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bengallns and velvet have both assumed the
wstered effect for the sake Of style. Miroir vel
vets with soft, delicate colorinR are among the
pretty novelties, and silks Of nearly every de-
scription are worn. woollen goods being no
longer considered dressy. Embroiderics come in
great variety, beautifully worked in shaded
silks on black velvet, and made more snowy by
gold, silver, or steel spaneles. Arabesques OF
velvet or cloth on light satin grounds, outlined
with nne Jet, or metal sequins. make very elsbo-
rate trimming for revers, yokes. collars, cuffs,
and bolero Jackets, and added to these IL lace,
real Venetian, Alencon, Bruges and d'Angle-
terre, with all their marvellous limitations en-
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half way between her neck and the crown OF
her head, and little women with short necks
should never wear the hair low at the back
Any manner of hair dressing which hides the
neck is not generally becoming. except TO young
girls. The modern fashion of parting the hair
Is an old one revived with the coming in OF
balloon sleeves and full skirts, and II gives such
an od-tme appearance to some faces that there
is striking embance to the portraits OF their
great-grsndmothers. The fad for side combs OF
every description, jewelled and plain. is growing
one. and when they are worn close to the face 10
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tTtu TeNers
Another model Is carried out in dark olive
cloth, and the bodice Is cut to form a full Greek
zouave depending from yoke of shot velvet in
the red and bronze shades. which are also used
for the waist under the jacket. The embroidery
in the yoke is Of dull gold mixed with aluminium.
very unique bodice, which Is part OF
brown MORE silk gown. is made of black cloth.
embroidered In chenille and Jet. Round the
shoulders ia large collar Of molre with draped
revers In front. edged with sable. which ties in
bow across the bust. Fur bows with tasselled
ends are tied on either side Of the plaits at the
back of the skirt.
Two pretty evening gowns are given, one OF
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Sweetcning In Hts Toll.

From the Detroit Tribune.
As her eyes rested upon the patient figure of her
husband her heart sniote her.
dearest"
He started tmIdly, seemingly disconnected by her
unwonted manner.
Dearest" she repeated. tenderly. those biscuits
were better than mother used to make"
He was silent hut, a. he finished wa'hng the dishes
and proceeded to a button her bioomers
glad smile irradiated his countenance.
kindly word had lifted his burden.
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A Girls Prizes.
-

Miss Clara NJ. Burd Of Patchogue exhibited at
the Riverhead Fair six paintings. Four took
first premiums one second, and one third She
is a student at the National Academy of Design,
New York. Last year she took first honorable
mention In her class for painting from life.
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NOWTHEWOMATS
Lightly Turns to Thoughts of
Fashions Charms.
ENDLESS VARIETY OF DESIGNS
MagniaCenCe in trimmings and Artistic
Combinations Of COlors.

ps-. efth. oev,s Seen Very Simple, Bat
ths min Dispeis che musio.-Hsw che
New Frereh Creations Are Msse-Skirts
..s Besices Critically Ce-sissrcs-E-s-
sroiseries thst Wsip I.e.s Att-.et,s--
Gestures Cc.siasres-The Latest wrin-
hles u Dres.i.e che Hsir-Ana Lsok ~
The New Styles IN Hats s.a Hennsts,
New D..hi.e s.s Picturesque They Are
-Jesfey Lsviss New systs. Tor Losi-s
Ele.h-suFreee 4. niireis Bri.gs 0ut
I.terseting Remarks IRON women.
The evolution of fashion, from the earliest 10
It's latest phase Of development is an interesting
study in art for those who are willing TO see that
the tendency In dress Is toward artistic reform.
Let those who clamor for dress REFORM" as
represented by an ugly. unbecoming, but pos
sibly comfortable costume, reflect on the
changes improvements, and facilities for dress
ing we'll. and sensibly. too which have been
will have no need to treat fashion with con-
tempt or make themselves conspicuous by being
out of It. The whole fabric of fashion lie an art,
and those who work at designing must be in q
sense artists or they not successful. Never
has there been such variety In designs and ma
terials, such magnificent trimmings and artis-
tic combinations of color, or such elastic possi-
bilities for exercising Individual tastes within
the limit Of fashion.
There is dolusive air OF simplicity about the
new gowns which is very encouraging at first,
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Royal Baking Powder
Is Superior to Every Other

