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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-04-10
GOSSIPOF TFiELEHTEH SEASON

where thu debris Of the tea was on the
floor and the figure OF Mrs. Carlyle on the
sofa. In an agitated Voice the wife M
Quired: did you meet TnomaxF
The friend responded: Yes, met him
on the doorsteps looking very sad What
is the matterv
.sThe matter.'' cane the answer. 81
have been two days on this sofa with .
sick headache. and he has only Just this
instant inquired what allied me. and l.
well, have thrown my teacup at him..
And these two people thought that they
loved each other! But take Disraeli and
his wife. After 8 years Of married life
he spoke Of her as "fae most severe critic
and the most perfect wife" These people
that life Of Lady Dufferin written by her
son? Read 1t. my friend. There's Is the
story OF the woman who was never so old
that men did not find her charming.It is
true that she was one OF the beautiful
Sheridans, and such women come. only
once in century, but when you read about
these women does it not seem worth while
10 make yourself charming, even If the
process Involves much thought and much
use OF water and soap?
l read q. little story the other day that
delighted my soul. The wife of the famous
Sir Barsie Frere had driven TO the station
to meet her husband. She told the foot
man to go and find the general. The ser
want, a new one. had been engaged in his
masters absence, 50 he asked. How shall
know him?e oh" answered Lady
Frere. look for a tall gentleman who Is
helping somebody Sure enough, he
found the hero of a hundred battles help
Ing an old lady out of the railway car.
The loyeiiesl thing that General Bohs
ever did was TO dedicate his book. sFarty-
one Years in India" ITO my wife, with
out whose loving help my for;y-one years
In India could not be the happy retrospect
it Isl l grow very proud of being q wo-
man when I realize what splendid yves
some OF them have made, what good COM
pancns they have been and what veritahle
joys forever! 1t makes the little care TAX
Ing very well worth while. I know the
woman's rights women think that being
companion 10 a man does not amount 20
much. But 1t does. my friend. ii does.
And If there is anything good in a man, ii
there Is anything gentle In a man, any
thing altogether delightful In man, you
can generally trace 1t to his mother. Oh.
know what am talking about. I have
always maintained that the proper study
OF womankind was man. 1t Is an interest
ing study that makes II worth while to
garb oneself in ones best gown, to be az
attractive as possible and then to read
as distinctly as possible. Man is an inter-
esting book. and you can be pretty certain
when YOU finish reading one edition that
sequel will follow. For what woman pos
sessed of any wit was ever satisfied with
the first volume Of good story? She
keeps on reading and reading until the
entire story Is hers and then she learns
that by heart. Has this been your ex-
perience? No? Well. it has been the ex-
perience OF many of the women I have
known. ard In truth 1t has been the ex-
perience Of that omniverous reader.
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SOME MODELS I'm TAlL0R-MWE
GOWNS FOR FASHIONABLE WOODEN.

Of uncertain figure who yearns for the
princess effect, yet does not trust her own
outlines or her dressmaker. the Paris ar
tiste has Just designated a long curved
aounee which is to be applied TO the ccs-
tune consisting OF detached waist end
skirt. II figured or piaided plain collar
to match the principal tone Is selected FOR
the tlounce. IL commences at the shoulder
seam and Is sewed or with Il and occupies
the space from the neckband to the insert
of the sleeve. flowing forward like the ruff
tie on the edge of the polonafse in our IL
las.ration. II then descends In the same
manner and curves away from. the sides to
form a dee? flohnco entirely around the
skirt. All the new gowns are long not only
al the back. hus a. the sides and front rs
wen. The effect aimed at IL that OF ex-
IRENE sienderness around the hips and as
far as the knees. from thence distinct
fare.
Ribbon Sashes.
With the dsaphanous gowns now being
made up for summer sashes are a necessity
and 40 great Is the demand for black satin
ones that the wholesalers find IL impos-
s.bia 10 fill their orders. The four-yard
sash. with two long ends. a small square
bow at the back. IL one savori;e and the
sash fostering AZ the back with a hand
soma buckle or clasp, IL another. The
fastening AZ the side Is also considered
chic. Long loops are not good style at
present.
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A sox BORN TO THE wARwIcKs.
His Mother Was Well Known M Lad
brooke Through naccnret Scandal.
