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The Wichita daily eagle., 1892-12-01

discern his rose-colored visions? I had
just before made mental note of the
fact that there wasn't single pretty
woman there-no, not one could l find,
although had gone from room to room,
up and down every staircase, peeped
into all the coZy corners where beauty
might be lurking, and examined crit
ically every woman in the lovely gold
and white theater. Perhaps it was be-
cause they were more like themselves
than they used to be. Powder could
see plenty of, but very little rouge,
cream washes, and beautifers.
Another thing that noticed was tho
courage of the American women as ex-
emplitied in that portion of them pres
ent. Although the empire has been
''the thing" for some time past any
number of those women wore their
last winters gowns with the
most wonderful equanimity. l couldn't
count more than twenty empire gowns,
and wasn't able to discover one in the
1880, although that hardly looked for,
it has SO recently come over. To be
sure. the season is still young, but, TAX
ing all things into consideration, it was
certainly surprising and disappointing.
was sorry that the women had not
made more Of an effort to be bewitch-
ing. They seemed just trifle indiffer-
ent. I noticed it even in the dressing
room before they came down; there
wasn't the usual crowding about
mirrors; almost all of them gave only
look or two into the glass and then
turned away. Is it the growing strong
mindedness, do you suppose, that has
anything to do with the change? Sure
ly the element isn't creeping into tho
circles of exclusiveness and gayety.
Bengaline was the most popular ma
terial, apparently, and chiffon. There
were any number of bengaline gowns
in light colors. with velvet sleeves.
White and green were there, and great
deal of them, particularly in all white
gowns, with very bright green velvet
sleeve puffs. Next to white and green
in favor came white and pale yellow;
possibly because the exquisite little
ballroom was decorated in these two
delicate colors. The women that had
gowns of these two shades. or of pale
yellow alone-and there were ever SO
many of both-loolSed very pretty when
the shades that covered the wall back
ground melted softly into their own
garb. One woman was simply cloud
of white chiffon puffs, sleeves, paniers,
ct al. Her dress was so pretty that
felt sorry that she wasn't. One girl I
liked-she was petite, graceful and
weird. Her young face looked younger
with her short, curly black hair reach
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Prince Ernst. of tho Saxe-Meiningen.
who married Miss Jansen, tho esdsughter
of the German historian, few days
ago, is now thirty-6ve years old. He is
the second son of the aged reigning
duke of Meiningen and his second wife.
a princess of ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
The eldest son Of the duke is married
to Princess Charlotte. Of Prussia. eldest
sister of the present emperor of Ger
many, and known for many years as
the "Hohenzollern Venus" Prince
Ernst has lived in Munich. and owing
to his literary and scientific tastes is
extremely popular in the cultivated cir
cles of society in the Bavarian capital.
1t was in Munich that he met his wife,
a beautiful and clever woman. As the
old duke married u few years ago for
his third wife woman without title
be had little reason to oppose the wise
choice of his second son.
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Attention has lately been directed by
scientific writers 10 the fact that the
shapes of permanent hills are altered
sometimes 20 a considera ble extent. by
the blowing Of the wind against them.
this being especially true in those cases
where the hills are partly composed of
some form of rock that readily disinte-
CRATES under the influence of the
weather; that is. the crum bling rock
is blown away, leaving the more solid
rock behind and often in curious forms
Il is well known that the famous
sirocco. or the southwesterly wind,
that blows across the Mediterranean
sea from Africa, has been largely infiu-
entail in shaping and molding hills and
valleys II is asserted. too. that an ex-
tens!ve hav on the east coast of the
island of Malta owes its origin and eN-
tent to the agency of the sirocco. which
blows directly into it The rapid
changes from dampness TO dryusss.
characteristic OF the sirocco. and the
crystalizariou OF the salt il deposits
upon the rocks are recIoned among the
powers of destruction possessed by this
wius
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ing lust to her shoulders, caught with
only one pin. and then falling as it
would Her white bengaline gown fell
plain and little full, straight to her
feet, from a short white yoke. A band
of magenta velvet covered the join all
around. and two long narrow magenta
loops stood up from the band. on the
yoke, in front, almost touching her
dark, gypsy-Gke throat Her dress was
loosely caught at the waist by another
velvet band of the same bright color.
and long streamers fell from the yoke
at the back.
A train there was that was simply
overpowering. i gentleman that stood
near me measured il with quick eye.
and pronounced its length three yards.
Dear, what lot of room its owner
needed. She made several attempts to
hold il UP. but even when she took hold
of the very middle. long end still fell
about her. which she was helpless TO
control Her robe was very beautifully
trimmed with deep Venetian point
But | was fully repaid for all the
WEAKNESS of looking and watching that
evening when the women began TO 20
go home. for ! saw two cloaks that
were most magnificent. They were fresh
from Paris, | could see at a glance
The first one was of pure wtite cloth.
and hung over q rose-colore6 gown that
had crush velvet empire belt of pink.
deeper shade. The cloak was a double
pelerine. the first cape hanging three
quarter length. and edged with Rus
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NEWSPAPER EXHIBIT.


