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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-12-13

the wells which typiiy the deepest
mourning are very full and fail only just
below the waist. i. for second mourning.
every one is wearing it. if one may call
heliotrope. violet. lavender and gray sec
ond mourning. The Ioveliest dinner and
evening toiiettes are Of materials Of these
shades.
Ve!veteen IS much worn instead Of its
richer, heavier cousin. the velvet itself.
yeIyeteen II more manageable. IL does
not crush 50 easily. 1t Is lighter 10 carry
and il comes in more shades than velvet
does. A beautiful new shade of velvet Is
called unplucked plum. The shade Is much
like unto deep he4otrope with spale purple
bloom upon It. II you have been in the
country when the plums we're ripenlng
and before they were quite ready - he
picked, you can picture 10 yourself the
lovely bloom oi the shade v hlch Is nos
knoWn - Unp.gckel plum.
exquisite 4uase dress 81 this hue was
made for q waAasa who gave dinner 70
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-12-13

Sir Edwin Arnold when the poet first ar
rived here. The material IS velveteen
and the trimming was OF heilIotrope and
gold passementerie The back was plated
from the neck in two huge box plaits,
which fell to the very end of the sweeping
train. The front was full and was gath
cred in at the waist by large clasp of gold
and heiiiotrope passementerie.
What may be styled an ideaiized yoke
was sewn upon the waists in points max
ing lovely series OF gold and heliotrope
figured designs The inside Of the flaring
collar was lined with pale, primrose yell
low silk. and puffs of the same extended
below the pointed passementerie cuffs.
The sleeves were marvels of fullness and
size; vet SO perfectly were they fashioned
that they appeared most graceful and be-
coming.
When Sir Edwin saw the gown he could
hardly have failed to be impressed with it.
And the clever woman who planned such a
dream Of the dressmaking art declares that
TO her must be given all the thanks if Sir
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-12-13

s. ~ MOI upon any unmanly subserviency
as Nhlms Of those ~ whom his pecu-
:. ao'iity makes him seryiCeable.
A"e eou!llon leader does has work quiet
y, anything ike tendency to be con
80 Aaoos Is fatal 20 the best success. When
sety woman decides - give a ball she
- her leader irst. and sac has 10 take
At ey the fore.ock in order 10 get one in
ley nowadays. She secures him usual
sseaoFe her invitations are sent ont and
ksa-ts vita him shout the number OF
II, guests and the Thousand other details
~ ~ must be considered. lie examines
tS. aassliabie space; studies up some At
e 49,. hgures, and prepares to give the
mSs1ioh TIE proper tome. This quiet way
h.eol1iiE what Is necessary must Ice fol
H. up on tne evening Of the ball. He
49, IA the dancers Gy the gentlest hints,
S.ti never bY calling of his orders in the
~ Of tile country "shake-down.
tesessary signals 10 the musicians or
ffsb h. are given by gentle ciapping Of
~ doesn't have 10 go lar outside of
iork TO see these mild and incon
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-12-13
WOMAN OF FASHION.
How to Make Good Use of Last
Seasons Eurs.
BEAUTY OF "UNPLUCKED PLUM
A Gown That Was Made for Sir Edwin
Arnold-Velveteen as a Dress Ma
teriai-NotabIe Costumes.

