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Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-03-27
new SHIRT WAISTS.
An Unfailins Subject of Discussion
Among the Girls Wherever
They COnEreHate.

They Congresate.
From the New York Sun.
The shirt waist fiend Is abroad Just now;
you can see one type of her any day in
the shops. sorting over. selecting. trying
on, and you hear of another type Of her
at the ladies' tailors and the smart mod
istes pulling over late importations of ma
approved cut and make. Long or short
shoulders. deep or shallow cuffs, straight
or flaring collars. pointed or rounded Jokes
front. plaits. tIcks, gathers. shirrings, the
merits Of %ready-made and made-to-order
shirt waists by different makers. the brands
muslin tha wear best. n that won't fade,
are gone over again and again in public
and private conclave whenever two or
to ase !: ' WSeth hao the 'n shirt st waist a[e f @si
has in mind shirt waists for golf or bicy-
cling or idle mornings on the beach, or
to stern business harness, her interest
is conserved and concentrated all the same.
At this in-between impending season of the
s ysaa the shirt rys Waiss t s15l ser sar .as sll can-
sidered attention by day. and at night
goes to bed with images OF blue and pink
and cream-colored striped, plaided and fig
bought ugh; s sour ma sesh a R Rlsy Seu.v e s sEinsn
are showing beauties for SsA cents, Posi-
NiNNiy Why . q ooA6oAi y 6Al ANo. 1
to girl No. 2, who has frankly avowed
her inability to buy more than four new
waists altogether. to go along with the
old ones and make them last the summer
out.
No. 2's face falls. "Eighty-nine and three
quarters" she repeats. And I'll nave to
pay Miss x IS cents apiece to make mine.
Have you tried on Katchem & Skinem's?' '
No. but Name Blank has. She says
they're wonderful: You know she'll try on
she'll get suited. She's been up and had
breakfast at z sharp every morning for a
week SO as to get down town and just
devote herself to looking at waists. Name
know. The men are very nice to her.
well, which do you think I look best
in, girls, stripes or Just figures?" speaks
up girl No. 3. I'm tired of all I had last
year: and IT'S SO hard to know what is
"Get two stripes and two checks and two
figures" she is advised, and then another
says:
those clear playground pinks and butts
that do up. so beautifully. They are real
IAN to wear with g. pique skirt they
are beautiful" comes the verdict.
willing and able to foot the bills and could
go to Highup's and Just order mine out
right at s. apiece" signs the first speaker.
"Nonsense! They don't look a bit bet
at Hiehup,,s than you can get by picking
out individual patterns and having them
made at an ordinary d~ressmaker's." ono OF
the group objects.
But the rest exclaim thai she does no,
Mrs: B. or Mrs. c. or some other &C
ouaintance with a pot Of money who wears
Highup's waists.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-03-27
FAD FOR ENGAGED GIRLS.
Her Fiancs In Different
Positions.

1t used to be the correct thing. says an
exchange, when a young woman was en-
gagged to be married. to have a double pic
ture frame In her boudoir, or bedroom.
containing a photograph of her fiance and
herself. Twenty-Five years & It was the
fashion to have your photograph taken
with the young man you were engaged to,
and that was placed on your dressing
table. Now there is a new fad. You must
not. of course, be photographed with your
fiance-that Is not considered good form.
Nor must you ever have your picture In
the same frame with his. The new fad 10
to have a frame holding four cabinet-sized
photographs. and in this you must put
four pictures of you fance in four diff
ferent p~osit'ons-one full face one side
face, one tn, ee-quarters face and one pro-
file. 1t is rather ar interesting idea, as IL
is astonishing how changed a persons ex-
preston Is with the face in different po-
sitions. Ono Of these sets Of photographs
was seen the other day on q young girls
writing desk, and It was hard to believe
that the profile and full face were Of the
same a This is one of the latest tads
for engaged man. AZ well az girls
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-03-27

