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The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-12-31

The comtesse had Pauline Bona
parties ideas about art.
II we have no statue of her, such as
Pauline stood for to Canova, it is due
to her having thought all modern
sculptors vulgarized by their models,
Her idea of virtue was beauty.
Where there was beauty one
might assume virtue of the antecedent
Beauty was the apotheosis of virtue.
The comtesse in attending fancy ball
of the empress at Salambo acted on
these maxims. She was attended by
Comte Horae de Choiseuil as a Car
thaginian page.
The dress of the priestess was tran
sparency, and the pieces forming it
We're not stitched into seams, but held
together with clasps. She wore sand
ais and enameled anklets, which were
dug up on the site of Carthage.
The empress tried to frown her down.
But she was unflinching, and a hum
of admiration greeted her as she went
from triumph to triumph. Chamber
lains saw how the emperor looked and
bowed low before her.
The Comtesse de Castiglione went
too far
FOR A GRAND DAME,
and not far enough to hold her own.
She did not understand that prodigali-
ty without great fortune is the sin of
sins In Paris. She ran into debt The
emperor was not able to initiate Louis
Quatorze in giving 100000 francs a
month to Madame de Montespan,
Creditors were set on by Lagrange,
head of the empress police, to poster
the comtesse. A court intrigue was set
on foot to make her appeal to the gen.
crosby of DR.. Evans, the dentist, says
London Truth. He was not the man to
hide his generous actions, and he
thought he was obliging the emperor in
helping her.
The fact being known that he had
helped was socially disastrous to her.
The emperor's courage was not equal
to hers. He slipped away. She an
ticipated the effect of this by retiring
forever from the world. Her hermi-
tage was in the very heart of Paris.
1t was an entresol at the corner of the
Rue de la Paix and the Place Vendome.
For thirtyfour years she lived there
with the Venetian shutters of her win
dows closed. She only went out at
night There were few visitors. She
kept her beauty to the last, though
transformed by the course of time,
gray hair and disappointment.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-12-31
A NOTED FRENCH BEAUTY
OF The SECOND EMPIRE
After Life of Gae She Never Saw the Light of Day For "a
Years-Admrers Kissed Her Feet

The Comtesse de Castiglione was,
think, the handsomest woman 1 ever
set eyes on. She had all the grace OF
prettiness without being pretty, for her
beauty was of the highest style-so
high, indeed that she stood unrivalled
Women were so carried away by her
appearance as to drop all jealousy.
One alone was jealous and she was
the most exalted of all. never under
stood the power of Helen to turn away
wrath or blame until saw the Com
Jesse de Castiglione
The Comtesse de Castiglione had all
the points that Phidias would have re-
quired for a perfect model. She was
stately through perfect harmony and
ease of motion. 1t was she who brought
in the sleeveless corsage She would,
If she could, have brought in bare feet
and ungloved hands at soirees. Her
feet We're on show at small receptions.
sometimes she wore sandals and no
stockings, sometimes she dispensed
even with sandals. Satin was laid
down on the floor. She often received
reclining in the old Roman fashion.
with bare feet well visible. They were
like an infants feet Baudry painted
her lying on her black velvet couch in
the fiimsiest of draperies.
|, He said that in all his experience,
he never saw such feet or hands. They
were his despair, the texture of the
flesh was so delicate
She was at first pleased with this
portrait. But she soon found it more
academlcal than Olympian.
1t also wanted the vital glow that
warmed up her whole person. Disgust
followed these discoveries, and she cut
the pictures into little bits, keeping in
tact the hands and feet only, for they
were admirably rendered. The baise-
pieds of the comtesse were not fabu-
lous. This form of homage was only
PAID TO THE POPE
until she decided otherwise. When she
received reclining with bare feet, gen
tlemen who knew her ways always en-
tering, knelt and kissed humbly and
reverently foot. She then presented
hand, which was also kissed. A baise-
pieds, I remember, once tool place in
an Italian man-of-war told off to con-
vey her from Genoa to Portugal All the
officers were admitted to it.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-12-31
The PROFESSIONAL HOUSEKEEpER
American Women Are Too Independent to Have Her-But
She Saves Money and Wear and Tear

