The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, April 22, 1897, Image 3
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BRING BACK TO ME.
You ask me what?since we must part?
You shaii bring home to me;
Bring back a pare and faithful heart,
As true as nine to thee.
I a?k not wealth nor fam*,
1 only ash for thee,
Thysei'?and that dear self :he same?
My love brim; bach to me.
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You tatk of gems from foreign lands,
Of treasure, spoil an 1 priz*.
Ah, love, I shall nor search your hauls.
But look into your eyes.
I ask no: wealth nor fame,
I only ask for the-,
Thyself?and that dear self the same?
My love bring back to me.
You speak of glory and renown.
With me to share your pride.
Unbroken ?ai;h is ail the crown
1 rsk for as your bride.
I ask no: wealth nor fame,
I oa.y ask for theo.
Thyself?an 1 that dear self the same?
Sly love Dria,- oxzs. to me.
You bid me with hope's eager gaze
Behol I fair fortune comet
?. I only dream I see vour face
Beside the h a?h at home.
I ash not wealth nor fame,
I do but a-k for thee.
Thyself?an 1 tha: dear self the same?
My God re.-tore to me.
?Ju iana Horatio Ewing.
TRUSTING IMPROVIDENCE.
BT HELXN* FOBSE8T GRAVES.
~ UESS it's goin'
to be a snappin'
1 /v0kf co^ n MJ h 1?
f\^VIj mother," said
Miy? Eis* Rob'
CVf&VM b*D8> warming
SSSIl ber fingers over
jWmfl > the blaze of an
v^-t? armful of pine
V^o!o?AW~r/ri 8'le
i,5St ^aDsr
on tb? fire.
"And Tm very
glad, mother, that we've got the rusaet
apples safe into the cellar, for it's
on them I place my main dependence
for the interest money this year."
Mrs. Rob'nos sat knitting in the
cushioned rocker?a wrinkled, brighteyed
little old woman, whose caps
were always spot esslv clean, and
whose dresses never seemed to wear
oat.
"Frost, eh?" said she.
," "! rather guess so," responded Elsa,
with a soiver. "Stars shinin' like so
xoanj little diamond specks, and a new
moon bebin 1 the pines."
"Well, it's a good thing we ain't
stinted for wood," cheer (ally observed
Mrs. Bobbins.
"loa're always hading oat some
good thing or other, mother," said
Elsa, a little petulantly.
"La, chilu. the world is fall of
*em!"said Mrs. Bobbins, who had a
sweet, plaintive voice. "The Lord,
He's a deal better to as than we deserve
I"
"Well, then," quaintly remarked
Elsa, "1 may as well tell yon, now, as
ever, that the roof's leakm' dreadful
bad."
"Leakin*, is it?"said Mrs. Bobbins.
"Where?"
"Up garret," said Elsa. "Over the
west store room."
"Well, it's lackv it ain't leakin'
orer the rooms we live in," said the
inveterate old optimist "If it was to
leak at all, it couldn't hare selected a
better spot"
"And the fence is down in the north
lot,'* remarked Elsa, "and neighbor
Carter's cattle are all in!"
"Bless me!" said Mrs. Bobbins.
"Well, there ain't much bat rock and
mullein-stalks in that lot,anyhow, and
Neighbor Carter don't half feed his
cattle. I'm glad the poor creetors can
hare a good bite for once in their
lives."
"And I've had a letter from Walter's
widow,"added Elsa; "and she wants
to oome here with her children."
"Tell her to come," said Mrs. Bobbins.
"It ain't a tine citj place, and
maybe she and the little ones will find
it hard to make ont on mash and molaaaes
and baked potatoes, as we do.
But ahe's my nephew's widow, and
he'll be welcome here."
"But, mother," said Elsa, "think
what you are doing. Another family
in this cramped-up little honse?a lot
of noisy children, racing and screaming
about?a tine lady to be waited on,
who is certain 17 as able to take care
of herself as we are to take care of
her. And jon know that we owe a
large bill at the grooer's, and we
haven't paid for the cow yet, and the
tailoreaa business is getting dnlier
ever year, now that folks hare taken
the notion to go to the city for their
little boys' suits."
Well, child?well," serenely interposed
the old lady, **God will provide.
He always does. And it's a
dreadful thing to be a widow and
homeless. Write to her, Elsa, and tell
her to come."
'Bat she n&s no money to travel
with,** bluntly added Elsa. "She
wants as to send her twenty dollars.
