W A S H IN G T O N
ÍGRESSIONAL NEW S
ÍTINE WORK OF THE FIFTY-
FOURTH SE SSIO N .
ia b t ia iir r o f th s B i l l » »lo t
Ile .o lu t io n .
1 st ro llu o e d In t lio H m ia t« m id
H ouae
—O o m lm is .il K a r u r ii o f t h e H u l i i g i o f
t b a N a t i o n » ! L a w m a k e r . —S .u a t e ,
iljutii
woahmgtou, Jau. 17.— M ills’ speech
ioe, with freqaeut direct oriti-
the president and the secre-
tho treasury, vaa the main fea-
today’ s seaaion of the senate,
has introduced a b ill in the
ulluwing mineral propeotors and
on C olville reservation the
.s on other public lands. Chief
|eer Craighill, in a letter to
estimates the cost for Puget
defenses at $2,883,000, not in-
B ig torpedo sites.
Mftshington, j an j g — There was
lion of the senate today,
THE
C UBAN
REBELLION.
! lu a u r | s u U A r e B r i n g i n g M a t t e r «
C r is is — E d i t o r i a l C o m m e n t.
¡PO ULTRY
to
Making all due allowance for pos­
sible errors in the latest reports of the
situtiou in Cuba, it is still not im ­
probable that the insurgents are on the
eve of a stroke which w ill bring the
warfare to a crisis. During the last
few weeks the fight has been waged
steadily, the insurgents being generally
’ the gainers. General Campos seems to
have been unable to make any head­
way against his opponents, who, aside
from the advautgae of a complete fami-
liartiy with the topography of their
country, are inured to its climate and
have abundant refuges inwhioh to take
shelter. Unless the Spaniards have
been resorting to a ruse, and leading
the insurgents on simply for the pur­
pose of trapping them, the fa ll of H a­
vana is within reasonable probability.
Th em .
[Chicago Inter Ocean.]
aanii Washington, Jau. 22.— The silver
a l s o H ' 1*^ was *lUI* aside temporarily
le n s ] ***‘ senate today, as no senator was
ly to speak. Platt asked Jones of
asas when a vote would be had.
said he was unable to state, for
were sevearl speeches yet to be
. Platt said there was no opposi-
'rom those favoring the measure;
the majority was evidently ob-
;ing its consideration, and that
should be a time set for a vote,
" “ "fc e k replied thut the original bond
•h \
f a l uow a silver measure, and its
ssji«»<ls would take due tim e to present
1 tg le n ts and would tix a time for a
.te.
-----------.
W e are under no obligations of
oourtesy toward Spain.
She was one
of the few powers that acknowledged
the belligerency of the Confederate
states during the war for the Union.
She hastened to assure Great Britain
of the paltry aid of her feeble force in
resistenoe to our application of the
Monroe doctrine to the Venezuela issue.
Nor are we under any obligation of
seatiment. The Spanish government
is the most illiberal, the most hope­
lessly uuprogressive, in Europe. Cuba
has borne impositions tenfold more
aggravated than those which foroed
the thirteen American colonies of
Great Britain into successful revolu­
tion. A congressional declaration in
)S an
H ouse.
favor of acknowledgement of the Cuban
^shington, Jan. 17.— In the house
| the speaker announced the ap- republic w ill be approved from Maine
to Florida and trom the Atlantio to the
piyut of Allen of Utah to the corn-
Paoifio.
on public lands, in place of
of Kansas, resigned. “ A free-
In s u r r e c t io n o r R e v o l u t i o n , W h ic h ?
EN
[New York Independent.]
b ill,” making actual residence
i i&ilroad land grants unnecessary
Shall we call it a revolution or a
«ad b e n the lands have been fenced and mere insurrection?
"R evolu tion s”
ipicv.'il, was passed. Grow opposed have been numerous in Cuba, as Señor
put :i6 ifli'a of communications being sent Ponce de Leon tell our readers this
; il>,.thp house by the president and cabi- week, and he ought to know, for he
Rioers for the purpose of creating has had lively experience in them.
|atiou, and referred to the letter But somehow the Spainsh power has
the president to Mr. Catchings, not been overthrown. Señor Palma,
Jg:
“ This house should resent who is the chief representative of the
attempt by the president or his “ Cuban Republio,” tells our readers
to dictate legislation to the this week why Cuba ought to be free;
” The rest of the day was con- and he and Mr. Crosby and Senors
in discussion of the pension ap- Pierra and De Queaada appeal with
^iiition bill.
much eloquence and earnestness for
|shington, Jan. 18.— The house to- American sympathy, dwelling bitterly
sssert the pension appropriation upon the wrongs and cruelties and op­
3 the consideration of which it pressions of Spanish government, and
evoted the entire week, and ad- their words cannot but excite sym­
id. The clause in the b ill chang- pathy.
|)ie existing laws so as to allow
H o w S p a in T r e a t e d A m e r i c a .
i to obtain pensions under the
[Pittsburg Dispatch.]
