Omaha daily bee., 1896-11-04

! noon Tor krIs, The invitations We're Nyt-
/ bal, or vhy informal notes requesting the
! guests 10 hrinc their thimbles. Hut It was
very different from the stcrcotypcd 'thim-
| ole party.R After everybody had met every
| body else and little music had been en-.
! joycd, one .of. the hostesses came In and
said: Now. you all are going to sew She
was interrupted by one of her guests who
! arose I'm Iebellious CONSERVATION and said:
! Now for goodness sake, don't tell me
wore going 10 sit UP here and see who can
make the straightcst hem or anything like
| that I'll IEo home now | never could
mo. nok you wait a minute" said the
! hostess. She held a tray In her hand,
Hanging around the edge were dozens of
! yellow tasscls Giving directions all around
| to draw one of these" she stood In the
center of group Of girls. On the ends ot
| the cord and tasses were found to be
dainty little yellow pencils.
Next came the sister carrying another
tray. From this she handed out little
square linen doiies. In the corner of each
| dolly was skein of green and OF pink
embroidery silk, wrapped in tissue paper
and fastened with needle
"Now." said one of the directors, you
arc to draw your own design and sew it,
! Many and varied were the eNclamations
| that they had never drawn line In their
! lives" they never could make up any
| thing etc. One young woman SAID she
| mover had drawn anything but one of these
! back-yiew cats that you make with three
| lines. so she proceeded to put green and
| pink cat on her linen.
They were soon all working for dear life.
! thrcc-QuartCrs of an hour being the time
! allowed. Tongues few as fast rs the
needles ana the young woman who vowed
| she couldn't sew accompanied the noise by
playing eXquisitely on the piano. The
| linen squares then had the owners names
| written on them and were gathered aud
taken to another room to pass under the
eyes of several married ladies who were
| appointed Judges"
While awaiting the decision Ices and
cake were enjoyed The irst prize a
| beautiful photograph frame, was awarded
to the most complete design. The second,
a water color sketch, to the most original
The third. pen sketch to the most original.
work. The afternoon" proved an original
and artistic success
An important order was to be executed
the other day by a Washington milliner,
for Mrs Cleveland had written down 70; an
autumn hat. "Your own selection she
told the milliner. The hat, when 1t reached
GRAY Gables was of pale green straw with
brown dots scattered over it. These were
small knots of grass. One side of the hat
was trimmed with stiff taffeta bows in
! brown ard grcen-lCOps OF each. The
| other side of the hat was mass or snow
balls nesting in green leaves. The back
was a standing mass OF lace, ana the
pointed top carried out the brown and green
motif in an abundance OF these leaves
Mrs. Cleveland also sent for small russet
shade hats for the little girls. These were
trimmed with forget-me-nots and green rib
bon
Helen and Nora SteGman are the two
daughters Of well-to-do farmer living near
Bridgeport; Conn. Both have been from
childhood accustomed to horseback eNer-
else. aud each is also devoted to the bicy-
Gle. Miss Nora who is just Is, wears a
blOomer costume when wheeling, and one
afternoon startled the citizens OF Bridge
port by coming into town astrlde d spirited
two -year-old horse She was accompanied
by her sister Helen who sat on regulation
side saddle, and wore a regular riding habit.
Miss Nora's costume was OF nut-5rown
serge. made in fill bloomer style She wore
! a black velvet Jockey cap iauntly on one
side If her head Stopping at drug store
Miss Nora nimbiy jumped of her horse and
hitchei II 10 a post and assisted her sister
to dismount.
The mon N.ho gathered around the horses
while the girls were getting some soda
water In the store wondered that Miss Nora
could ride such a lively colt without sad
de and particularly as It had very prom
nent backbone. When the girls had finished
their ice cream soda they came out Miss
Nora was not disturbed by the manner IN
which she was watched. Leading her
sister TO her horse she placed her hand under
Miss Helen's upraised foot and lifted her
professional riding master.
Going to her own horse she took the bride
in one hand grasped the horses mane, and
without any difficulty at all sprang up ana
threw one leg over the horse back. The
crowd applauded. The colt took fright al
the applause and began to CavOrt but with
a cut or two Of her whip she brought her
horse TO its serses and dashed up the street
and out OF sight.
In. in hl
United States that have pepsel me, and
am full of admiration for the C>Jntry," said
Mr. William Whally young Loadoner, to q
| representative Of the Washington Post.
"But OF all the things that have struck me
as most gratifying to the eye, nothing quite
comes up to the way the women of New
York dress. In style, elegance, and artistic
taste of their costumes they are incompara-
bly, ahead Of English women, and in fact
of the sex elsewhere. Mind you, in saying
this | do not Ccncede that the fair New
Workers are themselves more beautiful to
look at than their sisters in Great Britain
In truth, my opinion is that for good looks
the latter are entitled TO precedence, and If
they only knew how to have their clothes
made to fit, and TO acquire the style of
Firth avenue and Broadway. they would
lead the whole feminine world"
My fad is slippers" observes Lillian
RussCll slippers Of all sizes of all Coun
tries OF all ages, and no two alike. | nave
been collecting them since | was "A. TraI
was several years ago, at least. | have
ninety-two different kinds of slippers, anj
some of them are rather famGns-Ne
Gwynne's slipper, for instance, | have
Greek sandal that is several y"a0s cider
than Christianity. 1t has a tom5-!iir olor
but outside of this little detail 1t is al
right. | also have an old Roman slipper
which is worked in bright coiors, VITA lot.
of gold and pearls"
personal AND OTHERWISE.
a Topeka girl who spells her name Kath-