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A STOUT OF TIIK QUKKN OF FCSXIVAI.S
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lOotijrrlslit, IMQ, by Amcrlrnn Vttta AmocI
(Ion. KAN DMA sat
tkulttluK nnd
looking out of
, tho v 1 ml o w.
Master wn not
far off, and Nel
lio hal boon talk
ing of her new
dress, w h I o li
would bo done
tlint day, while
Mninrio had been
thinking of a beautiful Caster card which
ho know alio would bo sure to receive.
All of them had been talking of the beau
tiful egga of ovory iinaginablo color
which they would have that morning.
'Grandma," said Tommy aa ho quit
pinching tho cut's ear for a moment,
"did you lovo Caster when you wero a
girl?"
"Yea, Indeed," said a gentle volco.
"Tell us of tho happiest Castor you
ever remember," said N'ellio as she
glanced up.
Urandma sat looking dreamily out of
tho window for a fow momenta and
thou aaid
'1 will tell you about my Caster
across tho ocean."
Nellie climbed upon her kuco, and
Mary crept up closer, whilooven Tommy
forgot to tease tho cat, and it jumped
down and scampered under tho bed.
'Well," said grandma, 'it was many
many years ago that I lived as tho Imp
plest of happy girls in tho beautiful
Zlllertlml of tho eastern Alps. 1'oetn
may ravo over Switzerland, but peoplo
cannot know what real beauty is till
thoy have seen tho mountains and val
leys of Tyrol. 1 had been left nu orphan
when only I years old and had been
roared by my aunt and undo and treated
as one of tho family I did my part of
tho work about tho house just as the
other girls my cousins did, and hav
ing Known no other homo was just as
happy as thoy Wo lived well, for my
nnclo was in comfortuhlocircuhiHtuticcs,
as, in fact, all tho Tyroleso aro, but that
did not prevent us doing tho work that
is it part of every Tyroleso family, and
thoro wero few girls in all tho 'illerthal
who wero better judges of good wool
and Has, or who could spin and weave
faster or more neatly, than 1. In tho
Bummer of my 17th year 1 met Wilhelm
Constants who was two years older
than 1
'For a week 1 had wondered how ho
looked lie was the son of our near
neighbor and friend, but 1 had never
toon him, for ho had spent all his life
away from homo except tho two years I
had been In Germany. For four years
past ho had boon in tho wonderful city
of Innspruck, with its deeply learned
peoplo, and sinco ho had cotuo back with
his diploma I know ho must bo very,
very wlso. So wiso did 1 think him that
I was really afraid to meet him, and
when I went up on tho sido of tho moun
tain back of our house and called tho cows
tho echo of his mellow voico, which cauio
across the valley, caused my heart to
beat with a strungo trepidation."
"UK IIADK MR IIOr-E,
Sedate Miss Maggio, with a Mush on
her face, opened her book and appeared
to be very much Interested, and it de
ceived every ono in tho room except
grandma.
'Though ho had been homo a week,"
continued tho gentle voice, "I had never
seen him, when preparations wero be
irun for tho ceremony of 'blessing tho
gralnlields.'"
'What la that?" asked all tho children
'In tho Tyrol, my dears, for many hun
dreds of years, tho peoplo have not had
a great deal to do with tho outsido world,
but liavo lived to themselves, untouched
by tho changes of civilization. As a re
sult, they havo preserved tho primitive
simplicity and childlike faith of genera
tions irono beforo. and coutinno to eelo
jrato riiu festivals and rites ot their an
lestors as they wero originally cele
brated. Two of their most important
ceremonies aro the 'blessing of tho grain'
in midsummer, and tho voicing of their
joy at tho beginning of their now reli
gious year on Caster morning.