Morning anA Evsalug JeurnAas WIN Ne
Priseed In Machinery Hall.
Publishers Of the big newspapers In
Chicago have been discussing for some
time plens Of an exhibit they VIII mako
at the fair. It is IS good as settled now
that both morning and an evening
paper will be issued in machinery hall
every day. The papers win be printed
on presses sent to the fair az exhibits.
and it Is possible that they will be
printed on paper made on the exposition
grounds. This exhibit would cnaolc
persons who have not witnessed the in
teresting process OF producing great
daily newspaper to see every feature of
the work. from the manufacture OF
paper to the delivery of the story of the
events of day to subscribers.
The morning paper at the exposition
win be an interesting journal in many
respects. It is probable that each OF
the big morning dailies viii contribute
one page to it This page viii be an
exact duplicate of the corresponding
page Of the paper that contributes it
Each paper will send 10 Jackson park
one of those pulp molds known as
ynatrix, and from this the metal plates
viii be cast and the papers run of in
full view of spectators. On other pages
of the paper official announcements viii
he. made
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sian sable; the second very much short
er. edged the same. From the neck fell
a very narrow rufle of the cloth, both
headed and edged with fur; and the fur
of the heading went down inside the
mantle as well, for few inches, so that
it was warm and close at the throat
The lining was white taffeta, shot with
pale rose
The other was very different. 1t was
of a beautiful water-green brocade.
with leaf-sprays outlined in gold The
cloak, which fell to the feet, seemed to
be made of but four straight pieces.
Two were narrow and formed the
front, meeting in the center. The
other two were much wider and formed
the back, the sides and the sleeves. At
the back the opening was far up. SO
that the dress train had plenty OF
room to sweep out. But where these
pieces touched the front breadths they
fell altogether loose, and apart, so that
they were like long sleeves. A pretty
lining of white quilted silk showed at
one side. and pointed yoke Of rich
green velvet was edged by a wide
bertha of fine guipure. An immense
rolling collar, also of guipure, stood up
above the lady's ears
How did those danes fix their hair,
do you ask? Not very much out of the
ordinary. Most all of them high, or
semi-high, with diamond or flower
bands lying round the coils, with pref
ty aigrettes or flowers or high narrow
satin bows standing up from the twists,
with perhaps less waving locks and
more smooth shining ones. Some of the
dainty hair ornaments worn now are
very pretty. They often convert an ordi-
nary coiffure into a remarkably pretty
one, with their fanciful shapes. One that
saw was particularly pretty. Ith~d
fine head of gold for a foundation and
at the center bird perched with out
stretched wings, all in dull gold
Talking of head ornamentation re-
minds me of head covering. just think
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JAPANESE ART WORKS.


