ELLEN OSIIORN'S LETTER.
Eome of Fashion's Fancies as Seen
in Paris.
I'arlNtan Drennes Prepuce*] for tlie
Troiußoau of a Vonun PrlneeMa of
Italy—l'D Ique 10 nip Ire Cos
tume—Hull Dresden.
[Copyright, 1897.]
Paris, .—ln u famous atelier
1 saw this morning some very pretty
dresses in preparation for a wedding
to take place after Easter in a noble
family in Italy. The trousseau differs
from that which would be provided for
a rich American girl chiefly in the
quantity of old and valuable laee
drawn from the family treasures and
used for the adornment of evening
wraps and gowns.
For spring wear at Sorrento, where
t he bridegroom has a villa, is a dress of
glazed taffeta of eiear opalescent tones,
blue, gold or green as the light glances.
On the material are scattered designs
of small flowers in blue and gold. The
skirt is cut after the most original of
the new spring patterns, with a front
shaped like an apron, narrow at the
top, hml widening slowly to the bot
tom. It is quite full on the sides and
is laid in deep godets behind. The
skirt is trimmed with a wide band of
embroidery set on in broad, shallow
scallops about 18 inches from the
bottom. The design of the embroidery
is white and gol<J marguerites on a
deep blue silk ground. The blouse bod
ice of the dress is made of the same
silk as the skirt. It is draped across
in loose folds from shoulder to shoulder
and is confined at. the waist by a broad
corselet belt of blue silk embroidered
like the skirt band. Another piece of
the same embroidery makes the upper
part of the bodice, showing within the
drooping curve of the swathing silk
folds. There is a standing neckband of
the silk with a lnce collarette above it
at the back and on the sides. The
sleeves are made of a single piece,
with the scam on the inner side. They
inre a little draped from the shoulder
to the elbow but fit well from that
(point to the wrist. At the hand they
expand again and little mnnchcttes of
lace show under them. Three small
capelike epaulets finish them on the
shoulder.
The hot which has been prepared to
accompany this gown is in shape more
or less like an English walking hat but
with u prettier and softer curve to the
brim. It is of green chip with trim
mings of blue ribbon and daisies.
A very unique dress in this collection
is after a modified Empire*design and
is meant for quite informal evening
wear. The short body is of blue velvet
ami is cut loose and almost straight
like the waist, of a child's gown. The
neck is cut out like a child's dress also,
with gimp of yellow Mechlin tulle
laid in sun plaits to fill up the opening.
The velvet body is edged with a heavy,
ornamental cord twisted of blue and
gold silk, and under this cord is gath
ered the skirt, of yellow Mechlin tulle
over pale yellow silk. The skirt is
round at tire bottom and* the tulle is
gathered all around the waist, though
the plaits are closer in the back, where
they widen into godets. The sleeves
are composed of puffs of tulle at the
shoulders, gathered into close, short
sleeves of bfue velvet. These are edged
with cord like the dress body and are
finished at the elbows with deep frills
of lace falling almost to the hand. The
neck finish is a band of white silk with
a lace collarette above.
Almost as unique in conception is a
dress of light grayish blue silk for driv
ing or afternoon wear. The skirt is
round at the bottom and close-fitting
in front and at the sides. At the back
it is laid in large plaits one over an
other, turning into deep godets. It is
trimmed around the bottom with two
rows of dark blue velvet ribbon four or
five inches apart, the lower row being
set quite on the edge. The bodice forms
n tni'lor-mnde jacket, slashed in deep
points just below the bust in front, the
slushing running half - way down the
skirt under a narrow belt of blue silk
buttoning across the waist with large
cameo buttons. The length and the
lance-like Blend em ess of the bodice
points give a grace and an elegance to
1 he costume not to be expected from the
description. The body of the jacket
ojvens upon a bodice front of pale blue
satin brocaded with pink and gold. The
neck band of the bodice is of this bro
cade with a small Medici collar of the
jacket silk rising behind it and faced
with dark blue velvet. The jacket turns
over in small revers and is edged with
blue velvet ribbon up, down and about.
