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Chatelaine Trinkets.
One of the newest of the many little
trinkets into which leather is being
fashioned is the chatelaine. Hanging
• from a leather book by narrow leather
straps are leather covered vinaigrette,
tiny case with scissors, and a little
blank book and pencil and equally
small coin purse. Another manifesta
tion of the leather chatelaine shows a
pendant pocket book of orditjary size
to the bottom of which are attached a
tiny vinaigrette, scissors and blank
book. These chatelaines may be bad
In various lovely shades of leather,
such as soft sage green, heliotrope,
bright green and blue. So the up-to
date girl may have her chatelaine
y match her costume, whatever be its
color.
Oar American Women,
There is a charming blond young
woman well known to Philadelphia as
well as Baltimore and New York City,
who laughs when you call her
"Sen-ora." A woman friend gave the
story away, says the Philadelphia
Press, and as she takes it good natur
edly, there Is no use keeping the joke
from the public. You see, young as
she Is, she elected to marry a man who
was a grandfather, or, rather, he be
came one soon after his marriage to
her. She has that deceptive, innocent
type of beauty that gives the owner the
appearance of being about eighteen.
She was looking at the Cuban curios
and souvenirs for sale at a bazaar with
a woman friend, and the old woman
behind the wares called her "Senorita."
"No, no," said the friend, "she is
Senora." The old woman shook her
head and declined to believe. "No.
senorita," she said. "She is a girl," she
continued in broken English; "she too
young and pretty." "Yes, she is a
senora." said Mrs. G , wishing to
tense the younger woman, and, rentein
being the birth of (lie grandchild, she
added: "She's not only married, but
she is a grandmother!" "Dios! But
these Americans are so progressive!"
said the old Cuban.
To Maintain a Good Complexion.
Here are certain plain, simple bints
for the securing or maintenance of a
good complexion, which can lie carried
in mind and practiced by the woman
who can afford neither the fees of
beauty doctors nor several hours a
day for grooming. Wash the face
carefully, never with very cold water.
A At night it should have a warm soap
bath to clean it, rinsing the soap off
thoroughly, and drying thoroughly,
with an upward movement. Learn al
ways to rub up and never down, to
counteract droopiug lines and sagging
muscles. Take at least one bath a
day, rubbing the body vigorously. Re
member that liot water is necessary to
cleanse, and cold water to invigorate,
and set the blood to circulating. Rose
water and elder flower water are bene
ficial in softening the skin. Lemon
whitens the hands. Any good, cold
cream, sold by a reputable house, is ex
cellent for the face. It should lie
rubbed in, not hard, but thoroughly,
after a warm bath. A little on the tips
of the fingers is sufficient. It softens
and freshens the skin. Remember that
all rich foods are enemies of a delicate
skin. The roseleaf skin of the baby
comes from Its simple diet. Avoid
< pastry, pickles and pie. Candy is as
bad as anything can be, and makes
one fat, besides. Ten and coffee ate
bad, but cocktails are worse. Study
the nose of the man who lias imbibed
for many years and sec. Eat fruit
and simple food, and ilrink plenty of
water at any time except mealtime, es
pecially on getting up in the morning,
when it rinses the system of the
mucous that lias accumulated on the
coating of the stomach and other or
gans during the night. A good com
plexion comes from the same sources
its health—fresh air, exercise, correct
food, bathing, sufficient sleep and
proper activity of the internal organs.
Women Wear Order*.
The number of women—especially
American women—wearing orders at
ihe recent coronation ceremony was
a matter of much remark and has
awakened interest in the subject of
, orders in general. The American who
is entitled to wear the greatest mirn
s her of orders is Mrs. George Corn
i wallls-West. She lias been decorated
with the Order of the Crown of In
dia, the Royal Red Cross and the Order
of St. John of Jerusalem. The last
named honor she shnres with a number
of her sex —some of the better known
being Baroness Burdett - Coutts and
Lady Chesham, who was one of the
chief organizers of the Imperial Yeo
manry Hospital iu South Africa, about
which so much has bene written. The
Order of St. John is the oldest of ihe
four English orders to which women
are elegibie, having been instituted In
the twelfth century.