Philadelphia Times

LONDON. March al.--The Countess ..
warwick 0ormeriy Lady Brookep has
given birth to "a son.
The Countess OF Warwick was Miss Dali
ay Maynard before her marriage. the
daughter of Blanche. Lady Rossiyn. and
step-daughter OF the late Lord RosslyD.
When sfae married the Earl OF Warwicks
eldas; SON. Lord Brooke. the wedding.
which was celebrated In Westminster alb
hey. was the event OF the London season OF
fssi. Her unvarying Kindness TO rich and
poor has caused every one 10 love her.
Her tenants at Easton. the villagers and
school children, all adore her. To furnish
a uarh s1T their work, which consists
81 lac, rgerie. tea gowns and children's
clothes cf the finest quality, the now IA
nious Bond street shop was established.
II Is said the countess herself designs the
bats ard honnets. which sell In eonse-
euenec at very high figure. Cor her taste
In matters OF dress Is proverbiai.
AZ ore time the Earl Of Warwick was
quite wealthy. and HIS estates at E,astoa
were among the finest In England. bat the
grxas fall III the value OF English farming
land has greatly reduced his revenue. and
the countess finds the profits ef her shop
a. acceptable addition 10 her Income. The
earl is sntirely devoted 70 his clever and
beautiful wife, and xhelr married life has
besn remarkably happy. With All her In
very fond OF home life, ard has sssent a
great deal OF time with her three children.
entering their games like a young girl. AID
Hesug aften islnesi by her husband
The Gsaehling Brooke was the nick
nar1~ of the countess among the artstoc-
rScy 90 England for the part sse played
Ia the ssEaous haccarat scandal several
ye9rs assh OF which she chief figure was
tAe pflnee % Wales. Every effort has
been made to hl2E she sscuscheon % this
most beautiful az women. bat without sue
ezss. without designing 10 notice the ianu-
nasosS that have been circulated the
S8uatssss cf Warwick last summer aSSus.-
al nsw vois~~Shat CT aushoress. reform
rr Sra aamanitsrsaa-ah6 las. month she
startled sescssty by publishing book that
4 naw being bought Up by members OF
the smart SEA-
Th9 countess Is again In fun ruFs, IA
yor, and the Prince ~ Wales Is a sees,ue.,.
Vesscx at the FSA-l's home.
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w.x known before the days OF Cleopatra.
and which II called ssyirg.nai mink, Is
said to be destructive TO them. You make
II today just ~ did the gentle Chairman
when her mistress thought she noticed
one amber c0iored spot high up on Ter
cheek near her left eye The recipe has
not varied. ITO quart OF rosewater add
drop by drop an ounce OF tincture OF BEN
xoln, stirring ii constantly" When you
want 10 use 1t throw enough in the hand
basin to make the water the color OF skim
milk and then battle your face thoroughly
with it. dabbing it dry with soft towel.
The lady lecturer said that tho average
woman treated her face rs II 1t were made
OF buckram. and not as ii II were OF the
mes. tender material In the world. and
she went on to tell that even men were
more careful of their faces than the ordi-
nary woman. She told lot about baths
and their virtue and she said there never
was more fool theory than the one which
claimed that the handsome skinned En-
g,ish women jumped into cod bath.
Every English woman who has hand
some complexion, from Mrs. Langtry up
and down, including the beautiful Ouch
eSs Of Leinster, reveled in tepid baths and
economical on everything else but soap.
There IS sonatning essentially wrong
about the woman who viii use common
soap. A plain soap? Yes But cheap
soap or q coarse soap-why the woman
who would select either would be wrong.
not only physically but morally.
Away back in the days of Charles H..
when to be a beauty meant to be a sue
cess their was a bath in rogue which was
supposed 10 give specia. tone to the skin
and to keep Ii n proper condition. 1t was
a. very simple bath. consisting merely OF
tepid water In which there was thrown a
pint of perfectly pure vinegar. The Ia
dies OF the olden days thought mitch of
their own books on cosmetics, and each
generation of lovely woman wrote In the
family book that which tended to make
her most attractive. caused the curl to
stay In her hair and made her eyes bright
est. 20 that the coming beauties could
see. learn and inwardiy digest. 1t has
been said that Cleopatra herself wrote a
book on the art OF the toilet. and / have
sometimes been frivolous enough to Won
der Of the Sphinx knew where that book
was hidden and wouldn't tell. The lady
who was lectur.ng has great respect for
the l5-ninute nap. She says that IL you
and and the other woman would throw
ourselves down on a comfy lounge and be-
come lost to the world for about Is minutes
each day we would grow younger with
marvellous speed. She Is also great be-
lever in the advantages of not worrying.
and she thinks that women grow more
lovely by being told Of their charms. Here
agree with her. A few words of praise
have made many an ordinary woman
delight. and a daily dose of praise from
the right men has made women BEAUTIFUL.
