Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, October 28, 1894, Page 20

20 THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: B oman $: Doméairs. k= PRETTY FANCIFUL GOWNS, Ploturesque Frocks & Hrunette, ataln and Mionde Will Wear to a Hallowmas Halloween, perhaps, more than any other feote, supplies possibilities for picturesque and | eftective gowns, and the end-of-the-century | gir] s not the one to let them slip by. A very fashionable wardrobe now owns, Along with other dainty evening tollets, a Halloween supper frock, whith may be made in any mode, but which, to be just the thing, should suggest, in some way, night itself. Tints vague and intangible, hinting of dark- ness or the white cool moon, are preferred over glaring dark colors. As to ornament, there may be some curious Jeweled night fly fastenod somewhere, per- haps spangled in the hair, and if flowers are used, they, must propitiate the powers of night in wanness and thick perfume, The dread witches, who on All Halloween have the threads of fate in their keeping, are sald to be difficult ladies to please, but somehow one hopes they will smile on the wearers of these charming gowns and provide them suitable husbands. The orlginals of these dainty costumes, which were suggested by three famous French pig- tures, were all made by a nimble-fingered New York girl for a Halloween supper. They are to be worn by herselt and two sisters, three distinct types; and along with their exceeding effectiveness they have the merit of having involved comparmively little ex- pense, being all fashioned from materials at and, some lengths of a marvelous inese drapery, a few yards of thick liberty satin bought In better days, and a thin, scant old tambour muslin elip, relic of a long dead great-grandmamma and tea cup times. FOR A BRUNETTE. The first dress was for the dark, handsome elder sister of the little Cinderella dressmaker—the type that goes with stiff- TO MATCH BROWN E and stateliness and rustling textures. 1t was of the liberty satin in a dim luminous tint, too blue for gray and too gray for blue, and that will show off the wearer's rich ma skin to perfection. The girdle drapery of graduating ribbon lengths and bows was of a faint dead tea rose color. This subtle and delightful tint, together with black, repeats itself In the simple but decorative embroidery at the bottom of the wide skirt. The tiny chemise gamp is of white mull, and the short balloon eleeves are stiffened with tarlaton To be worn with the dress, as well as the next one, both of which were entirely un- erinolined, were petticoats of hair cloth, with tucks of large round organ pipe plaits, to hold the skirt on in the present approved fashion, FOR CHATAIN COLORING. The second gown, though perhaps not quite 80 enchanting as the first, was more Sug- gestive of the witcheries of Halloween. It was of the Chinese silk drapery, in tone cop- per red, and with a faniastic patterning of black bats. The girdle and 10w neck decora- tion are of black velvet, and square jet buckles fasten the latter down at intervals, The very daintiest feature of this paniered gown, however, which In style recalls some- what lttle beflowered Dolly Varden, is the undersleeves, made to show off a rounded young arm and drive envy to the soul of womankind. For every woman who is a real woman has a weakness for lace, and these adorable undersleeves were wmade of the charming old net lace embroldery in back stitch of the long ago. > It, came, like the tambour muslin, from grandmamma's gafret, where, when Hal- loween s over, It is to be hoped, it will be carefully put back. A GOWN FOR A BLONDE. The third and last dress, a tiny hint of the Airectoire period, i8 the tambour muslin slip FOR A BRUNETTE. Atselt, sinfully modernized. Once white, it is now evenly mellowed to a soft caressing yellow, which is further accented by a pufing of pure whito chiffon about the neck and skirt bottom. The slecves are of a rich heavy brocade, in black and white, and the belt and crescent ornaments are of silver, This costume is Lo be worn to the supper by the little dressmaker herself, and its scant picture lines are sure to become her slim, shortwaisted young figure. And may the ghost of sweet dead grand- mmgu not come back to reproach her for ecration. MOCK SUPFER FOR HALLOWK'EN, An Amusing Eutertalnment for the Boys and Girls, A very funny ontertainment for Hallowe'en 18 a “mock supper, The supper is spread in the dining room; and if the boys and girls do wot enjoy It almost as much as a real ® they will be different from the party of young people who tried It last year on a small scale, and who are going to repeat it this year on a very much larger one. For the mock supper let all the boys and girls assemble in the drawing room or the room, which Is the one usually devoted allowe'en plays. And let the conversa- tion drift toward the supper. “What would you like best for supper the hostess asks one of hir litle guests— F | other. ‘You shall have some white grapes to take home with you." Next she asks a little @irl what she would Iike best for supper. “I would like currant jelly,” answers the little girl. And that Is the way the game goes