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Evening star., 1899-04-22
STRINGS FOR BONNETs.
They Will Probably be Popular for
Late Spring Wear.
From the Millinery Trade Review

FROM the Millinery Trade review.
Fashion seems on the way to adopt
strings much more generally than was
deemed possible at the beginning of the
season. During the spring, at least, wide
strings of Mechlin tulle tied in big bow
under the chin, will be extremely fashion
able Whether they will be maintained for
the summer it is hardly safe to conjecture
the matter depending chiefly on the caprice
of the ladies who lead the mode in second
airy questions of this sort.
Tulle strings may be applied to any kind
of hat, toque or capote, even those where
in tulle does not enter as trimming, when
they are fastened to the back of the brim in
a little pouf. Rather more than two yards
are required. Capelines and capotes have
the monopoly of ribbon strings in satin,
faille or velvet. Wide ribbon strings are
exceptional, and velvet is chosen; one-inch
width is sufficient. Greek and other fancy
nets are sometimes substituted for tulle,
being of a less perishable nature, they are
often favored for economic motives, but
the fragile material is more becoming.
The following are among the best types OF
hats with strings: To begin with, a Leg
horn hat with moderately high blocked
crown and brim turned up in front, two
plaits in the straw over each temple con-
vertng it into capeline form. The three
yards of white tulle that serves for strings
is draped, turban fashion, round the crown,
a large bunch of very pale-hued azaleas Is
inserted in frontof the crown, and there are
some more of the same flowers with still
paler leaves underneath the bTim. Next We
have bolero, the brim of which is turned
back so as nearly to meet the crown Ihls
is in pale gray fancy straw, woven like
mohair braid. Pale gray gauze encirc!es
the crown ard serves for strings; on the
left side il is supplemented by second
torsade of the same, yelled with palest blue
the two being twisted into knot and car
ried down over the side of the brim, where
| it shelves more abruptly. Long pointed mai
| open wings, one of each of the two tints
are set almost horizontally in the turban.
third model is of the capeline form; the
| brim stands up almost vertically in from
| (where it is very wide), and is pressed dowr
| into the nape of the neck behind the crown
| is high and rather wider at the top. Thi:
| shape is made of blush rose pink pailtasSon
| between each row of which are sewn lhte
| narrow braids, running from rose pink L
| red, almost at right angles to the paiilassol
! foundation. For sole trimming this nat ma
| a Louis XIV bow of narrow black velvet Il
| front and a band of the same velvet rloooi
| round the crown continued into strings.
Evening star., 1899-04-22
Hollow Cheeks.
ON the Chicago Times-Herald.

From the Chicago Times-Herald.
This beauty grievance can be treated
most successfully, but l always advise
nutritious diet, not too much exercise, and
a good strengthening tonic, as hollow
cheeks are most frequently caused by gen.
eral lack OF nourishnent. Tie principal
muscle of the face is called the trumpeters $
muscle, and this forms the wall of the
cheek OF course, numerous other muscles
enter into it's formation, and when these
become relaxed and lifeless the glands shrink
and the tissues emaciate. Manipulation
forces blood through the muscles, and in
this way they are strengthened and the
tissues rebuilt. After the usual kneadfnS
the best movement is a clawinS manipula-
ton The thumbs are placed under the
eyes and the ends of the fingers on the
lower part of the cheeks, then thumb and
fiji gers drawn together. II one treats
oneself, the position must be reversed. the
| thumbs being downward Another move
ment equally excellent is to place the
| thumbs an inch from thc ear lobes and
! paw" the checks with the finger tips, from
the nose toward the ears.
Evening star., 1899-04-22
brother was to him at this stage OF the
gamer"
Old Nanny Nurses.