The sleeves have small, drooping puffs
upon the shoulder and then diminish hi
size to the hand. They are slashed at
the wrjst. and guffs of laee are set in.
Small square-cornered epaulets finish
the shoulders.
An extremely pretty hat belongs to
this gown. it is of line blue straw
turned up on the left side with a huge
bow of blue satin ribbon. It i trimmed
with white and gray narcissus blossoms
and black plumes.
I have seen quite a number of evening
gowns in readiness for the spring sea
son. A very pretty and simple one for
a young girl is of pink mousseline de
soie, S|>otte(l with pink and blue. The
petticoat of this dress is of pink taffeta,
round at the bottom and just touching
the lloor. The mousseline de soie is
<l)r|)ed over this quite simply, but with
a deep flounce a third of the width of
the skirt set on under n garland of the
line pink and blue flowers of the forget
me-not, which runs quite around. The
bodice of taffeta is tight-fitting. It is
low and square in front ami parts in the
middle, a deep V running to the waist
line. The decolletage is edged wit h for
get-me-not sprays, and opens upon an
under bodice of the pink mousseline cb
r.oie gathered in fine plaits across the
bosom and rising a couple of inches
higher than the bodice of taffeta. There
is a wide-draped belt of pink satin rib
bon. The sleeves are short, full puffs of
mousseline, tied across with forget-me
nots.
Another graceful gown for evening
wear is of white tulle over white satin.
The satin is cut as a close-fitting prin
cess slip, low in the neck and round at
the skirt hem. The tulle is laid over
this in fine sun plaits from shoulder to
ground, carrying out the princess de
sign to the smallest detail. The waist
in confined by a pointed belt of gold
colored velvet and is further shaped by
hands of the same velvet which start
from the middle of the. decolletage in
front and pass on either side below the
bust, losing themselves under the
arms. The skirt is trimmed with three
circles of gold-colored velvet ribbon
that start from rosettes on the right
side above the middle and are carried
loosely around. The sleeves are short
puffs of tulle with velvet bows on the
shoulders and gathered to velvet rib
bons about the upper *part of the arm.
A handsome visiting costume is
blue green silk richly brocaded in the
same shades. The skirt is very close
fitting in front and over the hips. All
the fullness is in tlie back, which is laiid
in deep plaits forming godets. The
skirt, is slashed around the bottom in
front to allow dark blue satin bows to
appear between the slashings. The
bodice is close-fitting and swathed.
Wide bretelles of blue satin jut out in
square epaulets on the shoulders and
taper gradually to the waiist line. These
are edged with a delicate tendril em
broidered in green and gold. The sleeves
are slightly full at the shoulder and
taper to the hand. Above the neck
band is a collarette of the embroidered
satin. ELLEN OSBORN
THE EARTH'S FIRES.
x:ll:i Thinks Man Will Learn How
to Itlllxe Them.
Edison says that before the world's
supply of coal is exhausted we shall
surely not be dependent upon it for
fuel; in fact, fuel of any kind will be
superfluous. It is said that he believes
that the fires of the interior of the earth
will be utilized in the future for the
currying on of every industry requiring
steaiin power. Volcanoes, geysers,
natural fountains of boiling water in
Iceland,as well asearthquakeshocks,are
nil proof that fierce, subterranean fires
are raging miles beneath our feet. Ed
ison's belief is that immense pipes may
be forced through the earth's crust,
which would allow a great volume of
steam compressed below us to force its
way to the surface. This would furnish
power to huge electromotors, which
would, in turn, generate electricity to
be used in storage batteries. All vehi
cles for travel could be supplied with
.these, and little recharging stations,
with feed wires, could be erected in the
streets. The power would be so cheap
that it would do away with the use of
horses.
Furthermore, the farmer could have
rows of pipes beneath the ground and'
cause it to produce rare exotic plants
and finer fruits than the hothouse sys
tem. Machines would be worked with
out coal and the atmosphere, conse
quently, he purified from its gas and
smoke. The homes of the poor would be
automatically heated and lighted, with
little expense.
llow It Conlil Be Done.
