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FRESH GOSSIP OF THE HOUR.
What q Woman Did While Waiting for
Her Husband to Dinner-The Victoria
Bonnet-New Proof That Ice Cream Is
Good-House Cleaning.

What q Woman Did While Waiting for
Her Husband to Dinner-The Victoria
Bonnet-New Proof That Ice Cream Is
Good-House Cleaning.
WRITTEN FOR THE DIsPArcHl
A woman the other day proudly displayed
. really gigantic piece of work which she
had Just finished. One of the bed covers
made of large linen sheet which covers
bed, pillows and all and hangs over at the
sides, and which was hemstitched all around
and afterward covered all over with strag-
Cling pansies worked in natural coIors.
Toward the middle of the counterpane the
flowers were massed in large loose wreath
with a monogram embroidered in its center.
1t was beautiful. but a mountain OF work.
aad the visitor was duly astonished when its
author explained that she had accomplished
1t entirely in the time that her husband
kept dinner waiting
"We dine at g." she says, "and never
touched the piece until that hour. Some
times could work 10, sometimes 40 minutes,
occasionally have put in an hour before
Mr. B. came, but the entire piece of work
represents the employment of this variable
time"
Iu this connection the recent establishing
of ''Odd Minute Societies" for charitable
work is significant. Fifteen minutes per
day, aggregating an hour and half per
week, spent in sewing for some designated
avenue of benevolence constitutes ones
right ofmembership, and it is remarkable the
amount of result which is evolved from this
minimum of effort.
In Amsterdam it is the fashion to an
nounce broken engagements
4
There is nothing new under the sun, and
a tremendous hat that is making sensation
in London these days under the title of
'The Victoria" is really only a areproduc-
tion of milliner's creation that delighted
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-04-24
THE FASHIONABLE PARASOL

One May Spend a Small Fortune on 1t
Nowadays-A Beauty in Chiffon - 1t
Should Always Absorb Light-A Deli
cato Effect in Rainbow Colors.
WRITTEN FOR THE DIsPArcH.l
Not since Beau Brummel walked down
Piccadilly with the first pa-asol seen In
Europe have parasols reached o more In
teresting development than now. The
makers have wakened to the aesthetic possi-
bilities of their commodity and some en-
chanting things are to be seen.
Notable and representative is one made Of
chiffon. Outside the frame the diaphanous
material is laid luxuriously on, in dropping
putfs that form broad impressionistic masses
of light and shade, over the edges falling
softly down and at the top ending In
big soft rosette. Inside, from the ribs,
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-04-24

thoroughly acquainted with tie ways of
animals.
"When did madame score her first sue
eess?" asked politely.
Her First Salon Pioturea
''In ls4l for tine first time exhibited
two pictures in the Salon. One of rabbits,
the other Of goats and sheep. Since then
fortune scliied on me, though it was quite q
step from the humble beginner to the artist
who had won all the Salon prizes and upon
whom Empress Eugene herself conferred
the cross Of the Legion d'Honneur. 1 am
the only woman who has received that cross
for intellectual achievements, and her eyes
glittered with pride for it is the joy of her
lite; even the exorbitant prices she receives
for her pictures from her English purchas-
ers cannot outweigh 1t.
In the meantime she had finished her
sketch and motioned me to take look
at it.
'Dcn't you think these sheep look excel
lent in the barren, wintry landscape. But
people want then painted i'll their native
country aud so have TO invent some seem
ery, as have never travelled so far. This
scene could appear more natural, but it
would not satisfy the public, and we artists
only care for the effect, you know"
The peasant girl drove away the sheep,
servant packed up the easel and painting
utensils aud SO we walked back, she leaning
lightly on my arm. asked her about her
present occupations
She Takes Life Very Easy.
She told me she let no day pass without
doing something; she was an earl y riser, but
induIged in nap during the day and re-
tired to bed early, so she could most likely
prolong this mode of life tor quite while,
and later on-.'Eh bienr' she exclaimed,
cali things come to an end.
Then she told ME that she was lately en-
gagged in painting a lifesize portrait of
Buffalo Bill, who had been her guest at
Thomery. And that, besides a number of
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-04-24

