Evening Star Newspaper, February 22, 1896, Page 17

'° THE NEW SLEEVE It is Quite Tight, But It Admits of Variations. PRESENT STYLE WILL STILL PREVAIL -_— Draped Skirt is, However, Among the Possibilities. Sa JACKETS FOR SPRING HE NEW WOMAN sleeves—for morning, afternecn and even- ing -are still oddities, nt they are abso- lutely the only ele- ment of novelty or of menace in the chang- ing season. ‘The new sleeve Is not a thing of com- promises. It knows no half-way meas- ures. It is “take me er leave me.’ It is “wheso is not for me is against me. When Mary E. Wilkins came to New winter during which the big sleeves ‘e worn, she went to a literary reception, and that remark of hers which quoted mos lely was no question of oblem novels or of idealism in ai “Aren't their big sleeves just cunning!” said iss V n3, hh pardconable en- h speaking of the pretty girls present. “Just cunning,” too, is the new sleeve, mainly because for some time we have been quite urused to it. It is quite tight. It may be wrinkled transversely, a la mous- quetaire. It may be masked at the shoul- der by a cape, or at the elbow by a frill, but its own biessed self is caressingly snug. me it, In such a case as tall and most divinely fair young girl in the tea gown, strong in ommand to which some women born, the big figured stuff of her gown ht at the bosom and falling thence in atteau plait, but elsewhere close-fitting; siletage filled with soft lace; the hing in a golden m: about the ike a framing aureole? I am sure the The he bottom of her elbow abominat ugly— could no the total ef the make tea is but a pr: al, meat-fed men Our newspaper and bu hot serve tea at 6 p.m., and an hour for laughter and tea is a purely domes- ng ground rapidly, al- n’s sole use, and hence a or gowns. Chipper and bird- ture hat of frilled satin sur- mounted by a satin ribt s dq of black and white, and the satin gown of the after- rcon caller had ink-edged capes and most for mere parad. Kke In a pi five rows of trimming at the hem and three basque flounces without the fur. The sleeves were of wrinkled satin, the belt was black and very wi ith a huge e, and a simple lace tie replaced the orate, bow. K collars of the jecent nei ° mpromising only im_ no: articles of faith. It will as s =; or it will make eafway by cunning evasion of the issue, as in an evening gown I have mn exhib- ted, whose ves are fon, drawn rather smu: arm, leaving uere folds of chif- s the upper ers bare but for cherry d with net ih a tint, the bodice folds were up to a big bow and rosette just the left shoulder, there was a cherry red sash, and I sorry to be com- Pelled to ad bottom were four or five such “t careful mothers i to*put in li is’ gowns, so that they as the girl grew: and, on, I won y of those c il mothers nowada Those ants of the new sleeve are all I can describe in detail, but there are oth- ers. Theres is a al preference for duxury in the Evening “Smartness” by Day. transparent effec in the sleeves of tea gowns end ball sses. I have noticed: Tight sle-ves of pale blue giace silk, with two chiffon frills at wrist and two at shoulders Tight sleeves of dull red satin, Veiled with black spotted net. Tight sleeves of pale blue, with veiling of pale green; or pale green and.pale pink: er red net over gray or black. Perhaps this use of a diaphanous veiling ever a snug sleeve may serve to bridge over the awkwardvesss of a transitory pe- riod; but as fasiicn is always in such a Period, doubtless she needs no such assist- a@nce. Meanwhile the average woman, not the first by whom the new is tried, may Test positive that 11g sleeves will be in the decided majority for—who knowis how long? 4nd that the tight ones will for the pres- ent be worn much oftener indoors than out. Reassuring to one who has her wardrobe for the present complete and her allowance spent. is the spring jacket. Big sleeves Jend themselves to luxury in the evening, “smartness” by dey. And smart enough is ® street suit of rough white cloth, made with piped seams, with a plain, full skirt, @ big-sleeved open coat along whose collar and within whose hem is a narrow line of black Persian lamb. The lining and the face of the lapels within this black strip are of yellow cloth, and there is a cascad foe J believe they call it, of tulle and e, and big enamel buttons plenteous in number and size. The hat worn with such ®@ waite suit is of white straw with a black ige, white frills of chiffon, black edged, and three black plumes. The swellest of open coats will linger in loosely @y dreams, I fear. It is black, with a | fit for, : THE Ate SRE SEL SATURDAY, FEBRUARY: 22, 1000 -2wik EUR EE ERT luster of satin. About the neck, along the shoulders and down the front run a oon- tinuous collarette and stole of beautiful brocade, pale pink ground, with richer red and pale blue flowers, all edged with close For Afternoon and Evening. shirred-chiffon, which forms at the bottom of the stole a heavy pendant auite to the hem of the skirt. The cuffs show the same brocade and the same edging of chiffon frills. . ‘The tucked, frilled and flounced skirt is here, in increasing numbers, worse luck to it! The draped skirt threatens. hort, loose jackets of velvet, jet and ¥ wiil be worn late into the spring,which omises to he not precocious in the mat- veather. 