The herald., 1897-01-13
WOMEN ASIo THEIR WAYS.

when Captain Gamaliel Hodges brought her
home to his little daughter at Salem. Mass.
when he returned from a voyage to Can
| ton, China.
She is now dressed in Louis XIV style.
but history does not record Just how this
tiny counterfeit of woman was originally
attired. What we do know Is that when
che came TO America We had no direct
trade with any distant ports Of the world.
for everybody here was a subject Of King
George, and no one had ever heard of the
Star Spangled Banner.
81 This little doll. therefore has looked upon
the mOst remarkable events of modern
times. and = has not even aged her When
tho War OF the Revolution was inaueuratea
jshe had already passed through the hands
of several generations. and was really en-
titled to all the respect due to a very ven
cradle person. She was much older thai
General Washington when he became thn
President OF the United Colonies, and Gen.
eral Lafayette must have seemed n more
boy TO her. The events Of the War Of 1s19
found her approaching her hundredth vear
and each succeeding decade has e1de1
Tremendously 20 the weight Of her expe-
rience.
During all this time the doll was n,scas
on from one person to another. evidently
receiving tho best # treatment from ZACH
successive owner-unusual beauty and
strange history saving her from the sad
late or so many or her sort.
Probably one Of the most advanced -,
Russian women Is Mrs. Creighton. the
wife OF the new Bishop OF London. who {,
the daughter Of a Russian merchant. She
has always been ir terested In wcmnn's wo~l,
and womens education. Witness her presl-
dency Of the recent national conference and
these earlier etrugges at Oxford IN COL
laboration with Mrs. Humphry Ward and
Mrs. Max Muller which resulted in the
Oxford Association for the Education of
Women. She is a historian, Ike her ms
band.
Darclne slippers are made to match tho
gown. and rhinestone and pearl embroidery
Is the finish but when this style of shoe
is not practical bronze and black kid en-
brotdered with brown and Jet beads ere
quite as good style Slippers to match iha
gloves are frequently worn and Inc half
low shoe of finest kid is always correct.
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good many things besides money are
in quest at Christmas. And tovs and
jewels and othc- articles suitable for
presents are not he only things for which
money Is required. Packing boxes FOR
instance. most commonplace article. are
demanded almost as much as plum pud-
dings.
A man who wished to move tha other
| NNJ icuitc th@' ouL Nv unpleasant eT
periencs. He is tho owner of lot Of Books
which he prizes more than he does his
clothing and his wardrobe is neither small
nor chesr. when he was ready to move he
founl his books would more tran MI his
trunk. Then he 'ecided he would ge. a
packing box for his books and place his
clothing In his trunk. He went to a store
around the corner. where he had been ac-
!customed to seeing large piles of boxes
| and offered to buy one.
Packing boxes are not for sale" s,fi
the proprietor. I'VE are in the market sor
them and cannot buy enough to meet os,-
own requirements. We are using then, m
pack Christmas goods in We have bsen
buying some from Rlank & Co.. maybe Won
can get one there p"
| Off to Blank e Co.'S went the man WIN
was going to move, and there he met with
[ a rebuff WIN
(, Cant get enough r-y.s FIR orr own
z, trade" ssid the salesman. 1--WE cur cn,,5m,, Smn
afford to sell you a little box for a dollar
now Come around after New Years and
we VIII let you have all you want. ~ Won
lind any ore with boxes to sell let us know
ana we VIII pay you commission for get
| ting them for u.s."
| AT half dozen other stores ba . ..,,
| the same thing. was 'oiu
Not being able e, get box for hi, ho,,,.
tne man mas not moved vet H.. did po.
| trunk. o q 'ne'p
| y
Ine wise prophets among the peasants
nave shaken their heads most so,smnIv
over the unusual flight of the birds and
tEen TOO the animals have all been given
sucn wonderful coats of fur this falI-two
un1aliing signs of cold weather. they say.
ferhaps the manufacturers have taken
.neir cues from the animals. for they are
turning out winter coats from their shors
that suggest arctic shores in their greg,
| lfurriness
others, more practically inclined. say
'nat WnaIever savors of Russia goes this
year IN Paris. and they account for the
lereat popularity Of fur that way.
Even house toilets and evening toilets
are lavishly trimmed with furs It's all
| ways sure to be becoming trimming. bur
tine expense OF it! There is the rub
But have Just seen some shining cx-
amrles Of what furrers can do ir ti1e
way OF rencvating old fur wraps. even dye
ing the fur It's natural color where it was
fadec in streaks. The cost was moderate.
100 ana l know woman who has to con-
FORM to the little economies of life and vet
her beautiful furs are everywhere noticed.
| Sne has three fur wraps-one dates bacs
twenty years and instead OF laying on
any money in cloth wraps for the winte,
she has one Of her fur wraps remodeled
Sometimes she boasts collet and some
times a longer cape with stole ends. o.
course every inch Of the fur that is cut OF
in remodelfng the garment is saved ant
when the season calls for longer wrap
the fur is cleverly pieeed out by the furr e.
again.
1t means so much to a winter toile
to be possessed Of elegant furs for stree
gowns then become minor affairs In thc
ensemble.
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One OF the new winter capes is built
| aN cf, oh ;c Ioo-
yoke of dahlia velvet heavily embroidered
in gold that is scalloped around the edges
The astrachan is put on very full, so that i
falls in great loose folds just to the wais
line. The extra high Medc collar Of tht
black astrachan is wired to stand straigh
up. Dahlia satin lines the cape throughout
Another short cape made after the sam,
model Is OF mink, with yoke OF burn
orange velvet, embroidered in gold
Throughout the cape is lined with pale golt
satin.
There must be many clever people in tn,
world among the workers whose names ar
never known though their productions sci
we'll. Take the wonderful things now cl
view in shop windows, their beautiful de
signs and elaborate fnish-from the chea]
ornaments which are often prettier thai
real jewelry, to the dolls, bonbon boxes
wood carvings, glass and china objects an,
general bric-a- -hrac of all nations. VIII
, knows, and who cares. how the gifted an
, patient makers of these Christmas novel
! ties live and die. or if their toll receive