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The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1893-12-06
THE "BUTTERFLY" DANCE.


dancer. The belt may be as pretty as is
desired. and it need in no way show that
II is different from an ordinary piece of
cloth.
The dancer. dressed in graceful, flow
ing robes, fits on the ''stage"-a corner
of the parlor partitioned off by ferns
and palms-and executes a few graceful
steps to slow music while the audience
is enjoying the brilliant cOlors which are
being turned off and on. The color eff
feet is accomplished at the dancers will
by the manipulating of string, which
is passed from the electric belt through
the armhoIe of the dress and down the
sleeve into the hand. where it lies I'M
noticed.
Around the dancers neck, over her
head and for trimming to her dress
there are little incandescent lights which
become illuminated as the dancer pulls
the string.
The most complete way to do the
Jewel dance is TO have six young la
dies, each representing a separate jewel
and each adorned with lights to flash
forth different colors, according to the
jewel which is to be shown
The butterfly" dance is another which
is appropriate for the evening entertain
ment of a party of people in the par
lor This is not difficult to learn, be-
cause there are few steps to be taken,
as the butterfly effects are done prin-
cipaIly with the arms and draperies.
The most difficult thing about 1t is the
dress which must be Of some soft ma
terial, with narrow skirt and broad,
winglike pieces fastened upon the sides
so that they can be lifted and out
stretched like the wings of a butterfly.
The parlor butterfly dance is like
a picture with only enough action to
make the wings fly" The music for
the dance is a waltz, and the wings
hot
there is a continual suggestion of the
butterfly wings. 1t is easily learned,
and with a little experimenting any
young ladies who are graceful pupils
of Terpsichore will have learned the
trick I'm a few hours. And for an even
ing entertainment there is nothing pref
tier nor more restful and pleasing to
the eye.
The "angel" dance is like the butter
fly in some respects, only the gowns are
pure white and there are double wings
made by placing draperies to hang from
the shoulder as wei as from under the
arms. The angel 1utters to waltz
time and masters the art of the quick
glide which carries her rapidly across
the floor without visible steps. The
draperies are of the finest sheen and
fiutter even with the motions of the
fans in the audience.
The hands in this dance are kept
busy managing the gauzy material and
are not visible at all The neck is
dressed high and the head has wings
upon il of jeweled pins and glistening
gauze lace. The angel tableauX are
very pretty.
Any of the new round dances are
beautiful, arranged as the solo dances.
Let several young ladies join hands and
dance the new deux temps across the
room and back. giving. in a slightly eX-
aggerated way, the steps and keeping
exact time to the music, and the effect
will be found charming. The young Ia
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1893-12-06
How n Baby "Acauires.v

At birth child is simply organized
suction" He is a little bundle of ami
NAL appetites and propensities, with la
tent potentiality for good or bad. He
is simply what he is by inheritance as
he has yet acquired nothing. He de-
velops in body and mind accoT' ling 10
natural laws. At first hereditary tend
encies predominant; then, finally.
through environment and education, &C
quired tendencies prevail and life is
thus made up Of predisposition and ac-
QUESTION. Predisposition, or hereditary
tendency. determines greatly the nature,
quality and extent of all acquisitions
physical. mental or moral. 1t is essen
tial. therefore, that children should be
well born as well as properly trained.
Training should precede birth.-Nursery
Guide.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1893-12-06
A Long Lost Friend.

Let us offer prize. or better still let
us call a woman's congress on the re-
vlval Of the pocket Much valuable
breath has been wasted on theosophy
and kindred subjects remote from prac-
teal life. Why not bend the common
sense Of the world to so large a prob
lem as how to recover to woman her
greatest earthly good. the lost pocket ?
The following program is suggested for
the congress:
THE History of the Pocket
THE Career of Woman as Influenced
by the Loss of Pocket"
THE Possible Future of Woman with
a Restored Pocket"
Pocket versus Brains"
''The Use and Abuse of the Pocket-If
We Had One"
Pockets For All, With No Distinction
of Sex."-Congregati
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1893-12-06
4 Lemon Luncheon.

