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.... . .. . Sk TREATY JfEATH AT SEA. f EARFUL VOYAGE OF TRANS PORT MANAUENSE. Vessel Jm Caimht in Typhoon and Ar , rlTN at Manila in a Sinking Condi i tlon - Soldiers Kept Balling: for Daya ? I 1a Ignorance of Their Danger. f The army transport Manauense arrlv H at Manila, thirty-three days from Han Francisco. She narrowly escaped foun dering with all on board, aa her engines broke down anO ahe rolled three days at lh mercy of typhoon. The Mananense bad on board Lieut. Col. Webb llayea and three com panic of the Thlrty-lirst infantry. The officers and soldiers were fcepfbaling for twelve day and it was almost a miracle thut the vessel reached Manila. The steamer, It Is claimed, was nnseawoitby, undermanned and short of provisions. When the Mannucnse anchored In Ma nila bay there was several feet of water In her hold and 400 grimy, greasy, hun gry, exhausted soldiers and sailors who bad been passing buckets of water for two weeks, night and duy. First Assist ant Engineer I.nnlenvy wns under arrest, and, according to Col. Webb Hayes' offi cial report, the chief engineer would also hare been under arrest if there httd been anyone to replace him. Men Ignorant of Danger, t The colonel's report also declares that he captain of the vessel told hlra that the only thing which brought them through was the fact that the men were greenhorns and failed to realize their idaugcr, while experienced seamen would (have deserted the ship and taken to the (boats in uiidocean. : The Mnnawnse I a chartered ship fly ling the British flag. She started from ;San Francisco accompanied by the trans port Tekin, which carried the remainder of the regiment and encountered heavy seas to Honolulu without accident. After starting it developed thut she was undermanned and soldiers had to be de tailed to act as firemen, coal passers and waiters and to do other work. Before reaching Honolulu the crew concluded that the ship was not safe and the ma jority agreed to desert. Though tbey were closely watched, many of the crew succeeded in getting away and the Ma nauenso left Honolulu with less than half her crew. The vessel sprung a leak and r.n investigation resulted In finding sev eral feet of water In her hold. The steam pumps were tried, but failed to work, and there were no band pumps on board, ilowever, forty-aix buckets were found, others were improvised and the soldiers not employed in working the ship were organized Into five shifts and, stripping and forming lines, they began baling, the officers working with the men, passing the buckets, which were sent up to the deck by a windlass. The baling continued until the ship anchored at Manila. Machinery Is Disabled. The same day the leak was discovered the machinery collapsed and the electric lighting plant and evaporating, distilling end refrigerating apparatus failed to work. There were no lumps and the few rundles found were exhausted nfter k few daya. During the lust week of tlw passage the Manauense was in utter durkuess at night. She bad been rolling heavy seas all the way, but Nov. 'i ( encountered a typnoon ana pttenea 1 tossed alarmingly. Tho l'ekln be ne separated from the Munuuense in storm. The water rose rupldly and firemen could only feed the tires by ig lifted on the s '.oulders of the other through water waist deep. le typhoon lasted two days and a half in the midst of it the enginea stopped. officers held a council anil found that were 420 persons on board, with tm Uiov l sccouiiuouunons lor xio. I , I n meantime the men below, Ignor- am OI r t,ALr(T'1o i;n ii, i?i e inniiig DUCKeia Silly -Uj-Q'H. wu" ' luriHiiip runeu helplessly onTTNienn with hatches clos- aA ft. ttmt wiNKintonnA iintil the tv phoon passed. ThrouSut the remainder of the voyage the enginea of the Mana uense failed frequently and the "ship would roll for a few honrs while the en gines were repairing. Then the ateamer would proceed again for a few hours. i The meat and vegetables rotted becunse of the failure of the refrigerators and were thrown overboard. The officera and soldiers were utterly exhausted when they reached Manila. They declare the engineers were grossly incompetent. The officers also say. that the behavior of the troops was beyond