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The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1895-10-26

A few days ago there was dreadful
play produced on a local stage. 1t was
called The Defaulter" There was
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bows, tulle and satin. The bodice was
covered with tuIIe and trimmed in
front and behind with two tulle
braces embroidered with black span
giles and pearls. On the right Shout
der was fastened a large bunch of
roses shading from tea to deepest
yellow. The slippers We're of spangled
yellow satin, and the fan was of vel
low tulle spangled in black and gold.
Most of the pretty wraps were the
regulation short cape, not coming
quite to the waistline. One was of
crepon. but there We're several of silk
studded with spangIes. A very pretty
one, but almost too heavy for COM
fort, was Of dark green silk covered
with large iridescent green spangles
overlapping each other after the man.
ner Of fish scales. The prettiest one
Of the lot was of heavy white satin
spangled in silver with arabesuue
figures embroidered in pearls.
Just read about this Yachting suit
our girl had brought over, and see
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The Queens r eception Room.
lis bevera &c by the queen.

this beverage by the queen.
At 10 she frequently, and during
these spring days daily, rides in her
donkey carriage through the gardens
that surround the royal palaces. Her
Indian attendants carry her gently into
and out of the many-spIinged vehicle,
and the dOnkeyS seem to know that
they are carrying burden on which
the eyes of the world are resting, for
they go along at an even trot, never
swerving in the least never startled by
any unusual sight and never moving
quicker than at pace of about five
miles an hour.
Does Little Work.
At II she returns 90 her working
room, and that nowadays means a
cup of bouillOn and a rest. In the
room near by are Colonel Bigge and
Lord COmays, her secretaries, and the
routine of correspondence is all gone
over very carefully by them. In fact,
the queen relies on them for much of
the labor that it was formerly a pleas
ure for her to perform such as dictat-
ing responses, writing personal letters
of congratulation or coincidence. Now
her wish is signified by a word or a
nod, and so the queen answers her
voluminous correspondence, unless it
be a letter to her grandson, Emperor
William, or to her daughter, the EN-
press Frederick, or to some other dear
relative; these she almost always die
tates to Princess Beatrice. 1t is after
a light luncheon that the queen makes
the calls on her intimates for which
she is famous, but they are now grow
ing less and less frequent. The Ouch
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a wish to abdicate, and especially was
this the case at the wedding of Prime
ess Victoria Melita of SaXe-Coburg to
Prince Ernest of HesSe.
The celebration Of the queens birth
day this year will, however, be made
noteworthy, even should the statesmen
who now surround her decide against
the abdication. She will be at Osborne
on that eventful day, and will receive
in person addresses from every pOr-
ton of the realm-and gifts as varied
as the chimes and nations under her
kindly sway. Her life today is one of
supreme peace. While cabinets change
and ministers come and go, she moves
on in her old age, caring to only hear
of industrial progress, of charitable
movements and, strange to say, of
royal weddings. She is a born match
maker, as ardent today to see royal
lovers united as in her earlier life. No
event of recent years has given her so
much pleasure as the prospective mar
riage of the duke of AoSta with the
princess of Orleans. 1t is said that she
personally dictated a letter to King
Humbert urging him to sanction the
union, and among her latest literary
souvenirs are two bright epistles from
the lovers thanking her for her kindly
interest.
On these birthdays, however, there is
one bla ck-bordered envelope, bearing
the stamp of imperial France, that
comes as regularly as the day. 1t is
from weary little woman who, in her
days Of sorrow, sought the shelter of
England's crown, and is today among
the most welcome visitors of the queen.
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QUEEN OF SUMMER.
HOW The COMING GIRL WILL
DRESS
PRETTY Ff.NCIES IN GOWNS
What Swell DamseIs Viii Wear,
Yachting, Wheeling, at the Dance,
at Golf and Tennis-Trilby and
BarefOoted Bathers-Some Season
able Gossip.

In spite of all you may hear TO the
contrary the summer girl Of 80 is
going to be delightfully."- feminine. The
clothes she is ordering for her sum-
mer cOnquests are beribboned, be-
spangled and befrilled as never was
seen before. Her headgear - fear
fully and wonderfully compounded of
roses, lilacs, viOlets, lace and straw,
and all used together on one tiny love
of bonnet. Even if the summer
girl does mean to vote, if she is
ever willing to own to being old
enough. don't ina CINE for a moment
that she intends to wear stiff linen
shirts, masculine collars and cravatS.
and tailor-made outer garments of
Quaker hue during the leafy month
of June and the oppressive months of
July and August.
