The semi-weekly miner., 1882-11-22

JbCon yof0OSSe u .~
Appropsiate toys too have made
their appeasasce. Thas two little
wooden 6sures are gotten upas prize
nshters. o. q little platform. When
,oa pull . str,ng one hgsre invar'a'
i,ly strikes the other one which A.
wsys falls an iss knees and raises III
arms appealinsly. The hitter hs'
Cleveland;s face and the victim looks
painfully like FoIger. Republican
match-boxes are also out. They are
in the shape of . coffin bearing the
inscription &C. J. Folges, died Nov.
:, lS82. Peace to his ashes."
There h Q bewildering number of
new hats visible wherever one goes,
and although they have the ar'sto'
cratic rolling brim they are all Dem
ocsatic. The hattess did IN unusually
goed business this year. There was
comparatively little money bet and
thus speculation ran exclus've'y In
hats. An acquaintance of mine
owns no less than four new ones, one
Of which I myself contributed. He
says that next year he will 60 Into
the hat business around election time
- there h money In It.
William H. Vanderbilt will abort
II throw open his art gallery to the
public. BY the public u VI courve
not meant that indiscrin,inate mass
whom Vanderbilt generally alluded
to In that phase OF his-the public
be d-d-but sucl, ~ hs chooses
70 invite. There II = rsre treat In
store for thuse whom good fortune
enables to secure the bit Of paste
board which is to serve - the "open
sesnn,e'' to the wonders treasured up
In his mansion.
Thocc Il an unusual demand for
wo0en's work In nearly oil depart
ments OF household art. They are
looked upon ~ careful, intelligent
and tasteful workers, and earn good
wages. Hundreds Of girls possessed
OF skin and taste can In these fields
make more money than ~ shcp girls,
milliness or dress-n,skers. 4 little
teaching will make then, familiar
with the techique. and ardent devo-
ton to study will do the rest. The
instructor in wood engraving at the
at school at the Cooper institute,
thinks that women ought to try
their hands more at wool engraving,
q branch Of art at preseLt almost
monopolised hy men. A wo,nan's
sense Of touch and her powers Of
adapting means to ends, are fully
equal to that Of 4 man, and her taste
and delicacy Of execution ought to
Stand her In great stead In landscape
aud still life work.
The election excitement has sOnle-
what interfered with the business Of
dry-Eoosls people and nliIlinefs, but
now that 1t Is over, business will run
In proper and uudisturbed. channels.
In gentlemen's fashions there h hut
little new to record. The tailors
made great ell;,rts 10 lolst the long
Engli0h surt0ut on the public,
and make them discard the time
h0n0red sock oveft0at, or the f0ndly
admired ulster, but 1t was unavail-
ing. With the exception Of few In
ceptive Beau Brummels on the ave-
nue., no one has the necessary cour-
age to wear thesu. Collan are worn
tight around the neck aid extremely
high, % that It h requisite to turn
the entire body when 1t is necessary
to leok around. l)ress shirts are or
nan,euted with = great deal Of ens-
broldesy; bat one stud il worn In
front. Dress coats are faced with
satin almost excll,sively. Some new
ones have the entire cIllar and lap
pels covered with satin. In gloves,
embroidered backs are dr r;gwewr.
In underwear, terra Gotta effects
with stripes arr the prevailing Ian.
cies.