"When tho morning for blessing the
grninfii'ldscnnio, wo all, for miles around,
assembled down in tho village in front of
tho church. 1 found that 1 had been
chosen to lead tho girls, and that Wil
helm was tho leader of tho young men
And then for tho Mrst timo 1 saw him
and saw how handsome ho was, Tho pro
cession was quickly formed. Tho vener
ablo father our priest coming out from
hia church, carried tho host under a gold
en hued canopy. Crowds of little girls in
puro whito wont in front of him. We
oldor girls camo noxt, followed by the
married women, and then camo tho boys
young meu and elders. An 1 all tho time
tho procession was forming and march
ing through tho streets, out of tho village
Into tho country, and during tho chants
and prayers ou tho way, and In the fieldt
wlion tho procession would stop and pray
ers of thanksgiving would bo offered, fol
lowed by supplications for future bless
iugs, I fear my thoughts wero far away
from tho religious ceremony.
"And as for Wilhelm. 1 fear hi
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thoughts wero equally astray, for when
over wo canio near enough to see each
other a furtive glance would show me
that lie was looking at me. Tho festival
of tho Maria IlimmcNfuhrt the ascen
sion of tho Virgin when tho sacred rite
of blessing tho graintlelds takes place
among tho Tyroleso, is the great hummet
festival, and tho beautiful church ban
ners, tho on paintings 01 religious mu-
jects, tho highly colored or gilded stat-!
lies lrom tho church and chupcis, an
carried aloft by tho men and glistening
in an August sun, make a sight which
onco seen can never bo forgotten. Hut
all things come to a close, and even upon
tho day of tho Iliiumelsfahrt tho evening
found tno laying aside my quaint Mat.
round hat and bright colored silk apron
to go up on the mountain sido and call
tho cows and hear tho 'Hunter's Love
Song' in Wilhelm's voico como Moating
across tho valley, as usual, to mo.
"Tho fall and winter passed away, and
spring camo. Tho snow still lingered on
tho top of tho mountains, and tho ice
waa still locked in ita gorges. It was
tho closing of tho season of Lent, the
timo of humiliation and prayer and poni
tcntial thoughts. Ono day I went to
undo, who was a very stern man, and I
summoned courago to toll him of tho
lovo existing between Wilhelm and ma
A MTTI.K JKWF.I.F.n HAllP.
" 'Yes. tho impudent fellow has told
mo,' said Undo angrily, 'and 1 at onco
forbade him ever coming near hero or (
speaking to you again 1 havo already i
selected your future husband. There is
no better man in the Tyrol than Caspar ,
Kechtmann, and his farm on tho other ,
sido of tho village is as lovely a jiieco of
land as there is in tho whole Zillerthal.
Who is this Wilhelm? What can ho do'-'
A spoiled child, rendered useless by in
dulirent narontsi An idlo minnesinger
who knows only how to troll Tyroleso
lovo sontrs to silly girls and waste his
timo hunting tho red deer and tho cham
ois when ho should Ik garnering gram
liko an honest fanner. No! Tho tin
kling sound of his zither and tho twang of
his L'uitnr may turn your foolish brain
out thoy cannot afreet mo.
" 'Tho broad acres of my friend Cas
nar aud tho gold in his strongbox will
insure you a prosperous life and a secure
homo. And besides I have given him
my word, sinco your tnthcr, relying upon
my good judgment, left you to me in his
will to ho reared as ono of my own
daughters. I havo spoken. You may
go, Anil 1 left my uncle's presence al
most wishing I could die."
"You didn't desert Wilhelm, did you
grandma?" said Maggio as tho color
camo aud went
'Children in tho Tyrol do not lightly
disobey their parents," said grandma
with a stnilo, "and while I might not
havo felt my duty go so far with iiiu h
tho dying wishes of my father I telt wen
sacred I think I must have wept all the
nights and most of tho days for the u t
week, and ono morning as I went to tvll
tho cows whom should 1 meet upon tin
side of tho mountain but"
"Wilhelnil" exclaimed Tommy, 'an I
did he have his gun mid pistols, and a
horse to carry you away?"
"No, dear," said grandma laughing.
'ho was almost as downhearted as 1
And 1 told him hbout my father's will
and ho bade me hope, for he did not be
lieve it. aud ho would Mud out. And so
I telt hopeful, for I knew that Wilhelm
was very, very wise, sinco lie had been
among tho learned men of luuspruck.
