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dressed t,s; on top In loose knot encircled by
twist of ribbon, below which loose ring
lets fell down to the shoulders.
Silk and Lace.
For little girl of ten or twelve a dainty
costume OF China silk or nuns yelling is
pretty. 1t should be a little loose in front
ana knotted in by a girdle Of satin ribbon,
from which hang long streamers of the
RIBBON A pretty shoulder piece consisting
of lace and ribbon can be made separately,
so that it may be worn with other gowns
or taken off and cleaned. The shoulder
piece should consist of guipure or some
front. and having shlrred chiffon shoulder
pieces. on each one of which Is set a small
riobon DOW. A flounce of lace falls from
TINS, almost covering the sleeves, which are
only elbow-length. l2s
An overskirt effect was given to q YOUTH
fui dress OF silk striped nuns yelling which
l had the pleasure of admiring the other
evening at a small but smart gathering of
young folks. The oversHrt Of the cloth
fell In point over several frills of lace on
the skirt underneath. The overskirt was
carefully scalloped, each of the points being
softened by double row Of chiffon ruching
along the edges. s~
Back to Brocades.
Brocades. 1 hear. are again to be i'm
mensely popular. The old Vatican pat
terms. IN Which appear punches OF flowers
tied with bows Of ribbon. are now being ex-
perimented with by ambitious modistes,
who wish to introduce them for evening
wear. Combined with lace and the real
flowers they look very handsome.
On the long chains which women are
wearing about their necks one sees null
tiplicity Of charms They include pigs.
cats, rabbits and such attractive figures.
Now the latest fad is to wear on the chain
f111lra nj ernvA nd foro lad rv,n
can afford IT. Of ones favorite actress or
actor In his or her favorite role. The fig
ures are excellent limitations, though quite
collection Of these and still be not much
out Of pocket. .97..-1 -
CATHERINE TALBOT,
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woman resort to her Jewel casket for
bracelets and other garments for the erst-
while severely simple gloved arm. These
bracelets are sometimes of the heavy kind,
with embossed or engraved patterns upon
their surfaces, or they are the gemmed cir
clets which are always more or less in
fashion.
At the Skating Rink.
The Cercle du Bots Is again open. and
fashionable skaters may be seen hurrying
back and forward from their carriages to
the ice. all clad in costly furs and
wearing the most beautiful skating cos
tunes. Three Of the most admired skaters
Of the season have been the Princess Ghika,
who is the sister of the lovely Natalie of
Servia: the Baroness Henri de Rothschild.
and Lady Helen Vincent, the celebrated
English beauty, who was in Paris for a
while. Princess Ghika usually wears a
gown of prune colored velvet, with a white
toque, and silver fox furs. The Baroness
de Rothschild's most effective toilet is one
of black velvet, with bolero jacket of as
trakhan, set off by a muff of velvet and
astrakhan on which Is knotted a bunch of
violets. Her tOque is of black and mauve.
fitting closely to her head and caught there
by couple of jeweled hatpins.
Lady Helen rather affects the use of blue,
and her skating dress is, therefore, of this
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color. velvet being the material Of which
1t Is made. The gown Is trimmed with
sable, which appears also on the blue vel
vet hat which finishes this pretty toilet.
Styles for the Young.
Just why 1t is do not know, but after
the holidays one Is apt to see and hear
more Of the younger element than at any
other time in the season.
One could not. If she would. fail to ad-
mire some of the gowns seen at recent
social affairs for the children One espe-
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lay in loose plafts about the hips, thus CIV
ing q fullness to the lower part Of the
skirt, about the bottom OF which ran num-
bers of small frills.
1t is sometimes difficult to decide just
how to dress the hair of a young girl, SO I
will mention that IN this case 1t was
dressed in high knot on top of the head.
but combed loosely over the temples. A
piece of pink velvet the color of the gown
encircled the knot on top of the head, the
velvet forming several narrow loops be-
hind.
In Pink and White.
The mousseline de 1aine makes very sat
isfactory gowns for girls evening wear. A
pink frock for girl of about fourteen had
a plated high collar and a pointed plastron
of plated white taffeta. Over the shoulders
was volante of the taffeta, half of it
plated and half 1ounced, the ruffied part
that extended to the shoulders being edged
with a narrow, double border of silk braid.