"1 w ant a good likeness," she told the
photographer.
"Of course," he said.
"But at the same time," she contin
ued, "I naturally want the inost 4attrae
ti ve feat nres gi weir special promipence."
"Yes, yes," . lie returned. "Under
those circumstances we'd better make
it a full-length ]>ortrait so as to get in
all of your gown."—Chicago Post.
YOUR TIME WILL COME.
Tls not the hopeless that achieve.
The faltering foot that reaches goals;
No web of gain can fortune weave
From fiber of recoiling souls.
Endure. P.epel fear's Icy clutch
That fain would pluck your heart away:
Bco barriers crumble at your toucfr,
And know your time will come seme day.
Yes, "all things come to him who waits,"
But meanwhile you must labor too;
Barred shall remain possession's gates
'Till your strong hands the hasp undo.
Armed with most steadfast purpose, learn
Beyond the clouds of chilliest gray
The certain sunlight to discern,
And feel your time will come some day.
Oh, tameless spirit! Hall elate
Ail harrowing trials, whips and stings
That come, because their chastening
weight
The soul to higher stature brings!
And strength redoubled shall replace
The blood that trickles as they May;
The way Is long, but yours the race;
Surely your time will come some day!
—John Talman, In Chicago Times-Herald.
"REPLY RAID."
BY FRANCES FORnES-ItORERTSON,
f~"HE had received a
letter in the morn
ing begging her to
somehow procure
him a little money.
Things were going
badly, and he had
thought of it all
day long, having
dispatched the lit
tle she had, and,
for the thinking, things looked no bel
ter. Iler brother had not enough to live
upon, and there was an end of it. Fate
was niggardly with them nil. During
the afternoon tlie girls came in, and
Mrs. Hamlin. Mrs. llamlin was always
delightful and cheery. llcr lovely
dresses and sweet face and fragrant ele
gance reminded Maisie that at least
she was the right person in the right
place—with fitting surroundings, and
the beautiful things of life that all wom
en instinctively claim us their right,
hers.
"Maisie, you look preposterously de
jected. What is it? Are you in love
with an anarchist, or is it only general
aspirations towards the impossible?"
"No, I am not in love; but I nin think
ing of proposing to some one."
"Why?"
"Because I nun in a hurry. Fred, you
know, is frightfully hard up."
"But why don't you accept Mr. How
ard, when'he's so devoted, poor man?"
"That wouldn't be fair, because, you
see, he is devoted, and I—no, 1 think a
fat man with beard and glasses is the
sort of thing—in the abstract."
"O, excellent in the abstract. Pro
tects you, is kind to you, and gives you
checks. In the concrete he —"
"Dear Mrs. llamlin, don't! The ir.nit
ter is not discussable in the concrete."
"Fancy Maisie proposing!" said one
of the girls.
"You don't, know what 1 am capable
of," returned Maisie.
"I'll dare you, Maisie!" Mrs. llamlin
twinkled, "£2O on, and I'll give you a
month."
"Twenty pounds!" repeated Maisie,
and there was an odd-sound in her voice.
"Twenty pounds."
"Done!" she said, to the astonishment
of the room. "It's n bet!" Everyone
sat up and bristled with delighted curi
osity. Maisie, of all people, who in
variably treated her swains with a
good-tempered scorn that was the envy
of her friends.
"1 will do it now!" she went on, ex
citedly. "Mabel, give me those tele
gram forms. Of course, 1 won't under
take to carry out t he contract if anyone
accepts," she added.
"No, no; but a bona-fide proposal!"
She then sat down and addressed
seven telegrams and dispatched thc.ni
by the maid. "Reply paid," she said.
"And now we'll have tea!"
"What have you done?" questioned
Mr. Hamlin.
"I have asked seven men to muirry
me!"
"Maisie!"
"Well, seven gentlemen will hardly
be able to think that I am pining for
them all; and they'll exchange notes."
"Men never do that."
"Ah, what men never do, that surely
man always does," she laughed. "Hon
or with them is a collective virtue that
has no application in the singular. You
shall read the answers."
