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ritten Exelustvely for Th> ning Star. - | | HI: THE KIND! her that a woman to a frenzy when she picks up a magazine | to to get make ideas how a white sw frock, and finds that | rte has chanced on a book which opens at | “Winter hions Water set befor: a rabid dog or red rag before » male bo- vine is the only thing contretemps. It is not o! that a woman longs to be her mother, par- ticularly her Mother Eve. It stands to | m that a fin de siecle woman would | dly have boon happy in Eve's place, be- | cause there’ were so few men around, yet | when one is trvssed up in a hig’ Jong-sleeved gown, with corsets and s‘:irts, | to say ngthine of the other “contraptions” | that a worn is forced by custom to wear, one would like for a blessed half hour to be as free ef patt ruffles and things cut bi, 7 For Men, Net Wemen. It ts ofte i that women dress other wer A net for n, but you believe it ot one wo dred w ha for } don't n rn cht ribbon whether she one wuld czre a a silk or a ¢ made with le sl if there v prespectiv F sow wheth+ er rutton 0} admring « Love of adr Bs we knot are. TY E e. the | oman Ww to of the fe | not to be t re is something luck- ing, to complete aaa: I think the thing that started me th ing in th da; on th of sepa derstand rried her first love. ft wa a Vory preity ore that rei es and revives on fn mankind, place just imbues t & spring In a desert thirsty traveler with new life. Without for Eunice wa’ she held herselt r quiet way had | the world, al- the hors, perhaps, | some it all come right. | been ret ——_, quiet in her | Iw s hardly prepared for the he blossomed out in her | “I must keel and attire first time he evel I wore a pink gingham just the sam> check and shade,” and she held up for me to view a pink ant white checked silk gingham. It is such 2 simply made gown, yet it had a charm all its own, and Eunice must be a most restful | @gure at the breakfast table in that biush- Merning Wenr. Fose hue. which just the faint | Bloom on her cheek, an mnizes 80 Rindty with the soft brown hal: curling in bout her ten - : . with a skirt which ha ‘s at the | ‘The fuli as a little | ; and ts to be worn on the outside, be- fng fastened at the waist by three ‘tiny | ‘The long bishop sieeves have a wide cuff, and a knot of pink ribbons fintzhes it | at the th It is a style that will adapt Its ost any kind cf material, and would be extremely neat and easy to laun- | der if made up in prints, such as percale or ealico. | Isn't It Nent. Eunice showed me another simple little frock made of Irish lawn, in blue end white stripes. The blue was just the color of her eyes, and complimented them as two blues will If you will only select them carefully. Always remember to have the material a! Uttle darker than your eyes. The lawn was made with a four-gored skirt—the old fa- vorite Is much used again this summer—and had a four-inch ruffle at the foot, cut on the Dias, and had narrow real Valenciennes | lace 6n both edges. The waist was gathered into a belt,and had enormous puffed sleeves, | with a lace edged ruffle at the hand, one of the wide ruffles that makes the hand look | smaller falling over a plain lower sleeve. There were wide ruies over the shoulders edged with lace, and a crushed collar of blue silk with a belt and rosette of the same finished off the charming dress. “David was always so fond of blue,” she | observed. as she handed the gown to her smiling maid, “I like to wear the color he likes, though I imagine I am getting too eld for such light shades. If he is pleased, however, E shall be satisfied. We have been | cheated of so much of life's sweetness that I do not feel as though we are called upon & qe ee world to pass Judgment upon us, ubt hat it has a right to | in the case of younger Reel le. We hare “tnly time now to live for each othe: jown David calls my ‘regimentals, fe says I only wear it when I eam on | and the maid spread out for my | eet perfectly elegant — iy. 35] was all in pink and black, with touches ot white. The lining was old pink silk and the skirt was festooned with ruffles of the Panne, edged with cream lace, with black | |has two straps and ri |The _ puffs | worn with this frock tg, uf course, one of | | Ie | women have discovered that black stockings and black walking shoes make the foot look | smaller. Do you suppose that after a dis- | Loth are | another. A muslin frock is scarcely con- | prettis THE EVENING STAR, SATURDAY, AUGUST 11, 1894—TWENTY PAGES. lace of the same width falling over it. The ergandy had a black ground with tiny pink buds strung on a pink stripe. The waist had a corselet of cream lace and shoulder braces of old pink ribbon, forming bows on the shoulders, aad fastened to a belt of the same. I think that it is one of the hand- somest gowns I have s2cn this season, ana I ccvld not help thinking after I left Eunice that David must have almost as good taste about a woman's gowns as he had about | What a pretty idea that ot too. “We have been cheated of | h of life's sweetness * * * that we | have only time to live for each other now.” If more women were of that mind there