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ter how hard you try to fulfil more to
the edge of the yoke. But II you at
tach the edge of the ribbon to a
doubled strip of net, a strip
that comes above the edge OF the
ribbon only half inch or 30 and that
il turned in firmly 30 it won't Pull loose,
then you may allow even se much IS
four times around the edge OF the yoke
The net is much less heavy to full"
than the edge of the MORE itself, and
no matter how deep and heavy you
make the fullness OF the cape, it will
hang softly from it's heading Of net, and
no one be the wiser.
This same trick will make the fulling
on OF stiff satin and meire about the
shoulders of elaborate gowns an easy
matter. and heading is secured as we'll
il you make your strip of net an insert
ion and sew along it. After all is done,
only the ribbon on either side of the
net will show, and your best friend will
wonder hew you ever got that stiff silk
to set so full.
The artists third offering ID princess
Scotch tweed. The bodice is dranad
and fastened along the shoulders and
under the arm. 1t is accompanied by
an independent bolero of MORE antique.
The sleeves have cuffs of the meire an.
tique, and the moderately wide skirt
opens at the side to show pleated
panel of the same.1 h II 4ed'
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A Bunker HiIl Defeat.

The municipal woman suffrage bill,
which had passed the house, was defeat
ed in the Massachusetts senate April
by vote of "A to "a, including pairs
To those who were aware of the strenu-
Gus efforts made for weeks by the vari-
Gus interests averse to the bill, this tenn
porary defeat is not surprise. No such
numerous and persistent lobby has been
known for years as has been at work
against the bill. and the only wonder ia
that so many brave and unselfish cham
pions stood firm in favor of equal rights
and impartial suffrage for women. The
smallest majority against the municipal
suffrage bill up to last year was 40 votes.
Last year the adverse majority was 8.
This year the bill had clear majority
in the house and came SO near passing
the senate that q change of six votes
would have' carried ii. Next year we
shall follow up this Bunker Hill battle
with a fresh attack on the enemy's
works. Boston Woman's Journal.
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Any desirable euiting may be used for
the gown OF picture number four. Its
bolero has rippled collar in back and
stimulates large bow in 'front.' The
bodice is perfectly plain, has a point in
front and back aud fsstens at the side,
and its sleeves are. trimmed with chiffon
frill. At the top OF the skirt basaues
are attached, and it further has q panel
front and pleRted sides. Beneath the
fulness produced by the basques at the
back there is double. boxpleat of the
stuff.
In the free use of horizontal stripes it
is seen that the method of diminishing
the apparent size of the waist is COM
bined now with an attempt to make the
shoulders broader. The slender line,
formerly much priced, of the upward
curve from waist to bust and from the
waist to under the arm is ignored. One
OF the prettiest effects shown among the
many notions in fancy waists is one fur
nished with bretelles, that start well out
on the top of the arm and slant from
there to the center OF tho waist line,
concealipg entirely the side curve OF the
figure, and in full front view making of
the figure "a nearly triangle as possi-
BILE. The apex is the point made at the
belt line by the converging of the bre-
telles; the base line is across and out on
the almost squarely extended shoulder
to the bretelle tips, and tine sides are
represented by the bretelles. The latter
are so planned that on their inside edge
they melt without an intervening line
into the loose front of the waist. Thus
all curve Of the figure across the bust to
the sides aud under the arms is dis
guised, breadth and upward curve from
waist to throat being corrsspendinsly
enphaaized.
A toilet of silk crepon is the laet one
shown. The short bodice is garniahed
in back and front with wide gyipure in
sertien. and by a satin. fiohul whose ends
hang down to the bottom OF the skirt
aud form double pleVts the shoulders,
Deep guipure cuffs accompany the large
ample sleeves. The skirt is draped in
paaier fields. about the hips.
Fancy waistss are very abundant, and
their mest satisfactory adAptatioa to
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DO Spiders Hear?

Experiments recently made with a
tuning fork have convinced Mr.. Pocock,
an English naturalist, that some spiders
at least really hear the sound produced
by the fork. Indeed the conduct of
spiders when vibrating tuning fork is
held near their webs is quite remarka-
BILE.