Who Is the right man? Poor Mrs Car
lyle thought she had got him. and yet
friend who met the genius on the door
steps one day when he looked a little ex-
cited, passed him by with a civil bow,
only to be ushered into a darkened room
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- HE one I1snten class that has
had rexuI1r and full attend
ance II thaf one where the teach
e. Instructed her scholars tn the
III art OF being charming. AT least
Il isn't put this way-I believe
there ID some SORT Of health title given
10 ft-but the general idea L. thar You pay
so for - lessons and learn how TO be love-
" forever and day after.
The teacher Is, first OF al, woman OF
sense. She began by saying that the av-
erage woman did not know how TO wash
her face. and covered myself with dis
homer by calling out: "Hear! Hearw Ny
dearest enemy said Il sourSied as il I
didn't understand the noble art OF bath
ing my countenance. but that Is another
story. The average woman. 80 said the
speaker, In washing her face. takes the
end OF towel, dips II In a little tepid
water, smears around under her eyes,
about the tip Of her more and the edge OF
her chin, and then she carefully goes over
her face with daMask towel TO absorb
any stray drops of water that may aeci-
denfasiy cling TO her. Then she fiddies
with the powder, dabbles on a little rouge
and goes out under the impression that
she has bathed her face. Now. the woman
who knows ii ali says that the rigat way
10 wash your face Is, in the very begin
ming, to have the biggest kind Of a basin
and fill Il almost to the top with hot water.
Then take in one of those animated wash
cloths-your hands--a cake of delicate
soap, lather well, and go all over your
face With both hands, rubbing, scruhbing.
rinsing and bathing until there is an ex-
auisite sensation of cleanliness. Now it is
time to empty that basin and TO I'LL IL with
tepid water, going all over your face with
this 80 that not particle OF soap clings
TO You, and after throwing it away g.Ye
your face its third bath of Whitewater
that Is cold enough to make your skin con-
scious OF a sensation Of life. That is the
sort Of bath that keeps the skin fine and
delicate. clear, firm and exquisitely beau
tifni. 1t - not necessary to rub your face
SO hard that your nose is red and Your
eyes are full Of soap. There is right ard
a wrong way TO wash the face, and the
right way is the way We are being taught
this Lent.
BY the bye. IL you are an American
you have what the doctors call sensitive
skin, and as soon as March winds began
to fan your cheeks and the March sun
began TO smile upon you there was an
impression ieft-;t is an impression
you don't fancy, and you use every rem
edy you can think Of to make the golden
spots go away. BE wise in your genera
ton and, with the exception of taking
good care OF you skin, let freckles a.one.
You may be induced to do this when you
are told. as a grandmother told a party OF
young girls. that they ought to be proud
of rather than worried about their freck-
les because it was q weil-known fact that
a girl that was freckIed was invariably
ioyable. The woman who is giving us
points on being charming says that lem
on juice dabbled on the skin will cause
the freckles to disappear. A remedy which
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A DRAwlNGROoM U
Pail Mall Gazette.

Pail Mall Gazette.
I saw her before she stood fuWG4
when she was just a girl In the elo411
drawing room, and was struck With -
thing In her face. She was uonk3l9 8
large black hat then, which. NH
veil that was pushed up on her eeoNQ1
put her face into the shadow. II -
very young. not much more than g.
and very plainly dressed. ThoA
sight of her. and had forgotten Ill -
when that uncomfortable stir 49, -
felt that tells one thar sometime Il -
TO happen. Some one was e1 - -
something--to play. or to sing " l11cA
We were talking quite comf0fsaAl3. NV
interrupt? Why not. when AIS veQ -
all is 50 seldom. let we'll. by gQur NJ
ness, alone? Why not for the go IL
is found In blue moons? Not N q 81
These things are predestinate. h1e6s -
ordained. A space must be cleefo4 -
were hustled and shunted, couples an4 -
teries ruthIessly broken up: people e
from pet places. feared the wofN-e
onc@ was going to recite. l edeed -
Let others stand In the front 70 D -
at for sails on the desert horizons kt -
ers be embarrassed by frenzied a.
