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AMU>E MEMS.

II oNFEDERATE MUsEUM-lN. THE
L Ds.yis Mansion. corner Twelfth and
Stay H. omen 10 visitors daily from 10
NJ 10 p NJ. Amission. &c. except on
sI.rvssvs when IL Is free 10 the public
Annual mem bership ticket 81 which ad-
nits the holder at all times; life member
ship ticket 80 nols-ly
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D1vIDEND NOTICE.


Tho BOARD ~ Directors ~ the RICH
NOND FREDERICKSBURG AND 70
TOMAC RAILROAD COMPANY haye. De-
clarod DIVIDEND OF IIbEk AID a
HALE DOLLARS PER SHARE % tne
common stock and dividend 'Nh.
Of the company. payable January B. lN.s
THO transfer hooks viii Doe ..o-ed after me
l0th N December 1897. lntl be ~ of
January. ls3s. j. b. ~ VA,
rofg-ffaH AtcaH lI ..-
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" ANTED. BUYERS FOR NUMsEN 5
W YACHT CLUB VINEGAR. II is on
ANTEED Absolutely PURE and
warranted finest flavor and quality. Try
81 sample and you viii usc no ntacr: =
Dominica e. Co. 17lO cast Franklin =. \
Martin a. co. 80 west Clay. r. y. 1ers-
lcy ManeN fer + X Wood irss.o SIX n 2
emoc, g CO. 80 cnst Marshall. W. r.
Ellis CD west Broad street. -. 2. Fills.
eos west Broad. p p. Ashton. 80 tost
Marshall. = J.. Sparks 81 west hroa-
o. T. Fleming DID west Broad g p
s.nrhnre. Q az, nrnnd no2s-su we irllt
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TAN NOTICES.
~->>~~~~~--
Office Collector city Taxes.
Room :. first floor City Han.
Richmond. Va. Dee. /. 1857
nrFTr. rrl ia X-DAN ms
: Office TO TAXPAYERS.

NOW DUE AND PAYABLE al this office
Five per cent. added % bills not half
paid In June. Five per cent Will be add
ed 10 half bills not paid by end OF year
Interest at per cent also attaches TO all
tax bills as soon as reported delinquent
Every male twenty zone years OF age. and
every person keeping house or doing bust
ness IN the city Is assessed for personal
taxes and those who have not paid any
city taxes during the year will please
call and settle. 30 as 10 avoid being posted
as delinquent.
GRADING. PAVING, PIPE AND
SEWER CONNECTION BILLS arc also
due. and will have 70 be declared delin-
quent II not paid on or before end Of year.
OFFICE OPEN UNTIL 9 p. NJ
r. W. CUNNINGHAM,
6eS-1m Collector Of City TSxsA
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-12-23

II ORsE CLIPPING.-THE LEONARD
III Horse Clipper Is now running. Have
your horse clipped. Price 800 horse.
Leave orders at stable 80 north Ninth
800. or AZ Leonards News Store. yoe
est Main street y. LEONARD.
7 ocl2-d3m
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DISSOLUTION 4 oo-rAErNEEsHIp.
~ Office OF DISSOLUTION

PARTNERSHIP.
The partnership heretofore existing De-
tween H. D. WEST and fhe SIERA
IT-NRFR COMPANY for the logging OF
fhD mills 0f said company was dissolved
on the -th dav of November 1SI7. hy The
death az W T.. West
A. surviving partner Tile Surry Lumtef
Company viii settle up the partnership
business All parties holding claims
against the late partnership Vi present
same 20 undersigned for pas mert and ai
parties indebted f0 same VIII make pay
ment 10 undersigned
SURRY LUMBER CO..
Nov 20 1897 Surviving Partner
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MtITINGS.


~~--~~~--~--~--~----- ---------
CITY Bank ~ Richmond
Richmond va. Dec - 1871.
II He ANNUAL MEETING or THE
Il Stockholders ~ This bank viii Dor
held m their banking house on MONDAY
January 10. lSas. 40 II O'Clock 4. 81
j. ". SlNToN. Cashier.
THE REGULAR ANNUAL MEETING
i of the STOCKHOLDERS or THE
MERCHANTS NATIONAL BANK or
RICHMOND will Do held ~ their banking
house on TUESDAY. January II. 1saS. ar
J. clock ". JNp. L. GLENN.
dels-e0d Cashier
THE REGULAR ANNUAL MEETING
4 of the STOCKHOLDERS ~ this
'TT-FSDAY January n. leqs. 80 - VI
o'clock RICHARD n. SMITH.
Cashier.
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REAL ESTATE AGENTS.

