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Evening star., 1898-02-12
Seen in Vienna During the Gay So
cial Season.
SPARKLE and SHEEN OF SATIN
Suggestion for a Dainty Gown for
Debutante.
S KIRTS AND BODICES S
Special Correspondence of The Evening Star.

Special Correspondence Of The Evening Star.
VIENNA. February 2, 1898.
One of woman's first duties is to look
pretty. and never has she greater oppor-
tunity to do so than during the ball sea-
son. Never before has fashion shown more
charming fancfes or presented more varied
materials. There is everything to choose
from for rybOdy, and the shops are
gorgeous with displays of richest silks sat
ins and velvets of every conceivable color
and shade. Above all, the eye Is fascinated
by the gossamer nets and gauzes, soft and
cloudlike, a textile from fairyland-fit to
envelop Titania herself-and as for trim
mings, all that glitters and sparkles is in
order.
Incrustations of lace, spangles, gold en-
broideries, beads and gems play most i'm
portant part in the garnitures Of ball and
evening gowns, and flowers, as precursors
of the coming spring, also play role, par
ticularly in the costumes of young ladies
and debutantes, fiounce upon fiounce being
sometimes edged with rows of single bios
SONS. roses or marguerites or grasses and
ferns.
Embroideries are still much in vogue but
incrustations of lace, guipure and fiat che
nile Will obtain most. The chenille incrus-
tations can be applied with great and va
ried effect, as is Illustrated in our model of
today.
The color of the gown of our illustration
Is old rose The foundation is of old rose
satin. the sheen of which throws that gray
ism tinge which has won for itself among
the color nomenclature the term "ashes of
roses. The skirt shows the most approved
form which designates the newest spring
gown The tight foundation skirt of old
rose satin is covered smoothly with silk
tulle of the same shade.
Below the knees in front and gradually
widening along the sides and up the back
is a founce of the old rose tulle exquisitely
embroidered with chenille. This ruff1e is
attached to the skirt proper by two tiny
ruches of mOusseline de sole of the same
shade. and one small ruche of the same ma
terfal edges the hem of the tulle fiounce
Unique and Simple.
The bodice is as unique as 1t is simple.
The foundation of old rose satin Is draped
with full blouselike effect in front with old
Evening star., 1898-02-12
A Circulating Library for the Blind.
From the London Mail

Circulating Library for the Blind.
From the London Mail.
What Is perhaps the strangest library in
the world Is situated in a private house
on one Of the quietest thoroughfares OF
Hampstead. At No. ia Belsize road there
is lending library for the blind, the only
institution of its kind, which caters for
the wants Of the entire sightless popula-
ton OF Great Britain and Ireland. Found
ed sixteen years ago by blind lady. Miss
Arnold. as private library for the use
Of few afflicted people. there rapidly
grew up demand for its benefits all over
the country. It now numbers over $500
volumes. has a membership of 500 readers
and its books circulate as far as the north
Of Scotland in the one direction and the
Channel Islands in the other The appear
ance which the library presents is an un-
common one. The shelves are piled with
large folio volumes. Some idea of the
space it requires may be gathered from
the fact that the Bible. translated into
DR.. Moons system. fills no less than sixty
two volumes. The books which the sight
less borrow. do not differ materially from
those which circulate among ordinary
readers. They. read mostly novels, but
there is a steady call for Shakespeare,
Carlyle, GREEN'S History of England"
and the History Of Our Own Times" But.
just as at any other library, there L. q
constant demand for the newest books.
The latest additions are Nansen's "Farthest
North" and Sixty Years q Queen" and
both are immensely popular.
Evening star., 1898-02-12
TO DRY CHILDREN's SHOES.
The Way to Do Ii So That the Leather
VIII Not Shrink.