11890, whose net income did not
I f a third of the provinces of Spain
$500, per annum was stricken were to declare that they had seceded
| The provisions under the act of and this country should recognize them
rejecting, suspending and dis- as belligerents in less than three
b g applications were allowed to months the proceeding would be an
■from their first application. It exact parallel to Spain's action when
pnounced that bills covering the the Southern Confederacy was pro­
Rments ruled out would be re- claimed.
Cuba is Spain’s distant col­
from the invalid pension com- ony and our neighbor, and yet we have
The pension b ill as passed not imitated the unfriendly Spanish
i $141,325,820, about $50,000 less example under the greater provocation.
the estimate. The bill was passed
Jays ahead of any previous pen-
O u r N a t io n a l In t e r e s t .
[New York World ]
Appropriation bill.
W e have a national interest in the
|shiugton, Jan. 22.— The session
| house today was devoid of pub- independence of Cuba which has no
erest. Quite a number of bills purallel in the case of any European
g 1 importance were passed, as well oountry. I f we were aggressively dis­
[ m ilitary academy appropriation posed we might find both reason and
The president’s message, in reply precedent for a much more active sym­
i resolution of the house calling pathy with the Cubau insurgents than
for information as to what any body at present proposes to extend
|if any, had been taken in rein- to them. A ll that they ask for is a
i the Bayard speeches at Boston, recognition of their right to do battle
bid, and Edinburgh, Scotland, fur liberty and independence. So much
"»id before the house. The mes- every American ought to stand ready to
Ind correspondence were referred grant.
| committee on foreign relations,
B e fo r e T h e y A r e W ip e d O a t.
euor presented a joint resolution
[Atlanta Constitution.]
was adopted, directing the seo-
Let the American people hasten to
1 of the treasury to destroy all in-
demand belligerent rights at once be­
■tax returns and papers relative
fore Spain can gather her forces to
■o in possession of the treasury.
wipe the Cubans out. Let these rights
be granted them at once so that the
«M PO S
INDIGNANT.
struggling Cubans may have this ad­
G o t - ; vantage in their efforts to secure self-
f r i v a t e C it iz e n a n d N o t
government
e r n o r - G e n e r n l.
21.— A dispatch to
Havana says:
Martinez Campos, after
rxj^ ilirin g the supreme command in
ib * to General Marin, made an in-
bt statement to the World.
The
I forbids its transmission by cable,
"id | send it by messenger to Key
peral Campos' statement is:
ppeak because I am now a private
and not the governor-general,
known that I have not resigned;
pvernment has removed me, and
Due well.
" I feel a great resentment, caused by
^B ondnct of the parties in Cuba.
exercise their sovereignty in
^ I s ways, but the head should al-
"tH r a le . The principle of authority
io«Jrt rise superior to all else.
• * 1 have been opposed, because,
hile I may break, yet I never bend,
havo prevented a repetition of the sad
of the last war, and this has
^ H lis ta s te fu ! to the mob.
aituation is this: Here is a
), distant from the mother
ky, where the political parties, by
litude they are taking, think to
the policy of Spain. I f they had
¡is idea, I could speedily show
¡the necessities of the situation
{But they known that they would
in the way i f they should
¡shoot 1,700 students (an allusion
massacre of students in the last
nd because of this knowledge
nspire behind m j back.
this justifies the true saying
:in has lost the Americas be-
f the Spaniards themselves
is is a country of shopkeepers
tit to govern, and it is they who
ring the country to ruin,
ell i f this be not so.”
INT E R E ST S
»
THE
RECENT SH O W S
iChicago Record.]
W e M u at A c k n o w l e d g e
COUNTY
A I ’ tiz z lin g M a tte r.
[Boston Traveller.]
The most puzzling thing about the
Cuban rebellion just now is why, if
the insurgents are numerically as
strong as they are repiesented to be,
they do not concentrate enough to seize
and hold some town or city on or near
the coast, and make a strenuous effort
to maintain some kind of communica­
tion w ith the outside world. U n til
they make some effort of this kind they
can hardly ask any of the established
nations of the world to recognize them,
however much they may have popular
sympathy for their struggle for free­
dom.
