Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, August 13, 1893, Page 11

BUIZABETHAN COLLAR AGAIY The Heads and Nwh—of Women to Be 0. Imagined und Not Seen. HOW TO KEEP GLOVES IN GOOD SHAPE Bome MHints as to the Edaoation of the Child—-All About Saspenders—F Notes—~What Women Every. where Are Dolng. Along with the reports of French ul- Umatums and other awesoms sounding things, there comes from Paris the thrilling information that not only women's feet but their necks also are to bo incased fn wonderfully stiffened, Naring stuffs, says the Now York World Not only are their skirts to bo extended to monstrous proportions by haircloth and wire, but their collars as well. The Elizabethan rufl is returning! Along with the skirts of the early Victorian eraand the sloping shoulders that our grandmothers loved, a style from the time whe Bacon was laboriously writing Shakespeare's plays is to bo added to the feminine costume of the year of grace 1803, And yet most womon' would object to being called a thing of shreds and patches. Every one who has dilligently at- tended the theater knows what the Elizabethan collar is. Tt is usually worn by any royal lady irrespective of the exact period in which she flouvished. It will also be remembered by tho who lovingly scanned the pictires in their “Kenidworth” as more a part of good Queen Bess's commanding ap- pearance than many crowns and scoptres would have been. It began & littlo below the base of the neck in the back and flared up and back for the height of a foot or 80, Sometimes the sides simply sloped somewhat., Sometimes they were sepa ate picces, equal in height and conceal- ing powe !I'hny were always as rigid and unyielding as sheet iron, for the stuffs of which they were made were lined as skirts are now. And they were further stiffened with jowels and embroidery. History neglects to say whether Queen Elizabeth adopted this collar for the urpose of concealing some quee blemish, as so many of her success have adopted other things, Whether it was to her what the side-saddle was to Queen Anne, or what her necklace is to the Princ of Wales, is not i But if she had anything to conce the nape of her neck were not all that could be desired, if the slope of her head did not meet her ideas of grace and beauty, if she wished, so far as she could, to hide the color of her hair from tho world, she could have taken no more ef- fectual means of concealment. With tho Elizabethan ¢ * the back of one's neck may be something to make artists weeps the back of one’s head may be something to drive phrenologists to suicide; one's ears may flare, one's collar bones be unduly prominent, butan un- kind world will never know it. The Elizabethan collar should therefore s cur large and enthusiastic clientele. The report from Parisis a little in- complete. It does not state whether in all places, at all times and on all people the collar is to be worn. Whether Mrs. Cleveland will have her ball gowa and Baby Ruth’s nurse her street dress thus ornamented or not a little doubtful. But it is generally safe to assume that whatever comes from Paris on a re- ception dress will eventually find its way to shopping and; working, clothes. The clerk who alread listens with superb indifference to one's request for salmon colored ribbon will assume an air of still greater disdain when she in- cases her head in the collar of the early seventeenth century. The girl who sits at the telegraph operator's desk will hear the little ticks less accurately through the silk and wire and crinoline, and wild probably scare some unfor- tunate wife into gray hairs by translat- ing the barmless “‘dine out tonight” into a suicidal “‘die out tonight.” One's simple order for tea and toast will sound more pitiful than ever when a queenly young person with her head rising out of the veluminous folds of the Eliza- bethan rufl takes it. Will dress reformers also adopt it? It compresses no part of the human frame. It affor s o fine field for the rich jewelry and embroidery effects that Mrs. Jen- ness Miller advocate: Will iv take its Pluu at the top of the “Syrian” and the ‘business woman’s” suits? Will bie, clists wear it? Will the skirt dance) the movement of whose head is a part of her performance, find it a great inconvenience? These are all serious problems, but not 8o great, perhaps, as those which will confront tho managoers of public conveyances and places of amusement, when the Elizabethan collar becomes a condition instead of a theory, To skirts occupying six yards of floor space and CDE ) three yards wide the feminine population is now about to add collars of stupendous size. Any small chink through which to view will now be lost to the man who sits behind any woman 8t the theater. With a solid wall of huffed sleoves, surmounted by wide col- ars, before him, he will be able to hear nothing at the concert. Wedged in be- tween two such attires in the train or on the car he is helpless until