would be more sensible gowning and fewer vnhappy homes. Self-respect demands neat and becoming attire, but it does not call for ext-avagant display, neither does it re- quire the sacrifice of health to keep up with fashion’s mandates. Hecause some “David” in particular likes it is reason enough for a woman to want to robe herself becomingly, and cikewise to desire to please “Eunice” is ¥ man to keep trouble ts t too few to w Ir it til) m of youth had ured to make | “living for each more of a condition other” mig than a theor For « Garden Party. I want to teif you about a pretty India silk that is to be vorn at a swell garden party. ‘The ground of this lovely silk is pale pirk. Over it are scattered forget-me- nots in blue, with tiny leaves of green The combination ts simply exquisite. The twe-skirted affair has a looped arrange- ment of narrow blue satin ribbon on the | edge of each skirt, und the shirred w: ettes of the sam of the siecves are divided by | bands and bows ef the ribbon, and have | ng t) the wrist. ‘The beit is | The hat to be the wide-brimmed shapes, made of cream chiffon, shirred, and with an edging of lace. The garniture is of pink chiffon and for- | get-re-nots. The maid who wears it will | Kk bke a poet's dream of sunset in the | nd blu | Black pretty pinks kings. If there is to be anything new or startling in styles this fall Dame Fashion is keeping mighty quiet about it. Fashion has got to | be a kind of a go-as-you-please race, any- hew. Women are really getting too sensl- ble to be bound down to unbecoming styles because some famous person has worn ce tain things, and now that women have got to thinking for themscives on the subject it is perfectly useless to for instance, at “black | stockin: going out.” erybody knows t k stockings will never go out. They too useful, and | are covery of that sort women are going to stand in their own light and banish black stockings? Once upon a time black ste ings fell into disfavor, because they would rock,” or, in other words, the cclor would insist on transferring itself to the feet of its fair wearer, and that was simply awful, but row the dyes are mad2 as fast well, white ones, and they discrler no moze than white ones. They kecp their hue even after the ordeal of the average laundry. That be- ing the case, black stockings have come to stay. Of course, they get soiled as quick as white ones, but they do not show it in the disgusting vay that white ones do, and, like black petticcats, they have a part to play in the plan of making a woman pre- sentable on a windy or rainy day, for which no other color can be substituted. They are quaintly embellished just now for house wear with raised figures in colors, on the instep, having the effect of silk embroidery. Some of them have medallions of black or white lace let Into the instep. Among colors {n stockings there is a fancy to have them just the shade of the dress, and the shoes must exactly match both. It will be seen that this fashion is rather exclusive, as it would be so very expensive. White hose Is now worn with white shoes, and neither should be worn on the street, except with an all-white toilet. Sleeves and Sashe: Short sleeves are quite the rage for out- door gowns—that is, the sleeve that stops at the elbow. Long elbow gloves are, of course, worn with them. It looks as though the sleeves would never reach the limit of inflation. The leg-o'-mutton is not quite as popular just now as the butterfly, and retiring gracefully from the | vantage ground on the shoulder to a soft fullness about the elbow, stiffening having been discarded entirely. Sashes are among the pretty favorites that have gained a prominent place on nearly every gown in some guise or sidered finished without one. Some of them are of the broad moire ribbon, which is not pretty because {ts chief character- istic is {ts stiffness. Some of the very fetching ones are of bias silk lined with the muslin of the gown they are worn with, and have a dainty fringe on the ends, and some of the daintlest ones are made of chiffon, gauze and lace. The softest and t are made of the light silks in delicate shades. They are generally ar- ranged in empire fashion about’the waist, giving the impression of short waists, and | are brought to the front where they fall to the Lottom of the gown from under a soft chou of the silk. Belts, An assortment of belts seems to be an absolute necessity, and the vagaries of belt buckles are as numeroug aga om | orten ari as the ingenuity of the wearer can make them. The belts are of all colors, and all materials, and the buckles follow suit. Some of them are exquisitely carved from ivory or tortoise shell, and others are almost barbaric in their display of mas- sive gold and silver, studded with gems, often imitation, but quite as often having a king’s ransom upon them, This love for gold and silver is so universal that buckles for the necks of dresses are made of tne precious metals, and the vse of them ex- tends even to the hair, and a good many elaborately engraved and jeweled buckles are worn te out of sight, where a court lady of oiden times wore a jewel since known as