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The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-01-22

leaves in every tint. delicate
fern fronds. in particular those of
the maiden hair fern, now initiated for
first time in extraordinary perfection.
The pansies and violas, geraniums, tu-
lips and other flowers of the Alps, are
executed in velvet, the others in muslin
or thin silk. Camellias, white, red, pink
and shaded, have lately been introduce
ed as a flower especially suited to the
latter weeks of winter, and so quickly
do fashions come and go they have al
most ousted the water lily, which so
short time since was prime favorite.
Theatre hats made of tulle or gauze
are often decked out with several large
camellias placed fiat against the side
of the brim, or arranged in a bunch
with their leaves and buds. Magnolia
blossoms are much in demand with
fashionables for wearing in the hair
just behind the ear; but so far / have
not seen them used for trimming hats.
Lace is most used in the shape of
paillettes, or palmettes. Large cream
lace pailletteS are often inserted, in
pairs, in the front or at the side of
hats, either entirely covered with flow
erS or with a row of soft Detaled roses
laid along the brim.
Some use, however, is made of white
lace wells as a trimming for hats, prin-
ClpdilS lHOSt III tune VI SduHS, MIGIl llS
veil is wrapped about so that the lace
edge forms a border.
Gauze is in great request as a trim
ming. 1t is generally used drawn up
into bouillonnes, with tucks between,
or twisted into a small torsade, when
it forms poufs that take the place of
ribbon bows. The gauze is also cut
into leaf-shaped pieces bordered with a
little ruching. and then used TO decor
ate the under side of brims, one piece
tapping over the other.
E Flower hats promise 10 be as fash
.ionable as they were last year. There
are some charming boleros on view Gov
cred with dark wood violets and trim
med with a large bunch of light
Parma violets, or roses of Bordeau tint
Also hats covered with very full-blown
roses, the flowers lying about fiat. two
large blooms. placed back to back,
forming pouf on one side. This ar
rangement is also favorite style for
the decoration of straw hats, as is also
the half coronet of roses, generally
chosen of a deep, rich tint-corinth,
Bordeau. or damask, whereas the large
blooms are usually light pink, blush, or
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-01-22
LATEST IN UMBRELLAS.

The ultra fashionable who pays par
ticular attention to all the details of
dress has been called upon this winter
to exercise his or her judgment in the
choice of proper umbrella The latest
tning in rain shedder is not fragile
SILK that vets through readily. but A
new Kind of cloth that is able to with
stand the onslaught of a deluge and is
not liable to rip and tear at the first
gust of wind
Inc ribs in the new umbrella are dis
tlnctly new In form. Instead of the old
fashioned kind that branch out straight
from the pole the new ribs are curved
and braced with exquisite taste and
skill ana add wonderfully to the
strength of the umbrella. But the point
about the new article is the readiness
WIN which 1t can be closed
When one is walking along a crowded
street and comes to an opening foo
small to permit comfortably of the pas
sage OF the umbrella as is often the
case, a slight touch of tiny knob re-
leases spring, and the affair is closed
instantly whila stall being hssA Sprighf'
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-01-22
SOME USES FOR LAVENDER

lavender pillows are taking the place
OF the D1ne-needle cushions. They are
usually covered with white linen, dec
Grated with spikes of the Lavender
mowers worked in natural colors, or he'll
lotrope linen, worked with fax threads
OF paler tint. Lavender is also large
ly used in place of the malodorous
moth balls, and is said to be quite as
eff1cacious. A few drops of oil of Law
ender sprinkled along the edges of the
carpet not only give the room a clean,
fresh smell. but obviate the necessity
OF eternal vigilance for the appearance
OF carpet bugs. The ingredients neces-
sary for the composition Of that gsner-
ally favorite scent, lavender water, may
be procured at such small cost that no
body need ever be without this refresh
ing water. To make, procure from a
chemist pint of rectified spirits of
VINE, ten drops of otto of roses, and
four drachms of essential oil of laven-
der. II will then only be necessary to
combine the three ingredients by bot
ting together and shaking well. Then
bottle in smaller pitfalls and cork.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-01-22
CRYSTALS.
Women Wear Them Over
Tailor-Mad Suits.

