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The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-11-18

means Of hooks ard eyes which are d.
den by the boiero.
Gold buttons, little smaller than those
on the tunic but of like pattern and simu-
lated buttOnholes adorn the bolero as we'll
as square cloth revere and a deep COL
lar of stone marten ending in short
plastron on either side Of the mousseline
vest. The sleeves are of most approved
form. fitting quite closely over the arm
and ending in bell over the wrist, with
an undersleeve of stone marten, the eff
feet of which is very unique.
With this gown should be worn large
hat of "bois' cloth trimmed with choux
OF brown panne velvet and stone marten
skins with heads. claws and tails and held
by cut steel buckles, while a large muff
of stone marten will add to the appear
ance and comfort.
The same gown is successfully copied
in green, brown. and black, the latter
making the style appropriate for mourn
ing, with the Jacket and reveres of black
crepe and the fur collar and plastrons of
black Persian lamb. The hats are made
to match the gowns, the one with the
green cloth costume being made entirely
OF sable to correspond with the sable col
lar
All fur hats are very fashionable-chin-
chilla, Persian lamb, and sable being the
favorite skins. especially made to match
the muff or collar or fur trimmings on the
toilet. FELIS FOURNERY.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-11-18
An Armand Model.

ly in the form of garniture or cut. TUNES,
which seemed destined to short-lived
prominence, have reappeared on some
fashionable toilets, and they give plenty
of chance for variation. Our old friend,
the bolero, is constantly in evidence in
spite of the cry for longer jackets. TO be
sure, this becoming .accoutrement' has
left the field of independent out-of-6oor
wraps, and is worn only as matching the
gown of which it forms the complement.
It's large variety of form has been con-
stantly added TO and stamps the costume
as this years creation.
novel feature is an inverted box pleat
directly in front, which is stitched down
to as far as the knees, and is released
below Two rows of stitchings trim tie
fare and run along each side of the box
pleat There is tunic of the most stylish
and unique design, of "bois'' cloth. form
ing point at the sparse back and two
points in front. 1t is cut la princesse
with the deep girdle, and closes diagon-
ally at the side, where it is ornamented
with four gold enameled buttons. The
charming bolero is very short at the back
and opens in front over vest of cream
colored mousseline de sole drawn dag
onally and folded in surplice style over
the tight lining of cream colored satin
The high stock collar is likewise draped
with mousseline and this vest, which is
made sleeveless and Independent of the
princsse tunic, loses at the back by
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-11-18
IIints About Hands.

There is subtle fascination in a pretty
hand impossible 10 explain but SO power
full that it has been able to command love
when there was nothing else about the
possessor to attract especial attention. 1t
10 a little strange that this power has not
been generally appreciated by women,
whose chief aim in life seems to be the
art Of pleasing. naturally beautiful
hand is a gift to the few; a graceful, we'll
cared-for hand is possible TO the woman
Of humblest station.
There is a deal of character exposed in
the hand. claims a writer in the Pitts
burg Dispatch" The shape denotes the
temperament, and other indications. as
plain as that TO the educated eye. show
the strength and weaknesses which dis
tinguish one individual from another.
The artistic hand. with it's graceful out
lines. its delicacy, the tapering palm anc
fingers. with their broad base and slender
tips. is a familiar type.
Impure soaps are an abomination In
famous American family there has never
been found but one kind OF SOAP and II
10 used for all purposes. II is homemade
and pure olive oil is fits foundation The
formula requires one quart Of oil and
three pints OF boiling water, with four
tablespoonful OF refined potash dissolved
In II. The oil is brought to the boiling
POINT in O porcelain-lined kettle before
the strained potash water is slowly add
ID. and the mixture is stirred constantly
With a wooden spoon while It slowly boils
pptfl II will be thick like jelly when cool
- on plate. When nearly hard and cold
ne perfume is put in, scented oils like
hvender or rose.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-11-18
INITIATING NATURE.
1t Pay. to Make Artificial Flowers
and EeathePs.