praise. lor daya they worked In the dark, suffocating hold with water, sometimes up to their shoulders ftnd'Dlanks washing about in a manner dangerous to life and limb. HARPER & BROTHERS IN STRAITS I State Trust Com puny Tukca Charge of New York Publ lulling House. The difficulties under which the New fork publishing house of llnns'r & Bros, baa, according to rumor, been laboring for many mouths, resulted Tuesduy. In the entire business passing from tho hands of tho Harpers into the control of the State Trust Company, aeting as trus tees for J. 1', Morgan & Co., holders of f3,500,OU0 in mortgage bonds. The trust romnany has appointed George 1$. .M. Harvey, who was recently elected presl dent of Harper & lfroa., as Its agent to take charge of the property, and it is thought a reorganization may bo effect rd, which will Insure tho continuance of the business under the old uame, but ninler Mr. Harvey's management. Ik sides the amount of the mortgage liar per tc Bros, have unsecured liabilities of about $i;,0O0,OO0. J) Argentina's president baa a (7,500 unl form. King Alfonso of Spain has a new au tomobile. Kx-Presldent Plcrola of Peru hus $50,- 000,000. Eurl of Harrlugtou owns a grocery iu Loudon, 4 ue ucseenuunn oi vueeu iciunu uor tveuty-oite. The l ii iiinl DT fli'asi I'liii li Inn Nicolnie- wltch is a Uusslau uuu. Lord Lister ranks Sir SVllIlnm Turner as the foremost living anatomist. All of the Danish princesses ore taught to sew aud uiake their own dresses. Queen Victoria advocates sensible foot weur aud practices it by weurlug felt oboe. 1 he Iuke of Hichmoud and Cordon, lu liis t-igbty-sccond yeur, goes fishing ul 1'ioKt daily. The Prince of Wales lneeted the Scots (J nurds prior to their depurture tor tfoutb Africa. The Crowu Priuee of Gcrmauy be Tmes of age next May and will have as bis separate establishment the old castle ut Potsdam. The horses in Queen Victoria's rubles re being drilled In the prcseno of mo tor cars to make tbuiu safe for driving jBuuoDtf automobiles. - Mlsa Lillian Pauneeforte, daughter of (Hir Julian Panncefote, th British Am hassador to Washington, will be married in February 22, Washington's birthday, to Itobrrt Bromley, honorary secretary the British Embassy. The wedding late, it was stated nt the embassy, was elected by Miss Panncefote without thought of the coincidence with Amer- 7 AV MTRS LILIAN PAtJWCKFOTB. lea's holiday, but all concerned are now delighted with tho bappy choice, Sir Julian himself having stated that he Is very much of an American;' The wed ding will be celebrated at the embassy and will be one of the brilliant events of the Washington season. Miss Paunce- foto is the first child of an Ambassador to be married at the United States cap ital. The I'resident and all the member of his cabinet, with the entire diplomatic corps, will attend the ceremony. . A question of precedence has been set tled by Secretary Porter, the official so cial arbiter at the , White House, Occa sionally the wives of cabinet officers arc unable to take their, place in the official line at the state receptions. Under such circumstances u daughter frequently acta for her mother anil the momentous ques tion has been whllher this daughter should take the pmce In the line which her mother would occupy or go to the foot of the class, i Secretary Porter has decided that tho substitutes must go to the foot of the line, below Miss Wilson, daughter of the Secretary of Agricul ture, who Is tho regular representative of her futlier, but who tukes tho foot of the lino because ho is legally nt tho foot of tho cnbluet succession. Mr. Porter's uecision puts an and to a social uiscus- slon which had In t the elements of some heart burnings, n il the matrons of the cabinet are overjJyeil at the fact I: :- Tho Huberts ciLo Is an annoying one to both parties. Public sentiment is against allowing he Mormon member to hold a sent iu Qmgress. Mr. Huberts contends that th constitution of Utah, accepted by the ,'nltcd States Govern ment when tho Si ut u wus admitted, pro- hi blted polygamic is marriages, but did hot prohibit men who had plural wives from living with them and curing for them and their fatuities. The Hepublicans want to expel Hi berts because he Is a polygamlst, not 14 cause he is a