Damp feet are always walking toward
disease and DEATH" says an eminent ply
s4c.an. and a more impressive truth it
would be difficult to put into words. Chill
dren must play out of doors and they will
run about in all weathers. 1t is almost
always the case that when the little shoes
come of at night, they are damp, II not
actually wet. The careless mother passes
them by. thinking that they will dry by
morning. forgetting that, even though they
do dry, they will De harsh, uncomfortable
and irritating 10 tender little feet, and
may lay the foundation for discomfort and
suffering untold. When the little ones
have finished their play. they should be
taught to remove their shoes and stockings
and put on dry ones. House shoes of soft
leather OF felt are inexpensive and COM
Portable. and they last a long time. be-
sides being a great saving in noise and the
nerve irritation that is often harder to
bear than the laborious work with which
the housemother has to struggle.
As soon as the shoes are taken off they
should be filled to the very tops with dry
oats. 1t is a custom of one of the most
prOvident women who ever raised family
to prepare stocking feet of the sizes OF
the various shoes worn by the children.
These are numbered and hung up on a nail
Evening star., 1898-02-12
The Prince Of Wales Dinner Table,

From Our Prince at Home
Good taste reigns over all the arrange
ments. Thus, the tablecloths are severely
plain, though OF the finest quality, and
simply worked with the royal arms-the
rose. the thistle and the shamrock-while
the table napkins are invariably folded
into a small square to hold the bread, and
never in the fancy shapes I'm vogue else
where. To each guest two forks, and no
more. are provided, and these are placed
prongs downward. In addition there are
one large tablespoon and one large knife.
for In no circumstances are two knives
together given to any guest. A great
many reasons have been assigned for this
rule. but apparently no one has summoned
up the courage to ask the royal host and
hostess. 1t has been asserted that his
royal highness has the old-fashioned dis
like to seeing knives inadvertently crossed
Small water bottles are used, but the
princess holds to the Hanoverian habit of
never having finger bowls. At Marlbor-
ough House dinner begins at S:45, and Is
never allowed to last much more than an
hour. Occasionally during dinner soft mu-
sic is played. The menu is always served
a la Russe-that is to say, nothing IL
carved In the dining room.
Evening star., 1898-02-12

II Il DhESSMAh-
ers, buyers a n d
heads of dry goods
departments w h o
sailed for Paris after
Christmas are re-
turning, and the de-
signers who retired
into their inner con-
sciousness to evolve
ideas are emerging;
SO that 1t will be pos
sible shortly for
women who like to
get their W ork k
Evening star., 1898-02-12
Steamed EGGS.

From the London Evening News
Butter five patty pans and break an egg
in each; place in a steamer, set over 0
kettle of boiling water and then steam TIL
the whites are cooked. Take out on hot
platter. sprinkle with salt and pepper aud
pour q teaspoonful OF melted butter over
all.
Evening star., 1898-02-12
An Old Table Cloth.

From the Milwaukee Evening Wisconsin.
At the wedding of Miss Minnie Roemer
of st. Johns and Peter Merbach Of Madi-
son. Minn., in Kaukauna Tuesday, a novel;
ty was found among the wedding presents.
1t was large. pure white linen table cloth
woven by the brides great-great-grand-
mother,
Evening star., 1898-02-12
The Obstacle.

Wife: II VIII goes to college. you viii
have to support him for four years before
he finishes, dear.
Husband: don't mind that 30 much.
Then why do you hesitate?" g
81 was thinking OF the four years after
he gets through"
Evening star., 1898-02-12
W0MEN'S WARDROBES
A Mistake to Devote too Much At
tention to Dress.
GOOD TASTE ALWAYS SETS 4 LIMIT
Safe and SeasonabIe Suggestions
for Spring Shoppers.
OVERSKIRTS ONCE MORE

Copyright, 1893, by Bachelor Syndicate)
Special Correspondence of The Evening Star.
NEW YORK, February H. 1898
Evening star., 1898-02-12

Woman Club House in London,
From the St. James Gazette.
For thu first time there is a library in
London specially devoted to topics concern.
ing women and of special interest to the
sex. 1t Is to be found at the Grosventor
Crescent Club, which has been opened
about month now, in ons of the finest
London houses in one of the best situa-
tions. Combined with 1t under the same
roof is the Womans Institute. Members
OF the club need not necessarily be mem
institute having private and distinct en-
trance No clubite. male or female could
be better housed or with daintier surround
ings Men can be members of the institute
and ara admitted as guests to the club
smoking being permitted in the game room
A f1ne drawing room, reading room and
spacious dining rooms are supplemented
by one apartment sacred to members only
so that. when the rest Of thss suite are APP
propriated by party-givers, those not TAX
ing part in the festivities are here undis-
turbed. The apartments are very taste
fully papcrsd, and some most coyetable
mirrors appear over the drawing room fire.
places. Every detail has been considered
and no elemsnt Of comfort ia wanting.
There are bed rooms which msmbers cafi
occupy for fortnight or SO, and by con-
venient arrangement rooms can be hir.d
by the hour in order to make any necessary
change OF dress. The tariff Of meals Is q
moderate one, and the private dining room
can BE- taken for parties, so that women
" no have not town house can entertain
their friends-a great boon In % many in
UsSuSsA nlITS>
Evening star., 1898-02-12

