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The morning call., 1894-09-09

Ing to the mignon faces thus crowned.
but very danny in their way, wers some
Of the dolls plate" toques worn at Lewes.
Round the tiny plateau, which fully
deserves Its nickname, were flowers or
tulle IN profuslon, virtually making the
hat. To return to our larger and more
artistic chapeaux. This holiday" hat
could be spOrted equally as we'll at
provincial races, the seaside, along the
river or cricket matches. where a large
shape is essentially welcome. when the Roi
Soleil is in full August sDlendOr. Corn
colored Panama straw manipulated into
form decidedly complimentary to the wear
er's features, be they either of the "Mar-
gnerite" or Carmen" cast, is ornamented
with crimson velvet ribbon and ripe mOrel
cherries intermiXed with their own rich
green foliage. Failing from under the
brim is an additioaal bunch of the fruit
resting on the hair. In some hats [ have
seen these pendants drOOp over each ear.
They are very French, and give a certain
style to large confectiOn. Among fav-
orite flowers we may count the various
colored convolvOli, that with their trailing
grace are even disDlacing clover.
One ordinary three-Quarter open coat,
that especially In drills and serges, is now
monOpOllzed by Sigh life downstairs"
will. in the eyes of foreigners, soon be as
Britishly proverbial as the plain trousers
and straw hat associated with the regu-
lation John Bull" We can just
tolerate the 'Eton" and "Bolero,' but
are thankful when we come across
a coat constructed on entirely novel lines
Quite as smart and newer than auy double
breasted garment, is to-day's suggestion
for an appropriate early autumn jacket.
White cloth and military blue serge are
the fabrics brought into service, aud very
well they look, the dark material forming
the principal portion of the coat, while
the light-colOred tissue constitutes the
very originally planned reYers and sailor
collar. Round the throat, at the pockets
and Cd the cuffs the white cloth is further
employed in the shape of broad piping.
Blue bone buttons. matching the shade of
the serge. are introduced on the lapels
that inVisibly hook together in the
center.
There have been some charming toilets
worn during the Canterbury cricketing
week. A popular Kent beatty. who had
brother In the native team. was greatly
admired in an eau-de-Nil surah blouse,
with a cream serge skirt. But 'blOuse"
seems far too wOTkaday a term for
The beautifully draped corsage, with its
cream point desprit collar and lchen
velvet shoulder rosettes with narrow ends
Meeting TO form ' at the throat The
drapery of the jupe and upper portion of
the sleeves carried ont as nearly as pos
sible the folds Of the bodice. We noted a
good many gray doeskin shoes and jet
corselets built in graduated peaks.
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Pressed Flowers.

A kind friend Of mine travelling abroad,
writes contributor to the Boston Adver-
tiser, has sent me a handsome book con-
taining pressed flowers. thistle from
Scotland, heather and roses from England,
shamrock from Ireland, lilies from France,
edelweiss from Switzerland, and SO on.
even to scarlet anemones and pheasant
eyes from Palestine. a flower from
every country she has visited. and
as she has traversed Europe, Asia
Minor, Egypt, and is now in Algiers, the
collection is large and intensely interest
ing. The flowers are arranged sirgly or
In groups upon the right-hand pages, each
one laid upon the page in the way in
winch 1t grew, thus preserving the SYM
metrE ana grace of nature In lines and
curves. The work has been done will
such care that the color of the petals still
remains fresh and clear, aud those pages
especially which bear delicate, thin
petaleG. flowers are as beautiful as a
water-coor painting. On the left-hand
pages are Inscribed the botanical name
and description, and few sentences
telling when, where and how the flower
was plucked; and sometimes fascinating
little story is thus narrated. 1t is most
charming gift. and one that will always
be appreciated.
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These Are Stylish.

