Evening Star Newspaper, June 19, 1897, Page 15

“CHAN TILLY.” HOUSEHOLD HINTS The woman who revels in fruit ounches should now begin to prepare for them. Tutti frutti is the name of the combina- tion that goes to flavor the punch. To a gallon stone or glass jar put one-half pint of pure alcohol. Into this put for each cupful of fruit one cup of sugar, and put in the fruit as fast as it comes in season— strawberries, cherries, pineapples, peaches, red raspberries, any and all kinds of fruit you like. When that jar is full begin on another. It is not ripe for use much short of @ year. Children mind so much more willingly if you request instead of command. You say to Jamie, “Go mail this letter! Jamie's legs are lead. But just say, jamie, dear, do you want to mail this letter for me?” and Jamie flies. Instead of ordering the children to pick up scattered play- things, which they are sure to resent and 35 howl if compelled to do, just say, “Who wants to red up this room and help mam- ma get ready for callers?” and the play- things will disappear in a twinkling. We are too much inclined to command where @ request would be much more agreeable. It is no common thing to see a young expectant mother bending fer hours over dainty bits of embroidery, hemstitching, ruffles and fine hemming, preparing for the baby that is to brighten her life, but when. the baby comes it is cross and unlovely and the mother is nervous and broken down. Not often does the young mother learn that her mode of life before the birth of her baby has much to do with the health of both afterward. The constant bending over neeale work is one of the very worst things for a perfectly healthy woman, and the consequences to young mothers are sometimes far more serious than is ever made known. Put the baby into soft plain little muslin gowns and let it sleep the first three months of its life , instead of putting it on exhibition, and before it comes spend the days in gentle outdoor exercise or household du- IN BLACK AND WHITE Design for a Costume of Taffeta and Chantilly Lace. FAVORITE COLORS FOR SUMMER The Parasol as a Factor in an Ele- gant Toit. GIFT FOR A PRINCESS (Copyright, 1897, by Wm. Du Bols.) Special Correspondence of The Evening Star. VIENNA, June 6, 1897. The combination of black and white has held its own in public favor for years, and as it is universally becoming to matron as well as maid, particularly when the har- mony is accentuated by snatches of bright color, and as the effect is always gentecl, although striking, we can expect its popu- larity to continue into a long future. Nothing could bring out the elegance of this color union more perfectly than to- day's design, which at the same time shows the effect of fine lace oyer silk. The form of the underskirt, underwaist and slceve of shimmering white taffeta, is close fitting. The skirt measuring but four yards at the hem, has a tablier of fine Chantilly lace, with a large, running floral design, standing cut well on the white silk ground. This tablier, narrow at the top, and gradually widening to the ground, is trimmed at the sides with a flounce of nar- row machine-made biack silk lace of a coarser texture, and from it wide bands of black Chantilly Insertion run diagonally across the sides, alternating with stripes of wide black velvet ribbon, trimmed at the lower edge with the same narrow flounce of black lace as on the sides of the tablier. These bands of lace and velvet ribbon meet in a straighter line at the back, the lowest velvet band being edged with a flounce of Chantilly, which ts widest at the back, and narrows gradually toward the front, where the velvet ribbon issues at the hem from under the tablier. - The bodice closing in the shoulder and under-arm seams has a blouse of fulled white mousseline de soie, while the yoke is covered smoothly with black Chantilly, and is defined by exquisite jet and gold ‘bead Passementerie, which fails over the blouse and follows similar lines in the back. The | sleeves are of crinkled black net over the | white silk foundation, and finished at the wrist by a flounce of Chantilly, while they | are trimmed at the shoulder by two rather short and very full flounces of finely pleat- ed Chantilly lace. The folded collar and belt are of velvet of the new shade called “mandarin yellow,” a very bright orange, which brings out wonderfully the artistic beauty of the gown. Both collar and belt close behind under high standing butterfly bows of velvet, held by