Some species, as, for instance, the
ordinary garden spider, Epeira diade-
mata, will run at the fork and strike or
= snatch at If .sitl. theIr lore legs.
The amaurobius, spider which
builds tubular webs in holes in walls,
runs about in great excitementwhen the
tuning fork is held near it, This spider
can be enticed out of its hole by holding
the fork near the entrance, and it will
even climb upon the vibrating instru.
ment. 'o13
Another species of garden spider,
which is smaller and handsomer than
the epeira, always, according to Mr..
Pocock, drops from its web in terror
when tuning fork is held over it.
These spiders are the prey of wasps, and
as they always drop from their webs on
the approach of their insect enemy it
has been suggested that they mistake
the sound Of the tuning fork for the
humming of wasp's wings.
But some observers do not assent to
the conclusion that it is the sound of
the fork which attracts the attention of
the spiders They think the vibration is
conveyed through the air to the webs,
and that tho slight motion thus impart-
ed is perceptible by the spiders
Youths Companion.
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Only once has the American woman
been SO honored by the government as to
have her portrait handed down to pos
terity on official issues, in the case of
Martha Washington, whose head adorns
the 81 bill. But there is movement on
foot among the national oaicors of the
Society Of the Daughters Of the Ameri-
can Revolution to try to secure public
recognition of their first president gen
eral, the late Mrs. Caroline Scott Harri-
son, wife Of ex-President Benjamin Har-
rison, by placing her portrait upon new
postage stamp.
The idea originated in the fertile brain
of Daughter, who straightway talk
ed the matter over with her patriotic
colleagues, with the outcome that the
proposition was laid before the board of
management of the national society.
These ladies in turn weighed the pros
and cons and decided that it would be an
appropriate way to respect the memory
of woman eminent for her patriotism
The national board then pat the idea in
correct form and presented the subject
to ex-President Harrison and his family
in order to first gain their assent to the
proposition before taking any further
steps.
The ex-president is now considering
the matter, and should he return a
favorable answer the Daughters, -
through the national board, VIII proceed
to lay the subject before the psstoface
department. as the postmaster general
would be the official to take the decisive
step.
The inception of the whole idea prob
ably came through the masterpiece in
portraituEe of Mrs. Harrison, painted by
Daniel Huntington, president of the
National Academy OF Design, which por-
trait was ueweiled by the ''Daaghters"
at their continental congress lately held
in Washington. The picture now hangs
in the executive mansion.
There is still pending in the United
States congress bill for charging the
White House by plan. originated by
Mrs. Harrison. New York Herald.
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W0MAN'S WORLD.
GRACE Do0GEsS STORY ABOUT TIE
HELRED AND THE tfELPERs.

To Honor Mrs. Harrison Widening the
Sphere The Blaine aaasehoid AIRS.
CIevelandis Shawl = wemen; .Danaeskics.
NewYork Woman---A BunIxerHfu DeSaat
Addressing company Of persons in
terested in philsnfhDoVto effort the other
day in BuRaio, Miss Grace Dodge smoke
Of principle that il coming more ana
more into these discussions---the need
for the he3ped and the helpers to under
stand each other.
81 do not wonder, said Miss. Dodge,
''that the working women often resent
the interferenceof the persons who come
among them. and while yet holding
themselves aloof expfess desire to
help them. These persons meyer seam to
consider that they may gain good as
well as do good In these cases. They
think that ali the help comesffem them,
and they resent tlle idea that they might
be in any way tssneAted by contact with
the working women asweil as the work
ing women by CONTACT with them. Yet
until the spirit of mutual helpfulaess is
engendered there can be no true sympa-
thy between them.
