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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-06-21

much more cheerful the world would
look this summer!
The diminution In the size OF bonnets
is a welcome change. These new shapes
have small high, "pottle" crowns, and
the brims are cut up in points and curl
back Ike the leaves of nower. They
and are picturesque also,
new material for bridal gowns has
come in. and Il Is greatly used. 1t is
Irish poplin. There are many who can
remember when an Irish pOplin dress
was the most fashionable thing a bride
could have But Irish poplin went out
when satin became cheap, 1t has now
come in of particularly fine texture
and a satiny sheen that makes IL the
ideal cloth. II is unfortunately not very
cheap. but what does a bride care for
expense when she is purchasing her
Wedding dress--that is IL she can get
the money?
The color combinations of the moment
are new and startling the brightest of
red. with mauve violet and purple, a
vivid green being constantly added.
Cerlse. very bright shade, Is almost
as much in favor as parma violet and
tho two are frequently blended. Blue
and green. though by no means new
color arrangement, is stlll much worn.
Plaids are very fashionable, blues and
greens prcdominating They make in
silk admirable houses. as do the black
and white plaids Those worn with black
canvas summer serge or grenadlne
skirts are In eXcellen. taste.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-06-21
She Saw
The Battle
Of Waterlcc,

one or the most. romantic chara ora
row living i'm the far west IL Mfs D. "a
Zaszinski. She is now In her stco,
century, being l0l years old. Her j. N
is at Tacoma.
GRANDMOTHER Zaszinski Is ren1ari
ably strong and preserved Tor hfr ad
vanced age and is being well cared fpr
by the sisters of St Josephs hospital is
Tacoma. She went TO the sisters one
cold day several years ago out of the
street and has made her home with
them eyer since. She was born i'm the
land OF Kosciusko and when child re-
moved with her parents 10 Prussia ON
the Rhine on account Of desire on her
fathers part 10 keep hs mead ON his
shoulders after the triumph Of the po-
litical party he had been opposing. She
lived there until young womanhood and
saw the country devastated by war
more than once.
When girl about II years Of age.
she heard the cannon's opening roar at
Waterloo. and from tree top. where
she had climbed 10 keep OUT OF the way
OF the soldiers. witnessed the last charge
OF the old Guard and saw the closing
act in the great drama OF which Ma
poleon had been for years the star.
Wellington and his staff stopped al her
fathers house on their way TO the bat
teheld.
Soon after the battle Of Waterloo she
was married and lived with her hus-
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pels and cuffs, as also for the covering
of the buttons this cloth being an orig
inal contrast in material and color. The
costume alluded to is lined throughout
with green glace silk and is one which
is deserving OF the highest praise.
Another capital costume. which is H.
lustrated in these columns, is of blue
serge most effectively trimmed with
rows OF white braid.
In the matter OF summer fashions,
which tend so much TO the known fas-
cinations of foulard, a charming gown
# mauYe color i'm that material has
just been made for the empress OF Rus
sia. A pattern OF white crescents inter-
laced appears on the skirt. which Is
cut in the old fashion. with narrow
breadths and Independently Of its
foundation.
group OF plaits at the right side OF
the skirt Is drawn up 10 show the tat
feta foundation underneath. which is at
this part plated and trimmed with a
wide ruche OF mauve and blue shot
glace silk mixed. The bodice is par
ticularly we'll done, being draped in
bias plaits and fastening up with frill
of foulard, lined with blue. edged on
both sides with narrow white valen-
ciennes.
Small puffed sleeves are surmounted
by little flounces of mauve foulard and
blue silk, respectively, while an elabo-
rate collar OF both materials is profuse-
y adorned with valenciennes gathered
fully at the back
This dress halls from Paris. although
the empress is patriotically inclined 70
give her orders in the Russian capital
as a rule, and so encourage native tall
ent. which smart society in st. Peters
burg does not unduly affect In fact
the habit OF going Co Paris for clothes
became SO universal among all who
could possibly or impossibly afford 1t
that three or four years ago a society
was formed among a few influential
danes IN the Romanoffs' capital which
bound it's members Co the masterpieces
Of native talent exclusively.
whether this association still -four
ishes we cannot say, but that the roll
call Of Russian clients has not abated
among Partisan modistes may Oe gath
cred from the fact that one great man
milliner finds himself possessed Of five
rich Slavonc customers TO one Amerl-
can. while he adds that the English are
comparatively economical and infre-
quent."
A useful yet very smart style for ev-
eryday wear is very attractive in the
original bottle green. Tho skirt. made
with large gathers at the waist. Is
trimmed at the foot with seven rows OF
six braid woven In mauvc and black.
which is laid on In hoops between frill3
Of shot green and mauve taffeta. This
decoration extends half way up the
skirt and Is matched on the bodice by
hoopings OF braid on the tabled basque