one of them moves. Even in church he will be un- able to see the lin in his hymn book with his wife's abethan collar ob- souring his right and his daughter's his left eye. It will probubly become neces- sary to have separate sides reserved for the masculine and feminine portions of tho audience or congregation, as it was in the good old days. These are a few of the practical diffi- cult in_the way of the Elizabethan collar, which flourished before in a time when space was not so limited or time so valuablo or styles in dress so widely | copied. But to'offset these trifling ob- jections are the facts that it is “'so pic- turesque,” “so stately”—and that it is coming from Paris. "y A young woman, who for two months has been Hlitting from one summer ro- sort to another, came up to town ono cool day last week. Her purposo was shopping. Her mien as she took leave of a bevy of “‘summer g " with whom she w ummy, was tragic. Isn't it horrid to have to go to the city?” she said, and her tones were seornful. “I'm going to stay tonight with Stella Brown, Poor girl! She stayed up in the city with her father all summer. Awfully devoted, I suppose, but it's hard on her. I'll be back to- worrow. Oh, sure! Goodby But she did not return the next day, nor the next, nor the next. On the fourth day she appeared, bearing many bundles in her arms and a look of deep melancholy on her fuce. Her f{riends spied her from the end of the long pi- azza and bore down on her like a flock of gay butterflies, *'Oh, you poor thing! ren't you most dead " wve us your bundles. Why did'nt you have them sent?” *No, I'm not most dead, but I soon will be,” was the response in somber tones. ‘“Take care! That's a ten-pound box of ochocolates. Dickey Brown Wrought it to the train. And thatis marshmallows from Johnny Groen. And that is roses- I forget who sent ‘em. There's a card, T gness. And there are €ilk flags in that bundle. Jack Tar said Teonld decorate my room with them and oh, oh, ¢ch! [ want to go back!” The summor _girl gusped. “Iv'y the heat,” whispere $ one.. it sffoctod her head.” But the disconsolate young woman sank intoa chair and smiled a rucful smile, I made adiscovery in town,” she said. T discovered the real ‘summer girl.! It isn't either you or . We are gay, but we are deceivers, Stolla Brown"—-the speaker paused and rolled her oves heavenward—‘to think that I pitied the girl! Why, she is'having such a_gooa time that she is fairly intoxicated with it. She has lost lier h It she hadn't she would have boen careful that I should not find out the true state of things. You know I spoke of hor devo- tion to her father. Protty idea wasn't it? Well, if you could sco her lounging in a hammock on the roof every night, with about ten young men vowing they were ‘never so near heaven before,’ and that perfect maid of hers bringing trays of hopelessly delicious drinks and the colored lanterns ghedding the most be- coming glow over everything—oh, devo- tion! “Oh, yes, her father was there, bless hLis dear old soul! I wonder if Daddy won't go back to town next week? The old gentleman smcked his cigar and dozed over in a distant corner, and lent anair of respectability to the whole thing. “Every day there was a procession of messenger boys bringing flowers, fruit, candy. books, music to play on the gui- tar at night on the roof! As for a rainy night, there are more men than ever,be- caso they can’t go tothe roof gardens. They all go down to the kitchen and makoe Welsh rarebit and molasses candy. And Stella puts on a big gingham apron and looks a8 _domestic as a pan of bi: cuits. You know how effective that is. The girl has lost her head or she never would have let me stay three nights. But if Daddy will only go back to town, I'll be on tho ground next week, and then there'll be one more truly summer girl.” . % There s littlo doubt that the rights of the parent do infringe occasionally on the rights of the child, wri Agnes Repplier in the North American Re- view, and that, in the absence of any standard, the child becomes a creature of circumstance. He can be fed un- wholesomely, kept up late at night, dressed like Lord Fauntloroy, dosed with perniciousdrugs, and humored into selfish petulance at the diseretion of his mother. Worse still, he can be suffered t0 waste away in fever pain and die be- cause the parents chance to be fanatics who reject the aid of medicines to trust ly in prayer. But granting all 5, fathers and mothers have still their places in the world, and until we can fill these places with something botter it is worth while to call attention now and then to the useful part they play. Tt is perhaps a significant fact that mothers, simply because they are mothers, suc- ceed better,as a rule, in bringing up their children than other women, equally loving and sensible, who are compelled to assume their duties. That old- fashioned plea “I know what is best for my child” may be derided as a relic of darkness, but there 