on, ‘“Turkey!" ex- claims one of the boys. ‘Pegrs,” says an- “I would like nuts and raisins,” de- cides a little girl. And then she changes “No! Give me bon bons.” At last, when all have told what they would like best, a vety loud bell is rung with a great deal of strength; and into the dining room march all the boys and girls, And there upon the table are all the things asked for. In the center there is an immense dish of fruit—grapes, pears, aples and peaches. At | one end there s a very brown turkey and | at the other s a beautiful ham all dotted | with pepper and dressed with fluted ribbons, | On ch side are Jellics and in great dishes are cakes, bon bons and ices. “We will not have supper now. T am going to give it to you to take home with you. Johnnie, here are the white grapes you wanted.” And taking a great bunch of the ight green beauties out of a fruit dish turns to Johnnie, who wonders what Is to happen next. As he takes the grapes he her mind. clear. she presses one of them and bursts out laughing. “You are not to eat the grap:s here, cautions the hostess, “No, nor anywhere else,” laughs Johnnie, “‘because they are made of wax." Next comes the handsome mould of currant Jelly for the little girl who wanted it. The Jelly is suspiciously light in weight and the | little lady looks at it closely and says “Why, it is made of celluloid or something lke that.” The turkey turns out to be a bird of brown silk with wooden feet. He Is stuffed with cotton. The pears ars hollow, with an out- side of rough, hard-baked sugar, and the bon bons are papier mache. The nuts and raisins are rubber and wood—very excellent imitations. After the little guests have sufficiently ad- mircd their gifts and are beginning to get a little hungry from gazing at such gocd things about them a servant announces supper and all go into another room, where a table is spread in precisely the same way. But this time the turkey is real and the cakes and bon bons and fruit are good to cat. A Hallowe'en supper is usually given at the regular supper hour, 6 o'clock. or even 5, and s a feast in every respect. Any delicacy may appear upon the table and the hostess can put her little guests at ease by suggesting that each one tell a story, taking, perhaps, the Hallowe'en gift for a subject. And so Johnnie tells a story about a turkey gobbler he once owned. And the little girl with the currant felly tells how she once made Jelly or picked currants; and so all the gucsts have a little story to tell. @ After supper there is a little dancing in the drawing room and by 9 o'clock the guests €0 home, each taking along a small paste- board box in which. lics the Hallowe'en souvenir. A great deal of laughter Is caused by the fact that the turkey is too large for his box and has to depart with his feet sticking out of one end. “A mock supper makes the funnlest Hallowe'en I evir spent!" is the verdict of the boys and girls so fortunate as to be in- vited to one. GIRL HARPISTS, A New Accomplishment for Fashlonable Girls, To fit the fashion of our resurrected grand- mother's gowns, worn low over the shoulders and crinolined skirts, with hair brought cver the ears and loosely parted down the center, comes the harp this winter as the fashionable instrument for young girls to play. Banjos and mandolins are laid aside. Whether the instrument has come in from the eternal fitness of things or not, girls, to be emart, should train for the harp. It not only requires good execution, strong fingers, but Delsartean -poses. to make it pic- turesque. Quite a number of New York young girls are preparing for this winter. Their mothers are having them trained in a most proficient manner, that they may play at the afternoon receptions in thefr- own parlors. Lovely gowns are fashioned for these children in sofl old colors that harmonize with the yellow of the harp. The music is soft and full, not too brilliant to hush all other sounds, but serv- ing as a delightful accompaniment to the singing or talking voice. An instruments costs from $300 to $800, quite as much as a piano. Lessons are rather expensive, too, but the whole does not cost more than an education on the piano. The only difficulty comes in hardening the fingers. This is difficu®, The thumbs are protected, but the other fingers will suffer during the first months and nothing but continuous prac- tice will remedy this. One of the most charming little players now in New York is Miss Lucia Larrest of Washington Square. She has an exquisite larp and plays at most of her mother’s en- tertainments, and_when school duties do not interfere she is allowed to lend her talent to some of her mother's friends. Her playing is exceptionally fine and as she is very graceful she makes a dainty plcture sitting before her great instrument in some flower-bowered cor- ner of a drawing room, Beautiful Huttons. “Who's got the button?” 