Chief Ives Assured That Japan's Best
P.intines VIII he Here.
Tegima and his tall secretary, Yambc,
who represent the Japanese commission
in Chicago. attended q meeting of the
fine arts committee recently. Tegima
never comes around unless he has an
announcement to make from the nikado
of Japan Tegima told Chief Ives and
the art committee that the artists of
Japan would make fine display of
paintings and sculpture work at the
fair. This announcement caused Chief
Ives to look at the little fellow sterniy.
The Jap never WINGED. but repeated tho
statement. 1t surprised Chief Ives, for
Japanese artists have never shown any
of their paintings a. great expositions.
Their displays in this. Line have always
been in the form of fantastic decora-
tions. Tcgima speaks English well.
1--WE are going to show our best paint
ings," he said, ''and want all the space
we can get. And statuary, also, and
many fine carvings, all very beautiful.
will be brought over. Americans will
be the first to see them"
Tegima then told the committee that
Japanese artists wero now ready TO be-
gin decorating their section Of the art
building. He said the royal artists had
made their designs and were now pre-
pared to transfer them to tho building.
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of it! The restoration of the style Of
1880 has gone even so far as the hat
Behold bonnet with high brim stand
ing up away from the face, with sides
closely drawn over the ears by strings
that tie under the chin. How do you
think you look in it? Do you think you
like it? If you have sweet face, with
a pretty, demure mouth, it may be the
very thing that will suit you. The only
one have so far had the pleasure Of
seeing is of pale gray felt, has gath
cred rose-colored lining on the wide
front brim, has black standing plumes
in front and black strings. Strange to
Say, it isn't at all ugly. Nay. to be still
more candid, I shall have to confess
that like it, that think it very pretty.
EVA A. SCHUBERT.
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a FIERCE BATTLE WITH GEESE.

a FIERCE BATTLE WITH GEESE.
Peculiar Expsrie,cs Of Tioga Mush-
room Hunter.
An interesting and rather peculiar
battle, says the Philadelphia Times,
was witnessed the other morning by a
number of persons who were driving
along the old summer road. in the
Twenty-eighth ward. In a field lying
on the north side of the old thorough
fare and east of Harris Bellevue truck
farm an aged German was gathering
mushrooms, and while peering about
the pasture for the toothsome fungi, in
a shopping attitude, a flock of ''Gander
hiE' geese strutted under post and
rail fence from neighboring pond and
marched with their necks extended at
fullaength toward the stranger, who at
first paid no attention to their Kissing,
but continued every now and again to
reach down and pick mushroom.
He sodn learned to his sorrow that
the geese were considerably above the
average flock for bold persistency and
determined, fight. One old gander acted
as leader, and, after marshaling his
forces into position, led on to the fight
by boldly attacking the intruder and
striking him a stunning blow on the
nose Before he could recover from the
effect two of the geese, one from each
side, flew at his face, each taking hold
of an ear and holding on with bulldog
tenscity, while they battered his head
and face With their clipped wings.
The sharp points of the cut feather
stems brought the bloodfrom his cheeks
and forehead at every flap. He jumped
and prane%d around like mad, wildly
gesticulating and ,muttering cries and
curses in German
Two 9th ers of his feathery assailants
few upon his back and began peclSing
him on thes head and neck, while the
others took hold upon the. legs of his
trousers and his coat tails and tugged
till they fairly dragged him to a
swampy partrof the field, where one of
poor fellows feet sank in the slippery
mud and he fell backward in the slime.
A man in one of the passing wagons
hurried to his assistance. armed with a
bean pole snatched freenf the truck gar
dens. He arrived just in time to pre-
vent the enraged. geese from killing
their victim.
Even the Howsifrom' the tough cedar
bean pole for a time had no effect on the
geese, and it wassnot until five of them,
with their necks broken, slay CULVER
3ng on the grass that the poor old Ger
man, his face covered with blood and
his clothing with mud, coCld be deliv-
cred.
He was led OUT to the old Summer
road, placed in the wagon, and kindly
driven to his home in Tioga. The only
reason that can be given for the unu-
eual behavior OF the geese is that a rag
picker who resenbled the German IN
appearance abouJ,a week ago carried
away several goslings that belonged to
one of the geese.
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What Tennyson Owed to Rogers.

The Boston Commonwealth claims TO
have undoubted authority for the fol-
lowing story: On the death of Wads-
worth the laureateship was offered to
Samuel Rogers in On autograph note
by Prince Albert. The venerable poet,
then 81 years old, declined the offer
after serious consideration, and. having
been requested to name q person to fill
the Office, he recommended Tennyson.
The prime minister replied that the
government was mot acquainted" with
Mr.. Tennyson. and asked if Mr.. Rogers
were quite sure that there was nothing
in his poetry which might be out of
place in q poet laureate chosen by a
woman. Mr.. Rogers satisfied the gov
ernment ON this point, and Tennyson
was appointed
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prison for the convict While Eugene
Turpin. the inventor Of meIinite. haa
been confined for treason AZ Etzmpes,
in France, he has invented balloon
tha; can be guided by the serouaus He
has also devised , ner fuse for sheilz
used al sea-and ar apparatus for making
inexpensive hydroCen gas for initiating
balloons Meantime Tobias r. Hudson,
. prisoner IN the Maryland peniten-
tiarT. has invented al improved socket
for incandeseent lamps and constructed
= number Of unique clocks, one Of
which. the warden says. keeps better
time than the expensive French clock
In the prison
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Much Like This Country.