seen except an English women, and has not
eveq the merit Of instances TO recommend IL for
trial. The tespQt handle" style, WHICH has
preYpiledxell giDttner. still obtains. and when
made IN tke right tze and put in the right place
" Is very pretty.
Bar Bang. area thing Of the past, but a few stray
and huffiness are the principal element of fash
tonable hairdresslng. and the woman who
would know the latest style must work out her
own salvstion, like her French sisters, and
adopt the style which Is most becoming.
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f'pn me Chicd0o DdHb IrtOune
IF we expect to win the election this fall, :" ex.
claimed the fiery orator. bringing his FIST down the
desk before him. aud speaking In voice whose
nant ring beokened the sincerity of his convic.
tons, II we expect to win the election this fall fe
low citizens, we must put up best mem"
whereupou twenty seven women got up and strobe
Indignantly out OF the hall.
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Beware the Patent Curling Iron.

Zion the Philadelphia Times.
SHARON, Pa, Oct. i8.-Mrs. George Ward, a resident
OF Greenfield was curling her hair Sunday with q
patent curling iron. preparatory to going church
The heated instrument slipped and struck her In the
eyes. The sight OF one eye was destroyed and she
may lose the sight of the other
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HATS AND BoySETs.

TIE styles Are simply BewiIdering-Pic-
lures or the Prcttiest or Thcu.
Fan millinery IL a bcwldering spectacle, Of
which any description must be tame indeed,
compared to the display, for there are not
adjectives enough to do II justice. Everything
in hats, between the majcstic picture hat and
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on the train, but get very little credit for my
heroic application. strangers accuse me Of har-
boring milk punches in Wholesale lots.
Where IL IL impossible TO get skim milk
use II fresh, diluted with lime water, and that
makes more trouble for me, for the lime water
passes for gin"
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bicycle and Health.