ST once,read a funny account Of a So
ciety which the women of the back al
ley formed to relieve the distress Of the
women of the avenue, which serves as
an illustration of this point The WON
en- Of the back alley came together and
decided to help the poor society women
who lived on the avenue It~was, called
the Needles Eye society, on accnant of
the Scriptural allusion tothe camel and
the needles eye. They planned to visit
them in their homes and talk with them
and do ali in their power to make them
happier than they were. So one timid
little back alley woman started out one
morning and rang the bell of large
mansion on the avenue She asked for
the mistress andwas ehown in. The lady
of the house appeared, and the little
woman began to ask the regulation
questions: How many children have
you?' rs your husband Hviqg?' What
does he dor Then she went ON: 'Wou
women of the avenue must be very un-
happy. You'neves have your children
with you as we do, as you must turn
them over to your serxants, and, then,
do you not find the care of so many
servants very trying? Your social duties,
too, must be great strain on you, and
we want to help you. We want to show
you how to hive more as we do, SO that
you may be happier. But the mistress
of the mansion thought only that the
little woman was crazy and ordered a
servant to remove her. Just then the
good bishop came in, and he sympa-
thized with the mistress of the mansion
who had received visit from q crazy
woman, and yet five minutes later he
was advising the mistress to go down
and visit the women Of the back alley
and to give them advice and help"
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In court circles good deal of interest
has been crea5sd by the announcement
of the engagement of the Hon. Rosa
Hood, the only unmarried daughter Of
Lord Bridport, to Mr.. Evans of Forde
Abbey Miss Hood has been maid of
honor to her majesty for more than eight
years and is great favorite, and her
father, Lord Bridport, IN spite of his adj
vanced age-he is over Se-is in equally
high favor as a lord in waiting. Her
majesty will not hear of his resigning
his appointment, and it was always ar
ranged that he and his daughter had
their waits together. It is probable that
now the queen Will accept Lord Brid-
ports resignation, as he will probably
live with or near his daughter. Miss
Hood is no longer young-she was born
in 1S52-but she is extremely attractive,
and every one is devoted to her. Lon
don Correspondent.
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The Blaine Ezozsehold.


Mrs. BaaineAis wsrkingssteafily upon
the life Of her huahand. The family
have bean living very quSstay in the fa-
mons old red honse on Lafayette square
during the wtnter, and al of tbam have
been dding literary work. Mrs. Blaine
is 20. dnsunre Cham tocsilmtth the naterial
fer Gail HanniifcnSo write. Mrs. Blaine
is Hfsrary woman herself, and the
two wemen will coilatprnse. The SON
and the daughter are hetping to get up
the material, although, Miss Baaine will
soon be called away Hfsm her literary
duties TO get married to Mr.. Truxton
Beale. tits understood that this we'd
ding viii not be long delayed 1t will
be qpietapd home ding, Witnessed
by .fb,nify panty apd intinptesf fienas,
aud these win Include the Sherman.
Cameron, Lodge. Hit and Hale fam
lilies, and tfI8t fs,abont all. In connec-
ton with the Blaines an interesting
thing is their love fIT flowers. A Horiet
who has'had the greasest part Of the
Washington ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS nearly
half a century sayR tha& 'ip the last 20
years no famfiy IN dnis city has brought
SO much nancy into his establishment
as the Bfaines. TheTpevermake any dis
play in this dfrectinn, but thousands Of
dollars worth of flowers haxeibeen sent
to them. -Washing8onL Letter in Boston
Advertiser.
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Widening the Sphere.

Women are now taking the place of
men in many departments of business.
They are taking the places of their ia
theirs and brothers as ticket agents. They
are supplanting men as stenographers,
typewriters and private secretaries, and
the tendency in nearly all the big retail
establishments is to reduce the staff of
male clerks to the SMALLEST possible num-
Der and to hire women instead
Even IN newspaper offices women are
crowding the men out in some depart
ments Of work. In art they are making
rapid strides to the front OF the FIVE
prizes awarded to painters Of pictures at
the present exhibition at the National
Academy Of Design three have been
taken by women, a remarkable achieve
ment when it is recalled that over 400
paintings are ON exhibition The active
movement now IN progress to secure
from the constitutional convention,
which is to meet in May an amendment
to the constitution guaranteeing to wo-
men political equality with men is also
q subject of much discussion just now.