She has written to Consin Marrett, up
at the grange, and they won't even
answer her letter."
"Dear, dear 1 that's bad 1" oooed
Mrs. Bobbins. "No money at all. *
Poor soul I poor soul!"
"Well?but, mother," pleaded Elsa,
"we haven't got any money,either?to
spare!"
'There's the chicken money," saia
Mrs. Bobbins, looking wistiully up.
Bat, that was to Day yoa a warm,
new cloak, mother."
"Weli, I'll make the old gray shawl
do for another year," said Mrs. Bobbins.
"And Walter's wiiow must have
money to pay her traveling expenses?
poor thing! It was very wrong of
Olivia Marrett not to answer her letter?very.
Bat Olivia and her husband
waa always close. It's their nature, I
do s'poee."
* And Elsa broke out laughing, with
f
tears in the corners ot her hard, gray |
eyes.
"You dear, old mother!" said she.
Let Walter's widow and her children
come. We're poor, and in debt, and
| ran't find brea 1 for oar owa two
! selves; bat 1 believe, for oa?e, I'll
follow your example,mother,and trast !
i in Providence."
And she sat down and wrote to Wal|
tcr Robbms* window, inclosing that last
! twenty-dollar bill, with which she was
! to have boa*ht the warm winter cloak
for the old ladv, who was so contentedly
knitting in the coral glow of
the firelight.
Mrs. Walter Rabbins was sitting by
'< - c 1? V..., > 1. ? ?? il.
I lUC Uic Q13U) UUI UUk nuv. u cm ua? n? * i
lnmines the farmhouse kitchen with a
softer ehioe than any electric light.
It was a mere handful of coals, in a
rustic grate, over which she bent with
a shudder, as the wind howled by,
shaking the window-panes and rattling
the paper shades She was mending
the children's st%ick ngs, and as she
worked a little girl crept oat of the I
bed and stole across the floor to her
side.
"Mamma, I can't get warm," said
she. "Isn t there any tire?"
"There's a fire, dear," said Mrs.
Bobbins; "but weoan't have much,for
there's only a peck of coal left in the
t>ox."
"Mamma," went on thechild, "why
don't our fires shine red and bright
like the fires I see through other people's
windows, sometimes?"
"We can't aflord it, dear," sighed
the widow. "If yon let the coal blaze
and crackle it soon turns into ashes,
and we most economize."
"Mamma,"spoke up a tiny voice
from the bed, "i didn't eat qnite
enough supper. Can't I have another
half slice of bread?"
"There is no more, Bessie," said
Afro "Rrthhine wilh a nan?, fihftroer
than idt serpent's tooth, at her heart.
,4Go to s.eep, dear; you'll 6oon forget
that you aro hungry, an! in the morning
wo are to start for the eoantrj,
yon know."
Bessie's eyes sparkled.
"We can have all the milk we want
then, mamma, can't we?" said she.
"And pick up nnts where they grow
among the leaves anient apples without
paying twocentsapieoe for them,"
chimed in Lillie. "Oh, mamma, why
don't every one lire ip the oonntry?
Mamma, don't yon love Consin Elsa
and her mother? Is Cocsin Elsa a
little girl? Will she play with as?"
"I don't know," said ifrs. Bobbins,
with a qniver in her voice. "No, she
is not a child; she is a woman, like
me. Bat I think she mast be an angel
in her heart"
For Elsa Bobbins' had been the first
helping hand which had been stretched
oat to lift the poor little widow oat of
the abyss of troables which had almost
overwhelmed her sinoe her hasKanrl
/liar) in tka (kr.kntv Mori^nn
lands whither he had gone to make
the fortnne which, alas I was never
made.
She had become sadly used to sharp
words and cold glances, bnt kindness,
sympathy, tender recognitions of her
claims to kinship, were new and precious
to her.
Jnstthen there eame a heavy, creaking
footstep on the floor?a Up at the
door.
Little Lillie jumped up and scampered
back to bed. Bessie drew her
early yellow head under the sheets.
"It's a mistake," said Mrs. Bobbins,
spiritlessly. "Nobody ever comes
here."
Bat she rose and opened the door.
Thers stood a stoat, middle-aged man,
with oheerfnl bine eyes, a ruddy oomplexion,
and leg-of-mutton whiskers,
slightly sprinkled with gray.
"Does Mrs. Walter Bobbins live
here?" he asked.