(at yard frcm their noget ~ hep; 4
others be branded as towards (''Is th01t3
rnan amongst you? Help. Help.
for the mother and her burning ct1ol
Let others be histed In illumined VII
and asked, What is that? ana lee So
exchange self-conscious gIances en4 e.
drd look unwillingly to their let IT,
ing pointed finger) as they are e. =
See! See! II approaches. Nearer. 49,
err. 10 steals throughathe smoke -
form. the little. little form' and ~ y
start at the shrek that must cumo
the singed mother and her nearly -
child recognize that they are -
F1reman's Terrier. Heaven hse
recitaf!cns must be, codldn't t11y i
little tbrillihg7 Well. we were = -
But--were we? 1t was the girl MI
hat who stood forward. took
grace. She would not enbarra19
was an artist, / was sure ~
noted her face and found the s0u4 !
It that makes one look twice? u
face OF a madonna, and now thet
was on {the great hat that cas- -
BotticeIli at that. She had i0ne
more curved, perhaps. than ainsc
pathetic mouth. red--not TOO g. IS
hair was like silk and late cosnl
wanted to hear her voice. ! hop
she sang. People were talking 49, -
quite new" I heard someb0Sy
TOO clever" I listened. "0he
/ think" said somebody else. ana
dered. But "Oh. no." I heard
'she plays. Yes. better than $780,
hear; and 50 young. isn't ~ 3
Any one could see she has mussc
It.s her very life. I'm sure Of y.
wasn't. She did something strange
skirt. and she stood UP iF1-~whas 81 79!szss
Up In. She was n lady contoftie A.
when she tied her feet round -
framing her white face Of a saint 49,
bronze kid OF French boots. neA
she recited.
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The story Of young and devee ~
er. The baby was his first. an0 nj
ed 10 weigh g.
"It's bafnperr' he exciaime
arc the scasesy'' ..&..~
The domestic hunted up an o.. ~.
cd pair. and the proud young as
sunsed charge of the operation -
"I'Il sry IL Al eight pounds 8 ss.z2
sliding the weight along rhe been
figure. -
III won's do. She weighs ever q S
more than that" 1.6.n
He slid the weight along sever -
farther. - 80
by George be sad. s5fs ~ zsss1
than ten p8tnds--eisves--tw
fourteen. Is il possible - -
He set the baby and the -
and rested himself.
Biggest baby ever saw,
refining the weighing proes
and a haif-sixtesni This Ss7<16
weigh her. See. sixteen II TIE r.
ant she jerks II zap like . 49,
ard ger a big pair OF scales - "A.
ty2r,s. TN bet Il tsuner thai
ever twenty pounds. Mile. r
rushing into the next room
f,igges: baby In this country - !:
sixteen pounds -
what did yen weigh fisr e 49, sss b ssz
the young mother. 81 IA
ON tho old scales IN fAe
sThc figures en- rnoss
ounces.s sise replied, qnistlVs
the bsbys Jonn-.
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Clarence Aeekay leases = Manston
New York pisnafrn

CtaTe1ee n. Mackey. who Is 70 wed Mss
Katherine nSEsr. has leased gae MAGNIFICENT
Ferry TIFFANY estate az wssshsry, T.. I. No
mare charming esase could be found sor
their hesEysroon. The domain includes lssa
acres with q Nae ola-fashso1ea brick
aaarssaa. STABLES aad kennels. all sa shs
cslosasaa style Of architecture,
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EW YORK. April Ain the latest
models OF taIisr-maae gowns
Jus, appearing one gets but the
ifiefest glimpse of the material
itaesf. The finest box. or broad
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Copyright. 1851
HE one I1snten class that has
had rexui1r and full attend
4nce - thn9 one where the teach
Ct instructed her scholars tn the
III art OF being charming. AT least
The Southern herald., 1898-03-25
ALL OVER THE WORLD.

