TIIE WOMAN OF FASHION,
Soma Lenten Reflection on Pretty
Lenten Gowns.
Tlie Quiet C.rny* anil Fawnv -Simple
DreHi>s for tlio Sober Season—Skat
ing Costume* and the Revival
of the Figaro.
[OOPTRIOHT, 1H94.1
We become gay to order; and we sad
den in similar fashion. Our religious
mentors tell us that upon a certain
day, at a certain hour, willy-nilly, we |
must change our demeanor, must be
come sober and thoughtful. Gay sup
pers, charming receptions, delightful
dances, must be dispensed with for a
season, and fair maidens' thoughts
must turn to better things. It seems
all the harder this year, because the
season has been so short. We have
A TURQUOISE AND VELVET TOQUE.
lightly and daintily about, at their*own
sweet will. The little points are of
pure white chiffon.
Another attractive gown for the com
ing season is a black trimmed with
three narrow folds of heliotrope vel
vet, put on above the plain edge of the
skirt. A black cape is worn over the
bodice beneath. A little heliotrope
toque blends with the skirt trimming.
Jack Frost has been cov and con
quettish as a popular belle, this
winter long, and lias hid his face so
often that he has had no opportunity
to furnish that glassy surface where
youth and maid slide swiftly on, bury
ing their youthful sorrows most
effectively in their glad, mad races. In
spite of it, however, there has been
greater interest than ever taken in
the skating gown. The velvet and fur
shirts are most popular, although a
plain, heavy cloth is almost as de
sirable. The single skirt, if it be of
the far or velvet, is all that is sulli
c'ient, if a close, warm union garment
is worn beneath. The brightness, ami
brightness there should be, is added in
the long coat basque. For instance, u
skirt of dark black velours, dotted with
green, is combined with a coat of
tcrra-cotta cloth. It turns back in re
vers that reach from shoulder to waist,
and that fall in over each
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TRIM BKATINO COBTUMKS.
and fulls in soft organ plaits at the
back. The coat is a long basque, fit
ting without a wrinkle, and with the
regulation full back and full sleeves.
Not a speck of trimming anywhere*
not a line or fold out of place; severe
ly plain, it is the ideal Lenten gown.
The black, too, are bright enough to
allay any thought of gloom we may
associate with the color. All of the
spring patterns have a silk design run
ning over or through them. The raised
rilk dots, in squares or dashes, are seen
<. i the mohairs.the all-over silk design
cm tli" tiner wools; the basket vvcav
importations, however, show a leaning
toward the smoother and finer grades;
and it is probable that but few of the
heavy ribs and coarse materials that
ushered in the winter will figure in
the spring promenade.
The plain, quiet basques for street
wear will be lightened by the pretty
silk blouses and dainty fronts of silk
The flgaro, so popular at this time in
l'aris, has made these dainty blouses a
necessity; and summer and winter
alike, they are worn on the streets. A
particularly neat costume is a cheviot
in pale gray, that has a suggestion of
white in its mixed threads. It is made
with the plain skirt and long basque.
The coat turns back in revers in front,
showing a little of the bodice beneath.
Its yoke is plain, and runs down in a
deep point, being made of rich, white
lace. At each side is a series of tiny
little points, that one must call revers,
for the want of a better term, that fall
scarcely gotten well into winter be
fore the Lenten spring steps in and
interferes. The cold weather has
been so coquettish that our heavy
cloaks and furs have seen but little of
the light; and Lent already comes
with whispers of gentler and balmier
winds.
Perhaps it is because of this early
appearing that so little change will
take place in gowning. There is but
little preparation for church and street
gowns. Of course, the black that pre
vails so generally is partly to blame
j-.s well; for gowns will need but slight
toning down to make them perfectly
correct for the Lenten days. The
cerise, the petunia, the yellow, that
brightens the black gown, will be
removed; and the gown will be suita
ble for the solemnest of church occa
sions.
Where a new gown is made, the
earlier spring designs that have made
their appearance are suitable for Lent
and spring alike; for they are in the
softest and prettiest of fawns and
grays —in the mixed tints that blend
so unostentatiously. The favorites are
spotted with great ovals in the gayer
oriental shades. A charming costume
just completed is of a rather dark
fawn, in a line cloth. The skirt is per
fectly plain, docs not flare in the front
sleeve. The revers, and the plain
front between, are all of palest terra
cotta silk.