After all the young chits OF becapped
and beribboned white nurses have passed
in review. enter the old black NANNY. Her
relationship to her charges is altogether
different from that which exists between
the fashionable young nurses of the alien
tongue and their assiduously- guarded
babies of the rich. Down here on the bor-
der of the southland no word Of praise
needs to be sounded for the black nanny.
large proportion of the native pppula-
tion of Washington testify to the virtues
of the black nanny of the day OF their
infancy, and she still abounds in all her
wealth of common sense, her hrniy-
grounded antipathy of new-fanSled meth
DDS in the handling of children. her entire
mastery of the whole art of carrying her
charges through the storm of today into
the sunshine of tomorrow. without any par
ticuar- exhibition of over-aSsiduouSness. at
that. 1t is a pleasant thing to hear men
past early manhood speaking in terms OF
deep affection of their black mammies. ana
this is one of the towns where a good deal
of such speaking is heard 1t is amusing
to observe the depth of scorn with which
the black nanny of today, airing her
charges in the park, regards the care-tak-
ing methods of her co-workers in the arr
of nursing the daintily-clad white bonnes
The black nanny is particularly suspi-
cious of the honne who employs any othei
language than English. One of them. II
Franklin Park few afternoons ago WITH
| a little girl, listened with perfectly OBVIOUS
| disgust to the stream of rapid frehCi
| which a shapely bonne was addressing t'
| a pale Little Lord Fauntleroy sort or
| boy whose hand she clutched.
| "Ah doan' wunduh dat po' It'll scroonchI
| boy look LAX he sick inside o him. sh'
| muttered when the bonne and the DO!
It'll haid crack t hev t lis'n t sich scan lu
| conjubberin'." ;"
Evening star., 1899-04-22
[ATE PARIS STYLES
beauty Of the Gown Divides Atten-
ton With Art.
I7OOUES FOR THEATER And STREET
Cloth Evening Dresses Cost as
Much as Any Other.
Attest THINGS IN JEW ELRY
ATTEST THINGS IN JEWELRY

peciaI Correspondence of The Evening Star.
PARIS. April s, 1899
The theators are excellent criterions of
ksshion and nothing could be more charm
than the gowns which are being shown
b- Varieties Thcater in NJ. Henri Lave
: comedy. lie Vieux Marcheur" An
hing gown divides the honors of the
hing with the actresses. Mile. Lender
Ehe lay figure on which this creation of
lrcat modiste appears. 1t is a robe of
s. silk entirely covered with appliques
of lace in flower patterns. Panels, begin
ming at the decolIetage. come down eacn
side of the waist, and are finished in deep
fancy fringes almost to the bottom OF the
skirt. On the panels rows of narrow black
velvet ribbon are laid in parallel vertical
lines. over which are further applied vine
like designs in jet and steal a bertha of
" hite lace garnished with choux of black
tulle ornaments the decOlletage. The
Evening star., 1899-04-22
Sun Bonnets the Rage.
From the New York Herald.


Sun bonnets of every description are seen
in the shops and exchanges, and there is
no doubt that they are to be the rage
The average outdoor girl must possess at
least half a dozen of these creations. In
the country they are Indispensable. Some
times she fashions them herself, but this
is no small task and requires time and
taste and skill.
Nothing could be more becoming and pic
turesoue than some of the lovely combina-
tions of muslin, lace and ribbon which are
already shown. They are in plain colors.
or fiowered in bright or pale colors, to suit
every taste, Some are soft and dropping.
and Others are made on stiffened forms.
They have strings, or they have not. but
the strings, II there. are unlikely ever to
be tied. It would seem to indicate that the
summer girl intends to pay some regard to
her complexion. and not go hatless in the
SUM- as she did last season.
Evening star., 1899-04-22

much like the princess gowns because the
waistband Is so arranged as to be scarceIy
noticeable. Skirt and waist are built OF
the same material. II not of the same tint.
Thenter and Dinner Gowns.
Very lovely dinner and theater dresses
are made Of white cloth. very fine quality
I'm ivory white being generally chosen
Cloth evening gowns are also to be seen IN
the charming new shade that reminds one
Of the tint in hydrangea. These evening
gowns are fashion ed Of pale sea green ana
coral red. Cloths in these dainty and star
ding shades have taken the place OF SILK 1or
deni-toilets They are trimmed with ap-
pIiuues of lace or pailletted gauze: soihe
times with velvets or brocades, altnough
some of the most beautiful are perfectly
plain. depending for their charm on the ele-
gance of the cut and the richness oI iiia-
teriaIs and accessories
The new Colors now most expioileu are
indigo blue grayish blue, electric red VERY
bright and wood violet, together with d
shade much used in hats called parma
violet.
Cloth Dresses Are Costly.
The paradox is presented US in the an
rCuncement that dress bids fair TO cost US
mere than ever before, and yet cloth mas
been admitted to the list of fabrics allow
able for evening wear. Some of the most
recherche of the new evening gowns ana
Evening star., 1899-04-22
The Lace Shawl Revived.
20 New York Herald.