Mormon r a Iemocrat. The Democrat a do uof want to have hiid expelled because he is hey do not care to do gam Int. They hesitate a Democrat, but fend him as a pol at Inviting him to tho Democratic caucus, but they do not (lire to deny him admis sion as a good 1 emocrat. Neither sido cares to have it niiudn a party issue. Mr. Madden, the fourth assistant post master general, In his annual report tells how fourth-class 1 postmasters sometimes Increase their compensation, which is reg ulated by the number of stnmps that are old nnd canceled In their offices. Many postmasters who are merchants arrange with tho wholesale dealers with whom they buy goods to send aa much as possi ble by mall as fuurth-cluss matter. The wholesale, merchant puts n single i!-ct nt tamp upon a package, aud when it ar rives at its destination the merchant post master adds a sufficient number of postage-duo stamps to cover the deficiency, which muy run into dullurs in a month. Then he credits himself with the commis sion on their cancellntlonunder the ex isting rules for the regulation of compen sation of postmasters of the fourth class. Members of both houses of Congress are receiving largely aigned petitions of symputhy with the Boers, which atk that Congress shall interfere to protect them from the rupucltms policy of Gieut Brit ain by insisting upon nn arbitration of the questions at Issue. While Congress has nothing to do with the fortiru af fairs of thit country, and is expressly for bidden to interfere with them, there will doubtless be an effort to respond in some measure to public sentiment by the intro duction and the possible pussage of a resolutlou of sympathy. For thirty days the families of the ad ministration will abstain from all social pleasures out of respect to the memory of the late Vice I'resident. The ludies of tho cabinet have .withdrawn acceptances of several dinners and a number of Inter esting affairs have been abandoned. All the houses of members of the cabinet will be closed until the 1st of January. The' Navy Department has awarded cniiht-acts for building the six unprotected cruisers of IlJtH) tons authorized by the lust Cengress. ISO tea of Current ISvcuta. The Pope proposes to make a New Year's address to nonagenarians of ull countries, George Hite, 7. Louisville, Ky., got the carbolic acid bottle instead of the whis ky and is dead. Burt ll.irviu, 1(1, caught in a tliufi. Fort Worth, Texas. His legs, uruis aud head were torn v(T. Whltect'p .outlines are numerous near Conway, Mih.r where Joe I.utlorv was burned nt the stake. Shingle inaiiufnctiirers of Washington Stute, iu an endeavor to force up prices, liut down for sixty days. Col. Henry Ionian, Tom-ka. Kan., widely known as the author of the "Old Suiitu Fe Trail," is dead. Mis Fieri Johnson, Jewett, Texas, dropH-d n lump on the floor. House wus hui'iii'i) ami she was cremated. A panic was caused by falling meteors in Kussiu, the people U'licving the end ut I In- wu Id wus about to come. UuuiorJl iu Mexico that Gen. Dim will rcfuie rtmyduatiAii for the presidency. People duuiVl that he keep the office. The AlfiieriX" Public Hculih Associa tion ha' decla'd cinphatlcnlly against the use ( food pVcrvnUvc preparation. aasssBssssLrfSa 8WNC TH"i "FRANKtii'i SYNDICATE. Complete Collapse of the Most Glaring, Hwlndlc of Kecerjt Years. The "Franklin syndicate," the empty nhell of which the New fork police are now carefully guarding, rrcsents one of lho' typical cases which will probably continue to con found the lawmak er and sadden the economist until the millennium. Of course, the "syndicate" was a barefaced swindle. There was nothing new in its plan. Hcorcs of like swin dles have run their course, milked their w. F. m M. r.n. victims and been copiously exposed In the newspapers. The only novelty nbout the New lork con cern lay in the circumstance that it out did all predecessors in the openly frauda lent character of Its scheme. In short, it promised depositors a return of 10 per cent a week to be won In stock exchange speculation. It actually pnid this rate on deposits for more than a yenr and at the time of its collapse is said to have bad on hand something over f 1,000,000. Iht wonder is where people of so little aense got so much money. One day Just