The desire to serve the country by
holding public Office, be the post ever
SO humble, seems to be about as strong
in France as anywhere else. The
prefect of the Seine had recently 1.071
Offices at his disposal. all of minor
Importance, and for these Offices he
had over 10000 applicants. The Of
fees were mostly as supernumerary
clerks, porters, local customs col
lectors, tobacco-shop keepers, and
even chief funeral mutes and cemetery
rangers. There was only one Office that
lacked a candidate. That was the Of
fee of teacher Of manual labor in the
elementary schools. There was no as-
pirant for this situation.
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As incomes mount towards the S5, OOO
limit, where two people are practically
millionaires, decorators take matters
in hand and furnish a room with that
evil simplicity" which costs 81 600. 1t
is almost a certainty that they will pur-
chase old furniture for you at rates
which are exorbitant, having been fixed
by dealers who know the full value of
Chippendale or Sheraton. But there is
q method Of purchase which outdoes
anything published in bargains" 1t
is the New England auction sale of
household goods. where claw-footed Ia
bles and mahogany dressers are sold
for s..
Cape Cod, and in fact the Southern
and New England states, have been
swept of their ''old colonials," but New
Hampshire and southern Vermont still
possess their ancient treasures
If would-be bidders at one Of these
forced sales cannot personally attend.
it is good idea to write to friends in
the vicinity and ask them to purchase
for you 1t was only few months ago
that in central New Hampshire New
York woman bought a solid mahogany
four-post colonial bed for IS. A mag
nifoent eight-day clock. made in Hart
ford during the last century, went for
81 on the auctioneer's confession that it
did not keep Every good time" Al
old dresser, whose oval mirror seemed
to reflect the faces of patched and pow
dered danes of revolutionary days,
brought $40.
AT New Jersey sale in one of the in
terror towns these prices were equaled.
Some rare blue china plates were bought
for Sc a dozen, while the cups and sau-
GERS were valued at IS.
Now and then one comes across q
genuine Sheraton or Chippendale, but
they are becoming extremely rare The
ball and claw snd the Windsor chairs
are, perhaps, the most common of the
old make, but they are by no means
easy to prove genuine.
The colonial claw foot was first manu-
factured in 1909, and was nodded after
the Chinese and japanese ball and claw,
Of which an illustration is here given.
About ITO the handsome Chippepdale
ball and claw chairs with their open in
terlacing backs of carved wood and their
handy legs became common. The Wind
sor, with its fan-shaped wooden back
and hard cushlonless seat, belongs to
the period 176O.
OF the tables which arc rare there il
the square table with drawers under
meath the board belonging to the first
part of the seventeenth century The
remarkably common round table with
ball and claw is Of the first quarter Of
the eighteenth century. Dressers,
tables. chairs. beds. chests Of drawers.
everything made in America until 1900
is titled indiscriminately Colonial"
But of course the manufactures Of
certain periods of this time differ de-
cidedly in value The dolphin cared
dressers are especially 70 be desired for
their quaint and curious carvings, and
the clocks Of the Queen Anne period for
their rare old woods
II is possible to Judge Of the period TO
which furniture belongs by its wood.
In Massachusetts, black walnut. in
Connecticut wild cherry were used in
cabinet work until 1855, when maho1-
any came into the market After that
date this beautiful wood was used for
the best furniture. but now its value 10
not greater than the rich old cherry or
sturdy oak ot an earlier pcrio>
The Wichita daily eagle., 1892-12-01
About the Empire Bodice,

The short empire waist appears
among leading autumn fashions, and
doubtless many women will adopt this
particular style of bodice. But there
are waists and waists, and while this
fad of fashion may be selected by the
minority, who are willing to reinquish
the long or natural length waist, there
are very many more women who are
not so disposed. There is something
very unbecoming to the minds Of most
women in the waist with its belt or gir-
die relegated nearly to the arnpits, and
although these look well upon special
figures and upon special occasions and
also very charming in the Kate Green
away models for children, they do not
seem the sort Of bodice for general use.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1892-12-01