the “order of the gar BELL BALL, 206 CHILDHOOD OF AN ALWOCKA herine of Russia Described by Others and Herseli. In a paper by Susan Coolidge, in the Au- gust “Atlantic,” this portrait of the Em- ‘ess Catherine in her youth is given: it was a curious situation, On one side Qe partition was this brutal, foolish boy, flogging his dogs and bis attendants, play- ing like a ehiid with a regiment of puppets, » and passionately resisung the eruer t© take a bath, which thing Was ab- hortene to Mis Sout; ON tue OlnEr sige Was fus girlish wife, acute, peuetraung, sien, SCTULMIAE Bnd judging Unnss and pes- S, Vering beneain siniles wad auseseet Words her 5 aNd PUrpses. an mouth, veauis ner cufly head over wu book. buoks were her Chie: friends, sue telis us, duriag Lave year phe wiWays carted One hersett political sprit des Ls qual rsal Mistory; . ali the Aus: wes She court lay hott of als of sacitus,” which, sue revolution hor brain; to aps, the inelancholy cast of hec | buied hot at laa- way Was sur else. 2 her. A ness intenc maid al she could (ed the undie ht youl jicre js her pe despot ia embr “in ow t th res uation give tural abilit of his ov nt nor just. Wh the frst ye shown the lea self supportable, been opencd of all pos the one cn whom bestowet the least atten- tion, y because Iwas h i should wonderful that I pressel the pride an? ca reas a iness 2 you feel ppy. Ss? act that yo Ly dependent of accidents. To s a disposition I joined great sens'bility, the least of it. unha at, 1 any rela one felt tions with me, because eve the strictest probity and good will -were the impulses which [ most lily obeyed and, if T may be ailowel the expression, I venture to assert in my cwn bi hat Ix true gentleman, one w cast of mind was more male than female; and yet I waz anything but tine. for, foined to the mind possessed the cha fe 1 bie of a m: a very agree: ane WOMEN IN SLEE! ING CARS. ce Knews fortable. E nt The t nized in bly wi mu eied direc is nev she Knc dust) ma havee coal shampooed urban or clos> Wilt flaunt- | eathers, the stivf sa re entirely o A small hat, wh comfort, ts y women siick a soft felt hat t for this purp A lace scarf Ma nan or sc tted trifle is almost indis- | pensable fe night. In the first place | it protects th 1 from draught hair from coa ing it is a bles: 1 ccimpiag som, ‘The traveled woman ne’ morn~ tod locks | 3 on the way to the toilet er completely un- sh elf in the Ing ¢ She re- moves her gow her corsets, ips cn a w or a dark down, conscious that if | dent in tho night she fs sutt- meet ft. judgment to wear a fresh gown ded journey. Many women at- as for a tea or fashionable he result is that one night in the cramped quarters of a sleeping car sec- tion causes the smart frock to look as ff it had passed through a cyclone er some other severe trial. Wear ze second best stuff gown in your wardrobe, one that has be- ne adjusted to your form, and which you will not Worry over If a sudden lurch in the | train send a cup of hot coffee over its front breadth. Laced shoes are much easier to manage in a sleeping car than buttoned ones. You know how, in the gray of the carly dawn, when half asleep, you wrestle with various garments in the narrow confines of your berth, you wish every detail to be as con- venient as possible. To button shoes you must twist yourself Into the most difficuit of positions: lacirg being directly in front, 4s accomplished much more easily. However attractive broad white collars and cuffs may be in ¢ther places, they are a decided nuisance in the sleeping car. | "They soon become grimy, the fresh ones are | unmanageable in the bag, and it ts next to impossible to adjust them properly at the rate of forty miles an hour. Ribbon ruches or soft folds of silk at neck and wrist are much more comfortable. | Let your handbag coniain a bottle of Flor- | {da water, bay rum or cologne. Nothing more refreshing when traveling. Let there | be also sewing and writing implement: soap—never, under any circumstances, us: the soap suppiied by the railroads—wash- cloth, smelling salts, lead hair crimpers, manicure set, shoehorn and book (if you will’ wear buttoned shoes), a boitle of list- orine for mouth wash, extra handkerchief, pins and needles. per, and lies there is an ace ably attired It is p on an exte ture themse! luncheon. —see The Dainty Cotton Gown. ‘From Harper's Bazaar. . ‘The times are hard, and Dorothy, A thrifty little maid, ‘Is quite content these days to be In cotton gowns arrayed. In hams fine and soft as een of twills and checks, In_ lustrous musiins white as milk, Her charms our eyes perplex. ire a dress of tess duck, Oiler aie ‘and stately then: with crisping frill and tuck tn sheefcat organdy eho shities, Sify tweet and fair re “4 bg = to the nines, } tracting to muss and | } LOVE AND MARRIAGE Senora Sara Tells sent the Old Cus- toms in ‘New Mexico. <a gees PARENTS CHOOSE THE NEW HUSBAND —— ae The Ceremony and’ the Reception in a Mexican Ranch House. gee PICTURESQUE SCENES Written Exclusively for The Evening Star. SANTA FR, N. M., August 6, 1894. I: WILL AFFORD us great felicity if the Senora Ameri- eano and the charm- ing young Senoritas