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pay Tadema $1,000 to catch their like
and an expert Frenchman's aid a green
grape, the punches of which must
weigh twelve pounds each.
The miniature painters have a rival in
the oval portrait painted on glass.
Alma Tadema demonstrated the beauty
and effectiveness of the glass portrait
by painting one for the princess of
Wales. another for the beautiful Lady
NaylCr Leyland. and now all the rich
American women who go to London
nesses on polished crystal Ovals. Lady
Terence BlackwoOd and Miss Emily
Hoffman were the first of the New
Workers to sit for glass portraits. and
To set the fashion on this side of the
water of every wOman's wearing her
own picture.
one of these novelty Iikenesses is
done on an oval of faultless crystal
about a fourth of an inch thick. about
four or five inches long and three
inches to three and a half inches wide
The crystal is slightly convex. and the
painting is done on the cOncave side 50
Grtfully that the face looks at you
through the fiawle5s glass.
The crystal has a back of gold and d
frame work of gold beads. pearls or
brilliants. BY a ring in the top of the
picture an inch-wide ribbon or a
beautiful chain is run. and the work
of art is allowed 10 hang free nearly to
the knees. or can mt into a little satin
bag at the waist. However you elect
to wear one of these portraits. swing
ing from ribbon or chain. or pinned as
a pendant on the front of your gown,
you always make a point of carrying
none but your own likeness.
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TRAITS OF A COMING QUEEN.
Stories Showing the Personality CT
the Princess of Wales.
Chicago Tribune)
Queen Victoria recently admitted that

tCnlcaSo IrlDune)
Queen. Victoria recently admitted that
of all the members of her royal family
excepting only her youngest daughter
the Princess BeatriX, she has most love
for her probable successor, the beauti-
full princess of Wales.
Alexandra, the next queen of Eng
land, will enjoy in a way all the power
welded by her husband, and will have
the full social prestige now belonging
to her mother-in-law.
For this reason, and, perhaps, be
cause she likes to keep herself young
enough TO enjoy this, the princess of
Wales devotes a portion of her time to
athletics. Her waist is a marvel af
neatness. and she a grandmother with
five children. To secure the sylphlike
figure, which she has preserved past
middle age, she resorts to the same
means as were employed by the late
Empress of Austria. She exercises
constantly and one room art Marlbor-
ough house is filled WITH automatic
side saddles, stationary bicycles and all
sorts of athletic aids. She rides horse
back-indoors and outdoors-twO hours
every day. and weighs herself every
night and morning, to be sure she IS
not gaining.
The princess of Wales has never con-
though she must know what is going
on. She has always been absolutely
Indifferent TO such things. unless
sWerVed to one side or the other by
personal faVoritism. She admireS As
quith who married "DCdo," and could
have secured for him almost any pO-
sition, but she was either too indiffer-
ent or too careless to ask, and the
which might have been
q =,
The queen, who knows every line of the
possibilities of her statesmen. has ever
been Il politician. looking for improved
service civil and military. but AleXan-
dra has never worked along political
lines. and never will; she is not that
kind of a woman.
Alexandra has her little weaknesses
all womanly ones. She is fond of
novels. thing the queen disp!ses, un-
less of the classic sort. She dislikes
famous people. such as authors and ar
lists. for she is timid in the face of
genius, While the queen will have
to do with any other. Alexan-
dra loves fancy work. and can outline
a worsted dog to perfection, while the
queen never takes a stitch. Alexandra
notes the hang of the skirt and the cut
Of the sleeves. Victoria is calmly OBJ
liviOus to everything except court
dress.
Britishers will have something to do
to get used to their new queen. for they
viii have to reconstruct all their ideas
of royalty. Court dresses and jewels
will shine in the dull old rooms and
music and laughter viii be heard where
now only the echoes startle the shad
0wy figures of former gayety. Alex
andra has been preserving herself to
have her royal fling" and she is wom-
an enough to insist upon it.
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States? That is a possibility candidlJ
and hopefully discussed in New York
society. where any woman nearly who
has the cash and the opportunity will
gladly lay down a hundred thousand or
even more for the legal right to fasten
high sounding handle to her name.
