CHPITHL CITV COURIER,
GIRLS IN (UNO HAMS.
tHAT HELPS TO MAKE THE SUM
MER GIRL SO BEWITCHING.
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tlon. O ONE knows
how swi'ct n girl
etui look until hhu
wwirH a dainty
minnncr dresfl. It
Uloos not mutter
who th or that
ilrosH is of 6-cnt
calico or ging
ham, or of ere
lion, If Itlaofcool
npjicarauco, clean
and crisp and
imply mado. It is this that makes thu
summer girl bo bewitching. She wears
her gingham with n delicate graco and
perfect manner and so makes it seem to
bo worth thousands. Sho respects her
gowns, and thus forces other peoplo to do
the same. She is bo fresh and clean, so
bright and cheery in her dainty dress,
and manages to look so cool and refresh
ing that it is no wonder the summer girl
is ten times 111010 attractive than sho wiu
clad in tho somber garments incidental
to winter days.
For tho summer girl thero is a now
material now tarlatan in all tho deli
cate colors in vogue. Tarlatan was in
fashion once before within tho recollec
tion of tho present generation, but the
colors were not so dainty. It can be
mado up in two ways with accordion
plaited skirts or with skirts covered with
biaB flounces, with pinked edges, or
hemmed with ono row of feathered edge
satin ribbon an eighth of an inch wide
in tho samo color as tho material.
Tarlatan will not wash, but it can bo
kept fresh for a whole season by having
it ironed oneo in awhile. It is exquisite
ly light and airy, but makes lietter float
ing effects than clinging draperies. It
can bo worn afternoons and evenings.
I give hero an illustration of a wash
zephyr gingham. It is striped in half
inch lines of pale blue and pink, umila
with a perfectly plain gathered skirt and
spencer waist. Thu sash is of dark blue
velvet, ribbon faced with satin of a light
er shade. Thero is a laeo half yoko in
front and back, and the short sleeves have
a deep full of lnco tied with bluo velvet
ribbon. Tho material in this dress is not
costly nor is tho trimming, but tho vifect
is dressy and pleasing.
Among other new fabrics thero is a
decided novelty in crape challies. There
aro stripes of soft pinkish gray and old
rose, and over them aro scattered flow
ers, violets and pansies, without steins
or foliage, but most natural in coloring.
This challis is lino and sheer. Thero is
another stylo in which tho threads are
coarser ond tho weavo plain and flat,
and this is generally in darker colorings,
but in whatever color or stylo tho ma
terial is unrivaled for light wool both
in beauty of texture and design.
Now, a little about spring and sum
mer woolens. Tho number of varieties
in each fabric is bewildering, and really
cannot bo told without confusing the
reader, so it is better to mention only
tho principal designs. Choviots always
toko tho lead for rough wear, shepherd
pluids and heather mixtures being best
liked for tho young and solid colors for
tho older ones. Gray cheviot is particu
larly well received this spring for usofnl
dresses. It is in soveral weights. Next
to that aro tho 6orges and tweeds. Some
homespun is shown. Cloth conies lirst
for nice tailor mado gowns, and so far
tho preference is for black, dark green,
seal brown and very dark blue. These
aro trimmed according to tho fancy of
tho wearer. Some will havo furs all
bcosou, some Persian galloon, somo
bands of velvet or plush, somo bands of
Iilaid velvet, and, in short, every 0110 can
mvo what sho likes best.
ZKi'iiYit wash nitres.
Grenadine, after all, will probably bo
tho favorite summer fabric for fino
dresses. It is shown in such a variety of
styles and patterns that thero is some
thing to suit everybody. For tho young
aro tho sheer grounds in black silk
threads, with colored velvet or brocade
flowers or other designs all over it. Th s
will bo mado up over silk taffeta in
black. Tho all black grenadines will
often bo made up over changeable taf
fetas, tho changing colors dimly show
ing through tho meshes being very beau
tiful. Thero aro grenadines with a w'de
satin stripe and brocaded figures, homo
black and others in colors.
Thero aro decidedly two factions in tho
dressmaking world right hero in New
York. Tho Kuglish and Americans scud
homo their finished gowns severely plain
and simple and with no hint of any at
tempt at widening tho skn ts by any un
holy means, while all those who put
"Madame" on their signs try as hard as
they can to force tho obnoxious hoops
upon us. One would suppose, and it
might not bo far from tho real truth,
that they aro in tho pay of the manufac
turers of crinoline. They 1 avo a way of
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tting your gown so that tho skirt will
"wollop" around your feet and trip you
Unless thero is some artilicial stilTeiiiug
Verily tho tricks of the dressmakers are
deep, vain and deceptive, and tho women
have, as tho French say, "passer par la."
