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The herald., 1896-01-12
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A cobweb party never fails to produce
unlimited laughter. The preparations for
this should be made before the evening ar
rives Get as many balls of common shop
string as you expect guests. Wind each
ball about the stairway, the halls and draw
ing rooms until they are exhausted and
until there is everywhere maze of differ
ent colored cords. The ends should all be-
gin at one starting point but after that they
must diverge as widely as possible. They
should even mount the chandeliers. twine
themselves lovingly about the legs of chairs,
affectionately wind themselves through and
through any holes in the wood carving and
around door knobs. No knots, however,
should be tied. The clever one who soonest
presents his ball in good condition to the
hostess is the proud recipient of a prize.
pretty idea in the cobweb party is to
have one ball of string serve for each
young fellow and a girl. The two ends
start from the general starting point and
meet at the end. Partners are chosen by
tossing the names written upon slips Of
paper into a hat and drawing at random.
A "Chestnutting Party is equally good
fun, and no one who has ever been for
tunate to take part can for moment i'm
agine with what Zest the most dignified
individual will poke under clocks and lift
table covers, or even go down upon august
knees to search the carpet for the shiny
nuts. For, of course, before her guests ar
rive. the clever hostess will have placed
them in every available out-of-the- cor
ner. Each guest is provided with a lit
tie basket, and when all the nuts have been
found the greatest number bagged carries
off the prize.
For another jolly evening you might COM
bine a number of things and introduce the
changes in your programme with kaleid-
I wit h wv
Introduction" To accomplish this you
must write upon each invitation sent out
Or better still. deliver verbally-the mes
sage: please come as a book" Every
one in this year of grace will understand
thoroughly that they are not expected to ap-
pear between book covers. But that some
REGULARITY in their dress must euggest the
title of a well known volume One man who
recently attended party Of this kind was
strung all over with tiny china dolls, some
The herald., 1896-01-12

belt trimmed with rows Of braid, and the
turned-over round collar and cuffs are sim
ilary trimmed. Other suits, called zone
piece dresses" have really a separate jack
ct, jaunty short affair falling wide open to
show a broad vest which is sewed on a
siesia waist to which a kilt skirt is also
eewed. The kilt may be Of gay Scotch plaid
wool and the jacket of black velveteen.
We are constantly on the alert for any
thing new in the way Of skirts, and some
times we grasp as genuinely ugly designs
simply because they are new. 1t is best
to go a bit slow with the newest
thing, until one can see some un-
fortunate friend in one of the new pat
terms and thus profit by her sad experience.
Two rules are bound to be observed in
the making of skirts, if you wish them to be
strictly "good FORM" First, they should
fit like a glove about the hips; secondly.
they must flare like an umbrella about the
feet and they must be stiffened and wired
to retain their flare, and not to be allowed
to swish and flop into ungainly shapes.
The boX-plaited skirt is one OF the smart
new designs very much in favor just now,
until something more striking turns up.
1t takes an enormous quantity of cloth to
make one Of these skirts, much more than
for the skirt of even more than ordinary
flare.
The skirt is fitted by succession of
seams about the hips, from which the pleats
begin to flare. The pleats should be three
times as wide at the foot as they are at
the waist to be properly proportioned. All
black goods are used for these skirts, and
they are especially handsome in satin or
silk.
A smart skirt of this sort has the inner
part of the pleats laid in white satin, while
the outside is rich black velvet. The same
effect is carried out in a skirt Of heavy
black satin, with under pieces of pale tan
broadcloth.
Skirts of evening frocks are especially
chic made in this way, with under pieces Of
deeper toned velvet than the material, and
the outside Of the pleats laid over with
rich hands of cobMebbY lace.
The herald., 1896-01-12
SIX LITTLE BITS.

White satin and chinchilla is a lovely COM
bnation.
Brownie capes for babies are comfortable
and becoming.
Small silver hearts in great numbers attest
the popularity of the modern girl
All women are Frou Frous now, but the
rustic is the Kissing of silken petticoats, not
the crackle of starch.
An evening wrap Of satin lined with stamp
ed velveteen seems like reversing the usual
order of things.
Spick and span gloves. new umbrellas and
the fragrance OF gift perfume will be very
prevalent for some time.
The herald., 1896-01-12

While few years ago denim came only in
two or three shades and was used principally
for overals it is now not only made in many
artistic shades of brown, blue, red and
yellow but it is printed in struggling all-over
patterns which are very effective outlined in
white or some harmonizing shade. A delight
full shade of pale blue may be obtained by
boiling the ordinary blue denim. laying it over
the grass, and keeping it wet for several days,
then washing and pressing it. This makes a
pretty border for table cover or draperies Il
fhe same material in its original shade.
The herald., 1896-01-12

