ALL FLUFF AND FUSS LIGHT AND AIRY BODICE CREA TIONS FOR SPRING." Pnffa and Frills, Shirring and Smock ing, Are UBed with Great Profuse neas on This Season's Swellest Waists -Sonic Very Pretty Popular Models. What Is Fashionable in Gotham. New York correspondence: UST about half sham are some of the Ingenious af fairs that are class ified as bodices In the newest fash ions. Little cape lets are shown, for instance, that are nothing more than an elaborated col lar. At the back with only a point appearing from the throat to between the shoulders, said point widening to the shoulders, noth ing but a collar Is pretended. In front a pair of long tabs sloped and fitted In to the waist, and revers showing at the necU at each side of the vest effect that may be either a part of the capelet or what Is allowed to show of the under bodice. The wholo gives quite the ap pearance of a close-fitting coat. Sleeves of the under bodice show, with perhaps a shoulder frill added that be longs to the capelet Such a covering is just the thing to put on over one of the new gauze bodices that, with all their simplicity of cut, have the look of being so elaborate. It is a wonder how much trimming can be accomplished In a small space now that shirring, smocking and puffing have reached such a point of profuse- OP SILK GAUZE, BUT THAT'S NOT HALF THE STOKT. ness. The entire space between throat or yoke line and belt often extending straight across the sleeves to below the bust Hue, Is worried into a series of puffs and tiny frills of the most lacy nnd charming delicacy. Three or four rows of tiny pinched up puffs, then a conventional design followed by a tiny gauzy frill or by narrow lace made just as full as It can be, or by baby ribbon frilled first and then set aloug the lines of the design. Then come rows of puffs, another row of frilled pattern, and so HERE THE FLLFF WAS CnlFFOV. on to the belt. The result Is delicious. As a rule the puffs are picked up of the material of the bodice that Is, they are real puffs, but sometimes little puffs or frills of colored gauze are set on the white or black gauze foundation. In the bodice of this type that appears at the left In to-day's large picture, the material was white silk gauze, and the trimming, all of which was of the set-on sort, consisted of puffs and black silk muslin. The black satin belt had sash ends, but these were not fringed, a fact that goes to show that fringing for gashes Is waning. Above the yoke line of this bodice the skin showed through the gauze, and In many such the arm shows all the way to the shoulder. As the companion model to this In dicates, it is sometimes the yoke por tion of the gauze bodice that Is made elaborate by dainty lines of smocking or shirring, below the yoke the bodice ihIh being simply a maze of smocking. Won derful effects are gotten now by the use of cross threads, and material comes by the yard pleated Into the mosu elaborate smocked effects, but beware! If you should be caugui In the rain, or even stand around In the damp, all this pressing will come out and the beauty i of your bodice be gone forever. Orange silk gauze that had cross theads of, white was, used here, the whole body: being smocked, puffed white chiffon gave the yoke, and sleeves and belt were orange silk. High neck and long sleeves are the rule for this sort of gar- niei.it, and so made, though neck and arms may show through the gauze, the garment Is admissible for house, Itiea ter or garden wear. So such a bodice is a good Investment just now, be cause of the many uses to which it may be put Because of their perishability these bodices are not so attractive to women who must practice economy as were other sorts that Dame Fashion has brought. As yet they are susceptible of being twisted to that everlasting ques- tlon of saving. Think a moment; will not these pretty transparent bodices make charming covering for a silk bodice of a past senson Silk does split alas! especially the taffeta that has been so much worn for the past few seasons, and which makers have vied with each other In making Inexpensive. Now, no matter how much split a silk bodice Is, It can be mended and serve very nicely under a shirred gauze waist And espe cially since the bare arm under the gauze Is admitted, this scheme can be charmingly carried out. The gauze waist Is not supposed to fit closely, and it Is often made on a foundation of very fine lawn or net so that It can be slipped on over various foundations, The next bodice Is a good one to keep In mind in this kind of contriving. It was white chiffon over turquoise blue silk, sleeves shirred to the puff, and collar and belt of the blue silk,. In all but her headgear the tailor- made girl of this springtime builds her faith on severity of finish. She may be correct indeed, may not otherwise be very stylish In millinery that Is more fanciful than anything she would have dared to wear for several sea sons. But below her chin all outward show Is not showy. Yet this very same manly young woman delights In sur prising her observers, knows full well that she can do it In no more thorough way than by suddenly flashing a touch of dainty femininity upon them, and does It in just that way whenever she can. Now, bodices like those of the last three pictured models may be worn with plain tailor skirts and con cealed by equally plain jackets. A woman may know from evidence about the throat the nature of what Is within, but male admirers are all un suspecting. So when she throws back the jacket and discloses the inner elaborateness and fluff, he Is at once subdued to just the point she wants to keep him. With this Idea In view, she will choose for her spring suit a serge or something plainly utilitarian In stylish shade, so that the association with the delicate bodice may be all the more striking a contrast. Plain skirts and jackets like those In the concluding cut are usually accom panied by some form of Inner layer that permits the use of starched linen. These two suits were blue: the left ono a bluet shade, the Jacket with box front, fitted back and trimming of stitching; the other on the turquoise or der, the blazer trimmed with bias folds of the goods and disclosing a wahttcoat of canary cloth. Copyright. 