Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-09-14

The use Of large quantities of fur as trim.
ming to the shaggy soft woolens introduced
this season is certain. Close natural furs and
astrakhan will be chiefly used.
THE Princess of Wales is credited with say
ing at a recent visit to Sandringham Village
Training School: The ambition of my life is
to mind my own business"
"HAvE you the same teachers as last year?n
was asked of a little chap who went to school
for the second term yesterday. "Yes, they is
all there. None of 'em has died yet," replied
the boy.
NINE. MoDJEsKA says she cannot afford to
get angry, for the reason that to lose ones
temper is to lose ones beauty, Husbands who
have scolding wives may do themselves a good
turn by cutting this out and pasting it on the
mirror.
ORCHID jewels are the adornment of the
gilded children of fashion. One cannot get a
perfect spray of the fantastic blossom under
500, and the perfect flowers are worth double
that sum for the enamel alone, every gem
adding its value to the price Of the jewel.
A SEATTLE girl thoughtlessly told friend
that the names of the donors would not be dis
played with the presents at her wedding. Of
course the news got abroad, and when the day
came not even the presents we're displayed.
They consisted Of 36 plated sugar spoons and 10
salt sprinklers.
PARAsoLs are particular fad just now, sus-
pended from the chandelier by a short handle,
and filled with flowers hanging over the edges
in luxuriant masses until they touch the cloth.
Banks of leaves and flowers in the center of
the table are sometimes ornamented with tiny
parosols in different colored silks.
MISS FAwCETT, though she be a senior
wrangler, does not despise novels. In her pretty
study at Newman, above rows of mathemat-
ical tones, there are volumes of varied reading
science, poetry, novels, economics. A few of
these volumes have been prettily bound by the
fair fingers of their owner, who is also not too
emanclpated to be an expert needlewoman.
IT is whispered that the pocket handkerchief
will assert itself again, otherwise it seems al
most unnecessary fer the manufacturers to
make them Of such ornate designs if they are
to be hidden away in the dark recesses of
dress pockets. Another reason for their
temperance is the impossibiity of
have habit of putting this useful accessory in
the most inaccessible place.
Rosa BoNHEUR and DR.. Mary Walker are
not the only women in male attire. Mime.
Dienlafoy. the Persian archsologist and one
of the most gifted women in ASIA became SO
accustomed to the superior comfort and con.
venlence OF hunting suit in her journeys and
excavations with her husband, that she cannot
be induced TO abandon it. Just now she is
shocking modest Paris by riding her horse
man fashion dressed in kilt, boots and jacket.
THERE Is no lady in Lenox who makes a
greater show of diamonds than Mrs. Nelson,
the sister of Freddie Gebhard. She has dia-
monds for breakfast, dinner and tea--diamonds
Tor walking driving, etc. 1t IL difficult to esti-
mate the value of her diamonds, but she has
them of all descriptions and styles of setting,
from simple solitaire to magnificent clusters.
Mrs, Nelson on rare occasions indulees in a
cigarette, and it Is rumored that she smokes
cigars, but this may not be true 1t is said that
her elegant cigarette holder is set with dia-
monds.
MISS ELIZABETH BIsLAND, celebrated for
many things, but most of all for her flying trip
around the world, has taken up her permanent
residence IN England SO those say who appear
to know her whims and vagaIies. for 1t musi
have been a whlm which made her suddenly de
eide to reap English harvests with her pen in
stead of American ones. Miss Bisland's person
alIty probably has quite as much to do with hei
success as her ability to write. She Is one OF
| those fascinating creatures whom men fal
down and worship, and women adore.