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The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1896-05-31
FISH NET DRAPERIES.
OF Fine Quality and Edged With Re.
naissnnce Lace.

Next to curtains OF real lace nothing
makes prettier and richer-looking curtains
for little drawing rooms than those Of fish
net edged with Renaissance lace. The net.
ELS you know. looks like a heavy Brussels
net. The lace border is heavy lace COM
posed of lace braids and rings covered with
heavy linen thread. The rings are intro
duced into the pattern of the lace. which
is connected with lace stitches. The fish,
net comes in a number of qualities, both
fine and coarse. end the Renaissance laces
are to be bought in narrow edges at IS
cents a yard. as well as in the wide in
sertions and in edges at least quarter Of
yard wide. The curtains may, therefore,
be very rea sonable in price or as expensive
as one chooses. A pretty pair of the cur
tains with narrow lace edges costs from s12
to SIS. Some Of those having wide lace
OF elaborate pattern cost 800. Often the
same net of good quality has vines Of lace
and flowers appliqued on the lace. Lace
braids are ueed for the design. These cur
tains are known as the Marie Antoinette.
Renaissance lace is also much used for bu.
reau covers. buffet covers. scarfs and doy-
lies used on mahogany dining tables and
for mats under handsome lamps. 1t Is used
to border teacloths both of white and COL
Jspo
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1896-05-31
A GOTHAM womAN.s GOSSIP.

Fancy! Once upon a time-and a mere
bagatelle Of two hundred years ago!-we
we're the only sex to carry umbrellas! 1t
was considered q trining bit of feminine
foolishness. and probably in those days the
now common rain and sun guard was WELD
ed with the same grace and skill as modern
maids WELD the bespangled fan. In China
and Japan the umbrella. which is ever gay
and ornamental. serves as a very potent
weapon Of coquetry. Alas, We Of the glor-
ious West are all materialists!
There can be little doubt. says Notes
and Querie0." that when umbrellas first
came into Use in England they were car
ried only by women. OF this we have the
evidence OF Guy Miege in his French Die
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1896-05-31
If Horace Were Here,

Poor old Horace, who said or sung that he
hated Persian trappings, would have a hard
time were he living here to-day; for escape
from the object Of his wrath he could not. II
he strolled down Broadway he would see per
sian novelties in suitings''; on Sixth avenue.
Persian effects in parasols would affront his
delicate Roman soul, and Persian designs In
scarfs would complete his mental demolition
as he fed along Third avenue to his stopping
place. Of course, in little Italy," Yet he
might escape. through not knowing the Per
sicos apparatus" on sight. As persian" goes.
1t means almost anything in rich colors and
with bizarre. Oriental effect. Such effects
are used as the groundworks for parasols.
over which duchesse lace may be cunningly
displayed. Or such foundations may be COW
cred with the openwork grass linen so much
in evidence and so dainty for many uses
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1896-05-31

Cut two pieces of cardboard into the van
dyke shape. cover each with silk, sal tin or
fancy brocade. line with soft silk flannel
or nuns yelling, and sew the sides firmly
together. Now make the FLAP" by cutting
piece OF cardboard to the required size and
co,ering in the same manner: sew this along
the top 10 the back part OF the case, and then
edge the cardboard right the way round with
of bright coored satin ribbon. Set one at
the extreme point, and the other at
the edge OF the flap" to form a
fastening. Leather. wide pieces OF ribbon OF
gsloon. and indeed. any pretty material, may
be used for tashioning these cases, while a
favorlte and best pair OF scissors may be
thus protected, and made to last much longer
than when no case Is employed.
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1896-05-31
go in to dinner together. which is a pretty

go in to dinner together. which Is a pretty
way of pairing off the guests.
Under no circumstances, declare the same
august authorities, should an ordinary visit
ing card be used for an invitation. even to
the most informal of luncheons. A personal
note should be written. and for more for
NAL affair engraved cards must be used.
The formality Of bidding adieu to the hest
ees at an afternoon tea is now dispensed
with the omission is considered with favor
and IN good taste No after calls are made
in acknowledgment OF a tea Informal re-
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1896-05-31
A Curious Color Combination.