nv VI WORKMAN & CO.
Peal Estate Agents and Loan BROKERS
,O1g east Main street Opposite Postoffce
Phone 2S
Real Estate bought and sold and ok
changed. publicly or privately Money
loaned or 20 loan on Richmond CITY keal
Estate. having lender per cent net
Special attention 10 the collection or rents
and liberal advances made thereon. Ne
rotiab'e PAPER bought and sold. Cores
rondcnce solicited Qe23-lt
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RAILROADS


$50 OH, Railway. ,I'
ESTEcrIyE OCTOBER p. 1880.
TRAINS LEAVE RICHMOND.
BROAD STREET STATION.
ESQ A Al Daily. Win paTior ca! 10,
principal stations, He"po iI
News. Old Point. NortOiA anu
Portsn1 uth. Connects daily
with Old Dominion steamships
FOR New YORK -
$40 z. NJ. Daily. with Pullman for
local stations. Newport NewH
old Point, Norfolk and Ports
1000 A. NJ TasaI train. except sun: sun;
day. fOT West Si.1on
Forge Connects at Cor
louisville for orange, Nulpepet'
Caverton. Manassas. Aieaan,
dria and Washington, a.
Union Station. CharlottssNi.e,
for Lynchburg, at Basic io'
us p NJ Daily. with Pullman to. Gin
einnau. Louisville ana 81
Louis Connects at Covington
sally for Virginia HOT sprlnss,,
stops only at lnpo'npn' ~
stations. Meals served on DIN
ing Cars. No. l., Local Iran.
except sunday, follows Aoo, -
train from Gordonsviue 10
$50 p NJ. Accommodation. except sun
day. for Charlottesville. Ia
io;p p. n Daily for Cincinnati. WIN
Pullman 10 Hinton, =, ~
Gordonsyille to. Cincinnadd
and Louisville Meals serNs1
staunton teIcept sunday for
Winchester Va and at Cow
inston. Va. daily for virginia
TRAINS LEAVE Sf!'" EfGHra STREET
n:so A. NJ DAILY. tef Lynehburg and
Bremo, except sunday, for
White Hall. except SUNDAY az
Palcony for Lexington, and az
W Clifton Forge with NO.
FOR Cincinnati
400 P. NJ Except SUNDAY. Local accom-
notation for Columbia.
TRAINS ARRIVE AT RICHMOND.
BROAD STREET STATION.
$50 a. NJ Daily, from Cincinnati
IL 10 A. VI Daily, from Norfolk and OLD
Point
80 F. NJ. Daily. from Cincinnati and
Louisville.
$50 p NJ Daily. from Norfolk and Old
7;45 ?. ". Except Sunday. from West
TRAINS ARRIVE EIGHTH STREET
CITATION.
$50 A. NJ. Except Sunday. from Colum-
hia
6:2o p. NJ Daily. from Clifton Forge and
Lynchburg. and. except Sun
day from Lexington ana
White Han.
JOHN n POTTS.
Assistant General Passenger Agent.
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OLD DOMINION STEAMSHIP COM.
PANl

OLD DOMINION STEAMSHIP COM
DAILY SERVICE.
Steamers leave Norfolk
Va. DAILY, az q T. M
FOR New York direct Pas
seugers leave Elchm0ra
~ via e.. and y. railway 20
A. N. or H. and +. rail-
road ~. and W. route. o
steamer ar Norfolk
pfRECT STEAMERS leave Richmond
~ w YORK. via james river. every
if',dsv ,passengers ana freight. and
T,tSsv ,freight and Storage passen-
- 'Culy) al 3 =. " additional steamer
ss--ishU ieaves Richmond for Norfolk
e,'.rS n -dnesday T. ~. connecting
SSt,b' main Inc steamer for New York
"EEpeM NEW YORK. passengers can
80 DAILY. EXCEPT SUNDAY. for
lssSe@-ttumorJ Ma Clt Point or Norfolk
N1IRFCT STEAMERS via James river
nj leave every Saturday passengers
- frrIcrt and Monday freight only.
eean,ng from company's pier % North
,irer : p NJ. Saturdays. y. 81.
For fun information apply 10
JOHN r. MAYER Agent.
1912 east Main street.
Richmond Va.
W r Cufilauceu. Vice Pre- sldent and
Traffic Manager. New York
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-12-23