Thirty'three Partisan physicians advocate the use
OF the bicycle for women and are opposed TO &C.
The forty'three are among the most eminent prac.
tItioners In France.
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fTom rue ApuHy kJpTeAs.
And now they say that woman gal: IL ruined 10
she rides bicycle, and that she In time acquires the
upand down motion necessary to work the pedals as
habit that stays with her when she is on terra rrma
Observation In Albany has failed confirm this report
nj tO date
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colored velvet bodices are or will be worn
with black moire and satin skirts, but very
novel idea for one OF these is to cut out the vel
vet in eyelet holes of two sizes and edge them
around with jet, and make II up full over con-
trasting color. Cornhower blue over pale yellow
Is one OF the combinations, and this has pulled
yoke Of yellow chiffon and lace insertion, with
the velvet drawn through in little puts.
A stylish model for fancy silk waist has
doubled puffed sleeves and a wide reversible
collar, which is square in the hack and trimmed
with a bu lch Of embroidery and a RUNE of silk.
One o. the novel ideas for giving a more
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ployed as lavishly as ever. A black cloth skirt,
deliberately trimmed with ivory tinted guipure,
and worn with bodice and sleeves Of rich dark
red crimson velvet, adorned with the same lace,
IL described rs q very stunning gown.
"A very elegant costume given In the ilustra-
tion is made Of dark gray vigogne and edged on
the skirt and waist with Sitka fox fur. The
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connne the bang at either side the wearer looks
as II she had really stepped out Of the picture.
These little combs are worn by young and old.
Tucked in anywhere, they are becoming or
useful. Tortoise she'll gold, and jewelled combs
which stand high at the back are In great de-
mand in fact the couture is not quite finished
ers, feathers, and aigrettes are worn In the hair
with evening dresses. The Greek and Empire
styles Of dressing the hair with Partisan modi-
1880 style of full bAndeauX over the ears. This
Il especially becoming 10 a pretty, oval face
which is exactly the right proportions. The
hair must be coax ed into tuffy waves with the
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trimming employed. A promenade costume Of
Russian blue cloth has narrow band Of psler
blue cloth thlckIy studded with beads around
the skirt, and the yoke and epaulets are Of the
brighter shade bordercd With the same band
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yards at the bottom. fitted closely at the hips,
and arranged in full Rodet plaits to give them
pretty sweep In the back, are the most popular
of all. Skirt trimming is chiefly confined to a
narrow band at the bottom, but an occasional
panel of velvet, lace, embroidery is seen.
Some eccentric skirt decorations appear, but
they are the exception and not the rule. One.
for example, is double row Of black silk bows
lined with white. extending directly down the
back and front OF skirt in continuation OF the
same on the bodice In q smaller size. Perfectly
plain skirts cut In the new generous plan OF full
ness are very much worn. especially for evening
dresses. Now and then a double skirt Is shown,
but It Is in the form of full, all-around basque
which Ii fitted to look like a portion OF the
bodice and has the appearance OF q long coat.
In bodices there is not much change, except in
the matter Of fulness they are still so intricate
In design and elaborate In decoration that they
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but 10 soon dispelled when the bill comes in, for
although simple in construction. the materials
are elegance itself, and the gown has style
and go about It which makes 1t worth the
price. The general plan OF the seasons fash
ions Is very pretty; II is only the exaggerations
which make II seem grotesque; and II the de-
tails of dress carefully studied the result
will DO very satisfactory. Every skirt is full,
but the extreme fitness, which is eight yards
around, is avoided In most cases except for
evening dresses. In the house, with little
train added to give height to the wearer. the
extra fulness is very effective.
Some of the French gowns have skirts made
OF seven straight breadths of silk. plated in
deep plaits at tho seams in from, sloped little
at the top In the back and shirred several rows
Yellow the waist. Street skirts measuring I'VE
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most of it as an attractive setting especially
suited to the face 1t frames, we twist II into
any inartstic shape which happens 70 be the
prevailing mode, without sufficient regard for
outline and becoming effect. However. we are
80 far ahead OF English women in all matters
pertaining to the hair. can Rraciously admit
the justice Of the criticism.
The ideal couture is that which preserves a
good outline Of the head. with just so much
ornament as will serve to best display the hair
and bring out the beauty Of the face.
woman with large. prominent nose should
never draw her hair tightly back into knob
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-01-19
The Well of ScrpentA

There is a horseshoe-shaped NOM
tain up in Manitoba which literally
swarms with snakes twice every year
In the early fall these slippery GUS
toners gather here from all directions,
mostly from the prairie country to the
south. In one side Of the mountain
there is circular hole about IS feet
deep and as smooth as If it had been
fashioned with n well augur where
tens of thousa nds of reptiles gather
to spend the cold winter months
Persons who have tried TO explore this
immense snake den during the sum
mer. when the regular tenants were
absent, say that dozens oi subter-
ranean passages lead out under the
mountains in all directions from the
bottom of the well. Capt Silvers,
Roval Engineers, estimates that he has
seen as many as 500. 600 snakes of all
sizes knotted together and piled Up IN
a semi-torpid state ii this Well of
Serpeuts," as it IS called in the north
west
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-01-19
En.Iand's Posses sions-

