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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Advocate, 1889-10-17, Page 3-ettenenatreetet. THE FAIR SEX. A Column of Interesting Beading for the Ladies. 'THE USEFUL .911D Tai ORNAMENTAL Notesof TOSIli011e and Fashionable Folks. • The Effects of Tight macieg, New that rational ideee ae to dress have leeehoired a definite pleoe in public esteem, it mem be 'imagined that the practice of eight being and custom of a late nature, it known et all, are not what they need to he- A cese Of euddendeath lately reported from Birmiughamerovea that it is still too early to indulge M Beth illusory idea% The deceseed, a servant•giri of excttable tem- perament, died suddenly in, an epileptoid lit, and the evideece given before the ogre. ner reepecting her death attribute d the fatal issue te asphyxia, due in a great measure to the faot that both neck and waiet were unnaturally oontraeted be leer clothing, the former by a tight cellar, the letter by a belt worn under the Mays. We have her oerteinly those very conditions which would lead ea to expect the wept poesible consequenws from a convelstve Belzer°. There is no organ of the body whom, free movement is at stunt timemore important than the heart. let here we 'And, on the one head, ite movement ham. pored by a tight effete so pinned. that it could with difficulty be undone et a oriticel moment; on the other, e contrivarice ad- mirably adareed to allow the paesshe of blood to the brain, while impeding ets re, tura Title is no oeleted MO As regards its easentiel theraeten though, tutptitly, somewhat eingular In its termitheton. Minor degrees of esplayniation, we fox, ere atill eubmitted to by a good reeny Belt. ' torturing childree of lenity. The tight comet and the 'high heel atilt work mitioniet on the bodies of their devoted wearers. Toate and rearson, indeed, coothiee to deprecate their injurious: end valor bond - ago, and by no =seems neeittecendully, Still the evil =stables Agile. Oaten like thet stove mentioned ought to, if -they ao open the eyes of thine seine/oral:tippers et the other sex who heedlestly etrive by sixth Means to met in a sickle grace. We would, etrongly ineprese open ell of this °lase the fact thet beauti i imeessible without team, and WOUtd adVISO 'them, in tbe flume of tato as well as one:tart, to avoid thee methods of centertion, QUO AMI all, by wbioh elegethe is eviler cerieetured aed Iteeltie may be palatally and permenently ineured.--Zondett Ziat4C44. The Tea 00Wii. The day ot the to fp:myth:in by no means passed. Quite the contrery, it theme to hive jut downed, so popular has tbie most comfortable garment beeeme in our own country, 1111 welt as in Buglaml, Even Fauch modistes helm mule moro charming confection:: on tide model. Nebula Jane Reding perticatiorly bee helped mkt) this atyle ot bees popular with the eimple grace with which she weare it, Sven Bore - herb often Appears in a aublimated tem gown, known hythree other name, perhaps, but a tea gown jut the sera° end a most voiceful one. Flimsy materials are no longer the only ones used in the ethetrtue Con of the tea gown. Brocades, eilk poplins and 811011 ailkeu atuffe are moat more fevered title amen. at leant for tbe Mein part of the gown, while for the front :loft goesenter mufti are preferred still and give the character to the gown. Lovely em- broideries are levished no the now Mit tea gown:: in preference to lace, which has so lougheen the only adornment allowed on elm' graceful gement. A regal model in a tea gown from a famous bees° in Paris bad a flue and delieete embroidery in gold *reeds on a riot:, dark, red, eestern ailk. A net of oia point de Valise mede a drapery in the front and wae caught in place by a golden girdle. A robe fit for a princoaa most truly was such a tea gown. Creamy White with gold embroidery also raakes an exquieite combinetion in the tea gown and one which is always becoming. Towelling Drosses. Correspondents who have tnetea sugges- tion:I for travelling dresses for autumn are advised to get baud cloth of light quality and make a print:tees coat; or, if a separate bodice is preferred, a..good plan to have a coat hoaine, which Is a cuiresse hasque ot even length around the hips and bath. This bodice should open over a pleated vest of light armure stik, 'white' has n velvet yoke and collar at the top and three straps of velvet ribbon acmesthe wait line, each fastened by a buckle. The large coat sleeves have a pointed puff of the velvet at the top and of the silk at the wriste, with two velvet etraps and bucklea besides. The skirt is straight and fall in the back, with loosely pleated aide breadths and the front breadth draeed in pleats on the hips; there are live or six mem of velvet ribbon placed beside these pleats, each row ending in le point and holding a bookie. The design is prettily carried out irk brown or in green cloth, with earn or gray arrant* for the -vest and a • velvet yoke and straps the color of the cloth edged with gilt or silver •cord; the buckles match the metal of the cord. One of the long cloaks described above or else a • short directoire cepa will add sufficient warmth. A mall bonnet or tcque made of the cloth of the dress with a velvet bow, some pheasants' feather, or a blackbird on the left side and narrow velvet ribbon strings, should complete the toilette.