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with as much considera ton as his gen
tie mother.
1he queens deepest interest, how
ever, was always in the training of her
children, and today she looks as care
fully after her grandchildren, continu-
ally asking about their studies and
work, and throwing out many valua-
able suggestions. 1t is possible that no
children in the present day have been
so carefully educated. The queen is
not only one of the most ACCOMPLISHED
of the royal ladies of Europe. but she
is more naturally gifted and highly in
tellectual than almost any who could
be named among them. For many
years she devoted herself almost en-
tirely to the supervision of her chill
dren's studies, and this supervision has
been no nominal one. Before intrust-
ing any branch of the young princes
or processes education to a new
teacher, the queen personally inquiries
into the method of tuition and salts
hes herself that the children's time
would be well spent; she has always
insisted that such "out-of-sight' sub
Jects as history and literature should
receive more attention than even art
OF music.
And thus she is nearing her end, hon
ored and revered by millions who on
each recurring May "A sing with re-
newed vigor and hope their continual
wish, God Save the Queen.
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The summer girl of 90 is blessed
with the same good sense which has
been the portion of all summer girls
since that species of womankind came
to bless and brighten this sober old
earth.
: | had the courtesy extended me last
week. of sitting in a delightful little
mOrning-rOOm and watching a maid
unpack some of the pretty gowns,
wraps and bOnnetS the prettieSt sum-
mer girl in the whole of New York
is going to wear at Newport, Bar
Harbor and LenoX during the next
I three months.
She and her mamma had been shop
ping in Paris since Lent began, and
! they had done their work right we'll,
if the piles of pretty things were to
be taken as evidence.
Spangles over everything, hats so
trimmed with flowers that they looked
like flower beds of the most vivid
and varied hues, great fluffy boas of
black double tulle, of white or col
, Ored tulle, the colOrS being selected
to match the petals of the flowers
! with which they are fiecked all over;
these were the things which struck
me first as l looked at the kaleidoscope
which came from between the folds
and folds Of silky tissue paper.
Summer Ball Gown.
Just think how this pretty blond
summer girl is going to look in this
ball gown. The full. plain skirt is of
rOSe-cOlOred ducheSse satin, and the
cOrsage is covered with rose tulle
spangled with gold and rose-colOred
crystals. A large double pleat, edged
on both sides with cream lace, falls
gracefully down the front. The bout
FAINT sleeves are Of the satin covered
with two tiounces of lace. On the left
shoulder is bunch of yellow and red
, roses. The belt is made with a large
butterfly bow in the back.
Another dream of a ball dress was
of maize-colored satin. trimmed at the
bottom with ruching of butterfly
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shall Ney, James A. Weston points out
the resemblance between the famous
Frenchman and a certain Peter Stuart
Ney, of North Carolina.
Joel J. Bailey & Co. f8,t bruught
suit at Denver to set aside the assign
ment of the Flanders Dry Goods COM
pany. Fraud and collision are alleged.
The Lloyd, Latz & Thompson Dry
Goods company of Kansas City has
been closed by the sheriff. Assets are
estimated at 100000 and liabilities.
$4,000.
Mrs. S. S. Merrill, widow of the
former general manager of Chica go,
Milwaukee & st. Paul railroad, has
been elected a member Of the Milwau-
kee school board.
Henry Stephens fell into a mining
shaft 40 feet deep at Stotts City, Mo,
and landed in ten feet of water. He
found on his body.
A writ Of habeas corpus has been re-
fused Fred Milheiser, arrested in
Texas for grand larceny Of 1900 bar
relS of sugar from the sugar trust,
and he will be returned to New York.
Michael Barry, saloon keeper, al
New Brunswick, y. j., was arrested
charged with being the head of a
gang of firebugs in operation for the
last eight months.
The WOman's Christian Temperance
union state convention, at Savannah,
Ga, has adjourned without discussing
female. suffrage, the emphatic protest
sessions were held preventing any con
sideration of the question.
The annual convention of the Anal
gamated association of iron and steel
workers will be held in Cleveland in
two weeks and the demand for wage
restoration will likely cover all depart.
ments Of mill work, with the possible
exception Of the tinplate branch.
