The morning news., 1894-11-11


/ and, to my establishment, below the golf
I cape there was only a pair of nnny little
/ leZs cased in leather The effect was
T CCmlcaI beyond description, and ] never
T had harder work in my life than to keep
/ from an Involuntary roar Of laughter.
/ Into the shop. however, walked madame,
/ in no way ablshed. Ny bicycle, If you
/ please she said to the clerk in attend
/ ance and. taking of her cloak, stood ar
/ rayed IN bicycle costume fresh from Paris.
/ After seeing that the break In the ma
/ chine had been satisfactorily arranged
/ and asking me 10 put her cloak in the car
/ riage, she rode OF, leaving me olsen
( chanted forever"
The lady took a few determined steps
{ into the kitchen.
The dinner is going on all rolght; don't
/ ye be con-arned about the dinner' the
: cook continued, with unabated geuiahty.
It'll that dumb looney or q Swade to
kape out Of me road ana not pick rae up
Ouless ] fan on the range, and to kape her
suivelIing TO herself, and IN be cooking
yez all the best dinner We iver et!'
The lady had been examining the oven
and the top Of the range. She saw that
no harm had been done, and the soup and
the hsh We're safe. Jones could be trusted
with the salads and the sweets which were
all cold. She laid her hand on the woman's
shoulder She fixed commanding, but
stern eye upon her put your head under
The cold water faucet" said she; Jones,
you see it Isn't the hot water one and
won't scald her and brace up! Then you
cook the dinner, and HCdwig you wait
on her. she viii be all right directly"
She gave few direction about the din
ner, saw them all a work, charged some
how with some tingles Of her own electric
confidence, and went upstairs. She
walked through the hall, frowning with
thought; but she entered her drawing
room smiling, and told her guests the
whole story. They had come to dine, with
the resignation Of elderly men who dine
out often, and who expect little Of q new
house, where neither the cooking nor the
wines are famous.
They frightened up a little at the story
which she told well-perceiving at least
the prospect of some amusement for their
trouble in coming. you see" she added.
'it is an open question whether we shall
have dinner or not"
The result of her candor was that by
degrees an easy gayety took possession Of
that stald and celebrated company, and
by the time the butler appeared to an
nounce dinner the h lar ty had so increased
that his formal sentence was greeted with
applause while each successive course
of a really admirable dinner for the
cook kept her word) excited warmer and
more demOnstratiVe enthusiasm. From
that occasion Of peril dates the lady's
fame as q giver Of feasts fit for epicures
mental and gastronomicaL And she did
not discharge the cook. She did better
she reformed her.
The Russian garland, says the New
York Times, bids fair to supersede the
heretofore popular shower bouquet for
bridesmaids use They are slung over
the arm. and fall to the hem of the
skirt. Those thus carried at a recent we'd
ding wore Of entwined roses and buds, and
hung from a band of rose-satln, ribben
which rested on the arm in a butterfly
bow. At the same wedding the bridegroom
united with the bride in the sovenir gifts
TO the bridesmaids These were not the
conventional and monotonous brooch or
locket, but took the form of exquisite
point-laCe fans in each Of which were set
in the outer sticks, beautifully executed
miniatures of the bridal pair. Those who
know the high prices charged by minia-
tire painters will appreciate the amount
Of money needed to indulge in these taste
full gifts. Most of this sort Of painting
is done by women artists, and the price
expands as the portraits shrink. A minia-
ture Of the ordinary size costs about Sl25
and a tiny one to set in fan stick ad-
vances considerably over that price. The
miniature now on exhibition q the Acad-
emy of Design are worth careful study
A really charming gown from Felix, says
the New York Tribune, was of tan-col-
ored cloth, with the entire bodice, ex-
cepting the sleeves, of plaid velvet, the
upper part of the skirt being also of
the plaid velvet, made like a deep yoke.
over which the naring skirt was laid fiat
ly In small points. Another pretty con-
fection from Felix was an evening bodice
of embroidered pink velvet with black
satin bow sleeves. This embroidered vel
vetwhich is like Swiss open-work, is very
effective and can be done to order in any
color A gown of green poult de sole was
trimmed with shaded brown velvet, GU
rious feature being the gilt chains, which
hung down from either side of the vel
vet collar and were looped under the
arms A sumptuous evening gown from
Worth was a creamy satin, with the
corsage and front of the skirt embroi-
dered in an elaborate pattern of pearls
and sold thread.
1t is better at this season. If ordering
a tailor-made costume, to have an outside
Jacket and skirt to match rather than
waist of the cloth silk bodlces being so
much more comfortable for house wear,
and occupying so much less space under
the Jacket
oxford cloth-a very dark gray with
whitish hairs running through it's
very fashionable material for winter suit
ings.
A surnptous carriage cloak for an elderly
lady is black veloutine, lined with sable,
cut to yoke of black velvet covered with
Jet, from which side by side hang soft
sable tails like deep fringe all around
the yoke.
The most attractive age of a woman's
life is the period when she is still young
enough to be pretty and old enough to
be sympathetic, writes Octave Thanet in
the November Ladies Home Journal. For
as grace is a woman's greatest beauty,
50 sympathy is her greateset charm. A
graceful and sympathetic woman is bound
to be attractive to the end of her days.
IL she adds a taste in dress and some
sense to her equipment for pleasing ans
does not grow deaf I see no reason why
she should not be fascinating in her old
age. Since the question, however, con-
Germs Itself only with the most attractive
age Of woman l must give the answer in
my first sentence. What that age as
measured by years may be ought to vary
with the Individual
One day last autumn an cid woman
while busily engaged ia picking up fire.
wood i'm the woods adjoining Mar Lodge,
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