1t is not strange. therefore, that the
pulpit orators are making women the
theme of special sermons. Mrs. Julia
K. West is now school commissioner of
Staten Iskind, in full cantroa of the pub
lie schools of Richmond county and, in
receipt of salary Of 81, 600 a year. She
was elected at the November election,
but her opponent, Mr.. Hubbard r. Yet
man, was declared elected by asueioraty
of four yeses. Mrs. West naMae@aSeen-
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Copyright. 1894,


Scarcely anything is lacking in the
mental furniture Of this psychological
dog to make him the equal Of baby 2
years old, except thinking in words,
and VINO can prove that he is destitute
Of this faculty, although not possessing
articulabe speech? One evening while I
was giving my plants drink he came
to ME several times, asking me to have
the gate opened Not caring to lay down
the hose / paid little heed to his teas
ings, and he determined to compass his
purpose in another way To the front
door he went, and pressing it found it
not latched. but recurring some force to
throw it open. Then he backed out the
full width of, the veranda, and running
threw his weight so violently against
the door as to drive it open. Very soon
he reappeaped with his mistress, to
whom hehadmade his supplication, and
she, without knowing of his failure
with me, opened the gate and gave the
little fellow his coveted freedom. 1t
should be explained in regard to the wit
shown IN opening heavy OF sticking
door that Toots acquired his experience
with q fly door closed by the reaction Of
a spring. He found by experiments that
if with his fore paws he pressed this
door open Just far enough to emit his
body it would spring to and pinch his
tail, and that by retire ating and running
the whole length of small entry he
would f1npaft momentum enough to
open the door wsde and thus clear his
tail, at the same time letting out de-
pendent companion. This act, / am in
clined to think, is little smarter than
is usual in 2-year-old child. Popular
Science Monthly
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MTs. C1eve1andss Dainty shawl.
Mrs Cleveland gave special recep-
ton in Washington recenSfy 10 Mime.
Pogosky, manager Of the New York
branch Of the Russian cottage industries.
A handsome 0renburg shawl was pre-
sented to Mrs. Cleveland These shawls
are made, Of goats down, preparation
of the wool of special goat, once
brought from Tibet, but now domesti-
Gated in Russia
The preparation of the woolis all done
by women It is spun into very fine
thread, and this thread is knitted on
kneedles to form large shawl. A Bus
sian lady epent one year in knitting such
a shawl as the one presented to Mrs.
Cleveland, which is so fine that it will
60 through Wedding ring.
Mime. PogoslSy explained the presen-
tation by giving short account of what
noble Russian women were doing for the
Russian peasant women and children,
and that Nine. Dourivev wished Mrs
Cleveland to awaken American sympa-
thy by wearing this shawl knitted for
her especially.
The Russian government has devoted
some money to the support of the Rus
sian cottage industries, as it recognizes
the importance of opening in AmsFica
marketfor the work of the Russian peas
ant women and children. w ashington
Letter.
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or comes their severity will relax. Then
we shall see the soft, loose silk ones,
with insertions Of lace act in horizontal
rows across the breast. These waist
coats, or shirt fronts as they are more
correctly called, can be bought ready
made, and they open at the side or in
the back. The back 10 "Hham," high,
stiff collar gees all around. and there is
wide, stiff BELT, bat the rest of tie
back 10 of lining stuff. Some Of the
better made frents are like q sleeveless
bodice of lining, fastening in front. the
silk front without darts crossing over the
foundation spd fastening down the side
seam. Light blue silk, with insertions
of black lace, the collar having Its row
and the belt, too, is faverite design.
White with black lace. and black with
cream lace are still to be stylish. 80, too,
are scarlet and black lace. and purple
black or white. These frents will be
worn with the tsilormade style of dress
late into the summer. The wide belt
passing entirely about the figure admits
OF use with the always pretty bebbed
eton.
The tailor made gowns, Of course,
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take the course as an important branch
Of the college curriculum. In conse-
quence the girls do excellent athletic
work in their finely equipped gymna-
SUM under tho Swedishwenen Instruct
ors With agility and grace they
march, run, vault, pose. sway, twist
themselves into graceful and curious at
titudes with great nexibility, swing
themselves upon ropes, sailor fashion,
"slin the cat, - as the, small boys say;
wriggle through the bars of swinging
ladders at dizzy heights and perform
feats Of endurance and 'strength that even
their disdainful brothers might admire,
The uniform is a bloSse and divided
skirt of blue flanneis yellow neoktie and
shoes Baltimore American.