In due course of time the answers
came. One by one the girl opened them
before her expectant friends, who re
fused to go till all had come. "Regrets,"
quoted Maisie, holding up one with
mock gravity. "Next, please. Ah!
thank you, Susan! 'Sorry, previous
engagement' 'Alas! impossible!*
'Circumstances over which 1 have no
control!' —'I would if 1 could, but I
can't!' 'No!' —That's rather impolite,
and he really—well, one mustn't be
kissed and tell. 'Twas so long ago, too
You see, ladies, how devoted my lovers
all are; but I luave won my bet. Ah!
here is another one more polite re
fusal. No! 'Of course lam honored,' **
she read. A crimson flush of shame
spread over the girl's laughing face.
"That's chivalrous of him," she said,
trying to hide her embarrassment.
"And now to invent a polite refusal to
my own proposal."
Horace Sands y-'hs in chambers when
Miss Maisie's telegram—reply paid
arrived. He was smoking a cigarette
With Max Welbv. They generally
smoked together after Minch, in a kind
of sympathetic silence. Tie read it
slowly, and then said unrecordable
words. After which, for him, unusual
ejaculations, he went out. of the room.
On returning his friend noticed an ex
pression of most pptlielic woe .upon his
placid features, and such a nang-dog
look" that he refrained from putting
any questions from fear of intruding
on private matters. Horace, however,
after some fidgeting, said: "You know,
after all, it's a clrendful tiling, but what
could a fellow do? She's a charming
girl, of course—but I didn't think of
exactly —in fact, I am not a marrying I
man. you know—t never thought of
marrying:—don't know anything about
it."
"If you'll explain what you are talk
ing about. I may be able to understand."
"Well, the fined is. Miss Maisiie wired
and asked me—c|pn*t you know; and 1,
of course—"
"Asked you what?"
"Well, I suppose I oughtn't to say,"
he said, suddenly flushing crimson.
"Did she propose to you?" asked \Yel
by, with an incredulous look of amuse
ment. "Answer paid, too. The. devil
she did! And you have accepted?"
"What else would you have me do?"
returned Sands, stolidly.
For the next few days Horace Sands
experienced a general sense of bewilder
ing depression. lie was an engaged man
—to a very lovely girl, it was true, but
nevertheless he was engaged, tied up,
as it were—somebody's property. lie
must buy presents and rings, and think
of furniture. Never in his life had he
thought about furniture. Even at col
lege he had not, as many of the men d id,
troubled how his diggings were ar
ranged. He passed a man in the street
carrying a kitchen safe, lie tried to
think what a safe was meant for, and
realized t hat they would certainly have
lo have a safe. Some perambulators in
a great shop caught his eye, and he
blushed and looked obstinately on the
other side of tlie road. He had post
poned calling—he had not dared yet.
lie would never summon courage to be
have as a lover should to such a won
dei ful piece of femininity. He remem
bered now t.lnt her eyes were gray, and
serious, and laughing all at once; that,
•lie had a delightful, petulant mouth, i
The thought of her was sweet. The J
reality at present was terrifying. He ,
could not yet face li.is betrothed, lie
must have time to get used to himself i
under these new conditions. Another I
day passed. On the fourth lie d erased
himself in a frock coat, adorned his but
tonhole with a bouquet, and started for '
her house. When he arrived as far a-;
the street in which she lived he turned J
round and went to the club. There ;
there was a note from her —three days |
old. Again lie flushed and thrust it j
into his pocket. lie went out. and in
the busy traffic of the streets read his
first love letter from Maisie. "Dear Mr. ,
Sands: How Chivalrous and nice of
you! It was a bet, you know." He did
not read any more, but strode home- j
wards. He had been a pretty kind of I
fool, anyhow—a vain ass, too. As if a i
beautiful girl like that—then lie began
to laugh. At any rate lie was free again
—free!—but somehow lie wasn't quite
sure that he wanted lo be so very free.
The furniture had begun to interest
hi m.