and collar. a pretty. soft vest or cream
mousseline De sole and lace. with ro-
sottes OF pale green mauve bebe ribbon.
which materials are repeated at neck
and wrist. furnishes one Of the pretti-
est possible outdoor frocks.
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wife, a loving mother and a great
queen?
Men who are prone 10 underrate
queens as rulers say OF Queen Victoria
that she has had wonderful men in her
cabinet, men with great brains, TO ad-
wise her; but, maniike. they forget that
il rested with the queen to say whether
these men should be in power. AS
queen there seems 10 have been i'm her
decisions none OF the small weaknesses
that are attributed 10 women. while as
woman she has done that best OF all
things-set a good example To her ma
tion. and not only TO nation, but 10
women all over the world. She has
been quick to encourage all that meant
advancement. She has given much
thought and quick encouragement 10
all that meant extremes. And I do be-
lieve all good women are proud of her,
because her sympathy. her love and her
appreciation have been given To good
women.
And what has happened in the 60
years since she was made queen? When
Queen Victoria was crowned, who
thought that on the sixtieth anniver-
sary Of her reign an electric wire would
be fastened to the throne itself. over
acknowledged her as its ruler a word
OF blessing and good cheer? Who dream
ed 50 years ago that on the day Queen
Victoria celebrated the sixtieth ami
versary OF her reign there could go un-
der the waters of the great ocean a
message of congratulation from Amer
lea to England and that the time taken
for sending that message would be less
than one hour? The whole world has
changed. the knowledge OF the power
of electricity has come TO US, and when
the queen flashes a message over the
telegraph, talks through her telephone
or listens TO message spoken by the
graphophone she and the rest of the
English nation say, and say gladly.
Look at the wonders that this younger
nation has wrought"
When she flies through the beautiful
countries, this great queen knows that
the luxurious cars and the quick en-
gine were made i'm that younger land
where life is so much newer where all
the people are younget and where
brains work quicker. In the 60 years
that have passed America has much
to be proud OF. but America can al
ways do its own Growing. and it has
never been known TO fail in this re-
spect. Personally. though, 1t is good TO
feel that so many Of the luxuries Of
life are due TO this quick witted son OF
old England. That's what we are, aft
or all, simply the eldest son, who de-
cared his independence and made a
life and a home for himself. Sixty
years ago all life was harder. but 90
years ago people were healthier and.
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from where she is sent She returns
with II filled with beer and into the
miserable stuff-it's cheap. poor beer
she puts first one dirty finger and then
the other and greedily sucks them
An offer was made TO her for a holi-
day, day in the country provided she
would submit TO a bath and 20 having
her hair Combed. suit Of decent
clothes would be given her and besides
the pleasant trip she could eat as many
cherries rs she wished. She would have
two good meals, with an interlude Of
Ice cream and cake. But she declined
the invitation. She said.
Il amt agOin 10 be scrubbed for no
old day In the country. Anyhow what's
the country like? You can't get beer
there, and there Amt no fun in lookin
at trees"
What is her chance for the future &?
sam, the child of the poor today
mean OF the wicked poor. for these peo-
pie are not always absolutely poor IN
money-does not differ from the child
that Hogarth drew or that child which
has come down from century TO CEN
tury, the product OF ignorance and vice,
sixty years ago. when queen Victoria
first went on the throne. the ladies
when they went 20 the theater sat UP
stairs in the dress circle, the lower part
OF the house being given over 10 n dif-
ferent class, and well bred women were
not supposed TO look at them. Sixty
years ago we did not have Strawberries
i'm January or oranges selling for less
than a penny apiece. The beautiful
fruits from the United States were not
taken over in those days 10 gladden. the
English appetite and a pineapple cost
sometimes guineas. sometimes ! gui-
nea. while we count them costly II an
enormously big one should be a dollar.
and Is cents is the average price paid
for a good pine. In those old days there
was great reverence shown TO old peo-
pie Things have changed a little in
that respect. even i'm England. We can
scarcely understand just how much def
erencc was shown TO the old unless we
read. as ! did the other day. in an au-
photography a sentence like this:
my father and mother demanded
such respect from their children that
we never dreamed of. sitting down in
their presence. and my mother was 50
particular that when we entered tho
room in which stood her special arm
chair. whether she occupied it or not,
we bowed and stood"
It is possible that today mothers and
fathers and sons and daughters are
more congenial and that greater SYM
pathy exists between them. If il does.
some of il is due To Queen Victoria, for
she made her children her closest
friends, and when her daughters were
mothers every doubt they had was sub
mitted to mamma"
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A GRAND OLD WCMAT

