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The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-02-10

Invitation to The River and ussf". 81.
miffec 10 visit or,olk.

WASHINGTON. ID. c.. I-eb. 5 80
Senator Proctor OF Ken -. br -
quest. intrOd iced bin to-day l. cst9b-
lsh a national park and erect pl zee
monument in AppOmnttOX county Va.
TO commemorate the close of the Wsf. It
is provided that the monument shall be
on the Mclean farm, where General
Giant and General Lee me- and agreed to
suspend hOstihtes. The sum OF $4,000
amount 10 he appropriated for carrying
out this enterprise. similar bin was M
trOduced in the House some weeks ago.
As 10 is conceded thai the Fredericksburg
battleuclds undertaking viii have the
right OF way. Do is safe 10 say tiat tho
AppOmattJN scheme VIII not be seriously
considered by tine hfty-hfth Congress.
Representative Young OF the Norfolk
Portsmouth District, called upon members
the House to-day. and discussed The de-
STABILITY OF having the committee take
a day of and Accompany HIM 10 Hamp-
ton RCaIs and the Norfolk navy-yard.
for the purpose OF studying the situation
and seeing tho necessity Of deepening and
widening the channel OF Elizabeth river
from the Roads 10 the navy-yard. 10 4
width OF 800 feet and TO a depth OF =
feet He Will appear before the commit
tee tomorrow and press a formal invita-
tlOn. lie hopes 10 be able 20 induce
Speaker Reed 10 join the committee in
the event that it accepts the invitation.
Mr.. Young Introduced q bill IN December
for an approprial ION Of four hundred
thousand dollars for the channel improve
ment referred TO- Should the Speak !
and committee take the trip Newport
News Will also be included in the impOr-
tant places 10 be visited.
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monds During the ceremony the ushers
Wore bontcnuieres of ViOlets.
AMONG THOSE PRESENT.
Among The rcativ. and flends OF the
bride vino We're present were:
Mr.. and Mrs. T.. Stanley Gary,
Mr. and Mrs Geor-" r. NJ. Gibson, Mr.
and Nrrs Norman James. Major and Mrs..
A. H. Drowry OF Westover. Major and
Mrs Clay Drcwrv. Mr. and Mrs. oswald
ogden and Mrs T.. O. Bertrand. of New
Orleans sisters of the bride, Mr. and MIS-.
e.. g.. Bridges Miss Condie Bridges. VI M.ss
Annie Drcwry. Mr.. and Mrs Adoiphus
Blair. Mr and Mrs. Graham Hobson
Mrs Mary j.. Kerr. Mrs. WIN. D. Mac
pill Miss Annie Stuart Macgill Miss
Amelia -. Kerr and a number Of others.
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New PO tnaStrrS.

WASHINGTON d. c., February O.
FOurtl class pOgtmasters have been ap-
pointed as follows:
Virgipa-AltOn. Charles r. Arlington
Edmunds' Store. Wilber +. Elmore' FAR
view Isaac r. Jennings; Lent. Mrs. lda
l.. Hcnshaw: slyersvlle. J. ". Witten.
North Carolina-Trout. James S. Gra-
han. Tlryvllle. Mrs. Amanda J. Ellis.
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President BARRIOs ALLIED
Only the Announcement Of ,he Assina.fon
EecelNed.

WASHINGTON. .. e., February g.
Senor Lazo Amiga, the G1dtemalan
Minister 10 the Jnl.ed States. this even.
ing received an onicial cablegram from
tho Minister OF Foreign Anairs OF Guate-
mala announcing the assassination OF
President Barrios and the succession TO
the presidency OF First Vice-President
Manne! Estrada Cabrera. No details
Whatever were given.
The new President, Mr.. Cabrera. IS a
n an OF prominence IN Guatemala and Is
one Of the TWO chosen by the Congress
tc IN the presidency In ease OF a va
cancy.
The system OF the country IS different
from that OF the United States. there DE-
ing no Vioe-President elected with the
President
When the excitement or the tragedy has
passed presidential election may De
held.
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be placed TO the credit OF the president
and vlce-pfesldcnis Tor office expenses.
MI Keefer OF the Committee on Con-
vcntion. reported that Richmond was an
ideal convention city and thanked the
local committee for It's kindness. IL re-
commended that the secretary take the
railroad ticket matter IN hand.
Secretary j. Hama. OF the Executive
BOARD. reported that the board had re-or-
ornnlzed with Mr. Merwin as chairman.