will lend to us the joy of ‘heir presence at the marriage of the daughter of our hearts.” That was the re- markable style of an invitation which the girls and myself re- celved to attend the marriage of the daughter of one of the ancheros of Bernalillo county, New Mex- Of course the gtris were wild to ac- cept it, and as it came through the courtes of friends I could see no reason why might not “lend the joy of our. presenc though I had not the s ‘atest idea of the > as practiced 3 a even when the the verity of this coun perform Getting nu “al, erally cons knot fs tied in t bie, but If the faint-hearte Uvorce cour throngh the p | jof the of | there would sn be no n | be on not ssi would in and cx 3 to uh takes old w parites littel to 4 unt until the mipared. to be courted fa this Zt phatic announce a day with the ive brid 1k of going be- or of the city and havi hal nude a matter as the marri t see your sw ot record, wimesi and if you iook at | is ducl ca hand in- ‘ouc Romeo ean call stated ter iif the members of the fam- | to b y, $9 that there is you can't see h I thiik 1 hike the United Sta ily happen’ eve way one to chafero! then. this is the United States,” inter- t appears to m> in; et least, its love with he has not vita him, & ‘poco tiemne in she ts to marr’ no voice in the transaction al there are st Wo at our the ‘Am . but Ihave noticed that there | ery lite unkappiness in the id we have been in a good T like real American w 's Uncroughly e to see my mypulsion, and ny father wes, having my matter how rich intended husband furnish everything I have | in my trousseau! j The Bridegroom Footed the Bus, “Oh, my, Dorothy! Do they do that hi J asked Nora, in horrified amazement. “Si, senorit Didn't you see all those beautiful clothes that were spread about in Dolores’ rooms?" “OF c¢ . but surely her parents bought them for her!” “Surely the didn't! Senor Florencto Tranguillina Alarid of Casa Cochiti, the | prospective bridegroom, bought and paid | for every rag of them, also for the brides- maids’ dress those that the bride’ mother wearg Dolores told me that with a f prile, while you and Sara were exglaiming over the jewe 2 jewels were also the gift of the | box. groom. “Why. Dorothy, Bhey must have cost a fortune, to say nothing of the cutlay for all those el Some of the laces were heirlooms, Tam sure. were, but not in her family. seems to be an ald Spanish ‘costumbre, handed down cua to son, that the prospective groom}must furnish everything for the bride, even} herMingerie. She must not wear upon heP pegson a single thing that bought with *he money cf any other person, and they’ are just supers’ tious enough to think pthat bad luck will foliow infringement offthis law. All the jewels, wraps, hosiery, laces, gowns, gloves, underclothes—everything that his wife will be supposed to want for years—he gets for her, and she ts not allowed a bit of voice in the selection, neither is a garment fitted upon her. All those handsome gowns were made without a measure being taken, and she never has had one of them on, nor will she have until after she is married. Her wedding gown and the other things she will wear on that auspicious occasion she will not even see until she has gone through hours of purification at the altar, and a process of physical preparation; then her maids will put her clothes on her piece by plece, and not a single thing can be altered in any way. Certain disaster would fol- low removal of a garment to take it in or let it out, and as for having a stitch set in a garment on her, she would as soon take a dose of poison and have done with it. Dolores told me with a timid air of talking the rankest heresy that ‘it 1s sometimes that we wish we might try on the happy dress, that it may fit more quick, but the penalty! drawing her breath hard, ‘oh, no! we would not wish to incur the wrath!’ “Of course, such @ system has its draw- backs,” Nora admitted, “but Dolores has | been quite fortunate in the selection that has been made for her. Her intended fs re, handsome, rich and cultured to a igh degree. He has furnished a beautiful nest for his bride, too. Senora Chaves told me about it.” A Man's House. “There is another good idca of this coun- try,” remarked Elaine practically. “When @ young mah gets ready to marry he is ebliged to furnish a home for his bride. It may be-a mean one, but it is a home, and it ts fully equipped for housekeeping. I candidly belleve that there should be some such law in the ‘states.’ “Yes, but just think of having to live In a house planned and built by a man!” ob- jected Dorothy. ‘They never can see the utility of closets, and are simply blind to ail decorative effects, and take anything that is suggested, without reflecting whether It will be in harmony with the furnishings or not, or whether either will be effective asa setting for his wife's style of beauty And as for living forever in a house fur- nished by a ma beg to be excused.” Senora Chaves was announced just then, and I went to put on my bonuet, as I had been invited to go with her to inspect the house “planned, built and furnished by a man.” "it was a mark of distinguished favor, ch I appreciated greatly. She id not invite the girls, for that would have t breech of etique It is only rs that Senora Chaves hersei? would have gone to the house of her daughter's intended husband before the re- ligious ceremony was performed, but Amer- ican tdeas are slowly percolating the cid world theories and prejudices. ‘This land of “peco tiempo” is a deiight- ful one to dream in. Its people are never in a hurry, they never fret or worry. If they have enough to eat, it is well; if they have not, it is just as well; if they have an abundance, they believe im using it. The women mannered, languor- ous, general th a sleepy kind of charm in their movements, musical of voice, coquettish in manner, but with a ealth of love and tenderness, and ardently devoted to husband or lover. The men are dark and fuil of passionate ardor, jealous te i quick with Knife or they ure desperately in earnest at . Yet both sexes are light hearted care easiiy ard sorrow like stoies. of the dark-skin- ish conquerors are other, pe here not kept the blood hnow s “Mex olis teft, which driven rm into vir pony rd been } Chaves family. Sen broken Enciish of r nd the very meth until we sa Cochiti,” which would @ as pretty a bride hite and were orange ble A Picturesar One of these Mexicen cription. It is so altogether | n the exterior nd so full | at Cochitt | 0, when every | j was built over n's ho: well. s his castle and a fortress groun; how: The rounding the as immediately sur- ed some five e3, and were w Ned with fine fruit trees, streams of running w were bridge! in rustic fast walks to cros: e the < F around and up to the bare, blark-looking | walis of the Casa itself, which stood off at | one side. It looked as though it might be a stable-though an immense one—but the in- | stant we alighted the heavy barred gate of pee sweny -the | learnel later, is a peon, grizzled 2, Who has watched the gate, boy for near! yea He un- ds his business, ant his time | hree brides have gone through to thelr | home under the ancient roof trees, and en carvied away in, but no have ever pa: over the | shold. Paulo iss old no the gentle lated | 1 make deen’ for my and he i The you and ne ce,” was | > eall the old | » stopping in ia help wondering | wea Cochiti,when rdevoirs (> the 1 couldn't would call the ¢ reom deep, it ner court, nich tablishment of ( tain was sprays of | stream in a show | The mist-iike drops feil | y bath, an exquisitely carved marble. atio was fled with plants of tropical and overpewering fragrance, Every use opened on this. pat They actually dwarfed | at the White House. The the right of the entrance, was 1 gold and ebony. A regal nent, but hardly to be com- esponding room cn the left, | | looking ap pared to the © which was dividel by ye vy with go! ry, into two were the colors from room to reom xquisite taste had ng the draperies and the few pieces of new Ne furniture. The Casa was a regular mu- scum of rare old books, fine bits of sculp- pain’ and bric-a-brac from every of the world, Evidently the Alarids been’ collectors from the first, but I many rare and curious articles of verc1 in some very mean homes here, 11 believe Usat these descendants of the Spanish dons have a very pretty taste for picking up and keeping valuable works of nora Chaves was mildly pleased with the home that the “daughter of her heart” was so soon to occupy, and found no fault whatever with Senor Alarid’s arrangements. “He is quite the gentleman, and Dolores will be most happy; so happy that she will not regret—some ‘ disappointment.” And then I knew Sow it was that in her bright- est moments apparently a shadow came over her dear littie face. There were “dis- appointments,” and though she knew that her accepted husband had enormous wealth, and would surround her with every luxury, her tender woman's heart was as tmpreg- omable, despite her convent rearing and seclude] life, as that of the emancipated girl who has ideas and longs for a sphere. I didn't tell the girls of my discovery. They could not see the little grief, and it was rot necessary to uncover it. It was strong proof to me, though, that a woman's heart is the same the world over. The Wedding Ceremony. The wedding was the most somberly gor- geous thing that I ever attended. It took place in the cathedral, and began just about the time the sun came up, and it went to rest behind the mountains before the couple were pronounced man and wife. The cathe- dral is a gloomy old barn, built of adobe, with walls fifteen feet thick at the base. Its mysterious recesses were made only gloomier by the thousands of little wax candles that were grouped about the walls, but the altar was resplendent with lights, which made its white and gold beauty yet more impressive. There were flowers every- where—white ones, and most of them were roses and orange blossoms. It seemed to me as though the whole city had been in- yited to the church, fot the seats were all full, and there was @ compact mass of | hair | shut on Dolores that night } quiet sappointing. I would about as soon be sent fo St. Elizabeth's as shut up with t | JeaTous a in Casa Cochitl.” > aa Panto |? over a