Not SO very long ago, on a Minnesota
reservation, the Indians did winters log
ging. Several thousand dollars in pay
ment for their logs were given to their
agent for them. Instead of distributing it
among them he put it out at interest for his
own benefit The agent who succeeded him
received the money, did not quite under
stand what to do with it, and washed his
hands of the responsibility by. turning it
into the United States Treasury. To get it
out will require an act of Congress, so that
the chances are about 100 to one that these
savages will never see penny Of
the crash due them. Such privilege is it
to be "wards of the nstioni''
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to any one half as much as to her horses and
cattle. 1t is fact, however, that she never
married and no lore affair ever came to the
notice of the public.
Notwithstanding her castle is always fire.
quented by crowd of artists as we'll as men
OF the world and she moves among them in
her nonchaiant, Bohemian manner. in her
careless toilet, always chatting away, now
ana then smoking cigarette and retiring
ana sitting down to work when she feels
like it.
A picture, apparently of handsome
young man with short curly hair and of a
slender yet heavy boned figure. attracted INV
attention On remarking 1t, she exclaimed: !:
That's me so years ago"
This was always the costume she donned
on her sketching tours.
My male costume" she laughed at yari-
Gus "reminiscences, "was very convenient for
liberty OF study, but it also had its draw
backs, and it appears that they were never
more troublesome as when 1 was painting
the Horse Fair
Bonheur in Male Costume
The horse dealers delighted to see a lad
with SO much appreciation tor the horses
whose portraits came to draw, were loud
In their expressions of politeness. which
naturally respltedi in the offer of petite verre
and l, feeling no inclination to visit public
house to drink with them, was at nv wits
end to find suitable excuses, such as would
not wound these we'll meaning fellows to
whom my refusals were unaccountable.
But 1t was jolly time after all, especially
when 1made sketches in the country, iumped
fences and bitches just like boy.
'Once when l was returning from the
country in the male attire which always
wore on my travels, suddenly heard that
one Of my friends was i'll, and, without find
ing time to change my costume, 1 hurried
to the sick room. As 1 was seated on the
bed of the patient, holding her hand to as
certain if there was any fever, the doctor
came in and seeing me, young man, in
such familiar position, hastily closed the
door and discreetiy retired. Then nv
friend reminded me that was in male at
tire and that the physician may have been
led to believe what was far from the truth.
Immediately ran after the doctor, luckily
caught him on the stairs and left him
greatly surprised to hear that the young
man he had just left tete-a-tete with his
patient was me- Rosa Ronhecro s r
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shops. In these there is an almost endless
variety as regards both color and texture.
The Bedford cord style is perhaps the
prettiest and makes up beautifully. It
comes both plain and figured.
A model crepon trock is in Bedford cord
effect, in golden brown, with pin-head dots
of white scattered over it. 1t is fashioned
in q beautifully simple manner. having a
fastening invisibly on one side under the
arm and having the new style, -shoul-
dered sleeves The garniture consists of
darker brown braid of the narrowest quality
set in parallel rows about the bottom of the
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-04-24

skirt, the corselet, collar and wrists. A
rosette of brown satin ribbon three inches
wide is fastened at the back of the standing
collar, and has long streamers that reach
quite to the bottom of the skirt, pretty
device which adds much to the graceful ap-
pearance .ot woman's toilet A dainty
little muff of cream Irish point and yiolets
is tied with q delicious satin ribbon bow,
and the hat, which is entirely Of Irish point
stretched on wire, is trimmed in the same
manner with ribbon and violetA
Among all the new cotton stuffs there is
nothing lovelier than the Irish lawns,
which cut to beautiful advantage, being 40
inches wide, and selling for 12H cents.
They are sweetly pretty and look SO neat
and cool for summer frocks
A graceful mode for making them Is IL
lustrated The model frock was of white
with tiny polka dots of red. 1t was made
with long skirt with q gathered back,
edged about the bottom by a coquettish
little trill. A round fan waist, buttoned
demurely with small white pearl buttons,
had pufed sleeves of plain white lawn un-
lined. A scarlet ribbon belt was buckled
into white pearl buckle.
Lace bodices are to be feature in most
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-04-24
New England Slang.
st. Louis Globe-Democrat.l

LOuIS SdIOUt-OeuOcrutJ
The New Englanders often ridicule what
they call the senseless slang of the West,
but ono of the most utterly idiotic and
brainless bits of slang that ever
came from human tongue is a
peculiarly New England creation. Tell
a New Hampshire man that you have Just
seen snake ten feet long or a horse II
hands high and he will calmly remark, 81
want to know" What he wants to know,
or what could have been the origin of this
stupid phrase, no human being can conjec-
ture, for in utter stiffness it surpasses the
most extravagant slang of the wild and
woolly West
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-04-24
Getting Up In the World.