| One field Of work for women is not
crowded, accordinf; TO the Millinery
Trade Review which advocates the
learning of a trade instead of spending
life behind the counter Of shop.
| The writer of the article knows the
young ladies" OF the shops. He dwells
| upon the dignity and gentleness' Tor
| does he mean "genteelness?'c Of the work
Of manufacturing flowers and feathers,
and hastens to assure the sensitive girl
| who may be contemplating change from
retail counter to wholesale house that
the word factory does not fifty apply to
the places where such young ladies ere SO
engaged" AS a final argument. the writer
says that "the spirit of the large manu-
factory is that of the Industrial family,
and great numbers Of girls enter \ bust
ness house to remain until womanhood.
only to receive promotion to their proper
destiny, marriage.
The strong minded female need not ap-
ply to the flower and feather-makers after
that.
The advocates of the flower and feather
trades point out that thousands Of girls
and young women are engaged in shops
and Offices at salary OF 81 or s. per week
who could earn twice as much after brief
and agreeable apprenticeship. In the man
ufacture of flowers, feathers, and millinery
in general there is and has been lack OF
skilled and unskilled workers. Many thou
sands are employed, but every year the de-
mand for workers increases. In many
households, where girls attain the age OF
fifteen, can be found those sufficiently ad-
vanced in the methods Of needfework who
could easily acquire the little details that
go to make one mistress Of an income, which
gradually and certainly advances from the
time of apprenticeship to finished skill In
the finer departments Of manufacture there
are always. during the season, opportuni-
ties for as many girls and young women as
wish to accept them. The nature of the
work is devoid OF difficulty and disagreed
bleness. 1t comprehends the designing OF
stylish combinations Of millinery, the
blending of materials into those combina-
tions, the arrangement of those materials
before ready for combination, all Of which
the active mind Of the forelady and the
def fingers OF the quick-witted assistants
accomplish.
THE influence for social. mental. and
physical advancement. in the modern man
ufactory. is unquestioned. The law gov
erning such establishments is stringent and
in every section watehfuI for the health
and proper care Of employees"
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-11-18
LOVE FOUND THE WAY.
II Reunited a Couple Who Were Di-
yorced Fifty Years.

At the city clerks Office in Lowell, Mass.
there was filed last week the second mar
rage of John ]. Burbank, aged eighty. and
his former wife, two years his junior. The
couple were divorced fifty years ago and
each had married since that time and lost
their mates through death. The reconcil-
iation was brought about by sou. He has
spent the best part of his time in an effort
to unite the lives of his parents. The new
ly welded Mrs. Burbank was neighbor OF
Mr. Burbank in Haverhill, \. H.. where
both were born and where they grew up
side by side as neighbors.
They were married in 1913 and when
Burbank who was a stalwart and wealthy
young farmer. became the father OF boy
not patch of darkness was to be seen upon
their cloudless horizon. But differences
arose between them. These eliminated in
drastic measures. when Burbank Sled
bill for divorce against his wife aud the
mother OF his infant boy.
A few years after the divorce Mrs. Bur-
bank came to Lowell and was married TO
man named Barnes. She soon was left
widow, and later in life made her home at
intervals with Frank ]. Burbank, her son.
who is a prominent business man in Low
ell. The father also came to see his son at
various times in the half century that has
elapsed since the divorce, but these visits
always were so timed that Mr.. Burbank
and the former Mrs. Burbank never met in
their sons house. In the meantime the
son was doing everything in his power TO
effect reconciliation between his estrang
ed parents.
The opportunity offered itself recently
when Mr.. Burbank, in the course of one of
his visits to his son, was taken dangerously
i'll. The son suggested that the mother be
asked to nurse the patient. Mr. Burbank,
the elder, at first demurred strongly, but
finally yielded to his sons entreaties and
the mother was installed as nurse at the
bedside of her former husband The recon
Citation came easily and naturally. There
was another courtship, in which both lover
and sweetheart were white haired
Mr.. and Mrs. Burbank now are on their
second wedding trip, and they are deter
mined to walk hand in hand TO the close of
their fading lives.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-11-18
A WOMAN AND A MOUSE.
A Variation I'm the Conventional
Heroine and Burglar Tale.

