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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1891-11-16
Card Etiquette Items.

Small matters in etiquette are constant
ly changing. Just now it is the proper
thing, if the number of ones address is
not To long, TO write it out or have 1t
stamped in full on ones letter paper.
Fashionable stationers advise having the
letter paper stamped with the address,
reserving the monogram for the envelope.
The text known as oxford is in demand
for initials, which, however, is not quite
rs popular as TO have paper stamped with
fac simile of autograph initial. Azure,
cream, rose, silver gray, court gray, sap
phire and deep mazarine blue are colors
that are in constant use. A debutante
usually settles on some style of letter
paper which is distinctively different from
that of her mother or unmarried sisters.
Two new styles of finish. known rs crepe
de chine and insertion, are favorites with
young women. a thin linen paper with n
rough finish is one of the most desirable
the thick and heavy when fold
ed, but equally nice looking.
The winter visiting card is almost
square. That for Mr. and Mrs. is the
largest size; that for Mrs. alone some
what smaller, and that for Miss the
smallest size. Several different styles OF
cards are ordered when there is "a family
with several daughters. Some TO he used
when the daughter in society visits with
her mother, have her name below her
mothers. This is always the case during
the daughters first season, after which
she has seperate card, which reads, sim
ply, Miss Jones, if she is the eldest The
younger daughters use their Christian
names. In the lower right hand corner of
the mothers should be her address; iii
the lower left hand corner her reception
day. A mans card is oblong i'm shape,
with Christian name and surname en-
crossed in full, the middle being i'm initial.
His address should be in right hand cor
ner; his club in left hand. Reception and
at home cards should he inclosed in two
envelopes when sent by mail; but If de
livered by messenger one will answer.
Reception cards should be issued in the
name OF the mistress of the house; dinner
cards in the name of both host and hostess.
The dinner card most in use is one with
plain gilt edge, with the monogram
stamped in bronze.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1891-11-16

of all times. My lord OF creation stalks
along with splendid strides, but mince
on holding my skirte with one hand.
clutching my umbrella with the other
4. while the water trickles daintily over my
cherished bonnet and the macintosh
flops around my legs. Oh, yes, believe
In the equality Of the sexes
I've just had all my gowns made with
Medici collars, and now they say that
plain standing collars are coming in.
Well, it's just my luck. 1 never loved a
dear gazelle
"It takes half my time TO keep the tails
of my basqucs just right. have put ruff
fies, pleating or some kind OF n contrivance
on all my old ones and my new ones are
made long Probably shall have To cur
tail them now. | wish | could put a suit
ON and know that il wouldn't get old
fashioned before l could say Jack Robin
son
"Oh, thought that had everything in
but just look at that pile of must haves
on that chair | don't believe the trunk
will hold another thing but I've got to
find room for them somehow The ex-
prcssman is due this minute and Tom
has not touched his packing. But he is
equal TO doing IL in about ten minutes
and he won't forget thing either. I've
always had sneakinR wish that | were n
man, but it's only now and then that am
frank enough 10 own it,
And SO saying she proceeded TO pack the
trunk over.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1891-11-16
DELLA STEWARDS ROMANCE.
Her Sad Death Brings to Light a Touch
ing story.

