, 1888-04-26

with what used to be called "cap' OF
soft lsse, arrahged in such miniature
folds as TO give the effect of marabout
feathers, than which nothing is more
becoming. Crinkled brims are again
in vogue, and look we'll with the
fringes of hair which we are constantly
being told are "going out" They show
no signs of deserting the fair forehelds
of English girls, though some OF the
latter turn Up a portion OF their fringe
in the very middle, u style that suits q
few faces very unmistakably.
Goats are smart and short and inva-
riably tight-ftting at thu back. They
are often made with a waistcoat, either
wholly separate or coming from the
side seams under the arms, in which
case it is in one with the coat. The
fronts do not fit closely, as rule, but
sufficiently define the figure to be free
of any accusation of clumsiness. On
the whole, the spring fashions are
smart and becoming, while the advo-
Gates of rational dr. IS can find little
fault with them, if only the skirts are
kept well of the ground and the
waists not unduly tightened.
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at may be truthfully said, remarked
u writer in the Pittsburg Dispatch,
that less than one.fourth of the women
who marry know what they are doing.
They have no idea of what their du-
ties are, much less their rights. About
all they know is that they are getting
married. Is it any wonder that so
many are disappointed and wish them.
selves out Of itY'
1t is perfectly right for q woman to
have an ideal husband, yet more i'm
portant that size should have II clear
and distinct notion of what consti'
tutes an ideal wife. There's where the
trouble lies. They all want ideal hus'
bands, but never seem to think that
men may want ideal wives. Men im-
agine that wife will make them hap.
py, and women think that all they
need to put an end to their troubles is
to secure a husband. How sadly both
are disappointed. The wife who ex-
poets her husband to make her happy
is foredoomed to disappointment, so is
the man who expects the same from
his wife. We make our own happi-
ness, and in 50 doing make others
happy.
Whenever young women begin try
ing to fit themselves for wives, then
new social era will begin TO dawn.
There will be more happy homes, less
poverty, fewer divorces, and better
moral atmosphere. There is a great
deal OF room for men to improve in
the same line. Comparatively few Of
them have definite ideas in regard to
the home life they expect to live. If
they do picture such thing, they fol-
low the outlines traced by some senti-
mental novelist. 1t is an impossible
sort of place, in which he installs an
angel. Nectar takes the place of cof-
fee and the bread plate is filled with
lotus
A true and thoroug h knowledge OF
color is q valuable requirement TO a
woman who would dress we'll, says a
recent writer. The most beautiful
harmonies are those who have the
most consonalce. To demonstrate
this Bernardin de st. Pierre tells how
the ancients personitied the Sun as the
daughter Of Air, who, on the banks of
Cephisus, repeated the last word she
heard just as most of our greatest
colorists have repeated their harmon
les. Symphonies duplicated are es-
sential in woman's dress, with some
contrasts which nature applies with II
lavish hand as in the color of animals
and the earth, and green leaves and
flowers. The field this year is a wide
one, for never has the fashionable
range OF colors been more beautiful or
wider. The shades of brown are bor-
rowed from beaver and bear; the grays
are of several variations; the blue
range from electric sky blue and tur-
quoise. Terre cutie is as full and rich
i'll shade as a Devonshire cuff the
vieux rose is lighter and more tender
than Of yore; so is the crevette, which
matches young prawn fresh from the
boiling. The oldfashioned pink has
come back to us, and the old oyster
white erenat, cardinal and the bril-
liant poppy red are worn also. All
these colors are to be found in the fail.
les desirees with their coarse cords:
there is nothing more la mode.
WHY THEY DON'T MARRY.
New YokK Letter: 1t is the old,
old query, why the men do not marry'
OF the host of debutantes who made
their bow in what is called society this
winter two are said TO be engaged.
IL has been "a brilliant season. Mrs.
Cornelius Vanderbilt is reported to
have spent $126,O00 entertaining She
has taught society how to freeze
Roman punch in the hearts of Grim
son and yellow tulips. and how to eat
terrapin with gold spoons out OF silver
gilt canoes. Mrs. Bradley Martin has
made famous not only her damon sun
but whole solar system of flashing
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