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Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-01-11
we'll on the left shoulder of the ball


Not only ave caps becoming an in
door adjunct of feminine heads, but
in connection with morning wrappers
loose hoods are made of fabric to
match. The headgear in this instance
has somewhat the appearance of a,
turban, but is worn we'll back and tied
at the crown with a ribbon The wrap
per is apt to be made open at the neck.
and wound around the waist with a
wide scarf, while the sleeves ara so
wide and loose that they fall back to
the elbows whenever the arms are
raised. From these descriptions 1T will
be seen that the stylish woman is no
longer dowdyish on careless in her
dress at home. That IS commendable,
surely, although it may considerably
increase the cost of her wardrobe.
More and more have frocks been elak
grated for home wear until preten-
tious girl, ROBBED merely to receive
casual evening callers, sometimes looks
as smart as though arrayed for ball.
The fact is that girls in society where
elaboration of dress and manners is
practlced no longer possess much
simplicity. Ever since the practice of
making debuts came in, and every
maiden found herself criticised like an
actress upon her first formal appear
ance, she can't help knowing her good
and bad points, and naturally her eff
forts to improve her looks are re-
doubled. We commonly hear the faces
and figures Of our girls discussed q
the most critical and outspoken man
ner, and the society columns in the
Now Vr1l- 81
in the expressions of admiration or
mildly expressed disapproval of
wealthy debutantes. All this has render
ed the girl of the period much more
careful dresser than her grandmother
was when young.
Articles are studded with imitation
gems, and other objects than those in
tended to wear are offered in the same
collections. recently saw among
other things some very handsome
shades for candles or very tiny lamps,
which were apparently composed of
large rubies, emeralds and crystals in
deep gold settings, the effect of which
was exceedingly rich and beautiful.
The latest menu cards have the letters
forming the word menu" or some cor
ner design, such as butterfly or pin.
composed of what look like wee dia-
monds and amethysts, and so brilliant
and beautiful are some of these new
cards that I feel sure guests will not
feel at all inclined to leave them to the
usual fate of the menu card, which is
to be trampled under the table or
swept away when the serious part Of
the dinner is over. Iexpect the notion
will extend to stationery ere long. The
latest stationery idea, by the way, is 10
have note paper perfectly square, with
envelopes to match the different sizes
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-01-11
Room at the Top.

Last Saturday l heard young man
make some pretty pointed remarks
about getting "to the top" that place
represented as being so very "roomy. ="
at does not seem to matter, he To
marked, "whether I work my best and
never take my nose of the grlndston ne,
or whether take things easy and get
along without so much hard work. Ii
ID nretty evident that this young man
=, viii not get to the top right away, and
pointer or two may help Il f him. as he ca,
how the matter would seem were ne at
the tor and had charge of everything.
From this point of view let the slt ,1s
tio a be studied, and notes be m =!
how how Young man should 'o 7. sat nm I'M.
self If the young man does ho' sS1
filings in different light, then l VIII
he mistaken. 1t will be gooo essen t,s
and if learned will 60 far to enapie ;me
Young vol, man in question to advance n! t nllh
self . good distance "towa1d ths TOP
MPnper Trade Journal
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-01-11

sometimes, and this one may be like
the rest, Wooden Shoes and his
father may be growing proud and"
Not that boy studied him we'll
think, Uncle Toby, and 1 could find
no pride in his nature" cried Rollo.
with show of spirit.
One day there came to Rollo's home
square package, which the express
man delivered and went his way.
1t was addressed to Rollo himself.
amt had been sent from a growing
town i'll one of the Western States.
The surprised boy and Uncle Toby
loosened the cords with much eager
ness and curiosity, and when their
hands opened the parcel there fell out
upon the floor two wooden shoes!
| Rollo gave great shout. which
Uncle Toby followed with a laugh.
Your wooden shoes in person.
Rollo," he exclaimed. "It seems that
Hermann, of Antwerp, has not forgotten
YOU"
Il knew he had not"
just then Rollo's prying fingers
found in one of the shoes a piece of
folded paper, and when he had opened
, ~, 'iN iCdo lilH IOllOWlng letter.
beautifully written and correctly
spelled:
MY DEAR RoLLo-I am quite IL bow now,
and; ana to1morrow enter the High School.
| whore L expect to prepare myself for I;
teacher of languages. Wasser is with me
yet, and when talk about you he looks into
my eyes and seems to approve of all say.
l send youthe little wooden shoes YOU first
saw in the streets OF old Antwerp, for know
! they will cause you to remember how you
once east your bread upon the waters
when am q man and amastcr of languages
VIII come to see You. Keep the wooden
shoes, and with them the love and gratitude
| ol HERMANN DRoFT.
When Rollo finished and looked I'D
at Uncle Toby, there were tears in his
eyes.
"What do you think Of Wooden
Shoes now?" he exclaimed.
Surely, my boy, it was bread cast
upon the waters. It has been seen
after many days. was the reply
Sanday- School Times.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-01-11

