The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-04-07

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nsed to start from. A simple cord IS me
finish. supplemented by n irill OF dainty
lace nearly six inches wide, living down
on the shoulders al around, ana leaving
every curve OF the pretty throat exposed
There Is a great revival Of plated muslin
collars Of The shape lately appropriated
10 children Of fiat embroidered collars
and # the real lace collars pointed back
and front, which were the pride OF our
mothers in The days when they wore
-tarched undeTsieeyes
There are two new clOaks One is The
cloak which preteDds to be short wrap
| worn over walking gown.
The other new wrap Is peasant clOsk
in lace. unlined, the most beautiful thing
/ for weather When you don't need any
cloak at all that has been brought out IN
years.
Every now and then there is novelty
In nursemaids. 1be natural consequence
Of a winter OF verest-chsgrin ana Rus.
sian peasant dancing and talking
learnedly Of Tolstoi Is The Russian nurse
maid She looks very funny when she
t-lks 10 her private and particular police
man IN the park these days. She II ROi
no unusually swell She wears fui
/ skin of dark red silk or wooden, with p
neasant bodice in black velvet and lace.
! rhe apron is ner especial glory. II IS
very handsome apron, which Is con
sidered especially appropriate to lcr, All
apron Of four wOked stripes, two or gray
I linen, one Of blue sluf1, and one OF red.
separated by gray, pillow worked IN
serti0n. darn,d with red. With tins
very foreign get up is seen muslin cap
with fun ruche, plsit d crown, and
! flowing sarcenet ribbon ends. She
doesn't talk Russian "eiy often, but She
looksss il she did which after all j.
mucn the same thing.
Women are the born speakers OF Tn
human race. once they overcome then
Ignorance and timidily They and the
world will find tAis out"
AT the Sorosis banquet two or three
weeks ago they called Eliza Archer COn-
ner, the feminine Cbauncey NJ. Depew
To liken one person TO another carries
with il comparatively little mean ne, but
! Mrs. Conner. who won her spurs as
literary editor of The New York Vord
and whose good things are enjoyed ln
I the pages sent out by the American
Press Association from Maine 10 Cali
fornia, is one of the best known women
journalists of the country, and IL gain
Ing d wide repuie in these days OF after.
dinner salies for bright and graceful
speeches, which are the delight Of her
auditors.
Mrs. Conner cherishes dearly b.
loved theory 1t is expressed in the sen
tence above quoted. She believes 10 the
fullest extent in the silyery tongue OF The
sex feminine. She has even taken holt
days from newspaper writing 10 Instruct
beings i'm bonnets in the art of thinking
on their feet and making eXiempore
social addresses In the millennium, she
is convinced half or more than hall The
wise and witty speakers in the great
wOfli's parliament will wear gowns. 10
The symposium Of opinions on the tr'lc
sphere of woman she brings hrr cOniil-
buttons, women are natural orators, aud
| IL Is part OF their mission on earth to
sway public opinion by their eloQnencc,
aided by the battery of bright eyes and
fair cOunlcnanCts
enjoyed short talk with VIM. =.
Holman. the grea, director, the other
day, aprCpOs Of the recent report of
Labor Commissioner Wright on our
divorce laws He said
Il have not carefully considered the
policy Of amending the Federal constilu.
lion SO as to confer on Congress the
general power to eeislate on the subject
Of marriage and divorce, although during
TIE last few years the subject has to some
extent arrested the attention OF the mem
| bers OF Congress
"It seems TO me hardly desirable 10
confer this power on the Federal Gov
eminent unless imperatiyely demanded
| BY ihe interests OF the whole people.
Marriage is the foundation OF our
domestic relations, and il would seem
that marriage and all that relates 10 it
ought 10 be considered as a matter that
belongs exclusively TO the field of State
legislation.
The course of legislation in the sew
eral Jtates on the subject Of divorce Of
l late years seems To hold out n fair pros
poct Of the existing evil being removed
Al no distant day There has .beel a
marked tendency on the part OF The
/ States 10 come together Oh their legisla-
/ ton on divorce. There is not now any
such divergency of legislation on the
subject rs there WAS twenty years ago
ana there il reason 10 b.lieye that in a
few years the conflict of legislation on
the subject in the several States viii
largely disappear.
The statistics which the general gov
eminent has OF late been accumulalng
on the subject of marriage and divorce
will materially aid the States in adopting
uniform laws on the subject
MY present impression is that until It
| becomes apparent tina, the States them
selves, acting each for Itself, cannot
bring about harmonious system, Con
gress should not be invested with power
to egislaie on the snbiec. except in the
Territories and the District Of Columbia,
as now think that unless there is i'm
peralive necessi for II the powers con
[ ferred i'm the Federal Government ought
not TO be enlarged, nor the jurisdiction
of the Federal courts extended. "
The New York theatres are having a
fairly prosperous season. Abbey is very
sore over the physicAl collapse OF Mary
Anderson She will not do any more
work this season. Reports Of condition
are, unfortunately, not exaggerated. 10
fact, Il is somew hat doubtful II she ever
RECEIVERS entirely. The serious Illness of
NJ >. Lsnglry and Miss MaFl,we suggests
the idea that Shake speareau tragedy is
too trying for tue sensitive nerves OF a
woman Miss Anderson cannot stand
adverse criticism, aud she make no secret
of the fact Tue slightest harshness on
the part Of critic viii cause her days of
worFIment and nights OF fearful unrest.
Ii Is no wonder she has broken down.
Marshall Z. Wildet, the diminutive
humorist, will star next season with a
comedy company Wilder began his
career as Il stenographer with Brad
streets Commercial Agency at IS & week
lie is now society pet who enteTtalns
the haHt 20. AZ SO a night.
My DENTIST SAYS: 'phenol Mo Ut
Wash Is an excellent mouth cleanser, and