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washerwoman style; the turned back part
was faced with black velvet. The bodice
was smart little jacket with basques,
opening on vest OF pink mousseline Ge
sole and turning back in triple revers of
black velvet; the revers formed big wavy
collar, from which rose high collar lined
with white. Add a narrow black velvet
belt, jabot of white mousseline and
gray velvet hat with black trimmings, and
you may get some idea of one Of the best
considered toilets of the season.
An actress of some prominence wore
striking costume, which would suit COM
paratively few. Hers was a black velvet
princess gown, trimmed with narrow rows
OF white silk pasSementerie. encircling the
whole corsage and the upper part of the
skirt. like the stripes Of a zebra. A fluffy
boa of gray feathers was worn and black
velvet hat, with white plumes.
White and Black.
A roticeably handsome blonde matron
was gowned in white silk, yelled with beau
tiful black Chantilly lace. The front of the
skirt was bordered on either side with a
ruche Of narrow black lace and the sides
were trimmed with narrow, sloping bands
of black velvet, lace-edged. The bodice was
of white brocade, with folded revers over
vest of black lace; there were rucked
sleeves of black lace and white chiffon.
The streets look decidedly autumnal. A
great amount of red is seen, set off by
black braid coy black fur. On Broad
way yesterday 1 noticed a walking dress
OF almond green cloth, trimmed with two
green velvet 1uff1es. This gown was an
exception to the no-ruffle rule and one
that justified itself The bodice was made
with square bolero, edged with ruffle.
Plain sleeves without jockeys gave an up
to-date look warranting any sort of liberty
A boa of black feathers and toque trim
med with sulls' wings set off a piquant
face framed in fluffy blonde hair. A more
thoroughly characteristic dress was of dark
blue serge, made with jacket that fast
ened across with straps buttoning upon
olives. The jacket had short basques, and
a storm collar. 1t had plain sleeves with no
jockeys and was trimmed with rows of
narrow braid. The skirt was ornamented
with braid also. At the neck was a white
mousseline jabot. ELLEN OSBORN.
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Contest for Rockefeller Prise.

From the Musical Courier.
1t appears that Mr.. Rockefeller prom
ised a handsome prize to the boy H. Sum
day school who should answer most sat
isfactorily certain questions. The day Of
trial dawned. The superintendent put the
first question.
Whom do you love best, Willy Sprague?"
Il love my mother best She dresses me
and undresses RE, ard tucks NE in at nigh.
and hears me say my prayers
"A good answer, Willy. Mr.. Rockefeller
will be much pleased. 1 think very likely
you will get the prize"
The superintendent turned to another
bright-eyed boy.
And whom do you love hes t. Henry?"
81 love my father best, because he goes
to the city and gets money"
"A good answer, Henry. very good an
swer. Mr.. Rockefeller will be especially
pleased. You have an excellent chance for
the prize
There was a loud swapping of fingers.
What is 1t, my little man? DO you wish
to answer next? Well whom do you love
best?''
II love Jesus, because he died for u.s."
"A beautiful answer" said the superin-
tendent, as he wiped his eyes; "a beauti-
full answer. Did you all hear it. boys?
How delighted Mr. Rockefeller will BET
And what is your name. my good boy?'
Likely Einstein.'
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Birds Fighting Kites.

