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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-11-15

Jos. SIaxuxD.
BALTIMORE. ND.
Manufacturer Of
ZINE FURS AND SEAL GARMENTS.
GRAND OPENING
wILLARD's HOTEL
wILLARD's HOTEL
PARLoR,
MONDAY AND TUESDAY. November II and H.
Seal sacques Seal Jackets: only best London dye
old priceA Capss In AstrachAn. Wool Seal. Mink.
Assks sable. Blue Fox. Persian. Alasks Seal Sea Seal
etc. Evening aud Opera Cxpes. French and English
Novelties. Fur sleeves. Rugs, Robes STYLE. Finish.
Workmanship Nnexcelled. Prices most moderate.
All invited Tor Two Days Only.
wILLARD's HOTEL PAnIoR.
MONDAY. November IL. and
TUESDAY. November l8
Mast wILLARp's HOTEL PARLoR.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-10-02
Economical Purchasing.

The careful matron, in choosing dress goods
for herself, will select those which are in no
way conspicuous in color and will avoid nov
elites in trimmings, remembering that she
cannot have many dresses, so one must be
worn frequently; consequently it must be SO
neat and inconspicuous as not TO attract at
tention. 1t is well to bear in mind also the
possibility of making the dress over, and,
other things being equal to select those goods
which may be turned and which might make
over suitably for the little daughter. 1t is
better to buy liberal pattern than scanty
one, for the extra goods are pretty sure to be
needed In remodeling the dress. Otherwise
one may sometimes be obliged to sacrifice the
dress for lack of goods.-Montreal Star.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-10-02
IDfantile DOn'ts,

Even the baby is the victim of reform
Methods employed twenty years ago are in
tolerable in the nursery of today.
The infantile don'ts are almost as numerous
as the etiquettical negatives.
Among the approved are:
Don't rock the baby.
Don't let him sleep in a warm room.
Don't let him sleep with his head under the
cover.
Don't let him sleep with his mouth open.
Don't pat" him to sleep.
Don't try to make him sleep if he is not
sleepy.
Don't let him nap in the afternoon.
Don't let him be kissed.
Don't let him wear any garment that is
tight enough to bind his throat, arms, waist
or wrists
Don't have ball buttons on the back of his
dress
Don't have clumsy sashes on the back of
his dress.
Don't cool his food by blowing it.
Don't feed him with a tablespoon.
Don't use tube nursing bottle.
Don't change the milk you started with.
Don't battle him in hot or cold water.
Don't battle him more than three times a
week.
Don't allow a comb to touch his head
Don't let him eat at the family table
Toronto Globe.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-10-02
Miss Drexel's Nerve,

Miss Kate Drexel, who has gone into a nun
merry with her income of $500, 900, and who
intends to devote her life and fortune to the
welfare of the Indians and Africans of
America, is petite young woman, mild as a
dove, with a will as iron like as Bismarck's
Her entrance to the cloister revealed no hard
ship or privation with which she was not al
ready familiar.
Prior to taking the veil of the novice she
had lived in a small room fitted up like a cell.
The walls were bare, the floor had no carpet,
the heat had been turned off and the register
closed, only cold water aud coarse soap and
towels were provided in the bathroom adj
joining, and the only facilities for making
toilet were a comb and brush, nail file and
whisk. Even the mirror was excluded with
the other luxuries to which the young lady
not using enough lime water. II is of course
only of value as an antacid, and it is but very
slightly alkaline. AS compared with the BIZ
carbonate of soda, an ordinary dose of the
same is equivalent to six ounces of lime wa
ter. So a tablespoonful of the latter in a cup
of milk-the scanty proportion used by many
in siCkneSS-iS really of no value.
To obtain an action of any moment it is
necessary in giving milk and lime water to
have the mixture contain the latter in pro-
portion of at least one-third Very often
where they are in equal parts the milk is
vomited up in hard, sour curds, in which
event, if the mixture has not been given too
freely, it is best to Use a stronger antacid.
Bicarbonate of soda is good substitute, and
about teaSpoonful should be dissolved in a
large cupful of water, and that solution be
added to the milk in place of lime water
Boston Herald
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-10-02
The Cost of Suits.

