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then sent back here to flower. It is too early
yet to prophesy as to It's popularity.
One Of the very p~rettlest gifts to which
my attention was called was a box OF tulips
This was a shallow wooden affair about two
and a half feet long and n foot wide. filled
with the most gorgeous yellow and red tulips.
The box was enclosed liz yellow crepe
paper, and tied about with the ever popular
yellow satin ribbon. There were similar
boxes OF red tulips with red decorations, and
pale pink ones with green garnishings. Any
one Of these exquisite boxes could be pur-
chased for IS. Dwarf lilacs are also specially
well adapted for window boxes, growing as
they do about three feet high and blossoming
profusely.
But the most superb window box that one
can possibly conceive was shown me by a
nCriSt who had made II to order as an
Easter gift. The box, made to exactly nj
into a window. was filed with roses OF dit-
ferent varieties: Catherine Mermet, Baron
Rothschild. Merveille de Lyon, the Bride,
etc. Tho box was entirely covered with
satin, and decorated with ribbons on sumplu-
Gus loops and bows.
Some very pretty new devices have been
thought out also for cut flowers. One lovely
design for lilies which | saw, was a great
mass Of them arranged in the form OF a
pyramid in a basket. On each side of the
basket was a large ring, which served as a
handle. In, each of these handles were mas
sive loops of white satin ribbon, which passed
in graceful curves from ring to ring.
This florists special novelty for Easter,
however, Is a large bunch OF the Mrs. John
Davis roses. the newest rose, tied with a
huge bow of white ribbon and a spray of
Easter lilies thrust through the loops. The
Mrs. Piorpont Morgan rose is another of the
most popular roses of the season.
Nearly every variety of rose, with lilies,
pinkn. v%iolets, lilies of the valley, mignonette,
lllacs, tulips. daisies, those harbingers OF
summer rather than spring, are all at their
best for Easter. There are some new and
wonderful pinks, The Della Fox Is a reign
ing favorite. 1t is of pale pink colcr, with
stiff stem and short petal. Then there is the
meteor pink. a fine dark red, the Bouton
dor, a brilliant yellow, and many others.
Sweet peas are specially early and specially
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full books or rare pictures. the Easter spirit
seems to express itself most appropriately
end beautifully in gifts of flowers: and so
general hasTthis custom become, that With
florists, this season has evolved into The
pivotal point Of the whole year. AMI they
crowd into two or three days the ordinary
business of months. Flowers ara kept back
or forced forward, beautiful specimens arc
imported, and many wakeful nights are spent
inventing new and artistic schemes of decora.
ton.
Growing plants are still first in favor, their
popularity constantly increasing, although
cut flowers will be used in enormou guam
titles, especially for debutantes.
Naturally the Easter lily Is as ever the
favorite of favorites. This season, however,
the real Madonna lily is also coming back,
having been rather thrust into the shade for
a few years by the modern blossom, from
which it differs in having a somewhat shorter
trumpet and only one flower on a spike.
Accacias are one of the distinctly new
features in the Easter offerings of 1896.
Some of them, like the box tree, are trimmed
into the form Of a pyramid or a round ball.
These can be had all the way from SIS to
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from him her large fortune, a1ording her an
income Of about 5000. 900 a year.
Mrs Craigie, otherwise John oliver Hobbies.
has announced that her next novel is to
have for its heroine a noble type Of woman
hood. The woman of the past, she says,
viii never again find a place in any Of her
future storiea
Nine. Marian S. Gambault Of Pau, France,
who is granddaughter OF Commodore John
Paul Jones, has offered to lend some relics
OF the famous naval officer to the promoters
OF the proposed national museum in Inde-
pendence hall, Philadelphia.
The accomplished wife OF the Spanish
premier, Canovas de Castillo, was born in
Washington, u, c.. where her father was
the Peruvian minister. She and her sister,
Anita now the Countess Casa Nalencia)
were known In those days as the little Isma
girls. They carried great fortunes to their
husbands.
Lady Isabel Burton. who died recently. was
the WIDOW OF the explorer, Sir Richard Bur
ton. She was a woman of much ability
and force of character and a devoted COM
panion to her famous husband. When the
lattor died she deliberately destroyed the
translations Of Oriental works hitherto UNI
known in English which he had completed,
and for which a large sum of money had
been offered by publishers. She feared that
their sensational character would create
scandal, and preferred to stand the loss,
which she could i'll afford, rather than run
the risk of a demonstration of her hus-
bands scholarly motives.