The board congratulated the president
upon his address the secretary Tor his
work. ana the Tariff Committee for It's
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vraTHER rOEfC,~T.

~~~HlNGTON. d. c., February p
Forecas. for Thursday:
For virginia-Generally fair. shghtN
warmer: cast 10 southeas. winds.
North Carolipa-Generaily fhr' signify
warmer: casterly winds.
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p,xc, or ,HE rurHuourrER.

The thermometer ranged as follows at
THE Times office Wednesday. February 3.
Al "A. NJ. y. Y NJ, a.: r. NJ. 49,
eP NJ tt:9 - - - ". 16 Average,
A5-e
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trousers. top-coats-in fact everything
that line merchant tailOrs make Is on cN-
hibi.Cn. Suits valued al $50 and over
coats at ,hat price look TOO good to wear.
The display rs on the ONCE floor OF the
Jefferson. IN the large sample room.
Many Richmond people paid the exhibit
a fis.t and " 'lt away pleased.
ANNUAL BANQUET.
This evening after the business Of
the day. the annual banquet Of the y. f.
NJ. T.. will be given at the Jefferson The
affair will he on grand scale
The following toasts have been arrang-
ea:
THE Commonwealth" Governor J.
Hose Tyler
THE City Of Richmond" Mayor r. NJ.
.The Southern Press" Colonel c. OBJ.
Cowardin.
."rhe North" General Thomas Chase.
''The West" Mr.. Charles Hyde.
s'The East" Mr Frank SON crs.
'Fashions" Mr.. John J. NJ tcheil.
Friday afternoon the party will 90 10
Lakeside Park 10 enjoy a real Virginia
oyster roast
PERSONAL MENTION.
Mr.. Charles straub. Of ST. Louis. is the
leading spirit when there is any fun
around. and in the meeting his Influence
counts for great deal Mr.. Straub was
not long getting acquainted and when he
was he was about as popular as the next
man. lie is no feather weight. for the
scales groan under his 200 pounds or good
nature Just before he left home the
St Louis Globe Democrat wrote up a
description Of the proposed meeting here
and dressed II off with a picture Of Mr..
Straub Mr. Chase may be the president
OF the Exchange but Is the Prince Of Goon
Fellows. an organization formed Tuesday
night. ThCn there Is Mr.. Louis Il. Spren-
eol Of Baltimore. Mr.. Sprengel Is not ons
OF the organization. but one OF the most
popular commercial men In the business
Mr.. Straub took one look az the
fasnionaby dressed. handsome young
man, heard him tell a good story and
then made him the Royal Duke OF the
Good Fellows.
There was some srlenddly, not fiashy
dressed men in the body, but ali Of them
look With loneing eye at Mr. Robert
stewart Of Phi adclphia Mr.. Stewart pos
sesses one Of those figures That clothes
can be made 10 look well on. and he u
inst ike picture out OF the --latest fash
ion sheet. He Is young man. quiet and
business Ike and wears his hOnOrs Ike
and old timer.
WEARS A FINE VEST.
Mr. w II. Lent. OF New York. IL ole
OF the most prominent delegates. He IS
q 1ne looking gentleman and as sociablc
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MISS DREWRY;; Mr.. DEFORD.
4 Quiet BHt Beau lful Wedding il St.
pdui'S Church.
LCAYE o. EXTEN E. sou HEM TOUR.
One OF virginls's Most Beautifnl Women
Becomes the Bride OF "A Promising
Young son of uaryland-The Cere-
mony and Some ot Those Present

Although no cards had been issued, ST.
Pauls church was thronged at GEO
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CONTINUED on Seventh Pass)
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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-02-06
BEDROOM SPLENDORS OF AMERICAN WOMEN

The most splendid bedroom in all
New York City is, by both her femi-
nine friends and enemies, considered TO
be that of Mrs. Ogden Mills. Her
sleeping apartment is a quite exact
copy OF an 18th century French state or
royal chambre or coucher. The room
itself is one of the largest in her spa
cious New York home. In that room
this leader of fashion performs the one
and only function of sleeping, and the
bed is, with the exception of a couple
of small gilt chairs and a clock. the
single piece of furniture. This is
long, broad, downy nest, in which four
persons could rest comfortably, and,
saving the head board and top of the
canopy. not scrap of woodwork shows
anywhere about it. Every inch of the
bed proper is hid by magnificent dra-
peries OF blue brocaded satin, further
embellished with heavy embroidery in
gold thread.