Great Britain has been stretching her
wings over India In is42 she laid
claim 10 6a6. 0Oo square miles OF tina.
country. She made additions 20 this
every year except 1913. leis and 1852
down TO 1856. when her possessions ag-
gregated $500 square miles Ad-
vances were made "a 1886, 1852 and
1886. and now the area OF India under
British rule IS ge7.ss7 square miles
British India Is larger than ali that
part of the United states lying east OF
the Mississippi river and its population
five times a. great as the present popu-
iatiou Of this whole country. Grea :
Britain may not be able 10 acquire
much more Of India Indeed there IS
likely TO be difficulty in retaining y hat
she has. with native 'ssStisfaction
and the wstchfulness of her aggrevat-
ing enemy on the north who n the
last forty year. has moved his bonn
diaries over many degrees OF lssitrae
N " SKA
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said, with beautiful expression OF
letter across the water to sunny
Italy. Each child is written to in
turn and the letters are those which
any American mother might write.
The children are told where the winter
clothes are and that it's time to put
them on. When one Of the girls needs
q new dress, for instance, the countess
draws a picture of it SO the small
daughter will know how to have it
made. Her oldest son is a handsome,
manly lad, and is an officer in the
Italian navy. He and his mother are
the best Of friends.
The home Of the countess is in Ma
pies. She is one OF the three Italian
women members of the International
Association of the Press in Rome. Her
first lecture: The Slavery Of Preju-
dices." was delivered five years ago at
Naples. The opposition which she met
when she began her work has been
bravely fought down.
Besides the study of italian women,
Eignora Salazar has studied very deeply
the women of Englond- The result OF
this was the publication of her book,
entitled ''Antiche Lotte Spsranze
Move" C'Forner Struggles, New
Hopes.r) This book has been highly
praised by Mr.. Gladstone It is in
part an autobiogra ply of the strug-
giles of her own life for the cause Of
Der countrywomen. In it Signora Sala-
zar has also given a graphic picture Of
the downtrodden condition her sex IN
southern Europe.
In addition to Former Struggles,
New Hopes Signora Salazar has pub
lished seven other hooks. She has stud
led the laws of health deeply, and one
of her most interesting lectures is on
Hygiene of Beauty" The first
requisite to beauty, the countess de-
clares, is sleep.
Il always sleep nine hours every
night and more if can possibly steal
the time 1 eat plenty of meat and
rice and drink milk and beer, and
never touch morsel Of food between
meals"
1t will crafty american women to
learn that the countess likes them ir,-
nensely thus far and approves OF many
of their "ha bits Of life"
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-01-19

were greatly alarmed for my safety on
that journey, but laughed at their
fears. Why, that was the easiest duty
I've had to perform in long time
inst sitting still and doing nothing but
little reading and writing all the
seven days of the Journey"
When asked about her literary work
Mrs. Beecher said it had languished
sadly Of late. She had lost 81, 900 for
matter written for certain publishers
last summer. She thought it was no
fanlt of theirs, but that the general
financial depression had made it impos-
sible for them to pay her for her work.
She said for the same reason she had
had TO relinquish editorial charge of
the home department. of Godey's Lady's
Book
'Do You contemplate writing any
thing more. Mrs. Bcecher?"
II hardly think at my time of life |
shall. although there is one thing that
would really be a labor of love to me-
] wouli like to take the "reminiscences
that | wrote for the Ladies' Home
journal last year and combine them
with work which | would entitle
'Nfr. Beochcr as a Man We have pub
1ished quite enough about him as a
public man, but he had a better self
than even that excellent one which the
world knew. His private life was as
purely ideal as the warmest fancy can
portray He has always appealed to
me in tho same light as the Saviour's.
In almost fifty years of married life
never had an unllind word from my
husband. / had my own opinions often
pretty positive ones they We're, too
which he didn't like to have me
ryprcss in the presence of Others,
but which. nevertheless, Il often did,
Notwithstanding his mild look of re-
proof I wrote all his letters, man
aged all his church fairs, received all
bis callers-in short, did n thousand
and one things in order to spare his
time and save his strength for the
high pressure level at which he always
lived. had the handling of all his
money! even drew his salary, the
checks Of which were made out TO me
at his request. Even the farm at
r
although Mr.. Beecher. who was a thor
Dugh agriculturist. did steal time to
give his own instructions about the
sowing and the reaping, the planting
hnd the harvest, and this was only be-
cause happened not TO be practical
farmer. You sec we fell in love so
early in life that it was only natural
that wo should assimilate as thorough
ly as we did. Each was complement
OF the other. When we became engaged
Mr.. Beecher was seventeen wears old
and | was eighteen. We maintained
this engagement for seven years. You
have heard, / suppose, of our early
struggles in Lawrenceyille. Ind,
where we lived on $500 a year and l
took in sewing TO help things slong?"
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-01-19
MRS. BEECHER AT HOME.
She Talks Most Lovingly OF Her
Dead husband.
her Hearth Now Desolats-But She II
Cheorful and SeH-Rolisnt Stin-Hsr
Quiet Life In Her Famous
Brooklyn Home.