— Harper's Bazar. Winsomeness in Women. Do you recollect what your feelings were immediately after you had spoken the first unkind word to your husband? Did you not feel ashamed and grieved, and yet too ,proud to admit it? That was, is, and ever will be, your evil geniusl It is the temper which labors incessantly to destroy your peace, which cheats you with an evil delta +ion that your husband deserved your anger, when he really required your love. • If your husband is hasty, your example of • patience will ohide as well as teath him. •'Your violence may alienate his heart, end your neglect impel him to desperation. Tour soothing will redeera him—Tour soft- • ness subdue hira, and the good-natured twinkle of those eyes, now filling with 'tears, will make him all your own.--Catho- ,iic Standard. •The Next Bride. A novel wedding fancy was recently -inaugurated by a fashionable bride in New • York. She carried an unusually large bouquet, and just before leaving , for the • honeymoon she untied her flowers, which :proved to be eight separate posies, faetened Ivith different colored ribbons. Each of • these was presented to a bridesmaid, and .one of the bouquets concealed a weddine ring, which would indicate the next bride. This idea resembles the custom l putting • a ring, thimble and money in the Christmas wadding, marking the finder's lot, • respect. tively, of matrimony, epinsterhood or tion, and at the time of my sketch they were being orieicelly Viewed by two gilts whoM geleennte nethett IAA BO thapea as to praolode them from ever wetteillg thee° same eenkorming &owes. It eon be easy enough for attenuated women to remove the artificial layers from their hips, and eiraotically extend their waiste to their kneel! if they choose, but liberally rounded oreaturee will love to be content with their luxuriousnees, and . give up the idea ;of meking thenbelves long -waisted, no Matter what fathion may make them long to do.” -New York letter ix Cincinnati Illtrs. Carnet. Speaking of the wife of the President ef Freoco etwreePoedent : "Mme. Caplet is of medium height, olive conts Flexion, Roman features. Her carriage has pelletbly auggeetion of selhoonsciousnese, whine' may be wholly due to her intensity of eye, an intensity at onoe to be explained by ber dentnese. She spends her treorll- raga habituallyein the Privacy ot domestic duties, She looks personally after the education et her childreu,• She speaks English with theEnglish governees, Italian with the Indian. • Bhe rases the best literature in the hottre oi aeOlualea with her husband and friends, aed is as well in. formed, as he about everything that b going on in the world." wisdom ler Women. appointed Chinese Minister, hoe nineteen fueger tip, with which she jewels the long nails of her led three Angers. Then) quaint thimbles are AO Itluok like the beak of a _woodpecker as anything you. •can imagine. Some are gold, eonee filagree silver, others gee of shell, and those for ordinary wear are modelled in ivory, to be worn in bed or the bath, or when the royal lady is bundled up M wraps. All are exquisitely oerved, A eery beautiful set of four, made of old gold, have bits of jade in mosaic for decoration. The yellow room has bad its by, the blue room is pease and the ceiraeon ana gold apartment, too emphatic to be aniethe. tic. Now it hp white for brides, debutantes and young mothers. Unsightly fireplaces may be converted into spicy, woody, sylvan, nooks by a ratio arrangement et beleam, palm, bitter-sweet and mistletoe branches, The greens are piled up 011 the hearthetone tmleas they cen be jute:hoed about the fender and *prom Eomely people make the best friends. There never was a marriage in which one party did not impose on the other,. TO flatter a Toeing woman, ask her &bout her victims; every girl likee to think she hope Fietimcb Nothing pleases a men 80 WW1 as to see a fine-looking woman who has been mar- ried two or thee months. A beautiful woman pleases the eye, a good women plesees the heart; gene le )owol, the other es treseure.