The smartly dressed woman wears a
short chain of crystals with a crystal
neart pendant She does not wear this
at the opera or a dinner party but over
her walking gown.
1t has been the custom for two sum
mers for the women at fashionable re-
sorts to wear superb strings of pearls,
fea! ana otherwise, on the street over
their gowns. But now it is CRYSTALS
Not ordinary buttons strung together,
out beautifully cut balls. The cut is a
question for experts, and your woman
VINO wants to havepan especially lovely
strlng learns to know the difference be-
tween a poor and a good cut in crys-
tals, as she does in glass for tableware
Ihese things are not very costly and
are certainly most brilliant touch on
somber walking gown. The crystals
are medium sized and strung on a mar
row silver thread; they drop just to tho
pust where hangs the crystal heart.
rms is shape in crystal which one
sees very often in the shop windows. 1t
is not cut. but entirely plain, and is
usually bound around with a narrow
silver molding.
A small crystal bell with a metal
handle and clapper is the latest novelty
Tor table use. The bell is about three
inches high and differs from the con-
Ventional bell in Shape in having four
ang1ed corners. The tone is unusually
sweet and clear. A tiny bronze cat
FORMS the handle of one of these bells
and a diminutive metal mouse the
clapper
Buckles of crystal also are worn on
slippers with pretty effect.
crystal was never used more freely
on the table than at the present. 1t
seems to be an indispensable of any ele-
CANT function, and dinner, luncheon and
afternoon tea tables are fairly a-glitter
with its brilliant facets. Nothing is at
once more decorative, and more dis
tinguished. Many a small fortune has
peen expended on dishes, bowls, goblets,
carafes and the like. Brides are as
glad to receive cut glass as they used
to be to get silver, and they display it
as proudly as formerly they used to the
shining metal. There are some good
limitations. Cut glass is so dear that
most people take it as luxury. and
keep 1t for birthday or Christmas pres
ents II you go to the place where it is
cut you can generally buy it consider
ably cheaper than at fashionable, up
town retail store
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-01-22
A PERFECT ARM.

IT find great difficulty in getting a
model with good arms" said a we'll
known sculptor recently. 1T is as
tonshing how few women there are
with arms that conform TO the stand
ard. perfect arm, measured from
the wrist joint to the armpit, should
be twice the length of the head. The
upper part of the arm should be large,
fun and well rounded. There should be
d1raple at the elbow. The forearm
mus not be too fiat, not nearly so fiat
as mans. for instance .f..t4t-
from a well nodded shoulder. the
whole arm should taper in long, grace
full curves to a well rounded wrist 1t
is better to have an arm that harmon
ICES, EVENT. the parts do not conform
to the generally accepted lines. For
instance, full, round upper arm which
is Joined to fiat or thin forearm has
very bad effect. Perhaps 1t is only
a little worse, however, than grace
full we'll nodded forearm tackled on 70
a thin, scrawny upper arm"
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-01-22
A COOL HEROINE.

You hear about how things 50
wrong on the stage sometimes" said
the old property man, reminiscently-
"hero dies too near the foot-lights, and
the curtain comes down leaving him
outside, and that sort of thing, and
how the actor gets out of the scrape
gracefully-rises up and says, Fooled
you that time, gents; amt so dead as
looked or some such bung mott: but
you don't often hear of an actress doing
anything of the kind. Women are apt
to get ratified and lose their heads when
anything goes wrong. For instance,
when we We're out with the celebrated
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-01-22

cold pound this to paste in mortar,
adding slowly a quart of rich cream:
strain this when it can be added to the
custard and put at once in the freezer.
In a short time you have frozen cream
which may be put in mold and packed
until ready for serving.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-01-22

He-"What lovely flowers. Do Won
know, they remind me of your"
She-"Why. they are ARTIFICIAL"
He-"Yes, / know; but it REQUIRES
close examination to detect it."-Chi-
cago News.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-01-22

Aggravating.-Sh have Won
been until this hour in the mornine?'
He-'You wouldn't know the place
II | should tell you. Cincinnati En-
quirer,
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-01-22
LAUGHS ON ICE

"They say that married people get to
look alike
"Of course; q mans wife is bound to
look like him when she wears all his
collars and cravats. Chicago Rec
ord.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-01-22

