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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-02-05
Coming Fashions.
New York Sun

4NCW 1bIk Dun.
Definite conclusions as to the coming fash
ions for spring are hardly possible yet but
the idea that one fashion is bound to be sup
planted by another from time to time is so
firmly established in the feminine mind that
there can be no peaceful certainty of modes
for any long interval. Changes are sure to
come simply to crafty a desire for changes,
and not always because they have any spe-
cial advantages over the things they sup
plant. Just why one pretty mode should be
uprooted by one not half so artistic is one
of the questions in the philosophy of fash
ion which never have been answered
However fashion is improving in this re-
gard, and some other things, such as the
coat and skirt costume, the blouse and the
shirt waist, have become fixtures, with no
prospect of being displaced by other things
until something very superior is presented.
The rational and artistic elements of dress
are gradually coming together, and it is to
be hoped that some permanent standard of
beauty may be the result of the evolution.
The woman who possesses that elusive
quality called style has a pretty good stand
ard for herself whatever form fashion may
assume. and tailor gowns for early spring
wear are one especial object of interest Just
now when so many fair ones are preparing
for the annual trip South. Cloth gowns, too
OF the more dresSy sort, WHICH have the Head
in fashion this season. bid fair TO hold their
popularity through the spring. Gray and
light fawn shades will prevail with blue
and black at the head of the dark colors.
light gray cloth gown trimmed on the
bodice with white embroidered satin and
on the skirt with endless rows OF stitching
Il one OF the most fashionable costumes on
the list, whether 1t is TO be worn now or
later on. White in some form is feature
q trimming on all the cloth gowns. what
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-02-05

with the single sins or failings, and these
often of minor Importance. Conservation
aims at the conquest of all sin by uprooting
it from the heart
Now it is easier to fulfill the perfect ideal
than it is an imperfect one. OF all the tasks
which men have set for themselves, the
most hopeless are theirs who have resolved
to do right in part. Whoever consecrates
his life to God. with the firm purpose to do
right in all things and at all times, may
claim all the promises of God, and may feel
confident of omnipotence; but there is no
promise of divine aid to him who qualities
his striving, and is content with imperfec-
ton. He must fight his battle single-handed,
and he has given the enemy fatal ad-
vantage at the outset. He has admitted the
thin edge of a wedge, which, if driven home,
will cleaVe the nobest character and rend
the strongest purpose aSunder.
Broken resolutions are worse than useless
But there is no broken conservation. Who
makes resolutions must keep them himself
Who consecrates his life to Christ is kept
by the power of God unto salvation. Let us,
then, as we look upon the failures of the
past month and of past years-the shattered
fragments of our good resolutions
trust in our own strength alone, but rely
Upon divine help to meet successfully the
remainder of the year, and of<life, one day
at a time, saying confidently, with St Paul,
Il can do all things through Christ, which
strengthened me"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-02-05
odds and Ends.

Bengaline in any pretty color is very pop
ular for separate waists. but if you want
the smartest thing get white ana make IT
with narrow round yoke of lace
The best-dressed most up-to-date women
have discarded iewelry almost entirely for
day wear. but gems of all kinds and grades
of magnificence glitter in profuslon IN the
evening.
The prevailing tendency in skirts just at
the moment is to abolish seams as nearly as
possible One new model has no seam IN
the back, and is carried out in cloth with
silk introduced at each side in panels or a
soft of stole end effect.
Among the tailors and modistes angles
seem to have been wholly dispensed with.
Every jacket, coat, cape. tunic, f1ounce-in
rounded and Soped at it's edges. Indoor
toilets and street costumes are alike shaped
on this principle.
Cases for silver-baclxed brushes and combs
are made in melon shape Of strips of satin
ribbon sewed together. They are about as
sheet of wadding, and lined with a plain,
thin silk. Each end is gathered and held by
a small bow TO make the case upright. They
are to be preferred. except for their occa-
sionaI need of renewal to the china or silver
trays, as they do not injure the briStleS as
much as the others.
The average servant thinks that when she
has separated milk and butter from cheese
and fish she has done her whole duty. but
in point OF fact she has only begun the nee
essary Keeping apart of food stufts. Almost
all KINDS absorb faVorS 20 q greater or less
degree. Tea, cocoa, chocolate, -four, eggs
and cereals are almost as susceptible to the
influence of neighboring foods as are milk
and butter. Bananas. for example. parucu-
larly the highly Favored AspinwaH variety,
Will spoil an open lar of tea or cocoa or a
TN OF Hour Onions. salted hsh, smoked
beef and scores of other foods are similarly
perVaStVe in their flavor.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-02-05
Women who OverdreSs.

