Birmingham state herald., 1895-12-22
VANl TIES.


 The bigger a woman's hat the greater reason she has for a spirit of thanksgiv ing, to judge by the tremendous models of new millinery that appear on every hand. But such large hats are in good taste only when accompanying pie turesque or very dressy costumes, and, although all the milliners have the ter arifying models, the average woman is NwFaring, during her. shopping, an inof- fensive little hat, with ordinary crown and straight brim, narrowed a little to- ward the sides of the head at the back. Such hat is set with a pair of mercury wings at either side of the front on the very edge of the crown, Wide and rich heavy plaid ribbon is loosely folded about atheS crown, it's stiff folds resting Aon the \brirn and filling it tofts edge. A loop of theNribbon is oftenSdrawn, over. the base Of each of the wings and a handsome Jewel buckle of some kind is set against s stheFibbon and between, the wings, Such "a hat is made of black felt, the abrim Ssonietimes of wire run with chenille, as that is more becoming to the face, and is lSStylish without being startling. In black brown or blue it will go with any gown. I% Dressy hats are easily possible in small sizes, too. The theater bonnet is as small as it was last season, and elaborate 1 toaues Aof the type displayed here are abundant. This one was of wired jet, and it's sides near the crown were raised to form three wings with an aigrette at the right side. The edge was wound with twisted roll of yellow velvet, accom- panied by second twist of lace prettily entwined with it, and small yellow velvet roses and leaves were placed in groups all around the edge and about the velvet twist at the left side4-- ,asss5i, ,-ss-..s.ssse *ssH~~~seSa sss-s-. .sssi54 6o;p ID, the head are made-of little more than a band of fur, that is set low~on the fore head, just a little over one eye, and the effect is as coquettishaasaca sacan. be. For the rest the band unexpectedly stops half way round and dissolves into a pretty fall of lace that lies close to. the hair, and takes away the severity that the fur makes one expect. These little affairs cost a lot at the shops,zbu made at home they are just as pretty and cost but very little. @e7 -.sessz
 
 s.Who will ever say again that women are unsympathetic or not ministering an- gels to one another? One of the most extraordinary court scenes took place at Milwaukee yesterday afternoon that that city, even in it's criminal court records, can recall The case was a familiar one grandmother suing for the custody of her daughters child .''n In this case the grandmother was a very well-known Milwaukee woman, and her daughter. who had been a belle in Milwaukee be- fore her marriage, was the wife of Ma than Markwell of this city. MT. Markwell has recently married again. and he wishes to have his young daughter with him. It may be mentioned that the little girls mother left fortune of $500, ,000 the in- come of which is divided between her daughter and her husband When the case was called the court room held 800 of Milwaukee's best known men and wo- men, many of the women being ''Society leaders" Several fashionably gowned women, a-rustle with jet and furS, testi- fled to the pleasant home and surround ings which the little Markwell would have at her grandmother's Perels'. and also denounced the childs father roundly. When the decision was given that the baby was to be in the care of her grand mother until she was IA years of age the whole courtroom was in an uproar. The victorious lawyer was hugged and kissed in open court and the judge was applauded. The testimony was also cu- riously feminine, one woman voicing MaTkwell's supposed dislike to his little daughter on the ground that she would 5surfly have red hair. ss'.,..---
 oThe inconsistent woman is paste jewel. While two worthy women are wasting their eloquence and loose change on an idle young man with strong limbs and wits enough to take care of himself, weak little children are starving and 'freezing to death To be sure, the young iman needed a white ribbon badly. He drank, and he was ',mauvais sujet" egenerally. but the two good women bought him new clothes. substituted wa ter for whisky. gave him white badge and made him one of the secretaries of the society to which they lend Iuster. 5Yesterday in East Twenty-fourth street two little children were found half clothed and crying from cold and hun gerl Their mother was lying on the floor drunk not merely s'under the influence" but dead drunk. And somebody might have given her a white badge-for the childrens sake. "a'if
 from Jersey. A young man and young woman announced three weeks a go that they would be married at certain ohurch nn a certain afternnnn : The