West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1898-01-20
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Sureriag Cuba. A Dethrened Mon
arch. Late Winter Fashions.
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Special Correspondence Of the Argus.
Well. the transit may not be sic
there h not enough of It'll A daily pa
per asked this morning what improve.
ment was most needed in New York
Give US perfect coast protection and
comfortable means OF travel from tire
battery TO Harlem Bridge. After
wards, let our big folks who have mil
lions, aud all who can spare few
dollars or n few cents come forward
aud pile up relief fund for suffering
Cuba. We have misery around us, 1
know; but we have neither war nor
psstilenoe to augment our troubles
The needs OF that stricken Island are
dire-arc mortal. II is our bounded
duty TO help these people.
The way Uncle sam Is stripping the
seaiskiu cloaks from fair ladies cross
lug the borderiand is rather ungallant.
Ia the face of the rigorous time of
year; and IL is not Summerlike just
now on the confines of Canada and up
per New York state. But the fact
does not protect the shivcring ones
forced TO yield up their costly envel.
opera
1 am plea.-d to hear that Uncle
RUSSELL Sage is practically forced from
his throne as one OF the long-existing
kings of finance lie is good money
saver; but one needs TO disburse rs
well ns To gather; aud IL sometimes
comes TO a question of Smelling out, or
getting out-as, for instance, "hisself I "
Willie K. Vanderbilt Is going 20 give
ball that may outBradley Martin
Che Bradley Martin affair OF last
winter It's high time somebody did
something to bring together the dis
torted factions of the Four Hundred.
But this will not bring them all to.
gether, because 1t stands to reason
that the charming Mrs. Oliver Bel
mont and her husband with his ma.
sonic honors thick upon him. will both
be left out. Well, that's the fate of
folks who move la tho same circle un-
I'll change of heart and, incide n tally,
Of husbands and wives, drives them as
widely asuuder rs those two mvsteri.
oss affairs. the Poles, are supposed to
be from each other.
Ladies' who did not indulge them
selves in new winter coats prior TO the
HOLIDAYS, may now do so "a. consider
ably less than half price. Lord & Tay-
Tor are selling most elegant imported
wraps at prices which bring them
down to the level OF any reasonable
fnancial scope. 1t is well to take adj
vantage of such an opportunity, for
there are long. cold months before US
yet; and smart winter jacket that is
new and up TO date will be appropri-
ate for Spring wear-perhaps until the
first OF May. This Winter 10 so mild
comparatively, that suspect il OF "a
latent intention to liuger in the lap OF
Spring most unrsasonably long.
Speaking Of wraps. one model has
appeared which suggests To me the
redingote / saw any mother wear when
WAS "a very little girl II is double
breasted. full-skirtcd. and not unlike a
princesse dress, in effect Sometimes
IL appears In corduroy, but oftner Ia
hho' biaOoJH-ldccu clOtf, with fur
trimmings and big art buttons.
The Russian blouse il such a dainty
garment that expect il will stav with
as beyond this season. hope 40. for
IL means Daytime To- slender figures.
A very stylish jacket for one OF rather
plump proportions is almost covered
with ine braiding. and has sleeves
moderately full at the top. From ell
bow To writ they are handsomely
braided. as is the velvet-faced collar.
An elaborate garnIture of braiding sx.
tends all over the front and nround the
sides to the under-arm seams, contin.
uing up the sides To Is distinct Arpara-
ton in the centre OF the back.
The japanese craze was started by
the Duchess OF Mari bOrough, and has
hrm mold upon the 'faddists." Ex.
tremely pretty young women who can
indulge themselves in startling fancies
look mighty fetching with their hair
arranged in imitation of their slant
eyed Oriental contemporaries. Jap
anese dress fabrics are at premium,
also, just now. 1t takes woman OF
J graceful form and pronounced facial
loneliness TO venture ia this direction,
| hover EVELYN CABLE.