New York Evening Sun.
There's no doubt about it." said the SUI
perior suburbanite New York women
overdress. I don't mean on the occasions
when there can be no such thing as over
dressing, nor do l mean the few New York
ers whose attire is, of course, beyond re-
proach. What / do refer to are the women
one meets in the shops upon the streets in
the street cars and the elevated trains, at
the matinees and concerts and at the res
taurants. At all such places surely the best
dressed woman is she who is most quietly
and least conspicuously CARRIED. In daylight
and on the street are two conditions exact
ing those sartorial requirements, and no
others. Yet with the rarest exceptions the
women TO be met upon New York streets by
daylight are anything but quietly and in
conspicuously CARRIED. They are loaded
down Win 1urS, and VelVetS, and silks; they
are tricked out with embroidery, and jewels
and lace; their hats take your breath away
with their size and color, and their dress
skirts sweep the streets more effectualy
than broom. Their Coiffures alone would
attract attention, so aggressive are they in
their crimps. and puffs, and ornaments. and
In many cases the commercial quality of
the color of the hair Most of the women
one meets in mornings shopping tour are
attlred as for an afternoon tea, while for
an afternoon crush in street car they
dress as they would for evening" save the
dccollette corsage At the theater, both in
the afternoon and evening, overdressing is
the rule The big theater hat was one
phase of it. and, being a phase that inter
fered materially with theater-going COM
fort we heard a deal about it, but not one
of its detractors put the blame where it be-
longed-upon the sin of overdressing So
long as only good taste is violated, it is
crime more or less personal but the big
theater hat violated the rights of others
still no one seemed to realize that the one
depended on the other. The trouble with all
these overdressed women is a lack of op-
portunity to wear their fine clothes Money
or what answers for money. most of them
have; chances to display the clothes into
which most of their money goes they evil
IDENTIFY haven't. dollars being easy enough
to gain, compared with social opportunities
Matinees, the ice cream soda fountain, the
cable cars. Fifth avenue and the big de-
partment stores are the only places where
such women may be sure of plenty of per-
sons seeing them, and at these places they
accordingly wear the costumes which a
woman of larger social range would not
dream of appearing in outside of a carriage
and drawing room. That's why there's SO
much overdressng in New York-because
the overdressed have few chances to display
their fine feathers"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-02-05
The stopping Of the Clock.

