The evening world., 1890-07-05

able baths, water and sponge bags. IL iB
also woven in plAidr, checks and stripes for
short yachting Jackets and skirts to wear
while hunting, fishing or walking In wet
weather,
Pink, blue, buff, pistache and lemon
wAshraRs made OF pressed flannel pinked
out ON the edge sell at 25c. apiece in the up-
town beauty shops. Then there are squares
OF raw silk in tho natural color that the
Newport set uses. All me!
The Dalmatic pattern Is the latest for
applique scarfs and covers In bullion, purl-
purl and cord etching.
Perhaps there IL no moro amiAble woman
in public life than Nine. Helene Modjeska.
She ID happy soul and there /, not 9 re-
corded instance Of her having lost her tenn
per. II cannot afford TO get angry. " she
naively SAYS. "A woman at my time Of life
must cconomizo her emotions and her nerves
II she wants to hold tho remnants Of her
youth and beauty" Laundresses forget to
bring back her lingerie and iace.ed Ted hand
kerchiefs. light-fngered dchambermaids steal
her shell hairpins. beliboys impose on her
anu HOulbtes cnHge hef iof ehouBh w oos-
tune Giantess.
You go into a shop. says "Bsb, you meet
your dearest friend. abe whispers to you.
How do you hold Jour stockings mp 2"
Then you whisper to her, and she says,
well, suppose will have to come down
to suspenders. and then she tells you that
she has the most adorable pair Of Rarters,
ono black and the other yellow, aud that she
don't know what's got into them, but hrst
one aud then another will slide down. and
then her stocking goes with II, and in one
instance the stocking got as far as tho heel
OF her shoe, and the men on the sidewalk
were not the sort that were brought up to
believe 'eyll to him who evil thinks" and
she suffered perfect agony. There is no
doubt about 1t that the ordinary garter 10
something to beware Of.
Think OF this, girls. and wonder. Miss
Margaret Afford. the young nisea OF Dean
Afford, who has Just taken first rank as .
Classic at Cambridge, has mover found that
study interfered with her health. She has
studied about eight hours day on an aver
age. aud enjoys long walks and plenty OF
open-air exercise. She is also fond OF
music, and used to fnd time 70 practise the
violin.
One OF the newest shades Of color is puey-
blue, which Is oharminRly effective CON-
bned with gray. 1t is said to be the fAvorite
color OF the Empress Eugenie.
An attempt Is being made to introduce
perfumed gloves. The notion. II will be re-
membered by some good historians, 10
borrowed from tho toilet OF Catherine do
Medicis. In the glove stores replcas OF the
RNuntlets worn by Ninon do rEnclos, Lsdy
Montague; Marie Antoinette and Josephine
Beauharnais, which "kings Tipped and
trembled kissing. are TO be Eeen. The per-
fumed kid has the odor Of sandal wood
about it which IL most pleasing to the senses.
West virginia girl wanted q gold watch.
She had no money, but she trapped musk
rats enough to raise an amount sufficient to
crafty her desire.
Apparently Kentucky 10 good place TO 20
to il you want TO live to be very old indeed.
Aunt MAtildy Ruley, OF RAywick. died at
the advanced age of lea years. Her
mother, Charlotte shuek. WAS l35 when she
died.
Rumor has II that Julia Ward Howo is
CmulatinG the lAIO Horace Greeley in the
matter of handwriting. II is not every
printer that can read il
Louise AbbernA, . gifted French painter.
ambitious for the ermine Of Rosa Bonheur.
wears male attire and has . grace OF man.
ner and speech that . Chesterfield might
have inspired.
II no longer the thing for . low-neeked
dress to be sleeveless, but the sleeves are