New YORK, Dec. Especial Correspon-
dence. lit is well thar we look to the style
OF our winter clothes. First of all. take an
inventory and make careful note of all the
Iurs IN your possession; for upon ones
furs dependent the style of ones rainent
In winter.
Perhaps you had cape last year and
now, having worn it all the fall, you are
wondering what to do with it, For capes
are not as fashionable as they were, and by
next springtime you will find your cape
quite out OF date. Welt Here is lead
ing dressmaker's advice: Take one long,
last lingering look at your cape and then
cut II up.
DO not cut it recklessly, ruthlessly and
carelessiy, but have a regular system
about your slashing, SO that when your
cape lies III strips before you it win repre-
sent just SO much material from which
may be constructed something of the lat
est and most accepted mode. Now take
your heaviest and best winter dress and
trim it freely with the strips of fur. Sup
pose that the dress is of a dark blue cloth
with braided pattern upon it and that
the strips of fur are one inch in width.
Sew two bands of the fur around the
bottom of the skirt in such way that
they harmonic we'll with the braiding and
let the bands be at least two inches apart.
Treat the bodice and cuffs to similar bands
and also trim the skirt with them in any
way which seems to be in keeping with
the general style. ''Do you recognize my
my cape2" whispered one woman to an
other. as the two CHANGED TO meet at the
same shopping counter.
Eyes, indeed" smiled the other, "be-
cause have been doing the same thing my
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-12-13
HUSkUN HILL.
nsea 10 gaze ON nunkam Hin

used 10 gaze on Bunkum HiU
And think u very high,
And one of Natures mighty props
That helped hold up the SKY.
One day toddlei up its side
Acd stood upon is top,
And theu learned the SKY must rest
Upon some other prop.
And there saw IL just beyond,
Another blll much higher,
Its summit mingled with the SAY
All fused with sunset Gre.
That hills button on the earth,
said fo little John.
"The great say spreads It's buttonhoie
Aud there II bitches on.
one ,fay climbed this other bill,
Aud found with heavy heart
The button and the tutt0nh0ie
Were very Tar apart
Bat there against thc crimson West
Another h3il wa seen,
A mighty spAugled cushion where
The big SKY loved 10 lean.
Ard so I've kept on climbing hills
Frofa busy day - day,
But from the tup1nnst peaks hna
The Say is far away.
Ia spite 81 macy tuubles, siiI
Thls sermon / would preach,
Lies greatest fun Is gFaspius Tor
The Ih.ugs We cannot reach
-Samac. H'G,ieT Foss
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-12-13

Edwin in the future writes glowing recol-
lections of American women and Ameri-
can dress. The same style of gown of
tender shade of apple green trimmed with
silver passementerie and combined with
sea-shell pink has elected much admira-
ton wherever it has been worn.
Among the more striking combinations
NAV be mentioned Bernhard robe of
orange-colored plush lined with heliotrope
satin, Mrs. Leslie-Carter gown of black
lined with orange and a Rose Coghlan
creation of wonderful red brown cloth
trimmed with turquoise blue and pearl
passementerle.
Have you noticed:
That fur-lfned cloaks are coming in again?
That boas OF fashionable design have one head
and two tails?
That sashes are embroidered with designs of
ostrich feathers?
That jet hats are so heavy that they make your
head ache?
That il is the style to carry an immense chry-
santhemum with stem yard long?
That ribbon and lace house dresses look like
lamp shades with belts upon them?
That bow knots are stylish whether they be of
ribbon, OF passementerie or OF gold?
That women's skirts are so tight that they be-
come "kneed- out?'
That unplucked plum is sweetly becoming to
pale blondes?
That tassels of jet and beaded trimming are
That coiffures are worn more curly than ever?
That velvet is once more very much in vogue
for mantles?
That stamped and brocaded velyets have been
taken back into fayoritism?
That tucked fabrics are very much to be seen
among the newest goods?
That Jet is perennialiy popular?
That astrachan and braidihg make a neat COM
bination?
That a dark-green gown sparkling with jets is
much admired in the world OF fashion?
That each week there is new patent for
carrying a train?
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-12-13

g.vfnnlnr Sunday night, November -. the
Tfrst,.l P..stac steamer hasssi0 alli -esNe c.tF
d,akM tII u Ia. daily, except SATURDAY. ioE IA
Conner aud intermediate poinSA
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1891-11-06
Women's Clubs.