Umbrella bands of elastic web. supplied
with silver sn napcatch, inlad with enamel,
are new.
The horn of the antler, highly polished
and tipped with silver ornamentation, is
now mounted for sideboard corkscrews.
Large garnets are extensively used as
center gem for brooches. a circular of
either diamonds or pearls is the most popu-
lar design.
The Alexanderte (green diamond), set
with diamonds or fancy pearls and sap
phiTes. makes truly fine mounting in
necklace pendants.
The medium sized rosaline is again COM
ing into favor as scarfpn setting.
Small brilliants surrounding it add very
materially TO its briliaucy.
Five large rOse-tinted pearls forming the
petals of wild rose aud entwined with'a
stem OF green gold. make one of the richest
mountings for brooch recently seen.
The butterfly provides the latest design
in hair ornaments. 1t is mounted on
proDgs of amberod and its wings are re-
splendent with fancy colored gems.
slab of mother of pearl, upon which
may be carved ones name and address
and ornamented with bright cut silver de-
posit, Is the latest In travelling bag tags.
A silver cone, within which is inserted q
small sponge intended to mOisten letters,
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wnen guests seated themselves round the
hosplta5le mahogany or oak OF their host
ana enjoyed good square meal. calling 1t
their tea
am not sure that they are not to be en-
Vled when one comes to consider the COM
IoFIIeSS, sllDshod way in which tea Is be-
slowed on us, at any rale the hostess saw
tuat the water boiled, and we were not
Ieated TO the DAY before yesterday
piedu' because ii has TO be cut into thin
slices. Then came what might be called
Inc elegant period, when single cup of tea
was served to you by fOOtman on tray
along with bread and butter and cake.
Out woe 0etide you il you desired sec
ouu tuitlOn or these luXuries. as they van
Isheu IN mysterious way, and were only
reproduced Tor the benefit of fresh arrivals.
Nowadays we have got back to some OF
tne comforts OF our ancestors and have
aIlieu WIN Them certain sense OF lnfor-
mality which we are won't 70 associate
with 5-o'clock tea.
IL Is served Tor the most part on small
saoles out OF doors, on a terrace. or In
9oorS 10 the hall, or, if you have not suf-
Iclenty IaFge nall, either the dining or the
uraWlDg room. whichever be the larger of
tne Two, may be used instead Seven or
elght small tables. with a long buffet at
one enu, are quite sufficient for an ordinary
tennis gathering, but these little tables
Shoulo be as dainty as possible.
ptoIcI JDo SlmpllcllY OI pure
whlte cloth with a simply drawn thread
nemstltched border. others like to make
theIn IaIner more fanciful, and consider
the introduction of color picturesque. For
tneSe Iatter L am giving the details of
taoIe center decorated with Russian cross
Stlicn. All that will be required will be
some nne white linen, ordinary canvas,
enorOldeTy needles, red and blue f10uF-
lsnlng thread and black washing
SIX. a square must be cut about
IOOt elmer way, Of both linen and
canvas. Iney are then tackled together
Inc Dorder must be em bTOidered ina con-
Ventlonal pattern of cross stitch alter0-
aleiy red. black and blue, finishing first
WIN row of crosses, aud then one of
Ieather sutchiDg done with black. Sew
some TOrehon lace or thick Nal
tese insertion all round the square,
JOIN TO this a strip of linen three
inches wide. embroidered in the same
manner but with a different design, then
aaother row Of insertion and another strip
OF llnen, and the cloth is finished off with
a border OF lace. 1t is placed diamond
wise on the table and the corners ought
10 hang over. Little cocks and hens
In cross-stltch are peculiarly Russian
IN style, and are well adapted TO this kind
OF work. The same embroidery is excel
lent Tor blouses, but for this, OF course,
emOroldery alone Is used, and no inSer-
tioDs are let In; for aTrOns use two rows
OF insertions, TWO strips OF embroidery
and deep tiOunce of lace at the bottom.
Inc TACT that we have somewhat dis
carded photograph albums. preferring to
scat'er our photographs over our rooms
The morning call., 1894-09-09

Just at present there is nothing very
new in frocks. One is still awaiting the
advent of the autumn fashions. and in The
meantime we must resign ourselves to
modes fresh in small details. but still the
same as regards the general cut of corsage
and skirt. Again the crinoline topic is sur
lie tspis, and some of the Partisan dress
makers who have already been obliged
to make their fair clients wear
either many befiounoed starched nain-
sook petticoats, or three narrow steels in
serted in the foundation of their draped
skirts, predict that in the winter kind
Of modified crinoline, with all the artistic
Improvements of which 1894 is capa Die,
will be de mode among the Parisiennes.
If our anti-crinofinites do not gain the
day we shall probably take to the crino-
line about spriDgtime.
Large shapes twisted in very becoming
curves and trimmed mostly either with
ruddy cherries or seasOnabe wild flowers
not TO mention the large gauZe ribbon
bows that in some light glace shades re-
mind us of dragon-fy's wings, have been
generally affected at the recent Southern
race meetings. Not halt so f1atter-
The morning call., 1894-09-09