Winter Stylos.
GoBEL1N blue remains a fashionable
color.
SLvER-D1sc tulle is seen on many Of
the late evening dresses.
Two ooLoRs compete for popularity
dark green and navy blue.
IT is said that long, pendent ear.
rings are being revived in gay Paris.
UMBRELLAS are very slender, but
the handles are shorter and less
ornate.
ACCORDION pleating is again coming
into favor. 1t is seen on mantles and
cloaks.
CHARrREUsE, pistache, and leaf
shades are popular colors for evening
dresses.
LONG cloaks, bordered with fur, are
cut diagonally open, instead Of straight
up and down.
JUDGING from recent importations by
the jewellers, pink coral will be fash
ionable ere long.
DANCING shoes are either of black
satin or undressed kid, corresponding
in color with the gown.
WoMEN's watches are characterized
by their smallness. Some of them
are scarcely bigger than the thumb
nail
FuRs of all kinds are worn without
much preference. Possibly good,
heavy -furs, which are genuine, are the
favorites.
APRONS are long, and mounted in
small gathers at the waist. Pongee
silk aprons have revers of velvet at
each side.
DRESSES of crepe de Chine or ORR
entail silk are much worn by young
girls. They are serviceable, and will
stand wear
The latest ring for beauty's finger is
of heavy twist-wire with three spark
ling gems imbedded in diamond shaped
settings.
CREPE is very popular and it certain
ly is durable. A threadlike variety with
almost imperceptible silk line is espe-
cially in vogue.
The passion for green has brought
the demand for emeralds up with q
rush. Jewellers find the green stone is
remarkably popular.
In New York a young lady's;age is
counted by her seasons in society; thus,
one who has been out two years is
called a "2-year-old, and so on.
SHORT, puffed Empire sleeves are
much worn for low bodices. One of the
novel ideas seen with the sleeves is an
ostrich feather curled partially around
one arm, bringing it from underneath
On tho other arm there 10 . feather on
the top of the sleeve, arranged quitG
differently.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-01-11

II is estimated that there are $500
women in the United States who hold
diplomas from medical colleges, either
American or foreign DIR. Elizabeth
Blackwell, who graduated in 1S4S is
said to be the first woman doctor. The
first one in Sweden is Karolina Wider
strom, who has recently been engaged
by the Thule Life Insurance Company
to examine women who wish to insure
their lives. The physician of the Mil
waukee County Hospital is DIR. Anna
Mcconnell.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-01-11

A coLoRED brother in the Alexandria
valley down in Georgia sent the fol-
lowing request for minister to his
bishop: Send lis bishop to preach.
Ii you can't send us bishop send us
sliding elder; if You can't send slid
ing elder send US a stationary preach.
er: if. you can't send him, send us a
circus rider; if you can't spare him,
send us locus preacher; if you can't
spare locus preacher send us an ex-
hauster." That settled it, ard he got
a preacher.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-01-11

In the December issue Of Scribncy's
iMuquzine is "a Christmas Sermon" by
Robert Louis Stevenson, in which he
expresses the following thought: ut
was the moral man, the Pharisee,
whom Christ could not away with. If
your morals make you dreary, depend
upon it they're wrong. L do not say,
give them up, for they may be all you
have: but conceal them like vice,
lest they spoil the lives of better and
happier people," What we want IN
this world is not so much high grade
of morals as that active sympathy
which is willing and ready to extend a
helping hand to an erring brother or
sister and to help them on by wise
counsel. Pharisaism does infinitely
more harm than good. 1t is chilling
and repelling 1t is the warm personal
sympathy, reviyifyins like the sun
shine, which accomplishes in the world
the genuine good.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-01-11
NEW YORK CORRESPONDENCE. !

NEW YORK CORRESPONDENCE.
The fashionable woman is little
queer about her head Her brain may
be no lighter than usual. nor it's out
put of ideas more femininely peculiar
The strangeness is all on the outside.
She has taken the veil Tits differ
ent veil from the one which she has
hitherto worn. III not only covers her
face but envelopes her hair completely,
and is gathered closely under her
chin. The picture shows how it is
commonly done. The veil is fastened
clear around the hat by an elastic cord,
so that it hangs from the brim, and, as
that brim is more or less protuberant
in front, the veil is not brought against
the face, but leaves a clear space be-
tween the gauze and the visage. That
is more comfortable, certainly, and
probably healthier, than to have a COW
ering, however thin, drawn tightly over
the eyes, nose, and mouth. The
greater popularity about the new veil,
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-01-11
THE LITTLE FOLKS.
The Quest.