From the New York Herald.
Stored in the cedar chest have you an old
fashioned square, Chantilly lace shawl,
such as your grandmother wore about --fty
wears ago, when she was dressed In her
sunday best? If you have, hasten to get
II out. take 1t to your modiste and use 1t
for one of your Sunday best gowns this
summer. .
This exquisite old style of lace, with its
delicate tracery of vines and flowers, Is now
the piece de resistance in the mod1sh wo-
mans wardrobe. 1t may be made over
white, and then 1t is most effective. or it
may be used over one of the many fashion
able shades Of blue, green, violet or rose
Evening star., 1899-04-22

the rich revolt at the idea that they are in
capable of taking care of themselves, or 1t
may be, again that they banker Tor closer
family ties; but whatever the reason, they
lol back in their perambulators or go
carts with much the same lack-iuster eye
and the air of weariness exhlpltea oy etuer-
ly convalescents out for a drive after long
Dent-up periods True baby of the rlch
happens along once in a while VINO Is We
torious over all outward eondltlons, lhciud-
ing the presence of the nurse, ana VINO de-
mands the immediate gift of the equestrian
statue of General Jackson IN much tne
same spirit of acquisition displayed by the
more independent and free-spoken babies or
the masses" There can be no more satis-
flying sight than that OF a. genuine rory
poly baby of the rich engaged IN puiiylnS
its nurse; it is satisfying because IL IS SO
rare The park-exhibited paples OF the
poor. now make it point to perpetually
huIIyrag their mothers, and they seldom or
never fail to make their proposition STICK,
as it were; but the lace-rigged. expenslvsiy
swaddled infant of the rich seems usualiy
to be too weary to emphasize any demand
which may be stirring his inmost spirit
Too Much Attention.
There being no sparrow cops, otherwise
park policemen, i'll Washington, the Frencn
| bonnes and the Irish Swedish, German ano
| American nurses who trundle or walk theiI
| charges through and around Larayette
| Park have ample time and opportunity te
| attend to the infants, and this is perhaps
| the actual reason for the tots appearance
| of being bored. If there Is any plausibliit1
| in the theory of reversion to ancestra
| types there may be something In the natu
| raj antipathy If infants to the superabun
| dance of attention which they receive wheI
| they happen to be born in affiuence. Sag
Evening star., 1899-04-22

metropolis' babies are Compelled to take
their spring and summer outings on fire
escape landings. Only such mothers of New
York babies as can afford the services of
becapped bonnes send their infantile pro-
geny to New Yorks one considerable park
for daily airings and ozoneings. Practically
all of Washingtons babies take a turn, or
are taken for a. turn, through their most
contiguous park on most fine days through
out the year.
The park babies particularly in evil
dence just now. Verify, the capitals parks
teem swarm, huddle with babies at this
season. Baby jewels in their settings of
emerald-that is to say, ordinarily speak
ing babies playing the grass-are as nu-
merous in the parks now as those type
worn leaves that once strewed the brooks
of NalIambroSa
Evening star., 1899-04-22

scientists shock and insult mothers ps
stating that the approaching movements ol
babies arms are a survival of the up
reaching instincts of the babies remote
tree-climbing ancestry, and If the ancestors
of the babies of the present day were able
to climb trees at the tender age of one
or Whereabouts they probably did not need
or receive the care of becapped nurses,
whose attention to their charges in Lafay-
ette Park is all the more pronounced, per-
haps because some of them happen to
know that the mothers of the infants may
be taking in the whole ceremony of the
baby airing from the windows of residences
that line the SQUARE.
Evening star., 1899-04-22


of parks, Is, conse-
quently, a city Of
babies. There re
some babies in other
cities, of course, but
1 e w cities h a V e
Washington's fine
park area wherein to
properly exhibit ba-
bies. In New York,
for instance, 1t would
almost seem to the
casual visitor that a
vast majority Of the
Evening star., 1899-04-22
Infantile Ambitions.

The resentment with which the Lafay-
cite Park babies of the rich receive the
overplus of attention which they get at
the hands of their nurses is exhibited in
many ways. The kid that is just about able
to toddle, for instance, steals away from
its nurse, while the latter engages herself
temporarily in conversation with some other
nurse about what a mean woman her mis-
tress is, or how scanty the fare at her mis-
tress' table is, or what brute the husband
of her mistress is, or what a natural fiend
incarnate the infant itself is, or some other
subject equally beloved of nurses. The
Evening star., 1899-04-22

baby gets perhaps ten feet away before the
nurse spots it, and then the baby is pur-
sued, its commendable spirit of exploration
is crushed and it sets up howl that starts
the very birds in the trees to chattering
queer little remarks among themselves.
The baby wants to go forth on its own
hook and accomplish miracles in the way
of stubbing its toe and falling against
benches and placing itself at the mercy OF
Voracious dogs, and other things that in
volve personal responsibility and nerve
bordering upon desperation, the hated ap-
partition in a skirt and purple ribboned
cap chokes off all of this laudable ambl-
ton, and then the baby of the rich tells al
hands around in successive howls what its
going to do when it gets big enough to give
nurses the final and eventual sack
Evening star., 1899-04-22

Friend-"Does your town boast Of foot
ball team?"
Suburbanite-"No; we used TO boast Of
one but we have to apologize for II now
Tt-Bits.
Evening star., 1899-04-22
Is IIty provo IIt pdTdIItI.
The Older Sisters.

