Morning journal and courier., 1889-03-14

undertaking, for one set of homemade will outlast two bought in the shops, and the cost is just the same. But who in this busy age, and especially if they live in New York, can ind the time or patience to fuss with csmbEic or lacea So in the great shops on Sixth avenue. Twenty third and Fourteenth streets such bargains can be found that no busy woman would hesitate for a moment. Stout cambric, good embroidery, numerous tucks and good, full widths are used in the manufacture of the garments that wear such enticing tickets. Gowns for ninety-two cents, ninety-seven cents and one dollar; petticoats for one dollar and half, and silk and wool shirts for one dollar and quarter are not high prices, even when the goods and sewing are examined.
 Any one casting even a cursory glance down the lace counters of the dry goods black and white gilded tulles and gauges, largely used for ball gowns. But one wo- man with clever fingers and not 8 very long purse indulged in one yard of black tulle with tiny gold lines running through it, a turban shape at the bonnet counter and one or two gold tipped black feathers, and she went home to evolve a theater bonnet f'Now that cost me just four dollars. and ] don't think I could have touched it at the milliner's under eight or ten dollars" she remarked when the trick was completed, and she turned it about with great satisfaction "After all it is not 50 much the materials that the bonnet maker charges for, but the taste and skill that only come of long prae tice, And any woman should be able to learn to trim hats and bonnets nicely if she would only exercise judgment and observe the fash. ionable patterns.
 Some one speaking of what will suit best the white-haired grandmother of to-day sug- gests for state occasions black velvet unorna- mented except by it's own rich folds and bits 0E f1Do 1oao ok 4Ia La,, woman has arrived at the dignity of grand motherhood and years that have whitened her hair or even softened it with gray, black is then her refuge. The pearly tints of skin and the white hair here find the best setting, and need never wear 8 gloomy look if the wearer is person of pleasant temperament. Black silk is one of her strongholds, and she wears it in common with the youngest and rosiest young women. Jet will tighten the tone and give an air of great elegance, while touches of lavender, purple and white are admissible and becoming. For home wear the simpler these gowns the better the taste, and caps of lace, muslin and ribbon add the little look of motherliness that is always to be admired.
 Russell HarrIson,s Little Daughter.
 From Washington Letter.l
 Many questions have been asked about the name of Russell Harrison's child, and few have been able to understand it when told. Marthena is the name and it is historical be- sides. Benjamin Harrison Mckee cannot hold candle to his little cousin when it comes to ancientness of names. The name of Marthena is 8 sort of heirloom in the family of Mrs. Russell Harrison's mother, and it came to this country originally in the times of Christopher Columbus. It is 8 Spanish name and was borne last, before the present little girl, by Mrs. Saunders, the baby's grandmother. Mrs. Russell Harrison was Miss Saunders, daughter of the thin Senator from Nebraska. She is taller than most women, and must measure four inches above five feet. She has loYeliness in both her face and figure. She is blonde of purely golden type, with that rich complex ion that golden blondes so often possess. She is vivacious and amiable, and is likely to be the most talked of of all the new State family. She and Russell Harrison have been away, while the McKees have always lived with the General, so that this prettiest of them all has not had awarded to her the place in the public mind that she is certain to soon occupy.