18 an illuminating background to its gloom. I am noteven sure that pavents stand in absolute need of all the good advice they receive. I am quite sure that many trifles are not worth the serivus counsels expended upon them. Reading or telling a story, for instance, has become as gravea matter as choosing a laureate, and many a mother must stand aghast at the con- flicting admonitions bestowed upon her. Read fairy tales. Don't read fairy tales. Read about elves. Don't read about ogres. Read of Heroic deeds, Don't read of bloody battles. Avoid too much instruction. Be as subtly instructive as ou can. Make your stories long. Work the moral in. Leave the moral out. Try and please the older children. Try and charm the younger ones. Study the tastes of boys. Follow the fanc! of givls. By degrees the haras parent who endeavors to oboy th structions will cease telling stories at all, confident that the task, which once seemed 8o simple and easy, must lie far beyond her limited ntelligence. Blouse waists are in high favor and take on numerous styles and names. We have had the Russian blous tation of the Russian peasantry, with its long floance, lace trimmed or plain, and now we have the blouses without the flounces, high in the neck, with band or collar, or cut low to reveal the throat, as fancy dictates—though it 18 not usualy fancy, but the whiteness or roundness of the throat, that settles that question. The sirplico is greatly favored, being most becoming to a full figure and to one of meager development a positive boon. It drapes itself to the former, giving an added grace, and on the latter makss its own curves and fullness, deceiving the beholder and giving unwonted satisfaction to the wearer. Any seasonable stuff can bo used for the t‘xnmyl(\ of the illustration, which has a tight lining fastening in the centor. The left side laps over and the blouse is cut down in the front. Itis trimmed with a bias fold of material edged with a wide ruffle and a narrow one at the neck. The sleeves have two pufls and a long cuff. The folded belt fastens with a rosette at the side. The ghirt waist is another form and is made perfeetly plain, or is tucked and frilled as the taste decide The blouse is also made to wear over the belt of the skirt with a little flounce depending or to be placed under the skirt belt with detacha- ble belt to confine it. Old skirts newly made over ave brought into use by the aid of the blouse and skirts whose waists and sleeves are worn out can find a new lease of life thereby., Then, some your old skirts being too seant for the sont sea you can make into a blouse ding they afford material for big » Make the sleeves first and then the blouse, surplice or shirt according o your cloth, Economy as well as convenience helps to keep t style of waist in favor with those care- n creaturos who are forever trem- g on the ragged edge of having itively nothing to wea e woman has some article of clothing of which she is especially fond. Nine times out of ten it is some- thing she hus devisea hersell as u sut stitute for what is worn by her less in- ventive sisters, r istance, one shrinking young woman, who would almost rather be wicked than strong minded, goes about with her small feet done up in_boys' boots of the sturdiest varie She says they are more com- fortable, three times as durable, and quite as neat as the so-called strong walking shoes for ladies. She wears the daintiest wnd most flexible of feminine house shoes, but for a walk on the pavements she will have nothing but boys' boots. Auother woman of* more advanced yoars, in fact she is on the shady side of 50, wears white halbriggan hose und has worn them ever since she was a child. Fashions come and go, but it does not alter her fancy., For years the good woman has not been able to give her skirts a tidy Lift on a rainy aay, hecause she was at the wrong end of the color Almost ever; line. Butshe cherished & belief that THE_OMAHA DAILY BEE: SUNDAY, AUGUST 1 black stockings made her weak, 86 sho dragged her petticoats with stern per- sistence, strong in thee eonsciousness of her undged hose. Closely allied to the hose are the elastics. There are two varieties of this useful a-ticle, the round garter and the suspender. A woman Wwho wears a round garter s a thorn to one who woars a suspendet, and vice versa, Friondships have been wrecked thereby. Health is the watchword of the suspender faction; beauty is the boast of the garter tribe. One proud woman serenely claims to have solved the difficulty by uniting the two. She wears suspenders—but such suspenders! This is the way she makes them: If they are to be of light blue she takes the hooks and clasps (she has solid silvor ones) and sews those which ch the stockings to blue ribbons, with co- quottish bows just above the silver, These two ribbons (for there are two clasps to one stocking,-of course,) are fastened together with another bow at the buckle. The piecce which extends