A stunning black and white skating
dress lias the skirt of white cloth, with
side panels of black velveteen. The
panels narrow toward the bottom, and
end in a point. The edge of the skirt
is a simple fur band. The jacket is
rather an elaborate affair, with its
sleeves and side pieces of black velvet,
and with its fronts, broad at the shoul
' der, taporiii'i" in ut. the waist, and
widen in again at the hips, of white
cloth. Little sleeve ruffles of the white
! cloth alO edged with the fur.
EVA A. SCHUBERT.
MRS. EODDLE'S AILMENTS.
Sha Was Speodily Cured Without
tho Aid of Doctors.
BILLY
H BOODLE was a
■ i n (f, elderly
y.yLy man, who was
sort of way. If
special failings,
the considera
tion that he was
too unencrgetic to possess himself of
pronounced vices, and was thought to be
lieve that his wife was the most perfect
and patient of women. ♦ •
The gossips about Swallowfork Flat 3
said that:
"Uncle Hilly was good— too all-flrcd
good. In fact, so good that he hadn't
gumption enough to be bad. When a
man wallers contentedly through life
believing that black is white just bo
cause his wife tells him so, his friends
can't help wishing he had something in
his head more like brains than soft
b iled eggs."
And yet Uncle Ililly's intentions
were always of the boat. If ho chose
to make himself the slave of Mrs. Ilod
dic and her ailments, it might be said
to be a family rather than a public af
fair. Hut his neighbors naturally hated
to see a man so angelically befooled.
To any friendly remonstrance Uncle
Hilly would only shake his head.
"You don't know Malindy's constitu
tion like me and her does. Hit's a won
der that last attack o' dropsy on the
liver didn't kill her dead. I)r. Samp
son said it was a plump wonder the
way he pulled her through."
Probably the doctor had his private
opinion, but as Mrs. Bodille had been
for years a most profitable patient, it
was not to his interest to make light of
the many complicated disorders with
which that astute woman declared her
self afflicted from time to time. Of
course Uncle Billy's friends could only
hint their opinions delicately. Hut
Aunt Easter, tho hired cook, and a
rather privileged character, was wont
to be more openly skeptical.
"Drapsy ob do libber!" sho said,
rather scornfully one morning, as she
returned from Mrs. Hoddle's room with
an armful of empty breakfast dishes.
"Hit's suttingly mo' like drapsy ob do
stmnmick. She's allays a drappin' vit
tlcs down her throat"
But Uncle Billy remained faithful to
his domestic ideals, and month after
month submitted to his wife's every
whim with a patience and serenity both
aggravating and admirable. One time
Doctor Sampson would bo sent for,
posthaste, to relieve an acute "misery"
about the heart At another, Mrs.
Boddle had a presentiment that she
was destined to die of nervous prostra
tion, superinduced by the exhaustion
consequent upon several previous at
tacks, all equally severe and myster
ious.
Upon the last occasion Mrs. Bod die,
propped up with pillows, insisted
that Drs. Pepperpill and Slam bang
should be culled in, to consult with Dr.
Sampson.
"For somehow," said she feebly,* "hit
seems to mo I'm bound to go this
time, ef something* extronnery hain't
done."
"All right, Malindy," said Uncle Bil
ly, feelingly. "I don't kcer for the
trouble where your wishes are con
cerned. But, arc you sure them fried
sausages ye ate last night didn't disa
gree with ye?"
Mrs. Boddle cast a look of piteous re
proach at her husband, then turned to
Dr. Sampson, who, on the other side of
the bed, was solicitiously offering a
sedative draught.
"I—l'm jret too weak to swaller the
stuff," she whispered, faintly, "and yet
my own husband talks like that. 1
might as well die to once and leave
such an onfceling world."
"Good Lord, Malindy, nol I'll send
for'em right straight. Here, Easter, toll
Jim, to fiy uround and saddle up, and
"fire!—help!—muudf.r!"
fetch Pepperpill. I'll go for Slambang
myself. Cheer up, Malindy. Dr. Samp
son, with Easter's help, will keep ye
alive 'till we git back."
Mrs. Boddle looked .the thanks rlic
seemed too weak to express in words,
as Uncle Billy hurried away. Dr.
Sampson went below to smoke a pipe,
leaving Aunt Easter with the sick
woman.
"Easter," said Mrs. IJoddlo, after a
long silence, "seems as if another plate
of that kraut I could hardly cat this
morning would help me some. You
needn't tell Sampson, doctors are so
peculiar, llut ef three of 'em are go
ing to set over me, I'll surely need
something strengthening."