1{s a question Dame Fashion asks of her followers just now. There is no doubting the fact that buttons, of all sizes, varieties and especlally prices, are to be the vogue this winter after being mummyfied for five years. Hooks and eyes will yet play their Im- portant part, for these buttons are meant to adorn, not to use. No top coat but has its huge buttons, which may be used, if prefer- able, and no tallor gown Is without its array. Cloth plays no part in their makeup, for metal is the favorite material. A shop is offering now for sale some for top coats or walking Jackets of covert cloth and cheviot, great ribbed onyx ones with carved mother-o'-pear] figures on them. Some designed for sportswomen have a splendid bloodhound’s head with a whip in its mouth as the cut figure, which stands out in artistic rellef from its dark back- ground. These are $1.50 aplece. Others de- signed for a cut velvet Louls XVI. dinner coat that Is to have revers of point lace, are exquisite minfature set in rhinestones. The heads are those of Marie Antoinette, the Dauphin, the little Princess, and of Louls XV. Mme. du Barry was there and Mme Pompadour, also Charlotte Corday and Jeanne d'Arc. These articles range anywhere from 45 to §8 aplece. Turkish buttons—three Inches in circum- ference, of dull silver are studded with blue stones and briiliant wheels of gold, set with imitation amethysts and emeralds. These last are $10 a dozen. One of the handsomest species 18 bought over from France and costs $50 a dozen. They are sun bursts of finely cut rhinestones mounted on wires of gold and are designed for satin and velvet toilets for_evening. * Their variety s infinite, but one must own & fow to be in the mode this season THE NEW PETTICOAT, Silk petticoats, fimsily made and unlined, may once have been pretty, but to the maiden up-to-date they present no attractive- ness, because they are weighed in the bal- ance and found wanting in utility, They wear out rapidly and add not a whit to the nd out effect the skirt must now have, The new petticoats are made with a taffeta Mning then interlined with hair cloth, not grass cloth, for the latter loses its stiffness rapidly. The hair cloth Is put on after this fashion: A blas strip, sixteen inches wide, is cut exactly by the lower pattern of the skirt, then put between the two lining: far as the side xores extend. In the width this Is placed in all the way up to the belt, and put into two large box plaits, as the 'skirt material should be done. This glves the flare out from the walst at the | back which e grievously teuding toward bustles. Nevertheles on a slender person it is distinetly becoming. Gown makers do not favor the making of the petticoat, after the very full manner of the skirts, for it interferes awkwardly with one's walking; #till, the hem must flare con- siderably to lend countepance to the new dress skirt, and many pelticoa; makers are putting small steels in fbe hem to produs for example, Glle: “*‘fmu like white grapes,” replied z dohanle” sayw the bostes, o new effect s considered very fashionable and pretty. ABOUT UMBRELLAS. Never was there a feminine heart that didn’t delight in umbrellas, and surely the designers knew it, for they rake every ar- tistic instinct In their souls to devise and satisfy this longing. Handles of gold and silver are children of a day that fs done. They were cheaply imi- tated, and smart women put their real ones aside in disgust and took to those of wood. This set the pace to those who were not modish folk, and fashion whirled from tho mineral to the vegetable kingdom. And now we have umbrellas of finest silk with handles of wood, on which the artists place many designs. The favorite shapes in handles are long and narrow. One odd variety of newest builld is of gnarled im- ported wood, without a semblance of polish, ending at the top in a grotesque or pictur- esque head made of bisque. One is of a little Dutch boy, with a water lly Inverted over his head. Another ends in a cross legged Brownie, and others in red tomatc with the four green leaves at the top Those of rough wood, with large cherr sprinkled over th not a bit smart in tone. The preferable ones are carved in long slabs that are tipped with silver or twisted in a circle, at the end that the owner may slip her hand in to hold it better. A style that fits the woman in the rough SMART UMBRELLAS tailor gown is built similarly (0 a man's cane, having a broad claw of wood or burnt ivory, tipped with silver, placed at right angies to the handle proper. Burnt fvory is very fashionable still, es- peclally it mounted with narrow filigree sil- ver bands, and some devices show an ell's face, carved intaglio into the ivory, sur- mounted by a cap of silver. ery dressy umbrellas have handles of plain mother-of- pearl, fashioned columnlike; others have a large amethyst or emerald laid into the metal at the end. But women who dress modishly don't go in for any of these styles as much as they do for the rough or scehted wood, {wisted and turned and capped charily with silver. A word as to the care of your umbrella. Never put it ferrule downward when wet. Tt you can't open it and allow it to dry at its ‘best, which is the correct method, then place it handle downward, so there 18 no chance for the drippings to remain in the tip and rot the silk. Again, mever go out with your umbrella unrolied when not in use. It is a world of saving if the cover is always kept on it, to say nothing of the smarter appearance it make TEA DRINKING, Boston, Philadelphia and New Yoric Indorse Different Varleties, The tea statistics of the United States show an increased importation of almost 10,000,000 pounds between the years of 1591 and 1894 The importation for last year alone was 07,682,327 pounds. These enor- mous figures mean but one thing. We are becoming more like our English cousins in their love for “the cup which cheers bul does not inebriate.” And while it Is not probable that Americans will ever substitute tea for coffee in the morning, the afternoo tea s becoming more of a recognized insti- tution yearly and less of a fad. It Isa curfous fact in the tea trade that certain cities in the United Staies distinctly prefer certain different kinds .of tea. For Instance, Foochow goes mainly to Philade!