's costume: A frilled shirt of a very trrow strive of white and heliotrone; tan knee breeches and black stockings; short tan jacket with clouded white buttons. The sable iails, which are not easy to counterfeit, have had a triumphant run this winter, and this is one reason why women with slender purses will welcome the s TA gown in terra cotta red; smooth cloth t, plain; velvet bodice with a pouched front, and a yoke and tiny vest of white satin, with cream lace over black lisse. We are all preparing for dress goods woven with the biggest of big figures and flowers. ELLEN OSBORN. ———— QUEER MOCK MARRIAGE. The Result of a Peculiar Difference in State Marriage Laws. From the Chicago Record. What purported to be the wedding of Dr. Arthur Dean Bevan and Miss Anna Laura Barber of Chicago st Akron, Ohio, was only a meck marriage. Probably not six of the guests who were present knew that this was the true state of affairs. The matter has been kept a profound secret ard it was interded that it should remain so. The facts are as follows: Last Wednesday Dr.Bevan secured a mar- ricge license in Chicago. After he had se- cured it he learned that by the laws of Ohio it was impossible for a clergyman to perfcrm a ceremony on a license from an cutside state. Mr. O. C. Barber, the father of the bride, was informed of this fact by wire. He immediately went to the probate office In Akron and made application for a Icense. When Judge Stuart asked him if Miss Barber was a resident of the county he replied that she was not, but that her home was in Chicago. This again placed a stop to performing the ceremony in Sum- mit county. The arrangements for the wed- ding in Akron had already been completed and the invitations issued. The parties were in a quandary as to what to do. Last Thursday night Miss Barber left Ak- ron. Her most intimate friends supposed she had gone to Cleveland to make pur- hases. No one but relatives knew that her destination was Chicago. She arrived there Friday morning and was met by the groom. -They went together to the Lakota Hotel, where words were pronounced that made them husband and wife. The father ot Miss Barber and relatives of Dr. Bevan were present. Mrs. Bevan returned to Bar- berton the same evening, reaching there turday morning. The secret was most carefully guarded, and no one but the rela- lives were any the wiser. he ceremony that night was just as brilliant and real as though the supposed bride and groom were not actually already married. The mock wedding tcok place in Barberton Inn, a palatial hotel erected a few years since. Dr. Bevan’s bride is the daughter of Mr. Oiin C. Barber, the mil- lichaire match manufacturer, president of Diamond Match Company and largely erested in other extensive manufactur- ing concerns. NEEDLE WAS FOUND. And the New Photography Saved the Seamstress’ Life. Berlin Letter to New York Journal. ‘The Central Roentgen Photograph Asso- ciation, recently organized for the purpose of promoting experiments with the cathode ray, has already established a large labora- tory in Berlin. The first Berliner to benefit by the won- derful discovery of Dr. Roentgen was a peor young seamstress, who had swallowed a needle. Every day of her existence since seemed an age of agony. Her physician despaired of her case, as the poor woman could not retain the lightest food on her stomach. Frequent spells of vomiting increased her unendurable tortures. It was notiged that the patient expector- ated blood early mornings, which caused the doctor to surmise that the needle was imbeided somewhere in the lining of the stomach, causing a flow of blood at every sudden movement. The physician called an eminent surgeon of the university staff in consultation, who did not believe that her life could be saved, as the incessant expectorations of blood Bave evidence of considerable ulceration having ensued. It was determined, as a dernier resort, to bring the patient to the Roentgen laboratory in the hope that the X ray would locate the needle, and that the same might be extracted without en- dangering the young woman's life. fo the great joy of all interested, the ex- periment at the laboratory this afternoon proved a brilliant suce: A camera holder containing a sensitized plate was placed against a heavy block of weod at one side of the bared breasts of the patient, who, in order to secure a steady position, was bound to the back of a heavy oaken chair. When all was in readtness the electric light was turned on, and after five minutes the current was cut off, the bandage loosen- ed and the plate taken to the dark room for development. Ali felt highly gratified at the results, as the plate plainly showed every bone of the uprer part of the body, and the needie was found lying point downward in the lower right angle of the stomach. Its position accounted for the patient's loss of blood, as it would puncture the flesh whenever she would get up from the chair or bed. Surgeons being present, it was resolved to