The sleeves were perfectly plain and tight
fitting, but enlarged in the usual trumpet
shape over the hands. Five narrow plaits
extended down the right side of the bodice,
with five down the skirt at the left side
and at the back. The bodice was slightly
pouched in front and closed in the center
with two scallops held in place by jeweled
buttons. sash of pink silk gave the nee
essary festal finishing touch to the robe,
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wholesome looking hands In form the
two last have just as much symmetry and
are more harmonious with their bodily pro-
portions than the doll-like hands of women
of some other nationalties.
Secrets of the Toilet.
The present use of lace topped gloves
gives the beholder a good view of red and
unsightly arms, to say nothing of the lace
nlittens that are positively suicidal in their
disclosure of defects. 1 know little mani
curist who attends upon the hands of a
dozen or more Frenchwomen of note. She
gave me the formula for a hand powder
that is much In favor with her customers
and which she prepares for them. 1t con-
sists of one pound of almond powder, five
ounces of powdered cuttlefsh bone two
and one-half ounces each of honey and
white CASTLE soap, with one and one-half
ounces of orris root. These ingredients
carefully mixed and passed through
a fine sieve, then boxed and put away for
use. The powder is used to clean and
whten the hands and arms.
Hands as we'll as faces are better for be.
| ing washed in sole or distilled water; clean
pure rainwater is a great beauty wash. A
little powdered borax dropped into hard
water will help to soften it. Fruit stains
and ink stains. as every one knows may
be removed from the skin with lemon
juice. Some beauties preserve the exqui-
site appearance of their hands by wearing
at night mittens filed with wet bran or
oatmeal.
Daughters of would-be artistocratic fam
lilies. but of plebeian origin. have their
hands carefully formed by wearing Thin
bles on the ends of stubby fingers. AT
night, too, the hands are covered with
gloves filled with cold cream. The dam
sells, moreover, are never allowed outside
the house without gloves.
The Fine Italian Hand
The Italian woman, whose beauty of
hands Is allowed after the PRECAUTIONARY
is partial to a lotion composed of equal
parts of cucumber, melon, pumpkin and
goUrd seeds powdered in a mortar then
softened and mixed with cream to form a
paste and perfumed with oil of lemon. The
arms and hands are covered with this on
retiring. and in the morning it is carefully
removed with warm water.
The Importance that the beauty of the
hands at present commands iii fashionable
circles may be judged by the increasing
frequency with which one sees the modish
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in wonen'S attire, has never been quite
discarded by children, while the box pleated
skirt, which has caused so much discussion
this winter, as 1t replaced the dying sheath
effect, is never prettier than when worn
by child In fact children have nearly
all the pretty points which Dame Fashion
has given to her devotees for several years
past without the exaggeration common to
these same points when used by the latter.
the good taste and simplicity used in
children's dress with the same shapes and
form that older people wear might often
teach a lesson. Lapels on children's frocks
instead of being q mass Of giitterIng trim
ming are usually made Of white embroidery
or serviceable lace of a washable nature
and one is spared the pain of seeing some
thing expensive worn long after it should
have been dis caGded simply because it is
too valuable 20 throw away without getting
the value ont of it, because it happens 10
be of a material which will not clean nor
wash.
Who Would Not BE a Roy:
The dressing of boys, although it is often
extremely picturesque and becoming on ac-
count of its simplicity, is soon taken out of
the mothers hands nowadays; labor-saving
IDEAS and Dame Fashion both having de-
creed that he shall be put into trousers and
have his golden curls cut off at a very
tel Ger age After that in his pea Jacket,
bloused waist and inffnitesimal pantaloons
met by leather leggins, he is charming
and sensibly dressed little picture.
His small sister is by adoring mothers
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LATE PARIS MODES
Attention Paid to the Beauty and
Care Of Hands.
HEROIC TREATMENT FOR some
Gowns for Little Gn's' Dancing
Parties.
BROCADES AND HIGH CROWNS
Oil c..rrtsfrad.ncc of The Evening stnr.

siocisI Correspondence of The Evening Star
PARIS. January IL, 1870.
N:rvr'nuS Is the interest taken by women
~ 1hr Latin races i'll charming the eye.