Tliey met the next evening at Lady
Vauglian's. She received liini with f
very bright smile, and they danced.
They danced several times, and then he
said at (he end: "1 suppose you couldn't
care for me, could you?" And she col
ored all over, and said: "0, no, I
couldn't, not anyhow in the world!"
Fate threw them together. They con
stantly met. She tried to avoid him. j
but he would not let her, and she ceased j
:t last to try. At the end of three j
months he again asked her to be his j
wife. The tears crept into her eyes '
ilien, and she said: "You are very kind
and chivalrous, and I am very grateful. ■
but I can't, indeed 1 can't!" So that lie i
went away conscious that there was a j
barrier between tliein lie could not
breakdown. He went abroad with \Yel
by, and proved a preposterously duiJ :
companion.
"She will never have me!" lie said one
day, irrelevantly. "1 believe it's all lie
cause of that confounded telegram!" j
"Most likely."
"What shall I do?"
"Forget her."
"That's what I have been trying to -
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I :;H.
V/vY'
THEY DANCED SEVERAL TIMES,
do, but she's crept somehow into my
heart, and I can't."
"Wire, then!"
"What?"
"What she wired to you."
Maisie was sitting with Mrs. Hamlin,
and her pretty face was even paler than
on the memorable occasion of the send
ing of the telegrams. "All!" she said,
"it is a pity. J care for him so much—
so much—and it could never be now!
Could it?"
"It's rather difficult," said Mrs. Ham
lin. "How mad of us all to have let you
do it! We didn't realize till the things
were gone. Your spirits carried us
away, lie's abroad, isn't he?"
"Yes, and I can't bear it, but 1 must;
that's life, isn't it?" she said, with a
little sad smile. "We all manage to bear
what we can't." And then a telegram
came, reply paid.
"What- is it?" said Mrs. Hamlin.
"lie has wired. Look!"
"And what are you going to say ?"
The girl sat down upon her heels,
upon the floor, and looked first, into the
fjro and 1 Hen at. Mrs. Hamlin. "I think
I ought to he polite, don't you?" she
said. "He was to me."
"Yes," said Mrs. Hamlin, "I thiivkyoti
should he polite!"
And Miss Maisie was* —Westminster
Budget.
MISS PHOEBE COUSINS.
Few Careera Have Boon Mora Ro
mantic Than Hers.
Hlie Wis the I'lrxl Women Lawyer in
the t nlted States— I Thinks Now
That iler Life I3ux Been a
Vast Mintake.
Phoebe Cousins, the first woman law
yer of America, the first woman to be
come a United States marshal, and for
many years known over the length and
breadth of the country us an ardent,
uncompromising public advocate of
v omau's rights, is now seriously ill at
St. l/ouis. Disease has laid low the
woman whose stalwart will carried her
through a successful career in the face
of opposition and obstacles of every
sort.
Few careers have been more romantic,
i says the New York Herald. A beautiful
i girl she was besieged with admirers,
| and might have made many brilliant
I marriages. At one time a vice presi
dent of the United State's and two
United States senators sought her hand.
Hut she disdained all offers. She had
her mission to fulfill, and inexorably
puisucd it until misfortune and illness
finally showed her the fallacy of
I her course.
For Phoebe Cousins now believes that
she has been mistaken all her life, and
that the true aim of womankind is not
civil equulity with man, but home and
motherhood.
Her parents were originally from the
east. Iler father was among the most
; prominent unionists of St. Louis, re
ceived tlie appointment of chief of po
lice and provost marshal of the city
I during the war. Her motlie.r was the
: I.cad of the St. Louis branch of the san
j itary commission and had charge of the
j city hospitals.
As a girl Phoebe Cousins was as bril-
I Hunt as she was beautiful. She very
; early showed her disinclination, oi
| rather her contempt, for social life,
j For several years she was the belle ol
! St. Louis. Hut none of her admirers
| could make headway with her. It was
; her favorite theme that women had a
higher mission in life than marriage.