- phia. The cultivated Bostonians discuss Browning over a cup of Formosa Oolong. Japan teas are preferred in the western cities. New Yorkers cling to the thor- oughly proper Congou or -English breakfast tea. According to importers, tea does not lose its flavor In being brought here, and if made here as it is made in China, would have precisely the same bouquet. = This is due to the careful way it Is packed. The same rule which applies to the housckeeper ap- plies to the importer. Tea should be used as. soon as it Is opened. Housekeepers should buy it In small quantities and al- ways Keep it airtight in a dry place. Tea a year or two old depreciates greatly in value, Tea should be drurk from two to five min- utes after it is made. It is not mecessary to let it steep. The Chinese put the dry leaf in the cup and pour the fresh water just at boiling point over it. The sap which is secreted in the stemmy structure of the leaf is all that is good. This exudes in from two to five minutes. If allowed to stand longer . th: chemical quality of the leaf destroys the flavor and renders the tea indigestible . and in- jurious, As for the woman who has her tea- pot standing on the stove all day and takes a cup whenever she feels weary, according to tea men, it Is a speclal dispensation of providence that she does not drop dead on the spot. In China and Japan the work of cultivat- ing and preparing tea for the market de- volves principally upon the women. Tea grows on bushes from three to five feet high in plantations similar to cotton, In form the leaf is_similar to the smaller petals of 4 rose. For the arduous labor of picking, drying and rolling the tea leaf women re- ceive from 10 to 20 cents a day. The culti- vation of tea has been tried in the southern part of the United States, but owing to the small wages pald Chines laborers, we can not compete. One of the interesting features of China to tourists are the tea houses. Chinese dra- peries, screens, lanterns and fans form the principal decoration. The low tea tables are covered with Ohinese paper and the exquisite cups and saucers would gladden the heart of a curlo collector. They are usually presided over by a matron and her several daughters. They all know a little English and are extremely polite. @ stranger appears on the threshhold the daughters immediately surround and fan him, while the mother bustles off to make a cup of tea, He Is not asked it he wants it—that fact is taken for granted. If he hesitates and does not drink It as soon as it is handed to him, in very attractive broken English they urge him to drink it before it spolle, The only teas which have at all the stimu- lating effect ascribed to alcohol are the Congou, Ceylon and India teas. Of course, then they are made of more than the ordi- nary strength. We do not dring tea any- thing near so strong as they do in England. In China, where it is the national beverage, they drink it in smeller quantities and of- tener, and always without milk or sugar. Putting rum and cordials in tea is a thor oughly European and American ides, and would {mpress the Chinamen, if he were the enlarged flare so des(red by (hose who are gowned In the extreme. 50, 1 griev- ously tending toward h but as the fashions change, 3o do our and the familiar with that flavor, of “paiuting the ly. The purest teas are Oolong and Cengou. There is & litle coloring matter in green handle, are sold, but are | When | ten, but mot enough to be Injurious. For thelr own use, however, the Chinese never color their tea. For the very best quality one should not pay more than a dollar a pound. More is a faney price, Nothing, probably, indicates so clearly the hold tea has upon its drinkers {han the fact that harg times never affect the quantity sold There b a demand for inferior qualities, probably, but even with the poorest there is always enough tea in the cupboard for a cheering cup. It I8 very Interesting to watch a tea taster at work. He Is seated before a round re- volving table, on the edge of which are se eral dozen cups. At his feet is an enormous funnel shaped cuspidor. ~into this he spits the tea after tasting.” For a tea taster to cver swallow the tea is am unheard of thing. In the center of the tabla s a pair of scales A nickel five cent plece #s the only weight used, its balance being the regulation quan- tity of iea used for each cup. Two caul- drons of boiling water splutter on a gas stove, Turning the table around, the