Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-08-30
WOMEN AND TIPPING.
The Ebony Fellows With Itching
Palms Do Not Like the Sex.
UMBRELLA HABITS IN AMERICA.
Entertainments In Paris for the Benefit Of
the Young Mothers.
ODDS AND ENDS FOR FAIR READERS
WRITTEN FOR THE prsPArcH.

WRITTEN FOR THE DIsPArCH.1
my berth in sleeping car going East
from Chicago recently" says q woman,
"chanced to be the end one near the porter's
nook. In the night while we stopped at
station heard the porter of our car chat
ting with his confrere of the next, who had
come in, probably, for the gossip. 'How's
your coach tonight, pretty full?' asked the
visiting darkey. Yes it's full enough such
as they are replied our guardian; they're
most all wimmin, though he went on in .
tone of whitening contempt and I don't
like q car load Of wimmin.'
That's so,' assented his compsnfon,
they all want their berths made up at the
same time, and it's porter here and porter
there, till fellow don't know how to wait
on 'em all And you don't get anything
for 1t either, continued the other one, they
don't ever want their boots blacked nor
themselves brushed, he finished with sig
nifcant chuckle. Not they cams the
prompt reply. why, when I was IN a
drawin' room coach I've had wimmin ride
all day long in common car and Just be-
fore they got to New York pay % cents to
come in the parlor car so as to get of from
that when their friends met them. Wimmin
is very careful of their money sometimes
summed up this dusky philosopher. Then
the train started and heard 70 more, but
confess" finished this woman, 'that made
a trifing service in the morning an excuse
to give the porter 81, weakly hoping to
establish myself in bis eyes"
A reaction has set in in Avorso short
Jackets, and the days of the 'Louis" coat
are already numbered. The coming autumn
coat will be two inches below the hips, &C.
cording to the best authorities-an announce
ment that most women will regret The
long "Louis" coats are handsome garments,
becoming to nearly everyone, while these
very abbreviated jackets need trim and
natsy figure to wear them with good effect.
At some Of the handsome dinner parties
Of the summer scarfs, even covers of silk,
have been used, with, 1t would seem to
many, most questionable effect. Nspery
fine as silk and with the sheen of satin, but
of the color Of unsullied snow, is ALWAYS
the handsonnest cover to spread upon any
board. At Mrs. Astor's famous dinner
parties the most exquisitely fine of damask
cloths, more or less elaborately decorated
with drawn work, are used over
pink silk. A very handsome din
ner given recently IN San Francisco
had the table covered with pale green
silk cloth and extending its entire length
was an oblong bed of la France roses set in
q border of maiden ferns. Hanging from
the chandelier was q large ball Of pink
china asters, while the sideboafds and man
tel were banked with pink sweet peas and
lilies. At another dinner q pink silk cloth
was used with white flowers, smilax and
ferns
Bead trimming-not glass or Jet, gihor
silver, but wooden bead Trimmings an
nounced for smart fall gowns A feature of |
this Is the substitution for the popular sash,
belt or corselet, of single twist Of the |
beads about the waist, with long strings Of |
it tied loosely, rosary fashion at one side. |
An imported dress of gray had collar and
rosary of gray and red beads, and slender |
scroll pattern on panel of the skirt was |
worked out with them. A small, close |
6tting capote or bonnet was shown to wear |
with the dress, made of-the beads and tiny
gray ostrich tips
It IL well known that sea waterhas most |
beneficial effect upon the appearance Of |
horses, imparting satin gloss to the coat,
\ brightness to the eye and a generally re-
Freshed appearance. It is no unusual thing
1t Cape May and various other seaside re-
sorts to see 'ostlers giving the animals in
heir charge their sea plunge as regularly
Is the most systematic bather on the beach |
axes his. Some New Yorkers summering
IN Europe send their stables to the seashors |
'or fortnight simply for the purpose of |
irving their thoroughbreds this course of
,onio treatment
Sea air, if not sea water, would appear to
,ave similar beautifying effect upon lawns,
or nowhere does the grass seem to show
uoh brilliant and dazzling green as In the
tretches of turf around sea side villas. Yet
alt in quantities will utterly destroy grass
It must be the air and slightly saline spray
mingled with the undiluted sunshine which
works the excellent result. At some of the
cry gay effect has been produced by OBJ
ong beds of low growing, bright colored
lowers which look like an Eastern rug
brown across the turf. They are sown in
egular pattern of broken conventional
ines very much resembling the Daghestan
,okhars product, and against the back
round of the neutral tinted ocean stand
ut in the vivid green most pleasingly.
A "beefsteak stew" can be made the
hief dish of a simple dinner if desired, and
exceedingly hearty and palatable. Select
juicy top sirloin and cut it in neat pieces
aree or four inches square, sprinkling each I
18th salt and pepper. Put some good drip l.
ings in the frying pan, and when hot, slice
ito it @ small onion and Q couple of :
,matoes; fry them minute or two, then
" in the steak and fry all together for
bout five minutes; remove the steak, onion
nd tomatoes, strain and skim the fat off the
rippings, add little boiling water, pepper
nd salt to taste and little Worcestershire
luce, put the steak with onion and tomato