From the Chicago News.
Many amusing experiences have been the
lot of the scientists who have been manipu-
lating kites for scientific purposes. Large
birds are always interested in the strange
devices floating in the air and cannot quite
make out what they are. Prompted by
sharp curiosity. they hover around the
floating kites and subject themselves to
the danger of becoming entangled in the
silken string and being dragged down to
earth. No bird. however, has ever alighted
on kite or attacked one. While one
scientist was flying a train Of five kites, a
couple of years ago, large silver-tipped
eagle came suddenly out of the higher air
and swooped round and round the first kite,
looking against the sunset sky like huge
silver ball. AS the train of kites was pulled
in the eagle followed, visiting one kite and
then another, seeming uncertain just what
to do. In a few minutes, when he seemed
to have decided that they were not good
to eat, and he knew nothing about them,
anyway, he indignantly flew Off and was
lost to view. Another experience was had
with stork that came from the New
Jersey side of the Hudson and few straight
for the queer object in the air. He APP
parently had made up his mind to go
straight through it, but changed and dived
underneath. He went around and above
1t, and through a glass it could be seen
that he cooked his eye at the intruder In
a comical manner. He started away few
swooping back. He finally reluctantly
went away, nlystified ever this queer addi-
ton to the inhabitants of the air. While
kites were high in the air one March flock
of geese nyirg in the B-wedge flew over.
They invariably stopped, broke up and
lowered above the queer object, and at
last slowly reformed and few away. While
IL e larger birds all come from heights above
the kites. the small birds of the air will
alight the string holding the kite and
sway to and fro.
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a MAN .GHT FEET TALL.
The LOng-Leg=ed Texan Who VIII
March In the Kansas City Carnival.

The LOng-Leg=ed Texan Who VIII
March In the Kansas City Carnival.
From the Kansas City Star
He is not so tall a house-this man in
the picture. Col. Henry Clay Thruston-
but he measures fully eight feet after his
shoes are off and he must double up when
he enters an ordinary door. He does not
walk on stills, is he raised from the
ground by cork soles; he simply measures
eight feel and puts a silk hat on his
head to let people know that he doesn't
care how tall he is
Henry Clay Thruston comes from Mount
Vernon, Texas There ne farms in a peace
able sort OF way. and there he finds good
use for the long limbs nature has given
him The colorel will be one of the feat
ureS OF the stock yards division of the
carnival parade this year. He will not
vide III carriage-that would be too un-
comfortable. he will not ride a horse for
there is none in Kansas City that will ac-
coIDn3dste him. but he will walk right at
the head of the stock yards division. a
hey en- s:iits could not walk more stitfy
tran does this giant ncr could any one i'm
itate his movements by any possible means
Ills walk is all his cwn-it is part of his
stock in trade.
Col Henry Clay Thruston was born in
South Carolina s:xty-six years ago His
and when Henry grew to he six feet il was
taken as matter of course. But he dill
Aot stop AT six, CT seven He grew and
he grew and he grew with the persistency
oil suHfiower and probably never would
have stopped growing had not the war
come On and swept him into the fray He
was eight feet high when he entered the
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THE WAR IS OVER.
For the Time Being the Big Hat Has
Been OverthrOwn.
From