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Unfair to Women.

Miss Mary Agnes Lyon, young girl
of New York city, lately sued, through
her father, for damages for injuries re-
ceived in a railroad accident. The cor
poration's counsel brought forward an
extraordinary law, passed last year, re-
quiring any one who demanded damages
to be stripped and personally examined
before the court or before two doctors
and a referee to be appointed by the
court. The young lac refused to sub
NIT. Examination by two women physi-
clans in good standing ought certainly
to be substituted in the case Of women.
New York Letter.
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The woman Of good taste would now
as soon think of using stage makeup on
her face by daylight as Of tightening her
corset unduly, and the best dressed wo-
man on the promenade you will find in
dulging not in tight shoes, tight gloves
or a tight bodice. The cuts in all the
Partisan books of the best standing re-
produce in their models Of style women
of full figure, tall, it is true, but with
waists Of generous girths and hips of
the Venus de Milo pattern. English
fashions represent their types Of modish
women of all the long wasted, wasp va
riety, after the fashion set by the slender
Princess Of Wales and her much laced
daughters. New York Telegram.
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buy the material for the cape
then select extra wide sash MORE:
There will be no wrong side, which viii
be one advantage. and 1t will probably
wear az long as it ought 10 without
cracking. The care should be cut on
no seam or with only one. 1t may be
single or double, and it will be quite q
Job to turn it out little cape and not q
little botch. On the other hand, the
ribbon meire will 80 fall on to the edge
of yoke, and that is all there 10 to it.
but there are a few necessary directions.
You cannot get real thick sash moire ON
full enough to the yoke to hang really
we'll. II you try hsving three rows or
so of ahirring the silk will hang full, to
be sure, but it win be stiff, cocky and
ill-tempered, and do your bsst you can
only get rid of aplittls more than the
usual "once and half round" no mat
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merly wern by the Empress Eugenie,
This crown, which iIaitatesza bunchs of
violets surrounded by leaves of the
same flower, is composed Of a,0o8 dia-
monds mounted in old silver apdshned
with gold and is said, t0 havescost Mrs.
Vanderbilt $500, oao. New York Let.
fer
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New EVIL.

Mrs. Louis Wanderhoef, at aconven-
ton Of tie Kings County Women's
Christian Temperance union held jim
Brooklyn the other day saiai6hatithe in
lection Of morphine INTO the arms of
store girls TO give sthem temporary
strength is new and rapidly growing
evil
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Amadeus of Spain abdicated in 1878,
disguised with the tedious ceremonials
of the Spanish court He returned to
Italy and was glad to resume his honor
AIRY and nominal duties as an officer in
the Italian service.
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DR.. Sarah c. Hail Of, Fort Scott, Kan.,
has been eleoted president of the Cannty
Medical association. She kas also re-
ceived the appointment Of medical ex-
aminer for the degree of honor
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All Of the students of the violonee1lo
at present at the Royal Academy Of
Music in England are woInGp Womer
violin players have increased greatly in
numbers in Europe Of hate years
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black satin, the ample skirt is laid in
pleats in front, through which pass
three bias folds of the satin. In back
the fullness is simply boxpleated. The
bodice goes inside the skirt and opens
over plain plastron garnished at the
top to correspond with the skirts trim
ming. The cuffs, collar and belt are
made of the black satin.
Moire continues in popularity, not
wiehstsnding that ia the silk It is as
unreliable as patent leather. In the
ribbon it can be depended on little
better, 80 when you decide to have one
OF those little MORE shoulder capes
make 1t OF piece moire, if you have al.
ready skirt Of the piece silk which yon'
can make over. But ii you are going to
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A vigorous set Of collegians are the
young girls of the Woman's College of
Baltimore, which is the first one in the
world to make physical training full
department. with regular instructors and
professors. AllNstudents are required to
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Mrs Sarah F. Norton Of Towepda.
Pa, writes in the Athens News that
she has made up her MIND never to pay
any more taxes until she can have the
same privileges as male Taxpayers.