1t is, indeed, Joyous, bounding, rollick-
ing aggregation of babies that the fair
sunny day of spring or summer fetches
forth on the Smithsonian and Agricultural
grounds. good many of the tots are ac-
companied there by their little hobbledehoy
sisters The instructive mother-love of any
little woman, herself not yet out of dresses
above her knees. is really a strange and
beautiful thing to study. The motherliness
exhibited not alone in hugs and pattings
and caressings, but in the very copy of an
Illuminated maternal expression of count e.
nance, with which these little girls care for
their toddlers of brothers and sisters is a
nice thing to look at 1t truly does seem
that the infants are much more subservient
the mandates of nurses.
There was little girl in one of the sum-
mer houses of the Agricultural grounds the
other afternoon who had her twin brothers.
aetat eleven months, out for airing in
one of these new fore-and-aft go-carts. She
| certainly did have their cases down pat
| She knew how to nip their embryonic whim.
| pers in the very bud, how to make them
| switch from mOuth-puckerings to the pret.
| ty ecstasy of Growing with little more thar
| a pat or a word couched in that strange
| tender, almost weird tone language thai
| flows naturally to the lips of the rightly
| constructed woman or woman child In as
| suaging the minor griefs of infanthood. The
| little lass was not much above ten year,
| old. and yet she had a knack of cooling.
| mastery of the whole difficult vocabulary
! of baby language that very Sweetly showed
| how much more instinct has to do with tn,
| mental formation of women than teachin.
| and experience.
Evening star., 1899-04-22
They Enjoy Freedom.

Now. in the parks that are freuuentad by
the motherattended babies of the masses
the kids are permitted to undertake and car
ry out these personally conducted tours
without arrest unless they get themselves
on the very brink of danger and so the in
fants learn to approve of themselves and
their prowess and are happy. Infants have
many of the attributes of grown-up folks.
The writer knows a newly-rch man of
middle age-he worked like a Trojan for
quarter of a century before wealth flowed
to him in a stream-who few months ago
fell in with the procession and got himself
valet-one of the real kind who drops his
haitches salutes, thieves unblushingly and
is in general Veritable among Wallets.
The newly-rich man frankly owns to it
that he has been miseraby unhappy ever
since the first day that he got his valet;
that his valet has become a Frankenstein
to him, haunts him day and night, bull
dozeS him in the approved reprOying spirit
| of Wallets over the shirt studs he shall or
| shall not wear, and patronizes him SO that
| he is made to feel like an oaf and yokeI
| from mornings light until dewy eve. Prob
| ably good many men regard their Wallets
| from the same point of view; unquestiona-
| bly, the babies of the rich kick over the
eXtra-solicitous guardianship of nurses and
| thus they prove the parallel.
Evening star., 1899-04-22
Centers of Foundation.

Dupont Circle. Lafayette and Franklin
Parks are probably the chief baby centers
of the city. The first two are perhaps the
especial resorts of the infants of the rlch
Rich babies flock to Franklin Park, too, as
well as to all of the minor squares and
circles up in the northwest region, but Du-
pont Circle and Lafayette Park seem to
meet with the approval of the largest num-
| Der of babies who can afford the services
| of nurse maids. Here should be inserted
| that old-time, but always pertinent, query,
| Why is it that the rich, nurse attended
babies always appear to be less happy; less
| in accord with what the higher and no
| bier" clubs call their environments, than
the babies of the poor or the middling com
| Portable? 1t is delightful to be able to
shatter decrepit fallacies, but surely THIS is
| not one. A large proportion of the Lafay-
cite Park babies actually do look bored:
| They look to be whole lot less interested
in the general game of life than, for eX-
| ample the babies of the Smithsonian
grounds. stolidity of facial expression is
! really quite q characteristic of the Lafay-
ette Park baby, particularly If the baby
is under the incessant ministration OF
young woman with her twin badges Of car
| and apron. 1t may be that these babies OF
Evening star., 1899-04-22
All Sorts and Conditions.