Last June Della, the youngest daughter
OF Thomas Stewart, q wealthy and we'll
known lumber operator OF Millsburg, Pa,
was thrown from her horse and hurt 90
badly that she died few hours after.
Sho was only nineteen and general IA
voritc. She had just returned from Dos-
ton, where, as her family thought, she
had been studying music. A week after
her death the family were astounded by
the claim OF Frank Sayre. who had at one
time worked for lumberman Stewart. He
declared that tho dead girl was his wife,
and proved ht- claim by n Justice OF the
Peace, who showed that they had been
married in April 1890, and had kept the
secret at the young couples request It
had been known that Della Stewart and
her fathers clerk we're fond OF each other.
and IL was for that reason that Stewart
had dispensed with young Sayre's services.
few days after which tho secret mar
riage took place. The lumber operator
was satisfied with the evidence. took his
son-in-law again into his employ. and
made aim a T. ymber OF the family.
Della Stewart had left home for Boston
In May, 1890, and remained In Boston un-
I'll the following March, when she returned
home. She corresponded with Frank
Sayre against her fathers protest, and it
was remembered afterward that on the
day she was killed she had received a let
ter from Sayre. which had put her In an
unusually happy mood. The letter, ii was
learned from Sayre. was one he had writ
ten her. telling her he would be prepared
this fall to take her to Cleveland with him.
Recently letter came to the Millsburg
post Office addressed to Miss Della Stew
art. 1t was in n woman's hand, which
ri ri 70 "a
which had appeared on several letters re-
ceived by Della since her return from
Boston. The letter was handed to Frank
Sayre. as Dellas husband, and he opened
IL to SEQ what reply he would be expected
to make to the writer. What the contents
OF the letter were no one outside OF the
family knew at the time. and can only
surmise now from subsequent events, but
the result was to take Frank Sayre and
sister OF his dead wife hastily from Mills
burg. They were gone three days, and
when they returned they brought with
them to the Stewart residence fair
haired ten-months-old boy. Then the
story leaked out that Della Stewart, or
Della Sayre, was the little ones mother,
and that she had kept its birth In Boston
secret even from It's father, Frank Sayre.
She had left the child in care of good
hands, and had paid regularly for its
keeping until her sad death. The GUS
todian OF the child, hearing nothing from
Its mother so long, had at last written to
her. and that letter was the one that re-
vealcd the dead mothers secret. The
woman who was caring for the child knew
Della Stewards story, and at the young
mothers request was keeping the c1ild's
birth a secret until the mother and father
were united. The newcomer TO the
Stewart home, although n sorrowful re-
minder OF its mothers pitiful fate, Is more
than welcome.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1891-11-16

TO satisfy Mrs. BIS ideas. "She is
without doubt very pretty, but she
looks too buxom and she certainly
wants distinction; she would hardly
be looked at twice" was her verdict
10 herself; then she added aloud, Wait
moment, dear" and leaving the room, she
returned with n severely simple black tulle
gown of her own. made with a jet cuirass
waist that fitted like a glove, with the
merest edge Of black lace around the low.
cut neck and tiny sleeves Try this"
she continued.
The effect on the girl was truly magical,
and she looked really regal You shall
wear il tonight" said her cousin decis-
lively; and the result proved the truth OF
her logic. The Western beauty was n
complete and brilliant success. and after
that evening she could wear what she
liked, as she was universally conceded to
be the belle OF the season. Il owe IL all
TO your black gown, Cousin Belle,n she
declared. with becoming modesty, and she
was probably not altogether wrong.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1891-11-16
AS 1T LOOKS TO WOMEN.
This is Wall About Time Taken
in Trunk Packing.
THE EQALlTY OF THE SEXES
It's Good Deal ofa Myth When II Comes
d. to Putting Things Together Before Go
ing ON Even IA Short Journey.

She was packing, and she had her head
in the trunk as she grumbled.
"Talk about the equality OF the sexes"
she said in derisive tone, A" there is no
such thing may now and then, i'm my
flighty moments, have limited at it, but
take Il all back. Look at these trap
pings" she went on, pointing with a
tragic air to the feminine belongings that
were strewn about the room. II am
packing To be gone about "a month, and
after the closest calculation / find can
not get along with one article less than
have here Setting aside the gowns, hats,
Jackets shoes, etc, that | need, just count
up the other things so necessary To femi-
nine happiness,
"Theres my workbasket. If don't
take IL I'll surely have TO buy thimble,
scissors and all the rest. | am always
tearing my dresses, so | never feel easy
lug TO n gay silk bag hanging from
chair back
'Tt is a regular old fashioned piece bag
II has pieces of all my dresses old kid
gloves of every hue and everything that
1 need TO make me trig and neat. OF
course, il is an excellent idea, but think
Of the bondage Of always carrying that
piece-bag around with me. Can you i'm
agine man with oney
Now there are my hair curler and al
cohol lamp. Why do / carry alcohol
lamp and why don't l heat my curling
iron in the gas Because l have found
myself more than once In n hotel where
there was no gas, but electric lights in
stead. So have learned to.carry my lit
tie lamp in my grip.
This big yellow sachet is full Of wells.
They are one OF my. hobbies My hair al
ways looks like fright unless | wear II
veil and think | have rs fine collection
as there is in the city. Think of the piece
Of mind a man must enjoy, knowing he
can put on his hat and go out without n
veil"
She was folding her macintosh when
she broke out again. "There is another
place where man shows his superiority
In a Tainstorm. | feel the humblest then
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1891-11-16
ABOUT POCKETS.
A Matter which Has Been Discussed Many
Times.