Clerk-If you please, sir, I shall have to
ask you to excuse me tor the rest of the day.
have just heard of-er-an addition to my
family.
Employer-Is that so, Penfold? What is
1t, boy or girl?
Clerk-Well, sir, the fact is-er-(some.
what embarrassed) it's two boys
'Twins eh? Young man, I'm afraid
you are putting on too many hsira"
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-04-24

two separate Vatican pleats at the back.
The one illustrated is of coachman's white
cloth embroidered in gold. 1t has narrow
vest and deep revers, and with it is worn q
jabot of Irish point lace. The cuffs are
large and 1aring. The hat is Of Leghorn,
bent in seollops, and has a soft Tam-o' Shan
ter crown Of old rose velvet with a mass Of
buff ostrich tips nodding over the 'front.'
The new lightweight wools are exceed.
ingly pretty stuffs, especially the graceful
crepons that are SO numerous in all the
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-04-24

ish tan broadcloth
having strapped
seams. The collar,
which is similar to
those on mems 8
regulation over
coats, though per-
hsp;a t'ife deepeJ
is oi dark tan vei-
vet. The coat is
doubled re o S t 9 d
and has two rows
of very large white
pearl buttons.
The hat accom-
panving this coat
in the illustration
is one of the new
spring styles hav-
ing the new tall
crown. It is Of
light brown straw
with a band Of
golden brown vel
ct a b ut the
crown below a mar
row er an d Of
white satin. The
bow Is of double
faced satin in
brown and white.
The double Wat
tenn coat is a nov
city over the single
pleated affair. 1t
is fashioned to fit
snugly, and has
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-04-24

ate price. Some are entirely transparent;
others have a small center of silk, making
them more substantial; and many are of silk
with ruffle only of the lace.
But the parasol for street and other hard
service, such as the majority of us need
most, is of something more substantial
than these, and Of price ranging between
So or s. and IS or S. The most fashionable
OF the silk umbrellas is called the 'coach-
ing" parasol 1t is also the m ost beautiful,
as it is exquisitely finished and we'll
adapted to the purpose OF hard wear. 1t
has short, thick club stick of natural
wood, or Of wood white enameled, accord
ing to the color of the silk. The top Is
about 20 inches. The material is either
changeable or brocaded silk, with lining.
Chsngesble tsfeta, a. has been said, reflects
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-04-24
BOHHEUR At HOME.
How the Greatest Lady Artist
in the World Lives in
Her French Castle.
CAUGHTSkETCHING SHEEP
Her Caricatures OF Her Enemies
When She Was Schoolgirl.
EXPERIENCES In MALE COSTUME.
Fooled the Rough Busy Men When She
Painted Her Horse Fair.
1 pppp TUrp TrnNc lNn nTuFp pcmS
CAUGHT TSkETOHING SHEEP
A PEEP AT HER LIONS AND OTHER PETS
rcoREEsroSDExcE OF THE DTsPArcH.l

CORRESPONDENCE OF THE DTsPATcH.l
PARIS, April 1L.-All the villages in the
district of Fontainebleau are peopled by
artists who lead a very retired life and
without fatigue constantly observe nature
while engaged upon their pictures Among
ell these artists homes none is more attrac-
tive than Castle Thomery, the residence of
Rosa Bonheur, the greatest lady artist that
the world has ever seen.
An old servant in rather shabby livery
received me at the gate. 1 handed him NY
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-04-24

small pictures for the market, she had de-
voted much time to her lions
eyes," she smiled, 81 have pair of lions
in my menagerie, and she led me to the
cages which, unlike those in the geological
gardens, are very spacious and contain in
he middle an artificial stony eminence and
\ tank of water. She then led me through
he stables There were horses and cows of
every breed by the dozen, herd -of sheep,
goats, q number of rare animals and any
amount of smaller ones like rabbits, poul-
try, etc
At last we arrived at sort of reception
room, ornamented principally with pictures
mostly by modern animal painters, among
them several excellent Troyons, whose
pupil she was for some time The furniture
was exceedingly plain, for she never had
any taste for luxury.
Not Like Ordinary Women.
She is peculiar woman, the complete ab-
sence in her of all the sentiments and of
all the necessities which usually character
lzs her sex is everywhere obvious. People
affirm that she never used perfumes in all
her life, that millinery and dressmaking are
horror to her and that she wears Jewels
only on rare occasions. For her meals she
enjoys strong, nourishing food, not much
better than that of the better situated peas
ants, only that it is served in better style.
1t Is also said that she has but little love for
family life and that has never been attached
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crown with an odd projecting ledge 1T the
top. This crown is covered smoothly with
velvet; the other trimming consists of
large bow spreading out stifly on either
side of Rhine stone buckle, and two tall
princess feathers standing startlingly erect
ct the front.
The hat illustrated Is of French gray
chip with black velvet band; yellow satin
ribbon bows and black princess feathers
MARIE JONREAU.
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anu women, IL seems
to me, cannot help but
look lovely with such
beautiful fabrics and
fxings, and such dis
tractingly lovely and
becoming modes All
the new styles are de-
cidedly novel; they
are not last seasons
renovated, but dis
tinctly different in ev-
cry way. This fact is
! demonstrated strong
est in the coats There
is a marked change In
them, for which every
woman must be thank
full, so tiresome have
grown the jackets of
several seasons past
. There are q number
of novelties among the
spring styles in coats
but the most strik-
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-04-24