One Of the prettiest luneheons we
have ever attended was also one of the
simplest. 1t was called d lemon lunch
con, and all the decorations and' dishes
carried out the form or color of a
lemon. In the center of the table was a
small lemon tree in a pot bearing a
couple Of specimens of the fruit The
centerpiece was of lemon colored silk.
The soup was cream of peas, with the
yolk of two eggs beaten and added just
before taking from the fire to give the
right color. Fillets of founder were
served with egg sauce and garnished
with slices of lemon. The chicken a la
supreme in its sauce was of the desired
tint. Ices were frozen in the form of
lemons, and the Roman punch was fla
vored and colored with lemon. At each
plate lay souvenir i'm the form of a
large lemon, tied with yellow satin
ribbon land lying on bank of green
lemon leaves. 1t was really Il lemon
from which the inside had been scooped
and then filed with pale yellow cotton
batting, in which were concealed tiny
gold souvenir pins with lemon heads
Exchange
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1893-12-06

dies can agree upon harmonious dresses
and can arrange themselves so that
blond and brunette alternate in very
picturesque manner.
One of the prettiest parlor dances of
the summer was given at one of the
palace hotels at a big watering place
one evening when 4 sudden shower kept
all indoors. The dance was only the
military schottische, familiar to all
dancers for the last year, but the beauty
lay in the way ii was arranged. Five
pretty girls who happened to be dressed
respectively in pale pink, light blue,
salmon pink, lemon and white, joined
the tips Of their fingers at the head of
the parlor and danced gayly down the
full length of the room to the strains
of Dancing in the Barn" What made
the dance prettier was that the young
ladies We're of different types of beauty.
These are but few suggestions of the
many fashionable new parlor dances.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1893-12-06
President Meade's Experience.

Mrs. Elizabeth Storrs Meade, the
stately president of Mt. Holyoke college,
told the girls lately a funny story at
her own expense. She had been visiting
Springfield to attend a temperance meet
ing and was rather confused by con-
flicting directions as to the place where
the conference was TO be held. At
length she walked into a large room and
large crowd and settled herself COM
fortably. looking about her with smiles
Of satisfaction that so many men were
interested in the cause of prohibition
and were present to discuss II. Then it
dawned upon her as equally strange and
not so gratifying that her own sex was
sparsely represented. She felt a vague
distrgst and leaned over to a neighbOr
This is the methodist church, isn't it?''
she inquired. mo, ma am" was the
bland answer, tits the police court"
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1893-12-06
Silver and Chinn.

There is no doubt that pierced silver will
be the fashion for mars a long day to
come The large fruit baskets are mag
nihcent
Cups with silver mounts carry all be-
fore them. Very chaste are the pure
white china cups, slipped into two silver
bands, TO which the silver handle is at
tached.
Coalport china of delicate yellow tone
is most effective with the pierced silver
mounts.
Low small dishes of decorated china or
of cut glass are used for bonbons. and
longer low dishes for celery
A turquoise tinted bowl with a fat cover
of enamel is pretty salt cellar.
Fluted bowls of china or cut glass are
liked for salads.
Glass vases of green or gold, white and
gold violet tinted are pretty Tor flowers.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1893-12-06
Louirn AIcntcr stnrt.

In Mrs. Julia Ward Howe's lecture on
Louisa Alcott il is mentioned that, at
the age Of nineteen, the family circum-
stances being still very narrow, Louisa
embraced an opportunity Of service I'm a
family, i'm which she had every reason
20 suppose that she could have the posi-
ton of a friend and companion. The
result proved far otherwise. and Miss
Alcott has given us some idea of the
treatment which she did receive in the
story, written at a later date. of How
/ Went Out of Service" Her first effort
Of this kind was written at sixteen, and
being published brought her in s.. After
various efforts at teaching, sewing and
so on, she established herself in a pleas
ant and highly respectable boarding
house in Boston.
The one room was a sky parlOr Here
she studied and wrote. and from this
little retreat she made descents upon the
Boston Of that time, profiting h many
of its good opportunities. Her Sunday
evenings were often spent at Theodore
Parker's kindly home. where she would
have met Wendell Phillips and William
Lloyd Garrison and other notable re-
formers. Sewing. poorly paid, one fears.
helped her to exc out her scanty in
come, and she usually managed to COM
bine this with her other work. And so,
what between tedcnlnB ana sewing ana
doing the homework when at home, the
time Of greatest trial wore away, and we
find Louisa. in 1850. writing for the At
lantic Monthly and receiving pay hich
enabled her TO place her sister May at
the Boston school for design. She con-
tributed stories TO many periodicals,
commanding better prices.
She now began a WORK Of more ambi-
tious scope, a romance called Moods"
in which she essayed real studies of
character and succeeded so veil as 10
cause her father TO eXclaim on reading
her manuscript, Where did you get
your metaphysics?" forgetting perhaps
how largely he had administered his
own TO his family. Little Women" was
published In 1868 and still affords an in
come to Miss Alcott's heirs. II has been
translated into French, German and
Dutch.-Sf Louis Globe Democrat.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1893-12-06
WHY Women should MARY.