According to Chicago Post CORE.
epondent Mrs. Henry Ward Beecher
Is small, STOPPING woman with
painful, halting walk. Her appear
hnce indicates great age. Her voice is
extremely weak and she coughs fire.
4uently, bat her hearing is not i'm
paired, and sals oonvcrse6 with rare
animation and intelligence. When
she speaks Of her famous husband her
Rged face, in which there is hardly a
semblance left Of her former looks and
expression, lights up IS if TRANSPORTED.
She frequently refers 10 Mr.. Beecher
rs Henry" and the contrast in her
face as she speaks of him and of
others is something to remember for a
lifetime.
The correspondent first asked Mrs.
Beecher regarding herself, her occu-
pations, moro especially her literary
work, and her health To the latter
Inquiry the aged and widely known
woman made replies which spoke
eloquently of the Puritan ancestry
which went before. She is native OF
Massachusetts,.
u don't believe in giving up" she
said. In my estimation bed is no
place for sick folk 1t only makes
them worse. I rarely have doctor,
although ! suppose l am ailing all the
time in reality if 1 only stopped to
think about it. Giving up to ones all
ments only makes matters wretchcd
for everybody-a sort of general
gloom producer, one might say. Even
when l was little girl never told
anybody when I felt i'll. My father
was doctor and he used to take on
his knee sometimes and surprise
mother by telling her that l had
fever and order me sent to bed, but l
never went. A short time ago went
to Seattle to visit my baby boy, now
thirty-n nine years old, who is in charge
Of revenue cutter there. My children
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-01-19
A Case OF Contempt.

The prisoner was a bold-faced ~
grant, and the judge had it in for hin
from the start
How many times have you been
here?" he asked.
Really, your honor. l never kept
count after the twentieth time.
III give you SIX months said the
judge sternly.
"All right, your honor"
But il isn't all right. ltisall wrong,
and You ought to be ashamed of YOUR
self"
Well. your honor" was the impu-
dent response, you oughtn't TO com.
plain. The state gets my services for
nothing. and You make it pay you for
yours" and the judge gave him thirty
days more for contempt. Free
Press.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-01-19
EGYPT EVER THE SAME.
Country Where the Curtain of Time Hal
Not Fallen.

~
Not Fallen.
The characters in the Thousand
and One Nights" may be almost imag-
ined to step out of their setting words
and to take form and glow with the
generous warmth of life before ones
very eyes The natives still drink the
same coffee and out of the same cups;
they smoke the same pipes; they wear
generally the same dress; they play the
same primitive instruments that whis-
per the same strange and plaintive
tones; the funeral professions wend
their way along the streets as of old;
the popular festivals or moolids are
still observed with the same untiring
capacity for enjoyment; the public re-
citers still practice their profession be-
fore admirng crowds; the water car
riers still carry their burdens so well
come to thirsty lips; except in the
houses of the rich and thoroughly
Europeanized, food is still eaten with
the fingers in the same manner. and
the hands are washed with the same
basins and ewers; the mosque of E,
AZhar still attracts its crowds of stu
dents
Even the old wooden locks and KEYS
are still kept in use, and the water
jars are still kept in the cool lattice
work of the overhanging mushra biveh
window frames. Instances of this sort
might be multiplied a hundredfold. L:
is indeed wonderful change and con
trast that is presented to the eye when
you leave the European and enter the
native quarter. And the mind and
feelings turn in unison and become az
tuned to the changed scene.
The sense of taking part in the new
and different life steals over YOU and
you temporarily throw off your affinity
with the west and the nineteenth CEN
tury. The clock of time is for the mo-
ment put back for you. u.-Gentlemans
Magazine.