, 1890-01-16

From woodland glade
Now seeks the ci,y's pleasure;
The seasons DER,
No more, no more
She toys with trusting hearts at leisure.
The gaslight CLEANS,
She seems, she seems
The magnet oil the social whitl
All, can it be
That this is she
Who played the part ofcountry girl2
Whose coy caress
And artle>sness
Deceive me, fill OF worldly lore?
] She hecds me not
She has forgot
Our walks, our talks, the shingly shore
All, we'll, alack
Another tack
/ viii pursue at next vacation;
And nut-hrOwn maids
In woodland glades
Must prove their pastoral relation,
-.
At the Paris exposition Miss Theo
/ A. Ruggles was one of the three Amcri-
/ can sculptors to receive honorable men
/ tion. InasInuch US the Judges were all
FrenChmcn, this mark OF distinction
may justly be regarded as real tri-
umph,
At the recent Thanksgiving anniver-
sary OF the Oxford Cong grcgationAl
church, Mrs. Ormiston Chant was in
vited to deliver the sermon at the morn
| ing and evening services. and also to
| assist at the administration Of the COM
munion, As 1t was the first time in the
| history of the church that the pulpit
was occupied hy woman, as large Il
part of London turned out to witness
the event US the famous old church
would hold.
The custom OF putting housenaids
into livery, which is common enough in
England is beginning To he adopted in
New YORK. The costume, or uniform,
consists Of skirt Of dark livery cloth,
/ blue green or brown, with plain front
and broad pleats at the back; vast
| coat of the same cloth with tine cross
wise lines of red braid and coat cut
away In front and covering the hips.
/ Metal livery buttons are used ON the
coat and waistCOat. A small white cap.
still white collar and cuhs, and a white
craNat complete the attire.
Mrs. Anita Mccormick. Blaine, the
Chicago hciress, is keculy sensitive to the
/ position in which her new bat unhappy
sister ~ law is placed, and while too
well bred to interfere in matter as deli.
cate as the Blaine. Seyin scandal. she
has ayailcd herself, it is saId, Of every
chance TO send cOriill and sympathetic
expressions to the fair invalid. More
| than that, parcels bearing mysterious
tags and beautiful articles OF wearing
| apparel, with crisp bank bills pinned IN
the folds, have been pursuing the grand.
son and daughtcr-iu.law Of the seer tary
of state for the last month, and 81
| carefully surWptitious has che sender
| been that nothing but snrmise has Io.
Gated her. The pretty Western girl is
| rich IN something moru than wealth and
| beauty.
New York Letter: Among the buy.
ers OF fine things In town is the eX-in mis-.
tress OF the White house, Mrs. Clevc-
land. Yesterday she purchased a watch.
| Fancy beautiful miniature in delicate
| enamel, oval in shape and presenting
| fair Phyllis and her swain sitting beside
a brook and the reverse depicting rural
scene In ancient Greece. This little
bauble was one of the most admired
| ornaments in an uptown jewelers. show.
case until Mrs. Cleveland took IL. II
was valued Mt $50 and its price was far
| from eNorbitAnt when its manifold
uses are explained. The enamelled
| sides close over n remarkably fine watch.
on one of the edges is "a spring. When
this spring Is touched tiny silver bell
| rtV lsah tVt.
day or night. 1t Is one Of the latest
styles In ladies' watches, and IL has no
exact duplicate in thus city.
| am sure every woman ought to give
special and personal thanks for the fact
that petticosts are shorter. Unless you
are doing the song-and dance act there
is no reason why, even in getting into
street.car you need hook your foot In
your petticoat, The woman-sui,rago
people will no longer call us slaves of
the skirt. People who want heir petit
coats divided will not be bit m ore com.
Portable and feel more OF hybrid than
does the woman who has silk petticoat
reaching to just below her knees. It'sa
dear of petticOat II has two large
ruilies on 1t anu quill Of satin ribbon
as lnelr heading nus pttllsOhlcd one
is safe from mud, one will was h. and the
talk of the comfort gained by the tyrant
man in hls trousers can he laughed at.
Warm Well | should think so. You've
got on your silk or morino vest and
drawers all IN one piece, "a short flannel
petticoat, your silk one, and then your
corsets. iiy the by, there is "A heap OF
warmth in II good pair OF sat in corsets.
The idea that there Is any warmth in n
lot of muslin dangling about your heels
is exploded.-New York sun.
The Weapons Of torture belonging to
the toilet table, while not as numerous
as they were. are by no means extinct
That there Is positive demand for
them Is shown in the growing industry
of toilet mask factory. In Nell
Gwynn's time the beauties on the
boards and In the stalls hue Med their
faces in a plaster mask, and went to bed
to perspire away their defects Us long Us
they could without getting sntiocated or
wink Vf sleep. Now lace glove has
been designed which leaves the mouth,
nose and eyes uncovered, but fits tho
lace like an extra piece Of cpidetrnis.
and is held In place by elastic bands
that reach about the head. The lining
IL tneatad wit n ehemicnIs that draw like