Who cannot remember his or her first
pocket There is delightful sense of ac-
quisitiyeness and individuality that
springs up in the human breast on the
possession Of this veTy desirable article.
1t Is always destined to form an import
ant part in the happiness OF its owner In
fact, there is a popular impression to the
effect that happiness depends very mate
rially upon it, but the philosophical mind
regards IL ~ a very unstable foundation.
Women never have n pocket, IL went
out OF fashion years ago In proportion
as this feminine fashion has become obso-
lete. the absurd number of this maScu-
line heritage has been steadily increasing
With twenty-five gowns I'm n feminine out
1T there is not one pocket. In ten suits Of
clothes in n masculine wardrobe there are
about one hundred and seventy live pock-
cts. There have been times when man
has been known TO regret the possession
of pockets aud to regard them as highly
inconyenicnt affair Women have way
of searching through masculine pockets
for letters they art only half expecting to
find. Sometimes they find them. Then
there l. trouble. IL may be only the letter
she gave him Co mail few weeks ago. and
n may be some other letter. In either ease
the possession is awkward for him, and he
4 apt TO regret having pockets.
Woman has been steadily rctrograding
since she reinquished her title TO this
highly convenient affair. I'm the mass of
drapcry and the paraphernaiia of straps.
hoops cushions, and 80 on, into which she
was for many years harnessed, the pocket
became a superiiuity from its very un
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1891-11-16

reaohable nature, and was finally abol-
ished
When You see a woman with a pocket
you may depend upon it she rs sclf-assert-
i've and has within her, If not apparent, ~
latent spirit of independence that VIII
rise up aud introduce is.elf when the occa-
sion demands.
The woman i'm the horse car who allows
her companion To pay her own fare has no
pocket OF her own. She may think she
has as she produces her purse from the
folds of her gown, but the recepticle IS
only an l. of her husbands pocket. Little
straws of this kind have won for women
the reputation OF being more mercenary
than men. When company OF men en-
ters the car one pays the fare ana the rest
calmy disdain 20 notice so trivial matter.
When two women enter there at once en-
sues a heated discussion aS 10 when one
shall bestow the compliment. rms comes
of woman having no individual pocket
and the importance given small analr III
consequence.
length. breadt and depth of boys pock-
ety At what stage does its capacity cry
against it's burdenl When Is there not
room for one thing more? IL contains
tops, strings, rocks, nails, pencils, crumbs,
a whistle, knife, a nickel, rubber pail,
an apple and hundred treasures dear to
his boyish heart. He makes vast strides
toward manhood, at once coming into
possession OF the advantageous trouser
pocket. There is n strut sand whistle
That belongs 10 boy with pockets There
is an assertivencss and an aggressiveness
that comes 10 him as natural dover.
IL is useless to attempt To demonstrate
the fact that this convenient receptacle
brings the same amount of happiness 70 n
girl as to a boy. IL is not the case. The
feminine spirit of independence is not as
sisted To being in any such manner. Their
paths diverge; she has no such resources
TO fall back upon rs he, and she loses
ground from that time on, till by and by
her pocket is abolished entirely.
The masculine pocket possesses many
characteristics and partakes largely OF the
nature of the owner Sometimes the
opening at the top is very large and the
pocket very shallow. This is unfor IL
nate; il belongs to the unthrifty man.
Then again the opening is very small
and the receptacle Is very dark and deep
and spacious this is the stingy mans
pocket. His sole happiness is in consum-
ing; the pocket produces little else than a
discordant mind aud warps the better ma
ture of the possessor.
The hen-pecked man is never quite sure
he has "a pockSt OF his own.
The selfish fnan has u large leak at the
further end, and his wife earns the repu-
tation of being mercenary. The money
she scrimps her soul to save he uses in
sundry methods best known to HIM
self
But there is another pocket, and il seems
never to be quite empty. Not even the
magician's skill eau produce the countless
articles that continually flow from its cav
ernous depths. Words are insufficient TO
glorify it, IL keeps the altar fires of home
burning brightly; 1T yields shoes for the
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1891-11-16
The IrrepressibIe American Girl.