Il is Curing Lent that the general public
Dees the most OF the fashionable world OF
Paris, for balls, formal dinners N the
round Of large receptions being interrupted,
the mondaine turns her attention to infor-
NAL visiting. afternoon musicals, the fash
ionable conferences at the Bodiniere, and
even to churchgoing.
It IL strange how well. in q superficial
way, many foreigners know Paris without
being In the least able to recognize the
true type of the French %elegante, writes
the New York Tribune's Paris correspond
ent, and In Mint cases out Of ten what
the average foreigner assumes to be a true
Parisienne is simply a Parisienne OF the
declasse type. Yet there Is no capital In
the world where the lines Of dress and
at this time of the social year perhaps this
fact is more than usually apparent.
The true grande dame, although she may
blaze out in most marvellous toilettes
at night, Is the q~uietest gowned woman
during the day; her costume Is character
tied by nothing save elegance Of material
She is absolutely irreproachable, from the
small toque resting on her glossy and not
too deliberately coiffured hair to the soles
every case the entire costume will be OF
black, and yet not a black that in the least
suggests mourning. She Is never alone,
@ chffd or servant at least accompanying
her on the slightest GRAND.
What seems to be a costume much fan
cied by French women now Is a skirt OF
black MORE, with some slight touches OF
fiat trimming, and worn with a cloth OF
velvet jacket. These latter are fitted In
the back. but often with blouse front
shorter than were the winter jackets. and
with revers and collars faced with shirred
mousseline de sole. Even in the afternoon
the dress of the French woman Of distinc-
ton Is SO quiet and in such unobstrusivt
style that one can only wonder at thu
accounts that one so often reads ant
sometimes hears of the dress display II
the fashionable quarter of Paris.
Just, at the moment the favorite touci
Of color with the black costume Is purple
not the violet that We expect in the sprint
as a matter of course, but q true. rich pur
pie. A smart todue is made of the shirret
mousseline de. sole IN black, with trim
mings of purple in the way of velvet bow
and purple flowers. Pansies in his colo
suggest the naaron, and a young woman
would do better to choose the ferget-me
variegated bunch of Aese running from
blue to the proper shade of purple is
charming trimming to q black hat O.
toque.
4 dress noted at t the Bod,ntene the oshs
lower part of the. skirt of purple panne
the two materials met in a series of seal
Tops that grew WIDER toward the back. tn,
two sides meeting in a point half way VI
the back breadth. An embroidery of blaci
half-coyered the .panne. On the bodic
were only some slight touches of the pur
pie. in the shape of a lining to a perforate,
empiecement, n glimpses OF purple velve
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-03-27
To Get Stout.

Go to bed at 9 o'clock and lie in bed half
an hour after you wake up. Laugh a great
deal. Drink water by the pint or the quart
with plenty Of milk in it. Take cod liver
OIL and sweet oils as much as you can.
Put plenty OF butter on your bread. and
This will guarantee a gain of five pounds
a month. and. if you can sleep a great deal,
Of double that amount
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-03-27
A Knot of Blue.

In olden days. for lady's praise.
A knight went forth to war
With arms complete. his charger 6sSt
And pennon nuttering far;
While on the neld OF hlazoned skislA
Hung, pure and fair TO view.
4 simple band from woman's hald-
A tiny knot Of blue:
Atrue knot q blus kno<
4 lovers knot Of blue.
Did foemon bold. or robbers soll.
Or Paynim blade appear,
For God. St. Clair. and lady fair
Went forth the ringing cheer.
Md weapons fash and desfening ciasA.
An man and beast he slew.
An omen clear danced ever nsar-
A tiny knot Of blue;
A true knot. q blue knot
A lover knot Of blue.
L'ENvOI.
To-day your knight goes forth - fSAt -
Oh. love. my love. 80 true;
God gives him grace his foes 70 fses
With your sweet knot Of blue
A true knot. q blue knot,
A lovsrs knot Of blue-
w, r. A. Wilson. IN the Puritan.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-03-27
FOR PAINTING ON CHINA.
A Violet and Ribbon Design for Deco
rating a Cup and

As spring approaches the modest little
violet appears and is always hailed with
delight by one and all. Perhaps no flower
Is more popular, and certainly no flower is
moro generally used for decorating china
than this little fragrant apotheosis of the
spring. Almost any novice can paint vio-
lets successfully, and If a pretty grouping
can be made satisfaction Is assured. q
The accompanying design represents a
cup and saucer decorated with violets and
ribbons. The ribbons should be yellow for
the best effect, as yellow is the compliment
airy color to violet. Pink ribbons. however.
a background is not necessary. but IL one
Is desired lay in a wash of yellow. This
must be of a fairly pale shade. In this
case the ribbons must be of a stronger
ground, or they will be lost. Violet rib
bons will also look well with the yellow
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-03-27
To Get Thin.