Quite complete. this throne-like affair
was made in America, because, after
examining big beds for sale in the
Partisan bric-a-brac shops. Mrs. Mills
decided they were all lacking in the
conveniences and comforts the modern
American woman demands for her
sleeping hours. So she came home and
of very plain oak her bed was built,
the lofty canopy frame put up. the
ordered from an Ameri-
can needlewoman, hung. and then the
great curtains and coverlids were edged
with 40 pounds of bullion fringe. These
requisites for a perfect Marie Antoi-
nette bed brought the price of it far up
into the thousands, but the end was
not yet. A wonderful foundation of
spiral steel springs lined the inside of
the couch, on the top of this thin
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glace evening gloves worked with white
silk in three bands about the wrist to
resemble little threadlike bracelets. All
the handsome walking gloves in brown
red or ton have pearl or gilt buttons,
increasing, seemingly. every week in
size. Only two or three at most, of the
large, shining discs appear on the gloves
of heaviest weight. while four and six
button suede gloves, for calling, are
fastened very prettily by large and per
fectly round polished pearls. in any of
the colors in which the true oyster pearl
is found. Not yet have broad stitch
ings on the back been received into ia
vor, and thu finer the three lines down
the back of ones hand covering the
better is the style signified.
A few women still cling to the white
suede or the heavier glace kid gloves
for full dress purposes. calIings, recep-
tons and the Ike, and display rather
effective white hand gear, stitched and
bound in clear brown, or Ereen silk and
leather, on the ice and in the skating
Kinks. as well as when sleighing. nice
and serviceable heavy gray castor
gloves, with a short fur cuff, are adopt
ed These have one large metal button,
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labOred for the salvation of Johns
clothes and succeeded so inexpensively.
l have been quietly taking note of the
average man about me. 1 have come to
the conclusion that eight out of almost
every dozen business men see are as
badly off with regard 10 dress as my
good man was, and where 1 used to
blame the men for their lazy indifer-
ence to the appearances, 1 now find it
is the wives who are at fault. The
average woman thinks il is her duty
to give heaps of time TO scheming. bar
gain chasing and planning her own tot
lets; she Will work her fingers to the
bone to turn out her children in the
most exquisite fashion, while her over
worked, mOiling, tOiling husband is per-
mitted to grow as shabby as an old
shoe. He, poor dear thinks it is quite
right for the married American man
believes his wife ought to have all the
good gowns anyway. While he only
wears clothes for warmth and decency'S
sake
But the long and short of it is. Ia
dies" said this arch domestic ecOno-
mist, arising. beside the pride and SEN
timent and duty of this thing. there is
bright. hard. yellow gold to be saved
or made out of looking after your nus
bands wardrobe. When John cast up
his accounts at the end of the year and
found, to his vast establishment, that
his personal expenses had fallen far be-
low the usual figure, he gave me a
long, searching glance, asked me what
l wanted most in this world, and / said
chinchillas."
MILLICENT ARROWPOINT.
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! 1t was the Notwithstanding little
party with the blonde bang who told
how she had saved enough money on
her husbands wardrobe to buy her
chinchilla cape and muff.
At first the other married women
present jeered and laughed and frankly
suggested that she had been looting
Johns pockets at midnight or selling
his cast-offs 10 the ragman, but she
got word in at last. and gave so in
teresting a description of how the fund
for the chinchillas was laid by, that
she not only silenced her accusers, but
sent them away so thoughtful that
she is sure her small seeds of advice
did not fall on stony or thorny
ground.
You see,'' she said, smoothing her
gray muff tenderly, 4 have wanted
chinchillas ever since l married, and
though John undoubtedly is in excel
lent business, we don't pretend to be
rich people and L couldn't screw my
courage up TO the point of asking the
dear boy to let me go in debt for them.
In spite of my best endeavOrs, l found
it was only pennies 1 could save on the
marketing. and when l began 10 cast
my avaricious eyes about in earnest
tumbling into his OVercoat, preparatory
to giving me a hasty, moist kiss, and
dashing out after his car.
ITO tell the honest truth, and L think
I am a pretty devoted wife, he didn
present very pleasing or satisfactory
figure. He certainly bore SO distinctly
careless, wrinkled, neglected sort of an
appearance that 1 promptly tried to
think about something more agree
able.
