The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, June 09, 1898, Image 1
R -WEEKLY E ITIO WINNSBORO, S.C. JUNE 9j 1898,ETB18E14
MARY, KNITTING.
' hen ;ry sits a-kiiitting
Beside the cozy fire,
4r buna ig fade s happy
With mothernood's desire.
make" the room sewm holy.
A con-c-sted place,
With God's smile in the fire-light
Igat :iele3-on her face.
The elicking of the needles,
, r~nib'tb of the coals,
sko stieh afuiet inu'sic
'oour-two quiet sours!
Ahwhen the little-mother:
Spreads out the garments small,
The look. the touch she~gives it
Like saintly blessings fall.
We sit until the twilight
Her snowy weaving blhrs;
And in the creaking shutter
A little-tight-wind stirs.
Then Mary's face sinks lower
Unto the little gown.
Tntil.she seems to kiss it
Befoie she lays it down.
.'- -Harpers Baza- .
AIA.RENDAYEED .I
They used to make fun of him at
t*he o! e. He was a aneer old fellow,
wit F o;iemu.frce and what we thought
ar culousiv polite. ways. He would
tako o his h't when he came in and
eay -
Gocda norning, gentlemen. :Itrust
I see ,o't all in good health this fine
day
ctsame of thellovs would ncd
and snnuei* an-t to anything; but
I nwver.onld-.help-..standing up and
bow, ing perhaps -because I knew that
other w irdbave said I ought
to do it.
And,' y see i was gentlemanly of
hini I saidi; and if -he was a little
cretuiri With a queer little wig, why,
he lEidd'sTehinglik'e gentleman,
too. s said so ofice toN;i-riale, next
des1 inee but-well-I didn't try.
r-ale was up to every
es elegantly, $neered at
almst, .and I'd comea from
tr town and. be- wa; a city
w As down on "Old Dumps"
especially after he made us.
elahaut- enr conduct to. the
ade4he speech you know,
a,Iei-rivale who had said the
y came in to-look at him.
ma:-Mtho:ealls a blush to the
aonan by. look or-tone
ave forgotton his mother," said
Wfen that lady asked
l- u endrh she ' on her
~at "Von wer gentleman,
sered
idc sn'sioks you"
are
what
eI rest.
hers always
4an who honors
no dishonorable
.in his ae, and,
~rs,i walked out into
e. I heard Grab and
tover and Carberry laugh, but Merri
'\ale gave a furionSlook and stood,
4ite to the lips, looking after us.
"Mr. Dumps," said I, "I thank you
for your confidence in me. I deserve
it-'n this, at least; but it seves my
hesi t from breaking titder this dis-.
grac How shall I t'ell my mother?"
"D n't tell her yet," sal he.
"Wit- Others shall think of 1 as
t o o k m 0 h i s w n o i , iv h e r e h e
kept b ch or's hall. He made tea
ror me an 1 served me with sliced
.potted beef.and thin bread and butter.
And it wa not until we had done
tea that he sA id to we, very apologet
ically. after A had called him M:
Dumps:
"Mr. FoVreit~t, excuse me, but I
am not named - umps. That is the
name by which t .ie vonng men at the
store consider it witt.v tt call ine. I
confess I could ;r"t sei the wit, but it
rather hui them t1\an me. I saw by
your manner that. y n had made a mis
take. My name is A ams."
I was so much _ 1si med h aving
used the nickneuiedan cently as I did
it. that I tould have 'e 'ed. .
But my old friend c mforted me.
One day he came to me, flushed with
-triumph, and took both m hands and
shook them hard, and sait
"My dear boy, it's all i ght;
watched_befote and had L&1 a clew.
Your character is cleared. \rbe firm
Welcomes you back with regr .ts that
.they should have suspected 3 on, and
the real culpit is fouud. The r al cul
pit is Merrivale, and Stover is ' is ac
eomplice."
And so it really was. They had
doctored my books -and ie-ddled \ith
my pr:oofs.
I went back to my situaition and Iive
got on well ever since; but there's
more of my story. Think of my dea .
Old Dumps turning out to be -mp
uncle-my mother',town brother-and
neither of is guessing it.
Long ago other people l=.d quarrele
and so separated these two, who were
always friend-.
Think of the little man in the
sl-abby wig and coat proving to be
quite.rich and going down into the
country to live with his sister for the
rest of his life.