-ei0 Bon coat. ing departures are the
whole-back and double Vatican styles
The first, which is regular box coat, is de-
cidedly ugly, but, nevertheless exceedingly
smart and stylish-looking and with those pc
cnliar characteristics about it that find favor
with the ultra fashionable. On tall wom-
an with fine carriage it is superb,
but on short, stout figure the
effect is deplorable So it is really coat
for the few. The one illustrated is of pink
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species of economy, for a woman's ward
robe almost invariably has in it one or
more good skirts, the bodices OF which have
been worn out, and which would be useless
but for the redeeming qualities of the new
lace bodice.
The pretty creation in the picture Is Of
cream Irish point lace made over a light
heliotrope silk lining which shows in .
graceful point below the collar, which is OF
satin ribbon with bow Ribbons in the
form of bretelles cross the shoulders and
taper to the waist back and front, the lace
being gathered and falling in cascades
over the vest. Ribbons are also set into the
lace of the sleeves from the shoulder to
wrist. A cut jet corslet confines the full
ness of the lace at the waist and adds rich
finish to the whole. A bodice of black lace
for an elderly lady, made over black silk,
with jetted ribbon for garniture, Is made
in similar manner.
One of the most piquant Of the newer
hats is the Incroyable. 1t has wide brim
faring in front, and high, very slender
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-04-24
BOUND TO LOOK LOVELY.

Exquisite Styles and Beautiful Fabrics.-
Entirely Different From Last Season.
Lisht-We.Rht Woods and Cottons.-A
Pfquanr Hat.-The Lace Bodice.
WRITTEN FOR THE DIsPATcH.]
Such exqisite styles as the spring has to
offer! Things were never so pretty before
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-04-24
Ono of Judge Waxem's Proverbs.

Detroit Free Press
When mans party amt takin' very
good keer of hiaa, he gets to thinkin' some
times that mebbe the other party amt 80
dangerous to the wellfair of the nation as
he thought it wuz
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-04-24
Enquire
for Them.

No housewife who has used
any of DR.. Prices Delicious
Flavoring Extracts but will
recommend them as the best
articles of their kind in do
mestic use. They are the
leading favors in America
and should be on the shelf
of every well-reguiated gro
cery. Enquire for them and
do not take substitutes which
if not poisonous will destroy
the incest delicacies. DR..
Prices Vanilla, Lemon, Or
ange, etc, are just as repre-
sented.
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summer wardrobes. They are made mp
over contrasting silk Innings and may be
worn with any plain cloth or silk skirt.
They are admirable for many reasons, but
especially for the fact that they arc Q
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-06-26

Miss s. NJ. KETCHAM's eighth annual summer
party will leave indianapolis for the seaside
July 6. The trip covers five weeks, and tickets
will no good returning for sixty days.
shinnocock hills. the objective point, Is on the
south shore eastern end) OF Long island. There
Is boating, bathing. fishing and driving for pleas
ure-seekers. Price, including all necessary ex-
penses, $SS.
For full particulars call mornings on Miss
Ketcham at Plymouth Church.
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The organization of Tammany is most ex-
traordInary. or It's inside workings but
little can be learned, for the members are
as uncommunicative of It's secrets as are
the Masons of their hsiling signs, OF the
Knights of Pythias of their semi annual
password. They obey Instructions to the
letter. lt 10 not for them to ask why an or
DER 10 given, or what its object. nor is it's
propriety questioned. They simply listen
and obey. Every day while they were
here An order of some character was la
sued, and within n few moments after
its promulgation at headquarters every
Iammsny man knew what il was
and proceeded TO carry it out. I met an
old acquaintance among them, q man who
WAS for years in the circus business. Talk
about the organization in Barnum's show"
said he. why. it doesn't compare with that
of this political machine. There isn't a
member OF IL who would disregard an order
for any considrration.n Then be proceeded
TO tell me something of their arrangements
here. There were twcnty-four Assembly
districts represented by n total of about
eiRhteen hundred men. The mem bers were
divided into twenty-four squads, those
from each district beng grouped together.
Zach OF these squads was IN charge of Q