The three others are the Royal Order
of Victoria and Albert, founded by
Queen Victoria in 1802; the Imperial
Order of the Crown of India, instituted
fr> commemorate her assumption of the
\ title of Empress, and the Royal Red
Cross, founded in 1883 to reward serv
ices rendered in nursing the sick and
wounded of the Imperial Army. One of
the latest recipients of the decoration
.of the Imperial 6rder of the Crown of
India, which has the sovereign as its
head, was Lady Curzou. the insignia
consisting of Queen Victoria's cipher In
diamonds, pearls and turquoise, encir-
cled by a border of pearls and strfc.
mounted by a tiny jeweled and enam
eled crown attached to a bow of light
blue water ribbon with narrow white
edge.
The decoration of the Order of Vic
toria and Albert, which is of four
classes, consists (for the first and sec
ond class) of a medallion of the late
Queen and Prince Albert set in dia
monds surmounted by a jeweled crown,
the ribbon used being white moire. The
third class has the medallion set in
pearls instead of diamonds, and the
fourth bears only an Intertwined "V"
and "A" in pearls. To this order be
long the Empress of Germany, the Em
press of Russia, the Queen of Itou
mania, the Queen of the Netherlands,
and many well-known women of lower
rank. The Queen of England is the
only lady of the Order of the Garter.
The oldest of all orders instituted for
women is that of the Slaves of Virtue,
founded in 1002, by Eleanore of Gon
zagua, widow of Frederick 111. of
Austria, "to encourage in the women r "
her court the sentiments of wisdom
and piety." The Bavarian Order of
Ellzabetn, founded in 17U0, and the
Order of Queen Marie I.oulse, insti
tuted in 1792, each had an exclusively
charitable raison d'etre and imposed
bnbits of kindness and helpfulness
upon their royal members.
But perhaps the best-known foreign
order to which women are eligible is
the French Order of the Legion d'Hon
neur, of which Rosa Bonheur was a
member, as was also Mma. Dieulafoy,
the well-known explorer, who is the
only woman permitted by the French
Government to appear in men's clothes.
An interesting fact in connection with
this order is that all wearing the little
crimson ribbon are entitled to a mili
tary salute, women as well as men.—
New York Mail and Express.
s§rreovdoiV
Miss Ethel Smyth, composer of the
recently produced opera, "Her Wald,"
is the first composer of her sex to have
a work produced at Covent Garden.
Mrs. Mnriah Vance, a colored woman,
who was for years Abraham Lincoln'n
servant, is still living at Danville, 11L,
and is learning to read, at the age o£
ninety-one.
Miss Duchemln, of Boston, has in
her possession some china more than
200 years old, which was given to her
grandmother by the daughter of a
maid of honor to Queen Anne.
Princess Victoria, the Kaiser's ten
year-old daughter, is said to be the
haughtiest member of the German
royal family, never for a moment for
getting she is an Emperor's daughter.
Mrs. Elizabeth Silsbeo Archer, who
died in Salem, Mass.. the other day,
was an eye-witness of the great naval
fight between the Chesapeake and
Shannon off Salem during the M'ar of
1812.
There are said to be excellent open
ings for American dressmakers in
Japan, where all the high class women
are donning Occidental dress, with
which tiie native modiste struggles
helplessly.
Five daughters of one lowa family
are practicing physicians. Alice Ilrnuu
warth Ilalstead, I'll.it., and Drs. Jen
nie S., Emma L„ and Jessie A. Braun
warth are established in Muscatine,
lowa. Dr. Anna M. Braunwarth is as
sociated with Dr. Ileury T. B.vford, of
Chicago.
A fifty-acre farm in Indiana has for
the last ten years been successfully
conducted by Miss Abble Peffer, a
niece of former Senator Peffer of Kan
sas. Miss Peffer was for some years
a teacher in the public schools. She
has a thorough knowledge of agricul
tural pursuits, and all the work in
fields, gardens, orchard and stable is
done by her own hands.
