The National tribune., 1897-04-08


Closed in golden ring.
Now some twisted iyy-net,
Now by some tiuklng rivuiet,
In moses mixed with violet
Her crean-whi,c mule his pastern set:
And freer now she skimni'd the plains
Than she whose elin pranccr springs
BY night to e'cry warbings.
When all the glimmering moorland rings
Will jiB.lipg brde-rens.
As she fled fast iI,ro' and shade.
The happy winds upon her played
Blowing the ringIct from the braid.
She iook'd so lovely she swayd
The rein will, dainty fingerttips.
man had given all other bliss.
Aud all his worldly wortl, for this,
To waste his whole heart lii kiss
Upon her perfect lips.
-Tennyson.
There promise to be plenty of girls in this
Administration, besides the Mckinley nieees:
there are eight grown girls in Postmaster Gen.
eral Gary's family.
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Mrs. Mckinley has started new fashion in
hair-dressing. Because, forsooth. she wears
her hair close cropped, curls it all about and
tncks down the part with little side-combs there
be many maids and matrons who shear their
locks in close imitation. We all remember in
Mrs. CIcveland's first Administration, when she
came in as much-discusscd and much admired
bride, she wore her hair straight back from her
forehead with a curl on each corner; aud every
High School girl in the country mmicked the
fashion, regardless Of wide foreheads, cow
licks, or other obstacles. Mrs. McKinley's
fashion is all we'll enough for her, but short
hair is always disappointing in woman unless
she be l6 or under: it is also rarely becoming,
is very difficult to keep curled, and is very ugly
and awkward when tho front bang is curled
and the back left straight; so the girls who are
contemplating adopting the Mrs. Mckinley
coiffure should take heed.
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There is New York woman who keeps an
Audubon millinery store, where no feathers
are sold.
The Smithsonian Institution reports that the
wild birds are being killed SO extensively that
there is every reason to fear that many varie-
ties will become extinct in q few years. State
Legislatures are trying to stop the destruction,
Uut tuoIo ~ S0iy Astio uUUo Vuot law C6u
do good If tho women insist upon the stuffed
birds, wings, and aigrets for their adornment.
The sensible women of the country can do their
best to stop the fashion by not wearing nor ap.
proving of the feathered trimmings.
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Sleeves are now so tight at the wrist and
elbow that my lady fashionable complains of
the discomfort.
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sashes or more particularly sash ends,
promise little variety in the Spring and Sum-
mer fashions The sash may consist of rib.
bon belt and long loops and ends, even as in the
days of yore; or of two sash ends of black silk
rufled all about the edges with black chiffon;
set in with the gathers at the belt Of the dress
skirt. For evening frocks there may be chiffon
sash ends, with folded belt Of chiffon of white
or dainty color. For Summer, that demurest
and most fetching Of combi binations, white
frock with blue sash, is not impossible 1t is
"sweet sixteen" combination but not unbe-
coming to 20 or even "a in these days of college
girls.
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As for Easter bodices surplice fronts, bolero
jackets, wide collars, revers, rufles. berthas,
insertions, braidings, headings. everything that
pretty is is in fashion this Spring.
When Baby was sioI wa rava her Castoria