II Mrs. Rose NJ. Crawshay is a very
serious advocate of equal rights for the
sexes. she is also a dear lover of a joke
and can enjoy one even when it turns
against her. Recently at one of her
favorite clubs. the Pioneer, Mrs. Craw-
shay says that lecture. Should Wom-
en- Marry" was announced. At all
previous lectures members of the club
had been asked TO bring their friends,
but this lecture was felt TO be so seri-
Gus that any possible frivolity was
warded against by the announcement
that none but Pioneers would be adj
mitted.
Well. Mrs. Crawshay says there were
a great many serious reasons given
both in negation and affirmation, and at
last one lady rose and declared that the
most powerful argument In favor Of
women marrying had not yet been
named. "It Is WELL" she said, that
women should marry, as however tyran-
meal a husband may prove, she has,
at any rate, put herself out Of reach
Of the tyranny of her blood relations %
II was very seriously and solemnly
spoken, but we have Mrs. Crawshay's
word for IL that all the Pioneers
laughed heartily as they realized what
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1893-12-06

Women are allowed far less latitude OF
position than men, and now it is said
that the simple crossing of the legs
should not be INDUCED in even in the
privacy of our own rooms, since it in
vites serious physical ills. Men, when
free from restraint, seldom sit with
their two feet on the floor They raise
one. till the ankle rests lightly across
the other knee, and no harm is done.
Women rest the entire weight of one
leg upon the upper part of the other.
The pressure Injuries the sensitive nerves
and muscles, and often produces sciatica
and other serious troubIes.-Exchange
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1893-12-06

Here is a crumb Of comfort for those
whose wardrobe is limited to few be-
coming gowns only. A nice young
bachelor confded the following COM
ments to his neighbor at dinner the
other evening: 81 do like a woman who
sticks TO one or two becoming dresses.
She and her dress then become identi-
fed with each other, and one gets a
distinct idea OF a girl in ones mind.
But IL she is one day in blue and another
in yellow, and the next ii: red, the indl-
viduality Of the wearer is quite sub
servient to that Of the gown, and IL is
just like looking at so many fashion
plates or a Kaleidoscope. "-Exchange.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1893-12-06
Child Training.

A mother should have tender and low
ing but firm control of her child from
its first breath. She should as carefully
shield it from self consciousness, con-
ceit and willfulness as she does from
scarlet fever and whooping cough. She
should. above all things, set it a daily
example of justice and truthfulness in
the smallest Misunderstanding
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1893-12-06
Women In Business.

Curious positions are held by some of
our American women. For instance. in
Buffalo woman runs street cleaning
bureau; in Kansas City a woman is the
head of the fire department; a Louis
vile lady makes special shopping trips
to Paris: another in New York makes
fat furnishing a business; still another
in New Hampshire is president of a
street railway company. while Chicago
has a woman embalmer.-American
Woman's- Journal
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1893-12-06
queen victoria Rise. Punctuany.

Her majesty, while at Balmoral, is
always awakened at s o'clock by the
dresser" whose duty it is to do so.
Tea, chocolate and coffee are always in
readiness at s o'clock, with dry toast
and plain biscuits for the queen to
make her choice. The queens earliest
question to her attendant is respecting
the weather, and she will very frequently
plan an expedition from what she hears.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1893-12-06
To Chnrffv.

In deed thou livs't and not in word,
Bright gem of philanthropy coronet;
Oft seen art thou. but never heard
Like to some perennial fioweret.
Upon the evil and the just
On all is bestowed thy beneficence;
When Fame's great monuments are dust
Still perfect shall be thy magnificencei
RICHARD OWEN.
Spencer. Nov. 30
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1893-12-06

waist. Another little girl came in re-
splendent with a sash, and such was my
tell her that sashes were all out OF
fashion. My penitence over that piece
of feminine cattishness ought to have
done me good, and L hope 1t has
Rams Horn
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1893-12-06
From Fault to Virtue.