from the buckle to the belt is of blue silk elastic. This is stretehed to its full length, and while thus extended, a strip of blue ribbon is sewed over it. When the elastic is released it shortens, of course, fluting the ribbon inthe process. This makes a suspender which will silence the most ardent advoeates of the beauty of the round garter. G e The woman who labors under the de- lusion that she has done her duty to her hands when she has bought a pair of Ysixes” or “six-and-n-quarters” in a presentable shade is making a grievous error. She should always carefully ex- amino her gloves, seeing to it that™ the kid in the side finger pieces and the triangle at the thumb isas firm and as flexible as that at the wrists; that the thumb-piece is long and broad enoug] that the fingers are neither too shd nor too long, and the hand of the glove large enouzh to prevent the palm from folding into crease The glove is the most forcibleexample of the adage about trees growing as the twig is bent. If the glove is put on for the first timo cavelessly, with seams awry and finger ends not snug, it is hopeless to try to smooth it out at a sub- soquent wearing. The seams will bo twisted and the fingers baggy 8o long as the glove endur This is the reason it is wise to have the gloves first put on by the firm, experienced hands of a fitter. If this is impossible, the task must be undertaken at home when there is plenty of time. The gloves must be carefully pressed on, every seam straight, every gusset in its right place; the tips of the fingers smooth and the wrist perfectly adjusted. Then it should be buttoned with the finest glove buttoner, from the bottom. 1f a glove which has been prop- erly worked on will not button from the bottom, it is too small. * x"x The key to the proper mental cultiva- tion of a child witl be found in th proper understanding of the nervou tem of childhood. The chief charac istic of that systom is its extreme pressibili The brain of a child camera, a God-made camera of exquisite delicas Along the nerve strands and through the nerve cells of the child im- pulses travel and are reflected with the freedom and rapidity of lightning, un- hindered, unimpeded” by the inhibitory mechanisms which control the nervous system of the adult. Impressions, whether of goud or evil, ave easily made, but are decp and lasting. In the training, then, of the youthful intellect it is all important that the im- pulses which travel along the delicate nerve strands, that thesights and sounds which reach the young sensorium should be such only as leave impressions of the good and the noble. In connection with this subject there has recently appeared in the pages of the Lancet ‘& most interesting and sng- gestive paper. It is from the pen of Dr. Gay, and is of especial importance in these days of cram and pressure educa- tion. After pointing out that each func- tion of the body is represented in the brain or spinal cord by a_corresponding center or headquarters from which the parts performing the function receive command, and that in the adult these centers are controlled, damped, or, if I might use the expression, more or less vetoed by what T have already referred to as the inhibitory mechanism of the nervous system, Dr. Gay says: “That although the centers for the various functions of the body are developed be- fore their controlling mechanism, it is of great importance that development of inhibition should preserve a certaindefi- nite relationship to the development of function, In precocious children it gen- erally, if not always, happens that de- velopment of function proceeds at such a rate that inhibition does not preserve its relative position in the process, and lags behind.” Thus the characteristic of precocivy is instability. And so it is often with genius, of which precocity may be sup- posed to be the youthful equivalent. In- hibition frequently fails to keep pace with excessive development of function. It is inhibition—power of control—which parents should seek to cultivate in chil- dren, rather than development of func- tion, for this is possible later in life, whereas control, once lost, may never be r The importance of the recognition of the fact that centers develop ahead of their appropriate inhibitory apparatus cannot be overestimated, Not only does it explain the instabil- ity of the infant’s brain but it empha- sizes perhaps, more than anything else, the folly of forcing the minds of the young. By s0 doing a most certain foundation is laid for the development of neurosis which may mar the whole sub- sequent life of the individual. The fact that girls are generally more precocious than boys would suggest that greater care is necessary in the ining, for proportionately” with “city, there is an increased liability to chorea, hysteria, and other nervous affections having their foundation in defect of in- hibivion, To conclude with the concluding ad- vice of Dr. Gay, “*Restrain a precocious