Wong il is to say that the Frenchwoman
T-er4--- her destinations with an eye sin
plc 6" ,iie enslavement of the masculine
half q The world. for she does not. She
i al a--.St and dresses to please herself
vel. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. and femi-
nine.
Jost AZ present there is a discussion CO.
Ing on in The French capital in regard to
beauty Of hands 1t is mooted question
a - which nationality may aspire TO carry
of III" palm Juig:Ig by the hands OF
representative women of each country now
prominent in Paris. the following publicly
amour FL decision about suits that CITY:
Fr~ncrw"men have the most beautiful
hands in 'he world. Italian women rank
second, Sf.Hia" y third. Polish women
fourth. rhr Germans fifth, the English
SIKH aud the Americans last of all
There i q tCIch of Gallo prejudice in
thIE assigning of their own women first
piA'-. bur ii is all a matter of taste. The
Fr"aChw" mans hand is a long slender one.
viii narrow. fiibert shaped nails, while the
E-TG.I~h ard ! American women whose
b'"H.t i iated low, possess wei rounded,
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lesson forms a part of the wardrobes NJ
most httlH women Of even the tendercSt
age The particular one in question was of
rnse pink. The skirt was plain abo,I; lie
hips and nariug toward the bottom, all ev-
ctpt in front and there, right I'm the mid
die OF the front, was the box pleat whica
would nave been in the back had the dress
oeen Tor her mother instead of for this
young woman of seven years. There was
a black velvet ribbon loosely tied about the
waist, and above this, also right in front
was another box Dleat. So the little lady
was boX-pleated the whole way from her
neck to her knees. A black velvet collar
and narrow tucks. going about the shout
ders and the top Of the sleeves. completed
a very simple and effective frock.
In materials for children's dresses the
tghtest weaves are preferable, and Il wfU
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Suggestions for Costumes Both Pretty
and Serviceable.
FOLLOW TEE MODELS OF GROWN-UPS
Simplicity and Good Taste Always
to Be Aimed At.
SUITABLE FOR SCHOOL

Special Correspondence of The Evening Star.
NEW YORK, January %, 1900.
Children are keenly sensitive the sub
ject of their attire and its fashion. but,
luckily for them, they share one favor in
common with men: their frocks do not go
out of style quickly. Although many of
the models for their dresses follow closely
those of their elders, yet they never go to
the same extremes, consequently when the
pendulum swings back it has not so far to
go and does not hurry madly. When we
wore balloons for sleeves they wore large
ones, Of course, but not monsters, conse-
quently, while we had TO cut ours down
about once a month to keep pace with
Dame Fashion, theirs were some time in
becoming passe. And the tight sleeves.
thank their happy little stars, they can
never have in entire discomfort, for any
healthy child who took the proper amount
of exercise would wear out a pair of the
sleeves, which do not allow the arm to be
raised, in about five hours.
Allowing for this fact, that a sensible
Sobriety rules their fashions, the little girls
one sees are arrayed in the same shaped
garments that their mothers wear, and the
adornments are of the same general char
acter, but the rising generatio have the
advantage of easy fits, and therefore ease
and grace
Always in Style.
Guimpes children have always had, and
they keep them, whether they are worn, as
now, by older people or discarded by the
grown-ups. Boleros have always a happy
effect on their slender. slim figures, and the
pleated or Killed skirt, which, it is wl;s-
pered, will be the feature of spring models
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cially striking costume worn at a small
dance by girl Of fifteen was of pink NOUS
seine de laine. The bodice was made with
structed of cream colored gauze edged with
fine white frilled lace. The collar was of
plated pink gauze to match the dress, the
fichu opening over plastron of the same
material. The broad girdle of gauze round
ed into an airy rosette at the left side of
the bodice. The skirt, which was, as it
should be for dancing, moderately long
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which. by the way, was embroidered all
over with tiny white silk roses and leaves
Pongee silk makes admirable juvenile
a small maiden was of pale blue. adorned
with novel trimming consisting of mar
row fiounces of white taffeta carefully cut
70 mt the figure, each fiounce headed by q
trimming of galloon. There were sIx of
these f1ounces. three on the bodice and
three at equal intervals on the skirt over
the shoulders was a deep plastron of lace
lection the charming damsel for whom it
was made. Her hair was quite curly, but
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be found that those which shed the passing
dust, such as poplins and even silks OF not
too heavy d weave, are best 10 make par
ty' frecks. while for everyday wear ana
tear cashmeres, very light weight serges
and other weaves of twiled wool are best
suited to their youth and grace.