But that afternoon when l drove up
the avenue in my neat little cloth suit,
looking for all the world as appropriate
and luxurious as the woman of great
riches, in whose bon-bOn of a brougham
l was. who should take off his hat to US
with a flourish but John himself. and
can tell you l positively blushed. For
the first and only time in my life l was
ashamed of my husband and l sat IuIn-
ing in the carriage over the little dis
appointments matrimOny brings wo-
man.
Years ago, when he went a counting,
John was one of the greatest dandies
in town. and l think l fell in love with
him as much for his eXquiSitely selected
ties. perfectly fitting coats and ire
boots as anything else.
Since our marriage had to confess he
has been. sartorially at least, going
steadily down hill, and that very day
determined to turn him right abous
face. OF course, at first l ungenerOusly
compared him to my immaculate self,
and wondered why l could do such
on cheap dress makers and no
ladies' maid, while his gloves and ties
looked so disreputable and his general
so shockingly slouchy. 1 flat
tered myself 1 always darned his socks
and put on his buttons, as any good
wife should. and when | went home
and cdded up his tailors, hatter's and
his shoemaker's bills l nearly tainted
To find that he actually spent every
year double the amount / did on
dress.
''Of course, my first natural feminine
instinct was to scold. Happily. 1 grim
~ overhauled his room first, his closets.
cupboards and drawers, and found
where the difficulty lay
'All his neckties were handily swing
ing on the gas fixture. to collect every
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weaves are delicious to the touch, and
as graceful as China silk. but they are
back once more with the charming
satin stripe, and they viii not bear up
under the stress OF shopping tours,
travel. etc.
Their smartesr manifestation of color
is a clear cardinal red with black polka
dots. and either a red or black satin
stripe. The other popular tones in
blue, forest green and silvery gray. Al
most without exception they are bright
ened by black Or white polka dots, not
all Of one size, but large and small dots
mingled. \ gOodly Ter cent are lower
ed tastefully in small rosebuds, or SIM
ply fine rows of pale green smilax vine
running between rather wide lavender,
or pink or blue bands. The sturdier
challis have all the good colors and
figures possible. but tend 10 darker
tones
The satin stripe is getting its inning
everywhere. for the ginghams are per-
Vaded with il, greatly to their beautifi-
cation. and the last 10 catch this agree
able infection are the lawns. Ink and
paper are not the proper mediums in
which to tell of the early blooming
dimities, dotted swiss. organize lisse,
and that last combination o. Weaves,
silk and cotton wrought together. All
these things are more delicate of quail
ity ana more artistically lovely of deco
ration than ever before, and TO garnish
them are the prettiest rulings, made Of
narrow white net, with d simple cord
edge and footing Of white point d'esprit
quite the cheapest things in trimmings
seen so far.
This spring is also going TO introduce
very attractive embroideries, done in
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burned IN these sleeping apartments.
half hour before madame retires a
fire of dry loss is lighted. TO take the
chill OF the atmosphere: by candle or
electric light The lady goes to bed. and
all these precautions are taken in be-
half OF health TO secure sound sleep and
good complexions.
Mrs Letter of WASHINGTON. rests from
her labors as the NEST prominent host
ess OF the capital in a wonderful carved
English bed. without one scrap of drap-
cry about It. Too precious and beauti-
full IS the ancient decorated woodwork
to hide under even the richest brocddes,
and Mrs. Letter sleeps on n 10th CEN
tury arrangement OF mattresses. That
is, in place Of d spring foundation, six
rather thin mattresses, made alternate
~ of felt wool. hair, cotton and a died
seaweed, are used. BY a proper ois-
position of these q most eXqUiSitely
comfortable bed is secured. and every
day a different mattress s put on top.
In this particular bed. quite fit for the
purpose. il is said both Queen Eliza
beth and Lady Jane Grey slept, a,
to the English notion Of what
constitutes health IN bedma king. this
couch does not wear its sheets and
blankets all day. In the morning. after
the bed has been aired ana turned, u
rich satin coverlaid. handsomely en-
broidered, is laid over it, and not until
the evening are the fresh lavender
scented night clothes. first aired and
then warmed before an open fire, laid
on.
Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt, jr.. posses
ses also a remarkable carved English
bedstead which, like Mrs. Letters, is
fitted up with electric comforts and
stands nigh from the floor, while Mrs.
William c. Whitney. when she is go
ing to stop q length of time in any one
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WHEN SPRINGTIME COMES.
Talk About ChalS Blooming Dimities and San-Striped
GinghamS.