statue of Venus | ? humanity kneeling on the floor clear to the chancel rail, leaving only space for the pro- cessional, There was an exquisite oriental rug laid from the door to the street, and over it a canopy of white velvet was hung. ‘The great pipe organ in the dark organ loft almost spoke its joyous greeting as the bridal procession entered the cathedral and passed down the open way. Just as they got well into the church a silver band, concealed among some palms, ruck in with the-organ, and made a biare of noise that was positively ear-splitting, but above it all one could hear the voices of the singers in the organ loft. A priest in white vestments came from the altar and met the party half way, being followed by two others in black, who carried some churchly emblems. Behind them trailed a jong procession of small boys in red shirts, trimmed with gold lace, one of them bear- ing the crosier. The bride and groom passed down the aisle with him, and knelt at the altar, all of the attendants doing the same. There were twelve bridesmaids and twelve groomsmen! The maids ali in white, and the groomsmen, like the groom, in con- ventional black, and all carrying orange blossoms. Then the priest read something in Spanish, which must have taken him half an hour. He asked the timid little bride a whole catechism of questions, to which I could hear only the answer, “Si, senor.” Then he put the groom through the same ordeal, and got the same answers. ‘Then a gold plate was brought forth, upon which a magnificent solitaire ring — The priest took it in his hand, and said something over it, and then passed It ‘to the groom, who placed it upon the bride's left hand. Then the priest produced another ring, which he placed upon the third finger of the groom's right hand, an@ still another, which he placed on the third finger of the bride's right hand. Then he folded their bands together and sprinkled them with holy water, and made the sign of the cross ever them. A Yoke of Sat Then cnsued a long mass, a great deal of music and responsive reating and singing by the priests and acolytes, and more get- ting up and sitting down than I ever re- member to bave done in my life before, after which the priest. presented the groom h the gold plate again, snd he put several goli pieces upon it. The priest turned to the altar epd said a prayer or two over this, chen turned and poured the gold back into the hands ef the groom, who in turn poured it in the hands of his bride, and she then put it im the hands o an offering to the church, # sign that the 2 would support Its holy ordi- 8 and sustain ft with their money. nen a twisted rope of white satin ribbon was thrown in yoke form over their necks, 4 there was thore™singing and prayers. » satin yoke, which was supposed to r nt hymeneal bénfage, was then taken nd the couple retired to the sacristy register and to receive the con- | sratulations of close friends. Immediately after that the husband left his bride to her nts and hastered to his home, to be iy to welcome his bride on her arrival, the first time, at his house. It would | an ij] omen had she ever seen it reception that night was something beyend all the social functions that I ever before. The bride wore her wedding ef white satin, which came from a ° groom, of course. in Was bordered | rich feathers and natural % oms. It was low in the neck, ad its short puffed slceves displayed bare ns twined with pearis, She had strands | ef exquisite pearls around her neck, in her znd in her cars. Her long veil of price- old point was held on by a small crown of pearls, made of graduated stars. The maids wore their white dresses with Adition of strings of pearls, which were a present from the groom, who also gave every member of the bride's family a hand- some piece of jewelry. The whole Casa was ow with thousands of wax tapers, and a tune was spent in flowers to adorn every room in it. There were owo fine bands be- Sides striag music, and wine flowed like . ‘The reception and ball lasted all The welding festivities were kept nd right for one whole week, and noi Uil the last guest. had seen the gate closed on him by cld Paulo, and his “guard- cenship” over a fourth bride of the house of Alarid began, couMl the handsome young husband claim ds his wife the pretty young rita he bad bought. The gates that shut away from cid, and inside the fortress-Mke, encompass her life will -be spent, eating, shee . drinking, and dreaming, mayhap, of “some disappointment.” “Spanish and Mexican romances make keod reading,” remarked Nora, as we rode away from Casa Cochitl after our parting call on rretty Dolores, “but the reality is her all the outside wo walls that, her about, nN apothecary,’ " quoted Absently, a3 she gazed back at siag walls, and some way Juliet in my tomb feemed to us to have the it, for she had loved Romeo. ; ENORA SARA. > -— SUMMER GIRLS BANG. best of TH {cfs So Tiny That It Searcely De- serves the Name, From (he Milwaukee Journal. ® bang of old has almost disappeared, the approach to it being a half-inch fluffy fringe worn straight across the fore- head by the girl whose brow fs so expansive that she