rhinestone buckles. Fashion’s Favorite Colors. As regards colors, fashion decidgdly fa- vors tans, grays, browns, blues and black and white, but leans toward the practical and durable, red, and the dainty violet and lavender, which fades at slightest exposure to the sun. These last-named colors are ties of a light character, and the baby will 15 with its “rounded spoonful” 19O9000000000000000000008 NOOK so fast @leveland’s Baking Powder does not go as others, with their “heaping spoonful,” but it lasts longer and is more economical. The work of fitting up the exhibition hall of the Society of Washington Artists will be commenced as soon as the money that has* been subscribed ig all in the treas- urer’s hands, which will be in a few days. Nearly $1,200 has been subscribed, a sum often combined with light or dark cerise, or with a light bluish green, a combination which is ‘ing, and complexion, figure and gown must be considered before it is risk- ed. These color harmonies are more adapt- able for millinery, and the bluish green, or violet straw hat, as also straws of all pos- sible shades of red and pink, but well veiled and almost hidden by the rich decorations, are preferred by the elite. The milliner’s art is therefore sorely tested, as the rather narrow brimmed hat with its high stove- pipe crown of glaring color is hardly grace- ful enough to be simply adorned by a rib- bon and bow. Fortunately the artificial flora abounds in such variety and beauty as to almost shame Mother Nature, and her productions prove very efficient in filling out corners and nooks of the strangely shaped hat forms, and turning them into artistic ob- jects, full of grace and beauty. The fash- jonable hat is a high structure of medium circumference, with trimming that adds still more to the height. The crown-like high ruche garniture is still the salient feature in summer hats, particularly over a wreath of purple iris, violets or pansies, to emphasize the rage for purple. Beauti- ful effects are obtained by velvet flowers— as vet heliotrope—forming a wreath around a white soft straw, or red and golden nasturtiums, with a mass of foliage, on a mauve hat with further adornments of violet velvet, black quills and steel buckles. . Stylish Parasols. With such brightly colored headgear the parasol becomes an important factor in the completion of an elegant toilet. The bril- liant red comes again to the fore, and the promenades of the summer resorts are in- teresting and picturesque on a bright af- ternoon when they seem alive with gigan- tic wandering poppies, the form of which these dainty and useful toilet requisites resemble. Plaid silk is also used in the covering of plain pari . oF “en-toutcas.” but for full dress the “graziosa,” a French model with a silk-covered ring,to be slipped over the folds when clowca = preterets This ring supplies a long-felt want, as heavy silks are apt to break when folded up closely. Large plaids are more novel than artistic, and match few costumes, and light shades, like rose, pale blue, lavender, pale yellow, make perishable but dainty coverings, especially when the stick is en- ameled to match. The handles generally take strange and fantastic forms, but re- fined taste selects the shepherd's crook in- laid with semi-prectous stones, or of Dres- den china, with graceful painted figures. Another novelty is a parasol covering, printed to imitate the Turkish shawl pat- tern, and last, but not least, mention should be made of those lovely creations of mousseline de sole or real lace, objects of covetousness to every woman and dear to the heart of every fortunaie possessor. One of the costliest and most beautiful of this “genre” is a white lace parasol, presented by the ladies of Venice as a wedding gift to their young crown prin- cess. The exquisite Burano (old Venetian lace), thin and dainty as a spider's web, and covered with a rich design of blos- soms and leaves, is made seamless, after the shape of the parasol. The handle con- sists of a single piece of light tortoiseshell, and is encircled by a silver snake covered with precious stones. The knob, in shape of a small golden crown, set with dia- monds, rubies and sapphires, bears the in- scription in small brilllants, “Le Signore Veneziane, 1896.” ZZ (CH. DRECOLL, Vieana) Disconnected Language. From Life. Hunker—"T suppose your deaf mute friend cannot talk so well since he lost his right hand?” Spatts—“No. manner now. He talks in an off-hand Delays are Dangerous. From