Milliner's folds as trimming have been
"out" for many years, but now the hand
somest trimming on any gown in the
milliner's fold. It takes up as much
stitlT as rose plaiting. Ribbon in gradu
ated widths gathered as narrow flounces
around tho bottom of a skirt is ono of
tho daintiest styles of trimming for any
dress not for washing, and these ribbons
may lo all in ono color or in several, or
at least as many as thero aro colors in
tho pattern of the gown, Thick braids
aro used to trim tailor suits, and all the
castlo braids aro in good style for woolen
gowns. Ur.NUir.Tri: Hoi'ssiut).
Now York.
EASTER GIFTS.
Somctlilnit tii Tukn Itiw I'lurn if Hid Tlrr
mimii Kiixtrr 'itrl.
There is nothing in this world more
useless than a gift card. It serves and
can servo no after purpose beyond the
ono glauco at its face and the one thought
of pleasure that wo havo been, in any
wise, remembered. This is so truo and
so thoroughly appreciated that a crowd
of booklets havo somewhat superseded
it. Hut tho booklets aro useless too.
And every ono is tired of tho whole
pasteboard family. Anything equally
pretty and inexpensive is welcomed in
stead. Tho following hints and sugges
tions for Haster gifts may lead to others
still, with which hope they aro submit
ted. For men thero aro egg shaped paper
weights, inkstands, memorandum cases,
etc. Or ono may make a thumb paper
of tho same oval by doubling and cut
ting folded gray cardboard, slitting the
middle of ono side and tying loosely to
gether with Tom Thumb ribbon. The
reverse side should bo decorated in pen
nnd ink or water colors. A pretty book
mark is made on a strip of cardboard 8
inches long and I inch wide. Inch wide
ribbon is glued upon it to extend at each
end for an inch, which is raveled out.
Tho cardboard is then bent over at
either end about two inches, and the
other side is painted in a conventional
row of lilies, violets or arbutus. On tho
bent ends aro lettered tho date and the
recipient's name or initials. Do this in i
gold, silver or bronze. The powders aro
readily applied with a slender camel's I
hair brush, tho powder having been I
moistened with weak mucilage. Half a
yard of broad white glaco ribbon may
bo thus lettered or painted, or both, for !
a bookmark. j
A mark for a prayer book is mado of
three varying lengths of half inch rib-,
bon, in purple or olivo green, fastened j
together at ono end and tho others fur-1
nished with a gilt or silver cross, anchor
and heart. Ono piece is ornamented
with tho word "Faster," in gilt, another
with three swinging bells, and tho third
tho proper Faster psalms (2-57, 111) in
tiny lettering. Or make as above, of
purple, lavender and yellow ribbons, and
paint a pansy at tho fringed end of each:
or of yellow ami white, and paint with
daisies, etc. A wide ribbon bookmark
may bo painted with a nest full of rob
ins' eggs, or a flight of birds, or a branch
of cherry blossoms or anemones or daf
fodils. Any of these last suggestions
may be carried out on panels of hoveled
cardboard. A happy idea is to transfer
to ono of these a small, unmounted and
appropriate photograph and wreathe it
in early blossoms. Or n mounted photo
graph can bo presented m ono of the
multitudinous frames now mado in linen
or celluloid, which last should bo dec
orated with the flowers that bloom in
thospiing.
For little boys a twino bag, or a blot
ter, or a penwiper, can bo mado in egg
shape. Tho last may also bo of olive
green felt, loosely plaited and surmount
ed by a downy yellow chicken. Huy this
outright. Don't try to make it, for you
can't.
Children always fancy eggshells em
bellished. Empty through a small hole,
cleanse thoroughly and paint i face on
ono sido. Cover tho rest with a tissue
paper bonnet and glue by this to a few
plaited layers of tissue paper, and that
to tho top of a box of candy. Or buy an
ostrich egg for a bonbon box, or use a
gooso egg for tho samo purpose, setting
it upright on a paper mat, and making
nnother as top to tho tiny holo by which
tho equally tiny candies aro inserted.
Ducks' eggs aro tough and a lovely
shade in themselves. They may bo
touched up with a bit of laudsca)o. a
fow flowers and tho inevitable lettering.
You can till an old bird's nest with eggs
(blown) which havo been lettered to make
the child's own name, or tho word Faster.