All old soldiers who campalened
Grant and Sherman will rcWet'
Mother Eickerdyke the old army NJ
Many will be surprised TO hear tAAt g
is still living at the home OF her son, q
Russell Kan. and will he so years oil
on the 10Th of the coming July.
In honor OF her passage OF the eight
ieth milestone on lifes journey the de-
partment commander Of Kansas has
issued an order to the various posts OF
the Grand Army of the Republic In that
state to celebrate July 10. 1897 as Moth
er Bickerdyke day and TO arrange for
suitable campfire exercises in tribute to
the services and sacrifices of this ven-
erable and distinguished woman.
OF the hundreds of noble women who
devoted n part OF the whole of the years
OF the war to the care of the sick and
wounded OF the army the name or
Mother Bickerdyke is given the most
eminent place by all who have written
or spoken on the subject. Others were
as heroic and consecrated as she, as
unwearled in labors and as unselfish
and self sacrificing but she was unique
in method. extraordinary in executive
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-06-21

Transparent muslins In bright blue.
mauve, green and red. with these afore-
said large checks interspersed with lo-
raj patterns of portentous size are the
doyen OF all smart blouses this year.
Never. indeed. has fashion been more
decisive or single minded. FOR instead
OF the various riot OF colors which until
recently overran each other on a single
hat or dress we are now. N inclined TO
be I'm and OF the mode, confined 20 one
single but brilliant note OF color. so that
as the season advances the race meet
ing or garden party should present a
new and picturesque aspect altogether
engaging.
~ the men would I'm Their turn only
take 10 bottle green and plum color, how
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-06-21

All the world has gained by this good
queen Therefore ! do think that the
women Of America should, more than
any others appreciate the message sent
by the old Irish woEtan and that each
OF us ON the anniversary day should
say. with all respect because of her
goodness as a queen and with all love
because OF her sweetness az woman.
God bless the queen
And some of us may be glad To know
that the music OF that wonderful song
was written by a woman an Irish lady
whose work win last as long as the
world. but whose name. alas. is for
gotten. IT must be hard TO do some
thing fine and then have even your own
little world forget you. But what diff
ference does It make. after all? We
think that we will grieve at being for
gotten. My friend, we will not know.
Yesterday / met a young. pretty girl
who said. Tomorrow Is my birthday
and / am going TO make a lot of gocD
resolutions" l smiled as / left he'
and | thought. There goes one more
little craft sailing to the Land Of Good
Intentions
Who hasn't started for that land +?
And how many people get there?
II is the land where you never say a
cross word.
1t is the land where you never forget
a good resolution.
IT is the land where you take sood
care of your health.
1t is the land where you believe the
best Of everybody.
IL Is the land where you go to bed
early and get up with the sun.
II is the land where everybody does
right.
How many ships get to this land? A
very. very few, And when they reach
ii they are so battered and broken from
lighting against the rough waves in
the Sea of Doubt that they are of little
use. However. IL is not bad to make
an effort TO get TO this Land OF Good
Intentions: You and / and everybody
else is helped little bit by trying to
do right. We tumble but we pick our
selves up again, and each time we are
more determined not to tumble We
hold ourselves straighter and take
firmer steps.
woman asked not long ago what
babhle was. This explains it: It's a
something that may begin on a Cunard
dock and end In the Land of Good In
tentions. but Il always has at the end
the same Signature, that Of
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copyright, 1871