VI ARsHALL COTTON MILLS.
vi Al Richmond Va.
VIII be sold hy auction JANUARY Goth.
lsgS 10 noon. For details address j. IT.
BASkERNILL. or y. IS BOWIE. Rich
mond. Va. eo2i-fd
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\ Office

y Office.
An rersors indebted 20 the estate OF mo
fafo III w f. West arc earnestly re-
.,uosfed 10 come forward and s'lN'.
f ,+trrr -rlf,ef Do closed Those have
Irr claims will please present their claims
Ii. r~oner shane for settlement.
Mrs PRISCILLA s.. WIS I.
Dec 49, 1907. Admhnl-N "-i'N'
drg9-if
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southern RAILWAY company

Richmond Va Dec E1 lS1
~ HE FREIGHT DEPOTS or THIS
Ccmuany will Do closed on CliklSI -
MAS DAY December - 1851 and also 0n
NEW YEARS DAY. January T. ISIS
pFR1cHARIE FREIGHT only VIII Dc dee
Uyorod on these days up 20 H3o 4. H.
deo4-tt T. H. LEA. Agent
Goa TEMPLE A. a. o. y. NJ $.
Every Noble NJ this Temple is requested
10 call on the Potentate at his office CITY
Hafl to-day or tomorrow. business oi
frnrorfance Don't fail
WM HALL CREW. Recorder
dc22-ft
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Ol..|f |A
G.. & o. Railway Co.

. y y I1|WIN %"
Richmond Va. Dec. % lNit
Y OTICE.-FREIGHI DElols ,. - j. ~
y Elevator Of this COMPANY VIII u-
fosed on December -. 1S97. and January
1905. except for The delivery ~ peris'
.tfe freight between = and % o'clock a. ".
40 shipments Il perishahlc freieht VIII
ne received on tho FRIDAY he0e,ih.
-t~ie.mas and Friday preceding New
Year. IT, J. SWAIN.
fcroo-1t Agent
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THusIEhS AO or a 'NAN
GOOD THREE-ROoM FRAME DWELL
ING on
MOORE STREET BETWEEN HARRI-
son AND NORTON STREETS.
KNOWN AS no. l2lJ.
By virtue Of q certain deed OF trust.
dated March q. 1901. and recorded ~ kich-
mond Chancery Court clerk once IN
Deed Book ~ B. page 40 deiaut having
been made in the payment OF q toIlion
Of The debt securtd thereby. ana pawn z
been required by VIE beneficiary therein
so 90 do. We viii. on 49,
THURSDAY. DECEMBER -. lNit.
az : 0 clock T. N. on the premises, pro
coed 70 sell. byyublic auction. the proper
~ conveyed therein. being that LOT OF
LAND with Improvements thffeen' ln
the city Of Richmond. Va. fronting 10 rect
inches on the south Inc OF M3ole 49,,
iGS feet inches west 81 Harrison street,
and running back between parnllel Hnes
- feet The Improvements cuusIst OF A
THREE-ROOM FRAME DWELLING. ln
good condition. and IS in rood reniihE
locality.
TERMS. cash sufficient 20 pay Al costs
Of executing the trust an taxes 10 day
81 sale and "a debt Of SZlion. ana Hs TO
the residue Of the purchase-montN. upon
such terms a 20 cash az creait as me
trustees may determine. which VIII oe an
+ sITTERDiNG.
ROBT. LECkY. JR.,
de1s-st Trustees.
THE UNDERSIGNED WILL SELL. AT
l. public auction. 90 hIchest hdder'
DECEMBER %. 1897.
al 1890 p NJ. IN the office u Richmond
stock Exchange. 1u15 east Main stree
292 SHARES TREDEGAR SIOCk. The
privilege Of bidding is open 20 nh VINO may
attend. Dividends the TWO ears last past
were paid upon this stock, and we iie-
sumo tho usual dividend VIII Ne paid
DAVENPORT & CO.
Rankfrs and Brokers.
de1S-tdo29 11i3 Main street.
"
By Geo. b. Valentine Auciioneer.
Office. 70i l-2 east Leieh street.
AUCTION SALE or VALUABLE JEW
ELRY. SILVERWARE. ETC.
THURSDAY. DECEMBER Ord.
NJ f0.al A. " sale VIII commence with
Slrerware ana store Fixtures. consisting
% several Silver Services Water Pitch
crs Cash Baskets Card Receivers. Mugs.
rtc. fine HANGING clock. ono Regulator.
handsome Wall Case. Castor Cases. Iron
safe. etc. sale every day 40 lo.'o =. ".
and p VI II you want bargains attend
GEO. IT, VALENTINE Auct'oneer.
Auction SALE>-Tuta eDays.
W b Pizz'ni
81 tfr.sf.~.f~
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AUCTION sALEs-This Day.
BY J. y. Carneal
Real Estate Agent and Auctloneer.
No IlOG east Main street.