Surprising falls the instantaneous calm
The sudden silence in my chamber small;
/, starting lift my head in half alarm
The clock has stopDed-that's ALL
The clock has stopped Yet why have I so found
An instant feeling almost like dismay?
Why note its silence sooner than its sound?
For it has licked all day.
SO may a life beside my own 60 on,
And such companonship UNDECIDED keep;
Companionship scarce recognized till gone,
And lost in sudden Sleep
And so the blessings heaven daily grants
Are in their very commences forgot;
We little heed what answereth our wants
Until it answers not.
4 strangeness falleth familiar ways,
AS if some pulse were gone beyond recall
Something unthought Of linked with all our days
Some clock has stcpped-thats all.
George II. Coomer. in Youth.s COMPANION.
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ever the color, and a kind of embroidery
called pompadour is more and more In evil
dence It forms reyers and collars and bands
which decorate evening as well as day
gowns.
Cashmeres and lightweight cloths with a
dead nnish and no gloss at all are the
serge ana venetian cloth for tallor-made
gowns Tunics of cashmere. bordered with
Six fringe, are worn over cashmere and
velvet skirts of a contrasting color, as they
We're years ago, only that the new tunlc IS
much more graceful in cut than the old
model The under bodice and sleeves are
pinafore shape is of the cashmere. pale
gray cashmere with sapphire blue velvet,
being especially good, style.
one or the new models in fawn cloth for
a tailor gown has a princess cut skirt quite
plain, and trimmed with three groups of
rows or stitching. beginning close together
groups Of five. which extend around the
skirt so far apart that they have the APP
peafance of three fiounces. The bodice has
a circular collar of cloth stitched in three
groups, turning down from a yoke of white
satin, covered with cream lace. The collar
bahd IS OF satin and lace. very high IN the
PACK, pointing up still higher at the ears,
ana curVng down to comfortable width in
front. This extremely high collarband is one
OF the special features of the latest gowns.
For theater wear and other demi-dress oc-
casions the white waist is the swell thing,
providing IT IS stylishly made and simply
trimmed Elaborate decoration of any sort
ruins the style. The neck may be finished
with lace, with jabot down the front, but
nyth1ng more. except tuckS or cords, Is SUI
perfiuous. White tulle for the neck in a scarf
bow and a plating down the front is a
pretty finish when it is becoming. Plain
satin is used for the white waists. but only
the softest, most pliable kinds. 1t is rumored
that pure white for waists, gowns and all
the accessories of dress is to sppplant the
use of cream and ecru tints, (which have
been favored so long.
White cloth gowns for afternoon teas and
receptions are the smartest costumes of the
season. Made with tiny tunic. finished
with stitching. and guimpe neck of lace
over satin. with an ermine bertha, the eff
feet is stunning. Cloth gowns have the lead
IN fashion this season beyond anything in
silk, except for full evening dress, and here
the gauzy materials over silk and satin pre-
vail. Fine soft voile embroidered lisse and
satIn-finished crepe de chine are very popu-
lar for dressy costumes, and may be ac-
cepted as prophetic of the kind of materials
most used for summer dress
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-02-05
Harper's Bazaar.


Few homes nowadays among the wealthy
and well-to-do classes are without their
complement of plants for the decoration of
hall and parior. But it is seldom that we
find these plants in fine condition. In many
instances the plants chosen are such as are
not able to adapt themselves to the condi-
tons under which they are kept In others,
failures either total or comparative result
from lack of knowledge of the care required
by the plants. To achieve success in this
branch of plant culture one must study con-
ditions which cannot be overcome, and Sc
lect such plants as viii adapt themselves to
them. and one must also learn what kind OF
treatment each plant calls for. understand
ing that plants have their differences and
peculiarities quite the same as persons, and
that the same kind of treatment will not ar
swer for all of them. In this way. and in
this way only, will We be able to give them
intelligent care.
The list of really good plants for hall and
parlor use is not a long one. II 1 We're
asked to make out such a list for general
use, ii would include the following: Palms
Latania borbonica. Phoenix reclinata.
Chamaerops excelsa, ATeca luteScens, and
Sieforthia elegans; Ficus elestica, or rubber
PANT" Aspidistra lurida variegata. Agave
Queen Victoria Grevilea robusta, As
paragus sprengeerii. Anthericum vare-
gatum This list gives twelve plants. differ
Ing greatly in habit and size. and affords a
SUFFICIENT variety TO suit most occasions 1t
comprises those OF the easiest culture, and
Is one which / feel safe in recommending
TO the amateur who desires TO form col
lection Of this class. After one has learned
how to grow these well and keep them In
health, others more difficult TO grow can be
added with a reasonable show of success in
their cultivation, but ] would not advise the
beginner TO go outside this list at first
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-02-05
THE EXPENSE OF LIVING.
Folly of One Man Trying to Set the
Rule for Another.
New York Commercial Advertiser.