be fore the collapse Miller claimed to have taken in $80,000 and pnid out $30,000 iu interest Attention wns directed to the place, but, In the absence of complaints, the police and district attorney were unable to act. The banks shut down on the syndicate, however, when depositors be gan to grow alarmed, and demanded their money bnck. Miller announced that he would not pay a dollar without a week's notice. Later the house was seized and closed by the police. There were forty employes in the oflice when it wns schv VRANKMX STNDICATK HEADQUARTER! cd. They were allowed to go. The po lice also took charge of $13,000 in cash, Miss Annie Gary, an employe, who lived in apart. iients adjoining t ho building, had $!),(KK) hid awny in an old lounge. The dally mail received at Miller s of fice amounted to aboitt three tvagou loads Nearly every letter contained money. One of Miller's trusted employes Is responsi blc for the statement that tho Iranklin syndicate man hud taken in over $4,000, 000. Promoter Miller is Indicted and in hiding. He may be captured nnd sent to the penitentiary, but thnt will neither reimburse his dupes nor prevent a new crop of innocents from rushing, into the naro tho next time a swindler asks the privilege of making n fortune for them out of hand. 'HE" IS A WOMAN. Prisoner Convicted hh Kills Glenn Is Woman. Is a comely young woman In jail nt Hillsboro, 111., the Ellis Glenn, ' alleged forger nnd fugitive bridegroom, who courted Miss Ella Dukes, or Is the pris oner Ellis Glenn's twin sister Imperson ating him nnd ready to suffer the law for his sake? This question has agitated ull Hillsboro. The prisoner Is certainly woman, and, It Is claimed, she donned male attire to atone for her twin broth er's alleged crime. Ellis Glenn, engaged to marry Mis Ella Dukes of Hillsboro, was Indicted for forgery aud Miss Duke's father uud uncle went on his bond. He went to St. Louis a few days before the wedding day "em is OI.KNM," Wonisa ho spumed UtKifiiinB tu nhietd hct limtliur. and disappeared. It wus telegraphed a St. Louis newspaper that he hud been drowned ut l'liducith, Ky. There hu was arrested. Later he pleaded guilty and was tukeu to the Chester penitentiary. Then it was discovered thut "he"' was of the feminine gender, and she wus brought back to tail ut Hillsboro. ' ' The prisoner suvs her name is Kills f!l..tm Mini ttk.it ti,.p twin I, ri, tiler Ui KttM.rt Glenn. Her brother, she says, was a pri vote detective, and wus iu Hillsboro In the dixguise of a sewing machine agent. He tied, she says, from the forgery indict ment, and she joined him at l'uducah, Ky., and determined to sacrifice herself for her brother, so that he might have hi liberty to nrove his innocence. Miss Dukes says the woman in juil Is llllu ll'tin win i.iiiirt.xl lu.r nut! won her love. The llillt-tioro people SHy she lived with tlieni ns i;ins tilenn, man, eighteen months. The prisoner says she saw Mixs Dukes but once, for live mill- i.ti.u liu. i liiL-.ia mill lu.r futlier wa V I hey ai'e ready to help Miss Glenn, who they knew ns a man nnd us future nus bund und son-in-law. There is a growing curiosity ns to how Mac.Vrtliur will Dagupun out. That Chicago robber who travels iu a buggy doesn't have to be coached ou lue tic. An Iudiuna clergyman says he has re ceived a visit from Satan. He makes uu mention of u desire to return it John Bull's press censor uud the Parii journalists could uever remain oouteutej iu the same mutual adtulratiou society, 0 , ct lixai M iia P W f v ' V25T DISCIPLINE OF MATRIMONY. Cjrf) HE first year of married life may j7 be compnred with the first -at- tempts of a baby to walk warily and swiftly, snys a woman of the world. By stumbling and overbal ancing Itself does the infant loarn how he may locontote with safety to himself and without treadlnz on tho toes of his companions. The angles of our characters, we be ing usually agreeably unconscious of them, become unpleasantly revealed to us because they get In the way of our partner for life. And lie whom we con sider faultless proves to hnve angles aa well. Each has to learn the other all over QRaln In the Intimacy of marriage. Matrimony Is a splendid institution for the elimination of self-will. By the time those angles above referred to