Perhaps never before in the history
of this country have the English nobil-
ity been so paSsionately envied and so
sedulOusly cOurted by our great mon
eyed aristocracy, which is undoubtedly
the most powerful in the world. There
is no satisfying the ambition of a fash
ionable woman by telling her she be-
longs to the wealthiest social circle in
civilization. Up in the ranks of what
Ward McAllister used to define as the
400, title is now the passport to con-
tent, dictinction and prestige, and most
unfortunately the leisure Gloss of men
are beginning TO hunger after high
sounding prefixes as ardently as the
women.
Now New York society is pre-emi-
nently energetic and ingenious where
its desires and ambitions are concerned,
and to wish for a thing is Synonymous
with straining every nerve to procure it.
1t will probably be some little time be-
fore congress takes upon itself the or
gariZation of a nobility. and genuine
nobility is what these aspiring souls
wants. They don't banker in the least
after the empty sort of titles worn in
France. They want a close copy of the
British institution. with pomp and pow
ers attached, and without actually as
Stunning any of the lordly cognomens
they are preparing to do the next best
thing. Not only are there more plans
on foot than ever for matrimonial al
liancee with noble Englishmen. but our
smart society itself is growing more and !
more exclusive every year.
If you will take pains to follow the |
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CONFUSED.
CWashington Sal

washington Starr
Stay home. Dickaninny; don't you go to
rOamin round:
You better mind yOh nanny or she'll
trOunce you good an sound.
Dis world is topsy-turvy. Is had 'casiOn
fOh to know.
Case Is hyuhd EN- read de papers an
Is seen de minstrel show.
An Is met my own relations putin on
sech gOhseous style
Dat IL mace me want to smack EN-. But
| had to stop an smile
An dem heightened people prances while
dey sings de rag-time tune.
De niggers dey talks white talk an de
white folks dey talks coon.
| know yOu'S young an CROWN an it
does seem kind o. hahd.
But YOU gOtter Shun society an stick to
dis back yahd.
l doesn't want ter see yer gittin' mixed
up in desc ways.
You couldn't shet yOh eyes an tell who's
Speakin nowadays.
De cuilud peoples so perlite an proper
an so Tinel
An Ge missus. she recites a-sayin' dis
an dat an ''gwine."
Is gwinter quit de country eff dey doesn't
stop it soon.
Desc niggers talkin white talk an de
white folks talkin' coon.
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HINTS ABOUT HAIR-DRESSING.
Great Mistake For All to Follow the
Prevailing Fashion.

III hair dressing il should never be for
gotten that with a long face the hair
should be full over the ears and never
high on top; with Il wide face, u nigh
couture is desirable. a long nose should
never balance q large knot at tne back
of the head thick, mat-hke CURED
IringeS are vulgar and give an animal
expression to the face, yet some elderly
women look better with a curled bang,
which seems to soften the race. caring
the hair brushed off the face demands
noble forehead. A good roll, wave, or
loose pu1t pulled slightly. forward. I'M
letter with the hair drawn tightly off
the sides; others with tiny waves, or
curls. II the cheek bones are prominent,
tlu1r out the hair; for large lace, dress
the hair high and broad; a part and
pretty waves slightly ruIfeC up above
the ears gives youthfulneSs to middle
aged women. and a rule that applies TO
every one Is never to tie the mar, roll.
twist, or arrange it in any way tightly.
This strains the roots of the hair, is abso-
luJely injurious, and makes any face
hard Neither should many hairpins be
used. II each pin is made TO do It's duty
and the hair is arranged 10 fit the head,
few pins Will be needed Never use metal
or wire hairpins of any kind Ihey are
ruinous to the hair. Use the shell or the
imitation of the shell OF medium size. y
young girl with a pretty neck should,
when in evening dress, wear her hair low,
and a woman with a short, tat neck
should wear hers high. Parting the hair
slightly at the side takes five years away
from the age, but TOO pronounced a part
ing is hard and masculine. Over-elaborate
is not good form, and, as
nature always makes hair, skin and eyes
TO harmonic, dyeinS is in bad taste, as
well as injurious. To be kept healthy and
GLOSSY the hair must be brushed every
day, and even then the operation must be
quickly. Many people use
boraX or ammonia IN the water. This Is
bad, for each dry out the natural oil. Ii
the hair is naturally dry, Immediately
after washing rub in a few drops of the
best olive oil and brush we'll. Most of the
fashions in hair dressing come from the
stage, as actresses are invariably clever
in arranging their hair to suit their style
Of feature or to harmonic with a special
costume. Then they spread until every
one adopts the new hair arrangement,
often without stopping to learn if it is
becoming to the character and form of
their features.
