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Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1885-03-25
Thieving Operations.

Tuesday night the harness and whip man
tafactory Of Henry Reiner situated on North
Duke street near New, was broken into by
thieves who stole therefrom three or four
sets OF harness and about forty whips. They
gained an entrance to the shop by breaking
open one of the window shutters and getting
in ct the window.
At noon to-day VIM. II. Reilly found in
front of the ticket Office ON the ground at
McGrann's park a lot OF harness as follows !:
One collar, five halters, eleven whips, a lot of
whip lashes, one bride and number of
strape IT is believed some Of the property
of Mr.. Reiner above referred to, il IN the
collection. Two suspicious characters, loaf
ing about McGrann's park, arc suspected as
the thieves, and they will be arrested.
Thieves also broke into the carriage house
Govern, just north of the city limits, and
st0le two or three buffalo robes. There is no
c1vrs to the thieves
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1885-03-25
Six yyeeIss under tbeIce.

In the early part Of last fiionth Charles
Lucky, aged Is, and Siias Gale, aged IL, were
Mating on the North Branch, three miles
above Brookville Pa While skating over
the deepest part of the stream, the boy hold
ing on to Lucky's coat, the ice broke beneath
them, and they both disappeared. Their bod
~ could not be recovered. On Saturday last
Frank Connolly, a boy working on a farm
near the place, went to the river to water a
horse. The opening in the ice where water
Wns obtained was frozen over and the boy
threw stone on the ice to break 1t. Through
the hole made by the stone, and with the
rnsh OF water that came up through it, the
boy was startled to sec a human hand and
told his i employer what he iee nai ~ seen. ~ ~
Tho farmer went down with an axe, end,
cutting the ice away, brought TO the surface
the body OF young man, whose right arm
was tightly clasped about the body Of boy
The clothing was nearly all stripped from the
podies and they were badly bruised and torn
They were easily identified as the bodies of
young Lucky and Silas Gale. 1t is supposed
that young Lucky had grasped the boy when
they came together in the water after break
ing thro SVh, with the idea of making his way
to tht~ oS Sning, but failing, had not relin-
sInIsne Ills hold in death.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1885-03-25
AuauseInents.

The Sitper King"-On Friday and Saturday
evenings the play -goin public of Lancaster will
be treated to one OF the most famous meIo-
dramas OF the day, " The Silver King" which
has been favorably received on both sides of the
water. 1t Will be presented here by Harry Mi
ner's especially selected company, direct from
the Peoples theatre, New York. f. c. Bangs,
the well known actor, leads the cast of histrionc
talent, which is very strong.
Var Songs and 1dbleaar,-On April 0, 10 and
IL, Admiral Reynolds Post, No. 405, c. A. r., will
give grand entertainment of war songs and
tableaux, at Fulton opera house. As the object
Is a worthy one 1t will no doubt receive the lib
eral patronage of citizens.
Package Party and Enfertainm nt-washing.
ton Camp, No. q, L. o. s. of A., win give pack
age party and entertainment on Saturday even
ing, March %, on third floor new postofice
building
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1885-03-25
The New st. Joseph's Church.

The walls Of the basement of st. Joseph's
church were completed last fall and were
covered during the winter. Work will be
resumed as soon as the weather will permit
After Easter. The new church will be built
outside OF the old one only the present steeple
remaining which will be changed to conform
70 the architecture of the new building. The
outside Of the whole building will be pressed
brick, laid In black mortar. The dimensions
Of the church will be l59x65. 1t will have
three naves, an arched ceiling with columns
alternately round aud square, supporting the
ceiling and root. AS soon as the new church
is under roof the old edifice will be removed
and the basement used for temporary
church.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1885-03-25

Philadelphia Market.

but easy superfne, q 50Q2s7 Extra. q ocSe
soo; Penn'a family. g ssgsE Winter clears, 81
a. 10 do straights - f5G4 rs MINI. extra clear
u o0Gt 80 DO straights, ~ 50gp5 90 winter pat.
ents, y 1908 % spring do - 0o95 Is.
Rye nour at s. 50G3 62l<.
Wheat excited and higher; No g Western
Red, ssc; No. do. at eoQsle; No. PA. do,
sa<e No. Delaware, do, S21Sc.
Corn strong, with car lots scarce ana In fair
demand steamer 4s@a9}<c. No. 9 yellow and
mixed, l9}z05oc; No, B do. As1<9i9c.
Gsoc' No. DO, At HH6s7,<e ! No do. $50
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1885-03-25
The Merit OF NIodesty.