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Siberian squirrel is made into charm
ing hats.
Tyrolese crowns, it is whispered, will
follow the very flat effects.
Few dross silks have figured stripes
of velvet running lengthwise.
Sashes or wide girdles break the long
lines of the newest princcsse models.
The ultra-smartness of squirrel fur
Is attained when a touch of ermine is
added.
Many matrons have taken up the ear
ring fad, confining themselves to
pearls.
A handsome chatelaine bag is of
golden brown walrus skin with frame
and chain of plain gold.
Wool laces are very much used on
cloth gowhs, and the grape pattern
in clusters of rings is the favorite.
Crushed black velvet is artistically
combined witli green polut venlse col
lar and cuffs to form a swell garment
for a twelve-year-old girl.
Iluge clusters of raised grapes and
leaves outlined with black tracings are
the decorations of a dainty white
chiffon scarf for afternoon or evening
wear.
Puff bags for carrying about powder
puffs are in pink or blue satin, and
gather up with dainty "baby" ribbon
draw strings, or with silver cords and
tassels.
"Moleskin brown" is one of the novel
shades for wool dress materials, which
tints, advices front Paris state, may
be appropriately trimmed with the skin
of the namesake animal.
Nothing is smarter for the woman
with a perfect figure than one of the
new tight Francis coats. These are
full three-quarter length and match the
skirt when for promenade wear.
The Two Roads.
Oh, the road to healthy, wealthy and
wise
Huns by night through the gates of
sleep.
Straight over the slumberland beach it lies,
Where the sandman gathers the sand for
your eyes,
That he shakes when the sun has left the
skies
And the gray evening shadows creep.
But to reach this land by the road of
morn,
You must rub the sand from your eyes.
When you leave the country of drowsy
yawn,
Just follow the path that the sun has
gone,
And pass through the gateway of early
dawn
Into healthy, wealthy and wise.
—Youth's Companion.
Miss Moiisie (to liersolf): "Dear me!
I don't like the looks of things at all.
'Come and play puss in the corner and
stay to tea,' they said. But I'm afraid
they mean me to be the tea, and I'd
rather not. I know what I will do.
(Aloud): Please, Miss Puss, may my
three fat little brothers come and play,
too, and may I go aud fetch thorn?"
"Certainly, my dear," Mrs. Puss said,
"only be quiet as you can. We should
like you all to be here for tea. (Then
there will be one apiece," she whispered
to the others). "Hooray!"
"Which would you rather—have tea
now or wait till you get It?" Miss
Mousie inquired as she vanished into a :
hole. i
"Now, what could she have meant by
that?" they asked each other, but no
body knew. And they waited ail that ;
afternoon and evening, getting hun
grier and hungrier, but Miss Mousie
aud her fat little brothers never came.
"She must have remembered sbe bad
BOXING (illlL PUZZLK.
This athletic girl has two boxing instructors. Find thou;.
another engagement," tliey said to each
other as tliey went sadly off to bed.
The way Miss Mousio got out of her
scrape was very clever—Chicago Rec
ord-Herald.
Tlie Little Stickleback.
It seems as though the little stickle
back otten suggested for aquariums
was really created for that purpose
only. It Is not good tor food. Even
the other and larger inhabitants of
the water do not relish It, as, unless
they happen to catch it at just the
right angle, the little spur with which
its hack Is nrrned, and from which It
takes Its name, catches In their throats
and, being exactly perpendicular and
very hard, quite takes away their ap
petite for the next stickleback tliey
see. The hones and prickles with which
most fish are armed all slant hack
ward, and that is why big fish swallow
their prey head foremost. But the
stickleback found in salt water, where
its enemies are most numerous, has
developed the straight, sMff spur. It
loses much of its hardness if its owner
Is kept in an aquarium, where lie grad
ually forgets his fear of attack.