T h e T im e N o t Y e t C o m e .
[Indianoplis News.]
The people of this country oertainly
wish the people of Cuba success in
their war for independence.
They
hope the time w ill come when it w ill
be advisable for the government to
recognize not simply the belligerent
rights of the insurgents, but the in­
dependence of the island. But it may
be doubted whether that time has yet
come.
R n fln n s W a n t, to T r a d e .
f Boston Globe.]
It is said that England is trying to
trade Gibraltar for Cuba. I f this bar­
gain is made Spain should see that it
is carried through with more prompti­
tude than
international
bargains
usually are. I f she waits too long she
may have no Cuba to dispose of.
S p a i n 1 a m F a k i r .
| Wufthington -Star.]
Spain has been in business long
enough to known that there is no use
in her publishing display announce­
ments of victories unless she is able
to deliver the goods.
A ND
FINE
BREEDING.
T h e L a r g e « ! C h ic k e n R a n c h
A New
o n K a r t li —
M e th o d o f G e tliu g
B reed e rs
E a r l y o n t h e M a r k e t — V a l u a b l e lilu t a
to C h ic k e n R a is e r s .
There has been a decided interest
in the poultry industry of the North­
west revived by the recent poultry
shows.
Bpeaking of the Oregon poul­
try show just closed in Portland, Theo­
dore Sternberg, the official judge, said:
"Fanciers should train their birds
for exhibition; namely, render them
docile and accustom them to being
handled, ao that, when they are
brought before the judge, the birds
w ill readily stand at attention, thns
showing themselves off to the best pos­
sible advantage. In a close show, it
is the oareful attention to a ll these
details that secure prizes for the
owners. ’ ’
On the question of breeding, Mr.
Sternberg talked intelligently, as fo l­
lows;
"T h ere is no bird in the proper
breeding of which all the skill and
intelligence of oui best people are not
brought into notion. It is no ohild’s
play to breed a fine specimen of any
kind, and there is no man whose posi­
tion in life or intellectual endowments
are so great but that he can find ample
use for them in the poultry fancy.
“ Breeding fine fowls is not only
science, but an art as well.
W h ile
like produces like, like appeaarnces do
not always produoe like appearances,
but like combinations of blood and an­
cestral lines are necessary for certain
results.
“ N o person can really have his yards
in hand until he has bred fow ls long
enough to kuow the color beauties and
the oolor defects, the shape excellencies
and shape defects, for five or six gen­
erations. Then he w ill begin to have
some knowledge of what one bird
mated to another w ill produce, by rea­
son of his knowledge of the ancestry of
the birds.
“ The trae fanoier w ill keep a record
of the birds he breeds from, carefully
noting the oolor, shape, defeots, beau­
ties aud proportions of each m ating.”
W in te r
L a y in g
Q u a litie s .
That certain
breeds are better
equipped with winter-laying qualities
than others, has time and again been
proved, says Farm Poultry. B e t that
those qualities w ill amount to naught
unlses proper conditions are complied
with, has been equally w ell settled.
W e know that the Brahmas, Lang-
shans, Plymouth Rocks, Wyandottes,
Houdaus, aud some others, w ill, if in
the proper condition, and w ith good
care, lay a good many eggs right
through the worst kind of winter. Bo
w ill the Leghorns, Minorcas, or any of
the heavy layers; but the latter require
warmer quarters, aud much better care
than the first lot we named.
The whole matter of eggs in winter
can only be settled by proper food and
care. No breed can give eggs i f they
have not warm housing, and such foods
as make eggs. During rainy, snowy
and windy wheater, hens mast have
protection.
The farmer who never
bothers about sheltering his fowls dar­
ing winter, and who is satisfied that
corn is the best egg food, iB the very
man who is continually complaining
about poultry being a dead loss. And
some of this very class write to know
whioh breed oan be relied upon to give
ns eggs in winter.
So that the only reply to give is the
best winter layer is the hen (no matter
to what class she belongs) that has the
best housing and the best food. I f
one studies the natures of the breed on
hand, he w ill soon learn what is most
needed.
T h e L a r g e s t C h ic k e n R a n c h .
A t this period of the year when the
old hens are still m olting and half
naked, and the nights and morning
quite wintry, they should have a
warm house and extra care, and es­
pecially a clean place to roost, says
the Argus, of Petaluma, Cal., which
is one of the great poultry centers of
the coast.