have become rounded and Inaggresslve, the nature of their owner has under gone a change of which he or ehe may possibly be unaware. All the same, it Is In the nature of discipline, and dis cipline la not Invariably pleasant. When true love helps In the process It may be comparatively painless. The love acts as an anaesthetic; or, to vary the simile, lore Is as the skilled den tist, who minimizes the pain of his op eration's. When there Is marrlnge without love tho discipline of adjusting the two na tures to each other and to the necessi ties of a double existence may be lik ened to the unskilled operator, who gives hie pntlents the maximum of pain with the minimum of benefit. Duchess of Sutherland. The Duchess of Sutherland, who has Just published nn antl-soclallstlc novel, Is the wife of one of the richest noble men or England. Though still a young woman she has been prominent for some years In philanthropic and temperance work. Tho town house of VflM "how places of Lon don. The Duke s fath er, whom he succeed ed In 181)2, startled DUCHESS or SUTUBH IASO. London society, nfter tho death of bis Invalid wife, by marrying the widow of bis iramekeoner. Mrs. Blair. To add to the complications of thu situation Mrs. Blair beenmo a widow through an un fortunate accident on tho part or the Duke. While huntlug one day ho acci dentally shot Mr. Blair, nail it was while calling on Mrs. Blair to express his sorrow and sympathy tha: he fell In love with her. She wns then over 40 years old. but as the Dowager Duch ess te still a somewhat prominent and extremely Interesting factor In English society. The present Duke-owns 1,400V 000 acres of Euglish land. Plump and Comely. As a rule the Cubnii woman Is round In figure and pretty In feature. Her face la seldom vivacious one looku In vajn for tho beauty or expression. Her hair Is orten a glory to her, and Is sometimes of that blue-black shade only possible with the daughters of Southern Europe and their descendants, though occasion ally tho Cuban glfl varies the program by being a blonde, and to be plain, rath er fat. This ludy Is often a woman nt 12, and the mother of a large family at 10 or 20. So pretty In her youth, In age she be comes lean and dried, or fat aud un wieldy. She fades early, and, for want of strength of character. Is apt to lose control of her husband, who, neverthe less, still continues to need such con trol aa badly as any man of his times. But whatever ahe may grow or seem, her eyes never f'ide. To the last, through all vicissitudes, they are big and black. Boston Traveler. Wants the I.uw Chunked. Miss Margaret Lee, of Brooklyn, has Instituted a movement for the repeal of tin! copyright law now lu force, by which the authors right to his books ceases to exist forty-two years after publication. "The Idea suggest ed Itself to me," she said, "on seeing a chance newspaper statement that sev eral large editions of works by Amer ican authors, copy MISS I. BE, righted previous to ISo", were soon to be lusut'd. It seems to me a scandalous thing thnt tho writers, several of whom are still living, should have no profit from the transaction. The law Is sixty eight yenrs old, anil Is old fogy to the last degree." LenKth of the Skirt. Trailing ureases hnve ulrendy proved so uncomfortable nnd unsuitable for walking that a number of our most" noted ladles tailors have decided to make a virtue of necessity by setting fortjt tailor rouud aklrt for traveling and walking uses. By a round skirt ! not in en tit oue of short length and devoid of h certain graceful sweep, but a carefully sloped model whose greatest length sweeps the ground about t.vo or three Inches Juat at the back, sliys the New lurk I 'oat. Deml-trnlns are retained for cere monious calls, made lu a carriage, for ufteruoou entertainments, and for pret- I ty house gowns, and the lung train ap pears otily on toilets for cluuorute dress occasions. Kit rt-ut lou Needed. No homo should consider itself well orugulxed thut does not make some appropriation for recreation. The amusement need not cost more than car fare to the free Illustrated lecture or concert, or perhaps only time nnd desire to walk to tho park, where luncheon may be carried from borne; - jfi but recreation of some decent and en joyable