MABEL BOYD,
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An authority on dentistry says that
pearly teeth do not wear well, and that the
girl with square jaws and teeth that make
up in strength what they lack in beauty
will stand a better chance in the long run
of preserving her good looks than a beauty
of the accepted type.
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Biting your lips is not only a bad habit
but IL will in time impair the shape of the
mouth and give the lips parched, cracked
look.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-03-25

There is a remarkable remedy called Dr.
DIX Tonic Tablets that has a marvellous
action upon the nerves and blood. 1t will
give quick relief in all cases where the
nerve pressure causes pain and unsteadi-
ness of muscle and has the further effect
OF causing the various excrementory or
gans such as the skin, liver lungs, bowels
and kidneys 10 separate the poisonous
salts and acids from the blood and east
them out of the body. Anyone who is sick
or aillng should try this wonderful rem
edy. 1t is a palatable, agreeable and eff
fective remedy, perfectly harmless and
combining only those elements from the
garden of nature which the human body
can utilize in It's upbuilding processes.
A great many prominent men and wo-
men have been led to try this splendid me-
dicine solely because of its absolute com
patibility with bodily conditions. No one
who has ever used the remedy has failed
TO observe their marked influence and
many a stubborn illness has been over
come I'm surprisingly short time
II you have any of the above symptoms
try Dr. Dix Tonic Tablets to-day they
give life TO the nerves. tone to the blood,
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-03-25
QUICK SILVER ORE.
Remarkably Rich Mine Discovered
on the Rio Grande.


From the New Orleans Picavune
Late advices fom Marathon, in the great
bend of the Rio Grande river, 200 miles
west of San Antonio confirm extensive
discoveries of cinnabar or quicksilver ore
of remarkable richness. Last November
Prof. Robert T. Hill of the United States
Geological Survey, at the instance 1t is
said, of Congressman Slayden, QUILTED
a party for the examination of the CHINA
bar deposits in Brewster county and the
exploration of the grand canyon of the
Rio Grande, the mouth of which is-only
short distance from Telingua, the new
quicksilver camp. While Prof. Hills report
is not yet matter of record in the de-
partment, his statements of his impress
sions of the district were of such favor
able character as to Immediately arouse in-
terest, and the boom of the mining camp
practically dates from that time.
The United States Geological Survey
was evidently impressed with the import
ance of the new district, as Prof. Hills
return to Washington in December was
followed in January by the sending o.
Prof. r. NJ. Turner of Washington, who
is the acknowledged authority on cinnabar
ores in the government survey. Pref.
Turner spent from three to four weeks en-
the ground making a minute examination
of the camp He was accomp anied by NJ.
F. Vogel, formerly of San Antonio, who
was representing a syndicate, % which
Congressman Slayden and Otto Koehler of
San Antonio are members. Prof. Turner
did not hesitate TO speak in the most "a
vorable terms of the camp He returned
to Washington about three weeks ago, AMI
his return was Immediately followed by
the starting for the new cinnabar dis,r CT
of the eminent geologist Of the survey.
Prof. w. p. Jenny, who is now in camp on
the ground, engaged in making a thorough
study of the geological structure of the
country.
Two furnaces are already in operation,
and an influx of miners has already set in.
The furnaces now working are equippel
with four retorts holding 200 pounds of 0
each and laid in handmade bricks m de
on the ground. Mesquite wood, which is
found in abundance in the valley of the
Rio Grande nearby. is used as fuel. The
four retorts will roast on an average 200
10 300 pounds of ore a day, and yield
from two to nine TASKS of quicksilver Fer
day. The entire plant cost about 1880.
1t went into blast about Dec J. and has
produced since that time over 300 TASKS.
In less than ninety days the plant has paid
for itself ten times over. With a product
OF from 500 to $3.50 per day. 1t only cost ST
per day to run the camp and plant no
skilled labor being required. The orehouse
was full or good ore, varously estimated
at 300 to 400 tons.