In vacations and holidays I go to
see them. - They are happy together,
and.the little table is set with the old
china, and there is potted beef and
jelly, and I'm petted like a child.
Ar.d in my uncle's room the miniature
of the young lady hangs on the man
tle-piece as it did in his lodgings.
.nd nce he told me its sweet, sad
y and I knew why the <7 jnt,
in the office had a mo
gallaiit"y 'o iv r
n: friend and more perfect
t.an the young fops who
from the high stool
and the wind
ckname
kdaround an<a.edfr
ut you have one already,' said
ung man in authority.
want t wo,' said the Austrahian,
obliging fellow scribe supplied
d- The scene which therenlion
baffles description. for the col
gparasting the p)ile of envelopes
equal lots, be.gatn c.opying the
by wijtinsg simultaneously
1an2ds. So runs the legend,~
n d, fut rthermnore it is averred
pidity w as sitch as to put
ers' to shame. Fifty pens
raom the nerveless grasp of
b)ut a minute before had
ng agaitist time and as if
e. A hundred eyes were
onishment on the unknown
resently the young aversee
erintended the labors of many
h-to .be his grandfather rose
lv said he would consult 'the
'The liatter arrived, and
tion being .explained, the
was turned into a loose box
elf and, fed with another
or.so of envelopes. At this
~earned enough in two or three
o enable him to last out cam
f till his remittances arrived,
went .home and- Schmidt's
m no morei We .asked the
a lemnan who told- us t.his yarn
his pipe ai,d have another cup
fpr we thoughmt he deserved
CnCsoir Her Hair to 5ny Bread.
een'ml an east London church
er, in her daily rounds of visita
wvent to see a woman who was
ing in; the deepest poverty. While
they weie engaged in conversation the
door was suddenly flung open and a
oung girl rushed into the room, ex
claiming. "They won't buy it, mother!"
The visitor. turning aroun?d, noticed
that the girl's h~ead was closely shorn,
and in her hands was:Zan -abundance of
beautiful hair,which she had been un-.
successfully trying to sell in order to
procure bread for her mother and her-1
self.
A VETERAN'S REM!NISCEN1CES.
Civii War Experiences Witi Tents of
Various Einds and with Nore.
'T hen we stai-tecl out;' ssitd civi'
va: v'etean-. "our regiment had tents
urnished by the state, just as many
ether equipments besides were in
those days at the outset to volunteer
regiments. and as I suppose t'ey will
be not. ir e tents wei' made to
liolt tid men each. We had five of
them on ea% h side of the company
street. The- had a ridge pole sup- r
ported by a centre pole, forming a
sort of great T. The tent was drawn
over the ridge pole from which it
sloped down all atound to the groiind; 1
Whers it *is pegged down- The guns
Were stacked around the centre pole. t
In these tents the men slept. lying f
,ike the spokes of a wheel, with their i
feet toward the centre, though in cold
weather they would often lie closer to- r
gether, spoon fashion, to keep warm.
With ten men in a tent the-'e was no
room to spare. They wer(n:ade td i
hold that iiniber and no 'more, but f
the-e wAs likely to be somebody our
on guard duty or away for one reason 1
and another, and so these teats were
not always crowded. There was some- f
times a little spare space. It was a X
mighty little3 buf as compared with f
nothing it *As room. This spare
space *hen it did exist wa9 variously
utilized. In the tent that I was in,
with one or two men out, we used the 1
space for a stove which we built of t
bricks and some pieces of iron that s
we got from a dismantled br.itding t
near where our camp was located,with t
a chimney of tomato cans, which for r
some reason we cottldn't get to draw. r
"When those first big tents were e
worn oit. as they were in a few months, r
they were not renewed. From the e
time of leaving the state we hal -f
ceased to draw supplies from the state. t
We had become actually a part of the a
army and we drew army supplies. e
When we needed tent : we drew from t
6he quartermaster's depart:.nent the
Igulation A tents, wedge-shap ed,and
It out seven feet square at the. ease, e
an made to hold four men, or I'e on t
at Pinch. I remember very well the I
3rst\camp we had with our new tents. s
We r ade a new camp ground at a lit- l
tle dis,tance from.the old, and pitched f
tne ten\ts there. They were brand c
new, ota uniform whiteness, and they t
certainlS- did look slick and handsome j
and busi . slike.