Life. Dennis—“Back again, pi mile to the station, on an average.” Billboard? What Kind of a run aid you have in your last board (the tragedian)—“About half a then have a mother to rear it instead of a stepmother. A faint perfume is indicative of refine- ment. Heavy, overpowering perfumes sug- gest untidiness and the ancient applicatton of their overpowering odors—namely, the need of a bath. The Italians have a proverb, which says, “Give neither counsel nor salt till you are asked for it,” and if the advice were takcn, there would certainly be a lot of happier People in the world. Strange that every- bedy is willing to give advice, and so few are willing to take it. We are determined to learn everything in the dear school of experience, and even then we do not profit by our failures. Peach short cake is delicious, made after the following fashion: Make a rich baking powder biscuit dough, with plenty of sweet butter shortening. Roll four circles of the dough to quarter-inch thicknesses, and place two together in the piepans, slighily flouring the sides that meet. Bake to a del- icate brown. Have the peaches chopped and well sugared, separate the cakes, and make into layers with the peaches. Cuba Is the burden of our song, just now, and a Cuban dish that reads very appetiz- ingly is sent by a lady who says she eats it 365 mornings in the year with her choco- jate or coffee. It is called “ojalda.” Two cupfuls of our, yolk of one egg and a heap- ing tablespoonful of sweet lard, stirred and stirrred. Wet it with salted water till it is a stiff paste, then work it till it is a smooth dough, full of blisters with light- ness. Roll very thin and cut in diamonds, then slit with a sharp knife three or four times. Fry in hot lard. and sift powdered sugar over them while they are hot. Doughnuts dry out very quickly, and sometimes there will be a dozen or two not fit to eat before the batch is disposed of. They can be freshened in two ways. Dip them in cold water, and put in a double baking pan in the hot oven. In fifteen minutes or even less they will be as fresh as when first made, but must be eaten hot, as they dry out as soon as cold. Another way, and a quicker one, is to put them in @ fine wire toaster, and place over an as- bestos griddle over the gas or coal oil stove. They get perfectly tender without additional moisture. William Morris, the poet, said a good thing about women once. He remarked to @ caviller against the higher education for women, ‘People lift their eyebrows over Women mastering the higher mathematics. Why, it is infinitely more difficult to :earn the details of good housekeeping. Anybody can learn mathematics, but it takes a lot of skili to manage a house well.” Some one who has given the matter pro- found study says that the meats that chil- dren should eat come in the following or- er: “Cold mutton, muzton chcps, veni- son, tenderloin, sirloia steak, lamb chops, reest beef, rabbit meat and chicken. Veal, perk, turkey, goose and duck should be br guogs excluded from the children’s bill of fare. Try pricking potatoes with a fork before baking. Shakespeare said, & “Tears Ive in an onicn,” and anybody who has ever tried to cut “silver skins” knows that Shakes- Peare was wise in his day and generation. When pecling and slicing onions have a deep pan half full of water, and hold knife and onicn under the water and the volatile oil and juices will not reach the eyes. A little girl was asked if she knew the meaning of the word ‘+ s she replied quickly. “It’s something som Lcdy tells everybody else In a whisper. Tco many secrets are thus made public Property. It is a vice peculiar to women, for vice it is, to tell tales that should die within our own bosoms. Men are not much given to the habit, which degenerates into gossip and scandal in the end, and it is a habit which grows upon one. Tt is so delicicusly nice to know something that Scme other woman does not know, and to tantalize the other woman with ‘our su- perior knowledge. It is an easy step, then, to set her to guessing what the important bit of gossip may be, and the tale is told before one really is aware of it. “Tell a woman 4 secret, then tell it to the wind,” Says an old write-, “and the woman's tongue will carry it the faster.” PEARLS OF From Life. 3t ia the correct thing to do anything you can to amuse the calling day, if your hostess asks you. ETIQUETTE, \ Z Z Ye EN @_2 other visitors on & This is a pretty dessert: Soak half a package of gelatine in half a cup