remove the needle at once. The patient was placed under the influence of chloro- form, and the cause of her excruciating suf- ferings, which threatened her life, was taken from the stomach by skillful surgical manipulations. The patient is doing well tonight and is pronounced entirely out of danger. ——_—_+e+ A Young Republican. From Punch. LOVER AND HUSBAND Mrs. Grant Tells Some New Stories About the General. HOW HE TREATED WOMEN AND CHILDREN He Never Used Profane Language and Was a Model Husband. COURTSHIP AND MARRIAGE (Copyrighted, 1896, by Frank G. Carpenter.) RECEIVED A NOTE from Mrs. Gen. Grant this week asking me to correct some of the many ridiculous - stories which are now being printed. con- cerning Gen. Grant. Some of these stories are published by the very best magazines and newspapers. They are given out by par- ties who pretend to have had a close as- sociation with the general and Mrs. Grant, but who, on the contrary, hardly knew them, or, if so, only in the most distant way. I called on Mrs.’Grant at her home on Massa- chusetts avenue the other afternoon, and had a long chat with her, in which she spoke of such matters, and told a number of new and striking things about General Grant's character. Gen. Grant and the Colicky Baby. “Here,” said Mrs. Grant, as she handed me a paper, “is a story about General Grant and a sick baby, which, I am sure, has no foun- dation whatever. The story describes how the general duriag one of his earlier cam- paigns called upon a Union doctor, a Mr. Goodier, in one of the southern towns. Ac- cording to this story, while the doctor's wife was engaged in frying the chicken, and the general was talking to the husband, the baby of the family, a three-months-old in- fant, began to squall with the colic, where- upon General Grant went to the crib, and, taking the baby in his arms, walked up and down the room with him, singing and whist- ling till the little fellow quite forgot his pain and, in the words of the narrator, ‘fell fast asleep in the arms of the man who was to become America’s greatest military leader.’ Now,” said Mrs. Grant, “this is all very nice, but any one who knew General Grant Gr) not have made such a statement. the first In <, he was not fond of babies. fact, a little afraid of children until they got to be at least as high as his waist, and the idea that he would voluntar- ily take up a colicky baby and nurse it is preposterous. One of his greatest trials while he was in the White House was the children brought in by young mothers and offered to him to kiss. He would perhaps sce them before they got near him and would turn around in a helpless way, so that you could see he was uneasy. When the doting mothers at last reached him and held up their children for him to salute, he some- times blushed to the roots of his hair be- fore he kissed them, and did it in such an awkward way that you could see he was not serenely enjoying the operation. Gen. Grant’s Musical Ability. “And then, this man says that Grant took the baby and waiked up and down the room, singing and whistling until he soothed it to sleep. Now, it fs a well-known fact that Gen. Grant could neither sing nor whistle. The truth is, he could not turn a tune, and he had no great appreciation of musi “During our trip abroad,” continued Mrs. Grant, “we sailed through the Mediter- ranean on the United States man-of-war Vandalia, visiting Italy, Egypt and the Holy Land. While on’ this voyage we passed the island which Is so celebrated in Homer as being the place upon which the beautiful sirens lived and where Ulysses landed and was brought to grief by their singing. As we neared this Island a number of the naval officers came to me and warned me to put cotton wool into the general's ears lest he be affected by the sirens of to- day, just as was the great general of the past, I told them that there was no danger of Gen. Grant being influenced by music, as he did not know one note from another, and that the singing of a thousand sirens could not charm him. ‘The officers then said that the danger was not altogether in the voices, but also in the faces of the sirens. They were so beautiful that if the general heard them he would be drawn to the shores and lost, and they again urged me to use the cotton wool. I told them that the Ulysses of Homer had been de- luded because he was alone and had left Penelope, his wife, at home. I said I had learned a lesson from old Penelope and had accompanied my Ulysses, and with me I did not think he was in danger. Grant's Treatment of Ladies. “And here is another thing about which I would like to say a word,” continued Mrs. Grant. “That is as to the part of this article which purports to give the general's conversation with some young ladies who were visiting his camp. The doctor who owned the baby introduced the young ladies to General Grant and asked him if he did not think he ought to arrest them. To this, according to the story, the general replied: ‘I am very fond of ladies’ society, and I miss their refining influence in ‘the camp. Don’t you think, girls, I ought to make you iny prisoners? “Now, the truth is that the general