Mile. Marie Hansen of Chrlstiania served
her time of apprenticeship at a large book
binders in her native city. Wishing to inn
prove her9elf in the art in Germany, she
applied for admission at the Technical
school in Berlin, but was refused. There
upon Herr ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Collin of
the Leipzig strasse came to the help of the
enterprising young Norwegian and offered her
a place in his work rooms. He had no
reason to regret doing so, for Mile. Hansen
proved not only an apt pupil. but she has
Tor some months worked as assistant with
the men OF the establishment and with equal
diligence and skill. Mile. Hansen bears
testimony to the excellent reception she has
met with from her male colleagues.
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yore, wear their latest winter gown to Easter
services. But in both cut and texture there
is so little difference between gowns fash
toned in February and the first spring styles
that this year. at least, the denial of a new
frock may be easily borne.
Weather permitting there will doubtless
be on Fifth avenue today the usual dress
parade after church services. This, New
York has come to expect just as much as
the grand Easter music and the beautiful
lowers.
To walk up one side of the street and down
the other is all the time allowed for the
showing off Of fine feathers, but in that time
many a woman gathers enough points to
last her through the season.
POINTS TO BE NOTED.
Today rich falls of deep cream lace will
be seen in the little velvet collets, and other
laces in the front and at the wrists of vel
vet coats so yellow that they are almost
brown.
Then there will be narrow belts galore,
TOR belts in all sorts Of materials are just
now the rage. Plain gilt braids which fasten
In front with a gilt or jeweled buckle will
abound; and among the more expensive
novelty belts VIII be seen here and there one
in Russian gilt with a dull blue metal effect,
and a long Moorish buckle in colored enamels,
enchanting the cultivated eye.
A feature of many of the large hats will
be a soft shrouding over the brightest
flowers with black tulle or dotted or figured
net.
The fall in the size Of sleeves will be
subtly indicated through many quaint models.
A short upper pun and a tight lower por-
tion shirred across the arm is one of the
latest sleeve designs.
The gigots, too, have grown much smaller
at the top and have taken to a glove wrink-
ling of the cuff part that gives them an old
time look. These are much seen in the tailor
gowns and short velvet jackets, which, COM
bined with skirts of striped and Powered
%taffeta. are to be more than ever the rage.
Other sleeves, especially those OF light silks
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AN EXPERT
A New York Woman TbOrOug'
Posted In the business.


A New York Woman T~bOrOughIy
Posted in the business.
Anton Schultze, an industrious working
jeweler' of New York City, had no idea when
he offered to teach his daughter Clara the
business that the girl would ever hold him to
his word. When the promise was given
Clara was a school girl in short dresses, who
had a great fondnes5 for tinkering around
her fathers shop. Mr.. Shuttle, commenting
one day upon the, interest she took in the
work, said laughingly that when she grew
old enough he would hire her as a helper.
When Clara reached the age of Is she left
school and astonished her worthy father by
demanding that he keep his promise. The
jeweler asked her a few questions and was
still moro surprised to find how much she
knew about the business. Next day she was
at work in the shop, where she has been al
most daily ever since-that was over two
years ago. In a year she was able without
any difficulty to reconstruct or repair any
damage done to a watch. Then she devoted
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of flight and the silken reins are held in the
bill Of a fourth dove that hovers over the
floral car.
These same sweet birds of peace, or rather,
similar ones, appear in another floral center
piece; they are 1uttering over a nest filed
with the scarlet poinsettia, and the hollow
t.eo trunks below are breaking forth into
bloom with orchids and tea roses.
Garlands and trails Of any very delicate
green can be arranged charmingly in a lat
tace-shaped pattern, so that the dishes just
fit into the openings OF the same. Small
light tinted ivy makes a NEST effective lat
tice decoration, and small punches Of roses
or other flowers well matched or shaded with
the surroundings, placed where the trails
cross one another, produce a most bewitch-
ing decoration for the Easter dinner table.
Daffodi!s are always delightful They look
best perhaps arranged in moss; a bank OF
moss for the center of the table should slop2
at the ends and sides, with a delicate fringe
Of ferns all around 1t, to take away the hard
edge of the bank. Then put daffodils in
here and there and the effect, il well done,
Is very pretty. Do not put in too many
flowers, in crowding thcm-and this applie1
TO all flowers-they lose their individuality,
which is their greatest charm. II moss is
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coming fancies.
A iaunty costume by Felix is shown in the
illustration with the short loose coat and the
skirt buttoned at the lower front cores. The
material 10 Marie Antoinette blue cloth; the
trImming strapped seams stitched heavily
with white tailor's silk.
The whole costume is lined throughout
with white %taffeta, and a novel feature is the
vest, which Is woven ike a sweater III COARSE
white silk.
A narrow belt of white kid with an oval
buckle of unpublished porcelain, also white
and set in a narrow rim of silver gilt, finishes
the waist and the dainty ensemble.
These porcelain belt buckles, by the way
are newer than the jeweled affairs and eX-
tremely effective. The lack of polish gives
a powdered bisque look to the surface, and
on this will be a modish female head-often
coquettishly hated and veiled-hand- painted
in delicate outlinings of dull green or black.
