of
our dairy products was estimated to
exceed (MOO, 000, 000, and the value ol
the milch cows about .170,000,000.
There are about 17,000,000 cows in
this country, or one to every four in
habitants; one cow, however, fnriiiHhes
the milk, butter and checso for more
than four persons, as hu ge quantities
of our dairy products are exported.
The Atchinsou (Kan.) Globe says
that "up in Hiawatha the curfew will
be rnng twice at 5 o'clock to call the
women home from card parties to get
snpper and at 8 o'clock for nil the chil
dren to scamper home. This is not a
bad idea, and Atchison should adopt
it. If the whistle can be used but
once a, day, then let it be blown at 0
o'clock for the curd-plnying women.
The women need a curfew worse than
the children. They neglect no duties.
By all means, blow the curfew at B."
Says the Louisville Courier-Journal:
"A late phase of New York journal
ism is the publication of twelve tele
graphed interviews with murderers
all over the country as to the guilt oi
innocence of Martin Thorn and Mrs.
Nock. A spnicmen interview is with
Lizzie Wong, a St. Louie white woniau
a ho married a Chinoso gambler, and
killed another woman through
Jealousy. This may be considered ns
going to extremes, but the readers ol
the New York papers must be in
structed at any cost."
The Chicago Times-Herald phil
osophizes as follows: It was long
since acknowledged that "care killed
cat" and that worry slays its tens oi
thousands where work kills its hun
dreds. Science comes to the defence
of his philosophy and pvoduces actual
proof that worry kills as certainly, il
not as suddenly; as typhoid or scarlet
or yellow fever, and that many a dis
ease that is attached to some othei
vital organ originates in the brain.
Occasional anxiety or care and trouble
at intervals may do little harm. But
incessant worry, disturbing the brain
cells from day to day and week to
week, will injure the brain beyond
repair. The brain being the nutritive
centre of the body is thus unable tc
nurture the other organs some ot
which will give way, and the victim,
thongh said to die of heart disease oi
Innq trouble or disorder of the liver,
is, as S3 matter of fact,killed by worry.
Bo, if the brain is exposed to that re
iterated hammering of an unpleasant
fear it will finally succumb, and the
human structure which it inhabits
will tumble into ruins. The micro
scope is even able to detect this de
generation of the brain cells from
weok to week. Don't worry.
The special report of the agricnl
tural department, Washington, that
Austria-Hungary from being a great
grain-exporting country is becoming
an importing nation, is another as
surance that the American - farmer is
going to get better prices for farm
produce during the next few years.
k me empire nst rnnnea nun among
wheat producers, coming after the
United States, Russia, Franoe and
British India; but its tendency is to
mailer production year after year
Mr. Frank H. Hitohoock, chief of the
, section of foreign markets in the de
partment who has made a careful
x study of the matter, says that th
acreage h steadily diminishing, while
the consumptive requirements of the
country are increasing. This applies
also to the willing industry. The
mills of Bnda-Festb are said to be the
finest and largest in the world, and
hitherto have exported great part ol
their output. The annual average
for the Ave years, 1886-90, was 1,775,
827 barrels, but for 1801-95 the an
nnal exports amounted to but 600,.
607 barrels. The grain which Austria
import has heretofore been almost
entirely from Roumania, Bervia and
Russia, but the cessation of exports
removes Mat much of competing sup
plies froo the worlds markets and the
, . orportiug netions.of which we are the
reatest, must reap the benefits.
LONC
I once knsw all the blnls that came
And nested In our orchard troes
For every flower I hnd a nnmo
Mr friends were woodchuoks, toads and
bees,
I knew where, thrived In youdor glen
Wbnt plants would souths a stoue-brulsnd
toe .
O, t wns very learned then,
But Hint was vary long ago.
1 know ll) spot upon the hill
Where eheckcrlierrlcs could be found (
I kmtw th" rushes nnr the mill
Whom th" pickerel lay that weighed a
nonnil !