Old Barn Yard company, the leading
OK got obstreperous one night and
! charged the heroine. But did she grab
him by the horn and cry, / may be on
ly plain farmers gal, but no OK Shall
drive me from the path of me sacred
! duty learned at me mothers knee! or
some such CUFF, and so pass 1t off and
make the audience think it was part of
the play? No; she screamed and ran
off and spoiled the scene.
But there are exceptions. There was
| the time when we was doing the one
night stands through Michigan, with
The Horseless Cabs of New York com
pany. Had a fine leading lady-one of
the best in the profesh. You couldn't
rattle her. At one place in the play the
hero rushes in and says to her at L. u.
E., Darling, we must fiy!' She prompt
ly faints in his arms, and he carries
her off r. L. E. Well, she was a fine
artist, but she wasn't no fairy
weighed about one hundred and seven
| ty. The hero was a good man, but he
didn't come up to more than hundred
and thirty-five or Whereabouts. Natu-
rally, carrying her clear across that
| stage every night and Wednesday and
Saturday matinee was some wearing on
him.
Finally he kicked.
Then the stage carpenter, who had
been with a Christmas pantomime the
| season before, rugged an invisible wire
| from up in the flies same as the demons
had used in the pantomime, attached
the lower end to stout belt round the
woman's waist under her cloak, and put
man up above to lift about fifty
pounds on it with a block and tackle,
and SO help out the hero Worked all
! right several times. Then one night
| the upper man went and got about
| half-seas- over Hero comes in terribly
excited. Angry father raising hob out
| side. Darling the hero Ghouts, we
must fe-lyH Fool man up above lifts
her off her feet at the first jerk. and
she swings away bout half way be-
twiXt horizontal and perpendicular But
calm as cucumber All right, love-
she calls I'm a-hying!' and she begins
to work her arms like a bird. and sails
out the other side. six feet from the
| moor with the hero rushing along be-
mind, yelling: Hah, do yer worst, I'M
MATERIAL parent; you cannot rob me of
me sweet star, me life, m-e-a-l-P -
II. c., in Harper's Bazaar.
new gloveAcleaner has lately been
| invented which is made of soft, spongy
rubber and mounted with silver or gold.
1T is an ornament OF the daintiest
dressing table, and is said to cleanse
gloves better than breadcrumbs or any
! INNS ~ NNlbuHly invented.
Japan is going to have a womans
university, the Nihon Yoshi Daigaku,
m place of the former Academy of No
bles at Toxic.
Nine. Lii Lehman is the leader of
a crusade in Germany against the kiL-
ing of birds for the purpose Of decor
ating ladies' hats. The kind-hearted
! singer asks the ladies OF Germany not
TO encourage or patronize the fashion,
and has published an illustrated circu-
lar sin the name of the 30 900, 900 birds
killed every year" Several lady mem
bers of the German dramatic. operate
and variety stages have Joined Nine.
Lii Lehmann's new society.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-01-22

The woman in black-'He's her third.
you know, but she really blushed Ii1ee
"a young girl all through the cere-
mony."
Inc woman in mauve, yellow and
green-"I don't wonder! Just loolr
what she was arrying!'-Indianapo
Journal. o4i'
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-01-22

Burnt almond ice cream is a triumph
of delicious cookery. Make a rich Gust
ard first with the yolks of four. eggs and
pint of milk well sweetened. Then add
to it a mixture made of half a pound Of
blanched almonds which have been put
in frying pan with six tablespoonfuls
of sugar and stirred until brown. When
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-01-22

Weary Wraggs-"So de woman start
ed fer yer wild an AK and yer skinned
DO yer tink she meant murder?"
Trotter Long-''Well, I'm willing for
give her de benefit NV de doubt; but 7
thought she meant work!"-Puck
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-01-22
NOVELTIES.
A Variety Of Delicious New
SweetneatS.