TRUSTEES AUCTION SALE
or 4
GOOD THREE-ROOM FRAME DWELL
ING on
MOORE STREET BETWEEN HARRI-
son AND NORTON STREETS.
KNOWN AS 40. i2lJ.
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Y MAS TREES!

v MAS TREES.
can or Phone W. r. HOOD. Ninth and
Main streets Now Phone go, and order
a nice nursery grown CHRISTMAS Tree
de22-3t
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NV NoItu|k@Wssts1

Sch-dule il Fleet
DECEMBER 3. 1891
LEAVE RICHMOND OAILD. BYRD
STREET STATION.
200 An. RICHMOND AND NOR
FOLK VESTIBULE LIMIT
Ed Arrive Norfolk ii u A.
NJ Stops only at Petersburg,
Waverly. and Buroik. Second.
class tickets net accepted on
sos A. n. THE CHICAGO EXPRESS
for Lynchburx. Roanoke, 20.
lumbus. and Chicago; fuli ti'n,
also for Bristol. hnchNlls'
I'm p u. FOR 6ufroIk. Norfolk. and IN
termediate stations arrives ~
Norfolk at ~ ~ Il. ID.
1O.ai p N FOr Ivnrhburg ana Roanoke
Connects az Roanoke with
Washington and Cnat ,anoosa
Iimitef- Pullman sleeytIs
Rolnoke 20 Memphis and New
tween Richmond and Lynch-
hug and berths ready for
occupancy AT 500 +. VI. Also:
Pullman Sleeper Petersburg
and Roanoke.
Trains arrive Richmond from LyhCn,-
burg and the West daily a. SD a IA.
and SO p NJ from Norfolk ana We
East at liC6 A NJ. and VEsriBuLEO
once: Sos Main street
r. W. COURTNEY.
District Passenger Agent
General Passenger Agent =,
General Ofic.: Roanoke. Va.
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p,vIinc James River Route
for Baltimore.

North.
Appointed sailing days. every
Tuesday. Thursday and Saturday
atsP. IA. Freight received daily
until 8 P. N. Elegant state-rooms.
heated by steam AMI lighted by
electricity.
For tickets, state-room reservA-
t,ons and further information. ap-
ply to n. N. oO'NiN'
General Agent, Sc {. Nam st
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r. =. and =. Railroad Co.
Richmond Va. Dec - ISL.
y Office ASHLAND AND ELIZA A'-
y COMMODATION TRAINS. nos. ]
and . leaving Ashland and i-iNa ~ ,'uc
$40 Am rosutcffvciv. viii Ic rnrulIrl
an christmas Day. December -. ISL
g. A. TAYLOR
foog-of Traffic M4N0erf.
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BY J. Thompson Brown & Co..
llla Main street


so 100. WEST or UOWIILEk
MONUMENT
By virtue NJ "a deed Of trust. dated Au-
gust T. ls92 and recorded 300 Richmond
chancery Court. Deadlock iin. o.. page
i02 90 y. Y. Randolph and VI g.. staples.
trustees. 90 secure a certain note therein
described. default having been made. ana
icing required rs the beneficiary So 20
90. I will. as sole acting trustee my CO.
.rustee having removed from me Siaieif
sell at public auction. 90 The premises.
TUESDAY. DECEMBER - lssl.
A. AGO j.. II the PROPERTY described 90
said deed as folio VS.. All thlt real estate
with improvements thereon. lying and De-
INK Boa the Clty Of Richmond. "a. COM
menclnc 90 "a point On the north ANr ol
Park avenue. jos feet inches. moro ui
Jess. west 0f the northwestern lnieisec-
lion Of Park avenue and BOYD street.
thence running along the north INC ol
said Park avenue .u a westerly dlIrCl non
the distance ~ ~ and tWo-fhirds iret,
more OF Jess 20 western boundary 'as per
man herein desc rilodI. The 0rpLN ol
the lot is about l3i feet on It's eastern
line and lS5 feet on It's western line. rum
ming back 90 au alley lo feet VIDE I'D COM
mon
TERMS. cash as 90 expense o. sale. all
rast due taXes and The sum Of So win
interest from May % 1886. and balance lh
II months properly secured
y Y. RANDOLPH.
Sole Acting Trustee.
= Thompson Brown & Co. Auctoneers.
NOTE Will, above terms are prescrlp-
cd hv the de.d. more liberal terms may ne
announced az sale. oec4'-'u
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I OsT FROM TIE COUNTER AT
l. Temple pemhertOn. Cordes & Co. on
wednesday LIZARD SKIN PURSE.
with gold clasp and trimmings name en-
egay.d cn .,.,,.. eo.-'t.'l 15s san sum
da. II left a. The Times office with or
without fhe money reward will be given
and no questions asked. de23-lt
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-12-23