ild, do not cram a backward one, but with judicious education of the mind let them indulge in healthy recreation and develop their motor centers before those of a much high level.” Fush! Notei. Luminous blue shades will lead the fashionable colors, Smocking is a popular decoration for both small boys’ and girls' dresses. There secems to be no doubt that basques will again be fashionable. Dots of all sizes and all colors are to be lnlnmhl_y sprinkled over the new fall goods, Skirts have shown a disposition to de- crease rather than to increase; sleeves ave subsiding. A vest and full shoulder puffs of gay flowered brocade is added to toilets of black satin or faille. Crepon effects in camel’s-hair weaves will appear, and whipeords, diagonals, English serges and Henriettas will come in for a good shave of patronage. The new gold and bronze beading is used to brighten black silk gowns, and rich terra cotta and gold galloons show handsomely on black lace dresses. It will be a relief to the wearers thereof, and to the community at large, when Dawe Fashion decides to remove | the cuteup tusey gingerbread work trom her skirts and bodicos A stylish ginghawti. boy who still plays with his sister's doll has a row of smock{lg/hcross the yoke and the material is/A\dssmocked at the waist to form a wide belt A characteristic Teature of the sea- gon's fachions is the,wses of all kinds of thin biack materiaid, vin combination with colors and, more stiking and beau- tiful still, with a deeoration of white. Accordion plaitingis e craze by which all the midsummer materials suffer, A rumor from the -gay French capital suggests that the plgiting will continue 1o be the rago throyghout the autumn, Waisteoats of ribhan are just appear- ing in the shops. Thay are made of seven ribbons stiteHid together, with overlapping edges, three for the back and four for the front, and are fastened invisibly at the left side. Stylish dressmakers are now compos- ing ‘handsome crepon gowns in golden brown reseda, and tan shades, finishing them along all their edges with fine cut jot gimps, and adding silk guipure lace trimmings on the co sage. Skirts of black satin are cut to fall in godet or funnel-shaped pleats in the back, while the fronts are closely gored, and the whole trimmed with rows of jet of graduated width, the narrowest W at the top being merely a glittering line. One of the gauzy gowns in somber hue is made dressy and elegant by the addi- tion of three white lace flounces abive the hips, falling from a belt of jet. The bodice, shirred above the bust, shows a yoke of lace, and lace ruflles fall over the sleeves. Tartan plaid gauze is a novelty used in trimming black or brown sailor hats, It is bright and effective, and not so evere as the ribbon band. A twist of the gauze cncireles the crown, and three wide loops and a knot ace ar- ranged at the side. The woman who is in mourning may have a manicure set in black if she wants it. he polisher, file and powder- box are of ebony, with a slight decora- tion in silver. They are urranged on a heart-shaped tray of ebony, and look sombrs enough for the most depressing oceasions. Lace parasols in black or white are favorite wedding gifts, and should be accompanied by a pretty parasol case— a long narow bag of satin drawn together at the top by satin ribbons. The case is lined with silk, and between the two folds of material the violet sachet is laid. Most of summer thej dress bonnets ar mere airy nothings of lace and flowers incapable of affording any protection against sun or wind. Were it not a matter of custom, one migat dispense with summer bonnets altogether with- out being in the least inconvenienced by their absence. A d t of shirt studs is made of pale blue enamel, in the shape of a for- get-me-not. Sparkling from the center, like a drop of dew, 1% a tiny diamond. Bach stud is connected with the other by a fine silver chaln.' “Link cuff buttons come in the same design, but the forget- me-nots are much large Drap d’Alma, a very fine fancy ding- onal, will be among the popular autumn fabr also satin fantaisie, an all-wool material with self-colored oval dots and splinte: The goods arve rich in ap- pearance and will withstand any dam- age from water spots. Theyare also soft, pliable, and ¥hus easily manipu- lated. A vretty dress:fora maiden of 4 is made of biue chambray with the yoke outlined by smocking. ‘The material hangs straight and full ‘from the yoke and is trimmed at fhe” hottom with four rows of smocking and a ruffle of lace. The sieeve to this baby dressis com- fortably full finished with two rows of smocking as a cuffl. The bodices of many dressy summer gowns ave cut pointed or slightly round- ing to show a bit of the neck, securing coolness and comfort to the wearer. Others are mado particularly high and finished off with a Pierrot ruche in black or white pleated tulle, which, though very fashionable, is exceedingly uncomfortable to wear this sultry