of water for fifteen or twenty minut Have pre- pared and strained @ cup of orange juice, alf a cup of lemon juice and a half cup of sweet grape juice. Stir into this nearly @ pint of granulated sugar, till it is dis- solved. After dissolving the gelatine over hot water, stir in two-thirds of the Juices and stir well, thea turn into a mold to, harden. Put the remainder into a dish and beat till it is all lignt and frothy. Pile up in a glass dish around the mold and garn- ish with candied fruits. ——__ Moose “Played Hoss” With Them. Up on Sebec lake in Maine they have steamboats and lots of other things; the latest 1s a moose which can do a towing business. Last Saturday while the good steamer Marion was passing up through the narrows in Sebec lake a big bull moose was sighted swimming toward the craft to cross her bow. He had a bone in his teeth and was leaving a wake like the cruiser Columbia the time she came up Penobscot bay into Castine harbor last summer, says the Bangor Commercial. Capt. Hersey saw the bull in good time and he got out his biggest hawser and put on a little more steam just to bring his boat alongside the moose. When he got into comfortable dis- tance he let go the hawser like a lasso and the rope settled over the head of the big fellow and caught him fast. ‘The Marion is a sturdy little craft, but she wasn’t built for moose, The bull swam straight on for “playing —— the boat i ing hoss” generally everyt! within ch. height of the tan he va widen tom te \dden t put straight abou! ‘and, with on with in both engines, let epee r ing along free vice as to how to get the moose out into the lake again, but meanwhile the rocks of the shore were getting nearer. Finally Capt. Hersey cast off the line and let the Supeared tn the fee ene fet and dis the forest with the speed of the and Albany's fastest express. It takes more tiian a steamboat Drogreas of « healthy Maine moose, > |? In Search of Quiet. From the Chicago Record. “Have you made any plans for the sum- mer, Mre, Perkins?” “Yeo; I should like to lené ehildren GALA GOWNS FOR JUBILEE WEEK. STYLES IN ENGLAND Easier to Be Well Dressed There Than in Paris, CONTRASTS OF COLOR ARE THE TRING Royalty is Not Remarkable tor Its Good Taste. ,. { F GOWNS FOR THe , JUBILEE Stoke (Copsright, 1897, by the Racheller Syndicate.) Special Correspondence of Th® Evéning Star. LONDON, June 19, 1897. 0; BE WELL dressed in London is fe azmucbcsimpler mat- ter than in Paris. It requires.a certain vigor oft attack which isveaser come by than: the French sub- tlety of: handling. Batt-contrasts of col- or.are the thing; the delicate nuances on which across the channel an artist” in 4 clothes prides herself would lose their effect completely and blur into one smoky smooch under the dark skies of London. The patriotic young English woman in this June of the queen's jubilee takes her daily walk in a tailor gown of dark blue face cloth, the skirt ot which differs from the corresponding thing in New York only in that it is considerably shorter. From the corresponding thing in Paris it differs also in that no Mnglish woman ever yet learned to lift it as a French woman lifts her skirt, so as to at- ford free view of all the laces and ribbons of her underwear, while you wold swear she had not raised it from-the ground. Tne young Briton pulls up her skirt frankly, even brutally, for her ankles are not apt to be nice to see. It is only as to the skift that one can institute comparisons, for one cannot put an English gentle woman against a French demi-mondaine, and im France nobody but the demi-mondaine would be seen in the scarlet and gold of the bodice that in Lon- don finishes the fashionable jubilee cos- tume. Scarlet is a dubious color in France, yellow is almost a confession of immorai- ity, but in London the daintiest and most modest of maidens look upon the royal red waistcoat and the gold of tne braid upon her trim Eton jacket as the fittest colors to proclaim her up-to-dateness and her loyalty to the queen. An English Combination. Red, blue and yellow; that 1s the English combination, strong and self-assertive. Yés, and white, for a tall and choky stock col- lar goes with the tailor costume. ‘These are primary colors. Anybody can put them together and they pound in their impres- sion. It takes no study to see what they mean. A hard sailor hat of red and white mixed straw, with a red and black ribbon band, is the recognized headgear for this dress. Add a white “washing” veil. A Frenchwoman