An eggshell that has been blown through
two opposite holes may, after it has
been decorated, havo a slender silk cord
run in with a darning needle. Ono end
makes a loop, and tho other is finished
with a tassel. Eggshells servo yet an
other use for little people and their elders.
After caieful rinsing and drying, stand
them in a pan of bran. I'otir in care
fully through tho hole, which should bo
as small as possible, a stiff gelatin blauc
mange, colored variously by the different
sugars to bo procured at any confection
er's. Let it stand 21 hours. Break off
tho shells upon a bed of light jelly and
candied peels.
The wooden eggs which unscrew in
half may bo fitted up with thimble, seis
bors and needle book tor a little girl, or
filled with candies for the babies, or va
riously decorated as taste directs. Thus"
which aro used for stocking darners will
prove acceptable to mammas. Fur these
last, and their daughters also, make a
needle book of yt How chamois skin. Cut
two pieces in egg shape, and buttonhole
all the edges in yellow silk. Attach the
two at one side, fastening at tho same
place three buttonholed leaves of white
flannel. Sow Tom Thumb yellow rib
bons to tho opposite sides and tie togeth
er. Make an emery of peacock blue
cloth in the form of a tiny egg; or the
samo shape, larger, for a hut. pin holder
or pincushion. The possibilities are end
less and always pretty. There is no ex
cuse. Don't give j oar worst enemy this
year an Easter card. Ui th II.u.i..
LOOSE AND ELEGANT.
iOWNS IN WHICH A WOMAN COULD
ENTIRELY DISAPPEAR.
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Kiiwir I'rrll) llri'Mf 'Hint t'nn lln ln
illrntt'it In liit'i'imlt)i MnlurlitU Hump
Iiilnty Toll. In I'nr MIm of llftcon.
(HhtIhI t'lirn-nl'iimlcnoi'.)
Nr.w YoitK, March 1(1. When a dresi
is loose this season, it is loose in earnest,
bo loose that a woman could disappear
entirely within its folds and no one
would know where to look for her If she
died therein and mado no sign. Tho
bIcovcs need all tho way from two to
ni:w ti:a howna.
four yards of material and are puffed
and gathered out of all proportion. The
shoulders are broadened in such a man
ner as to suggest buckram, and tho rest
hangs in wealthy fullness from tho yoke
and trains behind far enough to furnish
unlimited rides for tho cat.
Ono caiuo under my notice this week
that was elegant. At five feet distant it
looked like an expensive dress, and yet
It could not havo cost over S5 aside from
tho making. Tho back of tho gown was
of cotton challie, in a pale yellowish
green, scarcely moro than a tint, with
largo garnet arabesque figures all over
it. It had a watteau plait in the back
and was lined with cheesecloth to give
it body while retaining Its softness. The
front was of pale pink oropon. gathered
to a yoke, under a band of persian em
broidery. Tho yoko and other accessories were of
garnet volutin!, and these were made so
as to bo easily removed when tho gown
was to bo washed, for it was washable.
Tho velvet extended across tho shoulders
in tho back in the form of a bertha, and
tho watteau plait started under this.
For warm weather tho high collar can
bo omitted, and it can bo V shaped at the
neck, with a drooping frill of lace.
This same design could bo mado up in
tho dainty chauibraysand zephyr ging
hams, and also in silk or any of the
pretty light wool goods. It is as suit
ablo for a morning gown as for a tea
gown, for which It was really designed.
Another very elegant tea gown for a
young matron was made of cashmere in
palo heliotroiH", with tho accessories of
faille three shades darker. Hits was
edged with narrow peacock flues, which
gttvo brightness to the whole. It had tho
yoko and the stoleliko bauds, bishop
sleeves and close sleeve caps that have so
suddenly sprung into favor in place of
tho high effects.
Tho yoked gown is easy to make. It is
no troublo to fit a yoko, and all tho rest
hangs from this in loose, easy folds, so
thero is no "trick" in it, and any ono can
make such a gown easily. Tho sleeves
aro also very simple, tho seam being
turned up, which brings tho fullness
downward, as is now tho stylo.
This tea gown could bo mado of tho
light washablo summer fabrics, and the
wearer could mako any little changes sho
preferred. For instance, tho wido, plain
baud could bo replaced with lace and
ribbons or flat bauds of embroidery or a
very full ruffle or knife plaiting of tho
same material.