"We li '>d these tents better than
the old onJ s. Vith four men in a c
tent, in a sN ttlsd camp, it was possible t
to. build rated bunks for two men a
each, a bunitn each side of the tent, a
with a little n\angway between, where t
could sta. d, or put your feet. if 8
with four in a tent I
rate bunks, one on i
bunks one above r
iddle. Then there c
gangways and each c
e bed. The beds t
"ourse, but any sort d
at thing, and an A v
as a house.
inies when all we had t
ts, half of a shelter y
e of cotton cloth about v
,th by thiree or four' a
Two p)ieces fasten ed I1
a tent, or rather a shel
en. SometiL.es a man
eep alone under his own t
~ged up the best way y
othat he could crawl -
a to lie straight and f
nder it. Ant~ then there f
en men had ~tentsi at t
eto piteh them, and when ]
~ply~lay down without
ere glad of the chance, s
aman might have or be t
ays hung on to his rub- y
New York Sun. r
for Honduras- a
en wire fencing, the j
tsburg factories, v:il. a
to Honduras, where f
estab)lish boundarier o
b,e ons farms of the in- n
abitants of Ce tral America and act t
s a deterrent tthe roaming of the a
outherners' cat~ and sheep. The a
~rder is said to be ji -of its kin~d b
ver placed with a loca concern, and b
the quantity wanted is reported to ex
~eed any former qua tity asked for a
y a Central American customer. di
The conti act calls f r about 5000 s
ons of the v.Are produ ~t, all of -whichb
s to be shipped ~withi; three weeks il
fter the pfacing of thelIorder. ..n
The order is the outebme, it is re- s
~orted,of a meeting of c ttle mien,hield l
t San Piedro last Jam ary. At this a
athering the influenti4l and exten- s
ive owners of cattle a nd sheep re- c
orted that great troubl had been ex- 1
erienced in keeping the cattle within s
the inclosure. Several of the maem- s
bers of the body said t at the wary a
new among the animals 1ad lifte.1 the g
rails off the fences an thus estab- t]
ished an opening, thr. "h which all a
the other cattle could e and roam t]
Lhe unclaimed territory .suit theii a
will. A radical change i the method t]
f fencing was, therefor , necessary,
t was decided. -Pitt g Dispatch. E
Disadvanltage of W altht. b
"The possession of gree t wealth has t)
been demoralizing to .the Osage In- t]
dians," said Mr. O. Mi. Ba s of Okla- t.
oma. r
"Every year they are ge .ting more fi
orthless and more unwill. ug to ex- e
ert themiselves in any ui. eful way, a
here are only 2000 of them b)ut they i<
>n over 1,000,000 acres .f fertile
land. have S9.000,000 in 'ust with fi
the goverument, which alio- s them t<
five per cent. interest, and li e lands I
leased to cattlemen and farm rs thai c:
bring them in a handsom~ evenue. P
Each family of the tribe s ovei o
5000 acres. and about 000 it; t1
oney. The Indian isn' nature ii
ach of a worker, and a he hasi d
suh a 'soft snap' ar Osage~ 2
have, it is no wonder -degen- o
+ra into a chronic 1Ati
IE ENHANTED IESA.
RACES OF HABITAtION FOUND ON
THE TOP OF KATZ!MO.
!r. Irele Found a Few Shafts and
stone Weapons, but ,thie toe1y 'iesa
top Ilae Beeff Swept. Eare, by Many
Stnrma -Once the Homce of Indians.
Mr. F. W. 'Hodge of the ethnologi
al bureau writes for the Century an
ecount of his "Ascent of the En
hantel Mesa," made last September.
ir. Hodge says:
The rocky floor of the mesa-top had
een swept and carved and swept
gain by the storm-demons of cen
uries- since the "ancients" of the
!ecting forms iwesaw on tbe roofs in
he mio:-n'ight of the night before had
!ecene^ed t.eladder-trail in the early
acru of that fa efuil day.
Althcugh the afternoon was still
-c'ng, 1 at once saw that the remain
ag hours of daylight would not suffice
or a tbcroitah examination of the
ummit. T;ig the two Lagunas
>elo-. to g - :_gether our blanke,ts
na a sufficient-supply of provisions
or a corple of meals, a reconnoissance
cas begun, and' in a few moments a
" g a_ent of greatly .weather-wor3i afi
ient pottery was picked up.