Miss Elsa had made waffles for supper,
and had fried some fresh cruller a,
brown snd light as butterfly wings.
She had brought in the parlor lamp,
and bunted up two little ohioa mugs,
UuM.lIaIaoo anil tvitk tlio nrilf ineesin.
ubuuioivo^I ami wi^u kua ^u? IUOUI'r*
tion faded off, whioh had been hers
and her dead sister's, as children, long
ago.
"They'll please the little ones," she
thonght.
And Mrs. Bobbins, in her clean cap,
sat smiling by the hearthstone, when
Walter's widow came in, her black
dress powdered over wjth the snow
which had began to fall at the gathering
of dask, and with the two little
girls clinging to her hand.
"My dear," said Mrs. Bobbins,
"yon are welcome?kindly welcome?
yon and the dear little girls 1"
And Elsa came in,* her face softened
for the moment, and led them hospitably
to the tire. ,
"It's a poor place," said she; "bat
mother is right?yon ue weloome 1"
The children looked timidly aroaad
at the black beams which traversed the
roof oTerhe&d?the deep-set windows,
with their broad ledges filled with
mtnk plants and fish geraniums?the
strings of red peppers above the mantel?and
the brass oandlestieks, whioh
glittered as if they were made of gold.
And then the tire?the great, open
chimney pieoe?the blazingjogs?the
f n n n I I ? ckAnA/1 n n /) , m n k #v n ? .1
iuuuiij duopcu aumruus, wuu iuuuu i
beads, aad the great Maltese cat,
asleep upon the gaudy rag rug. Was
it all true? or were they dreaming?
Bat when it came to hot waffles, and
maple molars cookies, with f .snnelsee
ls in them, and miik?jast as maoh
as they could drink oat of these dear
little antique mugs?the children de- j
cided the matter in their own minds,
that they were not dreaming at all. '
And alter they had gone to sleep in a
bed room just oJ th9 kitchen, where j
the sheets smeiled of sweet clover, and
the wallpaper was covered with
bunches of cabbage roses, with impos- j
sibiy green leaves, and bine ribbon
fillets around the stems, Mis. Walter :
Bobbins found courage to thank the !
friends who Lad been so good to her
in her necessity.
"Bat there's something I haven't
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told you yet," she said, timidly. "I
couldn't write it, because I did not
know it myself at the tjme that I appealed
to you. I am not so poor as
everyone thought. Poor, dear Walter's
mining ventures have turned out
better than anvone expected. A lawyer
from the South came to see nie
last night, and told me that I am to
have at least a thousand dollars a
year."
"Eh?"' said E!sa, almost incredulously.
"It ain't possible?" chirped Mrs.
Bobbins.
"And," went on Mrs. Walter, "if
you will allow me to live here and
share it with you?"
"Mo," said Miss Elsa. "We have
no right to it!"
"But," plea led the widow, "yon
11 1 fkaf rATI V* liH
wore Willi uy lu sumo HI luat with
me."
"That's quite another thing," 6aid
Elsa.
'No, it isn't," said Mrs. Walter.
"It's the same exactly. And I have
always longed for a home in the country,
and it is so lovely here; and?and
I feel that I love yon already, and I
should be miserable anywhere else.
Please?please let me stay!"
And what could Mrs. Bobbins and
Miss Elsa say but "Yes."
And when the gentle widow retired
to her room. Miss Elsa looked at the
old lady with tears in her eyes.
"Mother," said she, "you were right.
Providence has provided. The moment
I made up my mind to leave od
oaring and planning, and trust in God,
lie has laid a blessing at my feet. I
think I will never doubt or despair
again."?Saturday Night.
Salaries of High Official?.
An American Cabinet officer gets
$3000 a year, and baa an allowance lor
stationery and for a private secretary.
As principal Secretary of State foi
Foreign Affairs, Lord Salisbury drew
? 3 AA AAA * . 1
3-u.uuu a Tear aaa 5:uuu iur a private
secretary.
The salary of the First Lord of the
Treasarj is $23,0J0.
The Chancellor of the Exchequer
also receives $25,000.
The salary of the Lord Chancellor if
310,000.
The English Attorney General is not
a member of the Cabinet, bat he drawt
$21,000 a year and about $20,000 extra
in fees.
The Lord President of the Coaneil
draws $10,000 a year, and so do the
presidents of the Boards of Trade and
Agriculture.