bowl the New York City Hall is cut in a
background of silver. The coat of arms
surmounts the oxidiZed silver.
A fac-simile OF a silver trade dollar in
which may be Inserted a miniature photo
is compact pocket-piece. The snap
catch is so iDgeniously arranged that only
the wearer can open the receptacle
A shaving pad is the latest toilet neces-
sity. Specially prepared Chinese pinked
pulp paper is nclOsed in book form be-
tween hand-palnted covers of silk. The
article is finished with a bright cut silver
binding.
A neat jewel casKet Is formed of an os-
trtch in silver, standing upon an ONYX
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women OF simple manners labor, is that
The position of maid TO rich leader of
fashion is a good deal of a snecure. In
some respects it is, for beyond doing the
very choicest laces occasionally, the maid
OF rich woman IS for bidden to d o any
thing that Will redden or coarsen her
hands OF disarrange her dress; but on the
whole her life is not easy. Sometimes she
assists at half dozen changes of costume
day. and she is responsible for the cOndi-
uon and whereabouts OF every article
and ornament of the toilet. When she
sends her mistress down to the carriage
bound for ball, dinner. shopping or calls,
every smallest detail must be perfeci every
button solid. fresh handk erchiefs ln peck
cts. aud cards in their case. Sometimes
she sits up until after midnight for three
and four evenings in succession, and must
be at madam's bedside in perfect trim
next morning, however soon caprice NAV
have prompted madam'S call. She often
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Nv Iadv,s Maid.

To think that fifty years ago a lady's
maid was rare bird in New York, where
nowadays the Iife's happiness of many
women depends on whether they are well
'maided" or notl 1t is rather interesting
to learn that in one of the Vanderbilt
houses at Newport, where every summer
smart hOuse-parties in regular succession
are entertained, a whole corridor in one
wing is set aside for the accommoda Of
visiting ladies' maids, says Demoresps
Monthly. There is suite of charming
little bedrooms, all daintily furnished in
maple and dimity, coy siItiDg-room and
perfect bathroom, ali set aside for the
maids enjoyment and comfort.
A general impression, under which the
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instead, may be an artistic treatment for
anything OF go ephemeral a nature as a
photograph. but is fraught with many
dangers and difficulties. In the first place
every room does not lend itself to this
kind of ornameniation, and, moreover, it
looks untidy. Good outlines are destroyed,
ana such things are either left untouched
Tor weeks or arranged according to the
housemaid's idea of our affection for our
friends and artistic grouping 1t is all
very well TO allow fresh arrivals to stand
about informally on the mantel-piece or
table, but time comes when like all
other atoms they require place of
their own. If we have put them away in
TO boxes or books our friends are disposed
to be little injured on not discovering
themselves en- evidence, but what to do
with them assals every bOdy's mind. OF
course il we can afford to buy endless
screens. after the fashion of the one that
was made at Sandringham Technical Art
School, and presented TO Princess Victoria
of Wales, costing some $50 OF $40, our
difficulties are at an end, for such screen
as this holds 800 photOgra phs but suppos-
ing that we have not qulie such large
ideas. and would still like 10 Ariis-
tcally dispose of our friends counter
parts, the best thing we can do Is TO make
little gallery fer ourselves, after the
fashion of an idea which, l believe, orig
mated in France, aud the way you set
about it is this: Obtain as many pieces of
glass as there are photographs to be
framed, and have them cut to the carte de
visite or cabinet size by a glaZier. They
cost about one penny or twopence each.
Bind the long edges with ribbon an inch
and half wide, an1 sew the edges over.
Then bind the top and bottom edges in the
same way, leaving quarter OF yard of
ribbon over at each corner. Slip the pho
tograph in at the back. secure it with an
other piece of ribbon sewn across the
middle, and feather stitch all round the
edges to make the whole firm. When all
the glasses you require to use are framed
like this, tie the corner ribbons into neat
little bows, and arrange the whole like a
screen. OF course, the ribbon can be of
any color, but some neutral tint decorated
with painting is the best. ETHEL.
The morning call., 1894-09-09
Small Railway,

me smallest railway In the world Is In East
frisa. us entire length is only five miles and
lhe pIeadth only two and half feet Ii employs
one guard, enc engine driver, one fireman and
Que plateidyer. The sum of e4 los. Is paid In
wages every week. Two engines. three car
rlages, Tour trucks and - couple OF vans COM
plele tne rolling stock. The engine and tender
toselner only weigh seven tons. The fares are
III piopoition 10 the size of the company ana
average 31ad all the way.
The morning call., 1894-09-09
TELL HER.