All over our land women are finding IN
their social and intellectual club vitality
stimulus, strength and inspiration which
their grandmothers hungered for and never
found. The scholarly woman finds In her
club the social companionship which she de.
mands. and the appreciat've working force
which caunot be reduced to any set terms.
Women's clubs have taught women to know
themselves, to understand the highest duties
of motherhood, to feel the sacredness of home
life, to see existing wrongs and to apply
needed remedies, to attempt reforms on the
broadcast basis, to value the power of higher
education, to discuss measures amicaby and
logically, to value social duties and business
habits, to think earnestly and to express their
thoughts clearly.
In small towns and villages the club has
been special providence to many weary
or to the woman of few early ad.
and large aspirations. In our great
cities women's clubs have been the first to
Institute social reforms and to call public at
tention to cry ing evils. They have controlled
superficial and selfish social customs until
such customs have become obsolete. In
home government and the training or chill |
lren they long ago struck the keynote of
,rand choral of reform, which will become
more and more harmonious as the years roll
". Out of the selfish lego" they have evolved |
he progressive "we." They have strength
ned two weak hands with the combined |
ower of twenty or a hundred; they have
AIKEN dull, uncut gem of thought and pol
she'd it until 1t has been fit for the purest
citing In refined gold; they have mastered
= nrol. c,rrI, ras
nd solved difficult problems; and the grand.
1T work of all has been to teach the women
heir own possibilities and the glory of their
wn heritage.-[Chicago Herald.
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1891-11-06
Women as Court Reporters.

The Woman's journal of September - had
a column letter from c. r. Moor of Cam
bridge, Mass, In which he writes interesting
Iy of Miss Ella M. Ballou, the official report
err of the Rutland county and Addison coun.
ty courts. Miss Balou Is professional stem
ographer. She is native of Wallingford
and graduated from the high school In that
town. She taught school for three years.
then became amanuensis In the law office of
Joel C. Baker, studied photography, got val.
liable experience in reporting important
cases. and her ability became SO well recog-
nized that In 1885, on petition of the Rutland
county bar, she was appointed official court
reporter. She was appointed official reporter
of the Addison county court the same year
rhe salary which is $40 per day during the
terms of court, was and Is the same as that
received by men doing similar work. Mr..
Moor adds: $50 well has she performed the
duties In this often severely trying and al
ways critically exacting Office that, since she
accepted 1t two other women In Vermont
have been appointed to similar positions,
each receiving the same compensation and
now. of the six official court reporters of the
state, one. half are women"
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1891-11-06
Left a Large Property.

''He left large property" was the closing
sentence of recent obituary. How many re-
Elections it suggested. What pity he was
Obliged TO leave 1t He had taken great de.
light in collecting it, 1t was well and fairly
earned. 1t was the fruit of his own energy,
Industry and good Judgment, and yet he had
to leave 1t, ana went out of the world as poor
as he came in.
He mig have taken 1t with him-rather he
might have sent 1t forward In advance. Every
dollar given In humble faith to scatter the
glad tidings of salvation, every cup of water
given to a disciple, every tear of plous sym.
pathy for the suffering, every gift of bis kind.
ly charity to the needy, would have been
treasure laid up In heaven.
How much better to 90 to heaven, than to
leave large property The man who Is poor
in this worlds goods. but rich In faith, closes
bis eyes on this life, and goes to take posses.
sion of his Inheritance. He owned not foot
of land on earth, but for him
Sweet fields beyond the swelling Hoods
Stand dressed in living green.
HIS food wac poor and scauty, but there he
would eat freely from the "Tree of Life.'
His garments here were poor and plain, but
there he shall be ''clothed In white robes"
lie associated with those who are despised OF
men, but there bis company will be an innu-
merabe company Of angels and the "Church
Ut the first born are written in heaven.'
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1891-11-06