In addition to the Prime Minister,
the Foreign Affairs Minister and the
Lords of the Admiralty get residences
in Downing street.
When an English Minister's term
expires he may receive an annuity ol
$10,000 if he makes affidavit that he
actually needs it
The English Minister of Foreign
Affairs is Bnpposed to give three receptions
a year. If he is a poor man
he gives only the great dinner aqd
hall on the occasion of the Oueen'e
birthday. This sometimes costs $5000.
The Queen's household often helps out
by supplying the flowers from the
royal conservatories.
The She rill's "Poser." *
When Jaok Bingo was Sheriff oi >
Menefee County, Kentuoky, and a {
good one by the way, says the Hazel
Green Herald, he found that the own-i
er of soL\e property in that county
had not paid his taxes and was a nonresident,
as he lived in the adjoining
oounty of PowelL So Jaok, finding
nothing in his own county upon which
to levy for the taxes rode over into
Powell and drove one of the delinquent's
cows into Menefee to secure
the debt. Subsequently be met with
the lamented Congressman Wiok Kendall,
who was then Proseouting Attorney
of that district, and put the
question:
"Wick, can the Sheriff in one conn-'
ty, where taxes are due, go into an'
adjoining county, and levy on pioperty
to satisfy the claim?"
. "Why, of coarse not," replied
Wiok.
"Weil, I know better," said Jsek.
"Bat I tell yon it can't be done,"
persisted Wiok.
'*1 know better,"retoited Jack, "for,
by gam, I hare just done that very
thing," and Wiok admitted his defeat
in the argument.
His Definition.
The beat definition of good housekeeping
that I ever heard was that
given by a little slip of a boy, who,
after listening a long time to a very
learned discussion from some of hn
mother's olub associates on the best
way to order a home, was asked:
"WeD, my iittle man, what kind of a
homn do yon think is best?"
A beautiful light eame to the child's
eyes. He tossed baok his yellow hair
and ahook his head: "I don't know
much a boat it. Jast the ouiy kind
that I like is the home that it's nice to
go tow" And when all the philosophy,
theory, science and wisdom of the subject
bad been exhausted, the women
there assembled had to agree that the j
very best home, after all, was the
homo that?it was nice to go to.?
Philadelphia Press.
Prince of Wales Buying Land.
The Prince of Wales is baying largo
tracts of land in the Dartmoor district
of Eugland, apparently intending
to form an extensive ileer forest in t
hunting region. To obtain the necessary
purchase money he has through
his agerts, disposed of South African
and other securities. There are sigDs
of a marked clearing np in the Prince's
financial affairs. Any snms he owed
to Baron Hirsoh, Sir Aloert Sa?soon
and others have been paid off. These
debts never amounted to anything like
the large snms generally reported.
The Prinoe is now able to invest largely
in land,?New York Tribute.
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PROGRESS If I HI.
River Continues to Rise in Louisiana
Levee District.
PEOPLE SUFFERING FOR FOOD.
At Kansas City the River is Above the
Danger Line?Vicksburg Asks for
Two Thousand Tents.
While the condition of affairs in the
overflowed Mississippi delta is reported
brighter, the situation betw een Vicksburg
and New Orleans is causing the
greatest apprehension. The river continues
to rise in the Louisiana levee district
and weak spots in the levee ar?
being strengthened.
The water at Kosedale, M:ss., has not
receded. The first train that has entered
Clarksdale for many days has arrived
there. Trains are also being run from
Clarksdale tc Minter City aid Phillips,
from Lulu to Jonestown. At Helena
the situation is unchanged. At a meeting
of the property owners of that city
it was decided to begin t he erection of
a new levee around the city. At Memphis
the river rose one-tenth of a foot in
24 hoars. An additional s! ight rise is
looked for.
The uews that came to the War Department
at Washington, from
the lower Mississippi valley is conflicting.
Be'.ow Yicksburg the conditions
A t (i>Am flincn aKnrA 1 h A
Bf CCUi W 1AVU1 %. LIW'V r.vvv.v.
most alarming statement is as to the
number of people suffering for food,
while the prospecting officers in Louisiana
counsel against too li >eral assistance
as likelv to lead to bad labor conditions.
,1 ust before the cl t>5? of office
hours, Secretary Alger recei ved another
telegram from Vicksburg, representing
that the people in the Sun h lower district
were cut off from dry land and in
great need of food and forage. He immediately
called his bureau: officers in
conference and then ordered another
steamboat to take on snppl ies and start
for the seene of distress.