Spring hats, as thus far displayed, are
most evenly divided between the ugly pork
pie shapes affected this winter and straight
brims. Fanciful toqnes in coarse grass and
ribbon straws are numerous. Some are ex-
tremeiy pretty; others hook as II they had
been crushed in the two hands and then
tied up with ribbons and flowers. satin
GROWN, willow brim and mass OF white
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-05-29
A CONFESSION.

I have forgotten how to love.
lost the art 30 long ago
Tor was II only yesterdayO
Ny hayward heart with weary wings
Goes ever seeking TO and fro.
But hope has left her, as dove
Slips from the hand and files away
have forgotten how to love.
I wish could forget his face.
wish could forget his name.
Fly old love Of the oden time.
zen years. eight years. six years ago
did not dream OF doubt or shame.
A child's brave love sees nothing base
It sees the soul that is divine:
I wish could forget his face.
I loved him so . . and he IS dead.
But remember Loves great Joy ..
And remember Loves long pain
And memory has taught me this:
To play with fate as with toy.
To turn from tears and laugh instead
Since now my tears are all In vain.
i loved him so and he is dead.
-(Olive Custance. in The Sketch.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1898-08-13
"Slug Religion"

The religious editor" in one of the
local newspaper offices came rushing
through the editor room one day. her
proofs flying like ribbons from both
hands, which she held up in horror
She was new member on the staff.
Plainly she was excited.
"See there" she said to the editor
in chief. "Just look at that.
She threw the curls of paper upon
his desk, put her finger on spot and
glared.
"And look at that, and that, and
that" "
She pointed at other spots.
"What is it?' asked the chief, study
ing the spots.
"Why, slug religion. Somebody has
written at the head of every paragraph
the words slug religion, and the print
ers have printed it too. Think if it had
gone in the paper. l won't stay
1t was not easy to explain that "slug
religion" and "slug society" and "slug
sport" were mere composing room signs
to indicate in which department of the
paper the blocks of type were to be set.
New York Commercial.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1898-08-13
Scientific Farming,

An agricultural editor of Chicago
made trip into southern California
where he confidently expected to aston,
ish the natives with his superior knowl-
edge of scientific and successful farm
ing. He had stretched things consider
ably one evening with view to max,
ing Il stronger impression, when one Of
the old residents, who spoke slowly and
had squint i'll his right eye, took
charge of the conversation.
81 s'pose you hain't heerd o. my
peach brandy orchid, mister. l reckon
that's bout sci'ntitic as anything you
been tellin us bout. I got "a certain way
O. treatin them trees so that tap 'em
in th' spring, jest same's you do ma
pie tree, an by bottlin up tn sap fur six
months | have tn fines peach brandy
you ever put down your swallow. That's
kerect, an | have neighbor as kinder
lays over me i'll farmin. He's 'speri-
mented an developed a punkin pie
ar cane, eggplant, water cress an some
spice plants till he got tn thing to suit
tn taste, an now all you have ter do is
to bile tn fruit an make your crust. He's
got more boardin house orders than he
kin fill in 1000 years. Jest now I'm
turnin my 'tention to tn raisin O. ap-
pie dumplin's, an l think by mex year
l KIM
But here the agricultural editor gasp
ed for breath and the old resident called
another old resident to help get the Wis
itor to his hotel. Detroit Free Press
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1898-08-13
Have You a Pet Superstition?