There once was restless boy
Who dwelt in q homo by the sen,
Where the wnter danced for 10Y
And the wind was glad and free;
But he said, Good Mother, oil, let me go!
Is thi little brown house,
This old brown house,
Under the apple-tree.
~ will travel east and west;
Tho loveliest homes Ill see
And when | have found the best,
Dear mother, Ill come for thee
I'll come for thee in II year and Il day,
And joyfully then we'll haste away
From this little brown house,
This old brown house.
Under the apple-tree
So he travelled here ana there,
But never content was he
Though ho saw in lands most fair
The costliest homes there be.
He something missed from the son or sky,
Till he turned again, with wstful sigh,
To tho little brown house,
Tho old brown house,
Under the apple tree.
Then the mother saw and smled
While her heart grew glad and FREQ.
Hast thou chosen q home, my child?
All, whore shall we dwell?" uotn she.
And he said, sweet Mother, from east 10 west
The loveliest lone, and the dearest and best,
Is little brown house
An old brown house,
Under an apple tree"
-EulOrd s. BuDStead, IN st. Nicholas,
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-01-11

4 STORY comes to New Brunswick,
n. j.. of the ravages Of strange ami
NAL in the Great Bear Swamp. Half
dozen or so sheep and pigs disappear
each week. One hired man claims to
have seen the depredator, and says that
it was twice as big as sheep, and had
horns. A hunting party has been or
ganized to solve the mystery
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-01-11
No Plumbers Need Apply.

"Pa, I guess there amt any plumb
ers in heaven" said six-year-old
youngster one rainy day.
"Why not, my SOM"
"Because the sky leaks SO easy"
"That's not the reason there are no
plumbers in heaven, sonny. They are
all in the other place, for the Bible
saws it is easier for camel to crawl
through the eye of needle than for a
rich man to enter the kingdom of
heaven" -Teaas Sifii,1as
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-01-11

MIR. AND MRs. OSCAR WILDE are very
prominent figures in London society.
lie has abandoned the eccentric dress
which he wore when he visited this
country; which was put on as clever
advertising dodge, and while it made
MN ridiculous it paid from business
point OF view. Mrs. Wilde is'a lovely
woman Her eyes are as soft and blue
~ an Italian sky, her complexion is as
lfesh as June rose, her figure is light
ana graceful, her hair soft, silken
Drown, and her smile sweet enough to
ue1t the heart of the most hardened
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-01-11

The Sultan of Turkey has become
intensely interested in mind reading.
With his usual luxurious method of in
dulging a new fad he has advertised in
European papers for mind~readers who
are willing to reside in Constantinople
for some time and receive large salaries
for deyoting their talents to his amuse-
ment. AS the Sultan does not pay his
cooks the advertisement has not been
especially effective.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-01-11

The Rev. Newman Hall, the distin-
guished English divine, writes to a
friend in Toronto: 81 suppose at 70 1
ought to be old, but ] feel as young as
ever and preach about five times a
week. can walk ten miles without
fatigue. Ny voice is as good as ever
and preaching an increased delight"
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-01-11

Miss FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE is said
by an English publication to be con-
tirmed invalid from spinal disease
incurred through over-devotion to the
cause Of nursing. She went home sick
from the Crimea, and her health was
never thereafter thoroughly re-estab-
lished. She is now approaching her
10th year, and is destined to pass the
evening of her days as an inmate, and
it's most favored inmate, Of st. Thomas
Hospital, London. In that institution,
in 1858, was established the Nightin-
gale Fund of 100000, in perpetual
commemoration of the heroic efforts Of
that lady in the Crimean hospitals.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-01-11

The practice of American trades
women who organize themselves into
protective associations and unions
seems to be gaining ground every
where. A very large society of this
kind has just been formed among the
factory girls of Vienna.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-01-11

important factor
in determining
the qualifications
and merits Of the
ballet-girl. In a
recent interview
Bolossy Kiralfy
is credited with
saying: In Sc
Letting girls for
my ballet 1 do
not ask them what
kind of forms
they have. I sim
ply watch their
hands, and un-
known to the ap-
her fate. OF
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-01-11

A ,r1SGU1sHED soldier living in
New 'eans is Gen. Philip Regis de
Irobr I'd. who fought with the Fifty
sixth Nv York Volunteers during the
late :, rose to the rank of Brevet
Major General, and when the army
was l,.Hced to a peace footing was
made : Colonel of infantry. He comes
Of .e' French family, and is as
skillfu With brush and palette as with
the sw, I'd.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-01-11

The Queens privy purse amounts to
100000; she receives for the salaries
OF her household 913l, 250, and for its
expenses el72, 500; for the royal bounty
$4,000, and for umdesignated purposes
9s,O40, total Of e3S5, 900, or 81, $780,
o0O. The Queen also received from
the Duchy Of Lancaster in 1886 &c.
ooo-s97, $50. Her Majesty is said to
have invested largely in various good
securities, and her private income is
said to be large.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-01-11

