The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-05-05

they belong. I am not hitter. only truth
fui. and I advise YOU IN the future 20
get all you can that IS amusing out OF
their society. for they are far more ea-
tertaining than women. Use them Tor
their strength as You would a horse and
then Let them 20. Never depend on one
OF <hem fer your happiness. IL You do
he viii fan you.''
Nine Re5ane hasn't a pretty neck. but
she conceals r with ail a French wo-
mans artifce With ore OF the iecollete
GOWNS, IN which she appeared in
Dtvorcons she wore throat band OF
pink. tied closely about the neck. and
Just where the throat bones would show.
were placed TWO little mink's heads The
effect was very pretty. and the part of
the neck thai was in sight was all that
was lovely.
Some bright woman. no doubt smart
try under the wrongs heaped Unon her
deferseieSs theater hat. has suggested
that a clause he inserted in the xheater
hat bill. making all men amenable 10
the law who leave their seats between
the acts. 20 the discomfort OF a whole
row OF people often times. Such an act
would not only be appreciated by the la
dies. hut by all gentlemen not OF the
"Jack-in-the-hox" order.
The latest thing in umbrellas Is fash
toned OF either green or brown silk. with
a tortoise she'll handle on which the
monogram of the owner is carved in gold
letters. Lapis-lazuH is also much used.
The craze for everything antique per-
vades the social atmosphere, and threat
ems 10 revolutionize both our homes and
our habits. The I'm de steele maiden Is
now taking up the old accomplishment
49,
fure. similar TO that of the colonial
dame looks not unlike the gentle Pr,s-
ella as John Alden discovered her:
Seated beside her wheel. and the carded
wool, like 2 snowdrift,
Piled at her knee. her left hand feeding
the rayenous spindle.
While with her right she sped or re
versed the wheel in its notion"
English women some time ago adopted
the art of spinning as a drawing room
occupation, and have made a nice little
sum for charity by selling their thread.
when spun. to a Glasgow firm.
To do common things perfectly IS far
better than TO do uncommon things re-
Observation-Disclosures Beecher-Stowe.
A fashion that Is coming into vogue is
that of substituting the pencil for pen
and Ink in the writing of letters. Let
ters are generally shorter now than they
were in days gone bye, more hastily
written, more frequent, and seldom
worth keeping any length of time. They
are not the elaborate efforts of former
times, cherished for their value and their
perfect penmanship. 1t Is doubtful when
once this fashion gets started IL any,
but legal documents. TO be filed away,
will be written with the pen.
THE incest thing for chapped hands,
says woman of experience, lis a prep
aration Of glycerine, rose water and BEN
zoin. Any druggist will mix It for you.
The proportions are as follows: To one
ounce OF glycerine and one ounce of rose
water add twenty drops of benzoin."
Wash the hands thoroughly In water
first, then. without drying, in the mix
ture. The benzoin seems to have an
antiseptic quality that Is very grateful
TO the skin.
woodin's 'Trilby. the Fairy of Ar
gyle." has issued from the publishers in
a most unique and attractive form. It's
binding IS of Scotch plaid. with the
Scotch thistle IN silver upon the cover.
Every trace of the Princess Eugenie's
beauty Is gone, and she looks very old
and feeble moving about the grounds. OF
the hotel where she IS now a guest a
sad illustration of Solomon's "Vanitas
vanitatum," although. doubtless. she Is
the last one to recognize its truth IN con-
nection with herself. Aside from this
beauty, says the Traveller. which was
conceded even by her detractors. Eu-
genie has never been an interesting fig
ure In the romance OF the second empire.
She was neither lovahl In disposition nor
mentally brilliant and her narrow mind
has not expanded under her sufferings
and crushed ambitions. so that today she
Is merely an old woman. who having in
her youth bloomed In an exalted rank,
now simply exists amid tragic memories
of what has been.
DOROTHY DEAN.