General Gordon's biographers agree in
describing him as singularly modest man.
One of them who submitted proofsheets to
him for criticism had the modification of see
ing the pages fall one by one into the waste
basket and of receiving a reproof for indulg-
ing i'm adulatiOn and hero-worship Another,
warned by the sorry experiences of his pre-
decessors, wrote his book without consulting
the subject of the memoirs, and excused him
self in the preface by explaining that the
work would have been ruined IL II had con-
tanned only what General Gordon was willing
to have the public know about his life and
character
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~ Devstsa Wit n1ssneA Her Hlssbesa
E Frosn a. A8Rvsro HI.
& 80 ~. 49, 4hi<.>r, th.t .vor made ma
= ~ =, .rS.,rs.S q 90 -, . osIsrsr ~
n IIlau g.. csss-3.s1s ss ~ :. $3.50 =
York on Monday from the Bermudas
ened the othef morning at the Barge
rentlesnan md his wife were
,,,,r f,vtv ~ s,s--c.,s-ey. ,v,,o xvere
~, p.s..ss, -. s,,,.i,,s,- o'tS~ s,,s,,,, Az
~ Dasnoy h n'h.rn ~ paiAco uuI'us s.0
11ng. He was Cnpan she was evi-
~ an American. She voyage must have
6 loo severe for her, or else she was in
81 had health. for she coultl hardly
5{k Aa,rr ~. cI.nk sxs,,,, tha -to.p,or a.
u. wv Wv .,s.s Z ~, 4. .." ny -. ~
1gn,er .na. s 'eok 'r1 me- passengers ana my
- the bastery Wnen we got 70 tne
E11o Office she looked like ghost In the
nom of the annex n customs inspector
a mn 70 them and asked for the
fs,is hnnd-baa. The latter. after assur-
Kim hauahtiIv that Il contained nothing
~ 10 dlsty. Handed Il To him. The in
81 opened It, rumared around with
= 6ndinr anything, and was Just going to
- n again. when he found small box
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1885-03-25
The Progress of journalism.

From the Oxford Press.
A copy Of the Lancaster INTELLIdENcER
dated Tuesday, August 2, 1893, has been
handed us by James Hays, of Little Britain.
Lancaster county. 1t is in quarto form with
four columns to the page printed from good,
clean type. The entire first page and part OF
the third and fourth pages are taken up in
describing how some Princeton boys fiogged
q New Jersey editor. a \
The editor and publisher of the INrELLI-
oENCER at that time was William Dickson
and comparing that diminutive sheet with
The large and ably managed INTELLIGENCER
0f today we find that journalism has kept
abreast with other industries in this age of
fmpr0voEents
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1885-03-25
Fir. In the Eighth Ward.

An alarm of fire was struck from box No.
81, on High street, at o'clock this afternoon.
The fire was on the premises of Conrad
Ottendorfier, 647 High street. Mr. Often
dorffer was thawing the ice from a hogshead
when the hogshead took fire and the flames
spread to a fence destroying several panels.
Mr.. Ottendorfier was severely burned on the
face and hands in his efforts TO extinguish
the flames.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1885-03-25
IlnpOrtant Ii True.
From the

From the Germantown Telegraph.
The administration at Washington seems
to have determined, If possible, to nominate
and elect ex-Speaker Randall governor of
the state at the next gubernatorial election.
This purpose is plainly discernible in the
appointment of Mr. Randall's candidate, J.
s. Miller, of West Virginia, as commissioner
of internal revenue, and also of Malcolm
Hay, of Pittsburg, as first assistant postmas-
ter general
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1885-03-25
New LandIord al Leaman Place Hotel

Geo. Newton Worst, of Salisbury township,
will take charge of the Leaman Place hotel,
on the first of April next Mrs Hannah
Diller, who has charge of the property at
present will move into her newly-erected
dwelling house at Intercourse. This is one
of the most prominent and convenient hotel
stands in the county, along the Pennsylvania
railroad, and Mr.. Worst will have the entire
house tefitted with new furniture.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1885-03-25
nulaa cleyeland stiil : Republican.