New York Commercial Advertiser.
John King Van Rensselaer,, of the New
York -Four Hundred" has been giving
counsel to folks about TO marry, and his
advice is: 'Dont-unless you have an IN
come of not less than 5000
1t IS interesting to consider Mr.. AN
Rensselaer'S argument. The cost of living,
he says is constantly on the increase. He
cites the case of young married couple,
with two children. who moved in fashion
able society in 1910, and considered that
they had been extraYagant because they
had spent $1,000 in one year. VINO, ne
asks, can live on that sum now? Wen
pass by the question for the present, and
take up his itemzed list of expenses for a
married couple for a year. Rent, he says,
cannot be less than 1000 And three, If not
four, servants would be necessary whose
wages. collectively, would not be less than
$50 per month. Then, the actual expense
of living would be at the lowest figure $3.50.
and It would require the same amount
very lowest figure upon which married
couple can live nowadays is 5000.
We wonder if it would surprise Mr.. Van
Rensselaer, to learn that there are prob
ably 100000 people in Philadelphia who live
on less? That of these 800 600 less than one
tenth have a yearly income of more than ST.
&c., while most of the remainder get along
on salaries ranging from $40 to SIS per week?
And that they live happily, one only has to
pay visit to the small homes in this city
to learn.
OF course they don't pay 81 coo rent. Two
hundred dollars comes nearer the mark Nor
do they employ four servants-in most cases
well-on healthful food and drink-and they
are decently clothed though in neither case
do they spend $3.50 per month for these ne
cessities. In many cases they own their own
homes, having bought them through build
ing association.
They go to the play once a week, and
maybe to the opera at popular prices as
well. In the summer, when the husband
has his vacation, they go to the country or
the seashore for ten days or two weeks
In short, on an average salary Of SIS per
week, they live happily clothe and feed
themselves properly, educate their children
enjoy the social pleasures of their neigh
borhood. and are contented with their lot.
Mr.. Van Rensselaer, may not know these
things, or he may have been speaking only
of the persons among whom his life has
been spent But his figures are misleading,
and were the masses not endowed with
common sense and schooled in the ways of
the world, they might be harmful If
couples contemplating 'natrimony should
wait until they arrived & his standard, the
world would soon be in danger of depopu-
lation. AS it is we believe there will be
marrying and giving in marriage whether
the prospective husband has the meager
income of 5000 year or the paupers lot
of only 81, 600 per annum.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-02-05
Concerning HiccOushs.
Washington Star.


For hiccoughs. or at least to stop hic-
coughs, there is no cure as pleasant to take
and as reliable in its operation as damson
juice. volunteered an experienced nurse to
a reporter. The Juice can be secured from
preserved Gamsons or dalnsons in any other
form. in nine cases out of every ten Of
possible Will stop them If one attempt does
not succeed. others can be Immediately
made. and with any kind of persistence
the hiccough can be stopped in a few min
utes. Taking nine swolIows of water out of
a glass on one breath, which our grand
mothers told US Of and cured US with is
but another way of applying the same rem
edy. Sometimes 1t is difficult 10 get young
children 10 successfully use these simple
cures, and it is for these that 1 would use
the damson juice Damson jelly or pre-
serves, as stated before. work almost equal
ly we'll. IL is remedy that but few chill
dren win refuse Hiccougns can be stopped
by fright, but it is not a safe remedy, es-
pecially on sensitive children, for the after
effect Is frequently bad"
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what JOINING wouId DO.

chicago journal.
Miss Bacon is a very enthusiastic teacher
in a Sunday school on the South Side. She
has ii class of boys who are at the irrepres-
Sible age. but she labors with them diligent-
~, for her heart is wrapped up in them.
One day she was trying TO teach them the
value of prayer. She told them all the old
Bible stories about men and women in dis
tress who prayed, and then had their desires
gratitied. Her earnestness evidently i'm
pressed the boys, and they listened with the
deepest seriousness.
After she had talked TO them for some
time she concluded To find out if the les
son had sunk deeply into their hearts So
she said.
Boys suppose one of you We're in some
far-away city. Suppose that you were with
out a friend. and that you didn't have a
cent in the world. Suppose you We're unable
TO ind any work or To get any money and
We're hungry What would you dor
She paused and gazed al the serious faces
In front of her. and felt sure that the class
had profited by the lesson.
Johnny Green raised his hand to reply
with the utmost promptness.
ID go 10 a free-lunch counter" he said.
Wegman pianos. carlin & l.ennox. =. mkt. 81
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-02-05
A victim.