The Situation at Kansas City.
A special from Kansas City of the 15th
inst, says: 'The river has risen eight
inches since yesterday, marking three
inches above the danger line, and is
still coming up slowly. Two miles up
the river the Burlington tracks are endangered.
The last of the families on
Lewis Island, a small place at the
month of the Kansas river, has moved
out. The place is entirely submerged
and the water at the ^ow^st point
touches the eaves of the houses."
Two Thousand Want Tents.
A mtkss moeting was hell at Ticksburg.
Miss., and a request sent to
Washington, through Governor McLaurin,
for tents to shelter 2,000
refugees from the flood The city
nnnnil ?u al?n rPOTlPsted to aDDrOTOl
at? $.">0) and private subscriptions will
be solicited. There are reports of additional
losn of life on parts of Davis
island, not vinted by relief boats.
At Rosedalc, Miss., Mary Robinson,
colored, 14 years old, was drowned by
the sinking of a canoe. This makes
the sixth victim claimed by the flood in
two weeks in this vicinity.
At Omaha, Neb., the flood situation
is grave. The torrents poured from
the Missouri across the North Omaha
Gardens, into Florence and cut off
lakes. The former has lost its identity
in the general flood and the latter may
be seen.
N12 WOK LEAN'S BIG FIRE.
Nearly Half a Million Dollars LossFire
at Kansas City*
One of the most picturesque business
structures in New Orleans, known as
the Moresque building, owned by
Qauch k Sons, was totally destroyed
by fire Thuwday afternoon. The conflagration
broke ont shortly before 1
o'clock, and in an incredibly short
apace of tr-e the whole bttilding was a
mass of flames that burnt ivith a velocity
absolutely astonishing. At 2:80
the ed ifice had collapsed and npwards
of $400,000 had gone np in smoke. The
Moresque building occupied one block,
bounded by (tanp, Periodas and Church
streets and LaFayette Square, and its
walls were built entirely of iron, in a
design known as the Moorish. The
Montgomery Furniture Company and
Gauch & Sons, crockery merchants,
were the occupants, and both firms carried
full stocks. The fire is supposed i
to have originated on the top floor cf
the Montgomery section.
The following is the estimate of losses ,
and insurance: Gauch k Sons $100,000
on building, $00,000 on stock, insurance
$125,000; Montgomery Furniture Co. '
loss <100,000, insurance $80,000; German
Gazette loss $25,000, insurance i
$12,090; EveningTelegran:, loss $20,000, i
no insurance: \\ arren hotel and saloon
loss $10,000, insorance $5,000; James i
Aiken, plumber, loss $10,(100, insurance
$5,000; Heath, Schwartz Sons' Wall
Paper Company loss $15,000, insnranoe
$10,000.
The insurance is about equally divided
between local and foreign companies.
Outside the specified case s of losts the
damage to adjacent property is estimated
to be adjacent property is estimated 1
to be SOU,000, all fnlly insured. Total
loss $400,000, with "an Insurance of i
5393,000. _
3Iothrr of Senator Ha una Dead.
A special from Asheville, N. C., says
that Mrs. S. M. Hauna, I he mother of
Senator Hanna, died at that city, from
pneumonia. Mrs. Hanna had only
l>een sick about a week, and was S4
years old. Ker remains will be taken
to Cleveland for interment.
Colored Cadet at Annapolis.
Congressman Shattuo, of Ohio, nominated
D. J. Bundy, a colored lad of
Cincinnati, to a cadetship at Annapolis.
He has been urged to withdraw the
name, but says he will stand by the
appointment. There hare been some
rumors of disapproval from the Naval
Academy and threats of the students to
resign. It is the first time a negro has
been appointed to such cadetship and
trouble is expected at the Academy.
A WOMAN HOB >2 TRADES.
Probably the only woman horse
dealer in the country is now living in
Idaho. She recently sold a number of
carloads of horses in Georgia and
Louisiana at Yery high prices. She
has found tho South a good market,
owing to the demand fox hgm> gPJQd
by the war in Caba.
TRAINED MIL LITERS,'
In a first-class establishment a good
maker receives from $12 to $15 per
week; a trimmer from $20 to $30.