II was said as one OF the great ocean
steamers was going out of its dock
said by an old Irish woman who had
the merriest face imaginable and that
sweet voice that seems a special bless
ing given To the daughters of Erin
and she said IL with all her soul thrown
into her words and with a tear or two
of absolute delight i'm her eyes. 1t was
her goodby TO a wealthier friend going
over for the summer:
You'll be after seein her ladyship the
queen, God bless hert I was born on
the same day that she was. and when
ever l had trouble. darlin, sure
thought that me foster sister had 'em,
TOO, and knew how TO sympathize with
women. So when her great carriage
passes you, and you're all hurrahin and
wavln your flags. say a special God
bless the queen!' for me. cause she's
been such a good woman"
1t started me to thinking. Here was
one woman who had impressed her per-
sonality upon another woman I'm the
lower ranks of life. woman who had
never seen her and who had probably
lived half of her life In a distant coun-
try, and yet she was loyal TO her as
woman and as queen. Why? She told
II herself when she ended her little
speech ard said "'cause she's been such
a good woman" Sometimes II seems as
IL we women, who ought most highly to
appreciate her, do not realize what a
wonderful queen England has had these
60 long years.
Think Of It! She took her position as
ruler over one OF the greatest Kingdoms
in the world, a mere girl, just such A
girl as that one OF yours TO whom you
would never dream OF submitting any
great question of Importance. She
had that most horrible OF all things TO
do-horrible, | mean, 10 a delicate
minded woman-choose her husband.
and yet she did II with so much wis
dom that when the wedding ring was
put upon her finger all England re-
ioiced not only because OF the queens
happiness. but because II realized that
she had chosen a good man. loving
man and a man whose influence over
her would always be for the welfare OF
the nation. Then she became the
mother OF many children, but as each
little one came into the world ii was the
JOY and the pride OF the English peo-
pie because the queen had that won
derful wisdom which taught her TO let
her children go among her people. know
them. realize that they were like them
and find out for themselves what IL
meant to be rich or 10 be poor. to be on
throne or in a garret. This gentle
woman has lived, to my way OF think
ing. a beautiful life. What more can
be said OF her than that she was good
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ming a dress is with insertions Of lace
set roundward. You may see dozens of
these, and very pretty they are, too,
looking we'll either on plain materials or
on those killed skirts OF whose charms
ii is difficult to write a great deal.
Three of the latest styles Of London
tailor made dresses are here rcprOduc-
ed. You will observe that black and
white shepherds plaid is called into
service for that perfectly fitting cos
tune on the left. It's double breasted
coat shows no crease or wrinkle In
deed ~ is irreproachable, both in cut
and style, even To those cut steel but
tons which decorate both fPoPts and
cuffs. a velvet facing, black or green.
as best pleases you, relieves the coat
from monotony.
But as all tastes are not alike, and,
moreover. as the autocrat OF fashion
has decreed that on at least some OF the
gowns braldlng must appear so on that
chic bolero OF fawn cloth accompany
ing the skirt illustrated In the center
costume you see braiding I'm fawn and
silver as n fine art The lining OF this
coat is white silk and the lining TO the
collar fawn moire velours fabric
which admirably adapts itself 20 the
adornment OF summer tailor made
coats
The third sketch on the right Is a
blue serge costume. with green and
white angola check cloth for collar, Ia
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Months For Weddings.

There is a popular idea that June is
the favorite month for weddings and
that tho yoIng woman who loves ro-
nance and wishes fortune 20 smile upon
her nuptials in every way must choose
this OF an months. Cold and unroman-
tic fact however. shows that the thrse
most popular marriage months are Oc-
tober. November and December. Fifty
years records show this 20 be true and
also demonstrate the fact that the most
unpopular months for marriage are
January, February and March.
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Every preparation is being made for
warm summer. as thin and transpar-
ent materials are decidedly in the as
cendant Grass lawn will reign afresh,
and really il lends itself to so many
charming combinations that its popu-
larlty is natural enough. Then there
are the pretty silk grenadines and the
fancy canvas. generally black, TO be
worn over colored glace silk.
In these materials trimmed skirts will
flourish. sometimes decked with a clus-
ter of frlls at the hem, sometimes
tucked at intervals and sometimes
edged with deep lace fiounces. Indeed
lace and chiffon frills assert themselves
everywhere, and the graceful fashion
has returned of arranging lace over the
bodices in graduated braces from waist
TO shoulder.
The prevailing color OF the year is nom
descript. Shading on buff, it is scarcely
yellow. Verging on holland color, IL yet
lacks the suggestion of brown in It's
composition. 1t is pretty color and a
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-06-21