A MODEL BRITISH HOUSEKEEP-
Err.
My housekeener is of the typical
| sort. She is about 40, plump, pleasing
ana settled widow who entered SER
vice at 16 as a scullery maid and has
worked up. She is addressed by the
household as Mrs. Brown and every
afternoon her tea is served in her SIT
ting room at 4 o'clock by a maid. She
drinks tea and eats her dinner alone.
later wearing plain black silk gown.
muslin wreath cap and small lawn
apron. Every servant in the house.
win the exception of the butler, is I'M
der her direct control, and for the
good or evil that every servant does
she is responsible.
she accepts my direction with a hui
mlllty no decayed gentlewoman would
snow, and with respectfuness no con-
hdentlal lady's maid ever feels. She
gets sou a month and an allowance for
paying the servants wages and cater
ing to their table, and she it is who
sees that no waste goes on in my
house.
with prayer of thanksgiving and
quiet mind can now nightly lay nv
mead on my pillow and I don't expect
to come down with nervous prostrationI
at the end of the season. The storm
and stress Of housekeeping has passed
oy me and no longer must coolly count
off 5000 a month to waste as most fash
iohable hostesses do; no longer do RI
haunt intelligence offices when a. dozen
engagements press, and no longer do ii
set down to weep on coming honeI
from hard afternoons calling. tol
near tnat the cook has left in a rage,
the parlor maid has smashed nv bestF
bfic-a- brac and the laundress scorchedF
hole in my best table cloth.
THE AMERICAN WoMAN's MAKEl
SHIFT.
But let me tell what lots of ourl
rich women do. They don't mind hand-s
ing their babies into the care of kinder-I
gartens, but they deeply resent shar-
ing the command of their household
with competent woman. For nv nartl
think every big American household
where there is great corps of SER
wants should have one of these compe-
tent women at the head, and very soon,
IN consequence, we would see a marked
Improvement in the American maid SER
want, for training domestics is one cd
the important missions of the English
nousekeeper. She takes in ignorantt
girls and teaches them first to be CONF
petent Kitchen maids and then pro-
notes them as their value and knowl-
edge increases and thus the genera
ton OF English maid servants, the
deftest, most accomplished do
mestics in the world, are trained
IN their profession. Clever and
versatile as the American woman
may be when thrown on her own re-
sources, she has no gift for educating
crude talent. When she has wealth
and luxury she simply solves the diff
Guilty by paying fabulous wages, over
looking good deal of Incompetence
and retiring to hotel every now and
then to recover from the battle with
servants"
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-12-31
FASHION NOTES
Out of Door Garments For Big
and Little Girls

The mode sanctions simplicity in IT,
gowns for young girls. Many attractive
ones are made with trimmings of narrow
black velvet.
The circular rufle is at last beginning
to retire from favor. 1t was once univer-
sal, but now some of the new models
quite ignore it. This is especially the
case with wraps. Rich applications or
elaborate schemes Of stitching appear,
but no ruffies. A new model of a loose,
full length coat is open at the seams for
about foot from the edge, thus allowing
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-12-31
THE LATEST STYLES
SheathIike Princess Gowns and
Plated Skirts

Skirts and bodices having been reduced
to the lowest denomination of smooth
tightness, the princess gown is the next
step, and the newest ones are made like
a sheath as far down as the knees,
where the skirt suddenly fares. When
the fastening is in the middle of the
back, buttons and buttonholes are usual
ly employed and are sometimes continued
downward to the point where the skirt
begins to expand. This is the extreme
novelty of the moment. When the fas-
tening is not in the middle of the back,
there is, as a rule, no seam there at all.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-12-31
OUT OF DOOR STYLES
Winter Fashions in Coats and
Millinery

The little coat. half jacket, half bodice,
is this winters first favorite in Paris, and
for youthful figure nothing can be
smarter.
Gauze, tulle and lace are the preferred
trimmings for lace, velvV and fur hats,
odd as it seems. There is no longer any
hesitation about combining summary tex
lures with those once considered sacred
to winter A new model of a toque, for
example, is of rare pink tulle, and it is
trimmed with ermine tails, which nestle
in the tulle as if they belonged there.
Sable, mink and other furs are also seen
on tulle hats.
Felt sailor hats, trimmed with choux of
ribbon and quilts, are used for morning
wear and to accompany tailor made
gowns.
Draped toques of felt, velvet fur OF
thin, ansparent fabrics are a feature Of
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-12-31