The interesting discovery has been made
that the presidents sisters are staunch Re-
publioans, and have not abated particle of
thetr aith since they came into the White
House This has prompted certain disap-
pointed once seekers to say that the presi-
dent = himself anything but Democrat and
that this - the reason he has passed by their
claims 70 take others who have not earned
promotion.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1885-03-25
WANTED TO DIE SOON ASrER WEDDING
A Young Wife Jumps Into the Mississippi Be
cause Her Husband Deserts Her.

cause Her Husband Deserts Her.
Annie Wade, nee Brown, married only a
month, jumped from Cahokia bridge into tho
river on the East st. Louis side with the in
ention of drowning herself She was only
saved after an heroic effort. She lives In st.
Louis. and one month ago was married to
Frank Wade, of East ST. Louis. The pair
were considered model couple, and to all
outward appearance seemed to love each other
tenderly.
Two weeks after the ceremony Wade de-
serted his young wife and refused to live
with her She called on him number of
times, begging him to come back, but with
out success. She went to East st. Louis and
was Informed that her husband did not de-
sire TO see her any more. She wrote a num-
Der of letters TO her friends, and then jun ped
from the bridge young man named Blale
jumped in and rescued her.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1885-03-25
Slight Fire Mt the Jail.

On Monday evening about o'clock there
was slight fire in the wardrobe of the county
prison, by which some clothing and yara TO
ncf Anown how the fire originated The at
tontion 0f the Jail officials was called to II by
the barking OF dog kept in the Jail. There
was nome excitement among the prisoners
lbr . kinae, bat they soon quieted down when
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1885-03-25

~ h rsjscssd saonks ~ sl1u ~
- noaninal a ~
elk 's::::S S a; :':sss ::ssss Y ss
PORK, q. 30; beef hams. an % city msss
Bacon, s,<6ec smoked shoulders, &c |;
seit do @c, smoked hams ic,x0lixc;
Lard steady 4 city refined, At 7,<Qec, loose
butchers 9,{@eNc prime steam. n 2.
Creamery extras, 250S6c b. Q. and N. Z. do 40
$50; western dairy extras. Csc; do good 70
Rolls at NT@isc packing butter, sAlsc.
Eggs--market quiet and easier Extras, 171<(6
1sc western do, lsLc.
Cheese dull and easy; New York Full
Cream, l2e9l2@c Ohio Flats. choice, ll9llJzc DO
fair 70 prime, s@iolfc; Pcnn'a part skins, -
Petroleum Arm henned. 7s6c
Whisky hrmer at 81 %
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1885-03-25
The BAN of the merry Three

The "Merry Three" gave their first annual
ball at Rothweiler's hall on Monday night,
and it was great success. The attendance
was large, good order was maintained and all
enjoyed themselves.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1885-03-25
The Rat Ran Avay with Her Teeth.

A lady of Cecil county, Md, on retiring
lately placed her teeth i'm glass of water on
her bureau, and has not been able TO find
them since. The supposition is that they
were appropriated by some ambitious young
rat who wishes TO introduce dentistry among
his tribe
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1885-03-25
FINE Picture. ON an Exg.

Ar Miller, the well known artist ON eggs
~ h6gan work. lie has left one at this
o(|Ice, which bears the pictures OF the two last
Democratic presidents: Buchanan and Cleve-
land Tho portraits are first-class and could
Is recoGnixed anywhere. Abe has orders
for all over the state for his work.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1885-03-25

The annual election of directors of the
Pennsylvania railroad company was held on
Tuesday and 536, 529 shares were voted, all of
them having been east for the old board.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1885-03-25
Ran Nearly Forty Miles for SO.

Alfred Elson, pedestrian ran from
Meriden to New Haven, Conn, and return,
between thirty. eight and forty miles, i'm six
hours and forty.fiYe minutes, for wager Of
Sl0
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1885-03-25
Gone to Old Point Comfort.

General Simon Cameron, Col. James Duffy
and daughter, Samuel II. Reynolds and
daughter, and Mrs w. II. Potter, left this
afternoon in special car for Old Point Com
fort
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1885-03-25
Telephone Connsct,ons

ID. IL Wenger 4 Bro -four and feed, ss North
Prince, and Levin X. Rote, undertaken, lO2 South
Queen street, are connected with the telephone
exchange.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1885-03-25
crushed unaa.I.o,,or ore

Nicholas Schurmiski was killed and John
Oriard severely injured by the fall Of several
tons OF iron ore al the Edgar Thomson
steel works st Braddock, Penna.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1885-03-25
nrotber s,,cheu stays xy,,,, n.