1814 fluffs .rv BLUEBIRDS THAT ANNOUNCE SPUING. SHAKSPEARE IN SHORTHAND. Gernian Rewriting the Plays in Eliza bethan Tachjrgrapby. Dr. Eduard Engel has written the fol lowing letter to one of the Berlin news papers: "In a lecture I delivered some years' ago to the Berlin Society of Stenogra phers, who use Stolze's system, I sug gested that those accurately acquainted with the oldest English shorthand sys tems of the sixteenth century should try to ascertain whether many of the deficiencies of the text of Shakspeare might not be explained by stenograph ic mistakes. The Idea was suggested to me by the old and well-founded conjec ture of Shnkspearean scholars that the oldest copies of Shakspeare's plays the so-called quartos were printed from stenographic notes, taken In the thea ter, and that many of the unlntelliglblll- tles of the text are due to this. My suggestion fell on fruitful soil, and I hav.e now the pleasure of making the excellent work of a young savant who has thus sprung at one leap Into the ranks of our best Shakspearean schol ars, known to wider circles. In a series of articles on Shakspeare and the be ginnings of English stenography, Herr Kurt Dewtsehelt has proved beyond the shadow of a doubt that the quarto edi tions of Shakspeare's plays were pira ted editions printed from stenographic notes, that the stenographic system used was that of Timothy Bright, who was born in 1550, and that Innumerable mistakes In the quartos, Innumerable contradictions between them and the first authorized folio editions, can be at once and most simply explained by the defects of that stenographic system and the lndexterity of the stenographers of that time. Herr Dewischeit has con ,firmed my conjecture almost beyond my own expectation. He fs at present the only person who possesses all the requisite qualifications for this quite new kind of text investigation, and It Is to be wished that he, with his accurate knowledge of the oldest English sten ography, combined with solid Shak spearean scholarship, would subject the texts of the dramas to a thorough reinvestigation. The puriieatlon of the text of Shakspeare Is raised by him for the first time from arbitrary fantastic ality to the rank of a strict seieuce, with which, however, only Shakspear ean scholars theoretically and practic ally trained In stenographic questions are at liberty to busy themselves. Sel dom has a higher, never has a more de lightful, task fallen to stenography." A BAD COMPANION.. He Didn't Like to Correct a Lady, but He had To. The man with bronzed skin and long- lsh hair was hanging upon every word that the charming young woman spoke, says the Washington Star. She was telling of an actress whom she greafly admired. T will never forget how she looked,1 the young woman said. "She was as beautiful as Juno." , . The weather-beaten auditor moved uneasily, and then said: "I beg yer pardon, miss, but I ain't sure that heard yer remark Jest right" "I said that she was as beautiful as Juno." "It ain't fer me ter c'rect a lady," he began in apologetic tones. "I am quite willing to be corrected when there Is any reason for doubt," she replied, In a tone with traces of con- gealment through It "But I do not perceive how this can be such a case." "I don't persume to conterdlet no body," he replied. "I haven't no obser vations to make further than that there ain't no accountln' fur tastes." "Have you ever seen this actress?" "No, miss." "Then I don't see how you are quail fled to speak." "Might I make so bold as to Inquire whether you was as lur west as Brit ish Columbia?" "Never." "Then, miss, you can't re'llze that I'm standln' up fur the lady's good looks as much as you are. Ye can't believe half of what these here miners that come East tell ye. If ye ain't even been as fur West as British Columbia, It frtan'R to reason that ye can't have no Idea of what a lonesome, ramshackle, frize-up- lookin' place Juneau Is." Managing the Woman with a Whip. It has always been a question with the country newspaper man what he would do If an Indignant woman set out to horsewhip him. Some years ago W. W. Wick of Topeka was run nlng a country paper and a woman as sailed him on the main street of the town. He gathered her up under his arm and paraded around the square, She kicked and squirmed, but he march ed laughingly along, displaying her to the crowd that had gathered. It mortl fled the woman so much that she left town on the first train and never both ered the editor afterward. His Llnguiatio Limit. He had been a Latin scholar, And had mastered modern Greek, For a paltry wagered dollar He learned Hebrew in a week. . Sanscrit and antique Phoenician, Or the script of Yucatan Were as simple as addition To this luiiKuage-learned man. Patois, race pronunciations And the Chinese alphabet He knew well to fifty nations- He could speak their tonime; and yet Finally his learning failed him And his thought aud speech were "off,1 For no langunKe gifts availed nun With the dialect of golf! Co il Tar for lives. Coal tar, when used for dyes, yields sixteen shades of blue, the same n ber of yellow tints, twelve of orange, nine of violet, and numerous other ' col ors and shades. Burning kisses always result sparks. from TRUMPET CALLS. Sam's Horn Sounds a Warning Note to the Unredeemed, RAINING Is the t of gaining. Quietness is the magnet of pence. Patience Is the barometer ol faith. Good works are the voice of faith. Influence Is the magnet of char acter. Capability I s the polestar oi revolution. Discipline is the crucible of responsi bility. 