For the Time Being the Big Hat Has
Been Overthr0wn.
From Harper's Weekly.
TIE war against the high theater hat has
ended. at least, for the time, in the over
throw of the hat. In some western cities,
notably in San Francisco, the city council
has passed an ordinance empowering the
managers OF theaters to eXpei ladies whose
headgear impedes the view of spectators.
Fortified by this law, ushers politely invite
wearers of offending hats to remove them
or call at the box office to get their money
back. To stern necessity the ladies have
succumbed, and orchestra and dress circle,
instead of presenting the appearance of a
parterre of flowers, glowing with the gay
colors of myriads of Snowy birds, are now
mere backs of heads, frowzy with dishev-
eled hair, and glooming the eye with dull
neutral tints For the preparation of the
female hair for exhibition at the opera
involves n hair dresser and carriage, and
forbids the use of a hat or toque until the
show is over, whereas no lady cares to
walk bareheaded throue.i tae streets on the
way to the play.
Throughout history the female head dress
has been a worry and a vexation. Five
hundred years ago, when Europe was TAX
ing breath after the cruSades ladies wore
head dress which was built up in a couple
of pointed spires an ell long. and had long,
loose pieces of Grape fastened to the top of
them and hanging down the back. Such
head gear enraged pious monk named
Thomas Conecte, and he preached against
it with such fervor that hundreds of women
threw down their head dresses before the
pulpit and the street boys took delight in
pelting with stones those who chung to
their high hats. But when Fray Conecte
died the high hats came to life again. and
in the quaint language of Monsieur Para
din, the women who had crawled into their
holes like snails now put forth their horns
once more.
1t was left for Louis the Eleventh to
deal q death-blow to the fashion. In our
day we put the high hat out of the theater;
the king excluded it from court and church.
But even his power was inadequate to set
a limit to the Norman cap, which to this
day two feet above the wearers
head, and is the joy and pride Of the coun-
trywomen of Charlotte Corday.
1t was rather by its breadth than by its
height that the modern theater hat made
itself offensive. AUX tro:s quarts du par
terre IL cacha les acteurS. If the hat wear
ers could have kept their heads still, the
nuisance would not have been SO unbear-
able. But the tall hat seemed to set the
muscles Of the neck quaking, so that the
wearer waggled her head necessarily, like
the old effigies of Chinese mandarins, and
the spectator behind her had no sooner
discovered a practicable vista under
of the hat wings than it was closed by a
change of pose. For its disappearance may
we all be duly thankful: and now, if some
body will devise a cure for the chatter of
the sweet girl graduate at the most inter-
esting part of the play, we may really
cease to take our pleasures sadly.
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Design for a Handsome Gown of
White Satin and Lace.
TRIMMINGS and COLOR COMBINATIONS
The Bell Skirt is Particularly Popu-
lar This Fall.
FABRICS FOR FALL FROCKS
Copyright. 1897, by s. NJ. Baldwin,

Copyright 1897, by s. NJ Baldwin,
Special Correspondence of The Evening Star.
FRANKFORT. A. NJ, September u, 81.
The evening dress, which we submit to-
day to the American public. illustrates the
character which fashion assumes during
the coming winter.
White satin and cream-coIored lace con-
stitutes this elegant gown. The trained
skirt of white satin is deliberately e,nbroid-
cred throughout with pale green SATIN 1t
opens in front over a petticoat of pale green
satin covered with white mousselne &c soie
hand embroidered, with a delicate tracery
of vines and flowers done in gold thread
spaEgles and crystals, to match the hem of
the skirt
The loose blouse bodice and butterfly
sleeves are made of white crinkled NOUS
seine de sole. while the collet and points,
which hold the gathered sleeve puffs, con-
sist also of pale green satin covered with
white mousselne de sole embroidered to
match the petticoat.
A very narrow. but full ruche of mousse
line edges the square decoliete folded
ceinture of shaded green velvet encircles
the waist, and the long white gloves reach
almost to the shoulder puff, where they are
embroidered with gold thread, spangles and
green crystals. A necklace of pearls and
emeralds encircies the throat.
All is Not Gold.
Glitter is again to be typical feature
OF the seasons fashion, and incrustations
OF lace, spangles, gold embroideries and
gems will be employed in the elabora ton
OF skirts and bodices for full dress wear
Another beautiful gown, which is to do
DUTY as bridesmaids toilet at one of our
fashionable weddings, has plain narrow
skirt OF heavy embroidered attn bordered
with an antique pattern embroidered with
silver thread.
The tight. plain waist of rose-colored
satin has a very low. square decoIlste and
Is covered entirely by mousseline de sole
OF the same shade, loosely gathered and
forming the pouch SO much admired In all
new toilets.
The ingenuity of the faiseur manifests
Itself in the dainty trimming and color
combination of this gown Narrow bands
of black velvet ere set several inches apart
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confederate service and a wound received
in Arkansas while fighting under Gen.
Marmaduke stunted his growth before he
was half through.
In 1850 Col. Thruston was still a young
man. He was taken with the gold fever
and went to California. But he never got
into the gold fields. An en.erprising saloon
keeper in San Francisco saw the value of
ms inquire as an advertising medium ami
paid him $3.50 month to stand in his front
door and let people look at him.
Just after the rebellion, which had strip
ped the colonel of every cent he had saved
from his California experience a St. Louis
man took him in charge and went with
him all over the country, exhibiting him as
in that time Colonel Thrustcn saved cute
a fortune. with which he purchased the
farm where he now lives in Mount Yer
non, Texas.
Colonel ThrLston has a brother in Kan
sds City. When he walks under a beam
ana stands up straight it has to be six
ieet live inches from the ground or he
won't get through.
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Westminster Gazette,