A few days since the writer had
the pleasure of lookiug through the
great chicken ranch of Sprockets & Co.,
the largest one on earth, situated
about twelve miles north of this city,
and we are now more than ever con­
vinced that cleanliness, proper food
and attention is what makes healthy
chickens. On this ranch of 200 acres
there are tens of thousands of chickens,
big and little, yonng and old, and we
walked for miles through long lanes of
houses and yards critically lookiug for
sick or delicate chickens aud did not
see one. Not over 160 chickens were
ooufined together in any one yard, and
each lot had a warm house that was
kept as clean as a pin.
Chickens, like all other animals, en­
joy a change, and a hot breakfast these
cold mornings is actually neoessary if
you expect any profit from hens daring
antumn and winter. 1 Bran or meal
scalded with boiling water and mixed
with scrape or boiled potatoes, which
at present prices are the cheapest and
best food, are also good for a change.
Chickens that have a large range re­
quires less feed, but always remember
that it takes liberal feeding to bring
eggs in paying quantities.
Those
which have grown their new plumage
and are in good order are laying, but
some animal food must be given to
secure the best reslnta.
— In a suburb o f Macon, G a.. last
week, a house took fire during the
night and the neighbors gathered to
help the inmates in saving their effect*
F<rar women carried a large upright
piano from the parlor all the way into
the middle of the street, unassisted.
HATCHET
B e lt S p l i e l D f ,
GOWNS AND GOWNING
The cement splice is, according to a
writer in The Wood Worker, the most
perfectly satisfactory method of joining
together the ends of a belt. In leather W OM EN GIVE M UCH ATTENTION
TO W HAT THEY WEAR.
belting snch a splice is comparatively
easy to make, as the ends of the belt
may lie scarfed to a thin edge with an B r i e f G l a n c e s a t F a n c i e s F e m i n i n e ,
ordinary iron bench plane, bnt before
F r l v n l o u e , M a y h e p , e n d Y e t O ff er ed
rubber belts can be thns treated it is
In t h e H o|ie t h a t t h e R e a d i n g P r o v a
necessary to cut them down in steps, or
itea tfn l to W e a ried Wouienkind*
sections. A four ply belt may have throe
sections, one thickness of the canvas
Q o e e lp from G e y G otham .
being cut back several inches, another
New York uorrespoudeuce:
thickness cut back two-thirds of the dis­
E L IT T L E
th e
tance, a third thickness cut back one-
work of fashion-
third of the distance, while a thickness
makers as best
of canvas is left untouched at the bot­
they can, the crit­
tom, the other end of the belt being
ics of our brand-
treated in the same manner, so that
new year will find
when the ends are brought together the
themselves weak
sections left on one end w ill replace
in one respect.
those cut on the other end of the belt.
They cannot In
To obtain the best results it ie recom­
reason find fault
mended that the belt be put into a press
with all of the
after the operation of cementing, but in
current rules of
the absence of that tool the belt may be
women's d r e s s ,
laid flat upon a board aud fastened by
and whatever the
driving a number of shoe pegs through
captious
fault­
the belt into the board, allowing it to
finder picks out as
remain tlins until the cement has set
the target for her
and then closely cutting off the pegs.
volleys of wrath,
there's pretty sure to be some dainty
A u s tin C o rb in Em barrass«*«!.
The biggest man identified with New and fashionable alternative that will
present Itself at once. For. mark you,
York's principal seaside resort is Austin
Corbin, the head aud front of the Man- j the fashions’ code of 189(1 says. If you
hattan Beach company. He is a hard don’t like It this way, then have it
that. There’s no end to the possibili­
worker and probably sees less of his
ties. There's not only no excuse for
own profitable pleasure grouuds than
not balking your best—there is never
lots of the clerks who bold down desks
that—but there’s not the slightest need
in the offices of the Corbin Banking
of being in the smallest degree un­
company. Mr. Corbin’s name came up
fashionable at the same time. Begin at
during a talk with some gentlemen in !
the top; you may wear your hair in
the corridor of the Fifth Avenue, and
whatever manner It looks best Pass
one of the groups remarked that, while '
down to your dresses, and you may
Corbin was a hustler, he wasu’t much | choose from a half-dozen centuries for
of an after dinner orator. “ A t a Clover [
their key-notes. I f you look well In a
club dinner,” said the story teller, : sumptuous rig. you may dress like a
“ Corbin, who was then president of ' queen and wear real diamond crowns
Reading, was called upon to make a on your head, ns the leaders of our so­
speech. He unwillingly arose, stam­ cial upper crust do at the opera; or, If
mered and finally remarked, ‘ Mr. Chair­ you look more charming In a simplicity
man, as I am not accustomed to speech-
making I am greatly embarrassed’—
‘ A n d ,’ uttered a deep voiced guest at
the banquet board, ‘ so is your blanked
old road !' This completely paralyzed
Mr. Corbin, but it let him out of a bad
hole and introduced him to the customs
and follies of Cloverites.’ ’— Pittsburg
Dispatch.