A very good menu for a chld's party may
consist of bouillon with bread sticks and cell
cry creamed chicken in little paper cases
served with tiny homemade biscuits sandwiches
of tongue and white bread rolled with celery
and ice cream. with such lrht cakes as
macaroons and ladyhngers. Lemon or orange
jelly in orange shells may be served in place
of ice cream. Have for favors the bonbons
that contain pretty tissue paper caps and bon
place one may have Jack Horner pie. con-
tanning q little gift for each child.
The herald., 1896-01-12
GtlIN EhntnIninnS

Chatelainrs loaded with SCISSORS purse
thimble lockets and the like-in useless silver
all-hang from Beauty's waist. Even while
skating She wears the jingling chateanes, 50
most appropriate bits of brc-a-brac. What
ever there Eiay be thus dependent, it must be
little ana OF silver or GOLD, solid and set with
tiny stones if ones purse be long enough.
Gems glitter, too, in the gold fiiigree of the
high comb wi ich ladies' young and Old wear
with such conuettish effect.
The herald., 1896-01-12
Actresses and DlOOmers.

Fond though some ACTRESSES are Of appear
ing on the stage in abbreviated costumes.
they as rule seem to favor skirts off the
stage. Lillian Russell, Bernhardt and Melba,
and half dozen others have declared against
boomers for bicycle riding. Mrs. Langtry
goes on record saying that she has never
seen any one in rational dress" who looked
we'll Melba recently declared herself as being
unalterably and Numerically opposed to
boomers. She went so far as to say that she
did not believe any lady" would wear them.
The herald., 1896-01-12
For the COrpuient One.

When you are dieting to reduce flesh YOU
must eat stale bread and give up potatoes
all sweets, cocoa-indeed, anything which ever
suggests sugar or starch. Dry toast without
butter tea without either milk or sugar
rare meat with no fat and, as far as possible
no vegetables at all should form your diet
Take all the exercise you can in the way
of walking go twice week to a, Russian
bath (where possibe) and invariably go tc
bed hungry. Anybody brave enough to live
UP to these laws will certainly lose fesh
The herald., 1896-01-12

Swedish woodward and colored plaster make
very nice ornamental gifts. Great oar-shaped
paper knives, deep waste paper baskets, CUPS.
plaques and beer mugs proved most captfyat-
ing. These are cut from a richly-scented
wood engraved with pyrographic needle and
then painted with unusual taste and skill by
the peasant women. The chief charms of this
woodwork are its moderate price. and its SUI
periority in artistic effect to anything manu-
factured ordinarily by peasant hands
The herald., 1896-01-12

on pillows, like Alsatian babies, and some
in wee cradles He represented 'The New
| comes" These conceits should be made as
| odd as possible and great will be the fun
in guessing them. The hostess might pre-
| vide two prizes. one for the disguise which
had longest resisted divinaton and a BOBBY
| for the first guessed. An appropriate BOBBY
| would be one of those little cloth spelling
books with the highly colored pictures.
When the literary labors are over the
hostess invites everyone to accompany her
on an observation tour" She provides
each with a pencil and tablet, and the
laughing crowd is led into an adjoining
room, where stands large table heaped
with objects OF every description. Two min
utes are allowed to write down a list Of
articles on the table. The lucky individual
who succeeds in making the very longest
list is the hero or heroine Of the observa-
tion tour and is duly presented with prize.
A pair of opera glasses would make sug-
gestive article for the first prize. And, for
the BOBBY if BOBBY be given, a pair Of
big, blue goggles.
Progressive classifying lis still another
mrth-provoking occupation. Buy box of
the cardboard Of ivory letters with which
children learn to spell. In the center OF
each progressive table, is placed o little
heap of these letters with faces down.
When all are seated at their respective
tables some one chosen to be mistress OF
ceremonies makes u tour of the room and
appoints certain class of objects for each
table, AS for instance, fish, fruit"
"quadrupeds" and so on. Then the little
bell tnkleG. The person at the head OF
each table raises one of the letters from
the pile and places it where all of the four
can see it simultaneously. The first ndi-
vidual to name a creature of the clase
given, beginning with the letter displayed.
wins the alphabet chip. At the end OF
three minutes the bell sounds once more.
The two having tho greatest number OF
chips become partners and progress to the
next table.
The Edingburgh School of Domestic Econ
omy has a department devoted entirely to
the effort to make Blue Monday not only a
lighter blue, but more successful in its re-
suits. The washing class is instructed that
for all laundry purposes soap mixture is
better than soap in cakes, and the new
scholars are at once set to work to make it.
They cut fine one pound of any good soap
into three quarts of boiling water. This is
boiled, with constant stirring, until it is
thick and smooth like paste. 1t must be
carefully watched through this process, for
when it boils it puffs up and overflows, as
milk does. The mixture once made is al
ways used in the proportions of one pint to
gallon of water, unless in special cases.
The clothes are sorted and laid in cold
water over night, separating the white
| wash into body linen and table linen
each class being put into its own tub. Next
morning the clothes are wrung out, the
| soiled spots rubbed with soap, put back into
the tubs and covered with warm water,
IN which soap mixture in the given proper
The herald., 1896-01-12