was never familiar with ladies. I don’t think he would have addressed those young wo- men as ‘girls,' and I am sure he would not have taiked as he is here reported as aoing. He was most courteous and re- spectful to my sex, but he was never fa- miliar. The general was, you know, rather dignified and reserved than effusive. He was not what you call a hail-fellow-well- met kind of a man. He was fond of his friends, but he did not make much fuss over any one. Grant Did Not Swe: “Besides,” continued Mrs. Grant, “from the way this article is worded, you might think the general was rather slangy in his talk. He was not. He never used any- thing but the purest and choicest of lan- guage. I have seen stories, in which he has been reported as profane. I never heard him use a word of slang or profanity dur- ing all the years that I knew him. For in- stance, I never heard him use the word ‘damn.’ He did not use the milder ex- pletives, such as ‘confound it,’ or ‘the devil,’ which you know are often used by people who do not swear. It was the same with his thoughts. General Grant had the highest ideas of purity and virtue. He never referred to women except in terms of the highest respect, and he did not gos- sip nor tell stories about them. On the other hand, he liked to hear a good story, and he sometimes repeated innocent ones he had heard to us at home.” “He was very domestic in his tastes, was he not?” 4 “Yes,” replied Mis. Grant, “he spent all of his leisure at home. He always cired more for his home than for society.” The Story of Gen. Grant’s Courtship. I here referred to a story. which I had heard concerning the general's courtship. It described how Mr. Grant, who was then @ young leutenant, had met Miss Julia Dent at a wedding, and, according to a custom which the writer said was preva- lent in Missouri, had taken her home en his horse behind him, she hold- ing on as best she could. During the journey, the two had to cross a stream, and while in the water and fighting their way through the waves, as the ene stated, Lieutenant Grant proposed an was accepted. The couple then went on to the Dent farm, where Lieut. Grant found Miss Dent’s father, a rough-looking old farmer, sitting on a wood pile and whittling a stick. He was asked to sanction the match, and in rustic language conséhted. I knew this story could not be true, for I was always aware that Col. Dent was one of the wealthiest planters of Missouri, and that Mrs. Grant had been as well edu- Little Lord Charles—“Oh, I'm going to be | cated, perhaps, as any girl in the United an omnibus conductor, when I grow up.” Fatr American—“But your brother’s going | When to be a duke, ien’t he?” L. L. C.—“Ah, yes; but that’s about all he’s you know!” States at the time Grant proposed to her. I asked her as to the truth of it, however, Mrs. Grant replied: ~ “Of course the story is not true. I was very indignant when I first heard it, and especially so as it put my father in the light of en unedticated man. This he was not. He was one of the prominent citizens of the state. He had a tion of eleven hundrad acres very n » Louis, upon which we lived, and hé ied lands in different paris of Missouri, This story Puts me in the light of ‘an uneducated farmer's daughter. The trifth Js that-I had spent seven years at-Prof:’ Moreau’s school in St. Louis, which was Ore of the most famous finishing schools of the south and west. I was eighteen hows old at the time and had just come Home from school. When Grant Proposed. “The story is only correct in that Mr. Grant proposed to me the day we attended a@ wedding together. Ore ‘of my friends was atout to be married and the wedding teok place in the morning. Lieut. Grant was among the guerts invited, and he came &o the plantaticn to accompany us to the wedding. He came to our house on herseback, but before we left for the scene of the festivities he asked my brother to take his horse and to allow him to use the buggy and drive with me. To this my brother consented. I remember that the dey was a beautiful one. The sun shone out in all its splendor, but the roads were, rather‘ hedvy from a previous rain. It was some distance from our house to that of my friend, and in going there we had to cross a bridge that spanned a little river. When we came to it 1 was surprised and somewhat alarmed to find that the stream had risen and that the gulch was filled with a rushing current, the water reaching almost to the bridge. Lieut. Grant was very quiet, and it seemed to me that he was afraid of the bridge. It was an old one, and I was by no means certain that it would stand the strain. As we neared tne bridge I asked Mr. Grant several times if he thought it would be dangerous for us to cross, and I told him that I would rather go back than take any risk. He asured me. however, that it was perfectly safe, and he said it so quietly that I be- licved him. As we came to the bridge, however, I said, ‘Now, Mr. Grant, if any. thing happens, remember, I shall cling to you, no matter what you may say to the contrary.’ Mr. Grant simply said all right. He gave the horse the whip, and we were over the planks in less than a min- ute. Shortly after we left the bridge he asked me to be his wife, referring to mj threat to cling to him to break the way That same afternoon he wanted me to set the day, but to this I would not consent. I told hin that it would be much nicer to be engaged for a time than to be married, but he did not seem to approve of this sen- timent. We decided, however, that it was best not to say anything about our en- Sagement that evening. Mr. Grant was rather afraid to speak to my father, for he feared that father would refuse. He left the house late In the evening to go back to his regiment, and a few days later Gen- eral Taylor gent him to Camp Salubrity in Louisiana. Before he went, however, he wrote to my father, asking his consent to the marriage. My father was not willing to give this, and he did not answer the let- ter. He told me that he did rot think I ought to marry an army officer. He sald my husband would be away most of the time, and that he did not consider the mar- riage a desirable one. He told me that 1 was too young and that Lieutenant Grant Was too poor, and that Lieutenant Grant hadn't anything to give me. I then told father that I was poor, too, and that I hadn't anything to give him.” Gen. Grant as a Lover. “How long was St before you saw the gen- eral again?” I asked. “It was nearly a year,” replied Mrs. Grant. “He was back then on leave of ab- sence, and it was at this time that he ask- ed father in pcrson as to the marriage and get his consent. I can remember now just how Lieut. Grant looked as he rode up to our house in his new uniform. It was one Sunday even and we were all sitting out on the porch. Father was going to Washington the next Guy. 1t was a great trip to go from Louis to the nber of our f them, had om perhaps y of rounding plantations, to bid him good-bye. ‘I ting on the porch when Lieut. Grant came mber I was sit- up. I gave him my hand 2d he shook hands with the rest of the party. The next day, when father went into St. Lauis, Mr. Grant went with him, and !t was dur. ing this trip that he asked father's permis sion to marry me. My father consented, but he said that he did not think the wed- ding ought to take place very soon. Lieut. Grant offered to resgn from the amy if father insisted upon it. This was just about the time of the opening of the Mexi- can war, and Lieut. Grant asked my father if he had any objections to his writing to me. He sald no, and during the next four ts, while Lieut. Grant was absent in Mexico, I received letters from him every mail. I have those letters now. There are hundreds of them. Every one of them is full of affection, of love and war. Some of them have pressed flowers between the pages, some were written on the heads of drums which our troops captured from the Mexicans, and many of them were sealed with red wafers. I can remember still how I used to watch for the mail, and how I read my last letter over day after day vntil the next one came.” Grant’s Poverty. “Mrs. Grant,” said I, “I have often won- dered whether the stories are true as to the hard times which you and Gencral nt are said to have undergone just be- foré the civil war. “We did not have hard times,” replicd Mrs. Grant. “A great many people seem .to want to reduce the general during his early fe to the dregs of poverty in order that they may exalt him the more by his rise. This fact used to annoy him con- siderably, as it rather belittled his rela- tives. General Grant was never very poor. His family were what was called rich a generation ago. His father was a man of considerable means. He had prop- erty in Ohio, and the leather store at Galena—of which so much has been made by some—was a branch store, which was afterward moved to Chicago and burned up in the great Chicago fire. While we were in Galena we lived very nicely jn- deed. We were among the best people of the town and had all of the comforts that one could wish. I see a ridiculous state- ment now going the rounds of the press in which Gen. Grant is published as having been a teamster in Galena, and from it you would imagine that his business was that of a coachman or cab driver. I don’t know whence this story comes, but I pronounce it an entire fabrication, as are also many other stories now being published. The truth is, the only horses that Mr. Grant drove while he was in Galena were our own. We had a very nice little wagon, something like a surrey or a park phaeton, and a team of good horses. This belonged to the store, but it was used as a carriage team by us and by Mr. Grant's brother, Mr. Grant often took myself and the babies out of an afternoon for a drive. Grant on the Farm Near St. Louis, “And then, again, the stories of Mr. Grant's poverty at St. Louis,” Mrs. Grant went on. “A great deal has been made of his having hauled wood from our farm to the city. It is true that he often took a load of wocd with him wheh' he went into the city. We lived, you know, not far from St. Louls, and a load: of w6dd was worth from five to six dollars. We had no money to throw away at that time, but still we had plenty to live upon very comfortably. My father had given me the