weather, The new crepons are mostly shot and showered with silken spots to match one or the other of the component tints, Some of the shot canvas fabrics arve very beautiful, and satin canvas—quite a novelty—has a faney shot ground scattered over with arabesque designs. These are trimmed with sleeve-puils, girdle, and collar of “mirror” velvet. A little lator the embryonic man will appear in a blouse and trousers of navy blue, with the nattiest bows and buckles at the knee, a buckle at the belt, and a big sailor collar of scarlet, with broad and narrow braid of blue. The hat will be searlet, too, if his mother has an oy for the picturesque, and it will be shoved well back from the curly bang and sun-browned face, One of the notable gowns worn this season is in pale indigo batiste delaine, trimmed about the hips with three plait- ings of cardinal crepe set on with a band of black velvet. The neck is formed of a square of velvet, from which the frills of cardinal fall in the form of a yoke; the belt and the trimming at the bottom of the skirt are each formed of asingle row of velvet, Fewer and fower are the people who in putting on mourning for lost rela- tives choose crepe in any of its forms or qualities, The great majority of best poople simply put on all” biack. Fine soft lack-luster black fabrics are se- lected, plain or very rich, as the purso allows, and in very many cases no long veils of even silk veiling are worn after the funeral, but plain short face veils of net or lisse. The woman whose financial condition will allow buys her hairpins by the sot —six small hairping and one high comb. A set of rare beauty consists of tortoise- shell hairpins,each one bearing upon its top a filigree gold star; The large hai vin, which is reglly acomb, is set with arow of stars atrogs the top. When the small hairpins are fastened in the hair the effect is extremely protiy. A new idea for(a photograph case is founded on u fan. « Any satin or silk may be used. Around the top place a row of full blown artificial roses. In the center of each fasteri a mimette photo- graph. It muy Be held in place bya iny gilt nail, or g stitch of thread will wcure it. he petals should form a pretty frame for euch picture. Let the fan hang from the wall by wide satin ribbons which tie in‘a bow where they are brought over the nail, Mrs. John Jacoh, Astor, who is wear- ing half mourning -this season, has jusy had some exquisite earriage costumes wade up. Among them is a dress p senting a very novel effect. It is com- posed of mulberry-colored silk, the skirt trimmed with flounces bordered by a sprigged pattern in velvet, the sprig nsisting of violets and white pansies. The flounces are finished on the edge by & row of fringe having a netted heud- ing ornamented at intervals by small pausics, There are quaint little smocks of washable silk or linen in dainty colors or in white, smocked across the breast and at the belt with fine needlework, and finished at the wrist like the shirt sleeve masculine. And with this the es for asmall | {TEEN PAGE coming man will wear fine little socks of | silk, leaving his chubby knees bare and brown. A big sailor hat, with white ribbons, sits on the back of his head and stays there by some fixed principle of gravitation unknown to the any number of long pins to secure a hat in the same position Feminine Note The General Federation of Women'y clubs includes two foreign organiza- tions, the ‘‘Bombay Sorosis” of Indi and the Woman's Educational Socicty of Ceylon.” An Oregon, I1l., woman is making a crazy quilt of the silk ties that have been given her by her devoted admirers. Her pillows are to be stuffed with their love lette Iho duchess de Maille is always ognized in the Bois de Boulogne by her immense coach, It dates from the last century and is equipped with postilions and outriders in livery. Miss Pauline Whitney, the daughter of the ex-secretary of the navy, has gono to Europe to study art. Hor friends say that her greatest ambition is to be able to paint a true pieture of her mother. Archery is so popular among English women that they have a Royal Toxo- philite society. It is said that the bow women of a few years ago would not be even among the second class shots of to- day. Lady Amherst has distinguished hor noble name by admission to the honorary list of turners. She has extraordinary skill as a manipulator of the lathe, aud her house is full of specimens of her work. Baroness de Rothschild has a summer home home called Pragny, a beautiful place on the shores of Lake Geneva. She has her own special yacht, La Gitana, which lies at anchor under a lofty nat- ural vault. There are now five schools of medicine in:England where women may obtain admission—Oxford, the University of Glasgow, Queen Margaret's college, the Edinburgh School of Medicine, and St. Androw’s Surgeon Square school. The latest in summer girls is Miss Edna Moody of Lewiston, Me., who mounted a télegraph pote and pressed