The storm of the previous day,
hich diove the - Indians from their
eligions ceremonies, and gave birth
o the glittering little pools in the
ercant valley below, afforded facili
ies for observation on.f .summit
bat otherwise would. o-have been
ossible. Here and there in the
ockv floo "pot-holes" had been
rode.1 by wind an. rain, and were
ow fille i.with water; but nowhere
se on the entire summit had the rain
)und .a reiting-place. Over the
rink it had poured in scoies of catar
-ts. carrying with it stones and such
arth as it managed to - gather from
be scauty :tore yet remaining.
The me a a-top was onca covered with
fairl ri-- vegetation, pinons and
clas predonina ing; but most of
he now stand gaunt and bare, or
ie prone and decaying on the bleak
urface. their- means of subsistence
aving been long washed away. A
se dozen more storms, and the
thera must inevitably perish. But
be exa nination of the 4urface of
atzimo was not essential to a deter
ination of the fact that it was.for
erly mantled with a thick ste3.tum
f earth; the talus had- already Aold
he story that on the very site of their
illage the inhabitants of Katzimohad
n abundance of material with which
a make the balls of adobe mud de=
a by one of the S
ist remnants of their hous toether
rith the fragm ts of their".
.tensils, save st.h as we fouu S
ver the brink renerations ago;
ne may still -.d ai abundance of
Lie latter scar sred through the
etritus which ir..la:es is piled half
-ay up the mesa s'sides.
We built a huge fire around one of
ae gaunt specters that stood about us
-ith outstretche.l arms: soon there
-as a mighty blaze, and a' shout of
pproval reached us fro-n the two
sagunas below.
The ne-t morning, while aiding
Iajor- Fraat iu making a surrey of
de sesa-top, I was not a little sur
-ised to tind three Acoma Indians
:ong us. They were by no means
:iendly at first, for, having seen our
re the night bde,e they had come
the t-p by means of our ladders to
earn the cause of this unusual burst
f flame from their ancestral home
ite, andao oust the~ intruders from
e haight. The leader, who was the
-ar chief of the tribe, and a medicine
an, asked our business. We told
im. The natives became interested,
ud said that their people had feared
-e were after their land. Being
ssure:l we had no desiie to make our
atur-e home on their dry sand-dunes
' drier mesas, but that we were
ierely looking for pottery fragments,
e chief expressed serious doubt that
n relics could be found, inasmuch
s many ages had -passed since
is people lived on the great table,and
e believed all evidences of former
coupancy had been swept or washed
way. The interest of the three In
ias was quite apparent when I
Iowed themt the fragment of pottery
icked un by Major Praat the even
ig before,' and they manifested no
nwiligness to search for other pot
aerds when I made the suggestion.
hey were engaged in this quest only
short while when they returned with
aeral fragaients of extremely an
ent, greatly worn earthenware, a
irge projectile-point, a portion of a
2ell bracelet, and parts of two grooved
:one axes, all lichen-flecked with age,
ad still moist from contact with the.
round. Thoroughly satisfied with
2e outcome, I decided to bring the
ork to a close as soon as the survey,
e photographic work and the ex
nination of the general features of
1 mesa's summit were concluded.
:ow Cigars Are Sent to the Klondike.
There will be cigars to burn and to
e burned in the Klondike as soon as
ie dog sledge pack trains can get
rough the Chilkoot. One hundred
aonsad Canada-made cigars have
cently gone on their way to the
-ozen-in city of gold gilionaires,
ach box of' 100 cigars beiug placed in
water-tight- tin box and enclosed in
'ts of 500:) in a strong wouden case.
Each case has rope handles and will
t readily on the dog sleds which ar-e
carry the goods over the Chilkoot
ass The purpose of placing the
as in waterproof tin boxes is to
revet damage to them in the event
the shipments being dumped into
ie rapids. The cigars were boug.ht
Canada to escape duty and save
ificulty with the customs authorities.
he express 'charges on this shipment
E100, 000 to Victoria alone amounts
$3ov...-new York Journal.
ANGLO-SAXONS GREAT WRITERS.
Astos h!n Facte About the Pestal Busi
ecSs df the World.
Two thirds df .ill the letters which
pass through the postoffides of the
world are written by and sent to
people who speak English. There are
eubstantially 500,000;000 persons
speaking colloquially one or another
of the ten or twelve chief modern lan
guages, and of these r.hoi twenty
e- f oer cent., or 125,000,000 pei suuh ,
speak English. .. About 90,000,000
speak ;ussian, 75,000,000 German,
55,041,000 French, 42,000.000 Span
ish, 5,000,000 Italian and 12,000.000
Portuguese, and the .ba'ance Hun
H garian; Dutch; P61ish. Flemish, Bo
hemiian-Gaelic; Eouilanian; Swedisl;
Finni, --Danish and * Norwegian.