taster ir vestigates each cup in turn. He decide upon their respective values and quality by the fragrance, the brightuess of the leaf, its formation (the smaller und closer the better) the color and taste ofithe tea. So accurate do these men become fm their judgments that they can frequently pick out the dif- ferent brands used in a wcup of mixed tea. Nor does time impairs these peculiar facul- ties, but rather scems to develop and sharpen them. There Las never been a woman tea taster. The prevaillog opinion Is that with tea, ke wine, a woman's palate lacks dis- iminating appreciation, and unqualifies her or the position. MASSAGE CURES, ralsos Treated M Effec- bing the Injured Parts, A professional friend surprised me by saying he wondered why men wore black eyes when there was no necessity for it Half an hour of massage, judiciously ap- plied, after the injury, he azdded, would pre- vent any such ugly condition. Massage, he continued, is a restful cure for many lls folk know, but to how many uses it can be put remains an unknown quantity to the aity. Bpt about the eye, doctor?” I asked. “Ag¢ soon as the injury is received th hands should go at once to work. No scien- tific passes are necessary, just the primitive knowledge of how to rapidly and firmly move the fingers over a given spot. In ten minutes the ‘blueness’ is fading and at the end of thirty minutes no ‘blackness’ is visible. “It is better and surer treatment far tha any amount of raw beef, salves or poultices. This method does not only apply to the eye, but is good for any blow or fall which pro- duces “‘blue marks.” Should a child tumble down and limbs or back be hurt, nothing one can apply will o quietly prevent coagulation of blood or sore- ness as Instant massage. The why and wherefore Is quite simple wise. The blood is congested as struck, especially in soft boneless places of the body. The clots prevent newer and bet- ter blood passing into the bruised veins, and the transparent skin reveals the dark condi- tion, Manipulation of this skin by the fi gors loosens the clotted blood and carries It off, thus restoring a normal circulation. This remedy s so simple that it will possi- bly be forgotten, but it is a rather good bit of wisdom to Keep stored away for time of emergency. Many physicians are applying massage for fractures and especially for sprains. 1 saw a woman who had a bony growth be- tween the joints of the wrists and who had to submit to its being broken, undergoing fre- quent massage for its cure. It was the only medicine applied. Also nothing is so effective for a sprained | ankle. The patient should, if possible, rub the joint of the ankle all the time, and have massage delivered by others four or six times a day. - Not only is the cure as speedy as un- der other doctoring, but also the constant re- lief afforded to the soremess reacts on the nervous system. The same method applies to a sprained wrist or shoulder, and it is ex- cellent in case of a spraimed back. In the case of fractures massage is being applied in the place’ (f* splints. True, all patients do not prefer it, for the constant friction of the hand on @ very sore spot is not always soothing. It creates frequently intense ‘pain for awhile, but the sensation is not lasting. However, some physicians claim that eplints, as mechanical apparatus for perverted bones, is disadvantageous, be- cause it weakens. The muscles are ‘shelyed’ for the time being, and ghe blood is not in good circulation; whereas in the instance of massage all functions are stimulated by the quick circulation into which the blood is put Sprains au tually by Ru yet the skin is LIVING PICTURES FOR HALLOWE'EN O1d-Fashioned mesiAre Made Pretty and Novel for Young and Old. Paring an apple to discover a set of ini- tials, eating a pear in front of a looking glass in a dark room, pulling a head of cab- bage, and the old-time ~ducking for apples are played this year in a new way. They appear in a tableaux. As many boys and girls can be in the tableaux as desire. And for an audience there may be the younger brothers and sisters of the fami'y and the elders who payed these games in a different way long ago. First there must be a large frame built. It is better to have two frames. One need be only large enough to show off a single person. But the other should be as big as a group of boys and girls, or about half the width and height of the room. The frames may be of simple pine, unplaned; and any boy with a hammer, saw and nails can make one of them so that they answer the purpose nicely. Fasten the frame that is to be used for the first tableaux in an upright position 50 that it stands in front of the audience; and you are ready for the performance to begin. For the first tab'eaux, the one with the apple peeling, select a pretty mademoiselle with long hair braided down her back and a gown that is copied after a picture you may find in an old book. A dark blue dress made in old Dutch style is very pretty for a tableaux; and If the young lady is old enough, she may braid her hair and band it around her head in a way grandmama will suggest, The tabléaux shows the apple peel upon the floor, where it has been thrown by the anxious