I know the wood the very tree
Wln.rn lltf"tl thn Itnnclilttir. allllfv fPMir.
And nil thn woods and crows knew mo
Hut tlmt wns very long ago.
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A Gat and Dog
Aunts are often odiously eccentric
persons. The idea had occurred to me
even while Aunt Mnria Markhnm was
alive. After her death I ns convinced
of it.
Ho wns poor.denr Julin, though cir
cumftatices (thunks to Aunt Markhnm)
withheld her from informing me of the
fact.
By Aunt Maria's will I vas to have
the brute of a bulldog and Julia the
cat. The conditions were that with
each quadruped the legatee was to re
ceive $500 per annum. This sum to
be paid as long as the cat and dog re
spectively enjoyed life in this terres
trial sphere, and afterwards also for
our respective lives (Julia's and mine)
if the said quadrupeds eventually died
natural deaths.
It was simply iniquitous for sev
eral reasons.
To begin with, Strong, ns the bull
dog was called, had frightful teeth and
a yet mure frightful temper. I should
think aim had paid hundreds: of dol
lars in bush-money to folks whose
flesh and blood the brute hnd tasted
to say nothing of trousers, dress skirts
and hose.
Sweet, as tho cat was named, wns
an enormous objoct, with enormous
claws. Its temper wasreolly not bail.
But once aroused, Sweet was a demon;
nothing less. lu aunt's time I hnd
seen this great tigerof a cut stroll cure
lessly into the yard where Strong wns
chained and there lay itself down to
rest just three feet, from tho limit of
Strong's tether. The sight of the dog
when it happened wns pathetic. Jtnt
it didn't trouble Sweet. The cut lay
half curled, with its green eyes on
Strong, and I would not have put odds
on the bulldog if they could have hnd
vstrnight set-to without any favor.
Visitors loathed Sweet. She pos
sessed a lazy, cool way of clawing up
a fellow's legs and yawning while she
hung on to the skin. And no lady
was safe from her. Be tho dress ma
terial what it might from cambrio to
Batin Sweet was bound to assault it
on the sly.
But all this was comparatively noth
ing to the great hardship of all.
In jest I had more than once told
Julia that I hnd told Aunt Murin thnt
she (Julia) was the only person tit to
take charge of such a dear treasure as
Sweet in case of sad happenings.
Really, I hnd done no such thing, but
Julia now disbelieved my solemn as
severations. "I wiir accept Annt Mnrkbam's
charge," she said, "but we must never
see each other again, yon and I."
We were cousins, you kuow, and
rather better than engaged, I imagined?
I could (previous to snut's demise)
have conceived the collapse of the
heavens, but not Julia's repudiation
of our joiut future.
And so she fetched Sweot and in
stalled the slick demon in her dear
studio, and I was left to consolo my
self with that more than demon, Strong,
the bulldog.
It was understress of this trentment
by Julia that I did a thing that now
eems to me superhuman.
"Pleaae.sir," said my aunt's house
keeper, when I contemplated the dog
that was mine, "I don't kuow how
you'll got him to yonr rooms, nor
what you'll do with him when you
get him there. Siuce the poor missus'
death he has been something awful."
"Oh, he has, has he?" said I, staring
like one fascinated at his awkward,
broad chest.
I walked off there and then driven
by rage and the thought of Julia and
came to an old curiosity shop. Here
there was a complete suit of rusty ar
mor, not too heavy for an athlete of
my build. I arranged to borrow that
armor, pnt it on in aunt's own parlor
aud theu with my rhinoceros hide stick
walked np to the luir of the dog.
Mean it mny have been. I care not.
For 29 minutes I smote Strong
antil there was no bite left in him.
He bestowal maiy tooth marks and
cratches ou the a-mor,bnt that didn't
hurt me. And when the 20 minutes
we-e past he rolled over oi his uclv.
great back and wagged his short tail.