Mrs. PATRICK HEENAN and Mrs.
Burns. who live near Marysville, Cal,
started out to attend church. Their
team ran away, and their covered
wagon capsized aud fell over an en-
banklnent into the ditch. The horses
did not stop, but waded in the water,
drageiag the overturned wagon after
them The ladies were rescued only
sigh: injured.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-01-11

THERE are now three women on the
New York Board of School Commits
sioners. Mrs. Agnew and Miss Grace
q. Dodge have been on the Board some
tine, but recently third lady, Mrs.
William G. Rice, has been elected to a
membership.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-01-11

DIR. r. A. EVERETT, of Hillsdale,
Mich, has a wonderful fourteen-year-
old cat. When it was small kitten
the Doctor took it three miles from
home and dropped it. Three weeks
after the cat was found sitting on his
doorstep one morning At another
time he sent it off into Ohio, and it re-
turned five months later. Since then
the cat has dwelt with the Doctor. and
has shared in the best the house affords
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-01-11

woman-hater. Her manners are bright
and winsome, and she talks with a
charming ease and vivacity.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-01-11

II is not generally known that Walt
Whitman, the poet, has an English
cousin who is herself not without repu-
tation as writer. Miss Whitman is
an intellectual young woman and 80
handsome of feature that an eminent
Danish sculptor has chosen her as a
model for bust of Literature" which
is to appear next year at the Royal
Academy
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-01-11

OF the worlds refraction telescopes
nine have apertures exceeding 20
inches, VIZ: Lick Observatory, Cali
fornia, 36 inches; Pulka, Russia, 30;
Yale College, %: Littrow, Vienna, p ;
University of Virginia, 26; Washing
ton Naval Observatory, 2G; Gates
head, England, IS; Princeton, N. j.,
%; and Buckingham Palace, London,
England, 81. Six of these instru-
ments are the work of an American
firm.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-01-11
FOR THE LADIES.
HOW DAME FASHION WOULD HAVE
YOU ALTERED.

Matters Of Especial Interest to Ladies
Who Desire Becoming and Fashionable
Toilets-Tho Art of Dressing Econ o1ni-
cally and Well.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-01-11

The verdict of the Pennsylvania jury
in the breach of promise suit which
the Widow Hubbard brought against
the millionaire widower Fry is yet
fresh in the minds of the public. In
this refusal to allow the demand Of
the fair widow for damages there
bursts forth the first sunbeam of hope
for oppressed man. For SO many years
a man has stood so little show in a
breach of promise case that suit for
damages on account Of lacerated affec-
lions was almost equal to a verdict in
favor Of the plaintiff. But times have
changed. The victory that was won
by millionaire widower Fry suggests q
thought that even o charming widow
cannot lay her snares for rich and
eligible man with impunity. Let the
celihates rejoice. There is hope for
them left. ... .-
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-01-11
Winter Stylel
BREAKFAST WRAPPER.

manufactured in this shape.-Chicag o
Ledger.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-01-11

The elephants at Central Park, New
York City, are occasionally used to
shift heavy articles. The other day a
frame building was to be removed to
another part of the grounds. 1t was
small two-story structure, partly filled
with grain and implements, making a
weight of twelve or fifteen tons. With
some difficulty the workmen raised the
huge mass on rollers. The elephant
Jennie was then brought up to push.
She would place her great head against
the structure and brace herself; then
the building would strain and creak
and move on as rapidly as the rollers
could be placed in position. Jennie
and her keeper would follow it up, and
she would bend her head to give the
building another push when the fore
man shouted Ready" .....s..
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-01-11
Hands aud the Ballet.

G@AHE hand is an
% important factor
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1889-01-17


modest. womaniy, and animated.
She recalls that not so many
years ago. sbut before Chicago indi-
Gated just what it was going to be-"
friend OF hers consulted another about
investing $4,000 in land here. There
was divided opinion about the pru-
dence of the step. The investment
was timidly made, and the fortunate
investor has been rendered comfort
able for life by it.
''f you were asked by young
American intending to study art abroad
whether he or she would go, what
would be your answer"
IF sculpture, to Rome; if painting,
to Paris. The painting schools in
Rome are not and have not for many
years been as good as those of France.
We may not wholly like the French
taste, the tendency to realism, the
poverty of ideal elevation. But in
technique, in every thing that makes
the artist adept in his art, in the sci
ence of painting, Paris is the school
of the world. In sculpture it is diff
ferent There are admirable French
sculptors, of course, and few great
ones. But Rome is the depository of
the plastic art of the centuries. The
museums, the galleries. the private
homes are full of superb examples
which are in themselves teachers and
models of sculpture. Chicago Trib-
me.