The emigration Of the English agri-
cultural population into the towns is
attributed by T. F. Kebbel. among
other causes. to the dullness Of village
life. The old feasts, the fairs and the
games have for the most part disap-
peared. Thus, while there = vastly
more cricket played in England than
fifty years ago. it is not played by the
same class. In the old day match
es on the village greens the elevens
were mostly made up of lsborerA They
are 50 no longer.
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PROGRESS SINRAuWAY BUILDING
Advance Haeie in the United States and
Great britain.

Advance asde in the United States and
Great britain.
Great Britain and Ireland have now
about &c, 600 miles ofrailways. OF which
q little over one-half are double
/, tracked. Their capital stock and debt
amount to the enormous sum of $780,
!. OOe, 900. The net earnings were last
year little over per cent. of the capi-
tai invested and the gross earnings
were Cor last year almost s4so, coo, 900.
The railway system of the United
Kingdom is practically finished, says
the Pittsburgh Chronicie-Islegraph
Nothing in the way of new
railroad construction is going on
100 miles of new road were added,
and part of this was an exceptional
matter. The picture presented in these
few figures is that of a finished coun-
try, fully developed in all parts and re-
sources.
Now turn to the United States. Our
mileage now amounts TO Ill 900 miles,
more than eight times as large as that
of Great Britain. The gross earnings
last year amounted to over thousand
millions of dollars. During this time
there were railroads of total length
of nearly 1000 miles constructed. In
other words. every thnee or four years
we build as many miles of railroad as
the total number that sufiIces the Eng
hsh, Scotch and Irish people.
And the American task is not done by
any means. The growth along exist
ing lines can well be imagined when it
is considered that the English railways
serve population of 3S,9oo, 600, or one
mile for every 1000 inhabitants. while
our 119, 900 miles serve for 10000. 600 of
peopie or one mile for 800 inha bitauts.
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Natural Gamblers.

The Esquimaux are gamblers BY nat
ure. but they never impoverish them
selves by their games. Cards they do
not care for, but dominoes and even
chess are played with skill that at
least equals the best white men who
visit them
The Wichita daily eagle., 1892-12-01
Mixed Tn.

Mrs. Hardhead-I can always tell
what kind of wife a man has by his
views on the woman question.
Strapger-I have all sorts of views.
Mrs. Hardhead-Then you are a Chi
cago mann. Y. Weekly.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1892-12-01

A re,ent systematic effort to learn
what has become Of Vasssr graduates
in after life hns revealed some interest
ing facts Only forty-6ve per cent. Of
the dear creatures have married. Tho
great majority of them become teach
era. though vsssar is represented in al
literary professions. She has forty
eight physicians. twelve lawyers, ak
missionaries. and one or moro In Al
most every known occupation
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THE WOMAN OF FASHION.
How She Dresses When She APP
pears in Clubland.
Observations of tho Fashionable Woman
Some Notes on Her Gowns-Two
Magnificent Paris Cloaks-The
Restoration Ia Headgear.
IcopYRrcHr, 1921

Swelldom made great sacrifice the
other evening up the horse show
to attend the opening of one of its new
clubs-yclept Colonial. Chauncey De-
pew was there, as usual, and spoke Of
the number of pretty women present. I
looked about me. Did l gaze through
green spectacles, that ! could not
The Wichita daily eagle., 1892-12-01

TINE DURING QUEEN ANNE's REIGN.
at second hand may cost $6. Here,
then. is the result of schemer's deter
mination to drive bargains bedroom
furnished for $45.
The kitchen outfit was promised me
by an enterprising hardware dealer for
$40. The tins, which included enough
kettles. pals. pans, b-oilers. cups and
basins to go once around in brides
scientific Parloa receipt for cake, be-
sides wash boilers. remarka BILE patented
utensils and labor saving machines
were recloned at $40. while the stove,
rather small and secondhand but sound.
was worth the same.
Two chairs and a table, which the
auctioneer vowed was rosewood AM
tique, but which nevertheless went as
plain deal to the highest bidder for IS,
complete the furnishings Of the kitchen.