Thero is another stylo of morning or
tea gown that pleases somo women bet
ter than these loose and shunless ones,
which I also i present, so that tho lady
who prefers, tho snug anil cozy to tho
large and luxurious can be suited. This
was made of light gray silk warp hen-
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rietta, cut Clabrielle style, open down
tho front over a fall of whito laeo over
pink silk. Thero was a round, double
collar of velvet of a darker shade, and
two folds down tho front. Tin- sleeves
were plain gigot, and tho whole was,
simply perfect. This model would be a
suitable one to reproduce in summer fab
rics, and if a narrow tape is r.ti etched
down with each bias seam it can lm
washed as well as it cut on the straight.
Tho skirt portion is cut so that the bot
tom measures about five yards around.
For misses of in mid thereabout then
have been two particularly dainty and
girlish de-igns in fiocks put forward. One
is of stone gray moussehno delaine, with
two narrow velvet folds at the bottom.
Tho belt is of folded velvet, and the ok.'
looks like a pile of plates, b( ing made of
folds of Velvet superposed. There is a
deep plait laid front and buck hum oku
to fiHit.and all other fullness is by gores
The sleeves are very neat.
The otlu r is of tan cnloied cashmere
tiiinmed with moss green velvet joke,
sash and foieaiins. A wry miriow lose
plaiting of ribbon with picot edge to
match the color of the diess linn-lit s the
bottom. The skirt is full in tli bail,
and slightly draped under the ius( tie at
tho waist. Oi.im II u !..
A REMARKABLE PIONEER.
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Sti'IiiI tNirrroiKiliiti'iu'ti.
QflNi'V, Ills., March 1(1. -Possibly the
most lemarkablo Illinois pioneer now
living is Samuel ltose, who resides in
tho little town of Haseo, located some !UI
miles north of IJulncy. Mr, Uoso is In
his eighty-fourth year and is as spry as a
K'hoolboy. lie can read without glasses
Mill has not known a day of sickness In
years. Ho was born In Lexington, ICy.,
In November, IS01, and was left an or
phan. In October, 18.MI, In company with
a brother, he came to that part of Illinois
now occupied by Jacksonville, Morgan
county, and in tho samo month himself
and brother walked from Jacksonville to
Quincy, a distance of 75 miles, In less
than two days.
Mr. Hose walked from Quincy to
Jacksonville lu the winter of the famous
"deep snow," 18111, lu about two days,
but says it was a very hazardous under
taking. Mr. Hose was employed while
in ljuincy by John Wood, who was to be
the llrst governor of Illinois. Mr. Wood
was then a pioneer farmer, and Hose cut
wood for him for 50 cents a day, He
says that ho has often seen Mr. Wood
driving a yoko of oxen, Mr. Uoso took
up laud that is now tho heart of Quincy.
and in disposing of it thinks that ho never
sold 12 feet that now include a portion
of a main thoroughfino. Hut bin claim
has long been outlawed, as believed.
HAMLT.t. llOSi:.
Mr. Hoso sold honey to tho Sao and
Fox chief, Keokuk, near where tho city
of Keokuk, la., now is. This was in
tho samo year of 1821), when Hoso and
other men went hunting in boats from
Quincy upthoMississippi and DesMoiues
rivers.
A few miserable log huts then marked
tho spot now occupied by tho city ol
Quincy, and Keokuk was not yet known
as a town, but thero wero a fow log huts
in tho vicinity. In June, 18:w. Mr. It un
joined a CMiupauy at Jacksonville, Ills,
ami went to tho llluck Hawk war, serv
lug throughout that campaign of 72 days.
Ho has just applied for a pension. Mr
Rose subsequently saw Black Hawk at
Jefferson barracks, Now Orleans, and
shook hands with him
In 1111 Mr. Hoso went to California in
company with a number of friends from
Jacksonville and remained in tho gold
fields of that state and in Arizona for
nearly two years. It is belioved that Mr.
Hoso mado some lucky finds, for ho is
reputed to bo wealthy, although his mode
of life and dress does not indicate it.
Ho returned to Illinois in about 1852, and
has resided near llasco ever since. Mr.
Hoso has passed through soveral cholera
epidemics, and especially that ono of
1831 was a terrible experience. Ho was
in Morgan county that summer and
helped caro for and bury a largo number
of the victims.
"Uncle Sammy," as ho is sometimes
called, has been a successful hunter in
his day, and for tho past 25 or HO years
has made a record aw a wolf hunter. Ho
has killed and captured by various means
fully U00 wolves in this part of Illinois
alone. Gay Davidson.
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