Then did I nli-i o f my armor aud go
boldly up to tho d-g. It licked my
bauds. I Lad conqnei ed, and I knew
that Strong would thenceforward,
if need we e, die for me. But I
hated it mire than ever, for never
more than at this moment did I feel
like wanting a smile from iny deat
Julia.
Thus began the miserable three
months of uur et anje nent.
Julia was madly devoted to art. Sin
wore "nev" garuieuts and "uew"
modes of hair; hut they all be. ame
her, though h'deo is on any other girl.
With aunt's 3-00 a year.she had money
to scrape along oo. Literature wa
my rope of lo.tune. I had enough
to kuepinysiif in bread and cbeee
and the dojj la banes.
But a fell iw re ,ni es other thin rs
than mere jieuexsa ies. I yearned fo.1
Julia. Thr.ce I made an effort to soj
her, and thrice I wote. All in vaiu.
ACO.
And pining tor the )of ot youth,
1 trend thn old familiar spot, ,
Only to learn this solemn truth i
I have forgotten, am forgot.
Vt. here's this youngster at my knee
Knows nil the things t used to knjw I
To think 1 once wns wise ns he
Hut that wns very long ago.
I know It's folly to complain
Of whatsoe'er the Fates decree j '
Yet were not wishes all In vnln,
t loll yon what my wish would bet
I'd wish to be a hoy again,
Hack with the friends 1 used to know
For I wns, oh! so happy then
Hut that wns very long ago.
Eugene Field.
Life for Two.
I hnd the wretched bulldog as com"
pensatiou and nothing more.
Now in the third or fourth week I
began to experience the joys of being
mnster of such a brute as Strong. He
had to be kept iu my own roum, if
you plense, because there wns no yard.
While I was in it was all right; ho
would sit watching nio as humble as a
dog could be. But the moment I wns
free of the honso he would bark and
rove and keep it np until I returned.
Of course I gob served with sum
monses ou behalf of the nuisauce.
All this time I was without explicit
intelligence of Julia. It was madden
ing. To think of this poor, dear way
ward child alone, as it were (thongh
not quite) in a great oily, consuming
her own pride. For I felt, you see,
that she really still loved mens I loved
her. And yet not one word could I
get front the worthy, devoted old
housekeeper who looked after her.
But one evening, when many weeks
hnd passed and 1 hnd bred a wrinkle
on my brow, who should come to see
me but Mrs. Green herself this same
good housekeeper.
"'Tis no good talking, Mr. Wil
loughby," she burst forth,- "and for
nobody that lives will I see my dear
Miss Julia breaking her precious heart
lenst of nil a cnt."
"Go on, Mrs. Green," I urged, and
she went ou.
"The times we've hnd,sir, I'd never
hnve believed possible, aud all along
of that Swevtt wretch. You're no
quninted with the animnl, Mr. Wil
loughby, but not ns sho's grown up
of late. There's nn evil spirit iu thnt
beast not tit for a decent person to
live with and least of all a tender
young lady like Miss Julia."
"You nre extremely right, Mrs.
Green, extremely," I remarked. "Tell
mo more." '
"The vory Inst thing, sir, was the
scratching of the "King of Scotland"
from head to foot and him ready to
be sent to tho academy. 'Six weeks'
html work and all for nothing!' my
yonng lady sobbed and snid,a-pointing
nt the cat, which lay pnrriu' like the
evil hypocrite she is. There's nothin'
snfe fromhe false grent objoct. And
the milk it drinks aud the dainty bits
it does steal why, it's 95 a week
damage it does one way or another,
if you'll believe? trie, Mr.Willoughby."
"I believe every word yon say, my
dear Mrs. Green," I replied. "Look
at that other objoct."
I pointed ut Strong as I spoke and
made a click with my tongue. Strong
obeyed that click. He stole.growling
towards Mre. Green, who jumped np,
screamed and fled. But I arrested bar
outside and took her by the arm and
whispered in her large red ear and
was so glad that I could have kissed
ho a, though she carries much hair on
her upper lip and unequivocal down
on her chin.