n Is n tribute TO the basis of real dignity
that there is in the American girls char
acter that "A well-bred foreigner will take
simply as they are met the constant sur
prises she affords him in the way Of dar-
Ing escapades, any one of which would at
once destroy his respect for one of his own
unmarried country-women. \ transatlan-
tic marriage which was started by a prac-
tical joke was that OF the young minister
from ---. who asked his lively neighbor
az dinner how ne should make his adieux
60 his hostess, as she did not speak French
and his own knowledge of English was OF
the slightest. Quite seriously she taught
him to say, "Golly, Mrs. A, | have had n
bully time y; aud he repeated the absurd
aud dreadful little speech with great dis
tinctness To his hostess, who at once
detected the source of the poor mans
blunder. and naturally greatly resented IL.
Monsieur de F, however. had sense Of
humor, and far from harboring a grudge
against the impertinent young lady. was
greatly amused by her audacity. aud thus,
In this instance. began the "wooing o MT. {"
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1891-11-16

boys and nickles for the baby, and IL be-
longs to father God bless him Deep as
the love in mothers heart is the immeas-
urable depth of fathers pocket.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1891-11-16
CLOTHES AND THE HAIR.
They Ought Always TO Harmonic So Far
ns Possible.

ps Possible.
A competent authority on dress declares
that the coloring of a gown should always
harmonize with the hair, that the latter is
always the keynote of the whole arrange
ment. and whatever blends agreeably
with its tints is sure 10 be becoming X
person with red hair should always wear
brown rs rluch as possible tho pale blues
and other light tints SO much affected by
persons Of this coloring are not nearly as
effective 4 Titan beauty who has the
courage of her convictions, rarely wears
any other color; she dons brown cloth,
brown velvet. aud even brown tulle bali
dresses she consequently has always an
air OF distinction and is invariably sym
phony i'm color.
IL is often the case that these temptingly
pretty pinks. blues and lilacs do not make
the wearer look rs well a. some less Obvi-
Gus color \ New York woman of society
had a beautiful young cousin from some
inland town visiting her, whom she pro-
posed 90 introduce TO society and she was
particularly anxious that her first appear
nnce should be "a success. The girl was
excessively handsome. but her clever hos
tees at once recognized the fact that her
taper full-bown beauty required careful
management show me your gown.
Annie" she said, and together they tried
ON the pretty white aud pink ball dress,
which, although charmingly fresh, failed
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1891-11-16
GOSSIP ABOUT WOMEN.

Mrs. G.. A. Connor, formerly of the Gin
cinnati Commercial Gazette, has bright
paper on "Ohio in New York." which is
being we'll received.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1891-11-16

One of the most prominent foreign sing
ors now intprestint, Now York societ 9 IL
Nine Pemberton Hincks. the same who
sang at one of Mrs. Astor's Newport mu-
sicales The fact that Mrs. Astor handed
her the check herself at the close of the
performance created quite breeze, as
Reichman considered himself much
abused when Mrs. Whitney treated him
la the same manner. Nine. Iincks is,
however, such favorite that the act
must have been considered as a special
mark of c. urtcsy rather than rs sfgnifl-
cant of the commercial value of her ser
vices
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1891-11-16

Miss Alice Ives, whose Domestic Purse
Strings in the Forum created such a sem
sation, is another woman to be met fire.
quently this season in literary circles
She is u Detroit woman, bright writer
aud clever talker. She has gained some
thing of u reputation as writer of plays.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1891-03-12
THE cosWEB PARTY.
A New and Unique Game and How 1t Il
Played.