dares not completely uncover ft, and who adopts this fashion as a sort of comprem But this bang fs so light that it scarcely makes any difference whether tt ed or not. When a girl wears her ted in the middle, as most girls are present, there is just a suggestion on each side of the parting, and ne girs have allowed their bangs to get long enough to wave and draw back ‘on cach side, ‘ning down the locks with i hell com © sumimer girl should pile her hair ver her head wher? she dons her ever n. And the higher the comb she » more she is in fashion. ‘Tortoise- , With the backs five inches high, in favor. In real shell they seii most for $3. Amitation one: meh ‘on ones may be bought for If the summer giri's grandmother h: pens to own an old silver comb she should wear that in preference to the tortoise shell. he greater its age the better. Antique ns cane rag pp im. e empire knot is still m mi though the hair tied in two oa See is rather superseding it. This is a graceful arransemeat, and may be worn both with worming and evening dress. Young girls are wearing their hair very de: low. Braids are preferred to the summer. 4 iar? —+e2-—____ TIGHT LACING. Thin Vanity of Matrons Does Not Harm Their Children, Says Avie Medical Authority. Gloomy prophesies of the future of the human race, owing to tight lacing, are be- ing circulated here, rays the British Medi- cal Journal. They are evidently being re- peated by popular writers, inspired from pon-medical sources across the channel, We read of “the disappearance of the roots of the dorsal nerves” in 80 per cent of Dr. Charpy's patients, and about women pos- sessing the extra rib. We also read that wasp waists will make men and women as- sume the form and character of wasps. ‘These absurdities need no. refutetion. Tight lacing ro doubt exists to some extent in this country and produces bad results. It existed just as much, cr more, thirfy, sixty and a hundred years ago. Neverthe. less, our eyes may convince us that the race has not degenerated. Indead, English women seem to be growing finer and taller than ever, though their mothers were wide- ly addicted to tight lacing. In the richer classes golf, lawn tennis and the abandon- ment of “fine-ladyism” of the bad old type account for the superior development of contemporaneous womanhood. The expe- rience of hospital doctors aiso tends to show that the women of the poor are big- ger and healthier than their mothers. As for the male youth of Great Britain, their ig vanity has done them little if any arm. a “Keeping Company.” From Life. ee J HOUSEHOLD HINTS Matters of Interest to Good House- keepers at This Season. SUGGESTIONS AS 1) PRESERVING Let Children Be Comfortable Dur- ing the Warm Weather. es USEFUL RECEIPTS _— SOME Written Exclusively for The Evening Star. I dropped in on a friend the other morn- ing and found her deep in the “preserving” business. She came into the pleasant sit- ting room and received me most cordially, looking as fresh as a field pink in her neat calico dress, made especially -for “kitchen” purposes, with a generous gingham apron enveloping her, and after chatting a mo- ment she asked me to go to the kitchen with her and see the lovely lot of jelly and marmalade she had been putting up. “I do not like to trust it to my servants,” she said; “they have enough to do, and then I flatter myself that I know better how to do it than most anybody else.” So I went with her to her neat, si:upy-smeiling ‘kitch- en, where a kettle of plum jelly was just ready to come off. The plums were the wild variety, and you know they are gen- erally very sour and often bitter. As my friend stood over the kettle I saw her take @ spoonfu: of some white stuff and dash it in the jelly, and it foamed up to the top of the kettle in a most remarkable way, then she stirret it briskly. It fell back and I saw a green scum and lots of sedi- rent come to the top, which she quickly jifted off, and then took the jelly from the fireand poured into the glasses standing ready in a pan of hot water. Of course I was curious and asked her what she had done. She told me that it was common baking soda that she had used. “I always vse it when I am putting away sour ber- ries and jellies,” she said. “Now, these plums actually pucker your mouth to eat and develop a dreadful bitterness when cooked, but a half teaspoonful of soda to a gallon of jelly sugared and just ready to come off will take away all the bitter, acrid taste and clarify the liquid wonder- fully. I always use soda when cooking plums and cranberries, or any fruit of that kind. “A_teaspoonful to a gallon is about right. Pat it in when the fruit is put on, and the instant jt boils up once pour the water off and put more hot water on.” I went right home and trie? it with some plums that my cook had declared “not fit for white folks to eat,” and it work- ed like a charm. * 7 2 2 8 © Beware of ice water and ice cold drinks of any kind this scorching weather, par- ticularly if you are overheated. Sudden cooling of the stomach leads to many the worst of which ts sunstroke. . . . Forget your vanity, and let your baby have a little comfort during the warm