Eat 4 great deal Of chopped meat without
n potato in 1t. Drink little fluid Of any
kind except strong tea Exercise q great
deal without drinking, n do not eat
bread, butter or sweets Of any kind. Lem
onade, acid drinks of all kinds and saline
mineral waters are excellent. Drink a glass
Of clear water before breakfast
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-03-27

GOWN OF STRIPED BINGHAM.
Trimmed with plain rose-colored Bingham
and white muslin; circular ruffles are edged
with insertion; dark blue velvet ribbon is
used. Hat of green straw and purple vel
vet: black and white wings and green yio-
let's.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-03-27
a TRIBUTE TO MISS WILLARD.
A Poem Written by the Dying Lead
er's Bedside by Mr.. Mary

A Poem written by he Dying Lead
er's Bedside BY Mr.. Mary
Lowe Dickinson.
The following poem Of Mrs. Dickinson.
adapted to the sweet old tune Of Lead.
Kindly Light" was written in part by
Miss Wizards side as. to borrow the auth
or's words. She lay in that exalted sleep
under which years and pain and care faded
till her face shown out upon US RADIANT
with immortal light and calm with the I'M
speakable peace of Cod:
SLEEP WELL. BRAVE al
Sleep well. brave hearth Beloved Of Christ saA
crowned.
God gives thee sleep.
The wide worlds love enwraps thy slumbef founds
God gives thee sleep
His angels smile. His stricken children weep.
Yet smiles nor tears shall break thy blessed sIes9.
o wondrous face, whose solemn, mystic grses
O'erdoods the gloom
TIL grief In all this sorrow-shadoved place
No more finds room.
Show Us. dear Lord. what sight breaks On her eJ0i
Let US. too. hear the voice that bids her rise.
Glide not our tears. % weak re are and blind
For she would share
Her gladness with US who are left behind,
Heed Thou our prayer.
Not yet! Not yet? The vision tarrieth sttlls
Then grant Us. Lord, with her. TO love Thy Will
To work Thy will. to follow where she trod.
- Without one fear
To drink her cup. to climb the heights Of God.
Knowing her near
To make her Joy more Joyful BY our strife.
So may We share. cen here. her glorious lfa
So lhall our homes, our land In shame - long.
Be cleansed from wrong;
So shall our hearts that break though love be stronSs
So shall the throng
OF suffering souls still through thy life be biessed.
Thy work rests not. brave heart. Take thou thy rese
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-03-27
LOUNGING GOWN.
A Dream-Dotted Swiss, With shirred
Yoke and Sleeves and Pink


One of the sweetest morning wrappers
for summer, or even now. for wear in ones
boudoir, is made of white dotted Swiss.
Young women who wear warm underwear
need not fear to change to a thin material
when sitting about in heated apartments.
It stands to reason that one does not need
such heavy clothing in a warm room as is
required out on the street in cold weather
waists when receiving friends in the even
ing and never experience the least dis
comfort or injurious results from the
change.
The wrapper has both daintiness and
comfort to recommend it. 1t has three rows
Of stirring around the neck to give the
effect of a yoke. and there is a heading
of pink ribbon next to the throat. Below
the rows Of shirring are two fiounces of
white Swiss, bound with pink satin ribbon.
which runs down the front edges almost
to the bottom. growing narrower all the
way. and finally ending in points. The
sleeves are shirred to the elbow. where
they are also trimmed with two hounces
bound with ribbon. Two %f1ounces which
edge the yoke meet in a point at the back.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-03-27
WINDOW BOOK SHELVES.