II don't believe there is man living
who is without his pet superstition, )"
remarked secondhand furniture man
the other day. "We constantly have
people who sell US articles of household
use and come in after a few weeks
sometimes only days-and try to buy
them back again, with the explanation
that they have had bad luck ever since
the sale was made and never would have
good luck again until the bargain was
undone.
"One woman who had sold us her
grandmother S clock fairly wept because
it was gone before she could buy it in
again. This idea is not confined to un-
educated or ignorant people by any
means.
cat this very time I know a business
man of great culture and refinement
who is vigorously pursuing an old
wooden desk which he owned many
years ago-a desk on which he made an
enormous amount of money by a few
lucky strokes of his pen. The desk
passed from hand to hand and out of
his possession. He is now earnestly en-
deavoring to trace it and purchase it,
believing that recent business reverses
and hard times will flee away, if he can
only stretch his legs once more under
that same old desk. "-Pearson S Week
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1898-08-13
Soup, Savory Soup.

No up to date cook prepares the stock
from which her dinner soup is made
the day the soup is needed. Stock for at
least weeks supply should be made
at once; then the preparation of the
daily dinner soup will not occupy more
than Is or 20 minutes. When consomme
is served several times in the week, the
entire amount used is made at once, and
the different garnishes are added the
day it is served. 1t is the same with
sauces, and by little calculation
good manager can easily discover about
what proportion of each sauce is neces-
sary for months supply. This once
prepared, the table is revolutionized SO
that the sameness that characterizes the
plain roast and broiled meats is no Ion.
ger known. a new sauce each day gives
an entirely different flavor to the meats
and vegetables. New York Tribune.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1898-08-13
Canvasback Ducks.

The present writer has paid So for
canvasback duck i'll the Maryland club
in the city of Baltimore, the city which
is the home of the canvasback connois-
seur, and situated in the district which
is the haunt of the canvasback.
In SSn Francisco, on the other hand,
it is possible to partake of an excellent
dinner at one of the many French res
taurants wherein canvasbacRsEall fig
ure and dinner can be secured with
ordinary Wine at from $1.25 to $1.50-
less than one third of the single item of
duck at the Baltimore dinner.
1t may be said by captious critics
that the canvasbacks in San Francisco
are not so good as the canyasbacks in
Baltimore. Error! They are not only
just as good they are the same. All of
the canvasbacks in the United States
come from the same district, the vast
breeding grounds in Alaska. The ducks,
flying to the southwark, take up their
various lines of flight over the lakes of
the northwestern states, like Minnesota,
thence down to the Chesapeake marshes,
or dividing and going to the west of
the Rocky mountains, they come to the
feeding grounds which line the great
marshes at the confluence of the Sacra-
mento and San joaquin rivers. The
birds come from the same breeding
grounds, they get the same food in our
Suisun marshes as they do on the
Chesapeake-to wit, the wild celery,
Apium graveolens lin short, the birds
are exactly the same. They differ only
in price. Francisco Argonaut.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1898-08-13
HIS FIRST APPEARANCE.

The Northern City Welcomes the Pros
porous Southern Visitor.
He came into town this morning fresh
from Georgia. He smelled of magnolia
and live oak and sweetest summer He
was long and fat, a peculiar coLlbina-
tion, but his in truth He was light and
dark green in alternate stripes, the for
mer the shade of new grass, the latter
that of baseball that has seen sea-
son S usage on the diamond.
The passersby looked at him and
smiled, and with his stripes twinkling
he seemed to smile back at them and
say, "See, l have come" and then the
stripes would stretch into grin, posi-
bly, sarcastic.
Little boys looked at him in awe and
nudged each other and said, "Hully
gee!" or something else equally express
i've
An old man going by remarked,
"Pretty early for you to arrive, but you
are looking we'll, whereat he simply
grinned the broader A little black
newsboy, after inspecting him from all
sides, backed away to the curb and said
half to himself, dat am de real sign
dat summer am came"
Beside him stood a man in an apron,
but no one questioned the man concern
ing the stranger. "He is none of us, =" a
matron said as she whisked by, and a
kindly old gentleman touched him soft
ly with reverence and so gently that he
did not feel.
He sat there on Woodward avenue
for hours gazing at the passersby and
smiling, as happy as a bird on a sun
shiny morning. About o'clock a man
walked up to him and insolently thump-
ed him and said, ''Is he ripe?" whereat
the fellow in the apron said "Yes but
we haven't plugged him yet" Then
the insolent man said, "How much?'
When he was told, he whistled long
and low and then went across the
street to real estate Office and bought
corner lot on Woodward avenue in
stead.
So the first watermelon of the season
just sat there and grinned. And it's
likely he'll be there tomorrow, too, for
no one feels like investing winters
savings i'll him, even though every one
is interested and would like to own
him.-Detroit Free Press.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1898-08-13
THE ROAD.

