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having been analysed by Boston chemist,
Who found that "they contained arsenic. ="
The New York man promptly sent them to
the Columbia College, where Prot. Chandler
decided that they were entirely free
of arsenic. Now what can one think?
A very pleasing wall treatment that is an
absolute novelty is nothing more nor less
than, silk cord fringe suspended from a
molding which runs around the wall at the
base OF the frieze. A startling effect in wall
treatment was shown recently in room
3Ox3O feet and IA feet high. Where the
ceiling and walls met they merged in cove,
nadorned-simply curved meeting of
walls and ceiling. The coloring of the en-
tire room, sides and top, was in ivory, the
ceiling was of lighter shade, and the only
decoration was the decoration of this cove,
which had detached design of scroll work
running about 21z feet up and 2 feet wide,
and applied at equal distances around the
room, separated by about a yard of space
between each.
"Do you know" said a dealer, the other
day, "that if it were not for women s whims,
the trade at large would be at standstill?
There is no reason in the world why a
woman should feel shock at the sight of
last winters garments, but nine out of ten
of them do, for they all know what's old
style; especially if they live in cities and
mlngle with the shopping throng. We sell
over the counter thousands and thousands
OF yards OF stuff every season, not because
what we sold last year is worn out: but
because 1T is old style;' in other words,
the woman is tired of it And every year, if
you've noticed, you'll recollect they develop
some new industrial whims You can remem-
ber-you are not so old-when every woman
in the United States was at work on wax
flowers, they took q pride in being indus
trlous-for what woman is contented with
being simply supported-and wax flower
decorations were, for the time being, their
wh1m. You can remember, too, when they
jumped into the God Bless Our Home sort
of work on perforated cardboard; then they
all took turn in gathering ferns and tieing
them with ribbons, or making card cases of
lamp lighters or braided paper; then all
hands made macrame tides; enamel paint
ing was one Of the latest fads, and now they
are all buying plain wood cabinets to daub
over and decorate
ITO make frame for a chair. The woman
who wanted it had seen picture of 1t some
place or other, and wanted one Just like it.
charged her S22 for the frame, and she
paid 1t without murmur; she then started
in and covered part of it herself and got
part of it covered by an upholsterer, and
now, no doubt, the piece is exhibited as
the chair mamma made, but which cost
mamma about four times as much as she
could have bought the same thing for in
regular stock. ="
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THE GAME OF LURE.
Anew Pnstime That Is the Fad Among
the Young People in England.

the Young People I'm England.
Pan Mall Budget.1
ga Traveller" describes a new game for
the benefit of those who do not wish to be
unconscious players at it. 1t is played, the
correspondent says, in railway trains or
anv public place, "and can best explain it
by giving my own experience. 1 was alone
in frst-class carriage when two young gen.
tlemen and their three sisters, as I suppose,
entered. I learned from their conversation
that they supposed we should pass certain
station where they intended on their way to
leave q parcel. l thought it would be civil
to tell them that we had already passed it.
They thanked me most courteously. and the
gentleman who had first mentioned the
parcel made a pencil mark on his cuff.
Shortly after that one of the young ladies
asked her brother the time, and as none of
the party seemed to have watch, and were
very much out in their guesses as to what
the hour was, I again ventured, though a
man of few words, to tell them what I
thought they really wanted to know. Again
noticed that the young lady who had first
asked the time furtively made mark on
her cuff
'My fellow travellers seemed to know so
little about the route we were taking that,
out OF pure kindness, L interposed several
more times; and whenever I did so they
thanked me most profusely, and observed
that some one either wrote on his or her
cuff or scored something down elsewhere.
Presently they divided some money among
themselves. I have since discovered that 1
was the victim of the game of lure The
game is simple one. The players take it
in turns to start a conversation strictly
among themselves with view to inducing
a stranger to break into it The points are
any sum agreed upon. If the lure takes
effect, all the players pay the starter. If it
fails the starter pays the players. If the
lure takes effect, but the person lured
answers wrong, the starter is paid double.
All the players are bound to support the
starter / learned this afterward. p"
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skirts are widest in front, narrowing gradu-
ally to a point in the back, and thus ac-
centuating the appearance of length-an
after.
Tailors continue to make Louis coats and
the habit-5odices with postillion back,
which it is their mission to fit with absolute
perfection. With these are Suede leather
vests in a single piece, fitting as if nodded
over the bust, and fastened invisibly.
Leather buttons in barrel shape, or in fat
disks with metal rims, are on tailor gowns
AN ARTISTS LATEST MODEL
A striking new model by Felix is
"corselet nrincesse" gown of cloth. with
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BOILING LOBsTERS ALIVE.