Thuswiie only one-quarter of those
wrho. mpJoy the facilities of the postal
deparrm",uts of civilized governments
speak zs their native tongue. Eng
lish;-Swo-thirds of those who corres
pond-do so in the English language.
This situation arises from the fact
1 that so large a share of the commer
cial'bbsiness of the world is done in
English, even among those who do
not ,speak English as their native
langukge. There are, for instance,
more than 20,000 postoffices in India,
the buisiness of which in letters and
papers aggregates more than 300,000,
000 parcels a year, and the business
of thse offices is done chiefly in Eng
lish, though of India's tOtal popula
tion,'ilich is nearly 300,000,000, fewer
than 3)0,000 persons either speak or
understand English.
Though 90,000,000 speak or under
stand Russian, the business of the
Russisipost,lepartnent is relatively
small, the number of letters sent
throughout the czar's empire amount
ing to less than one-tenth the number
mailed in Great Britain alone. though
the papalation of Great Britain is
considibr less than one-half of the
populifion of Russia in Europe.
The|uthern and Central Ameri
can cointries in which either Spanish
or Portguese is spoken do compara
tively little posteffice business, , the
total number of letters posted' and
collected in a year in all the countries
of Sou,h and Central America and the
West Lidies being less than in A s
tralia.- Chili and Argentina are,
fact, the only two South Anmerican
countrits in -which any important
postal business is done, and most of
the letters received from or sent te
foreign countries are not in Spanish,
but in English, . French, German or
Italian NewYork Herald.
!o,!L'Caater. -.
d doess n Chicago. This is pat
1 ticularl eabfe in the way the citi
zens of that metropolis enter a build
.ng I a man approaches a building
Seie he entranlce con ists of tw
% gi u a doors, he will invariab y
reach o t with his left hancl.puli o,en
the left; hand door and mak a wi-ti
dash to et iuside. running the risk ot
collision with anyboy.v who: reme:n
bers that to g. to tle right is the first
law of navigation on land.
Thelaziestanddcirt:est people in the
w-or'i have rendyA b,e'-a discovered
in the Caucasus. Tfhey are the Svan
tians, who live in an inacce:n:ible
mountain range betwen the .B-ack
sea and the Caspian sea. and as they
were 0500 years ago. so they are to
dar. It is their invariable rule b:
ma~ke four- days a weei~ holidays, with
saints' days as extras.
The Petit Journal of Faris,says that
nothing is so curious and instruxctive
as to observe the Englishman when
traveling as compared with the
Frenchman. The former is calm.
punctual, precise and with only the
necessary quantity of bagag. He
will journey through China with mere
ly a valise. He loves travel; it is to
hinm an inclination and a felt want
On the other hand, the Frenchman
when journeying is restless, nervous.
impatient. bored; the entire time lhe
spends looking furtively at his watch,
or consulting the railway time-table.
He is always crowded up with parcels
in addition to his portmanuteaux. He
is, as a rule, encumbered with many
useless articles. In fact, he dislikes
travel, which he finds an ennui and a
fatigue. ______ ___
Victim of Thirteen.
The late Woolf JToel, the many times
millionaire, who was murdered re
cently at Johannesburg, was noted for
hs abstinence from anything in the
shape of "blue verbiage" in his speech.
Hrahrprided himself, says a Lon
don correspondent of the New York~
Mail and Express, on never m.ing an
oath except in serious tempesEhud he
was very seldom, if ever, out of
humor. A curious fact has transpired
concerning him, which wiil interest
:the Thirteen club. He arranged for
a party of fourteen by way oi a fare
well dinner just b.efore he sailed from
England. One of his guests was un
able to attend. Mr. Joel remarked on
the common superstition, and added
that as it was generally supposed that
he who rose first from the table would
be the first to die he would take the
isk upon himself and take precedence
in moving from his seat. He did,and
vou know the rest.
x.ove-Ltte'r 'rorture.
There is a very amia'ble lady whoi
uses her love-letters to, score oftf her
husband when op)portunity occurs.