7 BOOTON HILL OFFERS HIS SER
- VICES as SPECIAL ACCOINTANI
90 make or balance sheets. examine bal
arrae. make srcci1l statements open and
close books At work confidential VIII
Give satisfactory references Charges rea-
ecrahlo. Address north Tenth street.
dof9-ff
=, gD FLAVOR PURITY AND
L e+rorrff vea Nurneru'r celebrated
Yacht club Vinegar. Sold hv Nunnal.y &
90 doo-tu m satl5t
r,Ntx,rs .ND EuOKFRS.
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BANKtEs AND BEOKERs.
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LOST AID FOUND.

i ARMERs' NATIONAL BANK.
4 OF SALEM. VA.
Certificates ln name o. G. j.. Ziizer:
No 22-2 for TWO Hundred Dollars. dated
50 -c-i for Twenty Dollars. dated April
% ls4t
No 29-s for Twenty-four Dollars and
Forty Cents. dated January l6 1897.
Have been lost OF stolen and I warn the
public not 10 try and negotiate same
no2i-2t' G. I. ZITZER.
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l. OR SALE.
a s0landid opportunity. Plant and
goodwill Il a well equipped machine shop
now doing a paying business. II YOU
moan business. address X. care the Times
office. city de23-3teod
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- MAYOR-s cOURT.


A sunrise prdycr-meetng will De held
al West-Eud Methodist church Satur-
cay morning. christmas Day. Donations
uafiys just across the street from the
church FRIDAY afternoon or az the pray
er-meeflng saturday morning. There are
several poor families TO whom this
church desires 10 render assistance.
ERIEE.S AND PERSONALS
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Pv T.. A. Catlin Auctioneer.
No. O. north Eleventh street.
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FOR RENT.
~-~-~------.--~-~-~-~-~-~ ---~--~--~--~~~-~.~-O
l. OR RENT.
Large house with one acre OF land with
in four blocks Of city limits for $40.
PERCY 5. READ.
Real Estate Agent.
de23-it' 2S north Ninth street
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l. or SALE.
Five lots ~ land comprising 100 square
feet. near Leigh street for S3r0
PERCY :. READ.
Real Estate Agent.
de23-lt' &S north Ninth street.
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Mis- Mana Amos left Tuesday morn
ing for Rockbridge county where she
will De- maid 81 honor at the marriage OF
her cousin. Mis- Blanche =. Hughes.
Nessrs $ ~ Andrews and w r
Flournoy % Durham. y c.. are In the
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-10-03
THE WOMAN OF FASHION.
How 10 Make a Blouse Coat from Last
Years Empire Jacket,
FURS TO BE WORN EALRY THIS FALL.
Capes Have Had Their Day-Dainty Things
In Evening Neckwear-The styles
in Capes-The Blouse
Coat.

Copyright, 1897, for The Times)
Every third woman one meets walk
ing along the streets in the shopping
district or driving in the park has some
sort of a blouse or ''pouched' bodice.
The blouses are made in all sorts OF ma
terials, for both dresses and coats, from
ordinary serge to the finest velvet.
For those who cannot wear the blouse
from any shortcomings in height or over
development in girth, there are close
fitting jackets that are extended i've
inches or so below the waist, with no
fullness over the hips. They also are
trimmed with braid, and usually but
toned straight up the front, with very
small lapels at the top. They are cut
straight around the bottom and have
no provision for opening in front ana
fiaring away jacket fashion. The blouse
coat is the only jacket of this descrip-
ton. For such purposes II is fastened
up the front. and If one wants TO wear
it open il is correct TO leave II unfas-
tened from neck to waist, where the
steel buckle holds the belt in place ana
preserves an effect Of trimness. plaid
silk waist a pleated mOuseline 'front.', or
one Of those immense ties may be used
to fiji the gap. waistcoat fashion.
The blouse coat is a very fortunate
STYLE for those who bought empire jack
cts last season, for the empire can
be very easily converted into the pres
ent fashion without much cutting III
one has a black cloth one. for ins lance
the thing TO do is to put the coat on
somebody else. then take an old SILK
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Lord Beaconsfleld q Flatterer,

