The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1898-05-01
THE NOTION COUNTER.

And now the owner of suburban hOma
is beginning to SOW the seeds of envy
among his brick-and- mortar riends who
are doomed TO a Summer in town. Il IS
all right: ii is perfectly just and proper
10 even up in the way that beseemeth
best 10 him Of the out-of-town roof and
zig tree for verify he has had to stand
six months OF comic cuts. with joke at
tachments. from the newspapers of tho
land, and his friends have added 10 his
load by sardOnic congratulations or in
tOlerable pity every time the icy wind
howled or the invariabIe something hap
pened to his car line.
Now that he rejoice;h. il IS well.
One of the sad results OF our brand
new war is the fire-eating orator who is
Just an inch below the height required by
the recruiting bureau and who fi0urishes
IN district where lynching is unknown.
The shops are showing something new
in the way of corset belts They ara
boned and corded lace behind and clasps
in front with three little gold hooks and
eyes. The eyelets at the back are also
| of gold. and the silk Iaces are the same
shade of silk or satin of which the belt
Is made. A belt OF this sort makes a.
very fetching climax to a toilet of or
candle or dotted Swiss.
The latest fad has jingle to it that IS
| in high favor with Miss McFlimsey, OF
New York. who is so far copying the LADY,
who wore bells on her toes that she Is
going 10 have music wherever she goes,
by reason of rows of iingling bells that
now adorn her harness and even her
wheel.
OF course, there is a sensible basis for
her whim. She claims that the rubber
tires, both of coach and bicycle. make so
little sound on aaphaltum pavements that
noise of some kind is necessary TO at
tract attention and prevent mishaps. Be
that as il may, a tinkie of the tiny silver
and fire gilt trifies makes a CHEEKY sound,
and If it pleases my lady no one else
should mind.
Side pleatings of black taffeta. liberty,
and foUlard are more used this season
than pleatings of mOusseline de sole. The
truth is, they wear better and have mora
what is known as a body TO them
Y
Many skirts are to be worn with grad
| uated founces all embroidered Another
great novelty is a loosely wrought pillow
| lace, like yak. in Insertions as well as in
! ordinary lace. and a fine wooden Lace
has come out which is not at al expen-
| sive, made after torchOn designs. There
are many fine braid laces which initiate
/ Venetian point, and one of the most
| beautiful I have seen in the finest braid
is called the Norwegian laces.
| The calIow King of Spain seems 10 be
| catching it all around He has Just lost
| his affianced wife. the little Archduchess
| Natalie. of Hungary. whose funeral must
| have been a patheticaIly imposing affair.
| According to a Chicago daily. Natalie
| was a small girl in short frocks. bur.
| being Hapsburg, great pomp and eere-
| mony attended her funeral The coffin,
| covered with crimson velvet was IN
| closed in an outer coffin of silver. The
| hearse was drawn by six white horses,
and was preceded by a Spanish rider in
| gorgeous uniform. Next came the chiId's
archducal crown, on its crimson velvet
| cushion. The chamberlains Of the Press
| burg archdueal court. with their keys
| of office: the first and second masters Of
| ceremonies. the mistress of ceremonies
and her lady in waiting. and the arch
duchess own suite rode in handsOms
coaches f1auked by bOdyguards. and
mounted and foot halberdiers with light
ed lanterns The body lay IN state in the
church during one morning and tens OF
thousands of persons. court officials. chill
dren. peasants with flowers. and the En-
peror of Austria himself. took farewell
glimpse OF the little archduchess- Ar
sunset the body was borne with pOmp
to the imperial vault of the Capuchin
monks, and was received by the lord
cardinal and the archbishop. and all this
time in the church above the vault SIX
small aTchduchesses. sisters of Natalie.
sobbed dirge for the dead
Flags have broken out in a patriotic
rash over the face of the country and