T h e F la n gin g.
Young folks are apt to jndgeof words
by their literal meaning, without any
attempt to reason upon the subject. Th6
descendant of a celebrated general of the
Revolution, quite a small boy, was visit­
ing Independence hall with his mother,
when she pointed to an oil portrait and
said:
* ‘ There is a picture of your great-great- |
grandfather, hung by General Washing­
ton. ”
The boy took little notice of what she
said at the time, apparently being more
interested in the Liberty bell and other
curious relics in the hall. Bat some
weeks afterward, when distinguished
guests were dining at his father's table,
he broke an interval of silence by ask­ P L A IN OF CUT, HUT BRIGHTLY TRIMMED.
ing;
get-up, you may be unconventional and
“ Mamma, what did you tell me in yet stylish, aud as demure as ever was
Philadelphia about my great-great­ a Puritan Dorothy.
grandfather being hung?"
In the later role you may put your­
The question was a startling one, but self Into a dresden figured dainty silk,
it was soou explained to the entire sat­ full at the waist with the bodice all cov­
isfaction of the guests.— Exchange.
ered by the folds of a voluminous fichu,
W a tc h th e Th u m bs.
A physician in charge of a well
known asylum for the care of the insane
recently said:
“ There is one infallible test either
for the approach or tho presence of lun­
acy. I f the person whose case is being
examined is seen to make no use of his
thumb, i f he lets it stand out at right
angles from the hand and employs it
neither in salutation, writing nor any
other manual exercise, you may set it
down as a fact that that person's men­
tal balance is gone. He or she may con­
verse intelligibly, may in every respect
be guarding the secret of a mind dis­
eased with the utmost care and cun­
ning, but the telltale thumb w ill in­
fallib ly betray the lurking madness
which is concealed behind a plausible
demeanor.” — New York Journal.
A G erm a n Cu stom .
One o f the most interesting functions
of the up to date betrothal is the shop­
ping expedition, where the two mothers
and fathers-in-law to be, with their re­
spective sou and daughter, go out on an
appointed morning and bring home a
broom, a carving knife and fork, a salt
cellar, a Bible, a brass door knocker, a
candlestick, a pair of bellows. This is
a revival of an old German custom of
presenting a young pair with what they
consider the seven emblems of those
virtues that go to make np a perfect
household. The shopping party is con­
cluded by n luncheon of the united fam­
ilies.
P u t to S tra n g e C m .
The old bell which in early days stood
on Belfry hill, north of the town of
Council Grove, Kan., and was rung to
warn the settlers o f the approach of In ­
dians, is now nsed by a citizen as a
flowerpot in his garden. For many
years after its original purpose was
gone it was the common property of the
various religious denominations of the
town and was rung to call the people to
devotions. One day it was blown down
in a storm and broken This destroyed
its usefulness as a bell, and the citizen
■at it inverted in his garden aDd planted
flowers in it.— Philadelphia Ledger.
F a m e.
"M r. Speaker," exclaimed a member
of the N ew South Wales parliament,
“ my collemgne taunts me with a desire
for fame. I scorn the imputation, sirl
Fame, air! What is fame? It is a
shaved pig with a greased tail, which
slips through the hands of thousands
and ihcn is accidentally caught by
some lucky fellow who happens to bold
on to it. I let the greasy tailed quadru­
ped go by me without an effort to clutch
it, air I " — London T it-B it*
and the sleeves quaintly off the shoul­
der and puffed at the elbow; in the first
role, you may « e a r court trains, Jew­
elled crowns, real gold embroidery, and
goodness knoM’s what all. You may
spend all the money your husband has
aud all he can borrow—that’s a possi­
bility with every new year—and yet
with good taste to guide not overdress.
In the pictures the more simple
dresses come first, the first two being
suggestive of tailor styles, till knowl­
edge of their materials and construc­
tion proves them to be otherwise. The
first o f these was found In dark green
cloth, its skirt trimmed with bias folds
that extended upward at the left side
after going all arouud near the hem.