drilled pecans are an agreeable sweet
to serve at luncheon. Blanch the nuts
and to one cup of sugar add one-half
cup of water and boil for few mo-,
ments Then drop in the nuts and leave
them for about ten minutes. After re-
moving from the fire, stir the mixture
until the syrup becomes thick and
clings to the nuts. Spread to cool on
a waXed paper
Pistachio drops are another tooth
some confection. They require half
pound of nuts, half pound of flour,
one-quarter of a pound of butter, one
egg, one-quarter of a pound of con-
fectioners' sugar and half teaspoon
full of baking powder. Rub the butter IN
the flour, add half of the sugar and all
the baking powder and mix to a stiff
PASTE using a little cold water and the
yolk of the egg. Roll this paste out
about one-quarter of an inch in thick
ness and cut in small squares or OBJ
longs Next prepare the paste by
blanching the nuts and cutting them
in not too small pieces, stir in the white
of the egg, we'll beaten and the remain
der of the sugar. Put this paste on the
squares and bake in rather hot oven
until Drowned.
Pistachio balls are made of the
blanched nuts, about half pound, cut
or broken in small pieces, stirred with
a syrup made by boiling two cups of
sugar with three-quarters of cup of
cold water, until it threads, or can be
drawn out in fine bits. The nuts are put
in after the syrup is cold; stir the nuts
and syrup until it creams: a little va
nilla being added. Knead this mixture
on a marble slab or large dish as you
would bread, then mold into balls and
the confection is ready to serve.
Butternuts are the richest of nuts,
but not easily obtained Brazil nuts are
good substitute and may be served
deViled as warming adjunct to an
afternoon tea, any of these wintry days.
Blanch the nuts. To each cupful of nuts
add a tablespoonful of salad oil. Let
| them stand a half-hour, then sprinkle
them with salt in the proportion of a
tablespoonful to cupful of nuts, add
ing a pinch of cayenne pepper to each
quantity of salt. Toss the nuts about
thoroughly to become well mixed with
the salt and pepper. Spread on baking
tins and put in the oven until crisp and
brown.
Burnt almond ice cream is a triumph
of delicious cookery. Make a rich Gust
ard first with the yolks of four eggs and
a pint of milk well sweetened. Then add
to it a mixture made of half pound of
blanched almonds, which have been put
in a frying pan with six tablespoonfuls
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-01-22

my husband is pain-spoken: he
calls spade a spade" Ne
so does mine, but must decline 70
Chicago Record. = iiio"er'
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-01-22

There are two good things to be said
of Adam. He never published any,
mother-ln-law jokes, and he never toId
Eve that she ought to have eaten some
OF the pies his mother used to make
Boston Transcript
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-01-22

-, old Bilger has got the anti-impe-
rlalism fever bad"
What's he done?"
Ills wife bought a new extension
I [aple and he sent it right back
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-01-22

MRS. Beedle-They have a good deal
~ say against the game Of poker. bnt
my husband says it is mostly nonsen SO
ma T II Is not an expensive amusement
hogs-four husband, Mrs Beedle is
r raai'i very good player or a very
reckless prevaricator. very
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-01-22

Japan is going to have womans
university the Nihon Yoshi Daigaku.
IN place of the former Academy of No
bles at Toxic.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-01-22

Little little Ruth was looking out Of tho
W, mi y !, at the bakers horse. NAM
Of llfai she said, doesn't horse use TWO
OF his legs for hands?" N'e wv
borsa ny, no; mamma answered. "a
nurse ,. doesn't need hands as we do -
But mamma" the little eirl nau
sisted Il don't see what he does ,ytn,,
p sosa Hahes. "-Woman's journal
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1899-06-16
ALDERMANIc SPECIAL MEETING
Troublesome Member Introduced an Or
dinance but was Turned Down.

Troublesome Member introduced an Or
dinance but was Turned Down.
A special meeting of the Board of
Aldermen was held last Friday evening
to consider an ordinance authorizing a
change in the grade of Mills street. The
ordinance was passed and the thorough
fare in question will be graded from
Sussex avenue to Early street.
Alderman Lines, faithful to his usual
eccentric bearing while present at the
Board meeting, again amused the City
Fathers. This latest outbreak came in
the form of crudely drawn ordinance,
which, from its construction gave the
impression that it was the initial effort
of the writer in making instruments of. a
like character. The eccentric Alder
mans proposed ordinance did not con-
vey very clear meaning as to what pur-
pose it was designed to serve but one
could understand from the reading that
it was to provide for Sunday closing of
stores after 9:30 a. m. As there is a
State law covering the point Mayor
Quayle declined to entertain Mr.. Lines
motion to suspend rules The latter said
the proposed ordinance was endorsed by
the local clergy and he intended to intro
duce it again at the next meeting
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1899-06-16
THE sTRlNoHAM LAUNCHED.
Vessel Given its Name by NIorristown
Woman.