The relative cost of mems and women's
clothes was never more clearly illustrated
than in the prices charged at a leading tailor's
establishment in this city. Complete suits of
cheviot, in three pieces, are made up for men
at from $50 to S35, while a woman's gown
of the same material will cost SIS finished
with cheap cotton Innings; with silk Innings it
is sS5 1t takes about twice as much material
for a womanS gown as for the mans suit,
but this is a small item and would not add
more than p per cent. to the cost. The chief
reason for the higher price charged women is
that there is very little competition among
the tailors who furnish women with dresses
New York Tribune
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-10-02
Atlantic City's Girls Club.

Atlantic City has what it is pleased to call
an Ozone club of twenty-five members, all
young and pretty Philadelphia girls. These
young ladies, all of them wealthy and of
high social standing, assemble early i'll the
morning, each arrayed in close fitting cos.
tune, almost identical with riding habit,
with a corsage bouquet of pretty jack roses
fastened well up toward their left shoulders,
and short cane in their right hand, and
start down the beach together at a brisk
pace. They inhale long drarghts of ozone by
way of their dainty nostrils and exhale it
slowly through their pretty mouthS.-Pnila
delphia Press.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-10-02
Pure Air fnr !.nbN.

\ baby need, four things to maGcit thrive:
Pure air, PROV" food, cleanliness AMI warmth.
In SUNNI" ere sh9uld always ne a win
dow open IN J,raSGrt weather in the room
where baby i. When it is cold or damp a
window eau be opened in the hail. or an add
joining ROOM, wivh u door between \ screen
can be placed 80 as u suua of the draugh6,
4 child accustomed from its birth to fresh
air will not readily take cold, while one kept
in hot, impure atmosphere is prediSposed TO
catch cold upon the slightest accidental ex-
posure. Ladies' Home Journal
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-10-02
An Agreeable Eve Wash.

Irritable eyes, due to strains, dust, cold
and a variety of other causes, are quite COM
mon. Among the domestic remedies which
are the most popular are applications of
warm milk, tea, sassafras pith water, etc.
Borax and camphOr water, an agreeable and
efficient remedy, has long been used by physi-
clans. An eye wash very nearly, if not quite
as serviceable, can be made by adding one
dram of the crystals of boracic acid to pint
of soft, boiled water This should be boiled
and kept in a cool place. Three or four times
day half a cupful Of the solution should be
heated, and the eyes bathed with it as hot as
can be borne-Boston Herald.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-10-02

Ny standby has always been cold cream
made of white wax, with benzoin and a very
little ottar of roses to remove the fatty odor.
With this Lclean my face, neck and hands,
and keep the skin smooth and moist. Trav-
cling one has all sorts of water, which care
fully avoid. If | can't get rain water or dis
tlledSwater to wash in, use a dry cloth and
the cream. Water or no water, though, 1 do
not believe in washing myself to death. In
the cars keep my head and face yelled. On
the sea | never wash my face; the air is
enough and the best cosmetic in the world.
In a city with as clean and sweet an atmos-
phere as New York, should be able to keep
clean with one ablution day.-Interview in
New York World
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-10-02
AT A MASQUERADE.
A Lovely Woman Meets Former Suitor
in the Guise of "a Monster.

. W q
in the Guise of "a Monster.
IL was in a town not a thousand miles from
Boston that there We're recently given a
couple of masqued> parties at private houses
At the second of these the hostess of the first
party found herself talking very amiably
with mask i'll whom she supposed herself
to recognize a gentleman who had come to
the town just after her own entertainment
Simply for the sake of making conversation,
and of throwing the gentleman off the scent
of her own identity, she asked:
"Were you at Mrs. Blank maSqued party|
No" he answered; Il was not honored
with an invitation"
"Were you here at the timer she asked.
YES" he answered: but Mrs Blank does
not like me-"
CONSERVATION seized upon Mrs Blank. but
she instantly determined not to betray her
self
Doesn't she!r she returned, carelessly
Probably that is one OF the things which
you imagine Some people are always sup
posing that others do not like them, you
know"
Her companion seemed triHg annoyed.
Il am not one of that sort" he retorted
rather brusquely. Besides she has intimated
to me that she did not like me-"
Us it fair TO ask howr' Mrs. Blank asked
entirely mystified in regard to the identity of
her interlocutor.
why, should not mind telling you if /
were sure that you wouldn't repeat it,"
"0h, never betray a confidence" the lady
said, eagerly.
The gentleman leaned Over until his face
under its mask was near TO hers.
II asked her to marry me-"
Mrs Blank was more startled than ever
The train of her old suitors, and in her day
she had not few, came up before her men
tai vision, and she wondered which one OF
them chance had brought to, her side tonight,
but in vain.
But" she SAID, slowly, because a lady
refused you it need not follow that she dis
liked you. am sure woman is not to be
supposed to dislike every man she does not
wish to marry. That would be most absurd
assumption"
To be sure it would, he assented cheer
fully; but in this particular case she did not
refuse me-"
Did not refuse you!" echoed Mrs. Blank
in establishment ''She certainly did not ac
cept YOU"
That is precisely what she did do"
at is not Mrs, Blank began; and then,
considering that if she said true it would be
showing more knowledge of Mrs. Blanks at
fairs than was compatible with pretending TO
be another person, she changed her sentence,
and said, ''creditable that she should accept
you and then marry another man"
'She didn't, Kate, her husband said in his
own voice, ''she married me.
Tom she cried.
Yes, my dear, Tom answered; you told
me at our party that couldn't fool you
You are wretch and monster she de-
clared, land will never forgive you
But she cid, and told the joke at her own
expense before the evening was over.-Boston
Courier
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-10-02

