The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1878-09-11

each door II has always been a
popular store sith he multitude.
sd Goss 81 imueass trade.
For tie asx SIX weeks here the
e'mmoa coaVersai "a smopg the
isdlss viii be ri fall =. prniagsn of
diHsress goods Barasts. clocks.
dresses. ready made and 10 ri . piece,
nAn lie loo fashion sxissrs will be q
burden F.ss, anoas The different
openings viii DO that OF Mrs. II
IL. WaSner'a Batteriek patterns To
the masculine mid. pa t,rns niasn
scraps OF brown ;issGe paper Of no
recognizable fosm, with numbers
printed or thcm, tui what would
they think u get "A first glance al
hr. Wagnef's patterns as / did2
lBey are made up lbs; like dresses,
IN all the artistic CON licatioBs OF
color end form, and pc dncing all the
results oil the material of which the
finished dress will be. They are of
all eoiors, and the paper of which
they are made represent the different
materials adopted by tho fashionable
world of to-day. There are two
dresses that even | covet in nv in
most heart, SO lovely 10 design and
complete in every detail, are they.
There Is just Us much knife pleating
done as heretofore, and l was pleas
ed to note the facility with which
Mrs. Wagner's Centennial Pleater
does the work | find so hard to do bq
hand. 1t is the simplest thingl A
little girl sits and makes the pleatiGg
that is after wards sown on the dress
es- | must step this rascally pen,
for when it gets TO writing on fash
ion, il will 60 on to the end Of the
chapter even though | myself pre-
tend q disdain fer fashion which /
tear | do not feel. But it really is a
beautiful sight to see the paper dress
es for women, girls and children all
put together with 30 much care and
taste. When the formal ~"cpeningo
Takes place the large stogo will be
crammed with ladies who take in the
full idea Of the dress they Ike, aud
then by getting a u pattern they
q make the exact prototype. Those
who cannot gee the ready made pat
terms can got en- idea in the book
Of patterns sent on demand.
l Lave been sitting up for two
nights in succession until day broke
and the shadows fed away, reading
two books recently published by
Messrs. Peterson & Bros. One is
called "a heart twice won,n by Mrs.
Van Soon, and it is one Of the few
modern novels that hare a real and
absorbing plot in it. This u indeed.
has SO much plot and under plot that
il leaves no chance for criticism until
the last word is read, And even
then you don't csre to criticise much
when you have proven coEclusigely
the worth Of the book, for q book is
generally judged by the interest it
e%xcites. Ia that ease lew would
equal This. Still if the lady writer
wishes to hear q friendly word CT,
not criticism but appreciation for the
good her book contains, she viii fer
the future eschew such phrases "a
They never let on they knew her,"
and one or two ike expressions. A
writer cannot expect to please every
body, but there is little that can pos
fail Of interesting in this book, (
makes one think CT an English
plum pudding full of good things held
together by its own richness, and if
the proof OF the pudding is in the eat
ing, so is the proof ofthis book in the
reading. was tempted to outline
the plot, bat | won't, so that if any
body wants TO share tie pleasure Il
reading it with me, they won't have
half the interest destroyed in ad-
vance.
CT an altogether different style is
inc ether book called. Saveli's Ex-
piatioD,' written by Henri Gfeville,
said t, be q French lady, aud trans
from the French by Mary Neal
Sherwood. | hardly know to whom
10 award the most credit for this
beautifully written story !; he writer
II the translator, for it is rarely that
translator so comprehends her sub
ect as 10 be able to reproduce it in
another tongue so that it shall read
rec from that stiffness which char
lcterizes 50 many TRANSACTIONS.
Celia Logan, who writes so charm
ngly, herself failed most lamentably
translating "a Marriage in High
Bot, this book in question il,
Is | said, as natural as if originally
written in English. The story is !
aid in Russia, and is swee: and !
ender, and abounds in fine touches,
the scenery and the daily life !.
If the poor people are both faithfully !
portrayed. or course the freedom !
rom serfdom has changed things i
somewhat with the Russian peasant {
Y, but yet sufficient of thei,
md customs still exists t o enable all ,
who have visited Russia to speak Of
he entire t%rutbfuluess of the picture ]
Dat of small material and slender |
lot the writer Of this book has writ {
that which holds the reader !
harmed TO the end and leaves him
With a tender heart and a regret that ]
t is so short. The book is a real |
nasterprise.
never weary Of talking Of q good /,
'ook, for books have been my solaee J
nd companion all my life, and We /
hculd love our friends, bnt for this I
ime / must ~perforce cease until my :
ext. OLIVE HARPER