New York, Dec. Stiff yeua want to
know why we have no first class pro-
fessional housekeepers in this coun-
try, volunteered the importer of real
live English specimen, sit is because
the American woman is too proud and
far too independent to allow an en-
ployee to manage her home That is
also the reason why we, with the best
ordered, most luxurious homes in the
world suffer from criminalIy wasteful
domestic management, and the worst
service of any highly civilized people.
In France or England, where half as
much money is spent, twice the work
for the servants to do and third of
the conveniences put at their disposal,
the fashionable country or city house
is conducted with a noisless regularity
that fills the American visitor with
nothing short of amazement. In houses
where the incomes are by no means
large, a corps Of finished servants will
be found, that only our millionaires
over here can afford.
Just so long as the American woman
is head of a modest household she is
the most all around capable house
keeper in the world; she can face stiff
fer odds and rout them more utterly
than any French or English woman liv-
ing We are the only women in the
world who, when deserted at a critical
moment, can cook a meal and yet sit
down at the head of the table, while
that same meal is being served, in a
fetching frock, carrying ON the con
Versation as though nothing had hap
pened. 1t is charming faculty, but
when she is put at the head of a corps
of twenty servants and a great coun-
try house, her system fails.
THE FRENCH MAITRE D'HoTEI,.
"A big, fashionable household is lust
like a big ship, it's got to have cap
tain to direct its course and an engi-
neer to run the machinery, and in the
foreign countries they realize and pro-
vide for this In France it is usually
maitre dhotel who shoulders the do
nestle burden. He has worked up in
the service and his word is law to the
servants. He hires and dismisses
them, plans their work, sees that it is
done and he guarantees to keep the
men and maids we'll fed on a stated all
loWance. The mistress gives him a
sum every month and on this he caters
LOT the servants table that is by no
means supplied from the larder that
feeds the family. Every servant is
entitled to the scraps he or she leaves
and has his or her own plate, knife
fork, spoon, etc, and when a meal il
over these are washed and set awav
by their owners in their special cun.
boards Scraps are an important item
to the thrifty French domestic
In England there is a woman who
does this, and every handsome English
house is built with special housekeen-
ers' quarters, sitting room and he'd
room. Some American houses arc
now being provided with these special
two rooms
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-12-31
PickWick's Inn Safe

With regard to the Old Bull hotel,
hartford, we are glad to hear that the
report Of its demolition is quite a mis-
take. What has happened is that new
wing has been added to the old host
lery for the accommodation of the year.
~ increasing number Of visitors. There
is. therefore, an addition to the 'front.'
age, but no alteration Of the old coach
ing house, which we are assured is to
remain without interference, and will
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-12-31

ing across the end to bands of finest
mousseline de sole enriched with applica-
tons of real lace.
A new design in fancy handkerchiefs
has deep border of blue, pink or laven-
der, embroidered with white fower-de-
luce. Above the border, on the white part
of the handkerchief, are embroidered
fiowers-de-luce matching the color of the
edge.
The hat illustrated is of gray felt. 1t
is tilted at the left side by torsade of
red velvet placed next the hair. The
crown is encircled by two folds of black
MORE and band of gray velvet passing
through steel buckle in front. At the
side is cluster of black ostrich tips ris-
ing from coques and ends of gray velvet
and black MORE. JUDO CHoLLET.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-12-31

the season. The heavier ones are for the
street, the more delicate ones to accom-
pany elegant visiting gowns or for the
theater.
Muffs usually match the costume with
which they are worn. An attempt is be-
ing made to revive the enormous muff OF
olden time, but it shows no sign of sue
ceeding, the universal verdict being in
favor of the small, ornamental kind.
The cut depicts long redingote of gar.
net cloth, ornamented with applications
of black velvet and closed at the left side
by three large pearl buttons. The round
collar and the revers are in one and ter.
inmate at the left side under a bow OF
black velvet. The sleeves are fitted al
the top by stitched darts and are border.
ed by black velvet at the wrists. The
lining is Of broche silk.
JUDIc CHoLLET.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-12-31
ACCESSORIES
Attractive Details of the Fashion.
able ToiIet