1 In forgiving a fault, we may Inspire virtue. The man who stands for God Is safe to stand alone. The gospel means not law over men, but love In them. Temptation Is the balance whera character Is weighed. Conscience makes cowards of only those who fail to obey It Emotional Christians, like Jelly fish, float with the tide. To put works against faith is to con trast the tree with Its roots. To define Is to limit; a finished theol ogy would make God finite. Love has emulation without strife, unity without uniformity. One's faith shows less what ho Is than what he is trying to be. Beware of prosperity; luxury was the death-knell of Rome's vigor. Knowledge and wisdom make a strong team when hitched together. Those who worship wealth, will bow in adoration before good clothes. Record of a Kussiun Hospital. Moscow has a hospital large enough to hold 7,000 persons. It was founded In 1704, and at present takes In children at the rate of forty a day, or about 15,- D00 a year. There are twenty-elx physi cians and about 000 nurses. Durlug the first century of Its existence the hos pital received and brought up no fewer than 408,500 children. On his retreat from Moscow In 1812 Napoleon gave special orders that this building should be spared. , ' .-. .. The counterfeit coin may be lead, but it's hard to push. Beware of frig powders. "cheap" bale Alum makes good medicine but bad food. Ask your doctor. j - The spiders that spin webs are in an nfinite minority compared with those which do not. Ground spiders, as the non-spinners are railed, abound every where, and depend on agility and swift ness of foot to catch their prey. SHAKE INTO YOUR SHOES. Allen's Foot-Ease, a powder for the feet. It cures painful, swollen smarting feet and instantly takes the stiitR out of corns and nun ions, its tire greatest com tort discov ery of the age. Alien's Foot-Kase makes tight-fitting or new shoes feel easy. It is a certain cure forchilhlains, sweating, damn, callous and hot, tired aching feet. 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Where money ia no object ami luxury and con venience are supreme considerations everything oonceivable oan be done by electrioity. For instance, on the yaoht Niagara, built for George Gould, and recently launched, the electric plant is employed to furnish light for 440 16-candle-power inoamlesoent lamps, and storage batteries are provided capable of supplying energy for 80 more. The dynamos are so designed that as many as 900 lamps can be illumined for pur poses of display, besides a powerful searchlight on the bridge. There are also electric heaters, curling tongs, smoothing irons, ranges, warming-pans and electric elevators. Electricity will operate the laundry and drying room, it will heat chafing dishes and bring out the mueio of a big orches trion. Call bells, telephones and such minor electric devices are also provided In profusion. Cement Admixtures. For the past three vears the cement trade section of the British board of t"ule has been making investigations into the question of cement admixtures, and the result is that the board an iiounces that "Portland cement be de fined as a mixture of two or more suit able materials intimately and artifically mixed in the requisite proportions, and afterward properly treated, to whioh nothing has been added during or after calcination except that an addition not exceeding 2 per cent of gypsum is per missablo." If anything more be added the article so produced shall not be called Portland cement. The worst adulterants for Portland cement ne decided to be racstone and blast-fur- naoe slag, the latter by far the more objectionable. There are four millionaires in Eng land to one in France. BAD PAY AND HARD WOKK. The bad p&y and hard work of trained nurses has often been made tho subject of benevolent remonstrance by eminent medical men and nonprofessional philanthropists. 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Experiments with locomtives on the Wheeling & Lake Erie railroad show that a slight addition of graphite to the oil used for lubricating purposes pro motes economy. AN OPEN LETTER TO MOTHERS. We are asserting in the courts our right to the exclusive use of the word "CASTfJKIA," end 'mCHKR'SCASi'OKIA," asourlrade Mark. I, Dr. Samuel Pitcher, of Hyannls, Massachusetts, was the originator of " PITCH ER'3 CASTOKI A," the same that has borne and does now bear the fac simile signature of CHAS. II. FLETCHER on every wrapper. This is the original " PITCHER'S CASTORIA" which has been used in the homes Of the mothers of America for over thirty years. Look Carefully at the wrapper and see that it la the kind you havt always bought, and has the signature of CHAS. H. FLETCHER on the wrapper. No one has authority from me to nse my name except The Centaur Company of which Chas. H. Fletcher is President. March I, iSoj. 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