News has reached Pittsburg, Texas
that Constable Oliver and posse OF
three men, Cooper, Eyre and Richie
while en- route to arrest man named
Belcher were Waylaid and fired by Bel
cher and his friends and two Of the
posse Killed., willie me OLueE UWO were
fatally injured
Obituary: At Las Vegas, n. NJ, Jen-
ME L. Carr, wife of H. H. Carr, of
Chicago.-At Pontiac, Mich, Judge
Levi B. Taft, straightforward La
Crosse, Wis, Austin NJ. Dickson,
sixty-three.-At Warsaw, ILL.,, Arthur
w. Marsh, thirty.-At Petersburg, H.,
Mrs. Celia S. Levering.-At Rochester,
Mimi, J. Fletcher Williams.
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BAN VTBBERS' TRAGEDY.
y GrueSome Tale That Dressmakers
Will Surely Appreciate.

One evening, when Ban Vibber was
on his way to the club, he picked up
a note from the sidewalk.
"MuSt read" ne muttered, cor how
can find owner"'
This is What he read: las agreed,
we will use your bones. Will send
your body Thursday night to the fol
lowing address: Miss Louis Ruthven
30 East TIL street Is this correct?"
The note contained neither date nor
signature. There was no envelope, so
Ban Nibber did not know to whom it
was addressed, but he determined to
see Miss Louise Ruthven at once, if
possible. He was on the brink of an
other adventure, and he might be in
time to avert a tragedy.
No. % East TIL street had been one
of the mansions of old New York Ban
Nibber was aStOnished to perceive
that evidences of refinement still lin
gered in that questionable, far down.
town locality. He was more surprised
when a white-capped maid opened the
door and presented a silver salver to
receive his card.
His aStOniShment almost reached it's
climax when a frightened, peachy-
compleXioned vision of beauty stood
before him instead of the austere
woman he had expected to see.
'iMiss-Miss- Ruthven-" he stam-
mered-"hope will pardon untimely
yisit-seriouS matter-urgent haste
necessary tragic occurrence"
What is it? What has happened to
papa? Where is he? Take me to him!
We've been here such a short time,
and he would go about by himself"
Sorry to distress-calm self-father
all right. It's young woman prob
ably-friend-Wa to make away
with self-gives directions to have re-
mains sent to you-poverty of family,
pOssibly-sacrifice self-scientific pur-
poses-note will explain"
Remains sent to mer exclaimed
Miss Ruthven, in a Mortified tone. Her
cheeks were white, her eyes were
widely distended, but as she read her
paleness changed to a rosy hue, and
variety Of emotions were visible in
her expressive face.
She stepped to the door, rang a bell
and gave some directions to the maid,
who presently returned, holding the
waist of a light silk dress.
This, Mr.. Ban Nibber," said Miss
Ruthven, lis the solution of the nlys-
terry. We have only been few weeks
in this country. | have a prejudice
against American bones, so l had ar
ranged with my dressmaker that she
should use some English ones which l
had on hand. l sent her note back to
her with my bones. l suppose the
messenger lost the parcel, and my
body, on waist, as you call it here, was
sent home to me homeless. L had eX-
pected to wear the dress at Mrs. Pa
tryarks tomorrow, but now l shall
have to make the best of an old one"
"Sure-look charming in anything
delighted to hear going to Mrs. Patry-
arks-be there myseIf-happy to meet
under less embarrassing circumstances.
Hope won't mention mistake-WOuldn't
like it get round among fellows at
club
That night Ban Vibber's dreams were
haunted by a spectral and homeless
figure, which was transformed every
now and then into the mirthful beauty
of Louise Ruthyen.-Kate Fields
Washington.
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FOREIGN FLASHES.

Yellow fever is raging among the
Spanish troops in Cuba.
The jurors in Oscar Wilde's trial dis
agree.
Cholera is reported at Moi, southern
Japan.
Mrs. Oscar Wilde has instructed her
solicitor to begin suit for divorce.
Japan has not yet replied to the pro-
test OF Russia, France and Germany.
Seventy-two insurgents were killed
in a fight with Spanish troops in Cuba.
King Humbert and the queen opened
an international exhibition in Venice.