farm, and we had_a very good home and all we really needed.” “Did Gen. Grant care for money?” “No,” replied Mrs. Grant; “I think not. He was very charitable, dnd he often want- ed me to give away more than I did.” as must have been a good husband,” I raid. “He was the perfection of a husband,” re- ied Mrs. Grant. “He was kind, true and loving. He was, I believe, one of the best husbands that ever live Grant’s Religious Belief. “TI have often wondered, Mrs. Grant, as to whether the general was a Christian, and as to what he thought about a future state.”” “Yes, he believed in Christianity,” replied Mrs. Grant. “He went to church regularly. I remember he always liked to be at church on time, and would be much annoyed if I was not ready. During his stay in the White House he attended Dr, Newman’s Church, the Methodist Church, though he sometimes went to Dr. Sunderland’s, which is, Phe know, @ Presbyterian church.” “Did Grant ever think that the war would go the other way?” <t er he realized that it might,” replied Mra. Grant, “but he did not worry about the future. He did what he had to do. He laid out his plans, and worked with all his might to carry them out, borrowing no trouble as to what possibly might occur later on.' FRANK G. CARPENTER. A tried friend, Dr. Bull’s Cough Syrup. HOUSEHOLD HINTS Rice waffles will be a good excuse for using up left-over rice. Mix a cupful of cold boiled rice and a pint of hot milk to- gether till smooth, then add a teaspoonful of salt and three well-beaten eggs. Stir slowly into this enough flour only to make a thin batter, and fry as you would griddle cakes. If you want more cakes, add milk and flour. You can clean decanters and vinegar cruets with very fine shot, ashes and water. Or you can take the fine, gritty ashes from the ash bin. Put a tablespoonful or two in the bottle, then a few drops of ammonia and warm water, shake for a few moments, then rinse the bottle, and you will find it as clear as crystal. If your store room is very warm you will find it hard to keep lemons, Try packing them in sawdust, taking out a few at a time. The woman who will persist in washing oilcloth in soap and water hasn't the first fMsjinct of economy in her makeup. Both water and soap eat out the ofl and rot the elotly, Use buttermilic or skim milk and a clean’ cloth: Tt “will take very Uttle, and will save you dollars. The little dribs of milk that are left over will do as well as anything, if saved,,no matter if sour. It is said that cockroaches can be killed by sprinkling borax about the room that they infect, Another method is to place a deep tin vessel with perfectly smooth sides in the middle of their run, and put some sweet cake in the bottom. Then place a lath or two from the floor to the top of the bucket on the outside. The roaches will run up the laths to get to the sweet cake, and, dropping over, ure unable to get out, and are at your mercy in the morning. It is related that houses badly infested with them have been absolutely cleared by this means. Lots of people sniff at the idea of eating dried fruit. They don’t know how t it, you know. It should be well w: several waters, then set to soak ove: in enough water to cook it in. the in morning put it on the back of the stove and cook slowly for an hour or more, if necessary to cook done. Put in the sugar with a Hberal hand, and, for goodness sake, don’t stir and stir and stir till the fruit is a hopeless mass. Shake it gently now and then to keep it from cooking to the bottom of tho pan, and cook in a stone pan, too. Then you will have fruit that is fit to eat. Some people who have children ought to have wooden dummies to practice on awhile. Do you know that you run the risk of giving your baby brain fever when you tax its little few-weeks'-old brain by talking to it and chirping to make it smile? Do you know that it is positive cruelly to animals to take a wee Dit of a baby out on a noise-racking cable or elec- tric car? Let your baby stay at home the first year of its life, except the daily air- ing it takes in its cab, or mothers arm, and when it gtows up it won’t have rick. ets, weak eyes, deaf ears, and “nerves. Mothers are largely responsible for the ills of their children. And thoughtlessness is their besetting sin. If coffee seems to disagree with you, try drinking !t without cream or sugar. Order in the house should be a smiling presence, not a sour tyrant. To remove a stubborn glass stopper from a bottle light a match and run around the neck of the bottle. Sometimes it will take two matches. If that dos start it, im- merse the bottle in warm water and let it come to the boiling point, or almost there. That is sure to start it. A red het bath—that means a } water just as hot as you can posstht: dure it—will sometimes put you io sleep in five minutes, even when you are on the verge of desperation with insomnia. A change from your warm bed to a cold one will often produce a feeling of drowsiness. Rubbing down with a towel dipped in salt water is another excellent remedy, or one dipped in hot water. Some people lie with the head lower than the feet and find re- lief that way. Every few days