The seasons dressing gown has angel wings,
as these big revers coming quite to the waist
might be called. In some examples they are
very wide at the shoulders, falling well over
the sleeves; it is an interesting example Of the
use of materials that would once have seemed
dissonant that the low neck of a dressing
gown may be bordered with feathers quite as
appropriately as with lace. Show gowns are
also made with neck rufiles OF roses or violets
anchored to the low bodices by straps of velvet.
black usually, TO show off the soft whiteness Of
the neck
The herald., 1896-01-12
Eu1iIlnlcnt.

She grasped the bar arranged her skirts,
With dainty little tucks and fiirts;
Posed on the saddle, felt the tread
OF the pedals, and. I'm of" she said.
A whirl of wheels. a swerve and sway.
And from the road bed where she lay
She realized in full degree
The climax OF her prophecy.
The herald., 1896-01-12
KATHARINE.

"Ein schooner Stern geht auf in meiner Nacht.
A star dawns beauteous in my gloomy night,
star that sheds sweet comfort with Its light,
Promising me new life and joy
Ah do not lie!
Like as the ocean to the moon swells free.
So mounts my soul, daring and glad to thee,
To thee, and to thy light of joy
All do Tot lie!
From "a Century of German Lyrics"
The herald., 1896-01-12
The seasons dressing gown has angel wi

Eighteen American women bear the title Ct
Princess in Italy, Russia and other continen-
tai countries where princesses are plentiful.
The herald., 1896-01-12
Diamond Buttons

Rhinestone buttons are employed to button
back fur revers. Buttons show no happy
medium as to size; they are either very large
oil
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1896-01-09
BILLS INTRODUCED.
Mr.. Mushbach has introduced

Mr.. Mushbach has introduced the
following bills in the State Senate:
To amend and re-enact section las
of the Code of Virginia, as amended
and re-enacted by an act entitled "AG
act to amend and re-enact section 1l45
of the Code of Virginia as to how cor
tain charters of incorporation granted,
altered or amended by the circuit
or corporation courts, and where to be
recorded; validating all charters to
build and operate railroads heretofore
granted by q circuit or corporation
court, but forbiddiug said courts to
grant such charters il the future" ap.
proved February 20. 1892.
TO legalize and validate the organi-
zation and corporate existence of The
Washington, Arlington and Falls
Church Railway Company, declar-
ing the same to be body poll.
tic and corporate, and the sue
cessor to The Washington and Ar
liugton Railway Company, of tn Dis
trict of Columbia, in the State Of Vir-
ginia, and to be entitled to and the
pOssessor of all the rights, privileges,
easements, franchises, property and es-
tate of that company in the State OF
Virginia, and to validate and confirm
The capital stock created in the said
The Washington, Arlington and Falls
Church Railway Company, and the
mortgage debt created under and
made by it.
To amend and re.enact section /,
chapter 76S, of the acts of the General
Assembly of Virginia, 1S93.'94, APP
proved March 7, 1894, entitled san act
to require the board of supervisors of
Alexandria county to tax the sale OF
ardent spirits and malt liquors in said
county. The bill provides that the
board of supervisors of Alexandria
county be required to access specific
license tax annually of not less than
three hundred dollars nor more than
FIVE hundred dollars for the privilege oil
selling wine, ardent spirits, malt
liquors or any mixture thereof in said
county for the same privileges, upon The
same conditions and subject to the same
limitations and restrictions as are now
or may be hereafter provided by Law
for the sale of such liquors.
To repeal an act approved March 2,
1894, entitled san act to create board
of excise commissioners for Alexandria
county.
To grant certain powers to the
Washington. Arlington and Falls
Church Railway Company, enabling
the company to acquire and operate
other lines of railroad, acquire lands,
&c.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1896-01-09
TO REVOKE CHARTERS.

