The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-03-03

b.rca Of vsosets 5ssned BY . rsrrow
ribbon OF the Same cosnrs one OF which
il fastened 10 the left side near the
shoulder and the ether AT the vast,
toward the right.
Among the latest fads from Paris Is
stiit-wasksng for the elite. Such an
amusement must necessarily be re-
stricfal 20 country homes, as even the
eccentric dame de Paris would scarce
~ care 10 be seen walking On stills in
she Boise de Boulogne.
At q house party up the Hudson, 8
short time ago. several pairs OF stists
were provided for the amusement OF
the guests. and the awkward attempts
70 master them caused much nierrf-
n1ens. Another report from the French
capital 10 that the abbreviated dress,
which the Pa-isieane calls hez- bicycle
dress, has been found 50 comfortable
that women. who love 20 hunt or fish,
nave adopted IL for all our OF door
sports although OF course they cling
10 the face-bedecked tea gowns and
smart dinner frocks in the evening
Even in America il Is now considered
proper for women To wear a very short
tailor made skirt with knickerbockers
and leather leggings fer country tramps,
although to the credit OF American wo-
men be IL said. that extremes are con-
siiered vulgar. Another new trans
Atlantic idea. which comes from old
England, is TO decorate the dinner
table with dwarf trees, the florists hay
ing successfully initiated the Japan
csc method OF raising miniature speci-
mems OF cherry. apple and other flow
ering fruit trees
The up-toldate Gotham girl is now
collecting waist belts. No ordinary
leather bslts for her. but costly jeweled
anairs. TO be worn with the short round
evening bodice OF the evening gowns.
SonleHhing entirely new is a waist band
formed OF tiny rosettes OF yellow Valen-
cienneS lace. mounted on white satin
In the center OF each rosette an imita-
ton turquoise nestless Another effective
belt IL OF black satin embroidered with
golden butterflies.
Mrs. w. j. Baird. the famous chess
problem woman of London, recommends
the game for women on the ground
that It Is a useful corrective TO the
tendency TO jump TO conclusions which
most or the sex have. Besides" she
says, 1t is a home accomplishment
No woman Is obliged TO leave her own
nreside for the sake OF chess, and last
~. II produces no flirting. no general
frivolity." Mrs. Baird is now able to
turn out chess problem in half an
hour Her first one. composed six
years ago. took her one hundred hours
TO accomplish. Her work appears in
the ahlest London newspapers and in
the chess magazines.
Here Is a recipe for Welsh rareblt
which is never stringy: One-haif or
three-quarters of a pound of cheese.
two eggs. one-half teaspoon of salt,
speck OF cayenne, one tablespoonful of
butter. teaspoon of mustard, one-haIf
cup OF ale or beer. Break the cheese
into small pieces and put it with the
other ingredients into the chatting dish.
Stir until the cheese melts. Serve inn
mediately on buttered toast
The much talked of songs and scenes
from Trilby, for the benefit of the New
York kindergarten. were given at Sher-
rvs this week. The scenes were a. Sc
ries of living pictures or tableaux mod
eied as nearly as possible after Du
sMaurier's illustrations. The songs were
Ben Bolt" of course, besides Bon
jour Swzon," Der Nussbaum." NAL
bronck sen va-t-en gueire," all OF
which are found sprinkled through the
book
OF course the chief interest was CEN
tered in Trilby, who made her first ap-
pearance in the tabieau entitled. .fWfst-
ful and Sweet" which represents her
just as Du Maurier first introduces her
To us, clad in n short gown, with a
soldiers coat thrown over her shoul-
ders. and her bare feet thrust into i'm
1nense slippers. Ars. Pape. the wife of
one or the New York artists, gave this
representation, and although she looked
very pretty with her dark eyes and
fair hair streaming over her shoulders
and her smile had a sweet pathos' in
1T, yet she was Mrs. Pape rather than
Du Maurier's Trilby.
The large tahleau In which all the
company took part, "All as it used TO
be-" was in many respects the most
effective Of all. But the one that elicit
ed the heartiest applause was, Main
tenant drcs ma mignonne," which rep
resents Trilhy being hypnotized l-y
Svengah-whose makeup was simply
perfect-before she comes out TO sing
The Three Musketeers of the Brush
was the most realistic representation Of
them all. Taffe, the Laird, and Little.
Biilee. arm i'll arm, as they We're wont
20 stroll down the boulevard, looked for
all the world as If they had stepped
right out of the book. Little Bsliee was
especially good. his part being taken
by Mr. Gerald Bernhard. Mrs. Ragot.
Miss Bagot Dodn. Gecko. Quozo,.
Marta. Durien and Nine. Malbunck al
so appeared in various tab,eaux, and the
affair was pronounced by the most crit
ical 10 be decided success.
DOROTHY DEAN.