of the same position has a horror of primary colors. ider promenade gown might be mauve, rather a pale mauve braided delicately with white silk, with a white chiffon bodice front’and a mauve hat with white flowers, Just as conspicuous? Heaven forbid that I sould accuse any weman of any nationality of hiding her ligkt under a bushel, but the French meth- od is the more complex; it goes around cor- ners to reach its mark, while the English takes hedges and ditches straight away. The rewest color both in Paris and Lon- don this summer ts called’ “‘cérise,” but is @ much more delicate tit ‘than any hither- to known by that nathe. ‘It is the red cerise softened with something like a hint of fawn. Paris wears 4 rs. don covers hats with it and'so Walls attention to another difference between the fashions of the two capitals; a Eiondon hat has its flowers on one side only; Paris hats are wreathed with flowers @fl the way around. Pretty and tragetal. There is only one departifent in which English fashions have~any~prettiness or grace. A certain stiff smariness is aimed at with every fabric exceptzmuslin, but in the making up of the lgbt printed muslins so much in favor this London dress- makers rival Parisians. because Londoners feel ita to be early Victorian, skirts and fichus of the days when the widow. of wi r was young go 6s well in art mus- lin a6 they go ill in ail stuffs less filmy. ‘The state balls and other functions of the jubilee season have Both skirt and corsage were trimmed with Brussels lace. Her court train of mauve satin was lined with silk of the same shade, and was fastened on both shoulders with a garniture of shaded purple iris and foliage. Miss Hay wore upon tne same occasion a dress of delicate white chiffon with Ven- etian rose point lace and clusters of pink Malmaison roses. Her train was of sheeny white crepe embroidered with crystal ani Pearls wrought into passion. flowers, while ate other side was trimmed with clusters of roses. The Royal Family. The taste in matters of dress of the En- glish royal family is not conspicuously good even this summer, when they are more than usually on display. At the last drawing room at Buckingham palace the Princess of Wales wore a stately but not graceful prin- cess gown of rich and heavy white satin, with trai oth of gold lined with silk lor. The bodice was em- broidered with pearls and gold, softened with beautiful antique lace. Her orna- ments were a tiara and necklace of dia- monds and pearls, and she was half smoth- ered with the great orders of the Royal Red Cross, the Crown of India and half a dozen others. The Princess Christian was in white moire antique that same afternoon, with white satin train trimmed rather heavily with old lace. Lace and roses were the set- ting of the corsage, and she wore diamonds, s and any number of érders. the younger generation of royal- the Duchess of York, who is not so now as at the time of her marriage, dresses better than most. A London house recently mace for her a costume of cream- colored satin beautifully embroidered in pearls and draped with exquisite old lace. The train of blue and white brocade was lined with pale blue satin and almost cov- ered with lace. Mre. Alma Tadema, who is a woman of taste as well as an artist, owns some of the pretties dresses I have seen in London. A recent achievement of hers is a beautiful empress dress of white and xold brocade draped with lace. The train of white gauze striped with satin was lined with white silk and trimmed with lace and feathers. To See the Procession. Amorg p2ople who are not expecting in- vitations to dine at Marlborough House, or Clarence House, or other royal or otherwise exalted residences, the demand at the mc- ment is for frocks for the grand stands where for $25 to $30 a head one may see the queen’s procession pass to St. Paul's; or for frocks for military parades or naval reviews or other outdoor functions of the weck of commemoration. A high! cessful gown of this order is of blue can- vas over a gold silk foundation. The fuil canvas skirt is sun-pleated ang run with four rows of inch wide biue and gold shot ribbon at the bottom. The blouse bodice is arranged with a little fullness over the trim silk vnder-bodice and opens under a ruche at the left side. he close-fitting sleeves have wide ruches for epaulets and for a dainty h at the hands. Ribboas like those upon the skirt form the belt and ore drawn down in a point upon the bod- ice in front and behind. The hat is