mei her, prithee. you silver moon,
len her, ye biossOming buds OF June,
Aell her' wood birds. in thy twilight tune,
al love her"
re Ell her, oh. stars, In the sapphire sky,
lei lei her. treetops. In thy faintest sigh,
zen her' you brooklet, in passing by,
II love her"
ihou gentle zephyr steal softly away
Ahd Just at the blush OF rosy day,
IN Whispering accents gently say.
81 love her."
GEORGE ID. SUTTON. in the Club.
The morning call., 1894-09-09

has been named "a tongue deputy" It's
parent.
Folly" a picture depicting two indis-
Greet persons under the influence of wine,
the whole being executed in enamel and
copied from the French art series, is the
latest in silver matchbox mountings
Inc latest In souvenir spoons is called
the Metropolis" Upon the gold-liDed
The morning call., 1894-09-09

In health and during exercise tie aver
age man has about twenty respiratiuns a
minute, and forty cubic inches are inhaled
I'M ches will be inspired; In iwentyfOur
hours 1,152,000 cubic inches, ct about The
contents of seventy-eight hogsheads.
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has to nurse indOlent, fretful mistresses
through imaginary and tedious illnesses :;
and one Door creatue, whose employer
was victim of nerves, slept in a room
adjoining the hypOcbondriac, with a rope
round ner waist and one end of it resting
on a chair at her employers bedside. AT
any hour of the night rude jerking liter
ally dragged her from her slumber to
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look personally, but the hostess has TO
concern herself with regard 10 many other
details. Garden parties, like everything
else, have undergone a process of ev0lu-
ton, and this is particularly noticeable
when tea is served. Time was, l suppose,
The morning call., 1894-09-09

pedestal. The body OF the ostrich is bol-
low and cODtains several silk-lined c1m-
paI tments for trinkets. The hinged back
hides them from view.-Jewelers' Review.
The morning call., 1894-09-09
For the Home.

Just now we are all thinking a good
deal about garden parties The guests have
only to trouble themselves about how they
The morning call., 1894-09-09

some need OF the fanciful lady-who paid
the maid we'll, however. for the life Of real
t0rtura
The morning call., 1894-09-09


Ts .
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1894-02-28
THE RIVALS"
An Incompatible Company at the Acad-
eny Tomorrow Night

An Incompatible Company at the Acad
eIpy Tomorrow Night.
Ii is hard to imagine the little follies
that make Mrs. Malaprop so amusing
and yet so lovable could be satisfac
torily portrayed by anybody except Mrs.
John Drew. She is q polished actress,
and in 1.-The Rivals" last night renewed
the pleasant impression that her former
appearances here in the role have
created Few plays hold the mirror up
to nature more steadily than this one
does, and both Mrs. Drew and Mr..
Sydney Drew have tho faculty of
making Sheridan's commentaries on
certain silly extravagances that people
of all periods are prone to the more
telling, because they are perpetrated by
people who seem genuinely human Mr..
Sydney Drew is an actor of unmistak.
able ability. Indeed, il he were not,
it would seem hardly possible for him to
belong to this gifted family without pos
sessing talent in 4 conspicuous degree.
His Bob Acres was spirited and we'll
considered piece Of work, one for which
the audience had bountiful expressions
OF approval. There was warm welcome
on hand for Charles Hanford, who
played the part of Jack Absolute. Ii is
gratifying to note that he Is great
deal more than q local favorite He is
appreciated wherever he goes, and
whatever he does shows good per
ception and interpretative skill. An
enthusiastic curtain call attested the
esteem in which he is held in Washing
ton.
At the Academy of Music to- morrow
night.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1894-02-28
Berlin Public Kitchens.