A Cruelty Worthy of the Dark Ages That Is
Still Praoticed by Gourmets.
st. Louis Gobe-Democrat.l
It is singular how the cruel practice of
boiling Holsters alive continues. Our fore
fathers-and, indeed, our parents-let calves
bleed slowly to death, on the theory that in
no other way could white meat be secured,
and later on calves were bled one day and
killed the next. Now every one knows that
a calf can be killed in human manner, and
the veal made just as good. Hogs are
largely killed by electricity instead of by
the old barbarous method, and, generally
speaking, animals killed for food have been
put out of the way in much more humane
manner than formally.
But Holsters are still tortured out of ex.
istence, the only difference being that, while
formerly they were exclusively boiled to
death, now some are boiled and some
broiled. Which process causes the most
agony no one can say.
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same realistic way that some years ago the
women folk made wax ivy vines. The wire
instead of being harsh and metallic-looking,
is colored the green of verdure, and of.
shooting from it are leaves and buds.
Muslin curtains are now being shown
with black lace insertions in the open bor-
der. A novel thing also is an ecru net en-
broidered over in silk. Chenille curtains
instead of being of solid fabric from top to
bottom are now relieved by broken net
work pattern in the form of q dado or
frieze.
Someone has said that "nature abhors a
straight line, except in morals" and things
decorative would seem to justify that OBJ
servation, for the prim little brass or iron
bedstead is not put now with its head to the
wall and its feet in the center of the room,
but. on the contrary, it is pushed into the
corner and over it is fashioned tentlike
canopy Of chintz or muslin or cretonne.
1t seems pity to paint over the hard oak
work of a room, but that this is becoming
common custom is shown by the fact that
manufacturers of curtain poles are now
furnishing them in tints from the palest
and softest of rose hues and cream to the
deep olive green's. The time will come be-
fore long when architects will realize that
they should no more finish the woodwork of
q house than they should finish the walls,
for folks are becoming impressed with the
proprlety of having things harmonic and
yellow woodwork certainly does not COM
bine, to the best advantage, with any or all
colors which may be found in q new oc-
cupant's furniture coverings or draperies.
There's lot of humbug about this
arsenic agitation. An importer Of English
cretonnes sold some piece goods to Boston
firm at the time when Boston was dancing
in white fury over arsenical horrors. In q
few weeks the goods were returned to him,
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De1rai-Se1son T6tlet. length all around
The garment illustrated is of deep blue
vigogne, interviewer with gold. A broad
band of black velvet borders the entire
cloak and is overlaid down the front with
heavy gold passementerie. Wide white
lace forms deep ruff;es around the neck and
covers the front below. The small capote
IS Of black velvet. embroidered with gold,
and trimmed with black feathers and q pale
blue aigrette.
Another illustration shows a new autumn
mantle reaching almost TO the knee. This
Is from The Season which says this length IS
being preferred The stuffs used for such
mantles are Of a rough. long-haired texture.
The model was made of coarse, bluish-green
diaconale trimmed with dark velvet, and
the woke lined with satin the same color,
q stripe of satin being sewn inside the front
eGges OF the mantle. The wide mantle
rnrt Is mounted with pleats on the plain
front woke and gives also the sleeves The
Medici collar can be turned up or down, as
preferred, and is therefore lined with
velvet.
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WHAT THE PALLIUM Il.
A White Woolen Band Made From the
Coats of Two Sacred Lambs.