--Nepaleon There never lived A woman Who aisi not white she WM 4 Man, Thee never lived a man who wished he Was A nemath. A :lure aka that 4 girl is goiog to get married—when elte site around, working pWow sheme awl tIdies with, an initial that te net her owo, Elegant erterstiong. A disk or wafer of foaling wax. placed in the bottom of a glass bowl will give crushed ice a pretty, deluaive glow. The London Queen sap that there pro. mime to be an immense demand for fen0Y velvets. No wonder, for the new • probe - teens "aro things of 'beeuty, and a joy for avers" Many of the patterne are lerge, many are thrown on sentare grounds, many on thick satin, end some pattexne are entirely in friee velvet, while others show plain and frise blended. Scimetar °mite are need to ornament the tenet tables of fashion. Whey come in vallQue shapes of Pearl, ivory, then and polished rubber, but the handles are Opted from the bledee, swords and battlaaxee of long ago. You can have ',Louis IV. sword in solid silver, it Charlemange blade done in plate that Wilt rattle= leveittielf,or anexaCt copy of Pontine Pilate'a weapon of bane. Peered eilver that is a eget work Of era Prieen very with the :malty of the Vete: but ell the designs ere pretty and enowY displayed on e linen cover with the mat of he crystal and Wiser toilet ertielea, Buy :elver bread platter with * :mike detfigu mooing *long the edge, :Tread it with daylie of drawn linen put se lot of cruety bread On it, beivatht;butler paes it round 040 table, and the menner tvlaich your gueet breake Off A piece will be A meager° tor jettigiug ot bis high hreediog, The Milo to the Bleinci Wetly would paw for native born Plugliele women in any part of the country. They are partial to low-heeled, broad -toed Shoes, fiat effects in milliuery and drew:making and the in. visible checke and hairline stripes that can only be lead in atuffe from Leetta, Dinning - ham and Liverpool. The young ladies braid, their heir tightly to * Gretchen, pastor it with tine Murphy and cover their bomb eedforeheede With the menet ot turban% Alra Blelue WOO blink and grey, and unlike tile ladies of the *White biome frowne at daylight towel& Ali of Men, Cornelius Vanderbilt'a bed linen is mode in Prelim The IleMe are finiehed in drawn work, and the west monograms ot applique end batiste duo oznbelftsh pillow elipe and top shade are landed. in the fine linen with delicate atitches of needle -work that au expert meld not ecoomplieb in leas than a weelea time. When thetufbeautital white clothes three up from the laundry' they aro folded in squares and ties with diegonale of nar- row ribbons jest as they were when they three from the Parisian shop. The Pleat elegant dreeeee to be worn AS deep mourning are =de at combinetion of two kinds ot tempts the greeter portion of the drove beiug of the luetreleee 044tOd crape trimmed with the wrinkled geode. &henbanes gownof this detheiption has round waist, with e nice of Entine Crape, into which ie gathered. a full blouse, the ruille of which is fastened dawn with fancy etitehlog and arranged tuthe at the belt. The aleevea are toll with deep cub. The skirt has front and side dra- peries of the soft meterial, with inserted peels of the Engliehorape. Another beautiful ben is at crepe, with front of Bele net limbed. with embroid. ere4 vendyke point& A deep fringe at °rape ornaments the lett gide. The waist is entirely of the crepe, with gYpeY tenant et the net, which is slut used for the tight underaleeveg, with. nutted outside pieces of the crepe, merle rau Wrap. This dainty little vetemeut new be mede of cloth or ot the oedema febria. The one pletured made of. hazel -brown felled cloth, braided all over with dark -brown soutathe ha an esouriel pattern. The Ironts ere extended into narrow tabee whicle cross et the walet Alta Are 'knotted together at the back. The oosolurianes cap% in eete ot tbree or four, is extremely popular with young ladies, and to a great extent will take the piece of ithltete. Among the latter there le one ot the " Ithroyable " Veal which has double revere pointed in front, the npper one of the coat material, length- ening into a deep, squereeellar covering the shoulders,. while the under revere ee differ- ent reatertal and lighter aleade ahem about two luellea below tini other, the point extending well out upon the arm. The ant fastens with three large buttons below the buet, while the akirt part is straig'ht over the hips, with a fewplaits at the beck, and the ouffs and pookets are double like the revers. Around the throat is a scarf cif crepe lies% Indian mull, eoft silk, or soma similar fabric: tied in a large bow, the suds beinghuolted in the open front.—Frank leslie s illustrated Newspaper. niirth is Beauty. The New York World says:" Mirth, cheerfulness, animation and other exprea. dons of a happy spirit or s vivacious mood are to beauty what fragrance is to the rose —lb soul, ita subtlest charm. The doll - faced girle who have no expression are never anything more than pretty. Beauty is something deeper than color, something finer than regularity of features. Many a Newnan who leeks the charm of prettiness es Been to be beautiful when she speaks and /miles. What constitutes beauty is a theme as old as love. It has been the puz- zle of poets, the despair of artiste. The bias of affection or conformity to an ideal makes nearly all women attractive to somebody. But the one thing which entera into and enhances all beauty is the smile that reflects sunshine in the heart." Think of Mile, girls! With a little effort, and