kind there should be. There Is no borne so bumble but that Its hos pitality should be extended sometimes to friends, though It be upon the scale only of friendly chat nnd apples nnd popcorn. American Kitchen Maga zine. Honnewlfe and Domestic. The first effort a woman can make In the management of ber household is toward preserving a demeanor of digni fied amiability. If she wishes to exact deference, respect nnd good will, let her make a fair exchange In offering kindly words, a "thank you" for little services, a good night and good morning, and In variable gracious civility without fa miliarity, says the Philadelphia In quirer. The second crt to study Is that of be stowing tactful correction! To an nounce that the soup was unfit to eat, and the coffee abominable Is discour aging and Irritating to a cook, especial ly when the reprimand Is given In an unpleasant toue, as too many misguided women honestly believe Is the one and only Impressive means. The truly Im pressive method Js to talk the matter over quietly after the meal, point out exactly the fault In tho dl&h, repeat none of the family criticisms, and by advice and encouragement stir the ser vant's pride and confidence. Takes to the Sta&ce. The latest recruit to the ranks of trag edy actresses Is no less a person than the widow of the late President Bar--jp.Sjlt. rios.of Guatemala. f''l5-r v IlL'r husband -was fjv' u s s u s s maieii in February. 1S0S. bv fv,-i&?a I!,,tlsl' 'object (p J y A -frfi!? named Oscar Sol ry; injer, who was -TiiJ: i pursued and killed -";.' , tho r.lnn.l. ,f theruui'dered Pres ident. Mine. Bar rios took refuge In this country . and lived for some m o n t h o In San mm;-:. UAiiKtos. Francisco. It was supposed at the time of her husband's death that he had left a fortune of seevral million dollars, but eventually almost all of the property which stood In his name was seized by alleged creditors and the widow was unablo to get any satisfaction from tha men who, after a number of attempted revolutions, succeeded to the govern ment. She has since studied for the stnge. , r What a Quiet Girt Docs. ' The quiet girl never wears high colors Iu tho streets; you do not see her flaunt ing In brilliant checks when they hap pen to be In style.' When high bats are "In" she does not pile hers so high that It sweeps the cob r -bs from the' sky. She does not wear tho longest truln to her tea gown! nor the greatest uumber of bangles when bangles reign. But because she does not chatter and giggle, and make fiersolf conspicuous at matinees, does not announce her con victions on all occasions nnd on all sub jects, and profess her admiration at ev ery hand's 'turn, ,it, must jtot be sup posed that she has no Ideas or convic tions or enthusiasm. She la quiet be cause ehe has no power. to make herself heard, to change her condition, or be cause she is maturing that power. In the meantime It is the quiet girl who marries earliest, who makes the best match, who fills tho niches which her more brilliant sisters leave vacant; who manages the servants, runs the sewing machine, remembers the birth days, listens to the reminiscences or the old, and often keeps the wolf from 'he door. Woman's Life. A Good tooth lowdcr. In order to keep flip teeth In gooi condition absolute cleanliness Is neces sary, und they should be brushed night and morning with some good powder. Here Is an excellent one: Take half nn ounce each of powdered orris root nnd prepared chalk and add to them one tenspoonful of bicarbonate of soda. Mix thoroughly. The soda acts ns nn antacid and iieutrali7.es the acids of the mouth, while the chalk nnd orris nre grit-y enough to remove any parti cles of food which may cling to the teeth. Millinery Fad. An old fad lu the milliner's denart ment Is showing the feet of the birds. The doves and birds thnt decorate beau ty's headgear hang nnd dangle then feet over the brim lu a most curious and ungainly fashion. It la unattractive. It's not becoming aud It is most decidedly startling. But it is the correct thing. The feet are shriveled and vellow. mm anything but .an ornament, but they are useu as such. .New York Telegram Kules for Hospitality. Do not Intrude into your hostess' af fairs. Go direct when the call or visit U ended. Do not make