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The Origin of Writing.
Pall Mall Gazette.)

The origin of writing is a subject that
has much exercised the learned of late,
and Professor Hommel of Munich has
communicated to the Society of Biblical
Archaeology some further proofs of his
theory that the Egyptian hieroSlyphics
were imported from Babylonia, where
picture writing is known 10 have pre-
ceded the cuneiform. In the discussion
which followed the reading of Profess
scr H0mmers paper, the Rev. c. J. Ball,
chaplain CT Lincoln's Inn and dis
tinsuished Babylonian scholar, said
that he has no doubt that the ancient
BabylOnian picture characters were the
origin of the Egyptian hieToglyphics
ana of the Chinese characters as well.
As these three scripts, the Babylonian,
the Egyptian and the Chinese, are i'm
measurably older than any other yet
discoveCed-and Mr.. Bull is generally
held to have proved his case so far as
Chinese is Commemorative may look
upon the Babylonians as the first in
ventors OF the art of putting thoughts
on paper.
The origin of our alphabet is, how
ever, not so certain as it was lately
held TO be. DR.. Rouge's theory, that it
was derived from the Phoenician, which
was Itself taken from debased form
Of the Egyptian hieroglyphics. has until
now held the field, and has been adopted
by, among others. Canon Isaac Taylor,
in his standard work on The Alpha
bet" But Mr.. Arthur Evans. the keeper
of the Ashmolean, has discovered
in Crete a system of linear signs. which
he assigns to the prehistoric Greek or
"Mycenaean' age. These signs have
been very much in evidence in Profess
scr Flinders Petrie's just concluded lee
lures at University college and the pro-
fesSor has gone so far as to assert that
there was about 1000 b. G. a regular
system of signs used in Crete. Cyprus,
Libya and. in fact. all countries border
ing on the Mediterranean. fulfilling in
some degree. the purpose of correspond
ence. If this be so. we should have an
other source for the Phoenician letters
quite independent Of hieroglyphics.
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wills of such rich men who have died
within the past two years or who are
known to have made their wills. you
will be sure to comment on the fact
that the bulk of their fortune now goes
to the eldest son along with the great
city or Newport house, and the finest
jewels. pictures, ETC.. and the wife and
the other children make no demur. If
a son is lacking. then the oldest grand
son comes in for the lions share. and
thus perfectly quietly a group of great
families such as the Vanderbilts, As
tors. Sloans. Lorillards, Gerrys. Bel
.monts, Mills and Marquands, are being
built up as securely as the ducal houses
in Great Britain.
To draw the lines more sharply yet,
it has been demonstrated this winter
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tiful shades. 1 think she has a wider
range 10 select from than any other type
unless 1t is the brilliant brunette.
Pale or delicate looking women seldom
look Well in any of the grays, tans or
lawns, unless they are very Skilfully
combined with warm colors-
or course no woman whose hair has
the slightest suggestion OF gold or sun.
shine should wear yellow next l.. Nothing
takes away the color and lustre so COM
pletely. Various shades of red and the
lighter blues look we'll; then of course,
cciors-wen. I think il safest for the
majority 10 avoid using them in the hair.
From the standpoint of an artist l adj
mire white and black gowns more than
any other. When properly designed l
have never seen a woman to whom such
a dress was unbecOming.
LAFAYETTE Nj. LAWS.
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canvas belt win complete the piay day
suit, the most sensible ever seen. Short
dOuble-b breasted REFER coats of dark
blue and brown mohair. unlined. are
made up for wear next summer by
I youngsters still in Enickerbockers. and
a Scotch bonnet of navy blue serge or
canvas. with two ribbon ends fiuttering
al the rear are what the little fellows
VIII wear on their heads.
Sentibie mothers now buy all the
shoes Tor their children to wear in the
/ country of pigskin, yellow or black
/ oiled leather with rubber soles. These
shoes have spring heels and lace. and
| both boys and girls under 10 years
( of age viii wear at play with those
shoes half hose. Manila hats are to
/ predominant liz every playground when
the warm weather comes.