Sticklebacks make unusually onier
tnlnlng pets. Those brought from
Lower California build nests. Tliey
are also pugnacious and will try to
light their own reflection in a mirror
held near the side of the aquarium. One
doughty little fellow was allowed to
view himself in a concave mirror.
Where lie appeanjd many times uls real
size. But he was not daunted, and
made straight for the eyes of the big
flsli be thought he saw coming to de
vour him. Atlantic sticklebacks are
I smaller, but Just as interesting as pets.
They are also easier to feed than their
Western cousins, enjoying eorninoal
mush, house flies—lndeed, almost any
thing seems to agree with them.
How to Mako a Wliipbow.
This graceful anil powerful weapon
is like an ordinary longbow, with the
exception that the bowstring is made
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fast to only one end, after the manner
of the whiplash: where the whiplash
terminates in n "snapper" the bow
string ends in a hard, round knot. The
arrow is made like any other arrow,
cither with a blunt end or a pointed
spearpoiut. Iu one side of the arrow a
notch is cut: the bowstring being
slipped into this notch, the knot at the
end of the string prevents the string
from slipping off until thrown by the
archer, who, talcing the butt of the
whipbow in ills right hand, holds the
arrow at the notch with his left hand;
then, swaying his body front side to
side, lie suddenly lets go with his left
hand, at the same time extending his
right arm to its full length from his
side. This not only gives the arrow all
the velocity it would acquire from the
bow, but adds the additional force of
a sling, thus sending the projectile a
greater distance. In some sections of
the country the whipbow is a great
favorite among the boys, who throw
arrows up an amazing distance. Ar
rows can be bought in any city, but
most boys prefer to make their own,
leaving the "store arrows" for the girls
to use with their pretty "store bows."
A simple whipbow is made by any
boy in a few minutes out of an elastic
sapling or branch, and the arrow cut
out of a pine shingle with a pocket
knife. This cnu be improved upon as
much as may be desired by substitut
ing a piece of straight grained, well
seasoned wood for the green branch
and regularly made Indian arrows for
the crude pine ones.—New York
Tribune.
Field of Crygtullizcd Salt.
In the middle of the Colorado des
ert. a Utile to the north of the Mexi
can border, and 204 feet below the
level of the sea. lies a lleld of crystal*
ized salt more than 1000 acres In ex
tent. presenting a surface as white as
snow, and beneath the noonday glare
of the sun so dazzling that the naked
eye eanuot stand Its radiance. It
stretches away lor tnlles and miles
about Saltou, CM., an ocean of blazing,
blistering white.
/ LATEST
"YORK.
New York City.—Simple shirt waists
made with the fashionable princess
closing are much in vogue and suit
young girs to a nicety. The very
MISSES' SHIRT WAIST OR BLOUSE.
pretty one shown is made of novelty
silk in shades of blue with collar, cuffs
aud shoulder straps of plain blue, the
combination being smart as well as
novel. The May Manton original is
worn wllh an odd skirt but the design
suits the shirt waist gown as well as
tlic separate waist and is adopted to
many materials.
The foundation lining is smoothly
fitted and closes at the front, but
separately from tile waist Itself which
consists of a plain hack, drawn down
iu gathers, at the waist line, and
fronts that are gathered at the neck
and at the waist. The front edges
are tucked and brought together over
the hems through which the closing Is
made invisible to give the princess
effect. The sleeves are in bishop style
with novel cuffs that match the stock.
Over the shoulder seams are arranged
straps, cut In points, that fall over the
sleeves but these may he omitted.
The quantity of material required
for the medium size (fourteen years)
FASHIONABLE BLOUSE JACKET.
is three and a half yards twenty-one
inches wide, three and three-eighth
yards twenty - seven inches wide and
two and a quarter yards thirty-two
inches wide, or one and seven - eighth
yards forty-four inches wide.
Woman's Mouse Jacket.
Short double-breasted blouse coats
with fitted basques make a notable
feature of the season and are more
generally worn for walking and the
affairs of life than any other sort.