of dark blue straw, trimmed with blue and gold chiffon and’ with roses. A Park Costume. Arother dress, which in other days would be called a perk costume, is of a semi- transparent gray green barege, showing its rose pink lining beneath. Hanésome gray and silver braid motifs keep down the full- ness on the hips, and the material is cut away under them to show the foundation. The same motifs trim the pretty pouch bodice which overhangs the rose silk waist- band, while the front is filled in with the same silk shirred. A white chiffon jabot finishes the neck, while the collar band has turred back points with a pink lining. For Lordon wear this month is a pink and white checked foulard, with small tlow- ers scattered over the checks. The skirt is gathered close about the hips upon three rows of pink silk cord, and is trimmed with two narrow full ruffles, one at the hem and the other two-thirds of the way down. The bodice is made full and gath- ered to the figure in the short-waisted em- Pire fashion by rows of cord. It has a pink ribbon belt, and the white silk epaulets are prolonged after the manner of a cape quite around the shoulders. There is a high pink neckband and a white hat with roses and feathers. ELLEN OSBORN. The Universal Route. As we journey along, with a laugh song, adept on! a 2 (Bowerdecked ‘lope, ‘Like con of : The beautiful Station of Hope. | % the sight, But the wheels of old Time roll along cimb, ‘And our youth ‘away on the years; And with hearts that are asmb wah’ ine sorrows ‘we come To-the mist-covered Station of Tears. Still onward we pass, where the milestones, Are the tombs of our dead, to the West, Where glitters and gleams in the ‘The hoo. silent Station ot Hest) = All rest is but change, and no ‘The soul front its Parent thot eae ity of Tove. ite a Wicox. —_——_---____ An Infallible Sign. alas! “We dhe From Life, “I can’t tell whether the lady with Mr. Sterlngworth ts his wife or not,” that will be ample to make the few changes that are needed to convert the building into an admirable gallery. The hail, which ws located on Connecticut avenue near L street, is already lighted in a very satisfac- tory manner by the skylight, which runs nearly its entire length. A partition will be placed across the rear of the hall at a sufficient distance from the end of the sky- light to be available for the display of pic- tures, and a similar one will be placed acress the front. It is pos that the long gallery that will then be lett may be diviced in the middle by still another par- tition, as this would result in just so much clear gain in available wall space. The walls are to be covered with planking, and then with burlap, so that ihe pictures may be hung without the use of wires. The room next to the street, which will be cut off from the gallery proper by the front will be used as an office, and partition, also as the regular meeting place for the society. The alteraiions in the hall will probably be completed before the close of summer, and a large loan exhibition is planned for the formal opening of the gal- lery in the fall. 1 * “ok ok Mr. Edward Siebert drove up to Paxson, Va., with Mr. E. C. Messer, but stayed for a day or two only, and consequently did not bring beck any sketches. He plans to return to this exiremely paintable region a little later in ‘the season, dividing his summer’s work between Paxson and Iron- ton, Pa. Mr. Siebert has made some in- teresting sketches during the spring, one of the best of which is a study of the qvaint old mill near Bladensburg. The building itself is a little too square and un- broken in its lines to be thoroughly pic- turesque, but the two dilapidated mill wheels are ail that could be desired. * * * The first important piece of work that Mr. L. S. Brumidi has set about since he has been enabled .to resume his labors is another of the imaginative subjects in which he so delights. In a large pastel he shows the interior of a church, with a sol- itary monk standing wrapt in adoration of the vision ‘fioating before the altar. The gray tone of the monk’s robe is repeated in the color of the walls, and throughout the entire picture the hues are quiet and subdued, save for the glowing coloring in the stained glass windows. The interior of the church fs studted from a careful sketch which the artist made abroad, and the graceful arches, with their shadowy re- cesses, make a pleasing background for the friar’s figure. The pastel has all the elements which go to make up an