A public kitchen for the working
classes was inaugurated in 1865 by a
German woman, Han Morgenstein. She
has established many of these kitchens,
each one having public dining room,
comfortably warmed and furnished and
supplied with the daily papers. Each
kitchen, supplying perhaps from 800 to
400 people with daily meals, is managed
by local committee, the whole scheme
being under tho control of a central
council. All tho paid cooks are on the
premises by in the morning, and tho
vegetables and meat have been brought
in before them
Waste Of any kind is strictly forbid
den. a subscription of So. $50 was suffi-
cient to start this scheme; the reserve
fund set aside for providing new kitch-
ems increases each year, while the
council pays fair wages and is able to
pension off its old servants. For sum
varying from to 6 cents the Berlin
workman can obtain satisfactory meal
at any of these restaurants. A dinner
for 4 cents allows a basin Of thick, sub
stantial German soup, plate Of vege-
tables and plate of pudding, and a
roll of bread in addition costs little
over one-fourth of cont. Nineteenth
Century.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1894-02-28
THE GREAT PACIFIC.
The Advantage of Circle Sailing on an Area
of Water So VAST,

Tho Advantage of Circle Sailing on an Area
of Water So Vast.
The Pacific is the great ocean of our
planet. In comparison with it the
north Atlantic is mere strait and the
Indian ocean nothing more than the sub
merged bench of n congeries of drowned
islands Along the line of 20 degrees
south latitude the width of the Paci fic is
135 degrees of longitude, over one-third
of the circumference of tho globe. Be
tween it and the south polar continent
nothing intervenes. It's northern ex-
trcmity was probably at one time round
ed off by the country which is now di-
vided between Alaska and Siberia.
When tho glacial masses moved to the
pole, the polar current Glove its way
through Behring straits and interposed
Behring sea between the Pacific and
the polar ocean.
1t presents every form of ocean geog-
raphy. AT the two extremities it is shall
low. There is n bench running along
the Aleutian islands into the gulf of
Alaska which comes within 100 fathoms
of the surface, with occasional holes so
deep that no apparatus can find the bot
tom and be recovered without breaking
the wire, and there is a corresponding
bench in the southwest portion of the
sea west of the meridian Of $50 degrees
where 100 fathoms is also the average.
Between this last bench and the latitude
of 3S degrees north there is range of
submarine rocky mountains with steep
cliffs and sharp descents. Three or four
distinct mountain ridges with from two
to three miles of water between them
have been counted between the Ha-
waiian Islands and Australia.
On the Pacific can be found every va
riety of temperature and meteorology.
Out of Behring sea pours the icy cur
rent which cools our shore in summer;
from the equator flow summer currents
warmer than tho Atlantic gulf stream,
while the current which sweeps around
the south cape of Tasmania bears on its
bosom the longest iccbergs ever seen.
AS its name indicates, it is Il pacific
ocean, swept 10y gentle trade winds, but
the most terrible typhoons described in
meteorological records have varied the
chronicles Of its placid surface.
On Il sea of such extent circle sailing
ii"9' nSOOiiic I" matter VI ll!oiieIu. Inc
Canadian steamers, sailing from Yolio-
hama III 30 degrees to Victoria in 40 de-
grees, cross the meridian of go degrees
III % degrees, having covered 1900
miles on the voyage, while the Pacific
Mail steamers, sailing by what appears
on tho map to be the straight line, have
to cover 4,700 miles between San Fran
cisco and Yokohama Assuming the
vessels to be equal in speed and to steam
at the usual rate of seagoing steamers
on the Pacific, the Canadian line enjoys
an advantage of about SO hours over
the American lines. This is reduced al
most to nothing when our ships puruse
tho MOI thern course and take the advan-
tago of circle sailing.-San Francisco
Call
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1894-02-28
The ''Dens" of Famous Authors.

a French chroniclel has collected
some very curious statistics on subject
that has interest even outside Paris. He
was anxious toknow how several select
ed great men furnished what wo should
call their dens, what he calls their
workrooms. To gain access to all the
rooms was not easy, but fortunately
many of them were photographed, and
SO the evidence was complete. The
chronicler's leaning was evidently to-
ward men of letters, and his results are,
on the whole, surprising. Daudet S
study was severe in it's simplicity, the
furniture the scantiest and the plainest.
That of Dumas had few pictures on
the wall. small panel pictures, and on
his table a sphinx in bronze. Cop
pee, the poet, has his books in ex-
traordinary disorder, and his appli ances
for tobacco abundant and we'll filled.
Pierre Lott has his workshop fitted up
like an eastern bazaar; De Goncourt 8
is ich in curious books and bindings !;
Sardou's is absolutely plain and very
untidy; Zolas crammed with bric-a-
brac; Massenet's austere and empty-a
notebook, thermometer and a water
bottle; Meilhac's crowded with books,
reviews and journals, and by the hearth
rug two armchairs, one for the master
of the house, the other for his friend
and collaboration, Halevy, both of n size
and impartially comfortable. West
minister Gazette.