some new cosmetic comes out, and the silly moth who have a complexion like tanned leather rush off and try it. Finding that the cosmetic is not what it ought to be, they resort to “mak- ing up” to make them presentable. This making-up_ business is simply awfw woman with a grain of si to fool people by pain red as a Comanche Ind pores of her skin with w . and the like, for she knows that the subter- fuge is paient to all. It makes people feel sorry for the poor, deluded woman, too. It was, perhaps, a doctor who said: the lotions and creams, the paint and pow- der, in ali the beautiful establishments in all this beautiful world will not give an unhealthy woman a good complexion. Her digestion must be good: her blood must be well nourished and her n must be Msolutely clean if she wants to be at- e. That means a sersii le diet, plenty ercise to aid digestion, plenty of f: air to refresh the blood im the lungs a full bath every day to k the skin clean. The kitchen and gymnasium a more important than the toilet table in developing good looks, and the bath room is most important of al —_—<——. NOTES OF FASHIONS. Some of the Latest Novelties and Sug- gestions. . Violet and blue seems to be a favorite combination this year, and I was surprised to see two young ladies making their pre- Jenten visits arrayed, the one in a blue velvet skirt; the other in one of violet. Rich, heavy velvet has supplanted satin for skirts among the ultra fashionable— probably because satin was within reach of the ordinary mortal and was, therefore, getting common. The velvet skirt in any desirable shade is worn with fancy waists in the same way as the black silk and satin skirts have been worn for two years. A pretty wrap for a matron reaches to the bottom &f the dress and follows the lines of the figure. It does not come to- gether in front, but has a silk or mull front that is a little full. Large lace revers stand out past the shoulders, reaching down to within four inches of the waist, and below them on each side are two butons. Ladies of middle age may congratulate themselves that the small hat is going to be the correct thing this spring. A young girl or budding woman 1s be- witching in a picture hat, but a woman who is beginning to fade is made less at- tractive by framing and thus emphasizing her charmlessness. A dress for a young girl of twelve years may be made all in one. The skirt is gath- ered on the waist, and for waist trimming there is a double collar crossed at the side over the hip. A large hat trimmed with knots of ribbon is correct for a girl of this age. For a younger miss, a dress with a square guipure yoke and the bodice gath- ered on is very pretty. The yoke is bor- dered with velvet ribbon run through buckles at the corners. Velvet ribbon forms the belt with a buckle on each side tho front. Another band of velvet goes around the skirt and does not quite meet in front, terminating in a buckle on each side. This band is about five inches from the bottom. Bishop sleeves are finished with a plain band that forms the cuff. leeves are so long for both old and young that some of the gloves have only one but- ton—a fashion which will remind many a grandmother of her young days and set her to dreaming of the youthful gallant who perhaps held that glove with the hand in it_in days gone by. Speaking of old fashions that are res- urrected, I had been told that visiting cards are to be made much smaller, to admit of being carried in the tiny silver or gold card cases that are coming in with the other Louis XVI styles. If this rumor proves true, it will be an easy matter to have one's cards trimmed to be proper size at any printer’s establishment—much easier than it will be to change back when the wheel turns around again. ———__. Overdone. From the Cincinnati Enquirer. “You remember Mary Simmons, who mar- ried Will Finnix-chiefly on account of his super-neat appearance?” “Yes, What has become of her?” “The poor thing has to stay at home all the time to see that there isn’t a speck of ee isible about the house when he gets jome.”” Learned in Biography. From the Obicago Post. “We had a very interesting discussion in regard to Napoleon at our olub today,” said she. “Then I suppose you know all about him now,” he replied. “Yes, indeed,” she responded, promptly. “He’s the man the magazincs have been booming for the last year or two.” ; "es ALMOST CRAZED THOUGHT HER OHILD WAS GOING TO “DIE The Terrible Ordeal of 2 Mother—Her Little Girl Almost Faded Away— Saved in the Nick of Time—a Story That Will Touch the ~ Heart of Every Mother. From the’ Jou-aal, “Detroit, Mich. A very grateful mother is Mrs, A. L, Hartness of 676 Grandy avenue, Deirolt, for the ponder ful cure which her iter has received by the use of Dr." Williains’ Pink Pills. Said Mis. Hart- Bere Sie ey mameuter's: Lite has been saved by using Pink” Pils, thanks to a kind friend who recommended them ‘to ine. ““Blaneho “was ‘stck for over three years. She bad the care of the best physicians procurable and no.expense-or trouble was spared to give relief. She was so thin that she was fairly skin and bores, berdigestion was out of order und