FASHIONS FOR LITTLE LASSIEs.
Girls in short skirts have gone back
to the dear old style of wearing their
hair in big round, dangling curls made
on a stick. The curls are not confined
at any point and are adopted, of course,
only with the dress Of occasion, for
dancing school, Sunday school and par
ties. With their hair hose and low
neck, short sleeVed muslin gowns the
little maids viii be charming pictures
in the May days.
In the interim of fierce March wealth
er the little women wear most charm
ing red lined Riding Hood cloaks to
school These clOalls are shaped just
like the fashionable pelerines their
mothers wear with the exception that
to the chiid's cloak has a very useful
hood that gathers with a ribbon round
the face and is worn oftener as a
hat. The hood and cape is usually
eGccd with a bright fox fur and the
girls wear canvas or cloth leggins
buc1led up at the side of the leg
BAGS A NECESSITY.
No woman reckons herself any longer
able or fitted to get about her daily
duties without the aid of a bag The
handbag Of various types used to be
the totem Of the tribe Of Boston women.
but the New York. the Philadelphia and
the Chicago women have come to count
the little bag among their dearest
treasures. The suburbanite. who comes
IN for a days hard shopping, carries
one style of reticule, the luxurious
creature who rides in a carriage car
res another. but they all belong to the
genus bag, and the funny thing is that
where the woman is, and no matter
where, her bag goes with her. Like
MaTy's little lamb, it follows her to
church, on her calls, to concerts. read
ings, the theatre. opera, weddings and
to balls and dinners.
A well provided woman owns at least
a dozen types Of bag; from big net
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easily decide whether or no a color was
becoming When you 90 chance to have
an unbecoming tone the effect can be
face. White for blondes and cream for
brnnettes. That is point which ali
women would do well to remember only
the fairest and best cared for blondes
should risk ivory white Ali others had
best cling to cream tints
Dark greens. blues and purples must
never be attempted by women who have
dark circles under their eyes. or whose
faces have tendency to hollows Such
women need flame red. for instance.
A red-haired woman had best sllun
all the reds. Though missing some beau
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embroidered outside and the satin lin
ing inside q layer of perfumed cotton
batting is placed and tufted to the satin
lining. On the lining the owners initials
are embroidered, and fashionables own
as many as half a dozen of these card
cases, in order to have enough 10 ac-
cord with every tint of dress,
LOW-NECKED GOWNS.
The rule of the season so far has
been in favor of high-necked evening
gowns, but oddly enough, with the in
coming Lent women who so dining and
to the opera, etc, wear low-cut, short
sleeved waists, almost invariably
trimmed with black velvet. If the
adopter of this Lenten fashion has fair
shoulders, this black velvet treatment
sets them off TO admiration.
The shoulder straps and fresh, hand
some bows must be made OF dusky vel
vet and invariably a loose loop Of vel
vet is allowed TO fall cut Gu the arm
between elbow and shoulder. Occa-
sionally to this loop is fastened n great
rosette OF velvet that seems almost to
simulate a short sleeve, again 4 large,
loose, petaled flower is fastened to the
loop and the effect is just as pretty.
If q white chiffon or silk bodice is
worn the black velvet treatment shows
to double advantage. and many women
fasten 20 the loop below the shoulder
z large white chrysanthemum, or 4
giant white silk rose, and the conse-
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It all troubleshave gone. My monthly
sickness used to be SO painful, but have
not had the slightest pain since taking
your medicine. L cannot praise your
Vegetable Compound too much. My
husband and friends see such a change.
in me. l look so much better and have
some color in my face"
Mrs. Pinkham invites women who are
Ill to write to her at Lynn, Mass, for
advice, which is freely offered
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of wash gowns this season, but even
more popular than embroidery is a sort
of footing for 1lounces, made of white,
brown and tinted lawn, having a hem
stitched edge. This, say modistes,
must be used as a fiat or frilled finish
for ruffiin, or by putting many bands
of this footing together d bodice can
be made to wear with sleeves and skirt
Of striped bingham. With Bingham
skirts the smartest thing to wear will
not be a shirt waist, but a plain little
body Of all over white or brown en-
broidery. buttoned up behind. This
with collar, sleeves and skirts of Gins-
ham makes up the most gay and spring
like costume.