no outlay of capital, you can all be beautiful. HE mum) TEM TABLES. How a Clever Englishman Obtained *Beet init Crowded Railway Carriage, Will you kindly allow me to stand ?" asked a gentleman, as he got into rail- way carriage, which carriage already con- tained the opeoified number, 0e,es the Lon- don Court Journal. • Certill141 not; air eXelaineed Pun/tiger occupying a corner Beet near the door. "Tho wee, these trains are over- crowded is shemeful I" "As you appear to be the only person who objects to my presence," replied the gentleman, " I than remain, where I pool Teen I shall call the guard and haver you removed, sir." f • Suiting the action_ to the woneethe grieved passenger Nee and, putting heee out of the window, vociferthely a moned the guard. The new comer se is opportunity and quietly slipped into he corner teeth " What'a ?" inquired the guard is he opened the carriage deem. • One over the number," replied the new comer, coolly, "Yea must come mite sir; the trainee going one' And without waiting tor -fur- ther explanation the guard pulled out the aggrieved passenger,. who was left wildly gesticulating ore the platform. Scotch Camel's Hair. A. new fall fabria that is sure to achieve . much popularity.is a soft Scotch camel's hair that coraes in dull shades of brown, green and gray, or a handsome Scotch plaid that has of late been adopted by the Duchess of Fife and worn when walking or driving about her husband's Highlend estates. The beautiful Miss Leighter, who made her debut at Newport during the summer season, has an autumn gown of the plaid. Red and brown lines on a clear green ground are her colors. The skirt is heavily kilted the whole way around; the only relief in the draperies is a long fringed plaid scarf knotted at the left hip, and a round short coat is slipped over the loose cashmere skirt. Broad, gelid, low-heeled waning ahoea are worn. A Eulogy on snit. Silk is an agreeable and healthy article. Used in dress it retains the electricity of our bodies; in the drapery' of our rooms and furniture covers it reflects the Bun - beams, giving them a quicker brilliancy, and it heightens colors with a charming light. It possesses an element of cheerful- ness, of which the dull service of wool and linen are destitute. It also promotes cles,nliness, will not readily imbibe dirt, and does not harbor verrain as kindly as mike SOOlt an arriege/1444 Will 46. shem good. oeurie ef reedeng for the Winter shOold haincleded in everY plan. :More wnne-eattede Preabyterfan. TERIMILIS TiteQEDIC„ lilurder and Suicide in a Public Garden in seioiland. On the morning clif the 20th ult. Mr. George Todd, marine inspector, visited Gardepo; there, to look after his plot. While there be 194thed into the sum- mer house alla,WOB lierrifie4 to see the dead bodies of a man and a woman. An alarm was at once given, and theepolioe appeared Cin the Beene, when the by of the man was fully identified as thiTef Andrew S. Walker, etto of Mr. chalhen, cbal merchant, '•tielid the !Welt, was enesegOteed as Miss Holtuee, Yining Wolneu who resided with her father. jOhn 401raes, joiner, on Mearns street, Thnpair, who were regarded as eteeethearen were Nell entermg the gardens on the preview: evening, and the tragedy had been enacted Been otter, as when found the bodiea had the appearinee of leaving /Mere dead for several beers. The girl was found lyiug en her beolt on * Beet in the eummer house with a bullet mark through the left side of her head, Walker Was on MS knees, dead, on the flow., with Ids left arm lying upon the east and his right hand resting upon her breast. In his right hand was *six-chttrobered revolver, two of the chambers being empty. Ele had snot himself mthe mouth the bullet passing out through the boa of the head. There ap- peared toltave been no. struggle, and from the position of the bodies it was evident that blies Holmse had been bet shot and atterwarde laid upon the seat, with some- thing in she shape of a pillow below her heed. On Committing the eetful deed. which was probably dime immedietely oott nide the illiMM04/011411, and Ong Ieyillg her OH* the eeet. "Walker would atieM to have gone outside :toed Whored eeme dowere and then neatly arranged them over her breast. Tbia meet have occupied 14M30 little tiMe, and when that io eme- sidered is evident that the deed bed been premeditated. lie thie as it rimy, Walker: as stated *twee dropped on lila Ieneee be. side the Melees body ot hie /sweetheart and ellet himself in the moeth with the revolver. Both of the young people were Sabbath Scheel teachers, end were much beloved by all who teem them. Wiest led to the tragedy 044110t be even guessed at in Oreeneek. The Run -to -Everything Family, nnoxoniane The Bun -to -Everything family may be found in nearly every village and small tQW4 in Ontario, but they are found in the largest numbera plemee populated by the third or fourth generation of Canadiante Negatively considered, the Beente. Everything family are noted for