From the Westminster Gazette.
1t is rumored that before long glass UNI
brellas will be in general use-that is, UNI
brellas covered with the new spun glass
cloth These. of course. will afford no pro-
lection from the rays Of the sun. but they
will possess one obvious advantage, namely,
that they can be held in front of the face
when meeting the wind and rain. and at the
same time the user will be able to see that
or lamp posts. But what say lovers-the
seaside holiday lovers-who are to be seen
on every beach round the coast, with their
backs to the clin or handy boat, an un-
fnried old-style umbrella In front Of them,
leaving nothing to the gaze Of the inquisi-
tive save the soles Of their four shoes?
Surely they viii revolt against the innova-
ton. s.
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From the Denver Times.
swarm of bees came flying down Law
renee street at o'clock this afternoon, APP
parently in search of a home. When they
got TO the 10th street crossing something
or other in the appearance of the land
scape suddenly seemed to strike their
fare The leader of the swarm, or the
guide, turned three somersaults in the air
and came down on the endgate of an ex-
press wagon that was standing on the
Lawrence street side of Haswenrs drug
store.
Then. of a sudden, the female scorcher
discovered what the meaning of the adj
n.onitory shouts was. She ran plump into
the midst of the swarm. The bees. finding
a new and evidently more agreeable roost
offered by her back and shoulders. turned
from the express wagon and began fiockng
to her. Probably 100000 bees were perch
ed on her back by the time she got across
10th street. She screeched few times,
scorched harder yet, and by the time she
had crossed 10th street she had succeeded
in shaking herself clear Of the impious
bugs"
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One Girl Who Can Throw a Stone.

From the Morning Oreeonian
Last Wednesday evening Lille Schaeffer,
aged fourteen. who lives with her parents
on Hill creek. in Baker county, had quite
an adventure with wildcats. She was en-
gagged driving up the cows for the evening
milking, when she came face to face with
wildcat and kittens. The cats stood their
ground. the old one making fight with the
girls dog. The young lady, not to be
driven from the field by fright, gathered
her apron fun Of stones. and the battle be-
gan in earnest. 1t ended by Miss Schaeffer
killing one of the kittens and carving II
home as trophy of her bravery and skill
in a close and dangerous encounter.
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The above liberal offer d made to advertise the
old reliable Diamond Dyes, and to get their book
upon home dyeing into the hands OF women who
look like new.
Diamond Dyes have special dyes for cotton, differ
emit from those that are used for WOOL and are the
only package dyes on the market that can be relied
upon 70 give eoiors that VIII not fade o. crock.
The 1ect that Dtamcnd Dyes have been the stand
ard home dyes for nearly twenty years and that
their enie dncrsas nom year to year b proof pad
dre that they hare never I'D a equal
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walked Seventeen Miles In Her SIeeu.