The latest thing in theater bonnets is
an immense pansy, six inches across,
with ruffied petals. From this rises a
tuft Of horse hairs tipped with crystal.
Soft, turned down collars of lawn. lace
and embroidery are much worn. They
are very marrow and are folded over the
high collar of the gown. Some are plain
ly hemstitched others form a series of
points or square tabs.
Draperies of butter colored lace are
much used on winter hats. both of tulIe
and fur. fe
Lace, gauze and net ties are in great
demand. They are to be had in all de-
grees of elaboration, from the simple
scarf of dotted net with tucks or a plait-
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-12-31

tious attendance, the vacancy caused
much comment. Finally one of the
oldest men in the house mustered up
the courage to make inquiries of the
other women.
Where is the Hon. Mrs Blank?' he
asked. We have been missing her. and
we hope she is not ILL.,.
Ill? No. indeed, said one of the
Hon. Mrs. Blanks women colleagues.
She has new grandson, and she is so
proud she has been staying home a
few days just to rock the cradle'
st is unnecessary to say that the
happy grandmother's bills were not at
tackled during her voluntary desertion
from the ranks of the law makers.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-12-31
WINTER FASHIONS
The Princess Gown and Its Vari-
GUS Notifications

The princess form is becoming more
emphatically the mode. for fashionable
gowns, yet all are not cut in one piece.
although that is, of course, the true prin-
cess characteristic. Even in two piece
gowns the junction of the skirt and bod
ice is now rendered as moons aAuous as
possible, the belt which has hitherto
marked the division so noticeably being
replaced by an extremely narrow stitched
band made of the materia, of the gown it.
self and invisibly fastened. Another and
yet newer idea is to sew the skirt and
bodice together, as children's gowns are
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-12-31
Three WOMEN LAWMAKERS
PROVE GOOD INFLUENCES

Three seats at the right of the CEN
ter aisle in the house of representa-
tives in Denver, Col, are reserved for
the women members Of the legisla-
ture," writes Mary H. Kinkaid in Aims
lees for January. THE places are
the most desirable in the handsome
legislative chamber. 1t has been no.
ticed that the women are seldom alb
sent from their places. The story is
told that, during a previous session,
one OF the women members failed to
appear at her desk for a week, Owing
to all previous records for conscien-
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-12-31

for the last five hundred years. The
charm Of the old place with its Pick
wickian associations, will thus be com
bined with the increased modern com
forts Of a new extension, which we
learn includes banqueting hall big
enough for a Pickwick club of rive hun
dred members if occasion demanded
Birmingham Post.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-12-31

THAT doctor saved my life"
How grateful you must feelv'
Yes, but he brags to me about it SO
much that almost wish he hadn't
Detroit Free Press.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-12-31

He-'Man has a perfect organ of
speech"
She-"Well, so has woman"
He-"Oh. no. she hasn't. Hors is made
without stops. Chicago News.
Evening star., 1899-03-30

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Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1899-01-25
Honey Bees From the Philippines.

The Department of Agriculture will
introduce into the United States the
great honey bees found in the Philip
pines. These bees are twice as large as
those OF this country, and produce five
or six times as much honey. They have
extra long tongues, and can reach the
nectar in many flowers that Il own
variety cannot. While this move will
be of material benefit, it will not be any
more so than Hostetter's Stomach Bit
tiers, which reaches and cures many all
ments that other remedies fall short of.
Among them may be mentioned dys-
pepsia, indigestion, biliousness, consti-
patton, malaria, wasting diseases, and
affections of the kidneys and blood.
We especially recommend the Bitters to
men and women whose nervous system
are shattered.
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CHICAGO LIMITED.
CHICAGO & CALIFORNIA LIMITED.
Westbound, No. 3.