a DecOrhtIve BIZ Oh FufnHCuk0 10f U
summer Cottage Which Costs
but Little.
TIL possibilities of window decoration in
the hands of an ingenious woman are SIM
ply endless, and the housekeeper who Is
so fortunate as to have a wide recessed
window in her summer cottage may make
a most artistic as well as useful nook of II.
The services of a carpenter are, Of course,
necessary, but after he has fitted the
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-03-27

Little James had been telling a visitor
thai his father had got a new set of false
teeth. Indeed" said the visitor, land
s'pose,' replied little James. they'll cut
'em down and make me wear '~em."-Phila-
delphia Times.
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1898-04-20
Spain Makes Her Case

London, April 15.-A special dis
 patch from Madrid published this afternoon says the note to the pow CTS will reveal that the Cuban Ques- ton, pointing out the trouble with the United States, arises from the clamor of sugar manufacturers who, 1t IS claimed, formed and organized the entire revolt. Attention will be recalled to the alleged unmolested American 6libusterers and it will be asserted the chief insurgent lead CTS are not Cubans, but adventurers of all nationalities, whose sole pur.. pose Is plunder and robbery.
 The concessions made by Spain will be enumerated and the note will say that while Spain has dcne every. thing possible to pacify the island, the eonsuls of the United States have constituted themselves the in- surgent agents and the further statement will be made that as autonomy promised the desired eff feet the American squadron was sent to Cuba to encourage the insurgents to hold out. The note will conclude with declaring that Spain having ex- hausted every means of peace, is re- luctantly compelled to prepare for war and to fight Tor the mainte- rance of rights and honor.
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1898-04-20
Sold the Machine.

The book agent, the sewing machine agent, the insurance agent, have each and all won distinction by their persever- ance, but the agent of the washing ma chine is worth his weight in gold to the house for which he travels if all there is said about him in the following is true:
 Exasperated Woman of the House-I have told you a dozen times don t want the machine Sic him, Tigel
 Agent (while the dog is gnawing his leg-DOn't want the machine, ma am: Pardon me, you haven't yet seen half its good points It washes the clothes cleaner than any other and in less than half the time. It never tears of but ton. It''-
 Good heavens! Don't you see what the dog is doingg"
 'Yes. quite a playful animal This machine. ma lam. uses less soap. takes up less rOom''-
 Hell tear you to pieces if you don't go. Run, for mercy's sake. He's tasted blood. and I'm afraid can't stop him now"
 'I have to put up with such things, ma'am, and it's good cause. This ma chine is the best one that ever was in- vented. If can slcceed in inzoducing one into a family, l s'Eays feel that l have done a benevolent act You can use any kind of water, hard or soft. hot or''-
 "Oh, no. mol He'll kill you What is the machine wOrth?''
 "It'sworth s1, 900. 900 to any family, but I'm selling it for only s, and"-
 Here's your money I'll take it Hge. Tigei Let gop'
 Looks as if we were going to have rain Well, l must be going. Good aft ernOon. mA'am." - Sewing Machine Times
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1898-04-20
sHe- Wnawom.n-

4 person admitted to an English
 workhouse not long ago objected to talk ing the usual bath with the men and confded to the medical officer that "he" was a woman. The woman's story.
 which she subsequently, told, is stranger than fiction She was educated at a woman's college and married at Is to a man who i'll treated her. She left him and went to live with a brother, who was 8 painter and decorator. Acquiring a knowledge of the trade, she donned male clothes and became a successful painter and decorator. For 22 years she lived with her niece, who kept house for her and posed as the painters wife. Three months ago she fell from scaf- fold, and, although she injured her ribs, managed to prevent the doctors from discovering her secret. 4 failure to obtain employment finally compelled her to seek the shelter of the workhouse. with consequences disastrous to her York Tribune
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1898-04-20

hundred tons of freight belonging to the department of Colorado will move south from here on Monday morning.
 Jacksonville, Fla, April l6.-The Spanish vice consul at this place has received instructions to leave at once.
 London, April l6.-A dispatch from Cadiz says that the American consulate there has been placed un- der a strong guard, today, on ac- count of anti-American rioting.
 Washington, April l6.-3:3O p. m. The House has adjourned until Monday at 10 o'clock. An amend ment, agreed upon by the minority of the foreign relations committee, recognizing the Republic of Cuba as the lawful government on the island has just been introduced in the Senate by Senator Turpie. It was received with cheers.
 Madrid, April 16.-Madrid papers today are full of hate and bitterness against the United States. The populsee is also much iDfamed as a result of these publications.
 Washington, April 16.-4:00 p. m- The Senate is still in session. White, of California, is talking.
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1898-04-20
Departure of Troops From whipUIe.