Miss Enid Y sUi, a of Louisville, KY, is q,
work IN the modelling department OF the
WpI,'- fair. making the models for the eight
car,a i'e- for the Women's Building.
Mrs. Ella Brown has received her diploms
~ Q lawyer from the STATE University Of Kxu.
SIS. and viii practice 10 partnership with her
husband ct Holton.
DR.. Msrfhx Robinson n her fathers partner
in the dentistry business In Cleveland, and
performs the dificult operations on account
of her superior kill.
The prize Of 6fty dollars for the best origi.
nal design ny . woman Of an article OF fur.
niture bas been won by Miss Gertrude &
Fonda NJ Vermont. A bookcase 10 the form
Of hook ans the shape she gave her design.
-Four thousand women are employed in the
varioL. Government departments at Wash.
nyi"s. rney get good salaries, have easy
hou-- and do good work. asserts the New
York Worid.
The consciousness OF having q remedy at
,s.,i Tor Group. pneumonia. sore throat. and
I'D On crtt- g. very ronsoIing to a parent.
Wen hottie - Ayers Cherry Pectorsl In
ne h"Usr. one feeis "a such cases, n sense Of
eeuriiy ncibiIg else can giye.-ads.
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1891-11-06
WOMAN'S WORLD.
Amelie Rives' Gowns.


There IL not another woman In America
who keep1 up as constant a correspondence
with her modiste as Ameie Rives Chanler
She gets her materials from everywhere
London, Paris, Richmond and the family
garret--converting skins and crude feathers
into trimmings. and old lace shawls, silk
hangIngs, linen draperies and historical
finery into bodies. scarfs and skirts. These
are all expressed to New York dressmaker,
who fnas them cleaned and steamed, II neces'
sary, and matched with something else for the
picturesque effect always aimed at by the
mother OF BARBARA"
Mrs. Chanler Is very clever with her
brush, and her letters are more than four
pages In length and dotted with sketches
of sleeves, trains. cores, corsages and bod
ices with the trimmings done In the desired
color. Sometimes she dashes off two Of
these illustrated letters a day, sometimes
she gets out of the notion altogether and
wires the dressmsker to ''see letter" which
changes the whole plan, converting De
Medicis robe into an Empire gown. AmeIle
has mind of her own and maintains the
right to change 1t as often as she pleases.
She Is not hard to please, how aver, but very,
very hard to understand. Her great hobby
Is notifications" always Of some remote
style.
Amelie knows what she wants, and things
90 OH smoothly enough when she succseds In
the New York modiste. To
solve the fitting problem she has q body,
sleeve and skirt lining accurately drafted
from her measurement with Mechanically
true seam lines, on which the wonderful
gown is bdilt. There Ia 70 trying on until
the work reaches her Virginia home, and
then back 1t comes to this city If every detail
Is not per sketch. To save herself the modiste
files these hand painted letters In case mem.
Dry proves treacherous.-lNew YORK World.
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1891-11-06
HERE AND HEREAFTER
HEALTHFUL RECRE ATOMS.

A Strong Body Ia Good Adjunct to q
| strong Soul.
| We might make our homes bundred.fold
more attractive than they are. You will new.
er keep your boy away from outside dissipa'
tion until you make your domestic circle
brighter than any other place he can find
Do not sit glum and with half condemDa.
| tory look amid the sportfulness Of your chill
dren. Yon were young once yourself. Let
your children be young while they may.
| DO not put on o sort of supernatural CRAWL
ty, as though you never likes spertf1ness.
You liked 1t just as much as your children
do. Some of you were full of mischief you
have never indicated to your children or
your grandchildren, and you never got up In
the morning until you we're pulled out Of
bed! Do not stand before your children
pretending to be specimens of immaculate
goodness. Do not, because YOUR eyesight is
dim and your ankles stiff, frown upon the
sportfulness which shows itself In the first
uster of the eye, and In the bounding foot of
robust health. Do not sit with the rheuma.
tism wondering how the children can 20 on
SO. Thank God that they are so light of
spirit, that their laughter is SO free, that their
spirits are so radiant. Trouble comes soon
enough to them. Dark days will come soon
enough to them, and heartbreaks and desola.
ton aad bereavement will come soon enough,
Do not try to forestalI 1t. DO not try 10 sn.
ticipate 1t. When the clouds come on the
SKY 1t is time enoug b to get out the reef
tackle.
Introduce into your parlors those innocent
games which are the invention of our own
day, and those that have come down from
other days-chess and charades and battle.
door and tableaux and calisthenics and scores
OF others that young people can suggest and
those that are suggested to you, many of
them having on them not one tsint of iniqui.
family out with you sometimes. Beware, o
man. II you never take your family with you
to those places where you 20 for amusement.
1t Is alwaysa good sign when see families
going together to places of amusement.
60 further and commend to you field
sports. hail the croquet ground, and the
sp0rtsman's gun, and the fsherman's rod,
and archery and lawn tennis. and scores of
other amusements belonging to the fields.
The fact is, there Is something 80 unhealthy
In city life that when the taker OF the census
says there are In the city 400 900 people, there
are only 100000 since 1t generally takes
about two men to amount to one man, there |
is something so unnerving, so eXhausting In
our metropolitan life. We want more fresh |
ar. more sunshine.-(Dr Talmage In Christ
Ian Herald,
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1891-11-06
Women Control the Schools in Kansas.