the ornamentation that rust be re-
ligiously prevented.
Ibis pink is the favorite Partisan col
or, and a curious little toque brought
over by friend is OF crinkled ibis pink
straw. the crown. very small, surround
ed by a drapery OF rolled pink tulle,
while at the left side a plume OF wings
In coral and pink, purporting To be gen.
uine ibis feathers, stands very erect and
rampant.
Scarlet tartan is another speciality of
the season which seems TO hold the
French affections very firmly, for on
every other hat or frock OF the first
artistic water these enormous, gaudy
checks are introduced and with great
effect, too, it must be added.
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Gold is to figure largely in all trim
mings for gowns this year. If you have
a dress that you are going to have sill
yer and gold braid put on, see TO it
that there is more gold than silver. or
you will not be fashionable
Woman has long been credited with
an overweening fondness for a uniform,
the result Of the gold lace that makes
it gorgeous. Now woman is 10 wear
that which she most admres, and we
may expect to see semimiltary and
seminautical costumes on all sides.
This will particularly be the case in the
REFER suits. which are bound to be very
popular. For tailor made dresses there
are many patterns in black braid edged
with gold cord. There are zouaves OF
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ability. enthusiastic in devotion and in
d0mitabla iu VIII. After her plans were
formed and her purposes matured she
carried thcrr through i'm the face OF the
most formidable opposition. She gave
herself to the rank and iile OF the army,
thc private soldiers. for whom she had
unboundod tenderness and developed al
most lmltlcss resources Of help and
comfort.
Mrs Bickerdyke MARY Ann Bald
was born in Knox county. O., near the
present city of Mount Vernon. Her ia
ther was Hiram Ball her mother being
q daughter of John Rodgers distin-
gushed soldier in the Revolutionary
war. Hcr mother died when Mary was
only II months old. and she was raised
Ivy her grandparents on farm near
Mansfield. q. At the age g l6 she went
20 Oberln. o.. To school working FOL
her board and attending Oberlin COZ
lege. Later she moved 60 Cincinnati
and volunteered as a nurse IN one OF
the city hospitals during the siege OF
cholera i'm 1887. Here she acquired that
knowledge OF medicine and skill In
nursing which made her services OF
such great value in after years.
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every shape. kind and design. Some OF
these are cut in a point in the center OF
the back with gold fringe appended
which reaches TO the waist There are
gallons with gold cloth down the center
and bead embroidery OF gold on either
side.
when gold is not in favor, steel Is. II
Is not only employed as embroidery but
cut steel brooches and buttons and
steel clasps and slides figure on every
thing, dresses, dress bodices, dress belts.
hats and toques. and many OF the new
fashioned outstanding coronet combs
are made OF the same. while steel orna-
ments are supplanting diamonds. There
Is only one thing about this steel craze
1T Is absolutely necessary 10 preserve
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band i'm northern France, coming TO the
United states on one OF the palatial
clipper ships that sailed the ocean be-
fore the days OF steamboats,. She
graphically tells now of the storm the
ship encountered-how the waves dash
ed over the ship higher than the mas.
tops. From Castle Garden they follow
ed the setting sun. along the banks 60
the Erie canal, she carrying her habv
100 miles at one time on their ives .~al
journey. uF
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Hints to Housekeepers.

The latest addition 60 the : O'Clock
tea table rs peanut sandwiches. DO not
roll tho nut meats, but pound them in
a mortar with little salt, until they
are very fine. Spread bread that has
been cut very thin with butter and then
with the nut paste. Place two pieces
together and cut the sandwich round
or I'm a trIanEle.