It is her cutioml when her husband
says anything disparaging to her to
fetch out one of these relics of court
ship days and reel off the glowing
tribute to her virtues which is therein
contained. These letters originally
numbered somewhere about 200, but
owing to sundry successful raids which
the poor, perseented husband has
made upon them, the number has been
considerably reduced. When he
penned the tender missives, little did
he imagine what instruments of tor
+ne they would in late years becnme,
t.t,gliter of a .Japane- Nobie.
One of the students of the College
of Music in Ciiicinnatii known as
Katherine Agnes Gulick, is said te be
in reality Suma Matsu Honjo, the
daughter of a Japanese noble, who
married an American, Mi Emma Ty
ler, a relative of the president of that
name.
Handsome Women uises Not Wanted.
The St. Louis Republic says that
all handsome women who wish' to
serve their country in the present
crisis will have to do it 'as spies, as
commanding officers invariably prefer
plain and middle-aged. women as
nurses. In a circular distributed by
the superintendent of nurses in 1861
women-under 30 were informed that
they need not apply.
Idaho Is Gallant.
It would seem to be unnecessary
for women to go to the Klondike to
find husbands when women are so
much in demand in Idaho. It is said
to be hard to keep a school teacher
single out there. 'An instance of this
fact is found in the three Misses
Busch, who went, one. at a time, to
"Gcvensville to teach,.and when a sec
on1t term expired all three were mar
rieti. -New.York Tribune.
How to Press Emlroidery Properly.
In all cases of embroidery on linen
the work should be carefully pressed
when finished, and it is important for
every embroiderer to know how this
may be done in the simplest and saf
est manner. The proper way to press
the finished work is to lay the em
b roidery face down on a. clean cloth
spread over an ironing blanket or two
or-three thicknesses of flannel. Place
a thiu, dampened cloth on the back
of t:e article to be pressed and then
.use a hot- iron.-deftly on the wet\str
face until-it rs-erfely dry. Asteam
by t a embroidgren,Ilen ered
smooth, and the effectiveness of the
work much enhanced. -
Women Jurors Try a Woman.
A case in which a woman was tried
by a woman jury was heard in Weiser,
Idaho, a few days ago. Mrs. George
L. Smith had done some sewing for
Mrs. Abshire and was to receive some
jars in payment. When she went for
them she was told they had been
given away, whereupon she helped
herself to some other property in lieu.
Mrs. Abshire protested and was
slapped by Mrs. Smith, for which she
had the latter arrested. It was de
termined that a woman jury should
try the case, and the town became
greatly excited over the matter. Six
of the foremost ladies were impan
elled. After being out three hours,
they returned with a verdict of ac
quittal af 10 o'clock at night-St.
Louis Globe-Democrat.
The New Colors.
There are ten new colors this sea
son, each of which is produced in a
variety9 of materials.
Sevres is a new blue which is much
lighter than navy blue and not so in.
tense as d.elft. It is a creamy blue
with a touch of gfay in it.
Another new color is old blue,
"vieux bluc," as it is styled on -the
placards. This blue has less gray in
it and is almost as deep as purple in
shaded lights.
A.very pretty sea green is volga,
which also partakes of gray. Arti
choke green is a brighter, happier
green of spring that will be very popu
lar.
Argent is, as the name implies, a
rich gold.
Sultan comes in two colors-sultan
yellow and sultan red-both showy
shades.
A popular color for either house or
street is parme, which is violet, bor
dering on the blue. Iodine is a red
between cardinal and crimson, and is
used a great deal for trimmings.
*'9- Perils of the Lace Veil.
~The New York World's illustrations
df the "deadly lace veil" might be cut
out and pasted in every woman's hat,
tm ~er eyesight's advantage. But
411il foolish women ever abandon their
spotted, meshed lace veils for so tri
fling a cause as the preservation of
vision? What is blindness to one a la
mode? The oculist bugaboo has failed
to .frighten fashion, and so every
woman says her eyes are not affected
by a veil. Some other woman' s may
be, but hers are strong, and, besides,
how she looks without this coquettish
screen. which also serves to keep in
place the big, flower-laden hat. One
of these days a pricking in the eyes
annoys her. There i:s pain and dis
comfort when trying to read print, and
lots of other signs that the optic
ni-e is kicking at the treatment it
receives several hours in the day.
Oulist and optician profit by these
"becoming" lace veils, but though
their bills are large the hardest pay
ment is made to vanity when eye
glasses, and even spectacles become
the only saviours of the sight. On
the ivhole it seems worse to be spec
taled than to go withou.t the becom
ing veil. But where is the girl who
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can believe what her elders tel her?