her lips to the wires, thus sending a kiss by telegraph to her best beloved, who i a telegraph operator in New York. Mme. Rhea has joined the snmll but conspicuous number of distinguished women who have taken unto themsel boyish bridegrooms. Mme. Rhea about 45 years old, while her husband} Mr. W. I'. Hart, her leading man, is only 25, Mrs. John G. Carlisle, wife of tary Carlisle, is a southerner by birth. She is tall, dark and dignified. On the suffrage question she is very positive—positive against it. This fact makes her somewhat unpopular with the wives of the western senators, who like to feel that the women of the cabinet are for equal sutfrage. DIt is said that the third finger was chosen for the wedding ring b the idea that a.vein ran straight from it to the heart, Another tradition says that as the bridegroom said the word “[n the name of the Father,” he held the ring at the thumb, “of the Son,” at tho first finger, and so on until, at the “Amen,” it had reached the third finger. There is a very clever organization of women 1n Je V. v, which is known by the title, “The Odd Volume club.” At its meetings the members neither de- sive nor permit themsclves to present any matter that is not strictly new, which gives some possible idea of the club's colleetive and individual prowes in tho field of the intellectual. “Now that you have praar ssed_thus far,” cautioned Mrs. Florence Howe Hale, in a recent address toa signally successful woman's club, *‘be very care- ful that you don’t hinder those who are behind you. You know that when we are hurrying to get on or oft the ferryboats it is always the people in front who are in the way. Therefore, don't let your being ahead keep back those who are yet in the rear.” About two years agothe Misses Clapp, who were noted whist players in their native city of New Orleans, came north and imbued the women of Philadelphia, New York and Boston with a like affec tion for the scientific game. This they did by means of various classes in whist, at which the members were not only taught rules and principles, but how to apply them, Since thattime genuinely ood whist has become much more com- mon among women. A novel parrot, possessing, according to the advertisement, powers of mimic and a vocabulary of fifty words, is fol sale in London, but no gentlemen need apply. The precocious fowl is destined to pass into the keeping of a woman or never to change its owner. Why? Well, James Payn suggests that the bird may have hung in a drawing-room where, for a long time, it has listened to the after- dinner talk of the ladies, who now teara betrayal of their secrets. The Women's Protective and Provi- dent League of Glasgow has been in- vestigating the laundrios of the prine pal Scottish cities. The girls there have been found to average from twelve to fif- teen hours a day for six daysof the week. In one case a girl was paid at the rate of 6 shillings a week, and she worked from 8 a. m. on Friday until 10:30 p. m. the following day, the only intervals being an hour for dinner, on for breakfast, and time to take some tea. M Lillie Devercux Bluke is lectur- ing, trying to arouse public interest in the approaching constitutional eonven- tion in the state of New York. This convention, for the amend- ing of the constitution, is only called onco in twenty years, and is, the , ahighly important’ one. Mrs. Blake belicves there should be & strong con- corted effort to have the word “male,” as it applies to voters, stricken from the constitution, and that proper delegates should be present at the convention to insist upon this change. Loie Fuller has been in London, and some of the crities are now piceing - gether the vocabularies they tore to tat- ters for her sake. One poor, lone man, all by his unaided self, and in just two paragraphs, said that she was “wonde ful, mystic, bewilaering, undulating that her draperies were of *anormous amplitude,” and wero y diaphan- ous;” that she “u fairy,” “'an irri- descentdragon fly,” *a fragment of rainbow stolen between sunand shower. **a soap bubbl “a humming bivd,” “'a curuseation,” *'a glittering gem of many facets,” “a will o' the wisp;” then he takes refuge in dashes. The English women have sent books to bea part of their exhibit Chicago. They are all by women writ and periaps the most interesting are the old and rare volumes. One of these, written by Mary Astell, 200 years ago, is a somew hat bellicose **Defense of the Female Sex.” The earliest of all the volumes is Dame Juliana Berner's treatise on “Hawking, Hunting and Cote Armour,” entitled “The Boke of St. Albans.” She also wrote a “Preatyse of Fysshynge wyth an Angle” (1480.) " The manuscripts in the coll tion are intereating, one noti the great resemblance between the hand- writing of George Eliot, Charlotte Bronte and Fanny Burney. A bright woman at Stamford, Coun., 600 at growa-up | substantials, but experience proves that mind, or rather head, which vequires | | | ¢ her realizes a gwoodly fncome from tho pro- duce of her violet farm At first thought violets may not appear to be plants of such permanent profit as cu- cumbers, asparagus, melons and other this proverbially modest flower has no difficulty in finding an excellent and steady market. The enterprising owner of this farm solls her violets only upon a limited subscription, and although the blossoms are of & peculiarly fine and fragrant variety, yet the price paid is considerably lower than that for which a poorer grade of flower is obtained at the New York city florists’, . A Philadelphia woman advocates the | establishment of an institution where tomporary sorvants may be obtained, hanks' to the training schools and nurses’ divectory,” sho says, “the sick can now be attended to, but where can a temporary domestic assistant worth salt be found? owhere. 1f you £0 to an ‘intolligent’ offico you find only permanent (¥) help. If your child nurse or your chumbormaid goes off sud- denly, who can come for an hour or two whilo you hunt up another? Nobody but the charwoman. Why an - we not have houschold aid burcaus where re- spectable American women would not feol lowered by registering for service by tho hour, day or week, to replace the flying cook or housemaid®”" [ Too Suggostive. T. S. Keep, cashier of the bank of For- rove, Ore., 1s visiting friends in the says the Spokane Review. Mr. Koep is constantly obliged to run a gauntlet of commentary on the appro- | priateness of his name to his calling. “While Keep was in Portland,” said a friend of his yesterday, “he met Presi- dent Steele of tho Merchants National bank. Mr. Steele suggested a partner- ship in a new banking house, with a sign that should read like this La Freckla The 3-Day Freckle Cure ATTENTION Physicians and Chemists Ladies and Gentlomen: Mme. M. Yale, that most wontiorful woman chomist, has discovered a medicme that will romove Freckles from any faco in three days. Hark ve, doubting . evory bottle is uaranteed and money will bo promptly re- funded is 1t romoves tan and sunburn in one . It matters not if the Frecklos | been from chilas hood to old age, La Frockla will cloar them in eve case, Price §1.00. Sent to any part of the world. Address all orders to MME. M. YALE, olallst, Rooms 501-2 Karbach Blook, - |*Cor.16th and Douglas Sts., Omaha,. 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BLISS, 1514 Duuges §t. 650 will cover the expenso of a trip from St.' YELLOW NORTHERN STORE PACIFIC PARK RAILROAD This includes A LT necessary traveling expenses, railrond, stago and sleeping car fares, meals and hotels for the complete TOUR OF THE PARK., Your trip to the World’s Fair will not be complete unless youalso go from there 1o the Yellowstone Park (total expense about §130) and view the wonderful things the Almighty has placod there for manlkind to seo. No such gpot is found ejsowhero on carth. The Northern Pas cific is the direct line there. Send for **6,000 Miles Through Wone derland,” and our now map of the Parks CHAS. §. FEE, General Passonger Agent, S§T.PAUL, MINN. oplu MABIT IN ALL ITS FORMS MORPHINE . COCAINE . LAUDANUM B KNSRl HABID S, CORRESPONDENCE OONFIDENTIAL PAMPHLET axo PARTICULARS SENT FREE ADDRESS: NATIONAL HEALTH €O PAXTON BLOCK, OMAHA .NEB: Band worth Twics the Monsy, mOfMcoof 11 M. Burton, Hardware, L. Jan, T 1803, arsir: Tam well ploasod with roatment of obesity. Tho band Iy worth Twice the money 1t cost, for comfort. I hive reduced my weight ton” pounds, 1 welzh 235 now, una Ldid weigh 245 Yours truly. H. M. BURTON. They Are Doing Me Good . 111 ary Sta- Earivil & Co: Tnelosed find § he other two bottles of Thave used ons andthink 5. M. RALEY, May 23, 1802, for whic) plavey 114028 Obas- 7 ara dotng 0. Box 75, Talk So Much About Your Pills, , 111, Juno 18, 1802 of my frl lily and ths b Lorln, send me ity Pills the work. VIA THE Dear Sirs: Euch abont your ¢ dorlving from t Twilltey thom mysalé Please sond mo 3 bottles C. 0. D.. aud obliga, J. MOWIIS, 405 Perry Strast. Foel Better andWeigh 13 Pounds Less . 18, 1302 &1, for which yon Goshen, Ind Gontlemen: Tnelosed 1 xond y wiil plense send me throe botties of the obasity pill Amtuking the fourth bottio wnd foel very botter and welgh 13 pounds loss thun taking thew. 1 will continuy you; An individual whoso helght1s should welgn 125 pounds Dy 16 i 0 6 feot & inchos 6 feot 10 luchos (R Dr. Edison says: “It may be well to point out that'in my ex orlonce, which 1s nocessarlly very y troublesome skin o, pRorinsis, utlearis, ete., are pri aved by obusity. and as tho fat and 3 sh s by tho pills and Obesity Fruit Saltand thy footions have almost 1n connection wita s or Bands, or both. One teiwpoonfal 1o s or of witor makos a doliclous soda. Tastes el ilene. Diie cost £25) 0104 for anyl enzth up bu largor than 3 A cents oxtra for @ach diditional ingh rice of Frult Nalt. 8100, il §1.50 Por Bottla, or 4 Botlles lor §1.9). 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