curious combination lately Introduced =
sparkling. messy green and dark blue.
Fifth avenue. rejoiced in this daring arrangs-
nent of color. and was sported by slender
and sleeves ' were Of the serge the bodice
portion OF the corsaee Of the green velvet
laid in three box plaits. A folded belt OF
were also dainty little turn-back cuffs OF the
same. At the throat. however there was tho
ubiquitous stock OF white satin. with the big
bow at the back. that. whatever their mater
ial. Is now elegant finish to most Of thu
dressy bodices.
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1896-05-31

tionary, 1888. who has the sentence: 'Un-
brellos are only in use amongst women. +"
The New World Of Words revised. ETC.,
by J. K, Fhilobbl., 1920. has the remark:
such es are here commonly usd by women
to shelter them from RAIN" Both umbrella
and umbrella are given.
Gay has the following allusion:
Good housewives all the winters rage de-
spise
Defended by the riding hoods disguise:
Or. underneath tn umbrellas oily shade
Safe thro' the wet on climbing pattens treat.
Let Persian danes tn umbrellas ribs dis
To guard their beauties from the sunny ray;
Or sweating slaves support the shady load.
When Eastern monarehs show their state
abroad;
Britain in winter only knows its aid.
To guard from chilly show'rs the walking
Trivia" 1715 blk. t. Il. eos-17.
For many years the carrying of an UNI
brela was regarded as effeminate. In the
"Draper's Dictionary" it is stated that when
men began to carry umbrellas they were
hooted and jeered at as "Frenchmen." In
the Female Tattler," Dec. IL. 1909, there
is the following satirical announcement:
brala belonging to Wills coffee house. in
Covnhil. of the mistress. is hereby adver-
tised that to be dry from head to foot on the
like occasion he shall be welcome to the
maids pattans.
q x q
Those were the good old times" but
here is a new and odd idea for a sofa pillow
for Cholly's divan. and one in which great
deal of sentiment can be tucked If one Wills
1t. To make the pillow only Of gloves in
which your hand was pressed by Cholly, for
instance, would not be bad idea! If Cholly
is a demonstrative person. think what big
pillow it would make too!
Unsoiled portions CT discarded kid gloves
may be set together in a regular pattern,
say triangular or diamond shaped pieces.
md used for the cover Of sofa pillow. Set
he bits together in an overseam with cot
.on thread. as silk tears the kid. then turn
and cover the seam on the right side with
oriar stitch, done in any of the medium
sized silks; black Honiton would do, also
Roman foss. A leather welt may strengthen
The seam, holding the top and bottom COW
ers together, or a large black silk cord
would be handsome with black silk tassels
1t the corners.
Head and arm rests for upholstered chairs
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1896-05-31

The Sitting room can be made to do duty as
parlor. The library as q music room. A
drapery- hidden corner of the second door
hall as bathroom. chamber with . fold
ing. turn-down sofa bed. for . sitting room,
sleeping room. smoking room or reading
room. But a kitchen, however metamor-
otherwise than a kitchen still. These con-
siderations mark out the kitchen, in the plan
room In the domestic economy Of home max.
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1896-05-31

The Willamette Comm Chapter of Daugh-
ters OF the Revolution has a member who
is actually a daughter" Her father was a
this daughter was already CT Old man.
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1896-05-31

cept.ons are regarded as no more than grand
calling days. and after calls are not ex
peced from these who attend. The alb
sentees make return call at their leisure
An invitation preraced with .the pleasure
of your company is requested" requires an
answer and a call of acknowledge snt.
Invitations to the receptions or dinners
given betrothal pair always terminate with
the phrase ito meet" followed by the
names Of the two honored guests. thus. ito
meet Miss Harper and Mr. Gotham
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1896-04-16
Stoves and Coal In Paris,