A bank of Cuban insurgents, 700
strong, was defeated by Spanish
troops.
The house of commons voted to de-
vote the remainder of the session to
government business.
A dispatch from Rome reports the
wedding of Eleanora, daughter of
Princess BrancacciO, to Prince d'Arsoli
The Russian minister of finance dis
approved of the scheme for uniting
American and Russian oil interests.
Illc NtubIllS VI 1OIu w 1lIldlu belSS-
Rio Janeiro, which was quickly sup
pressed. 1t is believed friends of eX-
president PeiXoto wanted to over,
throw President MoraeS.
In the event of Japan refusing to
comply with the demands of Russia,
France and Germany, il is most prob
able that Russia will at once declare
blockade of the Japanese ports.
The trouble between England and
Nicaragua is practically settled, Eng
land accepting the proposal of the
other country as to the indemnity
1t is reported that England intends
to seize the custom houses of Honduras
to enforce payment of defaulted rail
road bonds.
Russia, France and Germany believe
that the United States is secretly aid
ing Japan, but this is denied at the
state department in Washington.
Cardinal Gibbons has postponed his
contemplated visit to the Eternal City
i'll order to attend the celebration of
the jubilee of Archbishop Williams.
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back, and one pleat with a quilting
of blaSk ribbon on either side directly
in front.
There We're matineeS and tea gowns
of Shimmering silk trimmed with a
wealth of ribbons, and afternoon
gowns of silk and tulle in various
shades and blendings. PIaids were
greatly in evidence for skirts, and
tha bOdices, no matter what their
shape of fashion, we're Of the plain
material.
Of course the summer girl Of 80
means to play golf when the season
arrives, as we'll as tennis, and she
took especial pride in showing me her
golf cape, which was cut shorter than
those we have grown used to. The
material used was rough brown cloth
the shoulder to show a fold of
of light texture 1t was opened over
Scotch plaid, which was also used to
line the hood at the back. The frogs
and ruching at the neck were Of black
satin.
The parasoIs numbered eight, and
We're made up for the most part of
chiffon and artificial flowers, and
some Of them look like nothing SO
much as a ballet girls tulle skirt.
Some We're lined with rose color,
which, by the way is very becoming
to most faces, and some were not
lined at all to show the gilt ribs.
Dresden china, mother of pearl, coral
and ivory in It's natural coloring
were used for the handles.
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II she means to be demure and prim
when the yacht races are in progress
this summer. The full round skirt is
Of white broadcloth, to match the
cutaway jacket. The shirt waist will
be of creamy white silk. silvery blue
or the regulation navy blue silk, just
as the occasion requires or our maiden
wills.
Ihey are made with a large hollow
pleat IN the center Of'the blouse. and
here IS where the browning glory of
the suit comes in. for securely fast
ened down this pleat are jewellad but
tons beautiful to behold of real tur-
quOise, pearl and gold. The cuff but
tons match and so does the little stick
pin which fastens the sailor knot at
the throat. The yachting caps will be
white or any shade of blue to match
the silk blouse. Of course it will be
embroidered in gold letters with the
name of the yachting girls favorite
boat. Shoes. gloves and parasol will
be of SpotleSS white.
Our summer girl owned up to riding
a bicycle, and she has brought over
two wheeling costumes which would
serve as models. One is of gray cord
uroy made with full, ashort skirts and
! bOX-pleated Norfolk jacket. The
blouse waist is of gray silk, and the
trim leggings, half shoes, gloves and
tiny alpine hat are of the same dust
proof color.
The second suit is of deep tan
serge, rain and dust proof, and much
more desirable for the heat of a mid
summer day than the more beautiful
| silvery gray suit
Trilby And The Bathers.
Our maiden has a collection of bath
ing suits, but as yet she has not laid
in her supply of bathing shoes and
stockings. Tell it not aloud. but this
! particular summer girl told me that
it was a question which had been dis
| cussed very thoroughly in her set
during the winter whether or no the
| Trilby craze would warrant girls with
dainty, slender feet going into the
water with these same little rose
leafed toes bare and uncovered. I'm
til certain number of her crowd
plSbSNt IlcllStINtS W tdIt VI uOU TO
dare this wise little dimpled maiden
will suspend her purchases of these
| hitherto indispensable articles
For morning wear this summer
girl will wear full skirts with godets.
organ or boX-pleats in the back The
material she has chosen is crepele,
very light weight crepOn. She has
skirts and jackets Of blue gray Vene-
tain red, black, deep violet and bright
green. She will wear with them shirt
waists Of cool lace-trimmed linen, silk
and pique. The only new features in
these waists are the collars. which are
very deep turnover affairs, and the
sleeves. which are decidedly smaller,
fiatter at the shoulder and bullying in
the middle. Her tennis suits were
of white pique with brocaded effects
Of blue and black and green on black.