ex- tremely interesting picture, and Mr. Bru- midi pians to exhibit it at the Water Color Club if he can complete it to his satisfac- tion. * * * In a large canvas now upon his easel Mr. George Gibbs has rendered in a very ef- fective manner the old legend of the Flying Dutchman. The lower right-hand corner of the composition is filled with the dark mass of the deck of an old-time vessel, while over the rail the phantom ship is seen flying along, with all sails set. The weird effect is heightened by the shaft of moonlight, which, breaking through the clouds and singling out the distant vessel, illumines it with a pale radiance and glis- tens on the wash of water about the bows. ‘The two seamen who watch the specter as it plows its way along near the horizon line are filled with awe at the apparition. In the massing of light and shade and in the coloring. the sense of mystery is well brought out, and the picture is one which stamps itself indelibly upon the mind. Since his return from New York a short time ago Mr! Gibbs has been giving most of his attention to black and white illus- x * The collection of Copley prints now on exhibition at Veerhoff's gallery has proved extremely ettractive, as it includes repro- ductions of mural paintings in which many are irterested. *Almost all the mural dec- orations for the Congressional Library are in evidence, but the gems of the collection are the prints of Abbey’s designs in the Boston Public Library. Other notable works that are presented are the decora- ticns by Puvis at Chavannes in the Boston Library, Edward Simmons’ superb designs for the criminal court room in New York, and Christ and Nicodemus in Trinity Church, Boston, as well as several other paintings by Jchn La Farge. * x * Mr. Keeling leaves for Europe in a few days, remaining there until October. He has not definitely decided whether to Jo- cate here or in Boston on his return. He has just finished the likenesses of two fa- mously beautiful women, Mrs. William C. Whitney of New York and Mrs. Van Leer Kirkman, the president of the woman's department of the Nashville exposition. Both portraits are executed with delicacy of color and light and shade. * x * Miss Juliet Thompson has recently fin- ished two excellent portraits in pastel, one of Mrs. Crosby and the other of Mrs. Ralph C. Jenkins. The last is extremely pleasing in color, the delicate tints of the fiesh being admirably set off by the pale blue gown with its dainty folds of chiffon around the neck. The likeness of Mrs. Poor which Miss Thompson made a short time ago is one of the most striking por- traits that she has ever done. Then also the action and the pose are full of a cer- tain dignity that adds wonderfully to the general effect. Miss Thompson has the faculty of getting a thoroughly good like- ness and at the same time making the portrait more pictorial than is usual. * 5 -—* Mr. Hobart Nichols has just finished a ltkness of himself, which is exceptionally good, especially when the fact that he so rarely strays into the field of portraiture is taken into consideration. It is full of color and is handied with a generous breadth, that is especially noticeable in the treatment of the hair. In landscape work he has not been doing a great deal, as he is reserving all his energies for the au- tumn, but he is busy with a little sunset view that ts full of artistic feeling. Mr. Nichols has devoted quite a little of his time of late to work in water color. * ‘Two of the portraits that Miss Kathe- rine Chipman has executed since her re- turn to this city are the likenesses of Gen- eral Jeffries and Mrs. Elkins. They are executed in water color in Miss Chipman’s individual manner of handling that me- dium, and have a greater strength of color than is usually found in pure aquarelles, * x * Mr George Orme, an artist who halis from California, has been making a short stay here and has some thoughts of lo- cating in the city. Since he left the navy he has been devoting himself assiduously to landscape work, though he occasionally essays pcrtraiture with equal success. —_— A Passion for Investigation. From Puck. First westerner— quisitive cuss. Second westerner—“Allus! I knowed him to drink a glass o’ plain sody water jest to find out what it was like.’ ——E Know Him. ete allus was an in- Did: From Life. Minister—“And don’t you know who God is, Johnny?” x sir. He is not on mamma's calling list.” seetrest “Want” ads. in The Star pay because they bring answers. —= ENCOURAGING HIM.