A New and Unique Game aud How It Is
Played.
The following description Of the
''cobweb party" is given by writer in
the New York Star:
A central point in house Is selected,
say the chandelier in the front parlOr,
and to this number of strings are at
tached, according to the number of
guests who have been invited to take
part in the game. There may be twen-
ty-fvc, or fifty, or even more. Then
these strings are twisted about the
chairs, around table legs, through key
holes, downstairs into the dining-room,
out to the kitchen, upstairs again into
the bedroom, and, in fact, all over the
house. These strings make the cobweb.
AT the end of each is prize, which acts
as stimulant to the guests, to each of
whom string is assigned, to follow his
or her thread to its termination through
its many devious and provoking inter
winnings In Chicago the cobweb party
has become SO popular that men are en-
ployed to prepare houses when one is
announced, and it sometimes takes
three days to get large house ready
When the guests get to following W
the strings there is plenty of fun, as
they meet in all parts of the house
cross and recross each others paths, ge
their feet tangled up in the threads
and have a great many funny expert
nncqs #.H ... .f
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1891-03-12
DANGEROUS GROUND.
An Insecure Foundation Upon Which {,
Build u City.


Build u City.
'San Salvador is all on volcano"
said Senior Jose Fulano, of Pasolibre, tn
a Chicago Tribune man at tho Grand
Pacific the other day. at has been
three times destroyed by earthquakes
but the people get used to it and do not
seem to mind it.. 1t comes at intervals
and, really,while it makes one excessive
ly nervous, there is little danger to life
have known the shocks to come as fire.
quently as eighty times in an hour
The effects are quite peculiar. In th..
city of Salvador is brick column nine
feet high and three feet square, That
was showed some one hundred feet with
out losing its perpendicularity or crack
ing the mortar.
"The ground under the city Of Sal
vador Is full of caverns of unknown
depth. A man was digging we'll there.
The last stroke he gave with his pick
the bottom fell out, and he and his pick
and all fell through nobody knows
where; to China probably. There is y
volcano not far from Salvador that some
years ago discharged lava over forest.
The wood all burned, of course, but the
lava being light and easily cooled hard
ened into long arcades through which
one may walk, and as you go you can
see the imprint Of the trunks and
branches of the trees in the now cooled
J lava
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1891-03-12
HER MONEY ORDER.
The Empress OF Austria Had Great Dlhi-
Guilty In Collecting 1t.


Guilty in Collecting 1t.
The Empress of Austria during her
recent visit to France was subjected to
some curious inconvenience owing to
tho excessive red-tapeism of the post
office officials and the fact that she trav-
cied under an assumed name. Foreign
ers receiving post-office orders must pro-
ducc either passport, their landlords
receipt for quarters rent or tax re-
ceipt before they can get them cashed.
Tho Empress on two different occasions
had reason to feel incensed at the wood
on application Of these rules. One was
at Toulon, where she had an order for
lump of money payable to "Mrs. Nichol-
son." Sho went herself to draw this
sum, but could show no passport, no re-
coipt for quarters rent or for years
taxes, and was treated by the clerk as
person to suspect, but that official was
at last brought so far round as to say
that il she could produce few hotel
hill; he would pay the money. She said
she did not think she had any, as she
was not collector OF such documents.
However, on searching in her pocket
she found she had her last bill and vic
toriously presented it, not rejecting
that it was made out for "Miss Simp-
SON." The only thing that remained for
her to do was to apply for help to the
Austrian Consul or to declare her incog-
nita. She took the latter course by
showing photograph of herself, which
she had picked up in shop at Lisbon.
with her style and title printed beneath.
The clerk was naturally confounded and
made haste to cash her order. When
she was at Algiers a similar misadven-
turc befell her. The order was the
largest that had ever been heard of by
| tho postal authorities there, and was
also made out for mrs. Nicholson" To
obtain tho money her Majesty called on
NJ irman, tho Governor General; told
who she was and asked his good offices
lie did not, fortunately, hesitate a mo-
| ment iiIaNt