Of some suit-spades, hearts, clubs or ana
monds. If the player cannot show up a seven
spot ne is elected to put check in the pot.
Then the next person takes up the game
and plays seven spot-if he can-and after
a seven spot is placed on the table the other
cards in sequence are placed, eight spots being
placed on the right and six spots on the left
of the seven spot. Every time person can
not play a card on one Of the four piles in the
center Of the table, down goes a check TO the
bottom of the pot When some one plays his
last card the game is at an end, and he takes
a check for each card held by the other three
players when the game ceased.-St. Louis Re-
public.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-10-02
WOMAN AND HOME.
THE BONNET PARTY A SUCCESS
AS A SOCIAL DIVERSION.

Game of Cards-InfsntiIe Dont's and
Other Hints for Mothers-Miss Drexers
Serve-How Woman Pays Care Fare.
There had been card parties, tea parties,
donkey parties, almost every kind of party
known to exist, and it seemed that there was
nothing new under the sun until a bonnet
party was thought Of As there had never
been one in our little village, invitations
were given out. Each lady was requested to
bring an old hat or bonnet, with feathers,
flowers, ribbons and laces for trimming; the
more old fashioned and ridiculous the better.
When the evening came each lady arrived
carrying packages of all shapes and sizes
The gentlemen looked on in blank amazement
The bonnets and hats We're all placed on a ia
ble in the back parlor, and all the trimmings
on another table. Such collection! The
garrets had all been ranSacked, and the re-
suit was truly amazing When the guests
had all arrived cards were passed TO the la
dies, each having on it a number, and the
gentlemen also had cards with corresponding
numbers, only their cards had needle stuck
in one corner-very suggestive of work to
follow. When each gentleman had found his
partner he went TO the tables and selected
hat or bonnet and trimmings and then pro-
ceeded to work, threading his own needle.
The ladies were not to help, but suggestions
now and then were in order. The rooms
were large, and each one sat off by himself
and worked for dear life.
When the bonnets were all trimmed the re-
suit was truly astonishing, and when the Ia
dies donned them it was still more so. Then
the ladies voted for the best bonnet, and the
worst trimmed one. A black sailor hat, real
ly trimmed very artistically, took the head
prize. A bonnet with flowers on one side,
feathers on the other, in the most comical
arrangement, and wide strings, took the
BOBBY prize, which was a gentleman's black
silk hat lined with yellow silk for a cuff and
collar box. After the bonnets were all
trimmed march was played on the piano,
and the couples marched and counter
marched, and it is safe to say that such a
procession was never seen before, Simple re-
freshments were served, and all pronounced
the party a success. Good Housekeeping.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-10-02
THE SEASONS.

Swe,s: childhood! what q dream it is,
Unreal as that Of night.
A l!,,la Nay Of tlo5Solning bliss
With warmth md sunshine bright
No doubt to chill is budding faish!
No past to clOId the soul,
\ mstrous, Siivery, noontide wrath,
With heaven its starry goal,
Bold youth, All, tender are the chords
It's halcyoa harp sends forth,
Ambition tecaiag thought affords
Weird as the frost clad north.
And love with wild ecStatic flame
Leaps high in rapUurous joy!
Gorgeous the shining mines of fame,
All gold without Alloy
Ripe manhood. Raj the war of life,
No ideal visions now,
But fer passions, wrestling, rife!
Hard wrought the toll bound brow!
Laurels lie not in every path!
Bread is the priceless boon!
Triumph the knocking aftermath
That seldom comes too soon!
And see! Old age is in the air!
The SariSh lights burn low!
Distant the fields that once were fair.
ToEder the wild flowers blow.
Sail on, o, soul! roSeate morn
Awaits thine opening eyes,
When waking amid scenes new born
Beyond the clouidieSs skies
Washington Star
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-10-02
The Age of Cosmetics.

