Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-10-12

expressing in its convolutions the colors of
the cloth and frightened by a single thread
of gold, is revealed at the front of the skirt,
covers the deep cuffs, encircles the collar,
and forms girdle about the waist Be-
cause the woman is slender and graceful
the sunny little dress Is charming and eff
.ec.lve.
On an east-5ound Erie train, says the New
York Tribune, there was baby that made
the lives of all the fellow passengers misera-
bic. 1t was one of those small, unassuming
babies, with weak eyes and freckles, and
lungs as powerful as a yachts malnsaii.
In vain the fond mother dawdled and
kneaded her melodious, it settled down into
steady weep that seemed to be measured by
the mile. The passengers glared and
scowled and~all who could moved away
When Port Jeryis was reached there was
temporary lull, and an exhausted old lady,
who sat Just behind the source Of trouble
and was too burdened with boxes and bum
dies to move, seized the opportunity to tall
asleep. Again the train started; few miles
were passed in peace, and then the infant
terror of the car leaned its little speckled
countenance far back over its mothers
shoulder and almost in the ears of the old
lady shrieked again.
There was an expression of despair on the
old woman's face. She extracted capacious
box from the many boxes and bundles about
her, opened it and took out a slab OF sponge
cake three inches square. The weeping in
iants eyes followed this proceeding with
some interest, though not enough to reduce
Its lament. and just as its mouth was open
widest to get the best purchase on sound, in
went the sponge cake as far and al firmly as
a moderate push OF the old lady's hand per-
mitted.
Sound ceased in an instant, and with eyes
popping with horror. the baby seemed
buried in sponge cake and silence. Its
alarmed mother looked around in surprise.
"How old is your child?" inquired the
old woman, with benevolent but signif-
cant look.
ELEVEN months, ma'am."
Dear little thing, I've just given it
piece of cake. Children love cake SO
dearly"
French gowns, English hats and jackets,
Japanese boudoirs, Russian novels, Spanish
dancers, Hungarian bands, German operas
and an American papa. Oh, to be New
York belle.
Helen Silberstein is the proprietor OF a
large New York suspender factory. For a
long time she has been trying to perfect an
everlasting suspender out OF finely spun
asbestos.
Belts and long medieval girdles, COM
posed of gailoon like a ribbon, or pleated or
jeweled, are worn both with dresses and long
cloaks. They are extremely wide, with
massive buckles.
Basques are coming to the fore and all
kinds of corselers, from that worn by the
Swiss milkmaid to the more ornate one seen
in the pictures Of Breton peasant women and
Spanish dancing girls:
One of the big Broadway retail drygoods
firms had its fall opening the other day, says
the New York Tribune, and large crowd
of women filled the store. One of the Wis
itors was sitting before dummy" figure
which was clad In an exceedingly rich and
handsome gown, and was writing rapidly,
pausing occasionally to look at the garment.
One of the male "hoorwalkers'' walked up
and said something to her in low but ap-
parently firm tone. The woman snapped a
reply, crumpled up her paper and showed it
into her pocket, and then walked hurriedly
out of the building, with look Of mingled
modification and Indignation on her
face. The little incident created
deal of excitement, and whispered COM
ment among the shoppers who observed
it. The general idea was that the woman
was 'shoplIfter," and many were the ex-
pressions OF surprise that so we'll dressed
and respectable looking woman should be
O criminal. These inferences were entirely
at fault, however, as an inquiry put to the
"foorwalker" showed. Said he:
"The woman was merely q, dressmaker
who was stealing the design of the dress.
The dressmakers and milliuers who do blsi-