Pray, whittier leads the road, fair hoartf
Say, whittier leads the road?
Across a rill, around a hill,
Beside dell where rivers start,
Where bending nut trees shed their load.
Oh, thither leads the road, dear heart,
Oh, thithcr leads the roadl
What matter where the road may lead
SO thou and together go.
Companionship is all our need,
Division all our woe.
The pine tree tall on yOndcr hill
For years has watched the passerby.
When he is dust, we shall be still
Together, thou and l.
How hushed the afternoon! | dare
Not whisper love, but send the thought
In speechless message. All the air
In silence thrall is caught.
Oh, these are God reared trees! How soft
The wind dreams round their tall heads
creep
The drowsy leaves that doze aloft
Stir like a child in sleep.
Young autumn's fire begins to burn
The brands to hurl at winters brow.
The sun wooed leaves sigh low and turn
To crimson ON the bough.
Pray, whittier leads the road, fair heart?
Say, whittier leads the road?
Across a rll, around hill,
Beside n dell where rivers start,
Where bending nut trees shed theY load
Oh, thither leads the road, my heart
Oh, thither leads the roadl
john Albert Macy in Chap Book,
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1898-08-13
Her Pathetic Contrast.

1t is not in the saying of pungent
things or even witty things that chill
dren become interesting, and this is why
SO often the glimpses of children we
have given US are so unsatisfactory. 1t
is the utterance of things that have a
heart of pathos that makes the talk of
little ones so wonderful.
A lady standing between two beds at
children's hospital not long ago upon
the occasion of small feast opened con-
versation with one of the patients by
saying:
"What have you had, dear?"
1.-THE pleurisy, ma'am," came the
answer.
"And what has this little girl had?"
"She's had cake, ma am"
This may be the sort of thing you
smile at while your throat tightens, but
if you are a woman the heart of love in
you is taken captive. York Led
ger.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1898-08-13
AN ANIMATED PICTURE.
At Least the Other Women Said Sl
Wanted to BE Stared At.

At Least the Other Women Said She
Wanted to BE Stared At.
This girl had the nickel between her
pretty lips before she stepped aboard the
car at the corner of Eleventh and +
streets. The nickel was probably part
of her shopping change. Her hands and
arms were filled with bundles and pack
ages, and she had no doubt converted
her inviting mouth into Car fare re-
ceptable before leaving the last en-
porium she visited. Even after she
found seat she made no move to re-
move the nickel from its enviable lodg-
ment. She was too busy counting her
packages and bundles, to see if she had
lost any, probably.
The conductor as the girl got aboard
had scowled when he observed the nickel
resting between her pearly teeth, for
conductors are prosaic. With the coin
still showing its shiny rim between her
lips-a delightful effect of silver and
coral i'll combination-the girl looked
up winsomely i'll the eyes of the con-
ductor when he approached her for her
fare. The conductor held out his hand
with a pretty short, Fare, miss!"
The girl very carefully set each and
every one of her bundles and packages
in the space beside her, smiling vaguely
the while. When both of her hands
were free, she drew "a tiny, spotless lace
handkerchief from the lizard skin bag
hanging from her girdle. Then she
took the . cent piece from between her
lips, wiped and polished it carefully
with the handkerchief and, with the
prettiest grimace in the world, dropped
it into the now apologetio paw of the
conductor. The conductor smiled, and
SO did all of the man passengers on the
Car.
The woman passengers murmured to
each other that the pretty girl had only
done the thing ''for effect. "-W Washing
ton Post
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1898-08-13
A Godsend.

The Kennebec journal tells this story
about Maine man named Godsend
Lufkin; His grandfather died before
he was born, leaving i'll trust large
property to the first grandson, then un-
born. None OF his four sons were at the
time married, but they hustled around
and soon removed that impediment
This queer named individual was the
first grandson of the old gentleman to
make his appearance Oh earth, and his
mother remarked to the clergyman at
the baptism that he was il godsend. The
clergyman understood that was to be
the. name and SO christened him.