the Lad the tost awful headaches. “We gave up ell Pe Ob ber j=. Her-long, thin, listless face nude bie hearly craka, and we dele eiything in our power to give her strength aud’ induce ber to take an interest in anything. “One day a friend told me about the Pink Pills, ard Mr. Hartness went dowa town and got three boxes. She had en about one box, when, to my funazement, on: rning 1 beard her playing on the plavo. I could haidly belleve it, for it had been overs year since the pleno had ‘been opened. take short rides on her bi- t singing aroand the hous, tile danghter once wore ‘S of a spin on ber wheel over to Mt. Clemens or Pontiac, aud is as well as she ever Wes. “I Lada girl living at our honse who was a ereat sufferer from impoverished blood, snd who instant and permazent the use of ene box of the pills. if this info some poor sic of pleasure,” The proprietors of Dr. Williams’ Ptuk that they are nota patent seription used for many Practitioner who produced most wond sults with them, curing all forms of arising from a watery condition of the shattered nerves, two fruitful couses: of almost every il to pills are nls a specitle e troubles peculiar to feniales, such vs suppressions, oll forms of weakness, chronie constipation, bea: in the case of men will effect a permanent ental worry, ture, sclief’ from of any ue to help n with the greatest Pills state 1 for own pains, ete, and e speedy relief and nd sick ‘owl-add wWitho: re sold Wy all d on receipt. of for $2.50—the will be sent nts a box, are nev sold fab sing Dr. Willlams’ Me tady, N. X. THE CATL AUDITOR. The Cat Wax Once White, bnt Time and Paint Had Changed Its Looks. From the Grafton Record. Frank Briggs, North Dakota's popular auditor, has lest his cat. Mr. Eriggs and family feel the loss keenly; it has been in the family for twelve years, having been a present to Mr. Briggs’ father when a kitten. It was originally a white cat, but since liv- ing in Mandan it changed color every time the house was painted, and at the time of its disappearance was yellow, with white trimmings. It wore side whiskers and sand- errs in its back hair, with a changeable tail. A big scar adorns one hip, which it got in the civil war the night it slept in the Cannon, There was either some misunde: - standing about the time of starting the can- ron, or the cat overslept, and it struck a tree three miles in the country, and was lame for a week. It hac always berne a good character, was lost some cf the expression on its left side, but no one ever blamed the cat in the mat- ter, and the dor didn’t live long enough to be blamed. When Mr. Briggs moved from Mandan to Pismarek, a few weeks ago, he carried the furniture and Mrs. Briggs es ried the cat in a large basket. E ing went well until the bottom dropped out cf 2 cat hastened away. M doing everything in th rew t him in recovering the His office hours for inspecting stray cats are from 2 to 4. They are brought and seut to him from all parts of North and South Da- kota, and he has opened up a branch office in Montana, the manager of which Is now confined to his room from too close inspec- tion of a wild cat brought in by a cowboy. — ECKE BAR SKAT! ‘Ss. Holland Women Appenr on the Ice With Ball Gowan Bodices. From the Chicago We are accustomed to see women bundled ows. up in furs as they witness a woman's race in Holl: give us a greater chill than to meet a gh ndent for the } oning a contest on follows at m Yor night. A corr Herald in men tes describ: It was sno slightly, but in every available moment between the races troops of men were tol] to clear off the course. At a given signal six women started for the first race. They were dressed in very short skirts and tra: joking blow necked, with no at all. told they were from ant people, and that the shop class entered the lists at all. ‘The spee Went at was quite wonderful, and e remarkable at the corners.’ For the m part they raced with their arms behind them, but the girl who won the prize (£2) skated with hers folded in front.” Bare arms and necks in midwinter! Our physicians think women are courting death by wearing jow-necked dresses in bail rooms. What must,it be to wear them as outing costumes? Little Willy, after much begging, receives for a present a beautiful, dear litle pup, that has caughi his fancy at the dog show. Liitle Willy and his beautiful, dear little pup, after two wecks. Little Willy and his beautiful, dear little Pup after two months.—Life ——— + RAILROADS. CHESAPEAKE AND OLIO RaILWay. ’ THROUGH THE GRANDEST SCENERY AMERICA. ALL TRAINS VESTIBULI ELECTRIC LIGHTED, STEAM HEATED. ALU MEALS SERVED IN DINING Gans. sTAs TION SIXTH AND B STREETS, : Schedule in effect November 17, 1695. * 2%) LM. DAILY—Cincinnatl and St. Louis Spee ¢ial—Solid train for Cinciruati, Pullman y to Cinciunati, Indie and Bt. Louis wit je. Parlor cars Cincinnati to Chicago. 1 21:10 P.M. DALLY—F, F. V. Limited-—Solid train for Cincinnati. — Paliman’ sleepers to Cincinuath | Lexington and Loutsville without change. Pulls Ban sleeper fo Nireinla. Hot Springs,” without change, Wednesdays und Saturdays. 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