This trade, once learned, is one
which a woman may resume at
any time in her life?should she
marry in yonth and leave it, as so
many women do leave occupations by 1
which they have earned their maiden
% % l ? J L I
Dreaa?since u may ue purnaeu m uer
own homo. Many "parlor" milliner*
earn vory consider able incomes.?St.
Louis Star.
JfTLLTN-EBY MATTERS.
S>ome of the new French millinery
the * very oddly shaped nats formed
of gilt-straw talle and green, violet,
or brilliant red Milan braid. Light,
airy tnlles will be greatly lavored on
Ea.vter hats as well as for models for
the entire summer, and the most suitable
and satisfactory qualities are the
tnll9 laces, with appliqne patterns, |
which are well adapted for the effects
now required by fashion. Odd and '
very striking colors are still used on
ail fashionable headgear, and flowers, <
ribbons, laces, tnlle pom-poos and
fancy clasps and sides are heaped in
bewildering profusion on the latest
French creations.
TFTE COIF TUBE'S SETWABD TETOEJtCT.
Fashion, like history, is ever repeating
itseir. The present mode of hair
dressing,though in itself so becoming,
brings with it the premonition of the
high powdered coiffure worn by our
great grandmothers in colonial days.
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xae lenaency 10 pue me uau- uiku uu
tho bead ie vary marked, and the ornaments
added to oomplete an evening '
toilet?aigrettes and feathers held in
place by jeweled pins, or high bows
spangled with jewels and flowers?increase
the height of the ooiffare. The
straight banded hair, with its smooth
patting, has qnite disappeared, and in
its place reigus the pompadour with
light carls straying on the forehead.
Fashion is sufficiently lenient, however,
to ]>ermit, in individual cases,
the survival of the most becoming.
With a long face, the hair will always
look best when arranged in soft loops
below tho crown of the head.?The
Puritan.
THE USB or RIBBONS.
Very rich and beautiful ribbons, in
plain ancl fancy patterns and colorings,
appoar upon some of the richest |
and moat beautiful Parisian models
now exhibited by leading city houses.
The nee of ribbons this season are
manifold, and there is hardly a dressy
toilet wit boat some toaqh of ribbon
oti the l>odioe at least. No matter
what shirring, pleating, eording, milliners'
folds, lsoe, or passementerie are
used elsewhere on the gown; gathered
girdles, braoes, bow knots, plastrons,
blouse effects, bolero fronts, stripes,
raches, inserted puffs, and bands?all
these and far more does ribbon supply.
In Paris, wide oddly plaided and
Pompado xr ribbons are in great use.
White and violet and white and vivid
green plaids are used on silk, liberty
satin, organdie, or cnallie gowns, in
colors to match. One more word respecting
riboons: It is very fashionable
to wear a sash going over one
shoulder from the oelt The sash disappears
under the folded waistband,
bait a very large butterfly bow with
upstanding loops marks its introdnelion.
The ribbon reappears below the
belt, and then falls low on the skirt
ander too Rage bow. The so-called
'Trilby" bow covers the shoulder for
several inohes front and baok; and in
many casos, on fall dress evening toiletii,
the istin or moire ribbon falls in
thiee ends on eaoh side, nearly to the
waist.? .hew York Post
BARB EMBROIDERY.
Perhaps the most accomplished designer
an i needlewoman in the world
ts Mme. St. George, who has oharge of
the classes in the Government Art
dchool of Embroidery at Vienna. This
institution is the glory of the Austrian
c&p'.t&L The entire coarse of instruction,
which is free, lasts tire years,
but many pnpils leave after two or
three years, especially ladies who do
not intend to make art work a profession
and are satisfied with knowing
the rudiments of either lace work or
embroidery, for every year has its
special conrse. Every year's coarse
has its special rot m and instructress,
and the pnpils cannot go from one to '
the other nutil the year expires. The
pupils of the last year's conrse were
busily mending a magnificent canopy, i
the work of Empress Maria Theresa, i
in idea may be formed of the magni- 1
tude of the task a hen it is said that
ten girls under Mme. St. George's
superintendence had been working at <
it for ten years already, and she exoeoted
it wonld take two years mere
10 complete it. Every kind of embroidery,
including Persian, Indian, 1
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Japanese, Tufvrsb, ete., is done here,
and the visitor is astonished to see
tome beautiful samples of the "nan?
duty," or spider's web, made by the
Guarini jromen of Paraguay and rare*
ly seen in Europe. This laoe ia made
oi toe nore 01 xne aioe ana is so uu
that it is made inside of the bnt%
with the door shot, so that not the
least breath of wind can toaoh it?