"Next evening ho met mo. and his face
was wreathed in such happy smiles that
my heart leaped for joy And he told
me ho had seen a copy of the will in the
hands ol the notary who held it, and
that while it did say tor uncle to bring
me up a one oi Ins own daughters it
especial h wild. But when my daughter
rcaclic.4 womanhood's estate I desire that
her choice ot a husband shall be free and
uutraiiiiiieled. mi that in taking the one
gleat Mi-p in lite she shall lollow only
thi- dictates of her own heart.' And
then I ci led tor joy, and Wilhelm insist
id in going hack to the house with me.
ami hi' and uncle wero closeted together
for a lou ;. long time, so long that I went
with my cousins to sleep and did not
see them any more that night.
"Next morning was Cat-r morn. 01
course wo wero all up long beforo sun
riso, for no ono in tho Tyrol would miss
seeing tho sun danco on Caster."
"You don't really mean to say that the
sun dances? asked Nellie, looking up
into grandma's face.
"Did you never hear of tho sun danc
ing on Caster morn?" asked grandma in
return. "Why, tho children of tho east
ern Alps from early infancy aro told of
this, and it is said that thohcasou of Lent,
with ita penitence ami sorrow having
passed away, tho sun on Caster morn
starting a new year full of hopo aud
promise after tho washing away of sin
risca so full of happiness that it dances
for joy.
"On tho morning 1 mention my uncle,
as soon as ho knew I was awake, called
mo into Ids room and told me of Wil
helm showing him a copy ot my father'
will. Uo said ho had not known of the
'strange request' it contained, as ho had
never seen it nor heard it read, hut had
merely been told of its provisions by the
notary, and while he was amazed be
yond expression, yet having learned his
dead brother's wishes he telt It his duty
to carry them out, and hence withdrew
any opiKisitimi to my foolish desires.1'
"lint did tho sundance?" asked Nellio.
"It certainly appeared so to mo that
morning." said grandma. "When I went
out of doors, tho sun was just rising over
tho top of the distant mountains, and it
danced and danced so that I could scarce
ly see it when 1 Mrst looked at it, and my
eyes tilled so full of tears with uuspeak
ablo happiness that 1 finally couldn't see
it at all."
"Oh! Yon mean it looked liko it was
dancing because you wero crying." said
Tommy in disgust.
"And when tho Tyroleso musicians,
' singing Caster hymns,
camo past our
house, couiiniieii grandma, "1 Knew a
voico anil a zither beforo they camo in
sight. They came up to tho door, as they
always do, and wo joined in tho chorus,
and to mo tho Mowers that decorated the
singers never looked so leautiful. Tho
guitars and tho zithers, with human
voices, never blended in such exquisite
melody, and the lovely Caster carols
never bet mo seemed to have such a
grand yet tender meaning."
"Did you havo any colored eggs?'
asked Tommy.
"Oh, yes, aud to tho children who came
along with tho singers wo made our of
fering of Caster eggs, which my aunt
poured into their baskets, and to the1
older ones wo made other little otreriugs
Cach one gave some little Caster offer
ing to some one else."
"What did Wilhelm givo you?" asked
Nellie.
"A littlo jeweled heart which lie said !
represented his own." I
"And what was your ottering to him.' I
asked Maggie. '
"MM'lf," was tho reply.
'Oh, I thought you married grandpa,'
said Tommy, "and his name was Ileiu
rich."
"His Mrst naino was Wilhelm, ui
dear," said graudma as she wiped hei
spectacles. Kuuixva Dixma.n
(iKNi'i.vn Canon city Co.w, at the
Lincoln Coal Co., southwest corner of
eleventh and O streets.
LATITUDK IN DRMSS.
AWIDC RANGE OF STYLES TOIt SPUING
FA0IUC3.
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t tluiOililliK Two llllllilniHIln (Imrti.
Bomotliliig I'ri'lly III Tiliiimlim Miy lln
"L'Um Sli.'ll" lrrliiK N'i'il.
(!1htIhI Ciirn'nNiiulniiro,
Nkw Yoiik, March III). I think 1 never
naw such delicate and dainty shades In
woolen goods as those destined for spring.