The art of identifying the complexion by
artificial means is very old The women of
gray antiquity knew how to give their cheeks
the rosy hue which nature had denied them.
In Nineveh the practice of enameling vas
quite common The skin was made smooth
and clean with pumice stone and then COW
cred with a layer Of white chemical prepare
tionS. A toilet case found in the ruins of
Thebes contained whole arsenal of little
bottles full of perfumeries and complexion
medicines The women of Athens painted
themselves with white lead and vermilion.-
Berlin Courier
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-10-02
Passing glimpse of a Famous woman


This woman who sweeps by in the gay
crowd on Broadway was famous beauty in
her day She is still good looking. Her face
is a trife stouter and there are wrinkles on
her brow and crows feet in her cheeks, but
it is still face that would be noticed in a
crowd. 1t is Mrs. Kate Chase Sprague.
This once famous beauty, who welded
more power in American politics, perhaps,
than any other American woman has ever
done, is going down the hill of life in quiet,
easy way. She comes to New York occasion
ally to visit friends, but her home Is III Wash
ington. She is no longer the gay butterfly
of fashion, and her dresses, while fashionable
and well made, have not the dash that made
her so much talked about in ante-bellum days.
Her life in the national capital is a simple
one. There is none of the luxury of Edge
wood that characterized her life during her
fathers career. But she is happy, neverthe-
less, for her children are growing up around
her, and she looks on calmly at the progress
of events with a smiling face. The White
House has passed out of her mind forever. 1t
was an idle dream at best. But there is sun
shine at Edgewood such as this woman could
never have found had she become the wife of
a president of the United States.-New York
Mail aud Express.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-10-02
Do You Wear Real Fur?

A New York society woman says: Because
so many excellent imitation astrakhans havs
appeared, the owners of the simon pure, hon
est John make little tear in theirs to show
a bit of the skin. 1t is just the same with
India shawls. Our grandmothers used to
wear theirs wrong side out las do their grand
daughters, and show all the roughness and
even the Arabic price mark, so as to show
that they We're the real, original article
New York Commercial Advertiser.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-10-02
Flannel for the Face,

Women whose compilations are undeniabls
will tell you that they used neither the porous
sponge nor the linen cloth as wash rag, but
chose in preference a good sized piece Of
flannel, a quality being selected in which
there is sufficient cotton to keep it from
shrinking very much. just what are tina
virtues of this rag nobody knows, but that.
from the beautiful Cummings down to Lilly
Langtry, it has been favored for the face, II
undeniable New York Sun
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-10-02
Have Two Steamers.

In buying a range or stove, two porcelain
lined iron pots and a steamer are usually
among the utensils thrown in. Now, in adj
dition, buy another steamer to fit the extra
pot 1t takes no more fuel to keep two pots
boiling than one; then why not on ironing
day steam a loaf of your husbands favorite
Boston brown bread over one pot, and the
steamed raisin puffs, of which the other mem
bers of the family are so fond, over the otherI
The result cannot be otherwise than satisfac-
tory all around christian Union.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-10-02

TheUnIversal Verdict OF the.PeopIe
Who nave used Clarke's Extract of Flax pa
pillou> Skin Cure award it the first and highest
place as a remedial agent in ali cases of Skin
Diseases. Erysipelas, Eczema, Pimples, I'M
slightly blotches, humliating eruptions, Boils,
Carbunces, letter, ETC., all yield to this won
.dsrfu preparation at once. Price 81 for q
large bottle, at +. Kalteyer's Drug Store.
Clarke's Flax Soap is good for the Skin.
Try It. Price % cents. 2-17 ID
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-10-02
FoR:IsALE--AIsARGAIN.

Rock House, four large rooms and
kitchen. hall thirty feet long, servants
room, bath room, hot and cold water,
pantry, wood shed and wash house. Lot
1Oxl5O feet, centrally located. Nice
shrubbery in front yard. Price $500;
one-half cash. JNo. Il. HANBLEToN & Co.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-10-02
Lacing in England.

