The National tribune., 1896-11-19

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FRIENDLY DEATH.
Kindly watcher by my bed, lift no voice in
prayer,
Waste not any words on me when the hour 10
nigh
Let stream Of melody but flow from some sweet
player.
And meekIy will lay my head and fold my
hands to die.
Sick am OF idle words. past all reconcing-
Words that weary and perplex and pander and
conceal;
Wake the sounds that cannot lie. for all their
sweet beguiIing;
The language one need fathom not. but only
fenr and feel.
Let them roll once more to me. and ripple In my
hearing.
craft anchoreth
That may steep my soul therein. and craving not
nor fearing,
Drift on through slnmber to dream. ana
through dream to death.
Zines from Nine. Necker, translated by George
du Maurier)
The Argonaut
gorgeous golden chrysanthemum is named
"Mrs. Mckinley"
Clara Barton has had another Order con-
ferred upon her-this time from the Armen-
ians. The badge is quite elaborate, and rep
resents an old Greek Order.
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The young Queen of Holland, who has su d.
denly blossomed into a young woman--a way
| girls all have-with views OF her own as to
marriage, is quoted as having said: F" love
my loyal subjects. and hope to please them in
every way. But if they believe they have a
voice in the choice of my husband they are
| decidedly mistaken. If extreme measures
| should be resorted to against me l shall be
| more energetic than ever. / will not be mar
| ried against my will, and will not be married
at all il am not allowed to have voice in
| the matter" Which is quite as independent
| as AN American girl could be.
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Madame Marchesi-the famous vocal teacher
! of Paris, claims that bicycling is injurious to
| the voice. both because of the position assumed
| by riders and because breathing while riding
so rapidly is hard OH the vocal chords. Never
theless, Madame Melba, Madame Nordica, Jean
de Resxke and other great singers are also
ardent bicycists.
| A curious suit was brought up before an
| English court; woman sued for damages
her plant being that the street sprinkling-carts
| came too near the sidewalk, and had thrown
water on her helotrope frock and irretrievably
spotted it. The court awarded her seven
| guineas-about 1885,
Recently granddaughter Of the Wander
| bits was married, and for several days before
and after her wedding, force of detectives
was kept in the house to watch over the gold
and silver and jewels and wedding presents
It seems somehow to take the sweetness out o
the preparations and ceremony-to have detect
ives about but probably there is a compensat
! ing sweetness in having SO many valuables a
to make the extreme precautions necessary.
IS.
Crinolines are promised rs because Sar,
Bernhardt took a fancy to stage Camille &C
cording to the costumes of the period in which
it was written-a period Of hoopskirts ant
scuttIe- bonnets. However, Sara Bernhardt
too artistic to ever wear clumsy gowns ant
bonnets and the styles must be modified some
what. One thing is true. that the ".Divn
Sara" with her remarkably fine sense of til
artistic, and her grace, can wear frocks tina
the average woman should never dare to as
sumo However the French actresses Sc
many of the fashions for women the worl
over.
Nowadays woman can arrange wardrob
for travelling nearly as conveniently as mar
and still have variety and prettiness enough
She can have q coat and skirt-tailor. made
of heavy tweed or covert cloth. The ready
made suits at the shops are we'll finished an
reasonable in price. Then. with two or thre
blouses and waiscoats one "smart" waist ft
evening, and black satin skirt, she has a
the frocks necessary for every occasion Will
she is travelling.
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