weather. During the middie of the day take off all the child's clothes, including shoes and stockings, bathe it In water with a little berax in it, pin up its hair, and put on it a pair of thin drawers and a long gingham apron, and turn It loose. If it is restiess and fretful, put it in the bath tub, and let it play in an inch or two of water —in its clothes, the water will not hurt them—or let itghave a basin of water on the veranda, if it is shady there. Next to a sand pile, a tin of water is a delight toe Uttle child, 1 know of one mother who has a tub of slightly warmed water placed in the center of her kitchen floor, and her two small children play in it for hours, after she has left the kitchen, and When they get tired she dresses them for the after- roon, and mops up the water they havé splashed on the floor. It is a clean and & preg Ng gay and can’t possibly hurt the child if the dey » warm, A great many people Invested in the pret- 4y white pampas grass at the world’s fair, and by this time it ts so dusty and soiled looking that it will have to be thrown away, unless somebody comes to the rescue. The Star is always ready to do that. Fill a tub half full of tepid water and lay the pampas grass down in it. Take shaved white soap that has been soaking till it is soft, and, picking the gress up at the stem end, slowly and carefully twist the grass through the soapy hand, ali the time keep- ing up the twisting motion. Have a little borax in the water, and after the soaping shake the grass gently in the water, and all the dirt will come right out. “Then rinse in clean water by shaking it gently. It will come forth from the ordeal a’ white and giistening as ever. Lay it in a dry white cloth and press gently, then hold in the sun and shake it till ali the delicate branches have opened out. You must han- éle it carefully right through, but you will be rewarded for your dabors. a . You can make most of your light gown yourself, but for some reason a dark gown has to have more careful treatment, both in cutting and sewing. It will be economy to hire a good dressmaker for your dark gowns. T shit dry it lastly, tissue pape: + ere If your rooms are small select a carpet with a emall figure, and, if possible, an indistinct one. The large-figured carpets dwarf the dimensions of a room. Never buy the massive styles of furnivure for a small room for the same reason; the light bamboo or willow furniture is always pret- tier for a small house. ef © © ‘The amateur at a sewing machine prob- ably does not know that the best way to fasten the thread at the end of the seam to turn back on the seam just sewn ani stitch for half an inch or more; then you can cut the thread and not stop to tie, which takes a great deal of and is absolutely necessary if you would not have your thread ripping ad au ba) time. It Is peaches now. Thay exe walt wo tem tonite, an aperient, a and a com: or, as a lady who ts trying them puts it, “they are both meat and medicine.” This is uae one news, 7! oe Peaches getting plenty. It is said for the cunptacion, good for the Stood and good for the digestion; you may em. when you please—at night or in the morn- ing, or in the middle of the day. they must be ripe and they must not be stale. It is better to cat them in the natural state —that is, as you would eat an apple, peeling, of course—the peel of a peach ts rank poison to the stomach—or you can have them with sugar and cream. “2 © ow wash cut glass and have it clear and ing you should have a soft brush a fter using a linen towel, with 7. 2 © Here is one woman's way of removing resin, tar or axle grease from clothing. She says that she never found a stain so ob- streperous that it would not yield to her efforts, though the fabric will be apt to fade if it is at all high colored. It works to a charm on white goods: Aj any kind of grease to the stain and tl soap it well with good weshing soap and let it stand awhile. Then drench it well with turpentiz and wash with warm water. It may take several applications. ° ° Stri; ewning cloth makes a good streak Maneaey tag. If tt ts to be much evidence, make {it square, and put a wid ruffle around it. Tet the flap be neariy half as deep ax the bag, and pointed, fas- tenirg with a big pearl button, and ruf- fied. Across the back of the bag, @t the top, sew a band of the goods, and to this put four loops to hang tt wp ty. A pretty and Inexpensive way of arrang- ing one’s bed room is to have ali the white things in it of one kind of materisl. White dimity or dotted swiss makes the prettiest curtains in the world for a sleeping room; they are ever so much pretiicr than Not- tingham or other cheap laces. Then make ir bedspread of the same material, and @ it with silesia of the prevailing coler in your room. Make your bureau scarf and mantel and dresser draperies of the same material. You can- ruffle them with some of the same, or get some of the inexpensive laces to edge them with. They are #0 casy to launder, and look co much daintier than anything else that it is a wonder that these materials are not used instead of the silic and velvet thet catch dust and odors end hoid them.