not liking their home. Like Sem Jones, they bate a quiet time. It kills the membere of thhi femily to :day long 04 MIO epot, especially ff that apt is around home. They cannot read. Thinking. is exercise neveeknewn in the family-. Thee have nothing to Mak with. Thor conversation coneigte et a IOW commomplacee About the limit thing. they wee° at, or tbe neat pithe theme gamete. • Positively eoneiciered, the prmoipil char. aeteriatie Of the Itun-toeEverything family le that they rue tosomething every felnkliete and atell derieg the day. 104 May always went an geeing them at everything filet te free. The Salvation Army supplied a long. felt want to theee people. Mir they 0411 go to the berrathe every night when. there is nothing oleo 10 go to. Heretofore they Were not enre Qf a place of restart tor every eveeing except when special services were going on in come ot the churchee. Old Din Btunto-Everything is not a baa old man in the Renee of beieg VIC100, itt feet he has not extergy enough, or breina enoeth, ao anything brilliant for the Ille etrOeg Mote ere io publio pleges and talking to little tante et people talent affairs. is alwaea found en Court, especially the Police Court. Re attend:: couuell meetinge, and meeting:: ot all Weida regularly. Next day his chid employment omelets in Addressing other citizeue on the points dieousited at bet nightie meeting. Nothing pleases hint go much as to gather a little crowd. *round hire and have dieouseion *bent 000 ot State. The old man has elwaya had a wealtnese for totting care of tbe Empire. Indeed he has been known to devote hie whole time to publie Waite when his wife was unable to tem her room and she chit - arm had the menden So devoted a public servant le old gr. BurettnEverything that he would go to & political meeting or an indignation meeting on the Jesuit queatiou it hie wife were aeriouely and there WAS net bite to mkt in the bathe or a stick to put in the stove. Such devotion to public duty deserves mend—kicking: Old Mrs. Ittunte•Everything is the beat member at the !vanity. lied the gotten anything like a equare thence ehe wonla have merle en, excellent wife. Married vo a moving Idea, also noon became &scour. aged and ditmouragement ssnk into despair. The good. woman made two =logs min teltes, and these reietakes wore ulade at critical points. The first was in marrying a lazy Melt, and the second in allowing her children to °entreat the habit of running to everything when they were young. Of coque it would not be easy for her to keep her children at home when their father set suoh an exempla 1 &ore them, but she did not try. Like many another raistaken mamma, she thought that the only way for the children to enjoy theeelvea was to go some place. The possibility of having a good tirao at home never occurred to her. Her ohmicen grew up to think that they could be happy only when they were on the ran. They ran. To them life was worth living only.when there wee some place to go to every night. Their home was a kind of halfeway house in which they rested be. The Bova Family at Portugal. " Happy the nation which has no kb. tory," ia probably as true of kings as at oatione. The Emperor ot Germany, the Ozer, even the little King of Spain, each has a personality. The Bing ot Portugal has nono, yet Dom Luis is adored by hie people, and well known among Spanish titterateure as ono of the ablest =auditor° of Shakepeere. Living a quiet bourgeeb existence at Sintra, in the great neelauctioly Palace ot &Ion des Pies, Dom Luis leaves the duty of entertaining, eto., to the Duke of Brettanza and bis young wife, nee Da. cone Amelia d'Orleana, eldest daughter of ebe Comte de Parfet who inhabit the Palace of .Belvue in winter, and Villa Vicious, a groat hunting and shooting centre, in euramer and autumn. Queen Maria Pia, -who 10 said to be the beat dressed woman in Europe, Ands, it is said, a certain difficulty in resigning heraelf to the quiet existence preferred by Dom Luis, and takes occasional flislits to attend royal weddings or funerals en Austria, Belgium or Germitny. Nothing please" the good Queen more than to be retina a oonfidante in it matrimonial tiff or love affair. Ex- cessively good-natured, and known among her younger relatives as a kind of fairy godmother, Maria Pia playa quite a part on the regal boards of Europe, audio amid to have had apart in theBonaparte d'Aosta marriage.—Patt Mali Ga.zette. A Quick Hitch. Harry H. Howell, a comedian, 23 years old, and Ethel Cooper, an actress, of the same age, were married at the bride's home on Potter street, Sunday, after an acquaintance of twenty-four hours. They met on the street Saturday, and, as the story gee% it was a case of love at first sight. Through the kindness of a mutual fueled they were soon after introduced at the bride home, and were married as stated. Miss Cooper bought and furnished her little home on Potter street some time ago, and has sinoe lived there.