Coats of Two Sacred Lambs.
Milwaukee Wisconsin,
The pallium, such as was conferred on
Archbishop Katzer, is a white woolen band,
about two inches wide, and long enough to
be worn around the shoulders and be crossed
in front. 1t is made at Rome from the
wool of two lambs which the sisterhood of
Santa Agnese offer every year on the occa-
sion of the feast of their patronal saint,
while the Agnus Del is sung at mass The
pallium has crosses worked upon the white
wool in black, and ornaments are attached
to the ends.
1t is sent by the Pope to every newly
appointed Archbishop, and the origin of its
use for this purpose dates back to a very
early time in the history of the Church. 1t
is mentioned in an ecclesiastical document
of the time of Pope St. Mark, who died in
the year 1856, and an eighth century mosaic
represents Pope St. Leo in the act of re-
ceiving pallium almost like the one con-
ferred upon Archbishop Katzer.
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BEAUTY IN THE HOME.
Fads and Fancies That Are Just
Now the Rage in Decorations.
NEW TRIMMINGS FOB WINDOWS
Architects Will Not Finish Woodwork When
the Good Time Comes.
THE wHIMs OF WOMEN AND BUSINESS



The new things which are being shown
this fall are full of surprises, although most
OF them are reproductions of quaint old
things that have been used for ages past. The
demand for accurate styles has encouraged
manufacturers to employ discriminate de-
signers, who have evolved all that Is unique
of past epochs; but while these pieces are
delightfully."- fashioned, it is pitiable to note
how improperly and inappropriately they
are utilized.
Baccarat tables can be bought in common
place shops, by commonplace people, who
do not understand anything more dense
than casino; English teatables are poked
into corners of rooms where tea is never
drank, and jewel cases are displayed in par
lors-more's the pity.
A girl with hysterical art tendencies got
married last week. 1t was one of those long
engagements that usually leaves a girl
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A NOVEL WORK BASKET.
The Pretty Trifie Mrs. George Gould Made
of Handkerchiefs.

The Pretty Trihe Mrs. George Gould Made
of Handkerchiefs.
Syracuse Star.l
had peep into Mrs George Gould's
work basket last week, and she was busy
making pillow cases for the little white
silk-covcred pillows on which her baby,
Marjorie Gwynne, nesrles her little brown
curly head when the sleepy time comes.
1 never saw anything so dainty as the lit
tie 12-inch-square covers, and what do you
suppose they were made Of? Cambria
handkerchiefs, e1quisitely embroidered and
with the monogram M. g. g. wrought in
the corner. Each cover was made Of two
handkerehiefs, Joined on three sides with
narrow lace insertion, and the fourth side,
which formed the bottom, was frilled with
deep lace to match. Mrs. Gould originated
the idea, and her baby was the first to own
set of handkerchief pillow cases
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gathered flOunce u An Ainitnn Monde.
inches deep, finished with hem and two
narrow tucks, and gathered on with head
ing. Two scarfs, seven inches wide anu a
yard and seyen-eighths long, form the bre-
telles; these are attached to the corners of
the apron al a ward from the end, this yard
forming the strings; the other end of each is
then crossed to the opposite shoulder. the
two being tackled where they cross, and is
pinned TO tie shoulder and finished with q
bow Of loops.
a novelty in fans is herewith reproduced
from the S.0Son 1t is made of gauze on
which rests a gigantic flower with ample
foliage, and a second, which will doubtless
be an acceptable model to those, who are
skilled in the use of brush and pencil The
broadish slaves are each adorned with
cardboard medallion on which small views
of any tavorite spot may be drawn or
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R.member, His Wife Was an Actress.