FranklinvilIe. n. Y, has a heroine,
and the most charming feature OF this
delightful state of affairs is that the valor
and yigor of this brave woman have been
rewarded only as such virtues are reward
ed in Sunday school books or in heaven.
Mrs Milton II. Wade is the woman in
the case, and during the past year she has
missed articles OF iewelry and table sill
yer and not been able to account for their
disappearance She suspected burglars;
SO, like the valiant woman that she is, she
armed herself with a dinner bell ana
waited for the thief to come. But he did
not make his appearance, and the spoons
and cuff buttons and pepper cellars con-
tinued to vanish as il Hermann had been
the butler.
But Mrs Wade was determined to find
the pilferer, and her heart was full of
courage.
Sunday afternoon. says the New York
Commercial Advertiser" mouse. emboid-
ened by the brooding quiet Of the Sab
bath day, ran gaily across Mrs. Wales
dining-room. Mrs. Wade. being nero
ine chased 1t. 1t scuttled into hole in
the floor and escaped. Mrs. Wade was
determined to catch that mouse. Most
women would have been SO glad to get rid
of it that they would have filled up the
hole and tackled tin over it. but not so
Mrs. Wade. She had the Dashboard re-
moved, and prepared to rout the nous.
and his family. Then it was that her
courage received its reward. The mouse's
nest was found-a mass of paper, bits OF
cotton, and shreds of cloth, and in the
midst of it, glittering and pretty for the
mousics to play with, lay Mrs. Wade's
nisVig silver and jewe1ry.
The mouse had lined his nest with a
locket. two gold chains. four collar but
TONS three rings, several brooches. and
an assortment of teaspoons. nut picks, and
other small table silver.
The accounts dc not say whether the
ambitious, home loving mouse was ar
rested and put to death or not. After
ALL he may have been only klepto-
maniac, like the ladies who appropriate
pretty trinkets from the shops.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-11-18
A Woman Architect.

At Bistritz. in Siebenburgen, the build
ing Of large residence for the official
forest commissioners has been coniided by
the Austrian Government to lady
Fraulein Erika Paulas, who is thus honor
cd, obtained last winter her diploma as
architect. and has been chosen from n.any
candidates for this important work She
commenced at seventeen the study of
architectural drawing, then passed the
masons' examination with success at
Klausenburg, and gained her diploma at
architect last winter at Budapest. She
has encountered much opposition end
persecution in her profession. A deputa-
tion connected with the building trade
actually petitioncd the minister for rub
lie works to prohibit Fraulein Paulas
from entering herself for the examina-
ton. This petition remained unnoticed
and she passed with unusual brilliancy.
Twenty buildings have already been in
trusted TO her and she has in every case
afforded satisfaction to her EMPLOYERS
On the completion of the Bistritz Gov
eminent house, 1t is the intention Of
Fraulein Paulas TO enlarge her experience
by travelling in the interest of her pro
fession in foreign countries.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-11-18
DIANA AND THE BEAR.
Here Is One Woman Who Can sI,oo
Straight.

Mrs. E. II. Moore, OF Roxbury, Mass. is
one of the few women in the country who
can boast of having killed bear-a real
wild one, with teeth and claws that could
easily have rent her to pieces if the OPP
portunity had offered. The killing took
place on September 13 in the woods near
Katahdin, Me. Mrs. Moore tells the story
Of her adventure:
Il Went out that morning with my guide.
an aged hunter while Mr.. Moore went off.
as he likes to go, all by himself. We found
the woods pretty thick. as the leaves had
not begun to fall, but it was all so beauti-
full that l did not mind the difficulties and
was willing to sit down to still hunt and
watch all the glorious colors about me. NV
guide finally decided to leave me and went
out to drive. II he could. / waited for a
long while. sitting on knoll. when sud
denly l heard a noise and looked up and
saw Mr.. Bruin coming toward me.
He looked very tempting as he trotted
along, and knew that ought to get him.
/ I'D 1920 and waited with it no to my
shoulder. The wind was blowing from the
bear and ! knew that he could not scent
me. So | took no chances till / was sure
tibet bullet would lay him If it hit him.
When he was about eight rods from me |
fired. He dropped and | started for him.
Il wasn't a bit excited but I knew
enough about bears rot to take any chances
for they are apt to play possum till one
is near them and then strike out and cause
some injury. l saw that my rifle was in
shape and | then walked up with 1t on
him and waited for my guide. 1t was
twenty-five minutes before he came back
and examined Bruin and told me that he
was dead. / was pretty happy, l tell you.
when we started back to camp. He weighs
200 pounds and Mr.. Moore is going to have
him mounted"
Mrs. Moore also killed moose about a
week after her adventure with the bear.
and has his antlers as trophy. She ex-
presses herself delighted with her trip in
the Maine woods II had lots of sport"
she said. Il was the only woman in camp.
but ! went everywhere and saw all that the
men may. We walked through the woods
at night and followed lots of trails by DAY.
and tell you that it was good sport This is
my second experience and am going again.
but ii may be years before shall ever have
such good luck as l had this year.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-11-18

