The National tribune., 1896-04-09

oyeZf Dyezi n girl has run away
She's ttuanting from Winters convent hsiis;
Stampeding all the world with EDWARD calls.
Aud breeding mischief in tie general clay
She romrs along the lanes and mimics May;
The SAVIOR of her blown soft hair enthralis
The air. The SHOWS melt where her foo.-pfin,
falls.
On Greening meads whose startled floueB betray
The coaxng tune her fleet vaGRry huns.
The leaves look out To watch her where she
comes.
And pe nell brooks break Jail TO soarnper after:
And hill-homed cattle frisk that she IL nsar.
She lesses even the with fetching Laughter.
Oyer: Who's the tomboy Of the year!
Rupert Hughes ia Scrsb~er's.
S..
There certain passages in the Scriptures
which read thus:
And why take yc thought for raimentr
Consider the lilies Of the field how they grow /;
they toll not, neither do they spin. Aud
yet say unto you, that even Solomon in all
his glory was not arrayed like one Of these.
Wherefore if God SO clothe the grass of the
field, which to-day is, and tomorrow is cast
into the oven, shall he not much more clotbe
you, o. ye Of little faith ?n
1t is n particularly inappropriate topic for
Easter Sunday, when all women-good ones
and those not quite so good-array themseiyes
Ill as gorgeous new garments as they can pro-
cure and HE themselves to church. new
frock well made is not, according to modern
notions, in itself wrong nor is it wicked to pay
little attention beforehand to the e. and trim
mings. 1t is rather tho aesthetic than the
moral counsel in these passages that is now COM
,tnl II
who can better manage perple1iug questions Of
right and wrong-the owners of the respective
conscienees. But consider the lily of the 6eld
which is delicate, simple, dainty, and fresh,
and then consider the ruffies spangies, squeez-
ings, Earrings necessary to comply with some
fashions. and beware. A woman who trims
herself iayishly. rattles noisily, and covers her
0eH with clashng colors will never be COM
pared happily to the lilies; not even to the
tulips, which, gorgeous in coloring. are yet
painted with infinite taste, and have sufi-
Gent green in the grass around and blue in
the sky above to harmonic them all.
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Lilies of the valley, though they are garden
flower with u.s. are lilies of the fields and
meadows and valleys in England, growing
thick and blooming so abundantly that the air
is heavy with their fragrance
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There is some talk of an Anti-Dreas League
which has been formed in the smart sot Of
London society. According TO gossip, Lady
Algernon Lennox a beautiful woman, Is at the
head of the movement, which is intended to
restrict the extravagsnces of modern ideas Of
dressing. One Of the first laws of the league
is that no member shall have more than two
new gowns a season ; one for day and one for
evening wear. A tea-gown may be added to
the list, and hereditary jewels" may be worn.
IS.
The wedding.gown Of Mrs. Dmmick-or
Mrs. Harrison now-was of pearl-gray faille,
made with demi-trained skirt a Louis Quinze
coat lined with white satin, with wide Honitou
lace falling over the shoulders and down to
reyers ON each side of the vest. There was
collar and bows Of turquoise blue velvet, and
tho Ioniton Lace was carried down over the
skirt and caught in place with diamond pins
The sleeves were tight to tho elbow. with big
pugs above, aud were trimmed with Honiton
lace frills.
s's :.
A nice, respectable. stont lady promenading
on the avenue on Easter. wore frock of tan
bFoa5eloth and plaid-blue and brown and
green-velvet The skirt was divided horizon.
tally into two bands a wide band of broad
cloth reaching almost to the hips, and band
around the hips of the velvet. with the broad
cloth tapping over it with pinked edge The
velvet continued up into tight bodice, with
the tan tapping down over it; making frock
as hideous as frock could possibly b..
The ARRIVAL OF the yonng Duchess of MARI
borough at her husbands ancestral home has an
interest for all Americans by OF the his
tofica associations connected with the old pal
ace, and Of the picturesque forms and core
monies, emanatiug from feudal times and
unknown to our recent civilization, which
attended the event. There was probably roth
ing. even in the size of Blenheim Palace, which
is its most striking feature, to dazzle the eyes
of Consnelo Vanderbilt, who was born to
wealth and laxury, and has been used to all
the glitter and display that gold and silver,
art, science and architecture can furnish but
TIC TeHOWH VI HUuuStuCh lihuOr unlD iuiAhSt
back than to him who is known as she great
Duke and whose military triumphs entitled
him to honors and distinctions which his
moral /obliquities ought justly to have can
celed. Few brides, even of English birth and
lineage, are welcomed to locality where
i'm por tant an event as the birth of the young
hero of his day, Edward the Black Prince,
occurred more than 600 years ago. and whore
sentiment and romance in the person OF Fair
Rosanond and her royal lover had their abode
at even an earlier period. To an American
girl there is something novel and impressing
i'm the noisy welcome of villagers and teuantry.
the triumphal entrance into vast park which
is all her own in q carriage drawn by men and
not by horses, or by any of the inventions and
contriyances so familiar to her in our country.
while rows of diverted servants, both male and
female bow humbly and obsequiOusly as she
passes through the great hall.
The interior of Benheim has not much to
boast of. Vice and prodigalty have robbed Ii
of its chief treasures. The picture gallery con-
taius now only family portraits. It's paintings
by tie old masters were sold about 10 years
ago, when the great Sunderland library of fully
1900 volumes was also brought under the
hammer. The famous Madonna by Raphael
was purchased at this time by the National
Gallery for $4,000. and many costly gems
aud porcelains also passed out of the Churchill