The stylish May Manton model, shown
in the large drawing, includes the
fashionable slot seams at the fronts
and the plain sleeve with roll-over
cuffs that is so much liked. As shown
it is black zibeline, stitched with
corticelli silk and is worn with a skirt
of different material, but the design
suits the costume of cloth, cheviot,
zibeline, velvet and velveteen and the
odd coat of all the season's fabrics
equally well. When preferred the
basque portions can be omitted and
the blouse finished with the belt.
The blouse consists of a smooth
back, under - arm gores with slightly
full fronts and side fronts, which ex
tend to the shoulders and are stitched
TO an under strap to form the slot
seams. The right front laps over the
left in double breasted style and the
neck is finished with tlie fashionable
coat collar that meets the fronts ami
rolls back to form lapels. The basque
portions are joined to the lower edge,
the seam being concealed by the left.
The coat sleeves are two-seamed and
finished with roll-over cuffs.
The quantity of material required
for the medium size is four and a
quarter yards twenty-one inches wide,
two yards forty-four inches wide or
one and three-quarter yards fifty-two
inches wide.
K nick-Knack*.
Very pretty buttons made in china,
oval, round and square, are to be
bought following the designs of dif
ferent kinds of china, Dresden, Sevres
and Staffordshire. Crystal and paste
ball buttons are effective, and these
often form the tassel to narrow loops
of ribbon which have been run through
tiny paste buckles, and replace the
small flower tassels, which have been
& good deal worn one way or another.
Knots tied in ribbons and in stocks
require an education. A series of
three or five chains festooned between
bars is a fashionable form of necktie,
not to wear tight round the throat,
.but to rest on the neck. Brooches are
worn very small, and some are beau
tifully painted. Some of the pearl
brooches have very pretty pear-shaped
pearl drops. Peacocks, with diamond
tails, are new, and a small feather
in diamonds makes an admirable
brooch.
A Useful Costume.
A young lady who set out on lier
travels had a combination costume thac
really seemed immensely comprehen
sive; she seemed to have everything in
one garment. She bad gotten herself a
tailor-made of one of the liner serges,
and to it had a long eape, and all these
were worked in with one another in
the most scientific way. The long skirt
and the eape had in common a decora
tion of graduated military braids with
a note of white cloth lightly embroid
ered in greeu and mauve where the
coat turned back. This coat was of the
open or closed formation, so that when
closed, the embroidery being concealed,
the coat looked quite severely simple,
which arrangement had to do with the
fact that the short skirt was also se
verely simple as far as an adorning
element was concerned (having just
three two-inch tucks at its base). It
will be evident on thinking over the
matter that this inventive girl had
quite a repertory of frocks iu this os
tensibly single tailor costume-
Mouse or Shirt WuUt.
Slot scam effects are seen upon tlie
latest waists and gowns and are ex
ceedingly effective. The very stylish
May, Manton blouse illustrated sliows
them used to advantage and in con
junction with tucks at the shoulders
and tlie princess ctosing in front. The
original is made ol' reseda peau de
cynge, piped with black and stiicbed
with black oorticelli silk, but all waist
cloths and silks and many gown ma
terials arc appropriate as the design
suits both tile old waist and the cos
tume.
The lining is snugly fitted and closes
at the centre front quite separately
from the outside, but can be omitted
whenever au unlined waist is desired.
The waist proper consists of fronts
and back, which arc laid in inverted
tucks that are stitched to give the
slot seam effect from the shoulder to
the waist line, the fronts also includ
ing additional tucks at the shoulders,
that are stitched to yoke depth, and
the front edges being laid in wide
tucks that meet over the hems through
which the closing is made. The back
is finished with a novel stock and at
the waist is a belt with postillion
straps in centre back.
The quantity of material required
for the medium size is four and three,
eighth yards twenty-ofie wide, four
nnocsti oit SHIRT WAIST.
and one-eighth yards twenty-seven
inches wide, three and seven-eighth
yards thirty-two inches wide, or two
and three-eighth yards forty-four
inches wide.
In France Sti. 17-1,000 is spent every
year in the improvement of horse
breeding.