Rev. J. I. Satchell, of the Duke street M.
Il. church has received telegram informing
him Of his reappontment to this charge for
the coming conference year.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1885-03-25

NEW YoRK, March % -Flour--State ana Western
Wheat lN@lAc higher, feverish and some.
what excited on Tumors, with fair specu,,
latfve business No. l White, nominal No.
Red, April, s95k@ssssc: May. SiN0s2,<c June,
e9@9Salc July, s3}zGs4Ac.
western spot, 4g1<05l1Sc do futures, 493<05cc.
Oats h3Nc higher No. 2 March, $40 SIC !;
April, 37ssc; MAY, 37kc; State, ss0alc; West
crn, 37f1t1c.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1885-03-25

NOTICE TO TRESPASSERS AND
~ GUNNERs.-All persons are hereby for
Cornwall or speedwell estates, in Lebanon and
Lancaster counties. whether inelosed or unin-
closed either for the purpose OF shooting or fish
ing, as the law viii he rigidly enforced against
all trespassing ON said lands OF the undersigned
after this notice.
X. PERCY ALDEN,
EnWARD Q. FREEMAN,
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1885-03-25

NOR A GOOD INVESTMENT GO TO
n BEChIoLD's, and secure BARGAINS in
Ladies' and Gents FURNISHING GOODS.
which are selling, many of them at prices that
VIII pay ~ 70 70 per cent to carry over for next
season. They must be sold TO make room for
Spring Goods. Now Is the time to save money
Please call and be convinced.
HENRY BECHTOLD,
-. - NO o2 North Queen Street.
for sale. N
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1885-03-25

eTSaE LARGE8T, BEST AND MOST
- eomplete assortment Of Playing Cards in
shs Sisy T9n csHsf z RI pSck vHNr NJ g
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1885-03-25
New York.
NEW ADVERTISEMEYTs.

NOR LADIES TO READ
a Every fair-mindcd woman is getting Smiths
necessary improvement to common sad irons
y. o. SMITH, Solicitor.
m2iJids No. ll5 North Prince Street
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1885-03-25
DEDUCTION IN oYERCoATs.

DEDUCTION IN OYERCoATs.
~ In order to reduce our large stock of Fur
Beavers. Meltons, kerseys and Corkscrews for
oyercoaiings,i will, for the next 60 days, make
up 70 your order, IN nrst-class style, at greatly
nt perfect and only the best quality OF trim
mings are used
A. ii. RosENsTEIN,
Fine Tailoring
g North Queen street. opposite the Postonios.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1885-03-25

WITHOUT EXCEPTION, THE BEST
w Cigars in the town, two for SC, at
4 HARTMAN'S YELLOW FRONT CIGAR
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1885-03-25

rLEANLlEESS is AKIN TO GODLI-
~ ness. Nothing better for Toilet and Laundry
work than MILLER's PURE B0RAX SOAP
mar7-6md
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1885-03-25
stock Marketa.

Quotations by Reed. McGrann 4 Co. banker.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1885-03-25

THOUSANDS OF INVITATIONS IN THE
d MfLLERs PURE DORAx SOAP, mar7smd
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1885-03-12
AInSkN'S Wealth.

Chicago Inter-Ocean.
Edwards Roberts, a San Francisco
special correspondent, has lately return
ed from an extended trip to Alaska. Mr..
Roberts said that the Importance of Alas
ka was very generally overlooked. In
fact, very few people had any idea as to
the value of the timber, minerals and
fish of that country.
''In 1867" said Mr.. Roberts, we paid
81, 200, 900 for Alaska. The seal islands
alone pay handsome dividend on the
investment. These islands are leased by
the Alaska Commercial Company for
$55, 900 per year. In addition tax of
50 624 is collected on each sealskin ship
ped from the islands, which, on 100, 900
skins, the greatest number the company
can take in one year, amounts to s262,
500, making. along with the rental, a
total of $3t9, 500, or dividend of lit
tie more than 4per cent. upon the ir-
vestment of $7,200,000."
'sHow long will the present COM
pany have monopoly of this bus
4 mess? p
''The lease will expire in 1887, and at
that time the government will have nc
/ difficulty in making a new one which
| will return double the present rental"
"What is the condition of mining il
Alaska =
"The mineral wealth of Alaska is sim
ply beyond computation. Gold of th'
finest quality exists in unlimited quaint
ties in the quartz of the mountains il
various sections. The only question re
naming to be solved is regarding its ac
cessibility. Douglass island, 100 mile
northeast of Sitka, is the center mining
operations at present. 1t is owned b.
San Francisco capitalists. and a 120
stamp mill, the largest in the world, is Il
operation. Labor is cheap, and there
no reason, aside from distance and TIA
difficulty of getting at the gold quartz
why Alaska should not supply larg
per eentage of gold mined in America il
the future"
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1885-03-12
He Got Even With Him.