They cost from SIS TO $50, but this Will
be no drawback to the up-to-date maid.
Though but lately imported. and by a
single firm, many smart women have already
bought them for the dressy shirt waists and
thin toilets that will be worn later on.
The hat with this costume is a Marie
Antoinette shape with a puff crown Of white
satin and black panama brim. Trimmings,
black ostrach feathers and ribbons velvet, q
coronet buckle of Rhinestones and jet and
yellow roses.
ANOTHER CHARMING MODEL.
A useful Rautritz confection is realized in
brown novelty homespun which shows mot
things of green and round black rings.
The skirt Of this is in eleven narrow cores,
with V shaped insertions let into the bottom
Of dark brown velvet. These are strapped
over with squares of plain moss green cloth,
and on the bodice. which fastens diagonally,
there are two magnificent buttons enameled
in the colors of the gown.
Silks being in h.gh feather, black peau de
sole IS much used for dressy mourning. and
in many modish instances is combined elab-
orately with English crepe. The mourning
gown pictured shows this combination The
skirt Is OF the peau de sole with the front
and border all round of the crepe, but this
style of trimmings. together with the novel
girdle, will be found becoming only to tall
blight figures.
Black and white cheviots are much adj
vocated by the smartest dressmakers for
street use. Made plainly, nothing more serv-
iceable or simple could be desired for all
around use. but in conjunction with trim
mings of black velvet and a white front to
the bodice, these rough woods resolve them
selves into very fine affairs. A pepper and
salt cheviot Of uncommon desirability had,
together with these decorations. splendid but
tons of cut steel on the short half fitting
Jacket.
AS to the short velvet coats that have been
carried over from the winter it will be i'm
possibls to count them today.
In plain colors they will be worn with
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Wraps in any other sense will be scarce.
as these combine the Office of bodice and
coat in one. and with the exception of the
dashing %collets, wraps are conspicuous by
their absence this year.
There are multltudes o: smart tan coats,
but the world ia not given to coats ON Easter
Sunday.
And besides a few very short affairs of
lace and velyet-hardly more than neck fix
ings themselves-almost no capes are seen.
The most prominent novelties of Easter
headgear Will be this year the poke bonnet
and the t~opheayy French walking hats. A
green velvet pun crown and a bowl brim OF
cream Tuscan yelled in yellow tulle is the
ground principle of the poke pictured. Trim
mings, black feathers. black and yellow
chine ribbons and white gardenias.
A more generally becoming top piece. how
ever, will be found in the hat, which COM
prlses a gold colored and black brim of
French chip. A pancake Of black feathers,
a close knot of red roses, and a wisp Of
cream lace around the brim, trim this effect
lively. NINA FITCH.
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Feminine Notes.


Miss Gertrude Buck has been appointed
assistant professor of English in the Uni
yeTsity of Michigan.
The countess of Dudley owns the famous
Star Of South Africa" stone, recently valued
at 500, 900.
The queen Of Italy, who is never idle, is
now studying Hebrew. She has made great
progress in mastering the language and Is
deep In the study Of the literature.
Miss Williams. the Philadelphia woman
whose profile appears on the silver dollar. Is
about to marry. Here is a case where some
man will gain his Liberty by marriage.
Miss Sarah Orne Jewett occasionally writes
sketches of 5000 or 1000 words in a day.
Her favorlte method is to work steadily
during five or six weeks and then to stop for
a like period.
Catharine of Braganza, queen OF Charles
H., was singularly gifted both In person and
in intellect, but in spite of her beauty and
her good sense she was never able to win
the love OF her d~issolute husband.
Flora McDonald's memory is to be honored
by a stained glass window placed in the
church on the Isle of Skye to which she
conducted Prince Charles, the pretender, dis
guised as her servant.
Miss Wizards remark that It is no longer
considered a breach Of courtesy to decline a
drink in Kentucky causes a Louisville editor
to arise and ask when such an experiment
was ever tried2
Froeken Wilheima Amos. the Swedish
woman student at the Lund university. has
been elected a member OF the loan com
mittee. This is the first time In the history
OF Sweden that a woman has been honored
in this manner.
Mrs. James G.. Blaine has practically de-
cided to remove the remains OF her late
husband from Washington to Augusta, where
she is negotiating for a site for a private
cemetery ON a hill overlooking the Kennebec
river.
Lady Mary Hamilton Douglas is only II
years old, but she is one OF the greatest
helresses in the world. She is the daughter
Of the late duke OF Hamilton and received
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EAsTER TABLE DECORATIONS.


Car Filled with LiIncs and Drawn by
Doves In ap EScuisite Design.
Among elaborate floral designs for Easter,
for the Easter dinner table, none is more
charming than that shown In the first illus
tration.