Coal in Paris is brio a brac," laugh
ed a woman who is just home from a
years residence in the French capital,
land stove, oh, a stove is large ar
ticle of virtu. When we began to freeze
last winter, which we did at the first
cold weather, over the tiny CRATES set in
a corner of the room where they will
throw out the least heat, even when at
their best, l announced that we must
have stove. There were three women
Of US doing Paris in lodgings, and the
others agreed, commissioning me to act
as purchaser You will see a stove here
tonight, l said confidently, as we sepa-
rated one morning. But they didn't.
travelled up and down before could find
any that fell in with my American ideas
Of a stove, and when finally 1 did find
al approach to my standard found it's
price too. That was larger than the
stove. Sixty dollars!
''Of course we couldn't pay that for a
couple of months use of stove. l ask
ed the dealer if he would rent it. After
a parley he consented, but wanted So a
month. reported the proceeding to my
friends, and we decided to rent the
stove. The Frenchman assured me the
stove consumed 10 cents worth Of coal
a day. Perhaps it did, with the fire kept
at his conception Of what fire is for,
but we piled that stove to it's limit, and
it ate up dollars worth of coal at
French rates every "a hours.
''Those who treasure notions that
Paris is cheap place of residence for
Americans should keep out of it in win
ter. They will find themselves bankrupt
before spring, and there will not have
been one cold day that their apartments
will be filled with genial warmth such
as pervades all our American rooms out
side the most squalid homes. New
York Times.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1896-04-16
Their Turn to Run.

A bear hunt which terminated in
manner at once disappointing and sur
prising, is described by the Portland
Oregonian. 1t occurred in the mountains
Of Oregon, whittier two gentlemen had
betaken themselves for a vacation trip
Several days were spent in trout fish
ing. Then one of the men expressed a
strong desire for days shooting, for
large game. They set out the next
morning bright and early. and. after
hours Of fruit1ess tramping were about
returning to camp, when suddenly they
saw straight before them a brown bear
sitting on his launches under blue
berry bush and gorging himself with
the berries.
Both hunters fred, and the bear, with
an ugly growl. disappeared. The men
fastened after him, but We're unable to
overtake him. For half an hour or
more they followed the trail Then all
at once they came to clearing. In the
clearing was cabin, and on the porch
of the cabin sat the brown bear with
one Of his forelegs in sling!
The hunters were greatly taken aback,
as may we'll be supposed, but were still
more surprised when they saw man
Fastening toward them with a gun.
They turned and ran, the man after
them. They got away in safety, and
learned afterward that the bear was
family pet, the owner of which was
naturally angry at finding it i'll treated.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1896-04-16
The Mission Of Motherhood.

Everything pertaining to woman Is
taking on higher conditions. Even the
caricature pictures, in which needy car
toonists cater to their own necessities by
expressing on paper for the public prints
their never lucid ideas of the WON an
question, have advanced beyond the old
pictures of the hideous, angular virago
and her broomstick or the irate woman,
half hen and half monstrosity, both OF
whom were vigorously belaborlng the
alleged tyrant man, and are now sketch
ing handsome, happy looking women IN
ugly and impossible garments, making
love to silly, conceited little SWANS
whom the new woman wants TO marry
If the old woman produced such speoi-
mems of masculinity under the old order
us are portrayed therein, it is quite time
to supplant her by the free woman.
who will make better success OF the
mission Of motherhood. Mrs. Julia ID.
Bauer.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1896-04-16
Not the Place For the Scum.

A famous French prima donna when
acting delights in big basin of soup,
smoking hot and we'll favored with
grated cheese. On one occasion she was
engaged for few nights at Marseilles,
and her first thought on arriving there
was to inquire where she could order her
favorite dish. She was recommended to
patronize humble restaurant just by
the theater, and going there gave her
order in person.
At 8 O'Clock, as arranged, mine host
called his serving maid, and placing a
gigantic tureen in her hands told her to
take it to Nine c. on the stage. He
added that orders had been given to let
her pass with her bowl and on the
girls assurance that she would recognize
the cantatrice sent her off with the SOUP
Everybody gave way before the servant
carrying the sacred meal of the star,
when suddenly between the wings she
caught sight of the prima donna, who
was singing the finale Of the first act of
Lucia"
Ravenswood and his betrothed were
just about to begin the passionate scene
which brings down the curtain when the
maid entered and placed the tureen on
the NOISY bank in front of the fountain.
Then lifting up the cover and plunging
in spoon she exclaimed to the stupe-
faction Of actors and audience alike:
Begging your pardon for interrupt
ing you, sir, and the lady, but here's
the soup. London Tit Bits
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1896-04-16