No one else ever fiattered so long and
so much, so boldly and so persstently,
so skillfully and with such success as
Lord Beaconsfeld. And yet 1t so fell
out that at the very crisis of his romantic
career he became the subject of an act
Of hattery quite as daring as any of
his own performances in the same line
and one which was attended with diplo-
matte consequences of infinite plth and
moment. 1t fell out in this Wise When
the congress Of the powers assembled at
Berlin In the summer of 1873, our ambas-
sador to that city OF stucco palaces was
the loved and lamented Lord Odo Rus
SELL afterward Lord Ampthill a born
diplomatist, II ever there was one, with
a suavity and affectionateness of man.
ner and charm of voice which would have
enabled him, In homey phrase to whistle
the bird off the bough.
On the evening before the formal OPEN
ing OF the congress, Lord Beaconsfield ar
rived In his plenipotentiary glory. and
was received with high honors at the
British embassy. In the course Of the
evening one OF his private secretaries
came TO Lord Odo Russell and said:
Lord Odo, we are in a frightful mess
and we can only turn TO you 10 help us
out OF II. The old chief has determined
TO open the proceedings OF the congress
in French. He has written out the dew
IFS own long speech in French and learn
ed II by heart. and Is going TO fire II off
at the congress tomorrow. We shall be
the laughing stock OF Europe. He pro-
nounces epicier as II II rhymed with over
seer. and all his pronunciation Is to match.
II is as much as our places are worth
to tell him so; can you help us?"
Lord Odo listened with amused good
humor 10 this tale OF woe. and then re-
piled:
ut is a very delicate mission that You
ask me 10 undertake.. but. then. am
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belt. fasten II around your models waiss
under the coat and stitch the sMIl ~
the loose empire down 10 IL WINE Wy
coat is on. arranging the blouse as YOU
go. When YOU have finished, you VIII
have a blouse coat all but the OUTSIDE
belt. a lack which is easily supplied WIN
an ordinary leather belt, though clo."
one, with a steel buckle. Is more iasn-
ionable. The collar should be maze e ~
stand up rather close around the race
The sleeves may also need some AT
tention, as they are likely 10 be 700
large. If so, rip them out al the shou,,,,
der and cut off three or -FOUR inches an
around the top.
Double-breasted coats. reaching six or
seven inches below the waist are also
shown in some houses, and Will douDl-
less be worn later in the winter.
Furs are coming out much earlier than
usual partly because IL is colder, ana
partly because the interest of the whole
world has been turned toward the north
by such things as Alaskan gold ana
arctic exploring balloons.
GRAY fox is well to the front I'm the
race for favor with lynx and skunk
close behind for more common wear.
BY every analogy seal should LEAD eV-
erything in the line of furs from us sus'
gestlon of things Alaskan, but IL mas
not yet appeared, and chinchilia sun
holds its own.
Capes are not plentiful. one sees col
larettes for evening woar, and opera
capes, of course. but the. cape as an or
| binary wrap has had its day-alway'
| excepting the heavy golf cloak, with It's
| plaid lining and hood. The newest one
! have the hood continued across the shoul
I ders with pointed flaps hanging doWi
| the front about eight inches, and fas
| tened at the shoulder with broad pear
| buckles.
For neckwear folks who cannot weai
| the wide ties, with their immense bows
will hold TO the stock collar. with thu
| fril at the back of the neck, which Is
now varied by the addition OF another
! fril that turns down from the lowe
| edge at the back The new style give.
q better finish and cOnceals the juno
| ton of the stock with the neck OF th'
dress. 1t also does away with the nee
essity of a bow at the back. which d
| really not fashionable any longer. thouel
| I say II with reluctance. for It was sucl
| a convenient finish for the waist Of anna
! teur manufacture. One never had u
| bother about the neck-just tie ribbon
| around IL and that was enough.
Some dainty things in the line Of eve
| ming neckwear are made Of ribbon, will