"We wUI go in a cab," said I at
length, when I had soothed her. And
on the way I convinced her thnt my
I ion was a reasonaoie one nuii mat.
she (Mrs. Green) would be far more
comfortable and opulent as house
keeper to two souls than as house
keeper to one soul and a demon cat. '
And in the street, where Julia gives
consecration to, the utmosphore,I first
pressed a dollar into the dear creature's
palm and then set her on the pave
ment. Then back I drove to my rooms to
find that Strong hnd, in a playful fit,
reached down my collection of foreign
stamps (in a $20 album) and divided
it into an incalculable number of
parts. But for once I did not curse
the pretty creature.
"Good old dog," I said, as I patted
him on the head. And he wagged his
ugly tail and straightway proved bis
good nous by swallowing a British
Guinea stamp of 1855 worth $5 and
scraping to morsels its fellow worth
$10.
That night I dreamed many dreams
in which Julia, Mrs. Green, the dog
Strong and the cat Sweet were strange
ly miuglel. But I awoke refreshed,
nevertheless, for I was full of hope.
Jsoiad I any compunctions, for I
felt that the happiness of two human
so lis was better than the happiness of
a couple of demoniacal quadrupeds.
In the morning an insurance agent
called aud, speaking in a high voice
that seemed menacing (thongh of
course was not), gut mauled at the
ankle.
"The law, my friend, will give me
ray revenge," said this gentleman,
when I had escorted him in safety
downstairs. You see, I bad not wanted
to insure my life.
But at half past three I uprose and,
taking Strong by the chain, led him
iuto the street.
Thus to the studio. Here Mrs.
Oreen received me with a pale face.
"Alius Julia is uot iu," she said;
and I, dissembling, remarked that it
was a pity. '
"If I might rest awhile," I pro
ceeded. '
"Ob, certainly, sir," replied the
astute cronture. "'or hap you would
like to leave the doer iu tUu kitnbrjk?"
The good soul opened the door.
Then I slipped Strong's chain, pushed
him iu and shut the door.
Immediately afterwards I invaded
Julia's studio and Mrs. Green with1
me. We shut ourselves in and dis
cussed the weather, the last cure for
colds (Julia having one) aud much
else. We talked without ceasing, in
deed, for many minutes.
But In spite of everything the riot
in the kitchen reached our enrs. Ter
rillcnt times it wns, with fateful lulls,
followed afresh by piercing cries, now
of a cnt and now of n dog. I opened
the door an inch and peeped in.
At length, by half-past four, utter
peace reigned. Mrs. Green and I
looked at each other and started for
the kitchen.
Ou the landing, however, whom
should we meet but Julia.
"James!" she exclaimed, blushing
divinely.
"I brought the dog with me," 1
murmured. "I am going - now. I
only wanted to know that yon were
well. He is in the kitchen."
Her eyes brightened when I men
tioned Strong. Hatred of Sweet pos
sessed her she snld so aftorwards.
Then I o led the door, and in
moment I saw thnt we were saved.
"Oh.Miss Julia!" cried Mrs. Green,
running to the lifeless body of Sweet.
"Strong, what hnve you been doing?"
said I. But I expected no auswer.for
side by side with the cat lay the life
less dog.
For ninny seconds we contemplnted
the dead warriors. Then I turned to
Julia. Tears were in her eyes, Mrs.
Green considerately went away.
"Dearest," I said, "there is nothing
now between us," aud I opened my
arms to her.
She hesitated for a moment, then
came to me, and I kissed away her
tears.
The death of Strong and Sweet was,
after due legal debate, reckoned ex
ceedingly nntural.
The quadrupeds slumber iu oue
grave. St. Louis Star.
QUAINT AND CURIOUS.