—Beralo Courier. Mean of Hint. George—That was mean of Fred to start that story about me, wasn't it, Henry? Henry --What story, George? "Why, he's been telling around that I left my boarding-house, owing my landlady 490." "Yon don't say so And I don't suppose you owed her more than half that amount, did you, George?" —" Agitated rat" and his "misfit mouser are fanoiful names for new colors. Canon Farrar's visit to the United States a few years ago apparently im- pressed him pleasantly, since he has sent his son to that country to complete his ednoation. The young man will take a soientifie course at Lebigh 'University, and will 'afterwards take his degree of civil en. ginrr it the Rensselaer Polytechnic Insti- tut of Troy New York wool does. Its continually growing use by ' * man, accordingly, is beneficial in many A curious scene was witnessed in Pekoe yard, Westminster, England. A sparrow ways. Grace and beauty, even, owe some - was picking up the corn which had fallen thing to silk. Yon oannot stiffen it lie° from the horses' nosebag% when a moue° • thick woollet or linen without destroying all its giett and value. The more Bill, appeared and proceeded to disputewith the sparrow his right to the dainty °motels - ribbons, therefore—the more silk kerchiefs ensued, which lasted for sone and robes are used instead of linen atia A fiel't wool—the more graceful becomes the out. minutes, and then the sparrow beat a re- treat. The sparrow had' evidently been ward aspect of mankind. A number of strange, grotesque fashions originating .in injured in the tuesie, and for a time was At last the sparrow flew up, the use of. linen would never have been In. muthle to ay - vented daring the. more general employ- ing/the mouse wiku . muin.—Exchange• and a cabman fa:tithed the incident by kill- ment of silk. The fluttering of ribbon, the rustling and flowing ekirts of silk, the silk An extraordinary mortality among chil. Iserthief loosely knotted round the neck, eren in Dublin le said to be due to the wealth.—Fort Worth Gazette. have materially contributed to make our parents dosing their children with quack • • Corsets With Very Long Waists. . , • . emotes more natural and pleasieg to the nostrums. The fact is a healthy child The corsets shown indicate it tendency eye.—Exchange• needs no medicine at all, and an unhealthy hewardabnormally long waists. Two of Fashions and Fashionable Folks. Child should, if the parents can afford it, eheas are accurately drawn in the illuf3tra- lam Tara lievo Ying, wife the newly. be brought up under the dootorel eye. A titta elaerinte A eenerr. neer. NON'S• OKIVT/difko The nd ef &err Val that Should be /tern. The one ondteputed axiom of faehion Here ft its A mateeeincee tate or tbe lack of it more forothly in the °hooding of his neck &eerie than in any. other regard hem- ing to do with fine dreesing as an art. Two, treacherous elements enter into the con- sideration of the case—form and color. Tbe shape of a easel ie mainly determined by the skill of the depigner, and except tra England, where Lord Eagion or the Puke of Portland, or tient exemplar of fosterage incarnate, the Prince himself, determine" upon nome maize' departure teem beaten Peals, it is largely an affair of conventiOn. Ruben).* only to the usual venial, medificite tion of style. Color is 014101013g. The scan is the one item of Ophiretthet ltamittt of it. It punctuat,es arid Want the entire' costume, and is _faultless and belle- tifol in proportion to the degree with which the devil of undue gayety and the deep sea of insipidity are avoided in its eelection. The wearer's eorePlexien is it matter of first importance. Mee. whose lead the rest of mankind follow—, Meet Of iheiga without Be ranch as suspect- ing it—hive laid down certain precepts on thhnoint which have acquired the force of inviolable law. For example, says a writer in the Post,,Dispatclz, a man with ewarthy features and Week eyes should elweye wear le scarf of distinctive hue— say, Week. dean blue, oalelmelt red, maroon, violet, and kindred abode% Whether the scarf ie illereineted with figures or net. OA Predominating *WM Sh91/14 be prononneed- On the other hand, blonde Men Shillad. *void deep colorer, restricting their chelo" to vague and uncompromising times—such as pale blue, light pink. Peet the verious hlendiags that produce gayer and more beehene effeete. POOMIO of nentril thee- pleaten and grey eyea elteuld exercise the 4411414 00 and preoeutien in the se- lection. of neeltweer. The character and color ot one'e garment* exert &n- ether decided 11304040 which cannot he ignored. It * man dreeees in iamb or deep bleak he Oilfield nelier, unleee wbeh let mourning,Or when wearing 4 'vest opening thee:telly wide, displeemg a big area et Waite shirt front, weer a plein, block or somber ether. To do 40 weld preelnee greWeome euaemble. The eater role, it is Agreed, le to eeek beemning eentreet be- tween the tone of the ger:manta and the predominant Wee of the ecarie There are men, however, who appear well dressed end who never