Aunt Easter departed rather unw'.ll
h*glywith her nose in the air. She under
stood that Mrs. Boddle's ailments were
largely in the nature of humbugs. In
a little while the smell of smoke began
to permeate the room, and the sick
woman, after snuffing suspiciously, be
gan to revive.
Dr. Sampson and Aunt Easter, be
low, heard a shrill cry over their heads.
"Fire I Fire! Fire! 11-e-1-p! Mur
der! F-i-r-e!"
The tones were so shrill, strong and
startling, that the two, utterly mysti
fied, ran upstairs to find Mrs. Boddle
with a wrapper thrown loosely on,
striding about the upper rooms as vig
orously as if she had never been in a
sick bed in her life.
"Bring up water , Easter," she ex
claimed, rummaging in a closet near
the chimney. "The house is afiro
under this upper floor. Hit's caught
from a flue, I reckon. Doctor, you
must help me down with the things.
We can throw the beds out of the win
dows—Oh Lord!—that I should live to
sec this dayl"
The doctor, though greatly startled,
proceeded to lug down the furniture.
Aunt Easter stood as if paralyzed at
first, then she actually grinned as she
hurried away. Meanwhile Mrs. Boddle
was throwing bedding and clothing
from the windows, and making frantic
attempts to discover where the flames
were located, and also shouting con
tinuously to the full extent of what
lins. CODDLE WAS STANDING OVER TIIF.
GRIDDLE.
now seemed to be a vigorous pair of
lungs. The fire was somewhere be
tween floor and ceiling. Smoke was
bubbling up here and there through
the chinks, in increasing volumes.
The doctor and Aunt Easter also
added their shouts, and soon the neigh
bors came running. Many willing
hands wore now removing the furni
ture and other household fixings, while
Dthers tore open the floor and began to
drench things generally with water
from the well.
Amidst all this, up rode Uncle Hilly,
accompanied by Drs. Pepperpill and
Slamhang, who had been easily found.
The first sight that greeted the alarmed
husband us he looked to see if his half
lying wife had been rescued, was that
rf her figure bent under a load of
clothes, quilts and blankets that would
have sorely taxed his own strength.
She flung them down in the yard,
turned back, and without stopping,
called to the amazed Mr. Hoddle:
"Cornel Stir your stumps, old man.
I'll get out the rest of the bedding
while you help 'em with the furni
ture."
There was no time for comment then;
and all hands worked with a will until
tho fire was subdued, though by that
time most of their things lay bolter
skelter all round the house. Then did
Mrs. Hoddle bethink herself of her ill
ness, and quietly withdrew to the
shelter of soino friendly currant bush
es, where she found a featherbed and
lay down with an appearance of utter
exhaustion.
When at length Uncle Hilly came up,
panting from his own exertions, Mrs.
Hoddle very faintly asked when the
doctors were going to begin their con
sultation.
"Pepperpill and Slamhang have done
rid off—mad as Tucker!" said Uncle
Hilly, biting at a long straw and eyeing
his wife in away that made her turn
her head aside. "They said I was a
fool —a plum fool, and I reckon I am.
In fact, if there's a bigger fool than mc,
anywheres round, I'd give a nickel just
to take one solid look at liira."
"Can't I—soo Sampson? I feel a
mighty goneness a comin' all over me;
like hit was—"
"I told Sampson to go home —that's
what I done. If he ever dares to send
in a bill—l—l'll go over tliar and shoot
the top of his head off with a bacon
rinc. If thar's a bigger humbug than
you aiy, Malindy Hoddle, hit's that same
Doc Sampson."
"Mr. Hoddle, I'm sartinly a-goin to
faint. Send Easter—"
"Easter's goiu' to leave, too. Ef
thar's any more coolcin' done about
these promises, Malindy Jane Hoddle,
hit'll be done I y you—"
"Now, Hilly—did I ever—"
"No—nor you won't never ag'in. The
folks are leavin', 'nd I'mgolu' to kindle
a fire in the kitchen. Then, while me
'nd Jim moves the things back in agin,
I shall be lookin' for sassago 'nd buck
wheat cakes for supper. And 1 want
ye to remember that I don't intend be
in' disappointed."
With this Uncle Hilly took a fresh
bite at the straw, drove his hat more
firmly upon his head, and walked
away with an undeniable shade of
blood in his eye. Mrs. Hoddle lay still
for a few moments, then she rose and
disappeared in tho direction of the
kitchen.
An hour or two later, Uncle Hilly and
his hired man sat down to as good a
meal as had ever been cooked upon the
place before. Mrs. Hoddle was standing
over the griddle, erect and vigorous.