The torpedo boat Stringham, which
the Harlan & Hollingsworth Company is
building for the Government, was
launched on Saturday afternoon at Viii
mington, Del Miss Edwina Stringham
Creighton of Morristown gave the vessel
its name. Miss Creighton is a grand
daughter of the late Admiral Stringham
and daughter of the late Rear-Admiral
Creighton.
Miss Creighton was accompanied by
her sister, Miss Abbie Creighton, Miss
Lowell, Mr.. and Mrs. Eliot Smith and
DR.. H. B. McCarroll. The party left
Morristown at 6 so a. NJ. and from New
ark had special car to Wilmington and
return. "A magnificent dinner was pro-
vided for the guests at the Delaware
city.
The vessel was christened at 1.30 p. M
and bottle of champagne, was used.
This was encased in cover of closely
woven hemp in red, white and blue.
The formal words that gave to the String
ham its name were spoken by Miss
Creighton just as the vessel slipped off the
ways. The party from Morristown ar.
rived home at 7.15 on the evening of the
same day
The vessel is named after Rear-Ad-
miral Silas Horton Stringham, who died
in Brooklyn at the age of seventy-eight
years, after service of sixty years
in the navy, starting at the age of eleven
years as midshipman.
The Stringham is the largest and most
costly torpedo boat designed for the Gov
ernment. Her guaranteed speed is thir-
ty knots an hour. Her length is 225 feet,
breadth % feet, mean draught 6 feet 6
inches, and displacement $40 tons. This
is 20 tons more than the Farragut and
twice as large as any other American
torpedo boat built or building.
She will have two vertical triple ex
pansion engines of, combined, 720 horse
power, which is greater than that of the
cruisers Detroit and Montgomery, 1000
ton ships, and nearly twice as great as
that of the Atlanta and Boston. The
Stringham will have a bunker capacity
of 1870 tons of coal, which will enable her
to steam straightaway more than a
thousand knots.
Her armament will consist of two
eighteen-inch Whitehead torpedo tubes
and seven six-pounder semi-automatic
guns, and will be fought by compile
ment of four officers and twenty-eight
men.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1899-06-16
NORRIS COUNTY HoRsEMEN.
Informal Racing at the Driving Park
Saturday Afternoon.

Informal Racing at the Driving Park
Saturday Afternoon.
Quite gathering of horsemen assembl-
ed at the Driving Park last Saturday
afternoon when formal opening of the
Morris County Driving Club occurred
The track was in better condition than
it has been in several years, and some in
formal speed events demonstrated that
there are some "fast ones" owned by
members of the club.
w. n. Emery drove ALLEGRO mile
in 2.2214. The animal is a black and
was sired by Alcantara. A. L. Pages
nBelle Chase" with a record of 2.21L
and Stanley" 2.34I were among the
speedy ones. W. F. Redmond's bay
gelding was very much in evidence be-
ing always well up to the front. Charles
McCollum showed burst of speed with
a team that has mark. Others who
had horses on the track and got their
share of the sport were DR.. Harry
O'Reilly, Henry Armstrong, Frank Nc
Evan, Thomas Lowe, E. l.. Durling,
James Burnett John Naughton, Charles
Shelley and Fred Nelson of Basking
Ridge.
Among those who were in the judges
stand were w. F. Redmond, Charles N 1.
Decker, John Young, Robert B. McEwan
and j. L. McEwan.
The Morris County Driving Club was
organized early in the spring with 80
members but this number has been in-
creased to 70. Informal matinees will
be held every Saturday afternoon.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1899-06-16
SUSPECTS ARRESTED.
Two Employees Charged with Firing Nc
EVAN Brothers Mill.

Two Employees Charged with Firing Nc
EVAN Brothers. Mill.
Two arrests were made early this week
of men supposed to have been implicated
in setting fire to the McEwan Mills at
Whippany They are Frank Shocklin,
who had been with the McEwans nearly
10 years and William Vanderhoof for
the past years an employe In the mills.
Detective Charles w. Blake, of Dover,
has been working on the case since the
fire and if either or both the prisoners
arrested at his instance are convicted he
will receive a 81 900 reward offered by
the company.
Shocklin had caused more or less
trouble at the mills on different occas-
ions and the evidence against him is said
to be pretty strong, Vanderhoof, on the
other hand, while held on suspicion not
only protested his innocence, but the
evidence against him was circumstan
cial at best. This was shown at hear
ing begun before Squire Stilwell this
morning, which, from the way testimony
was being heard promised to last all day
Charles Stilwell is counsel for the de-
fendants.