The process by which nature forms
her silver mines is very interesting 1t
must be remembered that the earth's
crust is full of water, which percolates
everywhere through the rocks. making
solutions Of elements obtained from
them. These solutions take up small
particles of precious metal which they
find here and there.
Sometimes the solutions in question
are hot, the water having got SO far
down as to be set boiling by the inter
nal heat of the globe. Then they rush
upward, picking up the bits Of metal as
they go. Naturally heat assists the per-
Torrance of this operation.
Now and then the streams thus form
ed, perpetually flowing hither and thith-
er below the ground. pass through
cracks or cavities in the rocks, where
they deposit their lodes Of silver. This
Is kept up for great length Of time
perhaps thousands Of years-until the
pocket is filled up.
Crannies permeating the stony mass
in every direction may become filled
with the precious metal, or occasionally
a chamber may be stored full of it as If
/, 900, 900 hands were fetching the treas
ures from all sides and hiding away a
mine for some lucky prospector to dis
cover in another age. London Stand
ard.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1896-04-16
AN ENGLISH JAIL CHAPEL.
A View of the Prisoners at the Sunday
Morning Service.

After breakfast nothing much happens
until the chapel hour. Now those prls-
oners who have "gone sick" are visited
by the surgeon or his assistant, and II
the cases are urgent are sent across to the
infirmarv at once. There is no regul lar
cell inspection; the governor or MS
deputy makes no round; there Is no
taking of reports, no adjudication OF
pains and penalties for misconduct. All
this will stand over until Monday; even
those awaiting punishment, unless it is
for outrageous acts of violence or de-
fiance. turn out to go with their fellows
to chapel. About 80 the chapel bell
rings for the first service, that OF the
Roman Catholics, who in large prisons
are usually located" or lodged in one
part of the prison, near their own chapel.
The bell for the Church Of Eng land serv
ice follows at about 10 a. NJ.
Both on marching to chapel and when
seated within it the various classes and
categories Of prisoners are kept strictly
separate from each other. Males and fe-
males approach the chapel by different
roads, enter by different doors and oc-
cupy different divisions, pews or places
apart Among the males, too, the con-
victed are kept from the unconvicted
and the debtors from both. The women
are generally seated first, behind a
screen or within a curtained off, rallied
in Enclosure. They are. of course, visi-
bic to the chaplain, but to no one else
but their own officers Except for their
hymns, their presence at the service
would be unknown. Now and again,
however, an attempt to signal or com
municate has been tried by individuals
of opposite sexes; when dry cough,
persistently repeated, in the female pew
finds an answer in another part of the
chapel, it affords a shrewd suspicion
that friends are trying to use some code
made up outside before imprisonment
One other class is unhappily to be
found at times in the Jail chapel-a
very distinct class, but seldom containing
more than one representative. This is
sometimes condemned" man in pris-
on-one on whom the extreme penalty
has been passed, and who, by the usual
custom, is allowed 'three clear Sun
days" before the awful sentence is &C.
complished. A condemned convict, al
though he is never left alone, being as
ISOLATED day and night with two war
dens as guardians, is never permitted to
see or be seen by other prisoners. Lon
don Ouiyer.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1896-04-16
LINCOLN IN WAR TIMES.
The Presidents Army Of Critics and How
He Handled Them.