MBS. ASTOB'S CHAIB C0VSBS.
When Mrs. John Jacob Astor went
to Genoa, Italy, a year ago, she left
word that her chairs in the parlor,
| library, guest and sleeping rooms
| shonld be covered with a tine cretonne
| to preserve them from dast. There
were 309 of them. A few days before
sailing she revoked the order and aent
for the material. She also ordered
that a "slip-cntter" be sent to her
i house. "Now," said she to the slipcntter,
"I want yon to mea.?nre these
chairs and sew one cover. Then give
me the patterns and we will make the
remainder of the covers at home."
| The slip cutter, though loth to loee
so excellent a job for his establishment,
complied with the wishes of
this indnstrions homemakir and sent
the cnt-ont slips.
Next day Mrs. Astor sat in her sew'
ing room personally superintending
the making of the chair covers. With
a small model npon a stand in front of
her, she basted the covers and in'
strncted her maids how to pnt them
together. Bv that little eoonomiesl
move the wife of s millionaire kept
her home staff employed and fitted oat
1 til. ftf ill*n.
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covprs. Thay were so ornamental
that they have remained upon the
chairs ever since.
To make covers for chairs?and many
people desire to do so for a change
as well as to save the more expensive <-f jj
, covering?it will be found tnat the
! secret lies in the treatment of the
. edges. A strictly "tailor-made" look
mast prevail. With loose-threaded
fabrics it is a good plan to ran ?
mucilage brash, wet with photographer's
glue, along the raw edges before
stitcning. All the sewing mn-t be
done by machine. ?Boston Herald* g
fashio.v norm.
Besides plenty of lace and ribbon
large buttons matching the keynote of
co'or will be used on the pretty cot- r
ion frocks.
Fronts of bodices and tops of sleeves
sre quaintly decorated with tucking.
The close-fitting parts ol some eleevee
are trimmed with lenathwise tneka,
developing near the shoulder into-a
short pnC
Fancy buttons of strass and enamel
are mnoh need, and daily grow more
attractive. A pretty medallion bottoi '
is edged with a row of brilliants while
others in odd shapes are seen. Barat
ivory combined with brilliants forms
a nrettv button.
While one large buckle is very effective
on e girdle, a namber of small
ones may be olostered on a belt ma
way that is very fetching. These tiny
bnokles are formed almost entirely of
precious stones, and are arranged in a '
decorative way, as one would use buttons.
Ribbons from four to six inches in '
width are undoubtedly olaiming drat
lavor as trimming. Valenciennes lace
ranking next, then small "lingerie" '(
tucks. Three raffles of the goods or
of lace arranged separately or in overlapping
style are popular as garni tore
on skirts.
Plain silver and gold bnokles have
almost entirely disappeared, bat those f
of Koasian enamel or eet with amethysts
are greatly in demand. The
tarqnoise is also used to a great extent
on belt buckles, and can be secured at
amneh lower prioe than the various
enamels. Brilliants and eat steel are .. .
fashionable, the former particularly en.
The ribbons in plain colors, floral
designs and stripes are chiefly in taffeta
weaves, and will be worn in largo
snoalder bows, belts, sashes having
long ends, collars and bows across the
boat. An entire pieoe of ribbon
lavished upon a dimity gown or dainty
organdie is not nnnsoal?a stylo for
which ribbon manufacturers should bo
dnlv thankful.
The aooepted drees pet*era for
gowns of sheer materials is twelve
yards of tbirty-inoh goods, no less
several lace-edged raffles ere required
for skirt, sleeves and front of bodice,
in which case about fifteen yards are
necessary. If changeable taffeta be
not used as a lining a silky cotton
imitation or a fine lawn is required,
the prominent shades tut* year being
brilliant piuks and greens, reds aod
turquoise, navy and yellow, clear white
and violet.
Skirts are not nearly so fnll at the
sides aod fronts as lormerly, bat are
fitted with greater care. There are
cunning devices for making skirts
stand oat well at the back. flexible
steels are placed in the hems of the
skirtaend sometimes about a quarter
of a yard below the waist Upstanding
eollare are now wired, and even
laces in nuuiy of (he bows, also a few
of the silk bolero jackets. Many
skirts now have three cordings on the
hips to make them set very fiat below
the waist and make them stand oak
gracefully beyond.