affect any other color than bleak from head to foot. In the case of elderly geletlemen, especially beleegrate to one of the learned profeenone, this exception 10 oeuaideeed ellawable, hot at the same time the effeet ie exceedingly inertietie from the point et VIM of the min of fashion. The need for rivet:key effect in noel:weir this. 110011 14 $1304,31n to be greeter than Mai owing to the posterity Of the cutaway and. sack costa. Braker** Blunt by saeteneeentit for acme or $10,090, One evening last week a popular young Meth broker stetted, out to have,* little time with the beee." Ile had it. It was about 2 am. when he began to think tbat belted reached the limit, and he sum. tanned a cob and gave the driver the ninn. her of btu residence. On hie waterborne he searched his velem for contraband met. ter. By the ilicheeing light of the gas lamps he weed he gathered in his lop a pile of orampled paper, and thie he tore into bite suet soettered *bag the roadway. When he teethed home be phi the oebby and repaired. to hie room, where he pro - Nebel to dierobe. It is always his habit to lay his money end valuables on the dream when he retina and when the children come in Wore he arises in the morning they are permitted to appropriate every coin of a value leas than O. As ho haa his money OM OA thie occasion be leeppened to think of It cheque for 010,000 which be had been pad for merging by * certain final after banking boon the pre- vious day. He searched. hie us. end Mild not find re trace ot xv. Then be happened to think ot the documents he bed torn up in a mendlin way in the cab. It did not Woe hint longto draw a *coolest= Hastily donning big clothes he filled hie pockets with neetohes and traversed the route ot the cab. After an bour's myth he succeeded la plchitm tip nineteen bite of She deatroyed cheque. These bits, on being pasted together, formed the valuable whole. Early in the morning be was clown town. He sent the mosses claeque back to the house which leaned it, along with a story to the effect that it had been siceidentally torn -up. He requested a duplicate. Thie was issued at once, and before banking hours be had a duplicate cheque 'they for neee—Chicago tween runs. Billy Run -to -Everything, tbe eldest son, was not a bad kind of a fellow in his 'amp. In hie boyhood the village was small and there Was almost nothing to ran to, and he did not contract the habit so badly as the younger members of the family- ,With a good training, Bill might have heoorne a useful young man, but it is irawaesible for anything useful to grow up' in a Illin-to- Everything family. The younger boys put in their time by running frons school ..a to everything that brae along, frem Barnuin's ohms down to the last dog fight. Shows of all kinds, matches of rail kinds, races of all kinds. CrOWe . of all kinds were always and everywhere patronized hy the boys of this family. The boys soon became about as useless as their father. Tha girls of the Run -to -Everything family were the most useless of all. Their mother thonght they could enjoy them- selves only when they were going some place,' and, mother -like, she worked herself half to death to let them go some place. The result was that they knew nothing and could do nothing. Their cheraciter- istice were small talk, an inane gigele, and a weakness in the upper story that would make it rather dangerous for them to come into the vicinity of an idiot asylum anywhere near the time that a female patient had escaped. One of the worst things about the habit of running to everything is that it makes a family cheap, and cheapness hurts a family as much as anything on this side of dowinight wicked- ness. A young man who rates himself oheap teed never be surprised •Tr. hir employer rates him in the fame- vtae. young woman who rates beaten oheap need not wonder if her neiglabors take leer at her own valuation, or perhaps a deb lower. There is nothing; we repeat; 'on this aide of immorality that will cheapen it family or an individual fasteh;than running to every kind of a meeting, every vkiiege. kind 0! an entertainment, t, every of a show that can be got up in a eouetry Far be it from lie to Say thatanybody ehould shut himself up and live the life of it hermit. Thal is the other ^extreme. Between running to everything and going to nothing there is it golden 'tautness there always is between extremes. At this sea- son of the year judicious familiess will, as far as practicable, arrange for giving a cer- tain number of evenings each week to church duties, a °attain number to social duties, and as many as possible to home pleasures and mental improvement. Public men will find any arrangement very dila, cult, but the effort, yes, even the desire, to Value or Advertleements. "Do believe in advertising?" aaid prominent lawyer, it day or two ago. 'WeJJ ether; and en the ludden advertieement more than in any other. I remember, one day, reading a very intimating story thee ended in what 1 took to to he it puff for Dr. Piereine Purgative Pedlete. 