Infant schools began in New Lanark,
Scotland, iu 1815; iu England not till
1818.
To improve her complexion, a young
lady iu Worcester, England, wns in
the habit of eating about two wax
candles every weok.
Chinese brides of high station fre
quently do not see their husbands
until the red veils are lifted at the
marringe ceremony,
Tho long tails of the Shah of Per
sia's horses are dyed crimson for
six inches at their tips a jealonsly
guarded privilege of the ruler aud his
sons.
In order to raise church funds, a
Georgia minister charged admission to
an entertaiuuent where the contestants
engsged in a ginger cake eating com
petition. Detectives detailed to look after pro
fessional shoplifters always look to
soe if their suspects are weaving gloves.
A professional, it is declared, never
works with gloves on.
The ginger plant grows wild in
some parts of Mexico, and its cultiva
tion on tho elovated plateaus is to be
encouraged. An estimate of the
value of the crop may be gleaned
from the fact that one acre's yield
brings in about 8300 in gold.
Showers of blood bona fide, genu
ine blood, or at any rate, having tho
same properties are by no menns un
common On the Mediterranean coast,
aud in some parts of Italy. The rniu
has been analyzed, and undoubtedly
contains several of tho mineral con
stituents of human blood.
Alderman Backer of Brooklyn is a
philanthropist also a real estate
dealer. He has offered to the first
family that is blessed with twins in
his district a honso, rent free, as long
ns they want to occupy it. To the
first family that registers triplets lie i
offers to give a house and lot. j
It was not until 1878 that the manu
facture of hairpins began in the United
Stutes. Previous to tlmt time those
used in this country were brought
from England or France. Now the
trade is such a largo oue that it tnkos
DO, 000 packages, each containing
twenty-four pins, to supply the whole
sale demand daily in Jew York alone.
There died the other day at Ells- '
worth, Ohio, a man who remombers I
with vivid distinctiveness the battle
of Waterloo, of which he was an eye
witness. James R. Green was born
at Bolton. England, in 1798. In 1815
he wus doing service on the Royal I
George and lie got permission to go to
the front with a brother, who was in
the Forty-fifth regiment.
O. C. Bohulto, a member of the
California Swimming club, was culled
upon to take the place of another diver
who had been announced to jnmp from
the balcony ot the Cliff house, San
Francisco, into the sea, but who re
fused to tnke the leap of eighty-five
feet. Sohulte promptly undertook the
feat and made a successful dive in the
presence of ten thousand spectators.
A very economical farmer in Mars
Hill, Me., who is worth thousands of
dollars, had the misfortune to lose bis
wife by sudden death. Her loss
grieved him very much, occurring, as
it did, iu the midBt of bis fall work.
He very reluctantly gave up his duties
on the farm long enough to dig his
wife's grave with his own hands, and
theu hastily returned to his more pro
fitable labor. .
utterly Hopeless.
"It's all off, darling," groaned the
disconsolate lover.
"No? Did papa refuse bis con
sent?" "1'racticnlly. He said that I might
have yo'i when I bad earned and saved
8100(1 . " ' a monster, Ainie."
No I'lnk Tc for Her.
A Norton county (Kansas) paper, in
speaking of Miss Kate Johnson, the
county treasurer-elect, says: "She is
good looking, jolly, well fixed finan
cially, lull ol miriness, likes com
pany, but couldn't be dragged into a
pink tea with a fonr-horse team."
Owns Two H tindred Teapots.
A woman in Chicago owns 200 tea
pots. Among curious pieces iu the
collection is a double Japanese tenpot
with two spouts, which is always used
at wedding festivities in that country
by the bride and groom. Then there
is the pnle blue, daintily figured com
bination tenpot of two parts and two
handles. The upper part has a sieve
like arrangement for the leaves, and
the lower contains the cheering oon
coction. A XToinnn ns C'onstilnr Agent.