Rich babies, poor babies, white babies,
black babies, ermineswaddled and canton
fanne-bundled babies, yelling babies and
amiable babies. growing babies and selfish
babies, snobIish babies and babies of a
wide democratic spirit, trundled babies and
babies afoot. French-nursed babies, who can
do their goo-gooing only in the Gallo in
fantle patols. motherhood babies, who can
and do shout in the purest early English
little weakened babies and huge rollichng
babies-oh the parks of this town make up
a veritable phaptasmagoria or babes Just
! now. all right Versifying rhapsodists often
revert to Smiling gardens" Our public
| gardens surely do smile with babies. 1t
| takes a community of pretty solid substan-
| tial folks to furnish so bountiful and beau
| tiful a baby show as in offered in all of the
parks of Washington the year around, but
| especially when the tree-verdure begins to
| take courage; which is not to say that the
! tree-verdure hasn't been cowardly enough
| this wear in all conscience.
Evening star., 1899-04-22
Neck Chains Shorter

Neck chains are still worn, although their
vogue is not what it once was They are
when long, worn twice around the neck, or
short and reaching no more than to the
waist. Pearl chains with heart-shaned
clasps set in gems are very pretty So are
those which have links of fine gold string
ing together individual jewels
Evening star., 1899-04-22
Two jolly Pals.

Then there was a small boy in the
Smithsonian grounds the other afternoon
in charge of his year-and-a-half-old
brother. The boys eyes wandered long
ingly over to the monument lot, where
scrub mines of lads had gathered for ball
playing, but he was faithful to his trust
and little man to the heart of him. His
little brother was simply prodigy of
good-natured fat-a giant of an infant who
could just about wadde, and who sat down
at an intervals of every 10 or II steps SIM
ply from inability to carry his weight
for age. Well, this laughing, chuckling
baby was surely all kinds of a pal for his
| ten-year-old keeper. They had plenty of
fun together. The big brother tried to
teach the little chap to box by getting
down on his knees in front of him and
| permitting the tot to poke his tiny fists in
| his eyes numerically, and to pull his hair
| with all the might of his strong little arms.
| even to kick him in the region of the shirt
| band with an amount of force that ap-
| peared altogether unwarrantable, and to do
| all sorts of in-fghting expressly forbidden
| rules. The infant roly-poly of a Hercules
| indicated his intention two three times
| of weeping out of the pure love Of nature.
| perhaps, but his ten-year-old keeper gave
| him his quietus every time by picking the
| kid up, giving 1t hug, chucking it un-
! der the chin in an elephantine boyish fash
| ion, and running UP and down with 1t.
| "I wonder" said a man who, passing
saw the skylarl1ing between the fat baby
and his care-taking brother. Il wonder II
| in the coming years, when these two little
| chaps are storm-beaten and grizxled. thii
| rollicking kid OF today will know and ap
preciate how much of q mother his Older
Evening star., 1899-04-22

SEALED PROPOSALS WILL, BE RECElNED Al
the Department Of State until TWELVE otl.pCh
NJ on THE FOU KTH DAY OF MAY. leyJ 10
furnish said department with Stationery and MIS-
celia neous Articles. including Forage, rags ana
Ice 70. the yaar ending June 30, 1890. Ia accord
ance with tie schedule. copies of which together
with blank proposals and other INFORMATION may
be had upon application q the Statlohe.! noci1 "
~ the department. JOHN HAY. Secretary OF
S,tn 81 .n' APPS. II. %. .29, ,my1
Evening star., 1899-04-22

TREASURY DEP PARTMFNT. BTREAU OF IN.
craving and printing. March 2S 1S;9.-Soacd pro
posas will be received at this Office until 2 pm.
Tuesday. May 2 1899. TO furnish during the fiscal
year beginning July l. 1889 distinctive paper FOR
postage stamps. The paper must, in RESPECT "a
composition. sizing strength and calcpdrring. bc
equal the paper now in use. which can be- seer
at the bureau Of engraving and printing. BLANK
forms With specifications for proposals VIII b,
furnished intending bidders application &
CLAUDE NJ. JOHNSON, Director OF Bureau.
apS. 20 % 25-4t
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PK0p0SAIS For sTATI0NERY AND MIsCEIr

PkVTUSAIS FJI sIA IIV.N I-AI ~
laneous Supplies-Nar Department, Washington,
d. C. Aprii l. 1Ss9.-Sealed proposals, in duph-
cate will he received here until TWO O'CLOCK
PM, MAY FOURTH. 1893, and then opened ior
furnishing Stationery and Miscellaneous Supplies
(Brooms. Brushes, Soaps. Towels, etc;), for War
Department and its Bureaus and Offices, during
fiscal year ending June 30 1900. Information fur
nished on application. Proposals must be In en-
yelopcs indorsed outside, Proposals for sta
tinnerv :" and Proposals for Miscellaneous Sup
plies " respectively, and addressed NJ. X Thokf,
Chief of Supply Div. APPS, 2s&m!l