1 threw bees the paper in a rage, Nota week after Shot I needed same medicine of the* kind, and went and bought those IMMO little pale:" I find there geed 2" " by Yeet the best thing of the kind I ever eaw, but that bee nothing te de With the first question. and 1 oely meatier: the joke on neyeelf to :how tints advertleIng does pay." Her Beason Eor it. "What made you fall in love with the tenor?" asked the alto of the soprano. ' "Because I 'knew be could never bee a bass deoeiver," was the satisfactory reply. • What He Believed In. Do you believe in the faith. ohm?" asked a Washingtonman of snake lather. " Noe' replied tbe latter," I believe in the sine care." Amateur Housewife. Mr. Toungwife (at breakfasi)—There is no bread on the table, Nora. Nora—Shure thereet none in iho house, 'mum. Mrs. Youngwite (severely)—Then make some toast. The neae King of Abyssinia,' kenilek 11, who hem just a.cknowledgedehertrotection of Italy, is short and dumpy and ea black as a coal bin. He is the son of a beggar woman who struck the fancy of bis father. At the expense of a great many European wetohowners the Xing has become pro. Acientin the art of watch -tinkering, a pas- time that he delights in. Sixty girl candidates for the Mormon life of multiplex blessedness were landed yesterday /rem the steamship Wyoming and packed' off to Utah. If they knew more about the country and its customs they would stop in Chicago, where divorce is had as easy and as often as one wishes. Besides, Wong° wants the World's Fair. And it heal° few of them. • A.,' "5&' fa, would you mind using the othet ezie of the ruler for a change?" asked Oita hid boy when the spanking was over. "-Certainly, Johnny," said his obliging Writhe?. "15 is it poor rule that won't Work both ways," and the spanking -Nike repeated. London's immense commons itt shown by the facitehet duringhttheien average of 216 vessels entered that port every day in the year, Sundays included, it total of 79,000 ships of 20,000,000 tons burden, tar- rying $1,100,000,Q00 worth of freight. Some deaf and dumb boys were playing ball on a South Thirteenth street lot on Sat- urday and a policeman ordered them off. They wrote an inquiry with a pencil as to She (saute, and the policemala wrote in reply that "the Mare " forbids it. Then they went to another lot, four squares away, and finiehed the game to the delight of many spectittore, including two interested police- men.—Philadelphia Record. Balfour, who is called "the best hated man in England," is still young. He was born in 1848 and went to Parliament in 1874. Se bee not look like a strong man, either physically or mentally, but he has shown in an unpopular way that he is ,ro ••••••••••• The Romance of Itealltyr Beesie--Madge was out walking with Charlie and they had a quarrel. Charlie gave her a shove and she fell into the lake. Everybody amid she would have been drowned if George hadn't been there and saved her. She is going to be married next week. Jennie—To George? Bessie—No; tn Charlie, Amine a backing tweets, 'Tis nothing but a cold,' They say, "Pwill very soon wear off." Alas, the story old! The hectic cbeelc, tho falling strength, The grief that cannot save, And ]lie's wan llama goes out, at length, In a consumptive's gravo. niters= would use Dr. Pierce'Golden Medical Diecovery, when irritation of the lungs is indicated by a cough, it would he an easy matter to avert consumption. Be wise 18 time. The "Discovery" ta guaran. teed to cure in all cases of diseases for which 11 de recommended, or money paid for it will be promptly refunded. • EIrst-OlasS Preak. Dime mussum manager—Whath your specialty ? Applicant—I'm the champion writer of topical songs that don't mention Sullivan. Dime museum manager—Great spoons 1 step right if18. Consider yourself engaged for five year°. Too well known to need lengthy ad- vertisements—Dr. Sage's Catarrh Remedy 50 cents, by drnggists. • Misunderstood. Traveller (from Kentucky) —Madame oan I get a drink here? • Lady of the Mouse—Certainly; there's the well. Traveller (with courtly gesture) -• — Madame, yoa memnderstood me. I don't wish to wash my hands; I want a drink. Quite a Different Thing. Old gent—Little boy, I am sorry to see yea smoking. Little boy—I ain't smoking it. I'm just keeping it alight for another feller what's gone on an errant. Eating of large quantities of potatoeshas beeneeied se it means of relief from foreign bodies that have been accidently swallowed. Thetteehole intestinal canal is thus dilated xeeportionately and the foreign body is carried through. Professor Billroth and Dr. Selzer affirm that many surgical operations might be avoided in this way. Such articles as a twenty gramrae weight, a set of artificial teeth and a needle have been successfully removed.—New York Tele- gram. o a')a L 42. 89 • AGENTS MAKE $100 A MONTH with us. Send 20c. for terms. A colored rug pattern and 10 colored designs. W. Ay BUSH, Sr. Thomas, Out THE COCKS BEST FRIEND