boxes are generally of pale peach-pink kid
finished paper. with the monogram of the
bride and groom executed in white and
in relief. AS matter of fact, white we'd
ding box coverings and mountings have
given place to more pleasing hues. A
delicate pink or blue tint is very popular
just now. as well as pale khaki or dawn
yellow.
In the designing and choosing of arts
tic wedding cake boxes all SNOWY effects
should be discouraged and simple elegance
aimed at The boxes may be mounted in
either fancy embossed paper, rich watered
or plain silks or satins. The silver or
gold entwined monogram of the bride and
bridegroom and the pretty bow of suita-
bly, colored ribbon always impart a very
effective appearance to even an ordinary
cardboard hex.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-11-18
WEDDING CAKE BOXES.
Artistic Brides Now Attach Great I'm.
pOrtnnce to Them.

pOrtunce to Them.
Great Importance is always attached to
the brides cake on the occasion of we'd
ding, and 1t is usually accorded distinct
place of honor in the marriage festivities.
The bride herself takes no small amount
of interest in this emblem OF her nuptials,
and undoubtedly keenly appreciates the
task of cutting up the cake aftcT the we'd
ding ceremony and despatching small pOr-
lions, in the fancy pasteboard boxes with
the orthodox silver edged card, TO her
friends and relations.
Usually these boxes are Of wedge like
shape chiefly because the cake is general
ly so cut. Fashion, however, according to
"Woman's Life DEGREES that wedge
shaped wedding cake boxes are no longer
considered pretty and up-to-date They
should be OF 4 much more elaborate char
ac.er than hitherto, and combinations OF
initials, neat ways of tying the fancy rib
hons, and the beauty and finish of the box
itself are all taken into consideration with
the idea of making it artistic and smart.
One of the most charming and dainty de-
signs is the heart-shaped box. which has
become very popular of late. Not only Is
it used to serve the purpose of receptacle
for portion OF the wedding cake, but also
10 convey 10 the recipient lle delicate mint
that the marriage is perfect love
MATCH This box is exquisitely made.
covered and lined with white satin. with
a pretty monogram composed of the mi
tails of the Christian names Of the bride
and bridegroom embossed in the upper
left-hand corner in gold.
The half-inch ribbon of satin to match
Is tied in such a manner that the pointed
end of the box carries the ribbon as
smoothly between its groove edges as at
any other point.
Another very pretty design is a equare
box, covered with heavy white wa:ered
silk, with padded top and lined with
soft white plush. The usual monogram
either in gold or silver letters, is not only
embossed in the middle of the cover. but
is also repeated on the under side of the
box. Similarly decorated boxes also look
very charming in the oblong shape
Neither are adorned outside with bows of
ribbon, because, when filed with cake.
they are fitted into a white box case ready
for despatching to their intended fecipi-
ent.
Very new and smart is the oblong box.
with a bow of pale blue or pink narrow
ribbon tied across the centre. These
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-11-18
ErixnIaus N-an,en.