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DECLINE OF THE CHURCH.
Its Causes as Described BY a Metho-
dist Minister of Ohio.

From the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
At the Chenille Methodist Episcopal
Church last evening the Rev. John f.
Fisher, presiding elder of the Cleveland
district, spoke upon the general topic of
the decline of the church. "A grave con-
dition." he said. "confronts the Methodist
Church There has been a decline of Iii
600 in membership during the past year.
We can congra tulate ourselves that in
the Eastern Ohio Conference there has
been gain of 2 per cent, and in the
Cleveland district a gain of per cent. 8
THE reason for this condition Of affairs
is a spiritual famine in the churches. Tha
gulf between capital and labor threatens
US on both sides. On one side not many
M ghty, not many noble are called On
the other, strange forces are alternating
the poor The labor unions organized
most compactly are much influenced by
men hostile to the church. Their gather
ingsa are generally on the Sabbath, thus
keeping the men out of our reach. The
submerged tenth has been allowed to pass
out to other agencies.
1--WE seem in some places above our
business. One border of this church has
been frayed by thin speculations and va
carries of Christian science. The powerful
campmeetings of our forefathers have
been superseded in many localities The
literature found in our homes is too often
too light TO nourish strong religious char
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acter. Books that furnish the reading
for our youth are not selected with the
same care with which we choose their
friends. Amusements are sought after as
il they were a necessity. Like little chill
dren people of all ages think they must
be amused.
The moral and spiritual forces of the
church necessary for the building of great
and Christlike characters seem to be side
tracked. In many places the spirit of the
world is dominant instead of the spirit
which is of God. With some of our peo-
pie the services of Gods house seem to
be attended when it is convenient. This
has been brought bout by self-indulgence.
This spirit of self-indulgenee which char
aeterizes France has struck this country.
end there is no use of denying this fact.
What We must do is to hold TO the word
of God as the law of the nation and when
sin threatens stand firm against it,"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-03-25
The WHOLE SECRET
of the Remarkable Success of Remedy for Indigestion
and Stomach Troubles
NEW RDY wC MAY TROUBLES
OF

This preparation is not a wonderful dis
covery nor yet secret patent medicine.
neither is it claimed to cure anything
except dyspepsia, Indigestion and stom-
ach troubles with which nine-tenths of
sur nation are more or less affected
The remedy is in the form of pleasant
tasting tablets or lozenges containing
vegetable and fruit essences. pure asep-
tic pepsin free from animal impurities)
Golden Seal and diastase. They are sold
by druggists under the name of Stuart 5
Dyspepsia Tablets
Many interesting experiments made with
these tablets show that they possess re-
Amarkable digestive power, one grain Of
the active principle in one of Stuart s
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-03-25

Dyspepsia Tablets being sufficient 10 thor
oughly digest 5000 grains of lean meat.
eggs, oatmeal or similar wholesome food.
Stuarts Tablets do not act upon the
bowels like after dinner pills and cheap
cathartics, which simply irritate and in
flame the intestines, without having any
effect whatever in curing indigestion.
If the stomach can be rested and assist
ed in the work of digestion it will very
soon recover its normal vigor, as no or
gan is so much abused and overworked
as the stomach. This is the secret and
the whole secret of the remarkable sue
cess of StuaGt's Dyspepsia Tablets, rem
edy practically unknown a few years ago
and now the most popular, safest and
most widely sold of any treatment for
stomach weakness.
This success has been secured entirely
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upon its merit as a digestive, pure and
simple; because there can be no stomach
trouble if the food is promptly digested
Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets act entirely
upon the food eaten digesting it COM
pletely, so that it can be assimilated into
blood, nerve and tissue.
Every drop of blood, every bone, nerve
and tissue in the body can be renewed
in but one way. and that is from whole
some food properly digested. There is
no other way, and the idea that a medi-
cine in itself can purify the blood, or
supply new tissues and strong nerves is
ridiculous, and on a par with the fol-de-
rol that dyspepsia is a germ disease or
that other failacy, that weak stomach
which refuses 10 digest food can De made
TO do so, by irritating and inflaming the
bowels by pills and cathartics.