A clever society woman originated the de-
sign. made a drawing to give the florist her
idea, and upon Easter Monday, when she
entertains a number Of friends. It will be the
piece de resistance. horally. Of her luncheon
table.
a chariot drawn by white doyes--and could
anything be more unique and charming?
The chariot is or ornamental wicker-work
and oyerfows with branches Of white lilac
and long-stalked blossoms Of the snowy
arum. Three birds are suspended in the act
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EASTER FLOWERS.
some of the Leading Novelties of the
gp-snn.

Some of the Leading Novelties of the
Scnson.
Easter, although coming when the world
is just waking from her long winter sleep to
deck herself with flowers, is a somewhat less
joyful festival than Christmas, and instead
of the sturdy hopefulness of the holly, 1t
finds its symbol in the pale and chastcned
beauty o. the lily. And this is as 1t should
be. Easter does not celebrate a new birth,
but that resurrection before which came the
sharpneao of death; and nature in the wtn-
ders of spring repeats the same lesson year
by year. 1t Is not a new birth, but a resur-
rection which she shows us, ali the radiance
and loneliness are permeated oftimes by a
subtle sadnesn, the consciousness of the
death from which II has arisen.
Instead. therefore. of costly Jewels. bea uti-
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a year to designing jewelry, in which she
has also been remarkably successful, her
ideas being uniformly characterized by bold
ness and originality. For some months
previous to her fathers death she was his
chief assistant. At present she is conduct
Ing the entire business. a fiourishing con
Germ.
Her patrons prefer her work to that OF any
workman she may employ. and she has fire.
quently had to refuse work because they
would not have IT done unless she would
faithfully promise to do 1t herself. A watch
the size Of a scent piece was handed to Miss
Schultze for repair. II has been returned
by ten or twelve competent jewellers as
worthless. The lever was broken into 1000
bits. and to make a new one seemed almost
impossible. Miss Schultze. after placing the
fragments in some sort Of shape, without
measurement or pattern. created o new
lever. cut out OF steel by hand. Only those
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A bright and patriotic American girl, who
was recently in oxford, England, attended
an afternoon tea while there and soon found
herself, her country, its Institutions and
customs objects of great interest. The con
versation was animated and prolonged well
into the evening and the young American
took a conspicuous part therein. Physl-
cally exhausted thereby, the maiden knelt for
her customary dcvotions at her bedside that
night in a mood somewhat less attentive
than usual. so that. as she confesses conf
d~entially to her friends, she discovered her
self saying; Thy will be done on earth as
n is in America"
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are very long at the wrist, but
many OF those for later wear are
three-quarter length and run
much to smallish double puts
divided by a band Of velvet.
NEW SKIRTS AND FABRICS.
skirts, Of course. correspond in
narrowness TO the decrease in
sleeves.
The latest model skirts in the
dressy materials, the silks, sat ms,
light woods and all the airy tex
tiles, only five yards
and a half round.
Many of the tailor-made skirts
are even narrower. often only
four yards and a half wide, the
haircloth stiffening at the bottom
being from five to nine inches
deep.
In the way of street textures
and trimmings the smart Easter
~toilettes pictured will give a few
Of the most approved combina-
tons.
In all their details these toll
cites have been selected from the
best places and represent some
of fashions latest and most be-
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Novel and Charming Easter styles
Grand Dress Parade.

Novel and Charming Easter Styles
Grand Dress Parade.
NEW YORK. April 3.-The small boys
definition of Easter being "a time for ladies'
to put on new frocks and spring bonnets." is
more than ever justified this year. All the
big dressmaking and millinery establish
ments have been turning out lately carloads
OF smart trappings intended for Easter serv-
ices, and mach of the headgear today will
vie with the churches in profusion Of floral
ornament.
There are good folk in the world, how
ever, who from principle never wear their
new clothes on Easter Sunday. Besides the
wickedness Of it they think the practice
eminently vulgar turning the holy day into
a fashion jubilee.
They, therefore, will this season, as Of
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$50, a fine specimen of an untrimmed one
that the florist pointed out to me selling for
$35. -.
The hyacinths this year come in large
shallow pans, instead OF the usual pots, and
with a yard Of paper, and two yards OF rib
bon complete a most dainty and charming
gift.
One is also delighted to find at the florists
this season quite a new variety OF that ten
der. delicate flower. the spirea. larger, more
exuberant and less fragile than its prede-
cessor. This Is always one of the most
satisfactory OF Easter offerings.
Another quite new and popular plant is
the heather In white. pale pink or violet,
and 10 particularly effective with decora-
tions OF silver gray.
Florists are also trying to introduce an
entirely new flower called the Andromeda.
It is originally an American production, but
is sent TO Belgium to be grated and grown,