There is bit of romance about the nam
ing of the last Gould baby. The other two
children are sturdy little lads of5 and 3; King
don, the eldest, bears his mothers family
name, and Jay is called for his grandfather.
When the brown-eyed girl baby came
George Gould claimed the privilege Of NAM
ing her, and he called her Marjorie Gwynne,
for the character which his wife personsted
the first time he ever saw her.
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Frost. And the East
is profuse in its
offerings. From
across the sea comes
a demi-season toilet
by Worth, illustrated
from Hd,pe'.'s Bdzdr.
The very chic mantle
let of this costume is
a model for autumn
wraps designed alike
for driving or walk
ling, for country or
'city use, 1t is a large
wide cape, gathered
below the collar, and
falling thence in full
folds without being
raised on the should
ers; it extends to the
wrists of the hanging
arms, and is of even
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guimpe and sleeve
putfs of bengaline
dotted with SPAN
giles. The corselet
comes up high on
the bust and is even
all around the waist;
it fastens on the left
side invisibly, and is
apparently continu-
GUS with the skirt in
princesse fashion,
but is really fitted
separately, and where
joining the skirt is
concealed by en-
broidery of silk, gilt,
chenille, and jet done
on the garment.
Lengthwise rows of
this embroidery ex-
tend to the foot of
the skirt, with ap-
plique vines and
\ leaves of Astrakan
or velvet, and the
foot is finished with
a band of the fur or q
puff Of velvet. This
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withered and peevish, and the man worse a
bachelor than ever, but which fortunately
in this case wound up in q splice. When
they went to housekeeping the young bride
had her bedroom papered with envelopes
that Jim had addressed to her, and there
were enough of them to cover all the walls
For frieze she used deep blue blotting
paper, spattered in all colors of ink. The
man doesn't live who has the hardihood to
upbraid a woman who keeps ever before
him such reminders of all he ever said and
promised her.
In most old-fashioned houses there are
plenty of unsightly corners and hooks, the
result of additions and changes; and these
to the decorator are frequently the source of
delightful whims. An alcove we recently
noticed was reduced in height by fretwork,
side and top, and provided with corner
divan. The walls were treated with q
paper, different entirely from the contigu-
GUS room, which was cream with touches of
brown, for the alcove showed its walls
aglow with deep pink, as though from the
reflection of heavy, red-shaded standard
lamp. The effect upon entering the room
and getting glimpse of this alcove was
very pleasing, and at first sight was attrib-
uted to the lamp.
Folks have become surfeited of late years
with cornices and curtain poles, and it is a
relief to this conventional form of window
treatment to discover anything like the
sketches here reproduced. One very clever
arrangement is effected by the curtain rod
between two brackets which are utilized for
displaying bric-a-brac. Another form is
by simply applying to the abrupt corners
simple scroll design in brass or wood as
shown.
The old-fashioned way of hanging pict-
ure is by cords or wire; but the new way of
doing it is by introducing trailing vine eff
fects made in wire and metal, much In the
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A
FACT

true fruit free from ethers poisonous oils and strong,
rank taste. They natural favors, obtained by
new process which gives the most delicate and CRATE
full taste Insist upon having DR.. Prices. Substitutes
are often recommended because they afford better
profit.
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MEN M1LLINERs OF VIENNA.

In describing the men milliners of Vienna
q correspondent of the Baltimore San saws:
Attendants salute you and wave you up
stairs Here you will find a suite of apart
ments, with divans and easy chairs scattered
all around, and mirrors of all sizes, large
and small, so adjusted that your image is
always reflected, no matter where you sit
One set of customers Will be waited on in
one room and another set in another. Gus
toners, unless SO disposed, have no occasion
to come in contact with each other. Men
are always the principals. They take your
orders, they measure you and they tIt you.
In each room screens are provided, behind
which the customer tries on her dress, while
her husband or her lover on the other side
of the screen can talk or joke with her to
his hearts content. It is really the thing
for the men to go, as there was scarcely q
lady who did not have an escort.
In every room great numbers of morning
and evening dresses and wraps of all kinds
completely made up are hung on hooks.
What to man is but one of the least enter
tanning incidents of the routine of the busi-
ness as it is carried on in Vienna is the tor
ture TO which the models" are not infre-
quently put by their more favored sisters,
the customers, and the spiteful resentment
which they cannot sometimes help exhibit
ing. The models, of whom every eSab-
hshment of any pretention has from to II,
are selected for their symmetry of figure,
and must be the possesSors of slender waists,
sloping shoulders and finely developed
busts For the selection of the patrons
they will display on their figures any partic-
ular costume which may be requested. AS
you can understand, patron who has no
ideapurchasing will often say, 81 should
like to see how that gown will look, 'hetc.,
afn Tno, & i Al
course of two or three hours, have to put on
and put off morning dresses and evening
dresses, be turned around and round, be
punched in the ribs until her patience is
completely exhausted, and she certainly
will look daggers at the woman who is do
ing all this She is not unlikely, also, to
give vent IN audible tones to her displeas-
ure when satisfied that her prosecutor does
not understand.
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its front is the figure of a youth
in the act Of blowing out his brains 1t is
brought out in relief, and below it is the
following inscription:
Beneath this stone the ashes lay
OF him that was MY darling boyi
Alas alas, his race is run,
Caused by douole-barrel gun
Bereavements sure my heart VIII break
Show pity, Lord for mercy sakel
Oh let me to Thy will resign
These two unfortunate boys Of mine.
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HOW HE CANE TO DIE.
A Tombstone on Which the Dead Il Pic
tured in the Act of Suicide.