Your critic will quickly espy the but­
tons on this nearly perpendicular end,
and will stoutly insist that there’s
neither use nor sense In them, hut any­
one who Is qualified to criticise dress
matters knows that buttons may go
anywhere, for no lietter reason than
“ Just because,” the reason the little
girl gave for putting dolly's hat on
back side in front, so here's no fau lt
At back and front this liodloe termin­
ated at the waist, but its sides formed
talw that were draped In cascades at
one edge and finished with bias folds
I tnlng. With Its Jacket bodice was worn
a blue silk blouse front finished with
belt and collar to match, the jacket hav­
ing revera and turned down collar of
dark blue velvet edged with the gal­
loon. Its seams were strapped with
the galloon, and a border ran around
the hem. Then the sleeves had a row
around the cuffs n few inches from the
wrists, and its employment on the skirt
was as indicated. Blue shot silk was
Used for the jacket’s lining.
Months anil months ago women were
expressing wonder on the slowness
with which the overskirt refused te
CLOTH, F U R A N D L A C E COM RINKD.
give up its attempt at general accept­
ance, and since then this style's per­
sistency has become an old story. Even
uow it is occasionally seen on new
dresses and Is then found In good com­
pany aud Is usually worn by some very
careful dresser. It is the apron form
that Is presented here, cut from green
cloth, the skirt proper having a band
of sable about Its hem. This bodice
fastens at the side and has a deep
pleated yoke and a plain corselet part.
The garniture consists of a series of
straps of wblte ribbon with Dresden
figures, ending In Jet fringe. A fur
band tops the stock collar.
W hile there Is less of glitter in the
next dress that the artist presents than
In the last one descrllied. there is. nev­
ertheless, a great degree o f richness.
Made of smooth, satln-fiulshed cloth.
Its skirt Is cut away, as shown, from
a wide band of fur, two jet stars orna­
menting each o f the tabs at the side.
Alternate hands o f fur and doth make
the bodice, the latter being covered1
with luce. A t the bottom there Is n
tiny basque, and at the top a yoke and
medic! collar of fur. Black satin gives
the belt, the sleeves being o f the doth.)
W hatever fur Is chosen for the dress
trimming should lie matched In the
muff, and should be used, freely or
sparingly, us is preferred, upon tho
hat.
A less expensive method than this
o f attaining a suggestion o f the petti­
coat modes Is depicted in the final '-5r
lustration. Here the material Is dark-
brown cloth, finely striped with lighter
brown, and the two slashes are strap­
ped with brown silk cord and buttons,
and nre filled with tiny dnrk brown
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velvet panels. This Is repeated in
slightly modified form upon the sleeves,
while on the bodice the slashes show
velvet Insertions without the cording.
The collar Is o f brown velvet covered
with rich cream guipure, and is square
In hack, hut In front there is a tab that
extends to the waist. It is In oue with
the collar, which Is finished with a
chiffon ruching.
One reason for the vnrlety that uow
rales in styles- that variety which was
alluded to at the beginning o f this de­
piction. and which these pictures illus­
trate as well as five pictures could, is
that there is a tendency with Ameri­
can women to combine In their attire
the characteristics prevailing with all
other nations that have any Influence
In the matter c* fashions The English
run to severity and tailor-mades, even
their hall and gala gowns smncklng o f
the latter. The French woman is or­
nate, even If she is on a wheel trip or n
walking Journey. The American wom­
an realizes that she must afford con­
trast and that tbereiD will lie a special
attraction. So In the morning she is
as demurely simple as her own Puri­
tan nncestresaea; for the afternoon and
on the atreet ahe la aa tailor-made aa
any Engllah girl ever eonld lie; at
night she is gloriously he ra ffled , ns
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much of a butterfly aa ever her French
and buttons at. the other. .last above slater dreamed; while after the hall.
the waist the bodice was cut away In In her looae, yet clinging plush, vel­
front to show a white silk vest and vet and fnr garment o f lounging rent,
from this to the neck there was a box- ahe la as alluring as tbe Russian, and,
pleat o f the silk decorated with but­ which la saying much, aa comfortable.
tons. and pleees of the same material In each atage she offers to th* other
were set into the sleeve eflffs.
steps a contrast that Is fascinating In
Dark blue rloth was the fahrir o f the Itself, and altogether she la tbe beat
second pictured dress, bine and gold dressed woman the world over.
galloon being very freely used for trlm-
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