Little work and no salary was in
volved in Miss Emma Hart's tenure
of office as consular agentof the United
Stntes at Edinunston, New Bruns
wick, during the two weeks' leave of
absence granted to the regular agent,
Mr. Guy. But as Secretary Sherman
appointed Miss Hart in nil 1-Novem-ber,
and as it is unusual for a woman
to act as a representative of our gov
ernment abroad, the case is nn inter
esting precedent to be recorded.
New Occupation for Women.
A new ocenpntion for women is that
known as "musio teacher's nsnistaut. "
This is a yonng woman who superin
tends the daily piano practice of the
children of a family. Where expen
sive musio masters nre employed their
work is frequently retarded by the
careless practising of their pupils. To
be on hand every day during the time
spent at the piano by the young peo
ple of the family is the duty of the
assistant; aud her careful supervision
of practice hours undoubtedly con
tributes to the successful teaching of
the master.
Health and llnlr Irelng.
The style and influence of hair
dressing is a topic of importance to
the fair sex. Every health reformer
is bound to express gratification that
tho days of the chignon and of hair
pnds are past. The present Grecian
style of dressing the hair, in which
pads are dispensed with and the hair
is gathered into a simple coil behind,
is a return to a classio and healthy
fashion. , There may be objections ou
the score of taste itself a variable
condition to the "boy's," or short
cropped hair, as a feminine style; but
where health considerations intervene
there should be no objection to the
adoption of this latter mode, especially
for girls. Many diseases ot the hair
are clearly traceable to the reign of
the chignon. It is only to be re
gretted that what is rational in the
modern headdress does not extend to
the chest aud to the feet. But our
fair readers sbonld know that singe
ing the hair is of not tho slightest uso
as a measure for hair stimulation.
New York Ledger.
A Woman's Club of Indian Hqnsw.
The Maine Federation of Women's
Clubs has admitted to membership a
club of squaws, which will hold sales
and give entertainments to raise money
for charity, just as the clubs of white
women do.
This latest development of the
woman's club movement is the Wa-ba-na-ki
club of Indian Island. Its
membership is limited exclusively to
the sqnaws of the Tarratine tribe,
which occupies the government re
servation on Indian Island on the
Penobscot, opposite Old Town.
The idea of the club originated with
Mrs. Helen Cottiu Beedy, anthor of
"Mothers of Maine. borne months
ago she became interested in the peo
ple of Indian Island, and, being an
enthusiastic club woman, proposed to
the s juaws of the island that they
form a woman's club. The proposi
tion was well received, a id within a
few weeks an organization was ef
fected. The club na-ne comes from
the tribal title of thnt branch of the
Maine Indian tribe to which the Tar
ratine tribe belongs. New York Jour
nal.
Homo Maurnit far Reaaty.
You may nse massage for obesitv,
for rheumatism, for weariness and for
wrinkles. For all these ills to which
femininity is heir it is excellent.
Massage of the body should always
follow and never precede a hot bath.
After bathing and being vaporised,
the flesh is much more supple and
flexible.
Massage consists in rnbbiug.kueud
ing and pounding with the Augers all
the nenhv parts of the body. A mas
sage treatment is, therefore, difficult
to manage if oue lias no maul, but it
can be done by the use a long-handled
rubber brush. The movemeuts must
be geutle and the treatment not very
lonit.
Iu massage of the face, if the skin
is sensitive, reiluesa is apt to follow,
The fingers should be dipped iu olive
oil to prevent the ohauug of the skiu.
The face should be very lightly pinched
and kneaded. The movement must
Iways be in an nnwnrd direction. On
the face, neck and chin the tips of the
lingers should be nsed, and used very
gently, but not the whole hand.
If one takes massnge for obesity th
rest after it should be brief. If it is
for weariness or rheumatism, a nsii
mny very beneficially follow. Nev5
xoi k journal.
Trentment for Ited ?.