Experience is the penalty she pays
for ignorance, and if it is unpleasant
experience it ir, the dearest 'thing in
her possession.-Boston Eetsa
Very Brifft 8id Gloves. -
Gloves are no longer anobtrusive
The hands are well out in the fore
ground of color, and all the iibduec
colored gloves are put'out-in stacks e
the commonplace counters, where
people to whom a glove is a glove,-eb'
it will be well$ tting; may make their
choice contentedly, . The exclusive,
the high-priced,. and.the most songht'
after gloves are of unmistakable tints
and stitchings, showing out ini down
right blues and greens . and' e0ary
color which might be termed glaring
VIor the fne tone and finish of the'
skin. Gloves in 'glossy - kid -, of
bright, unhesitating blue, a cross. be
Wrc.the sky. blue and indigo .blue,
have ornat s titchings of cream.iik
distinguish thai nd bindings of. the
same tint about*the top .-sdet biner
gloves are stitched and finished twiss '
salmon pink. A pair of metallie greenI
gloves have black furbishings, and a
purplish plum colored pair are :elab
orated with just a hint of green.
Light pearl gray gloves and those
of a darker tone of gray as well,- have
embroidery stitching-on the back and ,.
wrist bindings 'of brickdust red. Vivid
canary colored gloves have staring -
black stitchings,and so on all through
the calendar of contrasts and- colors;
However much popular opinion may
have- discountenanced bright kid
gloves in the past, and notwithsta
ing the disfavor that-the first" advance
guard o_ gthese brilliant- hand ccter
ings met ith in the winter whan the:
were first foisted on the pb , they
have ejlgid themselves in n to
stay,. .astore that has, to ,du wYh
-etti e n e tltSfa great m ori
of-dszliiligseies4a
-ak (ing gles are ise
counter, can only be upiosteddhtl
tulio -beds and parterres of gay spring
blossoms in a flourishing garden...De
veloped in ordinary common kid,these
heyday hues would be unbearable,but
they come oily in the best selected
skins, as the saleswomen will-tell you,
skins of which a two-clasp glove sel's
for $2.10, and the soft lustre recon
ciles you to the brilliant hue.--New
York Sun.
Fashion N otes.
The fashionab le garter harmonizes
with other lingerie.
Purple is one of the eolorslmert fre
quently seen in the new gowns.
Artificial flowers sewed on narrow
ribbons made an effective trimming
for evening gowns.
Chatelaines continue to grow in
popularity, and they are to be de
rigour before long.
Gauze haircloth is now being used
to give the stability necessary in a
fashionable garment.
One of the new dress fabrics has a
poplin ground with a jacquard figure.
It closely resembles crepon-bu.t is less
expensive.
Costumes. with jacket bodices i:1
be more in favor than ever this - sea.
son. The blouse will still be worn
and the bolero will probably be popu
lar.
Ribbons are in changeable colors,
gray shot with red, etc., stripes,and
plaids, some of them entirely of gauze
and others combined with. silk and
satin. Vetvet ribbons are also in
use.
Striped velvets are coming in, te
stripes being small, dark colored vel
vet, alternating with light colored
silk. Printed velvet is also seen, and
is employed in trimm.ing woolen gowns
and in making entire waists.
Lace gowns will be.much wrni this
season, and lace will be in great de
mand~ in all *departments of dress.
Lace acsoiswill be much used.
In lace and net dresses an interlining
of silk will be introduced between the
principal material and the silk foun
dation.
The ruffed skirts which Paris
adopted to a limited extent last year
will be a boon -when one has an old or
rather shabby skirt. Be its color what
it may, it need only be ruffled from - -
hem to waistline with ruffles of black
net, edged with narrow satin or vel
vet ribbon.
Violets, velvet and Venetian lace
trimmings are so fashionable on bon
nets and toques worn in Paris, and
sent to this country, that notwith- -
standing that these flowers decorate
s.vn-tenths of the headgear wvorn
here, they are likely to be elected by
a large portion of our best,. dressed
women as garnitures for their spring
hats and bonnets.
Braiding* in- .vermicelli, French
arabesque, G~reek key, trefoil, clover,
floral and purely conventional devices,
appears on many of the very stylish
imported garments, redingotes,. jack
ets and small. pelerines just brought
to view, and the ndw effects produced
by this grieefnl :form -of- decoration
arouse quite as great a degree q'~a
miration as .if this were the uta ;~-~
eason of Has vona