a hobby of personal In firmities. Do not overdo the matter of enter tain incut. Do not forget bathing facilities foi the guest. "Make yourself at home," but not too much so. In ministering to the guest do not for. get the family. Ho not make unnecessary work for others, even servauts. Do uot gossip; there are better things In life to think about. Let no member of the family lutrude In tho guest chamber. Conform to the eiintom of the house, especially as to meals. Be courteous, but not to the evtent of surrendering principles. ( When several guests are present, give a share of attention to all. Introduce games or diversion, but only such us are agreeable. Better simple food with pleasure than luxuries with annoyance and worry. Have it comfortable room lu read! Iiets, adapted to the needs and tastes of the guest. A guest need not accept every pro posed cntertaiumetit; he should be ceo btderate of himself aud host. FKLNOE IS COMING IN. IT'S AN UNMISTAKABLE SI3N OF THIS SEASON. The Effect of Lateness la Imparted to Costnnie, Mat or Bodice by Some Lit tle Trick of Ietall-8orae Polonaise Model. en Xrs etrrecpoodenee! UST a trifle of detail serves to a costume, a bat or a bodice as the latest. So it is worth while to con sider details, that the new selection may do the wearer credit, or so that the garment all ready on hand may safely , disguise its date tinder some up-to-the-minute touch of finish. In many respects there may be nothing about a fancy waist that Is not somewhat con ventional, but there Is pretty snre to be somo new touch about the neck. Here originality of finish, though it may be neither rich nor elaborate, will supply ample evidence that the waist Is tip to dote. Pictured proof of this is here In a waist of polka clotted lavender nnd white silk, with yoke and revers of cream Ince. This was pretty, but hardly dis- THKEE POLONAISE MODELS AND tinctive without the novel four-in-hand of violet ribbon. It was knotted at the throat, disappeared within the yoke, but popped out ngain and wns in sight to the waist line, a pair of velvet tubs holding it. The device is well worth copying, and there are others as effective. A stock scurf may he topped at the portion that passes about the neck by nn overturned edge of linen, muslin or lace, the scorf ends being fringed out in knotted tassels. Or the yoke will extend without neck seam in a .high collar shaped up about the ears as only the lutest collar is. Then the guarantee of newness may le in u scurf of velvet, usually black, that passes about the neck once, is drawn well down in front nnd kiioUedJberc. .(lie ends fall--ing to the Wfiiet.' if sutjh ends pass through the yoke, they may be tied once or twice more in bow knots. Fringe is another unmistakable sign of this season. Women have been a long time coming to it, but it is here in force and lends itself beautifully to current fashions. It is applied in many ways. Cloth is heavily embroidered in silk, the ends of silk being knotted into a fringe at all the edges of the cloth. Net enrich ed by passementerie is fringed nt the edge, aud passementerie nnd other "mo tifs," as they ate called, in silk, net em broidery, etc., nre finished with fringe. The most swagger thing Is to have the fringe made on the material, but it is swagger enongh to buy fringe by the yard and apply It. Lovely results are shown In expensive cloth costumes. A Jill iRf 1? J THE HEIGHT OF ELABORATION IN CLOTH GOWNS. where bodice drapery und short overdress are made of embroidered cloth or crepe with fringe knotted in. Lace edged wilh friuge, too. is beautiful, and is applied iu various ways. The fringed dress shown here had a long polonaise over dress of soft pink cloth from beneath the scallops of which u piuk silk underskirt showed. The short polonaise was friug- ed crepe to match, the crepe eint'jtjfclcr- I ed iu caslmicjx-Uku4iV W ItrrcTuakliurT part ofthe elaboration of the bodice us well Th fclirt, now iu th fashi the I effects n polonaise over a double which is u fashionable trick just nd which, hi another form, appears third grown of this row. Of the ii it may be said that it cuts up -nre a good deal, but it is HtylUh aud ' MiietimcH( suits one's cloth finely, so 'l th i nn idcrutioii. The polonaise is for h u tjkii't