It is related Of Miss Mary f. wilkins
that her kind thoughtfulness for others
is a marked trait In her character. and
that at one time being spoken to about
II she replied: "If / possess such a
virtue, II is the result Of contrition over
my juvenile manners. had party
when 1 was a little GIRL and having
no sash 1 wore a blue ribbon round my
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1893-12-06
Women Studying LAW.

The womeu's class in the law school
of the univ ersity of New York has
opened again and with nearly one hun
dred students This is doing better than
in any previous year since the class was
organized.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1893-12-06

a complete antithesis II was to the old
adage, Better deal with a devil you do
know than with one whom you don't
know."-Chicago Post.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1893-12-06
SOCIETYS NEW DANCES.
SOME BEAUTIFUL EFFECTS WHICH
MAY BE EASILY PRODUCED.

The ssButterhy" and "JeweI'-How
These Pretty Dances May BE Done
i'm an ParIor-POpuIar Entertainments
for Winter Evenfngs-HOw the Best
Results May BE Obtained.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1893-12-06

FIRST
PORTFOLIO
CONTAINS.
The
Administration
Building.
The
Woman's
Building.
The
Peristyle.
The
Transportation
Building.
The
Golden Doorway
of the
Transportation
Building.
VI.
The
Horticultural
Building.
The
Columbian
Fountain.
VIII.
The
Convent Of
La Rabida.
The
Brazilian
Building.
Medallions
Of Night and
Morning.
Psyche.
(By Thumann.)
XII.
The
F our Races.
(By Martiny.)
XIII.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1893-12-06

From pictures taken during the last year by
the official Artist of the United States govern
ment, and issued under the auspices Of Prof,
HALSEY G.. IVES, Chief of the DepartlneT
O! Fine Arts, will be
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-12-07
EIGHT PAGES.
MEETTNGS TONIGHT.

Joppa Lodge. Masons. Masonic Temple.
Richmond Chapter X. A.. Masonic Han
Virginia Lodge. *. Of r.. Gatewood's Han.
Friendship Lodge. y. of T., Owens Han.
Aurora Lodge. /. O. o. r., Elletts Han.
Henderson Lodge |. q. O. h., Ioney's
Hall.
Manteo Tribe. l. o. r. NJ. Kerse's Hall.
PaWnee Tribe. |. O. II. NJ, Odd-feilows'
Han.
A. W. CHM Council. Jr o. L. a. NJ, Jr.
.. u. a. ". Hall.
Davis Council. Jr O. Il. a. NJ, Eighth and
Hull streets.
Iron Moulders Union. Eagle Hall.
Virginia Council, r.. A.. Powhatan Hall
Mccarthy Council. r. A., Lee Camp Hail
Mar lal Court. II. l.. Of A., Ellett's Hall.
East End Court. f. l.. of A., il5 north
Twenty-fifth street.
Cyrtlus Grove. 4. A. O. d., Cersley's Hail
Literal Grove. u. a. o. D., Druids Hail.
Monroe Grove. u. a. O. d., Belvidere Hall
Richmond Lodge, B. Z. O. r., Concordia
4al
Stationary Engineers. Jr. O. u. A. Nj. Hall.
Jefferson Lodge. /. O. G. r., Boze's Hall
Soldier Home Lodge, j. .. q. T., Sol
diers' Home.
81. Patrick's Beneficial Society. Twenty
sixth and Grace streets
West End Beneficial and Social Society,
Laube's Han.
Stuart Horse Guards, Snyder Building.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-12-07
CARPET ON THE RITER BOTTOM.
The Novel scheme Resorted TO by a Bridge
Builder for Sinking Caissons.

