Omaha daily bee., 1893-10-22

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royal grandmamma.
Before the clover blossoms are all
gone gather enough to make a little
cushion, and dry them in the sun. Fill
a pillow sixteen inches square, and
cover II with India silk in pale green
embroidered with clover blossoms and
the leaves.
An interesting fact in connection with
the life of Maria Mitchell of beloved
memory is that she was never able to
overcome her feat and dread Of light
ming. The heavens were to her as an
open book. yet this of their marvels was
always awful and mysterious to her.
The Archduchess Rainier possesses
some pearls of unusual beauty, but
which some time ago showed signs of
losing their brilliancy. They were
what the experts call all" and as the
only cure the pearls will have to be
again submerged In their original ele-
ment and remain in the sea for several
years.
How felt has peel the want that the
woman's apartment house, for which
Mrs. Candace Wheeler and Miss Janet
Lewis have labored increasingly, is
going to supply, may be gathered from
the statement that over 100 applications
are already filed for the l40 rooms and
apartments that the building will afford.
The French dolls in the Women's
building at Chicago include a case rep
resenting historical characters-Mar-
guerite of Navarro. the fair Gabriel,
Marie Antoinette, Josephine, Anne of
Austria, the Marquise de Montespan
and many other famous p~ersonages
dressed in their authentic costumes:
Two girls living in a coal mining vii
lage of Pennsylvania, and who were un-
able to secure employment of any sort,
disguised themselves as boys and in
that attire obtained work in one of the
collieries. Their sex was not discov-
cred for some weeks after, when, not
withstanding their entreaties. they
were Immediately discharged and sent
home.
81 had to learn of my daughters
misery" said Mrs. U. S. Grant in an IN
terview in Chicago, Through the
American press.' The stories about
Mrs. Sartoris' unhappy domestic life
are, according to her mother, in a frank
statement of which the sentence quoted
is the prelude, without foundation in
} fact.
Referring to the broken sugar
: candy" recently spoken of in these col
!, umns as being served at an English
= table to sweeten tea and coffee, a CORE
= spondent writes of her experience trav-
cling in Japan. SAT many places" she
says, with my cup of tea a large
, rough piece of sugar would be handed tt
i. me, and after a sip of tea a nibble at the
/ sugar was the proper thing.
s Fashion Notes.
s A new tea cozy is an elephant of white
felt, with trappings of red.
Valkyrle wings in plain or shaded
: colors have aiken the shops by storm.
= New changeable dress goods show
magenta or beet-root red prominently.
For autumn riding and driving, buck
skin and dogskin gauntlets are popular
Fur roses and other flowers look quit
as artistic as they could be expected to
Satin is one of the favorite trimming
for very light colored and white woo
Vt materials.
n A great deal Irish-point and variou
l. antique laces are worn with material
N of all sorts.
: The newest importations of fancy ga
=, loon show some elaborate and very ele
~ CANT designs.
Papers initiating stuffs of all kinds ar
popular. French canvas n burlaI
a are perfectly reproduced.
* The fichu cape with long ends fallin
Is over the front of the skirt is one of tn
features of autumn costumes.
III Shoulder capes for autumn are mad
ne with double fronts in Russian style an
ne enormously full plated collars.
y. Yellow and black is one of the mo
perfect combinations for brunette
especially those with but little color.
81 Pink and very light green felt ha
with dark velvet trimmings and Mario
10 fur bands and coils are dressy iavorit
al in millinery.
Decorated leather and canvas in
,os signs of g%rifiins, rampant blue drago
80 on blue grounds. are fine with dark o.
w~ainscoating in hall and library.
ris Mink fur is more in vogue than ev
,et this year and many pretty effects a
EN- produced by arranging the furs in su
not a way as to form shaded brown strip
ais Feather bonnets, hats, turbans a
his elaborate trimmings are imported
of great variety. Some of these are
ON ultra elaborate that they reach I
me verge of absurdity.
The drawing room ceiling. should
ads be papered, but a canvas medals
7 it painted by IN artist is applied W!
nd. stucco or "compo' framing to the cen
nts of the ivory-tinted ground.
A novelty in the arrangement
oor sashes for children is shown in a DIR
Q in which the SASH is put In at the III
OF of the sleeve seams. The sash is broue
the around under the arms and tied i
the loose bow at the back.
ON One of the handsomest dresses of
n season is of black armure with lem
a yellow trimmings. The garniture I
terial is a brocade and gold passem
> y terie intermixed. The dress is worn
81 a tall and stylish brunette.
nto Heavy silk cord passementeries
lie French or Russian military designs
,,as, pear on beautiful winter coats of eli
are made by Partisan ~tailors, and with tn
Less are associated dark furs in marten, oti
fox and astrakhan.
ach The best halls are usually hung
stuff instead of paper. Morris tapes
lar- with unearthly dragons in yellow, b
and green are most admired. Hall fo
UGH are of polished wood carved with +
,ris' and never carpeted.
arts AS fantastic a design as any ratio
ses. mind we'll could conceive is a roll of
tiers coiled round and round, like a col
her hair, and stuck all over with jet 81
adj giles. Two bird claws of jet beadw
p up are provided for the nondescript CT
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