The president of the United States be-
ing the servant of the people, the people
consider it their privilege to call upon
him. During the civil war they i'm
proved this privilege to the full.
Scarcely day passed. Mr.. Lamon
says, that several delegations of citi-
gems, especially of clergymen. did not call
to advise Mr.. Lincoln about the conduct
of affairs Some wanted this, others
wanted that, and all of them, as a rule,
had plenty of advice and criticism to
offer. Mr.. Lincoln was accustomed to
receive them with respectful courtesy,
but sometimes it was not easy for him
to retain his good temper.
How many men have the Confeder-
ates in the field?" inquired one trespass-
er upon the hardworking presidents
time and patience.
Twelve hundred thousand, according
to the best authority"
The inquirer and his companions look
ed aghast. Good heavens!" they ex
claimed.
Eyes, sir, reiterated Lincoln. "there
is no doubt of it. You see, all our gen.
erals, when they get whipped, say that
the enemy outnumbers them from three
to five to one, and must believe them.
We have 400, 900 men in the field, and
three times make 12-don't you see
it?''
Once Mr.. Lamon saw the president
really turn upon his critics. commit
tee of western clergymen. Their spokes-
man delivered long lecture, charged
with fault finding from beginning to
end, and containing many sharp thrusts
at the administration, which thrusts the
members Of the delegation had the poor
taste to applaud. When the TRADE was
over, Mr.. Lincoln replied, as Mr.. Lamon
says, with unusual animation.
Gentlemen" he began, suppose
all the property you possess were in gold
aud you had placed it i'll the hands Of
Blondin to carry across the Niagara
river on a rope With slow, cautious,
steady step he walks the rope, bearing
your all.
"Would you shake the cable, and keep
shouting to him: 'Blondin, stand up a
little straighter Blondin, stoop little
more. Go little faster. Lean more to
the south; now little to the north?'
"No. You would hold your breath,
every one of you, as we'll as your
tongues. You would keep your hands of
till be was safe on the other side.
'This government, gentlemen, is
carrying an immense weight; untold
treasures are in its hands. The persons
managing the ship of state in this storm
are doing the best they can. Don t worry
them with needless warnings and COM
plants. Keep silence, be patient, and
we will get you safely across. Good
day, gentlemen. have other duties
pressing upon me. "-Youth's Compan-
ion
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1896-04-16

are thousands of men and women
today who have been enabled to keep
vigorously at work, who must have
given up but for Paine's celery com.
pound. Nervous affections are a warn.
ing to busy people.
At the earliest sign of reduced nerve
force, inability to sleep, langour, or
a gloomy habit of mind, everyone
should look Immediately to the nutri.
ton of their nervous system and to the
purity of their blood. Paine's celery
compound will attend to both of these
urgent needs more thoroughly and
more speedily than anything else in the
world. Paine's celery compound is
not to be COMPOUNDED with the common
preparations, the sarsaparilla and the
nervines. Being the discovery of
man of science, Prof. Edward f.
Phelps, M. D., LII. D., of Dartmouth
College, it has the support Of the best
physicians; they prescribe it univers-
ally; and the many sick persons made
we'll by its use proves that that support
is merited.
To the great majority of business
men a vacation, to say nothing of three
months Of complete inactivity, is out
of the question at this season, even
when their brains demand a complete
rest and their nerves ache and threaten
them with prostration. Now, there
are hundreds of business men and hard.
worked professional men in this city in
just this condition. What are they to
do? Those who are tired out, run
down" and debilitated at this trying
season will do we'll to read some Of the
straightforward and convincing state.
ments from the men and women who
have been cured by Paine's celery com.
pound.
Nevous weakness vanishes before
Paine's celery compound as mist before
the strong, health-giving rays Of the
sun. Convince yourself Of the fact at
once, if your health is at all impaired.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1896-04-16

Rev. Zephaniah Meek, ,. D., is a
household name all over the South.
Since 1857 he has owned and edited the
Central Methodist" the leading pa
per of the Methodist Episcopal church
in the South. He represented his state
at the General Conference.
He was one of the Kentucky COM
missioners at the Chicago Columbian
Exposition During his ministry in
the South he has built and dedicated
FIVE chapels. He writes from Catletts-
burg, KY, where his home is, as fol-
lows:
II have used several bottles of Paine's
celery compound for nervous trouble,
resulting from overwork, and with i'm
mediate effect. as we'll as permanent
benefit. 1t is the best nerve tonic that
have ever tried 1t has also been
used in my family with great benefit. I"
Tired out, half-sick men and
women need something more than
mere rest. They need positive un-
mistakable nerve food; they must have
a reserve of nerve force to draw from,
before their heads will cease to ache
and their nerves cease to tremble with
neuralgia.
It. is estimated that there are over
ten million nerve fibres in the body.
So long as these minute tissues are
kept fully nourished, one lives in bliss
full ignorance of any such thing as neu-
ralgia, headaches, or even nervous
system, but let one become run
down" and the nutrition of the body
get low, and every one Of these myriad
fibres becomes ''live-wire" within
the flesh, Headaches, neuralgia, rheu-
matism, and other forms of nervous
ness and debility result directly from
famished nervous system. Paine's
celery compound is able to correct
this faulty condition. 1t builds up the
nervous system and sustains it. The
brain at once feels the strengthening
effects of the superb nutriment, There