From the DanbuFy News.
A Danbury man was sure some one
was tampering with his meal barrel He
drew a pencil line to show just how high
in the barrel the meal was, and the
next morning the meal was fully two in
ches below the mark. Then he had his
idea, which was to set steel trap in the
meal. It worked well, and when he
next visited the place the trap was gone,
and there was q good deal Of blood about
at which he chuckled greatly and told
his neighbor, who praised his shrewd-
ness and together they kept watch for
some one with damaged fingers. Before
they found him, this shrewd man went
in haste one morning to the barrel to take
out meal. There was a click, and lie was
caught in his own trap, which the thief
had returned and set just as he did it at
first. He has had one finger set, and
hopes to save two more from alnputa-
ton
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1885-03-12
Cleveland's Reverence for His Moth
er's Bible.

Special Dispatch to the FloridatHerald.
WASHINGTON, March 8.-The Bible
used in the Inauguration of President
Cleveland, by his own request, was one
which had been in the Cleveland family
many years, the gift of the Presidents
mother to her favorite son, is a small
book, with gilded edges, about three by
five inches in size, and of a class that
would sell in the stores for a dollar.
There was no intention on the part of
Chief Justice Waite to open the book at
any particular place, upon administering
the oath, and no desire of the President
that there should be anything pre-ar-
ranged about the ceremony in any way
The particular verses and chapter where
he kissed the book, therefore, were the
result of accident entirely. The lips of
the President, in kissing the book, touched
five verses Of the 112th Psalm, from verse
5to verse 10, inclusive, as follows:
ga good man showeth favor and lend
eth; he will guide his affairs with discre-
ton.
Surely he shall not be removed for
ever; the righteous shall be in everlast-
ing remembrance.
"He shall not be afraid of evil tidings;
his heart is fixed trusting in the Lord.
"His heart is established; he shall not
be afraid, until he sees his desire upon
his enemies.
''He hath dispensed, he hath given to
the poor; his righteousness endureth for
ever; his home shall be exalted with
honor.
1.-THE wicked shall see it, and be
melt away; the desire of the wicked shall
perish"
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1885-03-12
A Matter Of Policy.

n. Y Telegram.
A beautiful and bashful young woman
of about nineteen summers called recent
ly at the office of a life insurance agent,
and asked him timidly if he could tell
her how long people of certain age
would live.
Madam" ]" replied the agent, coughing
respectfully behind a prospectus, and
drawing his chair near to her, "here are
our tables of expectation and average
mortality, which contain all the infor
nation upon the subject that you can
DESIRE
"Well," said she, chow long viii
man of 81, and that eats peas with q
knife, live?"
According to our table, madam, re-
piled the agent, che sheuld. on an aver
age, survive II years, months and 16
days"
-"That, said she, ''would be till the 21st
of April, 1885,"
Precisely, madam, on the average
expectation of mortality, for we must all
die and it is therefore well to insure
against loss to the loved ones in a com
pany whose character -"
"And how much can I insure his life
for %
'Oh, for any amount-say for $10,-
O0O," he answered, taking up a blank
form of application. LET me recon-
mend the unexcepted advantages offer
ed by our non-forfeitable endowment
policy"
"Well, said she, 4 think, then, I'll
marry him."
ENSURE him, you meant" corrected the
agent.
''No, marry him; you insure him. You
see," she added, with burst of conf
dence, ''I love Herbert, and Mr.. Daw-
kins is old enough to be my grandfather.
But Herbert is poor, and just worship
the corner lots that Mr. Dawkins builds
on. And Herbert is very patient, and
says if I will only fl xa day, no matter
how long he may have to wait, he will
be happy. Now you say Mr.. Dawkins
will die by the 21st of April, 1896, and it
wouldn't be decent to marry again till
I've been year in mourning. I'll ar
range to marry Herbert on the I'd of
April, 1897, and if Mr.. Dawkins doesn't
die by then you'll give me $4,000 Oh,
thank your and with deep bow she
swept out of the office.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1885-03-12
Minnie Palmer's Stockings.

Denver Tribune.
If there's one thing in the world that
awoman likes better than another, it's
silk stockings. Minnie Palmer has 'em.
She has 240 pairs, and they are so clever
ly contrived as to look little at the bot
tom and big at the top. That is, the
feet are all in dark colors, which grad
ually develop breadth from the instep
up, and spread away into designs Of
lacings and embroideries.
One of the loveliest pairs was of cream
and garnet, SO exquisitely combined that
they might well be termed a symphony
in stockings. Queen Elizabeth, in whose
time silk stockings were invented,
would give poor little Minnie an awful
shaking up, should she suddenly be re-
surrected into court life again.
The standard of fine ladyism nowadays
is silk stockings, and the little song and
dance actress has struck fashion at high
tide.