AS stated in the GAZETTE of that
date, Senator Mushbach yesterday in.
troduced in the Senate nine bills, re-
voking the charters of that number oil
Insurance companies in this city. The
, companies are as follows
Tine Planters Life Insurance Com.
pany, of Alexandria, the charter OF
which was granted by the Corporation
Court of that city on May %, 1898, up
on the application ofC. M. B. Harris,
James r. Wilson, Edward V. Mcclure,
James F. Lantry and Grenville Gaines.
The National City Fire Insurance
Company, the charter of which was
granted by the Corporation Court OF
Alexandra, March 10, 1894. upon ap.
plication of the Northwestern Invest.
ment Company, as an amendment to lis
charter.
The Potomac Insurance Company, of
Alexandria, the charter of which was
granted by the Corporation Court OF
that city on March 25, 1898, upon ap-
plication of o. G. Whittlesey, Magnus
Schiller, G. o. Sipple, L. G. Estes and
E. A. Sanklin.
The Old Dominion Fire Association,
of Alexandria, the charter of which
was granted in the Circuit Court of the
city of Alexandria by Judge Charles E.
Nicol, on November 6, 1895, upon ap
plica,ion of Isaac H. Evaps, Walter B.
Smith, Chas. H. Burroughs, Malcolm
c. Thompson, and VIM. A. Ross.
The Potomac Fire and Marine Insur-
ance Company, of Alexandria, the
charter Of which was granted by the
Corporation Court of this city on jar
uary "a, 1895, upon application Of
James Sinton, Lewis Smith, Roy West,
Edmund B Briggs, and John t. Sykes
The United Fire Insurance Company,
the charter of which was granted in
the Corporation Court Of Alexandria,
BY JudgeJ ]. K. NJ. Norton on April 2,
1894, upon application of James A.
Moon, Geo. W. Albaugh, Andrew Bah.
mer, Geo. Perry Clark. Thos. Nj. New
ton and Morgan d. Boyer.
The Phoenix Fire and Marine Insu-
rance Company, of Alexandria, the
charter of which was granted in tie
Corporation Court of this city by Judge
J. K. NJ. Norton, on March 26, 1895,
upon application of John H. B. Jenkins,
David K. Riley, o. H. Chamberlain,
George G. Montgomery, and Zach. NJ.
Knott.
The Farmers and Mechanics Insu-
rance Company, of Alexandria, the
charter of which was granted in the
Corporation Court of this city by Judge
J. K. NJ. Norton, on March 20, 1892,
upon application of L. G. Estes, James
II. Vaudeville, William Small, J. S.
Hunter, and Thomas l.. Keogh.
The Farmers and Mechanics Insu-
rance Company, of Alexandria county,
the charter of which was granted in the
County Court of Alexandria by Judge
Charles E. Nicol, in January, 1895,
upon application of Llewellyn E. Estes,
Alexander Garden, P. Bruce Anderson,
Llewellyn w. Estes and Louis McKen-
zie.
This action, it is understood, was taken by
Senator Mushbach to releave this city of the
odium, under which it has rested for some
time. of being the headquarters of wild cat''
insurance companies.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1896-01-09

INsTALLATIoN.-A regular meeting
of Champion Castle No. 5. Knights of
Golden Eagle, was held last evening in
Sarepta Hall. The following named
officers to serve through the succeeding
six months were duly installed by
Deputy Supreme Chief VIM. T. Rogers
James Houson, n. c.. F. Schwab, jr.,
y.C.: w. T. Rogers, H. p; w. R.
Spittle, 5. H. f. w. Webb, K. of e. !;
Chas. NJ. Hancock, NJ. of r., Cornelius
Griffin, FAD g.. Walter ]. Moore, p
The castle accepted al invitation to be
present at public entertainment to be
held in Washington January 80 under
the auspices ofCyrus Castle No. 5, o
that city.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1896-01-09