The skirt is perfectly plain and the
blouse has three boX-pleats in the
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The report that the oath day of May
will be made memorable by the abdica-
ton of the English queen has again
come to the surface, but this time with
a stronger colOring of trustworthiness
than ever before. On that date sew
enty-six years ago Queen Victoria was
porn, and while her mental faculties
are not IN any way impaired by the
burden OF years, the physical ailments
nave increased to such an extent as to
make all state duties weIl-night i'm
possible. This fact, TOO, was empha-
sized recently by long conference be
tween the mother and the prince of
Wales, in which at least two of the
members of Lord Roseberys cabinet
took part. But the queen has at vari-
Gus times in the past year intfmated
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ess of Teck is occasionally honored,
but that is only when the queen is
feeling especially bright, when the day
is clear and the air is crisp.
But the preparations for dinner. al
ways formal affair, take up another
hour or two. The queen must rest fire.
quently, and so her attendants move
very slowly and cause her as little an
nOyance as possible But the dinner
itself finds the queen one of the
dalnuest of eaters. Perhaps a little
soup and some fruit will form her en-
tire menu. Yet she fingers over every
dish so that none of those about her
Will be annoyed by any apparent de-
sire on her part to complete the meal.
When royalty has finished a course it
is ended for all who dine about the
palatial board.
Some novel and rare dish is almost
always served in the menu when the
queen is at Windsor. Today it will be
royal baron Of beef, cut from some
fine West Highland bullock. bred and
fed in Windsor park, and purchased
for Her Majesty by the queens pur-
veyor, Mr.. Webb. 1t is on the great
spit in the Windsor castle kitchen that
the baron is roasted. Perhaps it will
be a boars head, under which rests a
rich game pie.
a Wonderful Kitchen.
But this kitchen in Windsor castle
has greater usefulness 1t is not
rare occasion to find hundreds of gal
Ions of soup boiled there by the queens
orders and given to the sufferers near
by. And the queens poor pensioners
about the Windsor castle kitchen num-
Der many hundred, whose only hope is
that Edward VII. will treat them
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EX-EmpreSs Eugene reciprocates the
kindEeSS of the queen in a manner pc
culiar to herself. There was a time in
her life when the gifts she sent were
diadems. Today they are the merest
trif1es. For instance, on the queen S
last birthday she sent her dozen pairs
of French felt slippers, as soft as
down.
Only recently, when she heard of the
queens trip to Cimiez, she had a dozen
corsets made for her royal friend. Not
such as in the days of Prince Consort
Albert and Louis Napoleon, when
these queens wore the daintiest of
tight-laced garments, but in shape to
fit a peasant woman's form. They are
loose but made by French corsetiere
after directions given personally by the
eX-empreSs.
Her Days Much Alike.
day with the queen at Windsor, at
Osborne, in the Highlands or at Cimiez,
where she has been resting for some
weeks, are much the same now. Per-
haps in the southern cline she dares
to move about more in the open air,
since her rheumatic pains are not sc
great as in the damp, foggy atmos-
phere of England. Still, walking with
her now is really impossible. Those
who support her hardly allow her feet
to touch the ground, and so she gets
some exercise with a minimum of eff
fort.
She is an early riser, and her tire
women are always up and about at g.
in the morning, attending to every de
tail for the queens comfort the mo-
ment she awakes. At she is carried
out of bed, and it is the work of an
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hour to attire her, so feeble is she, and
so heavily hang the many years on her
fragile frame.
Breakfast is an informal affair. and
as rule it is eaten alone, as Princess
beatrice is not yet up at 8, and the
queen is ever anxious that this daugh-
Ter should sleep long. But as rule
an omelet, toast and tea comprise the
nrSt meal of royalty. Nor does she
hnger long over any portion of the
meal but the tea, and this she eniovs