There is remarkable tombstone in Round
Grove Cemetery, seven miles east of Dwight,
Ill 1t marks the last resting place OF
Enoch, son of James Z. and Charloot Nor
ris, who died August 9, 1867, aged 10 years
and months. The tombstone is of white
marble, about five feet high, three feet
wide and half a foot thick. On
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FOR THE FALLING LEAVES.

Costumes That Are in Harmony With the
Season When Nature Prepares for Her
Long Rest-Novelties for In and Out
Door Wcar-y.atc Fads.
Beauty is looking to the East for the
gowns in which she will welcome Jack
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IN 1lllS column. IL j
velvet costume, and
Is composed of q skirt
oflight beige-colored
wool. ornamented
with embroidery on
the front, and 4 coat
bodice of bronze vel
vet with full sleeves
Of the light wool.
The skirt is without
G foundation skirt
but lined through
out. The coat opens
on a full plastron of
the wool, and is
ornamepted I h
metal buttons and
belt buckle.
A pretty apron is
one of the first
requisites. The one
here sAownis Just the
thing for afternoon
wear. i is made of
flow cred organdy
muslin with a light
ground. A breadth
of muslin 20 inches
long forms the apron,
TO which IS added a
-o+l,ro.l Eoun.a IL
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1t is an established fact that
the only natural favors in the
market are Dr.. Prices De-
licious Flavoring Extracts.
Each flavor is made from the
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of the many good ideas that Mrs. Jenness-
Miller has ever conceived. Women have
needed such a thing for long time. 1
think it will become popular at once, and
it ought TO. The idea is as simple as it
could possibly be, and will practically give
a woman two dresses with the use of very
little more material than was formerly used
fn
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CoRNs permanently and quickly cured
by Daisy Corn Cure. 15 cents; of druggists.
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Na'~
is intended to cover
the practical needs
of a woman W h o
looks after her own
b o US e b o | d. 1t is
made up, says a
dressmaker in the St.
Louis Globe-Deino-
crdt, of aprons and
jackets in such a way
that a woman can be
washing one minute
and sitting in the
parlor entertaining
company the next.
1t is of rather short
length SO that a wo-
man can skip up and
down stairs thret
steps at a time, and
by letting down
some aprons - re-
versing them as it
were-and taking off
a Jacket, a neat house,
dress, fit for parlor,
is obtained. T h e
dress can be made of
C alico, ginghau,
cambria or of any of
the cheaper goods.
II ic ono of tho hocf
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A real prayer rug, one which has been
actually knelt upon by devout Mussul-
man and an actual Japanese hari-kart
sword, make a pair of sp, cially desired
relics to the fashionable bric-a-brao hunter.
MARGARET H. WELCH.
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How many house mothers say at spring
and fall housekeeping times anent some
shabby, broken down bit of furniture: ooh,
take that up into the nursery" or "it will
do for the children's play room" It is such
a sad mistake. 1t is educating the children
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The old-fashioned way of hanging pict-
ure is by cords or wire; but the new way of
doing it is by introducing trailing vine eff
fects made in wire and metal, much IN the
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-09-27

same realistic way that some years ago the
women folk made wax ivy vines The wire
shooting from it are leaves and buds.