Nothing is a creator blemish to the
face of a woman than a red nose. This
irritating condition may nrlso from
various causes, one of the chief being
indigestion. A bnbit of bolting the
foo i is very often the cause of the in
digestion which shows itself thus.
Sufferers from red noses arising from
indigestion should be most careful In
their diet, avoiding heating foods and
hot drinks. The food should he taken
slowly and each mouthful be well mas
ticated. Sometimes a red nose is due
to dryness of the nasal duct or delicacy
of the capillary organs. The inflam
mation may then be treated as follows;
Prepare a wash containing 1s t grains'
of powdered borax, one teaspoon of
ean de cologne and five ounces of soft
water. First dissolve the borax in
the water and then add tli9 ean de
cologne. When the noso burns damp
it with this lotion aud lot it dry on.
If, when dry, it still burns, repeat the
trentment. Another mixture for the
same trouble may be made as follows:
Dissolve HO grains of borax in one
ounce of rose water and orange water
in equal parts. Wet the nose with
this lotion nbout three times a day,
letting it dry on.
When the redness of the noso arises
from a kind of congestion it should be
washed iu warm water only on going
to bed. i
A cold in the bend will often pro
duce a red and inflamed condition of
the nose. A little cold cream should
then be applied to the sore parts. The
following is an easily prepared and
safe recipe for cold cream: Got hnlf a
pound of the very best Inrd, put it in'
a basin, pour on it boiling water, and
when cold drum it off. Repeat this'
process three times; then after qnite
freeing the Inrd from water beat it to a
cream with a fork and scent it with es
sence of bergamot.
The nostrils should never be touched
with the rlnirers. To wash them, si
little hot water should be sniffed
and then ejected. Chicago Record. '
Fashion Notes. i
Rose pink velvet turbans are much;
seen at the theatre. ,
The tiuiest of tiny monograms are
in vogue on smart stationery.
Salted peanuts are strong rivals of
the salted almonds at women's lunch
eons. Black velvet rapes, trimmed with
chinchilla, are much woru by tho
yonnger women.
The neck scarfs of snble, with many
heads, tails and claws, are affected by
the tailor made girl,
Hugenot caps are added to the tops
of many of the short, full, puffed
sleeves of evening bodices, ,
It is a great mistake to put to
much handsome trimming on a hat. A
little of a better quality produces
better effect.
Many of the demi-trained dress
skirts are cut with nine gores; and at
the back some are box pleated and
others fan pleated. ,
The tiny empire fans are jnat the
nicest sort of a gift for a debutante
friend, whose ball attire is the delight
of her frivolous little heart.
One cannot nse too many ostrich
feathers this season. If the hut be
comes overloaded they can stray into
the neck ruche or on a cape or mutt
The dolman style of wrap is likely
to have a rather unwelcome reception.
It is so difficult to move one's arms
when wearing a garment of this sort
that it wonld bo small wonder if sen
sible women refused to accept the
fashiou.
There is nothing more brooming to
the average woman tliitu a hat ot dark
velver. When loosely laid over the
frame and caught down with brilliant
pins or jewels and finished with a lit
tle very rich trimming, it is the ideal
headgear.
Peplums, which are added to Rus
sian blouses, jacket bodices, surplice
waists and similar garment?, are shaped
in various ways. Home are crenelated,
others cut in oval tubs or sharp Van
dykes, and also in circular form, with
or without pleats at the back. '
Theatre wraps are elegnut and elab
orate in the extreme. Thoy are im
mensely large aud full, and as pro
fusely trimmed as the most extrava
gant ball costume. Velvet, plush and
brocade are the favorite maeriala,and
fur, lace and rucbiugs the approved
garniture.
The shoulder rape wrap stilt con
tinues in style, aud probably has se
cured a place that will make it diffi
cult to supplant, it. It is comfortable,
easily put on and very stylish. Bueh
wraps are becoming to almost every
woman, even the stoutest being able
t wear them if prosody modified Mil
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