Lacing is a vice that obtains very generally
among the women of this country; nowhere
else are to be seen such slender waists as ara
found here. The vice of tight lacing is prao-
ticed in every class of society; be she duchess
or barmaid, the native woman INDUCES with
the same persistence her vanity in this par
ticular Eugene Fields London Letter.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-10-02

Do you ever play domino whiSt' 1t is the
latest game of cards extant, and is rapidly
superseding other games involving a mini
mum of science with maximum of luck, in
the home circle and quiet, decorous social
gatherings. Four people play the game, and
one who is familiar with the technical names
Of cards informs US that the person who sits
at the left of the dealer-whatever that is
hagius bv ulaviug what is called = seven SPOT
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-10-02

{ Always wash babys mouth and gums ev-
cry morning with water in which you have
put pinch of borax. 1t keeps the mouth
fresh and sweet, and prevents that uncom-
Portable affection, a sore mouth, with which
so many poor babies are troubled when their
mouths are not kept perfectly clean.-Good
HOnSnkeeninC
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-10-02

A wonderful pin to be stuck in an evening
bodice Is the fac simile of hand mirror.
The glass part is formed Of that very unusual
stone fat diamond 1t Is framed in tiny
diamonds. and the handle is Of diamonds
little larger So clear is the large one that
forms the glass that one could, with perfect
success, put a miniature photograph under
it, and it would be exactly as if a face we're
represented
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-10-02

Miss JULIA Schrciner, the new beauty of
New York fashionable society, is a niece Of
the late William Cullen Bryant. Her father
was IL German merchant i'll New York, but
she has spent most of her life in Paris. She
is an accomplished young woman, who paints
we'll, sings well, embroiders we'll, and speaks
several modern languages. She is six feet
tall and beautifully proportional
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-10-02
ghe Daily Eight.
RAILROAD TIME TABLE.
l. d G. N. RAILROAD.

l. d g. N. RAILROAD.
DEPARTURES.
For st. Louis via Iron Noun
tain or NJ, X. & T..........i5:45 a. m
For st. Louis, via Iron Noun
tain route. .................. S5D p. III
For LAREDO. .................. .II-IO d. Ill.
ARRIVALS.
From ST. Louis, Iron Mountain
and M, K. & T............. 10;55 a. m
From ST. Louis, Iron Mountain
and M, K. & 7. routes. -. 1000 p. m.
From Laredo. Observation-Disclosures. 1885 p m
SOUTHERN PACIFIC RAILROAD.
THROUGH EXPRESS EAST.
Leave for New Orleans, Houston
and Galveston. 900 pm. and 9:55 a. m
ARRIVE FROM THE EAST.
Arrive from New Orleans, Hous-
ton and Galveston 6:40a. m. and 4:10 pm
THROUGH WEST.
Leave for San Francisco, Ell
Paso and Eagle Pass. ......: 4:40 p. m
Arrive from San Francisco Ell
Paso and Eagle Pass. 9:25 a. m
THE s. A. g. A. p. r. REMISSION
ROUTE.
DEPARTURES.
Leaves for Kerrvllle, daily, ex-
cept Sunday, at ......:.... 5:OO p m
Leaves for Galveston, Houston
aud Cuero, daily,
at. ..... S:45 a. 10
Leaves for CorpusChristi, Rock
port and Beeville daily, eX-
cept Sunday, at.............. LAS p. m
ARRIVALS.
From Kerrville, dally,> except
, Sunday, at. Acknowledgement. $3.50 a. m
From Corpus Christi, Rockport
and Beeville, daily, except .
Sunday, at. ................... las p. m
From Galveston, Houston and
Cuero, daily.
Gas p. m.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-10-02
BEWARE I

Do not spend your money on humbug
schemes, claiming to be official" The
only authoized, official programme for the
Fair Association will be printed at the
LIGHT Office, J. A. APPLER, Agent.
9-17-6t
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-10-02

The Sanitary News draws attention to the
fact that silk thread is soaked in acetate Of
lead to increase its weight, and persons who
pass it through the mouth in threading nee
dies, and then bite of the thread with the
teeth, have suffered from lead poisoning.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-10-02

formal decree now allows Jhem To matTIcu.
late regularly, nut only by way OF expert
men5, and it is stipulated that if the expert
meUt does not ,or.; well tine portals Of the
university will again he closed on them.