Hallowe'en girl, while she bends over it to read its inftials. In her hand there is a peeled apple and a silver fruit knife. The tableaux of eating a pear in a dark room is managed by darkening the room and putting out the light back of the picture frame. At one side of the frame, looking in a glass, stands a young girl eating a pear, while the only light in the room is from the candle in her hand. The merriest living plcture of all is the old-time ducking for apples. All the echil- dren can take part in this, and the large frame must be used. In the center stands a tub of water. At one side Is a boy who has just lifted his head, all dripping, from the tub. Besides him is another youngster with his head apparently submerged in the water ete, until the whole group is nicely placed in picture fashion. All eyes are centered upon the boy who has bobbed up with an apple tightly clutched in his teeth. Pulling a head of cabbage is managed thus in a picture. A pretty girl sits blind- folded in a scene made to represent the kitchen. In her hands there is a big cab- bage, just pulled from the ground., Her friends stand around laughing while her eyes are being unblinded. A head of very red cabbage adds to the pieture. All the old-fashioned Hallowe'en plays can be made thus in the livimg pictures with the result of novelty and entertainment for all. A Suffolk Street: Hallowe' An October Romance. Civilizing people in peor and bad quarters of great cities, through the medium of gentle and agreeable surrounddmgs, is one of the specialties of theosopby: Suffolk street did not exactly resent civilieation, but it ing house for workingugirls theosophy before it. Such things, being good, they might stand, was Its sUent decree; and then It went on calmly reading its Russian and Polish and Italien andsHebrew and all the other languages necessasy to its multicolored taste and requirements.! It was entirely ow- ing to the witcheries of Halloween and the Cupid that theosophy &ot its first boom on Suffolk street. ] That morning the young lady of the new reading room had sald to Anita, the fruit SUNDAY, OCTOBER 28, Py— took | coldly at first to the peading room and board- | set | inconsistencies of a frifling little god called | 1894. seller, that she would give a little Halloween entertainment in the evening If she were only hood. This Anita told to honest Wong Loe, customers, and toward night it bore fruit. The boarding house and reading room, no more than the boxed off floor of a huge ware- house, Were up a high flight of steps like a ladder. The young lady in charge of them both, the reading room girl, got them in beautiful ordef, and when at b o'clock some- body knocked at the door, she said ““Come in" quite gleefully. A tall, slim girl in'a plain brown dress and with a_shawl over her head responded. She had a skin like the heart of a jessamine flower and the sublime brow of the Sistine Madonna. But when she spoke, though low and gentle, her voice was a musi- cal suggestion of only Bast New York. Her ame was Emily Anderson. “Emily,” she said, and she was a paper box maker, living just around the corner with her widowed mother, and she had heard all about the Halloween entertainment, and she wanted to know if anybody could come who was re- spectable and knew how to behave, “Yes; won't you come?” sald the reading room girl. “Well, I guess 1 will,” said Emily, after moment, “And maybe I'll get some other girls to come and a young feller or two; but | You needn't be afraid of any scrappin’ going n see!” The I can keep them as good as gold! You reading room girl said she knew could, Then they both began talkin they were old friends, and Emily told secret that was weighing on her mind She had broken with her sweetheart, who though not exactly ‘‘tough,’ had a quick temper, and was given to occasional ‘sprees.” “To tell you the truth,” admitted the lovely madonna, frankly, “that's just why I want to come here tonight. ‘There's going to be a dance ‘round to the Sullivan’s—pretty bad egg, Joe Sullivan, Just loves whisky—and if [ go, Dave'll be sure to be there—his name is David Fint, and he's a plumber, and dead sure he'd pick a row with anybody just to make me speak to him. But I ain’t ever agoin’ to do it. I'm just dead sick of rowdies, and I'll never marry none on earth. I've just broke with him for good, I have, and TI'd go to the cnds of ereation. to jump the sight of him Then Emily hoped that if amy of the boys” should come that night the young lady wouldn't make them “mad” by talking religion, Then she went down suspiciously, It was quite plain o be seen that though the hot tempered and spree-loving Dave had lost the madonna’s respect, he had still a warm place in her woman's heart, At $:30 in the evening, true to her word, Emily went back to her boarding house, but with a big, brown, good-looking young man alone. ~ Who, but Mr. David Finn, the plumber himself. The rowdy, broken with discarded sweethear She presented him coolly, and without other comment than that “the rest of them" would go to the Sullivan dance, she fell into silence, The reading room girl and a lady in a fashionable pink dress, who had come in to help with the Halloween fes- tivities, tried