Departure of Troops From WhippIe.
 The troops from Whipple took their departure by special train this afternoon at 3:30 o'clock. The train consisted of seven Pullman cars, one baggage car and two freight cars ten In all. It will be run as a special clear through to Holbrook. where the troops will be joined by those from Apache.
 From the tenor of the press tele- grams today 1t would not be sur PrisIng that If instead of stopping at Jefferson Barracks they would be run clear through to Chickamaugua where the entire army IS being mob llllzed in anticipation of war with Spain.
 Both officers and men will be missed by our peOgle as the social relations existing between them have been of the most cordial na- ture. A more orderly and peace able lot of men have never been stationed al Whipple. During the time that the 1lth Infantry has been stationed there, there has been no trouble as sometimes on former occasions between the soldiers and citizens, while the officers and their wives have become a part of our social system.
 Lieut.. and Mrs. Blatchford and pr. Eyerts and family have been left at Whipple to close up the business, when the latter wIll pro- ceed to Fl Paso. Dr. Porter wio has been spending the winter in Phenix, on leave, with his wife, it is said, has been ordered to take sta ton at San Diego at the close Of his leave,
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1898-04-20

On April F Secretary Long said no movement of the fleet was in contemplation and that nothing had been received from Minister Wood ford.
 England & Bryan, leather dealers of Philadelphia have received an order for 10000 sides of leather to be delivered at the Rock Island arsenal at the earliest possible mo- ment. The leather is to be used for the manufacture of cartridge boxes and sword, sabre and bayonet scabbards
 President William R. Morgan, of the miners union, at Masillon, Ohio, has ordered out two thousand men of the district, the operators not having made the changes m screens decided upon in the Chicago con yention.
 An eastern paper says eleven thou sand colonels have offered their services to President Mckinley in the event of war but so far he is trife shy on privates to fight under them.
 The Drummond Tobacco com pany, of St. Louis, the largest plug tobacco manufacturing concern in the world, has passed into the con- trol of the American Tobacco com pany.
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1898-04-20
The New England Meeting HOu.e.

The New Engla1d meeting house was generally square wooden box, but it showed excellent taste in the detail of it's simple ornamentation- It is the the ory of some thoughtful architects that among the early colonial immigrants were men considerably above the abil- ity of ordinary carpenters In those days the architect was apt to be both designer and bnilder. and it was not in this country until very modern times that the line was at all clearly drawn between the architect who designed and sUpeTihtsLded n tho interests Cf his cli>ut, aid loCaE.e a professional man, and iEe builder who iOOk contract to execute the work and make what he cOuld oJt uf it, and remained a business man It is believed that the excellent taste and judgment of these men among the colOnists made themselves felt in the taste of the ornamentation in what we call colonial architecture. They had no originality in the general design of buildings, because their experience had never included that, but they knew how to carry out to perfection details of the enscmble- - William B Bigelow in Scribner'S
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1898-04-20
In. rrouhls. ofI..,.na

On one occasion Hartley Coleridge had listened with deep apparent inter est to the voluble discourse of a well known Irish enthusiast who spent much of his time travelling about Eng land and enlightening the English mind on the subject of popish errors, especial ly in Ireland After dinner Hartley re- quested to be presented to a man so re- markable- On the presentation he took the far famed traveller and philosopher by the arm, while few of the guests gathered around. and addressed him with awful solemnity, ''Sir, there are two great evils in Ireland l" "There are indeed, sir, " replied the Irish guest. but please to name them. '' 1.-The first, resumed Hartley, ''is-popery r' It IS, " said the other, but how won derful that you should have discovered thatl Now tell me what is the second great evil" Professionalism was Hartley's reply in a voice of thunder as he ran away screaming with laugh ter. His new acquaintance remained panic stricken.-"R Reconections of An brey dc We're"