is usually rather elabo rate, i tilt, f ringed one just described. It is i.Hually scrolled, or cut iu scallops or poi') s 8n'l shaped down iu front. The skirt N.:,)wiiig I ii low is usually of some cluboru,,., materiul. It may match the yoke or waistcoat, which the polnaie or dinarily iiows. lor it may be a piece of eiubroii..r.i .ml contrasting In coloring with all the rest. The Dual uudeiaLlrt may bo only a few inches deep, or It ma show almost to the knees. Sometimes the first overskirt Is slashed to show the under one, and in some cases both over skirt and polonaise are slashed to the hip. In this model the lower skirt, was corn colored silk, next ft was the mime silk embroidered In nrreen and gold and the polonaise was sage green broadcloth. Tnckcd silk gave the yoke, and black velvet on the bodice was cleverly arrang ed to relieve princess severity. Between these two cstnmes !s one of the gowns that by current standards are classified as simple, though they usually, are marked by exquisite fit and high grade materials, so are costly product. This one was a warm brown camel's hair, black looped cording supplying tba only trimming. The belted polonaise to very popular and suits almost all figures.; The princess form of it Is just the thing for a fine figure, and a belted polonaise; like thia one is a little less trying. The belt should dip in front, and when there is a buckle it should emphasize the down pointing. In this trickery the pictured; belt and buckle give a helpful hint. The current variations of the princess cut are so many and their divergences from the original are so cleverly disguised that one is apt to get the Idea that princess gowns art! more plentiful than they really, are. The fact is that very few women dare don tho entirely unrelieved princess.) Very pretty softenings are secured by.; stitchings or other elaboration, and some of these quite change the gown in its ex actions from the wearer. In th's picture is one, a lovely dotted black net gown' made over pink silk, bands of black lace passing from collar to skirt hem. A' wreath of black lace rosea marked the A MODIFIED PBINCESS GOWN. j-oke Hue, another below the knees and a third at the head of the skirt flounce re lieved, without breaking, the princess line, which should extend unbroken from throat to edge of skirt. Bauds of velvet ribbon nre used ill this way, converging from yoke line to waist, uud from there spreading below. Painting nnd embroidery ore among the most extravagant notions. The rich woman may pay whatever price she likes for such decoration, and the possessor of ' a short pocketbook cau do the work for herself, perhaps. Then she has to con sider the question of dressing up to it. Silk, satin and cloth arc embroidered and painted. , Compromises are effected whtn rintrit-inir la !uitm! nn flnth hv Amhcntft - - -.- f ering into place painted designs in sir lu the next illustration is a pastel gn' , cloth gown with a flight of bird. painted silk applied on the cloth belo-Jj wreath of embroidered flowers. most elaborate gowns, as well as of the simpler toilored ones. As a rule the bolero is long nt the bnck. That pictured here provides a pretty variation iu a bolero fastening to outline a yoke and curving away again to show an under bodice. Sometimes a costume shows polonaise back, and bolero-nnd-overdress front. Very often there is a suggestion of a skirt line under a double overdress, away down at the hem, just to give a line ' of color matching yoke, or finish of bo lero. This was the case in the model the artist chose. Scarlet ladies' cloth was its main material, Its stitching was black and green, and bolero nnd skirt hem were embroidered In the same colors. CupyrigUt, 1S90. Uanir l'i-tu-iuie. A small boy dashed bivnthlc u merchant's ollice. "Is the guv'nor In?" Yes; wha-ifrT'.'..,. T.W, .Must e lilm myself. Mmt lerll -lint you cant; ties criagnijf' ... ... V 1 ".Must see blni imniejh. tickler." 4 lie boys Importunity L-ot him K "Well, boy. what is it you wont; tiuid tho merchant, anxiously. "D'yer want a ortlice boy, 'Krv "You Impudent rusini: n',,, we've got one." "No. you ain't, sir; he's just bin run over in Chenpslde." Hoy engaged. London Tit-Bits. 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