to draw her out in vain. She would say “yes” and ‘“no,” and then go back to her thinking, looking all the while like some beautiful holy picture. The disgraced Dave, on the contrary, proved a genial guest, and with a surprising talent for roasting chestnuts and apples just to the point. . He was a winning raseal, too, on his own account, with a ecurly, brown head and a big boy guffaw that would have touched a heart of stome. Yet at 10 o'clock Emily was still strangely silent. She did not even smile, not until the sec- ond masculine guest of the evening arranged a long row of twelve candles in little tin props on the floor and lit them. This gentleman had come all the way from Harlem to keep the peace on Suffolk street, it it should be necessary; and he now in- formed the ladies that they were to try their fates by jumping over the candles, These represented in rotation all the months of the year, and the candle extinguished by the Jumping’ would be the month of matrimony. If they put out nonme at all, that would be a sign that they were to be old maids, The reading room girl jumped first and was at once laid on the shelf of single blessedness. The young lady in pink knocked over two candles, which proved she was to be married twice. And then it came Emily's turn. Emily had been holding back, looking on with the ghost of a laugh about the corners of her divine mouth; and now, without a bend she stood up and gathered together the simple folds of her brown dress, Poor Dave, lovesick to the ears, flamed red as a peony. ““One, two, three,” counted some- body, and, with a running jump, the ma- donna whisked over the month of March. “Oh, Miss Anderson,” said the girl in pink, as the smoking candle lay on the floor, “you will be married in five month The reading room girl ki her without a word, and Dave again changed color, but this time from red to white. Then some- body else declared that the claret mulling in the kitchen would be ruined, and after they had all Tun eut to see, Emily said quite simply to Dave: “That's &ll right, Dave.” “You see,’ she explained afterwards to the reading room girl, her fast friend by now, “it was like this. I knew there'd be ducking for .apples gt Sullivan's, and going down the steps backward, and all the things to put men in a temper when they've took on too much beer, and I just made up my mind Dave shouldn't go, and maybe get In a shindy and be showing up at Essex Market Sunday along with fan-tan China- men and Dagoes. Any woman can keep @ man straight If she wants, and there aln't many in the world as good as Dave. So, when 1 seen him in the strect that night I just calls out: ‘Hello, Dave! You wanter go to a Halloween entertalnment? ‘Don’t I he says, And then I wouldn't speak an- other word but just to come along; and [ don't think 1'd have married him on earth if 1 hadu't come here and knocked over the March candle.” And so, though the whole of Suffolk street nas not yet been tamed, two loving and divided hearts are made one, and Halloween and theosophy are without doubt good things. INA FITCH. she as if the the steps eniffing tall young Famintne Notes. . A new design In stick pins Is a coronet of enameled gold or of precious stones. White onyx set with diamonds is a new combination seen at the jewelers' this au- tumn. Imitatlons of Venetian and Spanish point lace are very largely worn on dresses and mantles. Bunches' of Ivy leaves on fall hats are a novelty that a Parisian modiste has made popular. Tallors' canvas is used to stiffen skirts at the bottom, and a light weight mohalr is used to line the back. A pretty sealskin cape has a tightly fitting yoke of fine, black Persian lamb, with a Qeep rufle and storm collar of sealskin, Skirt trimming is chiefly confined to a narrow band at the bottom, but an occasional panel of velvet, lace, or embroidery Is seen. Embrolderies come in great variety, beaut fully worked in shaded silks on black velvet, and made more showy by gold, silver, or steel spangles. The Figaro and Eton jackets have not yet gone out of fashion, as many of the im- ported frocks have these jaunty little jack- ets. Tell the amateur dressmaker,” saye an authority, “'that she can successfully press the round seams of waists and sleeves over the kitchen rollingpin."" Lady eune, who 18 so fond of having young literary lions and lionesses at her “crushes,” has written a book called '‘Later Questions. She Is the wite of Francis Jeune, Q. O. Mme. 