In the heart of the little California
town, Santa barbara, a valuable dis
covery had been made TO the effect that
the heights of Castle Point were a long
time ago an Indian burying ground,
Excavations have revealed bones, spear
heads, steSe implements, arrows, shells
and beads, which are believed to be Of
prehistoric origin.
The annual charge of $3.50 for tele-
phone service in Berlin will in future
be replaced by yearly rent of $3.50
for the apparatus, plus the small charge
Of one pfennig (about one-fourth Of a
cent? for each conversation by private
persons, pfennigs for business men
and firms and for clubs, cafes, etc
Business men are strenuously opposed
to the proposal that they be charged
more than any others.
Twcnty-eight million tons of coal are
mined annually in France, while 49,
100000 are consumed. France, there.
fore, pays to the foreign countries an.
nually about S30,0O0,0O0 for this excess
of coal. The total water power in
France is estimated to be 10,0O00OO
horse power, which is about equal to
the combined power Of all the steam
engines in the world, but at present
only one-tenth Of this water power Is
used.
The Southern herald., 1898-03-25
ALUMINIUM MAY REPLACE BRASS
Reduction In Price of the Former
Metal May Bring the Change.

\ reduction in the price of aluminium
within the last few weeks has led to q
discussion by the technical Journals
Of the possibility Of its replacing brass
in some of the industries. The various
discounts on sheets sold in quantities
make the actual price about 32l5 cents
pound. At the present time sheet
brass costs from 1874 to 13 cents a
pound. But the latter metal. if cast
IS 1925 times as heavy as aluminium.
and if wrought 3.19. In any given arti,
Gle, the size remaining the same, there
would be more than three times as
many pounds (or ounces or grains)
if ii were made of brass than if ii were
composed of aluminium. Multiplying
the price of brass per pound by 3.19, one
gets fraction over 36 cents. The ma.
terial going into a brass object, then
costs about ten per cent more than
tnat going into an aluminium object
Of the same size This fact is likely
70 make a good many wide-awake manu-,
facturers ask themselves how far alu
minum is suited in other respects to
take the place of brass. Its tensile
strength, electrical conductivity, re-
sistance to the corrosive effect of mois
ture and acids are all important quail
ties which are likely to come up fol
consideration in this connection
Philadelphia Press.
The Southern herald., 1898-03-25
TREE 10000 YEARS OLD.


An extraordinary discovery, and ont
which is Just now exciting considerable
interest in antiquarian circles in Ian
cashire and Cheshire. has been made at
Stockport. During the excavations il
the construction Of sewage work ful
the town some workmen came across
what has since proved to be a massiv,
oak tree. with two immense branches
Prof Boyd Dawkins, the well-knoWr
antiquary, is of opinion that the tree
is one Of the giants Of prehistoric
times. and he says that the tree is Ger
tainly 10000 years old. The corpora.
ton Of Stockport are at loss what tC
do with the gigantic fossil, which j:
supposed to weigh about 40 tons. anc
as it is necessary that it should be re,
moved a proposal has been made tc
blow it up with dynamite. This has
aroused the Indignation Of large sec
tion OF the public. who presented the
following petition to the corporation:
''That there is a valuable tree Of ole
oak at present lying upon and exposed
in the gravel on and within their prop
erty; that the quality in color grain
and solidity is better than any that ear
be bought in the open market; that fol
artistic work alone it is greatly to bt
treasured, for nothing in this country
is at present grown which can come NJ
TO its dimensions; that it contains
within itself sufficient material TO max,
the furniture for any public building
or town hall which may be erected foi
the public benefit within our borough
that it only requires lifting from itl
bed, which in the opinion Of eempeten
geologists may be roughly estimated
as 1900 years of occupation; that pri
vate effort has failed to achieve its re
moyal; that its destruction would be
public loss and an artistic calamity
that your representatives in counci
be and are hereby requested to con
serve for the borough this grant Of ma
ture TO her sons and daughters, who's
signatures are hereby affixed"
The corporation have reserved thci
decision, and in the meantime effort
are being made by local antiquarian
and others to bring pressure to bea
upon the council to preserve the ire
for the benefit Of the town and th
country. 1t is believed that no discoy
cry of such Importance has hithert
been made in this country, and this be
ing so it is hoped that those interestep
in such matters throughout the coun
try will lend assistance toward pre-
serving the tree-London News.