They aro liner than ever, and tho weave
Is closer, and thoy aro quite as durable,
and yet they dti not weigh half as much
as formerly tho ladies' cloth and broad
cloths, for Instance.
Tho spring broadcloths aro as fine and
close as those used for men's dross suits,
but women have tho advantage over
them because tho poor men can wear
only black, while there Is no limit to the
color in woman's wear. The richest an I
most striking of these broadcloths aio
those in tho tan and light luowus and
tho old rose, but theie aro palo greens
and blues, a dusky heliotrope, and there
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iiiu msw muni' I'l'iuum huh uiiniiii milium,
besides tho usual grays and modes, dark
greens and blues. The luster and Mulsh
to these broadcloths make of them the
perfect material for all gowns that are
to hiivo tho severe outlines of a tailor
Mulsh.
I Two of this stylo of gowns have just
been Mulshed heio by a famous "ladies'
tailor," and they aro types of tho best
stylo in this kind of a gown. One is of
made broadcloth cut in a circular skirt,
Mttiug closely over tho hips and flaring
at tho bottom. There Is a wide and a
narrow band of ruby velvet at tho bot
tom, and tho waist is sparingly trimmed
with the same.
TVIT. OK A SI'HINO (IOWN.
Two or three persons havo written to
mo asking how these waists fasten In
front so as to leave no visible sign, and
I will say in reply that thoy aro closed
in front in an invisible Hue, but the lino
is seen ou the real gown. Some fasten
on tho sido, and a very fow in tho back,
but with tho present shapo of tho bodice,
witli tho drooping shoulders, that will
hereafter bo impossible. Tho little cao
liko capa over tho sleeves may extend
into a sort of bertha across tho back or
uot, just us tho wearer prefers.
Tho mate to tho Mrst gown was of
pearl gray, with dark blue velvet ribbon
as trimming on skirt, sleeves and waist,
the ribbon trimming simulating a vest.
The skirt was cut in tho same fashion
viz, an umbrella form, which gives the
right Mare.
Theso two gowns nro really models,
and no ono can go nstray who copioa
them in any material except, of course,
very thin goods. Tho stylo of trimming
can bo varied to suit tho owner. Nar
row soutacho braid or narrow pun's of
silk or velvet would bo pretty, but not
so durable aud uot in quite us good taste
as a plain, Mat baud or stitching. Mil
liner's folds, though, would bo very
proper if mado of tho same stuff or oth
er goods as heavy, liko ribbed silk or
heavy faille.
I saw ono dress at a recent opening
that was a very dainty and modest gown,
and yet It was very dressy and chic. It
was of palo green and violet changeable
wool twill and had a wide milliner's
fold around tho bottom for solo garni
ture. Tho belt was of tho same color as
tho lower sleeves and tho triple rovers.
It waa ribbed silk and of a delicate lilac.
There was a sort of giiimpo yoko of nov
elty silk in Persian pattern and colors.
Tho waist was a plain Spencer. Any
body can make these, as they require
scarcely any fitting.
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NEW I'lll'.NL'll no'.NS.
A handsome gown, but a very quaint
and old fashioned looking one, was of
biscuit cashmere with three rows of
twisted taffeta silk around the bottom.
There was a narrow belt aud rosette of
tho same, and very wide bretelles of
the same changeable tall'eta, giving the
shades of dull green aud garnet. This
would look well in almost any of the
uonwashing goods. The gown buttons
in front or in the back, as is preferred.
There really is now the greatest lati
tude for indhiduul taste in the matter of
trimming. Cvery one can havo what
she likes. I believe that if ono woman
were to sew a fringe of clam shells on
the bottom of her diess every ono would
think it lovely, but every one will be
wearing lace of some kind in less than
six weeks from now, aud that will, with
jet, bo tho leading garniture for all gar
ments, biipplcmoMcd by ribbons.
bi.m: Haiu'kh.
Easter Greeting
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tho Mist week In April.
T f A 111 pieces Fancy Stripes
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T At 9 I-pieces llugllsh Cashinoio Chevrons and llorrlng- I Afn
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