When it was known that Plioebe
Cousins had entered the law depart
ment of Washington -university there
was no surprise. St. had become
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MISS PHOEBE COUSINS.
| fully acquainted with lier bent. Her
friends knew that her years of treigu-
I ing bellehood had been from her point
i of view most unprofitable, and that
| from them she had derived but ir.ud-
I erate pleasure.
j Her beauty had won many admirers
I and suitors quite as many, but so plain
i ly did she show her preference for men
I of years and wisdom that one 1 y one
i they left her side. Miss Phoebe <!'< i not
I appear to even notice their desertion.
! She was in the zenith of her beauty then.
I tall, slender, supple, with delicate putri
j cian features, brilliant black eyes and
i raven hair. Her complexion was olive,
, with a rich shifting crimson in her
| cheeks.
j Then, ns until extreme adversity ovei
took her, she was noted for the taste
i fill elegance of her dress. She lucked
j something of the softness of mar.nor of
j most southern women. More in cvi
! donee was a certain self-a.' >ert!veiu::.s,
: tempered by good breeding.
I She secured entrance into the law de-
I partinent with some difficulty, was
i graduated from it with honor, and then
began the career which, so far as human
| insight goes, is nearly at an end. She
; made a few strong woman suffrage
! speeches—one at a Presbyterian Sun-
I day school convention in Jefferson City,
I where she startled her staid audience by
; asserting that "Paul's words to women
amounted to nothing, for Paul was sim
ply a crusty old bachelor, with no au
thority to lay commands upon woman
; kind," and anot her at the banquet of the
Mercantile Library association, where
: she was toasted as "our own Phoebe
; Cousins."
Then she spread her ambitious wings
and flew i way to Washington.
There she was entertained by prom
inent futni]ies and lectured before vari
ous audiences on t.lie cause she had es
poused. She became a protege of
Susan lb Anthony, and the little circle
of agitators hoped much from this
promising addition to their number.
She lias not walked for a year. Time
and cure have deeply seamed her face
and robbed her cheeks of tlicir color.
Iler hands are gnarled anil her limbs
drawn almost out of human semblance.
There are streaks of gray in her black
hair. Her eyes retain a little of their
old fire. She is still a close student of
affairs as mirrored forth in newspapers.
The disease which fetters her is ar
ticulate rheumatism.
Cremation nnil Burial.
The Sanitary Burial association of
London is trying to introduce a system
of cremation and burial combined.
Chemicals are placed in tlie lining of a
casket which rapidly cause a body to
return to its constituent elemental In
case of poisoning the poison would be
turned into an ins>olnllje : j) fed ipi t a to.
which would be'd'ereetetf l6ng after in
terment.
BLOOD POISONING.
GIVEN UP TO DIE!
Remarkable Recovery of Mrs, Thomas
Stockton, of
LAFAYETTE, PA.
Mrs. Thomas Stockton, of Lafayotto.
McKcan Co., l*a.. relates the following
remarkable recovery: •When lirst taken
ill, Dr. Ward, of Mt. Alton, said that I
had dropsy of the bowels; I kept grow
ing worse and he advised me to go to the
Bradford Hospital, where he operated
upon me. 1 had been out of the hospi
tal but a short while, when blood poison
ing sot in. A physician from Mt. .lewett
attended me for three weeks and then
said he could do no more for me and
gave me up to die. My husband then
took mo to Dr. Freeman, at, Smethport
who wanted to operate upon me, but as
I had already gone through one awful
experience of that kind. 1 refused to
again. After arriving back home, I
made up my mind to try
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is I had heard of itdoiug others so much
good, so my husband went to Thompson
. Wood's Drug Store, in Bradford, and
purchased a bottle and it certainly was
, a God-send to me. From the very lirst
it seemed to help me. the pain 1 had en
dured constantly began to leave me. m\
appetite improved, and before long !
was around the house doing considerable
! work. In short, hud it not been for Dr.
| David Kennedy's Favorite Uomedy I
believe I should have been in my grave
today. I hope every one suffering from
disease, especially women, will try this
valuable medicine. I know of many here
! who are using Favorite Remedy since ii
| helped me so much, and in every case it
i has proved its great value."
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