George S. Morrison, who Is building the
Memphis bridge. is making use Of new
idea in sinking the caissons for the pier
His scheme is the use Of great mattresses.
which are woven or the spot The follow
ing description Of preparing and using
these mattresses is from the manuscript
OF the report which Mr.. Morrison is pre-
pairing on that work and was printed I'm
the Railroad Gazette.
The method adopted to limit the scour
was TO carpet the bottom of the river
with woven willow mat similar to those
which are used by the Mississippi river
commission for the protection Of erodine
banks. The device proved perfectly sue
cessIul. Before the caisson could be plac-
cd IN position the mats which were 20
protect the pier sites from scour had to be
placed. Two barges were fitted with ways
for weaving the mats, and two noorine
barges were anchored above the pier site
transversely with the stream. The yeav
ms barges were then placed below the
moorins barges. and the material barees
We're brought up TO the lower side of the
weaving barges. The mat was then WOW
en- on the ways and the upper end of II
fastened 10 the mooring barges. and aiso
70 the anchor which held the moorlnp.
barses, each anchor carrying two lines
WV ieauHS 10 one OF tAe mooring barg-
es' ana the other under the moorng barge
10 lhe mat. AS the weaving proceeded
the weaving barges were dropped down
stream, so that when the mat was entire
~ completed the weaving barges were
at the lower end and the whole mat was
Heating on the water. The mat woven ia
this way was 240 feet wide and 400 feet
long. Ii was loaded with stone until
II barely foated. and enough stone was
thrown on the upper end TO sink this end
The upper end OF the mat was submerged
nrst ana held near the surface by the
lines leading from the mooring barpes
Two barges loaded with stone were then
hoated over the upper end OF the mat
and stone was thrown from them on the
noating mat below. AS the mat was
sunk the barges were dropped down
stream until the entire mat was settled
on the bottom. When the sinking barges
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-12-07
THE GovEKNOk', nssaGr.

The Governors message. which NC
print this morning, is a very comnrebon
sive and interesting document.
The parts of it which will receive mos,
attention are its discussion of the oyster
interests and the criminal exnansas
IheSe are TWO interests which very deem
~ interest the great body Of Virginjans
now. Criminal charges should take Ice
money out OF the treasury, and while
we do not say oysters ought AT this t,,,o
10 put more money in it, there is a con.
eral idea that If the situation is rightly
handled they will pay much more into :,
IN time with far greater satisfaction tba,
is now given TO those who live in tho
oyster country. All men having the
good Of their State at heart will agrea
with the Governor In what he saws
Of increasing the pay of the judges. We
can never have laws that demand the
reverence of the people If they are badly
administered. and we cannot expect TO
see them properly administered by in
competent men. Our judges are not
so paid as to command the services of
our best lawyers, and this is for the pub
lie disadvantage.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-12-07
THE DI,PAron GRoAvs.

We hit the Dispatch Tuesday harder
than we had supposed. lis entire edito-
rial column. yesterday were taken up with
answers to and comments on our refer
ences to it, We merely referred in the
most casual way TO the fact, well known
by every one but the Dispatch. that its
forte is not considered to be consistency,
and it &C mes back with an Indictment cf
The Times for seven separate and dis
tinct Inconsistencies Of its own. Now,
every one may be an Inconsistency in
The fines, and yet that fact viii not ad-
vance one step towards showing that the
Dispatch was not an inconsistent journal.
Our neighbor must pardon US, therefore
for pointing out to it that it is not logical.
tn quoque is totally illogical and forbid
den by all the rules of pleading.
We shall make no defence of The Times
record for consistency. The Times has
certain principles very clearly defined and
fixed in its own mind and it tries earnest
lJ. TO live up to them. Its record is be-
fore the public and the public will Judge
how nearly it comes to effecting its aim.
That judgment will be founded on the
case as ii is made, and will not De affected
one way or the other by any claims or
declarations that we may now make and
we leave the matter just as it stands.
The Dispatch asks The Times to point
out the provision Of the Constitution of
the United States which forbids the Com
gress OF the United States TO pass any
law providing supervisors for banks char
tered by the States. We are always ready
10 give reasons for the faith that is in
us. and we therefore comply most cheer
fully with the Dispatches request. The
tenth amendment to the Constitution of
the United States reads as follows:
The powers not delegated to the United
states Dy the Constitution nor prohibited
ny IL 10 the states are reserved to the
states respectively or TO the people,
Ihere is no provision of the Constitution
which delegates such power to the Unit
ed states and that is why we say the
Congress has no power to pass any such
act.
Inc Dispatch thinks The Times laws
claim TO all wisdom because 1t said thai
IL people wanted the true view of ANYTHING
they should read The Times. A statement
OF that sort is intended for those who I'M
uerstand what is meant by the French
"ord persiflage." If the Dispatch is
unable to detect when The Times talks
and when it INDUCES ia "persi-
mage The Times will of course have to
suher Injustice in its opinion,