COMMITTEE Observation-Disclosures
from the fire companies and Junior Or
der United American Mechanics met
last night in the Relief truck house for
the purpose of formulating plans for the
celebration of the Twenty-second of
February by parade. No definite ac-
ton was taken, though purpose was
manifested to make the observance of
Washington's birthday an Alexandria
custom. Mr.. John II. Strider, of the
Columbia Fire Company, was called to
the chair. and Mr.. J. H. Trimyer, of
the Relief, was chosen secretary. A
conversational debate followed as TO
the best plan to be adopted in order to
have the proposed parade. Mr.. 0. 3.
Hopkins, Of Alexandria Council, Junior
Order United American Mechanics,
said the twenty-second should be cele-
brated by Alexandrians for the reason
that this was General Washington's city.
The order he represented was anxious
for parade on the occasion. MIR. ID.
Ruben, of TIE Relief Company, sug-
gested that the City Council be petit
Stoned to make an appropriation toward
defraying the expenses which will ne
cesSarily be incurred. On his motion
it was agreed that the representatives
of the different organizations report
back to their companies the sentiments
of the conference at meetings to be held
tomorrow night, and that the commit
tees be vested with power to act. The
meeting then adjourned to meet again
Saturday night.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1896-01-09
ANNOUNCEMENT,

The publishers of the GAZETTE have &c.
termined to reduce its price, the Daily from
SIX to FIVE and the Tri.weekly from FouP
to THREE DOLLARS PER ASSUM, this rate to
go into effect on The first of next January
The object of this will be 10 bring the GAZETTE
within the reach of all, placing the Daily
edition at the small sum of Ten CENTS PER
WEEK. AS it is, the paper is regarded as the
sine qua non of most households in Alexandria
and the surrounding country, and this reduc-
tiou, il is believed, will eventually render it
equally indispensable in others. In the year
to come, as in the past, every exertion viii be
used to make the GAZETTE attractive, and to
fill it with all the current news.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1896-01-09

THE LATE NJ. A. CoAIMINs.-The
death of this gentleman, which occur
red on the 2nd instant, has already been
mentioned in the GAZETTE. The de-
ceased was born in the western part OF
New York State March IA. 1918, but he
had been resident of Virginia for
thirty eight years. He was foundry
man By trade, but engaged in farming
when he came to this State. He had
been constant reader of the GAZETTE
during all the years ne lived in Vir-
gnia. Of late he had been suffering
from heart disease.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1896-01-09

On THE ROAD TO RECovERY.-Win-
fred Dean, the twelve-year- old boy who
fell from a local train near Colross
about three weeks ago and had his
head crushed in, is rapidly getting
well. Yesterday, it is said, he got out
of bed, while no one was in the room,
and, securing stick, hid it under bis
pillow When the physician came to
dress the wound he pulled the stick out
aud said he was going to beat them il
they hurt him. The boys brain is ex-
posed, and to protect it he will have to
wear silver plate over his forehead.
His recovery is looked upon as remark
able, no one al the time of the accident
having the faintest hope that he would
live.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1896-01-09

FALLS CHURCH INSURANCE Coat
meeting of the Falls Church Mutual
Fire Insurance Company, held at Falls
Church yesterday, the following officers
were elected: President, George W.
Hsw1hurst; Secretary, ]. M. Thorne
Treasurer, D. o. Munson. The old
board of directors were elected with the
exception of G. Gather, DR.. Brooks be-
ing elected in his place. Mr.. J. W. May
and Mr.. Peter Aitcheson, of this city,
are among the directors.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1896-01-09

PERsoNAL.-Mr. L. E. Uhler has
rendered his resignation as teller of the
Citizens National Bank, which position
he has SO acceptably filled for twenty.
five years.
Miss S. Maud Downham has returned
to school at Norwalk, Conn.
The Thirteen Club will be entertain.
ed to-day by Mr. Frank c. McLearen
at his home on south Henry street.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1896-01-09

DR.. HoGEIN ALEXANDRIA.-Rev.D DR..
Moses D. Hoge arrived here this after
noon from Richmond, and later de-
livered an interesting address in the
Second Presbyterian Church before the
ladies' association of that church. The
topic at the praise and prayer meeting
to night will be Foreign Missions, u
and there is every probability of DIR.
Hoge being present. During his stay
in this city be will be the guest of Mr.
John J. Jameson.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1896-01-09
A lucky accident
MONETARY AND COMMERCIAL.

New YORK, Jan. 9.-The traders at the
Stock Exchange were more bullish this morn.
ing and there was disposition on the part OF
operators to extend their lines. Higher ca
bles from London, easy money and the belief
that arrangements have been been perfected
to assist the Treasury Department in case
of further Withdrawals of gold, were the
favorable factors at work. Prices moved up
anywhere from u to 9 per cent. A feature
of the government bond market at the first
call was an advance of I 4. per cent. Stocks
at IL o'clock were quiet and steady.
BALTIMORE. Jan. 9.-Virginia Century
59lba604.