Trains Nos. 3 and 4, running tri-
weekly in each direction between Chi
cago and Los Angeles, carry only first
class Vestibuled Pullman Sleepers, a
Understanding car, containing gentle
mems buffet, reading and smoking room,
and barber shop, and an observation
a with commodious parlor for ladies
and children; electric lights throughout
the entire train.
CHICAGO, MEXICO & CALIFORNIA
LINE
Nos. / and II carry through Pullman
and tourist sleepers between Chicago,
Los Angeles and San Francisco.
No. 2, eastbound, carries same equip
ment, and makes close connection at
Trinidad with train for Pueblo, Colorado
Springs and Denver.
No. % is a local train between Ell Paso
and Kansas CITY, carries free chair car
and Pullman Palace sleeper through
without change.
For time tables, information and lit
erature pertaining to the Santa FL
route, call on or address,
H. s. LuTz, Agent,
Santa Fe, N. M.
w. j. Black, G. P. A.,
Topeka. Kas.
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How to Prevent Pneumonia.

You are perhaps aware that pneumo-
mia always results from a cold or from
an attack Of la grippe. During the cpl
demic Of la grippe a few years ago,
when SO many cases resulted in pneu-
monia, It was observed that the attack
was never followed by that disease
when Chamberlain's Cough Remedy
was used. 1t counteracts any tendency
Of a cold or la grippe to result in that
dangerous disease. 1t Is the best rem
edy in the world for bad colds and la
grippe. Every bottle warranted. For
sale by A. c. Ireland.
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This Is Your Opportunity.

This Is Your Opportunity.
On receipt of ten cents, cash or stamps,
a generous sample will be mailed of the
most popular Catarrh and Hay Fever Cure
(Ely's Cream Balm) sufficient to demon
strate the great merits Of the remedy.
ELY BROTHERS,
IS Warren St., New York City.
Rev. John Reid, Jr., of Great Falls, Mont,
recommended Ely's Cream Balm to me. |
can emphasize his statement, ut is a posi-
tive cure for catarrh if used as directed
Rev. Francis w. Poole, Pastor Central Pres.
Church, Helena, Mont.
Ely's Cream Balm is the acknowledged
cure for catarrh and contains no mercury
nrr any injurious drug. Price, so cents.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1899-01-25
La Grippe Successfully Treated.

II have just recovered from the sec.
ond attack of la grippe this year."
says Mr.. Jas. A. Jones, publisher Of the
Leader, Mexia, Texas. "In the latter
case I used Chamberlain's Cough Rem
edy, and I think with considerable sue
cess, only being in bed a little over two
days against ten days for the former
attack. The second attack I am salts
fled would have been equally as bad as
the first bur for the use of this remedy
as I had to go to bed in about six hours
after being Struck with it, while in the
first case 1 was able to attend to bust
ness about two days before getting
down." For sale by A. G. Ireland.
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How They Like It.

Men are so different from women, She
said. I wonder why it is that they %
iect to kissing each other.
Under proper conditions they don't.
he replied.
l don't understand you?
| mean when it is done by proxy, he
explained. Take the case Of your
father, for instance. Any time your
father wants to give me a kiss he has
only to ask you to deliver it, and it be
most welcome.
For a moment she wa buried in
thought. Then she said:
And could | have one delivered to
You in the same
Not any, he interrupted hastily, for
he was quick to see that the proxy bust
ness could be carried too far.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1899-01-25
The Man Who Waited.

Everything comes to him who. waits,
Another long years ago, said;
But surely twas due to a slip of his
pen,
Or else he was weak in the head.
| took his advise and | waited for her
That love to come meekly to me-
A trifle had risen, too foolish to men,
ton.
Over which we had failed to agree.
| stubbornly waited-another stepped
in
All that anne unto me was regret
When | want anything in the future
I'll start
Right after the same, you can bet!
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To the Public.

We are authorized to guarantee ev-
cry bottle Of Chamberlain's Cough
Remedy to be as represented and If not
satisfactory after two-thirds Of the
contents have been used, will refund
the money to the purchaser. There is
NO better medicine made for la grippe,
colds and whooping cough. Price, Is
and SOC per bottle. Try it. For sale by
A. C. ireland.
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He Her.

She-Who is that frightful looking
woman behind you who is talking
with a man?
He-It's my wife.
She-But you haven't looked around
to see whom I mean!
He-Oh, your description is enough
-Das Kleine Witzblatt.