"I hope, Malindy," said the husband,
as he finished his fifth plateful, "I hope
ye don't feel any return of your symp
toms—yet?"
"Shet your mouth, onless ye haven't
eat enough. If lam a bigger fool than
you, you can take your look at me; but
you've got to hold yonr tongue."
Uncle Hilly's eyes twinkled. Evi
dently Mrs. Hoddle was cured, and
without tho aid of doctors, too. Nor
did her former ailments return; for
somethingiiOlr. Hoddle'susually amia
ble eye told her that it would not do.
William Perry Browp, in Yankee JJlade.
"BELLS ON HER TOES."
And Milady Makea Musio Wher
ever Sho Goos.
A New Fad Affected by Gotham's Society
Girls—Sweet, Silvery Chimes ou lia.i
Slippers—Nlcljjhbells 0:1
the Instep.
The latest fashion, which enables a
woman to make a noise in the world,
is tne wearing of bells.
At a recent dance of the younger set,
given at Sherry's, New York, one of
the many debutantes attracted more
TINY CHIMES.
than her share of attention, for, in tin
promenade, and more noticeably in the
whirl of the dance, a faint musical
tinkling of bells marked her move
ments and beat time to the rhythm of
her step.
None of the many male admirers
that flocked around lier could discover
the source of the mysterious chimes,
till a twinkle of her white kid slipper
explained the puzzle. A tiny gold bell
was fastened to her instep, and its
tongue kept up a continual prattle,
calling attention to its fair owner.
At one of the large Broadway jew
elry stores a New York Journal re
porter learned that bells for ball slip
pers have been worn abroad, especially
in France, for years. Here, however,
uhey arc such a decidedly novel impor
tation that they are very hard to And.
This difficulty will, of course, exist
only for a very short time, as the im
mediate demand will create a rapid
supply.
There is room for a variet3' of tastes
and a variety of expenditures, in pur
chasing these miniature tintinnabula
tions. It is possible to get them in tin
and cheap metals as low as eight cents
a dozen. These come in many colors,
green, red, gold, blue and white, and
can be adapted to any costume.
Hut, of course, it will never do for
swagger people to wear anything so
cheap, and nothing but sterling silver
or eighteen-carat gold will lind its way
to the instep of society.
At present the silver or gold bells of
the more expensive grades will have to
be made to order, but this will onty
BLKIGHBELLB.
add a new charm to them, and the addi
tional cost will be trilling. Cheaper
grades of bells can be secured at the
large drygooda stores, at agencies for
theatrical properties and at novelty
stores in general.
The miniature church bell is prefer
able, though very pretty effects may
be gained by strings of tiny sleigh
bells. If only one bell is used, it is
sewed securely to the instep of the
slipper. Clusters of bells should be
strung on silk cord or small ribbons.
The above illustrations will suggest
many ways of fastening the bells to
the slippers so as to secure sufficient
sound and enough artistic effect.
So now it can once more bo said of
the society princess that:
With rings on her fingers,
And bells on her toes,
She shall make music
Wherever sho goes.
HINTS FOR THE COOK.
IN beating the whites of eggs for
meringue or frosting, do not add the
sugar until the egg is stiff.
WHEN there is not time to ice a cake,
remember that its appearance may be
greatly improved by dredging the top
with a little powdered sugar.
ALWAYS keep a jar of cracker dust
on hand for breading, or else save up
nil pieces of bread, and once a month
dr}- them in an open oven, then place
them in a hag and pound until fine.
FOR rabbit pie the rabbit should be
cooked as for stew, the gravy thick
ened. and the whole put into a deep
dish and baked with a top crust and
strips around the sides, as beefsteak
pie is made.
HKKE is the correct way to stone rais
ins; Free the raisins from the stems and
then put them in a bowl. Cover them
with boiling water and let them stand
for two minutes. Pour off the water,
open the raisins, and the seeds can he
removed quickly and easily without
the usual stickiness.
RAIUUT may he stewed in the same
manner as chicken in fricassee. It
should always be cooked in stock and
have a strip of salt pork cut Into dice
to flavor it properly. The English add
spices in which inace is the predominat- i
ing flavor, hut care must be exercised in
the use of this, for it is objectionable
to many.
RABBITS may be prepared for roast
ing in much the same manner as poul
try. Then stuff it with sausage meat
and a dressing made of parsley, bread
crumbs, or whatever you would pre
pare for a turkey or chicken. Sew the
rabbit together, place strips of bacon
over the back and bake in a moderate
oven, basting frequently. It should be
served with red currant jelly and a nice
)y browned gravy.
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