From the Philadelphia Record
lhere mas been much excitement and
much discussion in FELTON,, Del, over N
story OF the remarkable somnambulism Of
Miss Chella Connor, the nireteen-year-old
daughter of A. b. Conner, the station
agent at Feltcn.
few nights ago Miss Conner retired.
but fell asleep before she disrobed. She
had been in the room but a short time
when she walked out of the house and I'D
the railroad track. None of the family saw
her leave the house. and did not discover
that she had gone until some time after.
Ihey were greatly alarmed. and at once
made search for her. John Lynch. who
knew the girl well, said that he saw her
walking up the railroad track but said
nothing to her. The friends of the family
at once started i'm pursuit of her. but were
compelled to return without her. Nearly
all night they secured the country with BIZ
cycles and carriages, but none of them
thought to keep directly on the railroad
track. Miss Connor walked straight ND
the track, and when she awoke in the
early morning she found that she was
near Cheswold. which is seventeen miles
from where size started. She at once took
a train and went home.
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along the blouse, reaching from the decol-
iete to the belt of folded black velvet and
small rosettes Of rose-colored mousseine de
sole stud these narrow black velvet bands
at irregular intervals.
A very fetching originality shows itself in
the apology for a sleeve, which consists of a
number of very wide rose-colored satin rib
bon loops, some of which fall gracefully
and all together forming huge rosette. A
strip of roSe-colored satin ribbon is stretch
ed diagonally over the decollete: the latter
is edged with narrow ruche of roSe-coI-
ored mousseiine and sprigs of fine pink
flowers which emanate from bouquet at
tached to the right corner of the decollete.
The effect is charming, and the gown will
look uncommonly we'll on the tall, 1.-THE
figure of a stately brunette.
For Evening Gowns.
For evening wear heavy stuffs of the
kind that stand alone vie with airiest
fabrics woven Of gossame- threads for the
favor of the fair wearer.
Mousseline de soie-which is an improve
ment on chiffon, on account of it's great
durability combined with soft draping quail
ities-is admitted by modistes as being in
dispensable to the fashionable gown.
One of the daintiest patterns Of this
lovely fabric is a rose design, forming one
and another consisting of a succession of
pyramidal clusters. In the interval are
distributed delicate buds and leaf sprays.
This will make up charmingly as a drop
skirt and blouse over a tight lining of
rose-colored or pale green satin or taffeta.
Another design. on cream mousseine de
sole ground. is made of violets. The upper
border is a mingiing of buds and leaves.
while on the lower the dainty flower Is
nnassed in gorgeous bdnches. On the body
of the goods delicate buds are carelessly
placed. This pattern over lining of cream
colored taffeta will look we'll on the deb
fur,sa wit
gown and hair with fresh, odorous violets
The Bell skirt.
There is more conjecture about the skirt
this fall than about the waist or sleeves
One of the newest patterns is the bell skirt
1t has peculiar flare from the knee down,
made by sharply goring every seam, ex-
cept the center-back one. Such a skirt
has five cores and is very narrow at the
top with a slight fan at the center of the
back. where the seam Is bias. The front
only is smooth. but every other seam flares
sharply at the lower edge.
This skirt proves to be immensely be-
coming and the costumer generally makes
1t up separately from the lining but hang
ing both on the same belt and attaching
them again together at the hem These
ruff1es OF silk form the balayeuse over q
facing of silk, or alpaca, or whatever the
lining of the skirt may consist of.
Many seams are more becoming to n
snort inquire therefore, the seven-gored
skirt is greatly favored. The fronts are
narrow and fitted without darts; the back
is in two box pleats or fan pleats narrow
at the top and f1aring toward the ground.
Trimed skirts hint at over-draperies, but
the many plain designs yet in existence
encourage us to hope that overskirts are
still in the dim future
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From Puck.
Scotty-"Yep; that's ole Howling Ike.
Useter be the terror OF the camp"
Visitor from the East-"You don't saw
sou He looks quite civil and respectable
Pm sure. Was he converted?"
Scotty--"You betcher life he war! We
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an extinct fish from
q single scale. He
could not pre- d | C t
future fishes from
scales of the present
ones. But. given one
detail of dress, a
clever p e r o n can
sketch for you a COM
plete outline of the
coming 8 e a 8 on 8
fashions. For exam
pie, skirts are grow
ing tighter roS 8
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Pretty Bad.

Pretty Bad.
From Puck
Ethel-'What kind of a man is this Mr.
Washington you speak of SO often?'
BLACKWELL, he is what We men call n
coed fellowr'
Ethel-"Mercy! AS bad as that?'
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