The National tribune., 1894-12-06

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THE cHAMBERED NAUTILUS.
Build thee more stately mansions o my soul,
AS the swift seasons roll!
Leave lily low vaulted mast
Let each new temple nobler than the last,
| Shu, thee from Heaven with dome more vast,
/ Till thou at length free,
Leaving thine oulgrown she'll By Iife's unresting
| sea! -Olirer UeadcH Holmes.
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A good deal of gossip and talk has been in
dulged in about picture presented TO thu
United States by George Frederick Watts, al
English artist and u Royal Aeademician. The
painting is entitled Love aud Life" It is ar
allegorical picture meaning to express the
thought Of love helping the way farer along the
| somewhat PERCEPTIONS ascent of life. The first
| idea seemed to be to send it to the White House
but Mrs. Cleveland objected, saying that the
people of the United States had not planned the
| Executive Mansion for an art gallery, in which
she was probably quite right, and so the gift
still lies neglected. 1t has been suggested that
il be sent to the New York Museum Of Art. but
as the gift was not intended for New York
City, that would not do at ALL and the last
solution is to send it to the Smithsonian
| Museum. and hang it on the walls there. Hav-
! ing no great National art gallery, VIC are In an
awkward fix in disposing of so fine gift.
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There is no limit to tho usefulness of the
skirt-and-blouse costume, aud instead of dying
out, the style is growing more popular every
day and night. Where it used 10 be confined
to shirt-wais:s and skirts. then to dark silk
| waists and cloth skirts, then to gayer ones,
with black satin skirts, now it has reached
| the party clothes-full evening dress.
One economical-cxtr avagant woman who
needs plenty of party frocks. has one creamy
white satin skirt, made full and without trim
ming. For this she has no less than four
waists-one high. necked of white chiffon and
white velvet bows one low-cut lodice of pink
crepe, one of turquoise-blue satin with lace,
aud ore of lowered silk. white. with a
little flower of dull shade of brown.
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Pale Nile. green-if the Nile ever were pale;
anyway, that color. regardless of the river
velvet seems TO tie iancied for trimming, even
with otherwise dark street dresses.
~
Chinchila fur has bcsn dubbed stylish this
Winter. trsa.1
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Plaid wool, witk velvet sleeves, belt, and
collar. is stylish combination.
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The double roset on the collar has grown so
commonplace that the straight, unadorned
folded collar is asaiji rcsOrted to.
to- s.
American Beauty Rose-color velvet seems to
be very stylish, either fsr trimming or for an
entire blouse waist
Yellow chiffon fwaist<, trimmed with lace
and narrow bands OF brown fur, arc exceeding
pretty.
game, suggested before, but nevertheless
Jolly, for an. evening party. is hesnn by attach
ing a card, with sene noted name OF fiction,
history, the stage inscribed thereon, TO
the back OF each guest. No guest is allowed
to see his own title, but he can easily read
dresses them appropriately in each case. with
out giving them any more definite idea OF
the character than is possible The idea is
to make it difficult for any person to guess
his own character, and the fun lies III the
conversation that ensues. great deal Of in
gcnuiiy is required to keep from telling too
much and at the same time always suggest
ing the character. Rip Van Wrinkle. Queen
Victoria or Elizabeth. Sir Walter Raleigh
George Washington. Franklin or Lincoln.
lvanhoe, Marie Antninettc, good charac-
tiers. The names must be well-known ones
or there will be only one or two things
known of the characters to make
ton about AMI the name will either be easily
guessed will be too obscure.
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New England is very proud or her daugh-
ters and well she may be, for they have
renown in many fields, and are SO universally
a high type OF wou,anincss that everyone is
proud of them. Harriet Prescott Spof'ord in
recent article gives hurried list OF names of
we'll known women from that section OF country:
Abigail Adams. Harriet Newell, Ann liassel.
tine, Lydia Maria Child. Margaret Fuller. Lucy
Mary wilkins. Sarah Orue Jeyctt, Gail Ham,
iltou. Annie Cary, Emma Eames. Charlotte
Cushman, Anne Whitney. Louisa Hopkins
Helen Hunt Maria Mitchell. Louise Coulton.
Celia Thaxtcr. Louisa Alcott Elizabeth Stuart
Phelps.
Some Of tho most tiresome and .imeworn of
jokes are those that give unpleasant character
istics To women OF certain sections of the
country, as, for instance, tho invariabie joke
on the Boston girls spectacles. her peculiar
pronunciation. aud her absorbed interest in
Browning clubs. 1t is like tho omnipresent
one concerning the Chicago girls feet, the
New York girls rudeness or the Western girls
paint aud powder aud slang.
1t is given rehson for the west end of
city usually being the most aristocratc that
the prevailing winds are northwestcrly and
the smoke and odors of the city are blown to
the south and east, making those portions un-
desirable.