Frivolous women can be attractiye-are
often very attractive to a certain class
| of men. You can be frivolous and have
| bright eyes. just as you can be wicked.
heartless. greedy. stupid. and yet be bless
complexion, bewitchng mouth. remarks
an observant masculine-critic. But frivo-
lOus women, whether attractive or not,
are either in the beginning or in the end
baneful to those who come under their
influence or who are much in their socie
ty: for they abhor the truth of life. cher
ish lies. make OF selflshness Il religion
and of pleasure cult. l suppose We all
number among our acquaintance some of
these frivolous women. AS a rule they
preserve, under all circumstances that
are public, at least an appearance of gay
ETY.; they would chatter beside an open
grave, discuss gowns and bonnets if a
person were dying in the next ROOM laugh
in a cathedral at twilight, and look at
themselves in mirror rather than at the
view from the citadel of Cairo or at the
panorama which is visible from the hills
above Palermo. / have heard of them,
says a writer in the Boston Journal -
cacklng through Tristan and Isolde
and tittering during high mass in st.
Mark s at Venice.
Nothing seems really to impress them
except a compliment or glance of ad-
miration. Nothing seems TO touch them
sincerely except the powder puff. II they
could they would rouge The cheeks of
Mother Nature aud stencil the eye of the
sun; for their worship of the artificial is
mania. ard their passion for the false
an idee fxe.
Sometimes they are utterly wicked.
like BalZac's Madame Marneffe. who died
with a sneer on her ravaged lips. Some
times they are less deliberately sinful.
like Ouidas Lady Dolly. Sometimes they
are scarcely more than fools. like Zola's
little Princess ROsemonde. who thought OF
her lost cup of tea when Salvat was abou,
to be condemned TO death. and who flew
into passion when she could not get a
good place to see his execution Some
times they are old. and curse the foot
man for letting the sunshine fall upon
them. like Tolstoy's Sophia Vasilievna.
Sometimes they are young, like Rosset.i's
Jenny, in whom the woman almost fades
from view
They may be apparently intellectual.
like Turgeney's Matrona Semyon0vna with
the ieaping eyes, who never read novels;
frankly gay, like Nine. de Warens. whom
moral principles rs any creature in the
natural history But whether they are old
or young, pretty or plain, apparently de-
vOut or ostentatiOusly freethinking. they
are as a plague in society and in the
world"
After the wholesale onslaught on the
type one feels like saying, in the languag-
Of the Philistire, Now, then, will you b
good"
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-11-18
POINTS ABOUT PUNCHING.
Buy n Bag and BE N 'Womnn Bcau-
tiful.''
A woman who has tried it saws that

woman who has tried it says that the
best exercise for those who are fat and
scant Of breath. whose compilations are not
what they should be, whose digestions are
weak, and who feel every draught and
catch cold if a breath of air blows on them.
is the punching bag. 1t is not expensive, it
is interesting, and it works wonders with
dumpy figure. or lack of complexion and
only Iequires ten minutes day. The use of
the punching bag will make the thin won-
an plump and the fat woman slender by
making the blood circulate vigorously thus
building up good tissues and burning out
the superfuous tissues, vulgarly known as
fat" and making the weary. ailing wom-
an feel like giantess of strength.-It re-
duces the waist, develops every muscle in
the body, and makes the shoulders, neck,
and chest models OF what these ornamen-
tai as well as useful things should be. No
teacher is necessary; practice and punches
are all that is required For $40 first
class rubber punching bag with frame
work support can be bought. A pair of
ounce and quarter gloves can be had from
20 cents to st.25. No special costume is
necessary and the most awkward bag
punching is as beneficial as the most seien-
tific. The exercise is not stupid even to
the novice. as she must be constantly on
the alert as II playing against an active
opponent. The bag should be suspended on
level with the shoulders. the stroke
should be straight from the shoulder as
this stroke brings into play a greater num-
Der Of muscles than any other and tends
10 expand the chest and give good poise
TO the neck. The best poise is 10 stand
lightly on the toes and balls Of the feet
with the right foot little in advance Of
the theft. This tends to give springy
step and an easy. graceful carriage. good
ten minutes work (enough for the average
woman. unless she wishes TO reduce her
weight rapidly. can Be divided into a reg
uiar number OF strokes. so that about the
same amount of work can be done every
day. Twenty-Five strokes with the right
arm swing and after a few minutes rest
twenty five with the left hand are enough
to send the blood bounding through every
artery and make the puncher glow with
xhilaration.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-11-18
stoves in Uruguay

Few houses in Uruguay are provided
with stoves FOR heating purposes. No
chimneys for fireplaces are provided IS Z
rule. one house recently built al cos
of $4,000 having for its only chimney a
stoyepipe from the kitchen. Cattle graz
in the open all the year round, hut duril. /;
the winter season, from April to October
the dampness is conducive to the srrea
OF pulmonary trouble. Only one dealer in
Montevideo sells heating stoves. and
these are Of American make. Oil stoves
find aome favor, and coal sells at from
SIC to s1i per ton.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-11-18
Brother" said Florence Donb,

are you SO pensive this morning.
II am thinking" responded lizzie Par
Dombey. gazing dreamly out upon the
boundless ocean. whose waves washed tn.
shores at their feet, "of the far-off time
in the future when Mr.. Howells will b.
writing articles about us for the maya
zines and saying how stacy. and unreal
and improbable We are."-Chicago Tri-
bune.