New York, Feb "a heart-to- heart
talk about challis could easily fill the
whole of our fashion letter, for here
they are, from the first batch % soft
and tempting beauties. and any woman
can take her choice. paying in money
all the way from So cents to So cents a
yard. A challis is a perfectly safe and
solid investment for spring, summer or
autumn wear, such fine artistic feeling
have the manufacturers shown in the
dyeing, decoration and weaving of their
new output, that it is almost impossible
to buy a truly ugly one, and if the ex-
pensiVe brands are the most beautiful,
the cheaper ones are far and away the
most durable.
CandOr and experience compels the
warning that if any woman is deciding
to buy a challis at 65 cents yard. let
her select it in a pretty pale tone, and
keep IL as one of her calling and church
toilets exclusively. These high-priced
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deurs, the double brimmed hat in gray
is offered this week. As can be judged
by this. and 4 reputable millineT stands
sponsor for it, wide brims will continue
to be worn off the face, with plumes
curling gracefully about. Here we have
strings in addition and they promise to
cut a figure in April modes, though the
fact of the matter is they are frequent
~ seen now, as well as the white tulle
ruche, against the hair, typical of this
bonnet. Already at the theatres little
bonnets are seen, tied by lace strings
under the chin.
Bonnets and hats exact new
styles of wells that are now
being worn in admirable sim
plicity. White and black lace wells
are all but entirely out of style and no
coouetries of adjusting the little face
masks are any longer INDUCED in.
Black dotted nets, or nets woven in fiat
checks and spots are smoothly drawn
from brow to chin, while as many
women as have the compilations and
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pink flannel. and attached to the end Of
a green wire, and serves to perfection
all the purposes of a big hot water
bottle or an old fashioned warming
pan.
Chicagoan, is another woman who pos
sesses a big French bedroom, with the
bed set on dais, and the room itself
is used exclusively for sleeping After
the fashion of royal French ladies of
century ago, these fair Americans, who
can afford the luxury, believe that q
bedroom should have great space, a
lofty ceiling, and all day long a cur
rent of air should sweep over the pill
lows. uncontaminated by human lungs
No furnace heat nor gas lights are
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butter-colored thread or white cotton,
while yards and yards of white wash
braid is destined to garnish those new
corners, figured pique and madras cloth.
To add to these glories fit only for May
wearing, are the ribbons, that, whether
in sash or beading width, are coming in
of taffeta with very deliberately pinked
edges.
SPRING MILLINERY.
While in some show windows the &c
minders Of the season to come are push
ing aside all thoughts of winter shop
ping. the milliners are getting in readi-
ness their surprises. In the interme-
date season all the fresh hats are of
pale gray felt. wide-brimmed. small
crown shapes. trimmed with a few folds
of velvet or bows of ribbons and three
tan pIumes fastened to one side of the
crown. These are TO be the Lenten
STYLES. until Easter Sunday viii touch
the muslin roses into bloom Then, II
run-or is worth anything we are going
TO wear strange straw shapes, having
the crowns solidly buried in closely
massed flowers and fuller clouds than
ever of ostrich plumes.
AS a sort Of foretaste of these gran
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felt mattress was placed, and then on
top a hair bed slipped in a big silken
cover before sheets or blankets could
be laid on Finally the head board, dec
GRATED by the brush of an American
artist, was put into place, and, lastly.
the electrician was called in to give the
finishing touches The good Offices of
the electrician was not an original idea
on the part of Mrs. Mills, for all the
new beds, built for comfort, as we'll as
beauty, have, first of all, tiny button
that any one lying on the pillow can
easily reach up, touch and turn on the
light in group of bulbs artistically ar
ranged in the head board. In Mrs. Mills
bed a couple of gilded cupids in this
board hold each a spray of lights that
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and the cuff is of seal or ermine or
broadtail or chinchilla. Now that the
dresden china craze, that wrought such
havoc among the umbrellas and sun
shades, is passing away. we are slowly
but decidedly moving into a broad zone
of carved ivory handles, ali of a Jap
anese nature. Already the expensive
woman, who can afford to buy umbrel-
las afresh every season, are carrying
about remarkable novelties, long of
handle, and every inch below the tip
of the ivoryknobbed ribs is most in
tricately and elaborated carved. Some
of the very pretty examples have just
a shaft of polished ivory, topped by
complicated but delicious little nitske,
the japanese for carved button While
others have lovely Buddhas and wor-
shipful Japanese ladies daintily cut out