The schools In Kansas have about been
given over to the women. They are county
school superintendents, city school superin
tendents, principals, teachers, tutors. Teach.
ing Is woman's work. She Is devoted to the
scholars. She thinks and worries tor their
welfare night and day. She does not loaf
about town talking politics. She does not
cater to this or that clique; she does not
toady; she does not lie; sue does not beat the
boys or love the girls more than Is good for
them-and they mind her too. After chill
dren leave school the men can take them in
hand and teach them the meanness they must
know to get along. But till then Kansans
want women to watch over their boys and
girls and teach them love, purity. kindness.
gentleDess and knowledge.-[ Kansas City
Star.
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1891-11-06
A Brooklyn WOman's Library.

Mrs. Abbey E. Pope. the Brooklyn biblo.
maniac, has the finest library of any woman
n the country. The books are her own,
not by heredity, but by purchase and per-
number of first editions of the English poets,
novelists and British essayists Of priceless
value, and the famous Charles vi mlssal.
At the GrOlier exhibition the club levied
upon Mrs. Pope for loans of rare and extinct
copies of famous books bound In mosaic and
carved feathers. Aside from collecting books
she is an omnivorous reader and knows her
York Letter.
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1891-11-06
Castoria.

"Castoria is an excellent medicine for chill.
dren. Mothers have repeatedly told me Of its
good effect upon their children"
DR.. G. G. OsGooD,
lowell Mass
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1891-11-06
On the Slightest Sign

OF anything wrong with the Kidneys or Blad-
der, recourse should at once be hal to DR..
Kennedy. Fsvorite Remedy, of Ropdout, ".
Y. The Favo,ite Rrmedy has completely
cured case. of Stone In the Bladder, from
which relief had been vainly sought. Where
there Is tendency TO Rheumatic Gout speedy
relief invsrishly follows its use.-adv.
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1891-11-06
Handsome Versus Homely.

Who is that fine looking lady that we just
passed, Clara? Why, that is Mrs. Snow? Well,
there. what change; when I saw her last, her
skin was so salow and muddy looking, it's no
wonder didn't know her. What has PROD uced
that lovely complexiOn? i h ard that she took
Sulphur Btters, the great Blood Purifier, and
now would at be without them adv.
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1891-11-06

The annoy snee occssioned by the continual
CRYING of the baby, ct once ceases when the
cause Is promptly removed By DIR Bulls BABY
Syrup.
dies Is Old Ssur's Catarrb Cure. Price only
% cents.-ady.
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1891-11-06

Life Is achievement, and truth does its
work only under that conception. If life were
not this, that Is, process of achievement.
there would have been no occasion for real
world; an eX stence of mere ideas or percep.
lions, OF of pure mind without body or world,
would have answered as well.
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1891-11-06

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graphic manner. momeptous events in sh. hi..
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Lincoln to that of Garfield.
twenty Years In Congress" is In two Rovsi
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