GOLD COLORED GLOVES.
Fgivolity has laid her hand on the
glove counter, and women are clothing
their fingers in kids OF many cUlors. \
strenuous effort has been made TO get
rad oil White glace gloves for afternoon
wear. IL the WE-te glove refuses to
be superseded though women are tax
ing very kindly TO the most delicate
tinls OF pearly pink and a clear lovely
gold color in place Of the old-fashioned
Tan.
on these new kids the markings at
the back of the hands run in groups
OF three very fine horizontal lines, with
the longest near the knuckieS. Another
variety OF embroidery on the back of
The hand has a fine fOuntain-like spray
in Il series of delicate curVing traceries
in white or black silk. All the sDring
gloves have round buttons of clear OF
tinted crystal, polished round and
SeWed on, or set as . series of CabOchon
jewels. with invisible attachments 70
I'll.
long gloves for evening use have their
tops finished by band of embroidery,
IL gold or silver thread, else a fine
tTGcery in black beads, or a narrow
black velvet ribbon Is whipped on and
tied in a bow on the outside of the
arm. Some Of the very extensive
novelties in gloves VIII show the long
Kid arm bags in pink and gray. or blue
with elaborate beading running from
wrist 10 shoulder, or medalhcns of lace
ct in at intervals. affording glimpses
IF the arm here and there.
EVENING HOODS.
No woman who has a genuine love Of
dress thinks her lie complete nova
days il she does not possess an opera
hood and an embroidered card case.
The last and prettiest phase Of the
hood is q large black satin pumpkin,
shaped cosy, having a band Of the
s0fteSt black fur. either lynx or Rus
sian hare. clcirciinG the lace. and all
the bunchy, rear fUlness over-dTaDed
with black net, hung with SOld-coiored
spanSles. The strings that tie on such
q head protector are so long that when
knctred UNDER the chin their ends fall
TO the knees. ac1 they are of chiffon, or
black liberty SauZe. ar. are edged
with bright sDangles.
The card case that is now So much
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meat Pierpont Morgan gladly pours
out thousands a year at Highland
Falls, on the Hudson. in order to raise
more gigantic chrysanthemums than
any professional or amateur gardener
in the United States. while Mrs. Ernest
Crosby cultivates with her own hands
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carried IS not d gorgeous Sold-framed
book of expensive leather. but is made
a. piece OF antique embroidered silk
Thas is, the outside is made OF such
sii+, or q piece OF royal purple velvet
worked III gold, else q scrap of brocaded
satin from a famous family gown. 4
large piece Of goods is required, for this
flexible, ample card case must hold all
the belongings, such as purse, handller-
chief, etc, that women used to carry
in their pockets. The handsomest cases
are five to eight inches long, and quite
az broad, and between the broeade or
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Especial Correspondence
New York. Feb. 1S.-A very great
ieal Of embroidery in colors is going
TO lend its best aid in the decoration
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quence always inspires envious admir-
SPRING SCHOOL CLOTHES.

How shall the BARNS be prepared for
the school days following Easter vaca-
ton is a question that mothers are
already trying TO solve. The shOpkeep-
ers are lending serviceable aid by
showing the handsome light wool
cheviors for early April and the cotton
cheViotS to follow
AT the boys outftters they are max
ing, for little chaps, madras negligee
shirts, in exact imitation OF those their
fathers and big brothers wear in hot
weather. Under the starchless madras
collar the fashionable boy will wear a
butterfly bow tie of canvass: knee
breeches of dark blue mohair and a
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hang from the arm, else by means of a
stout pin fixture. your bag can be made
fast to your side as you dance
MARY DEAN.
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FANCIES FOR WOMEN
Shirt Waists Of NeedlewOrk VIII Be
Smart.
%-
G0LDEN-COLORED GLOVES
BAGS OF ALL KINDS IN HIGH
FAVOR.

They Have Taken the Place of the
Lost Pocket and Are Seen at Con-
certs, Balls, Dinners and the Opera
-Low-necked Gowns In Again
Fashions For Little Folks.
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Giant Baking Powder, 25 ounces
for 25 cents; best in the world for the
price. Try a can.
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so had ovarian
trouble. Through
the advice of \
friens 1 began
the use of Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vege-
table Compound,
and since taking