why does Bunts go around VS.. his hair
pulled down over his forehead and his
shoulders all hunehed up? II makes him
.ook like a monkey
II know It. Some one who had a grudge
against him once told him that he looked
like Napoleon and he believed II.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-02-05

IN and after Sunday, Nov. 20. 1898,
~ trains will follows: Central
Standard Time) All trains enter
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-02-05

How much is paid as pensions by the
United States to soldiers and their heirs in
lndiana?-D. S. c.
About $11,O0O,OOO year.
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ARRIVE
u City e. w &C, dy. 9:25
S'wst'n lin, dy, d s.li:30
BIB. & Muncie ex 3sIO
Cleveland ex...... $500
BIZ. a And'n ex. $50
N. Y. ex. dy, s...1O:5O
iOn-BiG Four.
New York eX. dy, s. 405
Mat & T II acc.....10. 30
st. Louis express. .6i4O
KIN kb r So, q s,dy 6iIO
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-02-05

Wegman pianos. carlin 8 Lennoz. =. Mkt q,
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p. NJ. Time in black Face Figures
Trains marked thus: Dy-Daily, S-Sleepers
Car. C-Chair Car, D-Dining Car.
CLEVE., GIN, CHI. & ST. LOUIS R'Y.
Cleveland DiVisiOn-Big Four.
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DEPART
New York ex, dy S. 4:25
Muncie 81 B II ex.. 6:35
Cleveland mail.....10:50
And on q y II ex. HIS
u & & w &C, dy.. $50
Knick' b'r, dy, d s. 0;20
st. LOuiG DfVIR
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1899-07-20
cUaRENr LlrE.ATDRE.

The August Century will be a mid
summer and travel number. In the for
mer character, its special feature may
be said to be group of papers on tor
nadoes and thunder storms. The first
of these is a graphic description, at
first hand, of the tornado that visited
Kirksville, Mo-, last spring. This was
seen from his doorstep by John II.
Musick, an author living in that city
and as it considerably changed its
course, which at first was straight
toward his house, he had an extraordi-
narily good opportunity to observe its
actions and devastating effects. Some
of its pranks seem hardly credible, but
are vouched for by trustworthy wit
nesses, some of whom, together with a
horse, were swept up and carried hun
dreds of yards through the air, without
suffering the slightest injury. A
learned paper on tornadoes in general
is contributed by Prof. Cleveland Abbe
of the Weather Bureau; and a kindred
theme is helpfully discussed by Prof.
John Trowbridge of Harvard, in Pow
erful Electrical Discharges, and by
Alexander Jay Wurts of the Westing-
house Co., in The Protection of Elec.
trical Apparatus Against Lightning. +"
Three OF these four articles are illus
trated.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1899-07-20
CHIEF JUSTICE LORE'S ADDRESS.

Editor Gazette: Tho powerful
and truthful address of Chief Justice
C. b. Lore at trace M. E. Church, on
the evening of the 9th of July, ought
to be read by every Delawarean who
can appreciate the present situation Of
our country. / think the correctness
of the address will bear the closest
scrutiny. 1t is permeated by the most
kind and liberal spirit, free from
malice and partisan bias, or denuncia-
ton, and most earnestly patriotic.
He says: 1.-THE question reaches far
beyond the domain of the mere poll
ticians. y 1.-THE white mans burden
is upon our shoulders, how shall We
bear it? Shall it be as the supporters
of liberty, or as the advocates of
slavery?'' "In this white mans bur-
den we have our missions 1t is one of
peace not Of war; Under the Stars
and Stripes freedom and slavery may
never again dwell together in peace. !"
SIN this sacred place and in this en-
lightened presence, with the deepest
sense Of Americas share Of the white
mans burden resting upon my heart,
l would say let us go back and ask
God Of our fathers that we may not
again forget our mission. These ex-
tracts show the spirit of the address.
His address is unselfish; not inspired
by the desire for office or for emolu
ment, or the applause on honor of men.
l feel that it was inspired by the purest
and highest patriotism, Gods love,
evinced by ardent love of our dear
country and of all mankind. 1t is a
prophets divine message to us. Citi-
zens of Delaware, read it, ponder it,
heed 1t. ID. Ferris.
Wilmington, July 18th, 1899.