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Miss Etbel author of “Ships that Pass in the Night,” has written the music of a fantastic opera entitled “The Taboo,” which has been suc- cessfully given in London. for all purposes of trimming, but molre in varied patterns, and also striped with color, is still in vogue for skirts and sleeves, com- bined with chiffon waists. Pauline Hall was one of the first actresses to use a bicycle. She took the exercise as a precaution against an Increasing tendency to embonpoint. Georglana Cayvan, it is said, is fond of Tiding a wheel. There is to be a gréat run on black gowns, some new coarse woolen crepons being par- ticular favorites in this negative tint. The lining will very often be in color, such as yellow silk or perriwinkle blue, A new shape for a tea cozy shows a square of linen, with a cock embroidered In red upon it. Two sides of the square are left open and two sewed together, and the cozy was put over the pot cornerwise. White satin continues to be first favorite for wedding gowns. Chiffon, mousseline de sole, tulle and handsome lace, with a dis- tinct leaning toward the latter—if the purse is long enough—are used for trimming. The latest sable boa is made of two skins | s0 arranged that the head and paws hang down on either side almost to the walst Smaller ones encircling the neck are made to fasten with a spring, ending in a multi- plicity of tails. Women have been walting for something which would hold their hats on, in.lieu of the spiking pin. This seems to have ar- rived in a little English Invention, which is |an ingenious arrangement of two curved pins, that, sewed into the back of the hat. grip the hair in a way that defies any wind | to loosen. Reports from German universities say that more women than ever before have applied for admission to the various departments, and the gymnasia at Heidelberg, Mannhein and Welmar are aknost overrun with stu- dents. The days of prejud.ce abroad against women and their capabilities seem to he numbered. The reputed best woman chess player, Mrs. Baird, the wife of a retired naval surgeon, has composed several hundreds of problems, | some of which have appeared in the Ilius- | trated London News and other periodicals Her first problem, she says, took her just upon & hundred hours, but now she can often turn out one in half an hour, Miss Virginia Fair has a fad for fans. She owns the largest and most expensive private collection hereabouts. They are all for use | too, and match her costumes, of which she | has hundreds every year. Miss Fair did not st out with the idea of making a collectizn of fans, but the number has increased until she has come to have a fustifiable pride in | them. The Baroness Adolph de Rothschild | like our Duchess of Hamilton, a particular affection for cows. 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This collar s not fastencd to the coat, but is independent of it, and to be worn with any | other out~of-door costume. Alsatian bows appear to be the speelal gar- niture for most of the hats and bonnets of the season, whether made of velvel loops or of | silk and satin ribbons, or of lace, fur, and | feathers arranged to give an Alsatian effect. Soft ostrich plumes are curled away from the front on each side, two or three together, and held by a curved buckle of jet or Rhinestones. Some of the heavier camel’s hair goods, cheviots and English tallor cloths have the popular frise effect in stripes, dots and plaids, and others have stylish borders for the skirts, some having the appearance of bands of cloth in rich colors, on which are | woven rows of perforated velvet in graduated | widths, the perforations showing pretty | glimpses of the contrasting color of the cloth. | beneath. e e CONNURIALITIE: | Persistent Suitor—I neither drink, nor play cards. Dear Girl—Do you I'm going to marry a freak? Miss Ethel Ingalls, the eldest daughter of ex-Sertator Ingalls, was married last Wednes~ | day in Atchison, Kan., to Dr. Edward Giles Blair. Mr. and Mrs. Nelson Turrell of Litchfield, Mich., have just celebrated their ruby wede | ding, marking the sixty-fifth anniversary of their marriage. A society belle was told that her was a foolish fellow. *I guess he is, admitted. "It seems 1o me the have quit marrying.” Miss Mary Wentworth dence, R. 1., s to marry Fleld Marshal Lieu- tenant Johann von Rosklewlez of Austrim late this month, at Trieste, Miss Young—I hear that Bessle blood has married an Italain count Placid—Maybe s0. I heard a playing “The Fatal Wedding house the other day. The latest cable news from the other aide brings a rumor that the duchess of Maribory ough Is about to marry Lord Willlam Beress ford. The Beresfords are a race of gallaht | soldiers, but notably impecunious. Tinn—Halloa, Tageg, what's that sign om your front door, “No admittance except on business?” Tagg—There have been so mgn young men calling on my daughters and thols visits have been so fruitless that I have adopted this plan to reduce the surplus, If a girl 18 going to give a present tq B | young man whom she likes pretty well, ‘h§ will make no mistake to select a fancy czl cup and saucer, even If he Is a bach He may propose to her some day, and thel the cup and saucer will be quite handy i the family. ) An interesting event early In this month was the marriage at an advanced age of Mr Stirling, the talented and popular Eggl actress, to 8ir Charles Gregory, who s As an actress Mrs. Stirling enjoyed an ceptionally long stage career, extending ovel fifty-Ahree years, from 1833 to 1586, A native officer who attended the weddin of the duke of York has been giving bl favorite newspapgr upon his return t§ Ige dia a graphlc account of the festivitl Here 1s an (lustrative gem: “Afterward t| chaplain came and performed the smoke think she smart men Morrill of Provie Blues Mray hand orgal in front of thel! | tical prejudices in accordance with of Christianity, and prayed some J —