CHPITRL CITY COURIER,
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(JAY COLOKElHiOWNS.
BRIGHT SPRING DAYS TEMPT THEIR
OWNERS TO WEAR THEM.
Till. Irlilraii'itrr r Hip Opnl III tlir llrrll
HtiitTmif lliI)aj A Cotutiu li Mtithct
TlintCan lip Worn Any Time Slrrveleil
Wrnpn Are Very Copular.
ItViI'jrlKlit, !".3, liy Ainrticnn l're AmcIv
t tori.
Tlio beautiful spring days lirinR into
viow tho ninny lovely toilets thut were
inudo during Lent or that wero held
linck until tho weather K'rew moro Hot
tied. Tho most noticeable of tho now
toilets nre those made of tho tuffe'tu silk!
whero tho iridescent effecti ine overlaid
with broendo or strip's. Tlio BtrijwB,
whero tho colors nro not too brilliunt,
make really tho lmntlnoiiiest gowns: The
other day I saw n young lady coming
from church, and nho woro :i dresa ol
Htrined chango.iblo oilk which had as
many tints and broko into as man)
changing colon as an opal. Tho drew
wiw not largo around, just right and
touching tlio ground noveral inches in
tliH back. Thero was n bit of a rnffl
around tho bottom, with a round, biat
milliner')) fold of tho silk for heading.
pnaxo (iowns ami wraps.
The young lady woro with this n coat
of ribbed Bilk, black, which, by tho way,
is very popular just now. Tho coat wa$
quito tight in tho back, but it opened in
front over n beaded yoko and a fall of
black lace. Narrow but heavy pase
menterio bordered the whole coat, don-
bio revers and all. On the hhouhleri
were two falls of lace, but thero were no
Hleeves to tho coat. Tho dress sleeves
were of changeable but not t-triped silk,
the colors matching thoo in the skirt.
Silk, no matter of what quality or
weave, is always beautiful, but it has
remained for thosu changeable effects to
hIiow its full capacities. Tho rich
Hhades, tho broken lines and unexpected
revelations of color as tho silkcieaes
and folds, all mako of tho chameleon
silks tho ideal. Ono pattern 1 saw yes
terday bad l.i it everything, and like
Cleopatra was a creation of infinite va
riety. It was changeable, with blue,
red, orango and green colois. It was
striped with a sort of dusty brown, and
it had tiny brocaded epingle dot and
was moiro overall. A ords cannot toll
how beautiful it was despite the unusual
admixturo of colors.
Another elegant church gown for a
young lady was of plain shot silk of
palo bluo and old gold. It was mad
with threo stiaight flounces bordeied
and headed with hind embroidery in
palo green tloss silk, with conventional
llower in palo bluo between the leaves.
Worn with this was a novel and ex
ceedingly tasteful wiap of black otto
man silk, with jet passementeno and
blink elvet levers. On tho shoulders
and around tho hips wet o loops of tho
t.ilk doubled and tiiinmed. Tho wrap
was shapi d liko n basque, but sleeveless.
I luivo noticed a number of wraps ol
different shajies made sleeveless, but with
n bnsquo more or less pronounced. Thu
stylo is pretty mid giacetul and affords
a pleasing thango iiom almost a surfeit
of short military ctpes with butterfly
iumnu :rv.s- win rr. t"Ti' t. PObsi-
.'inir.'s
(ollars and Austru.li i'lffs. Almost every
one seems to h.ie ('lie of these capes.
Lt t ine just nn nti in a few of the favor
ites. Oueis a stlih cloth cape with a
lapuehiu hood and a lull mil nudum!
at tho neik and variegated .ilk tassels at
dieli point.
Then there is an all wool bioadcloth in
all of the newest spring shades, with tho
double collar, and a satin frill at tho
neck beautifully embroidered. The.o
are jut to tho waist, and some are
lined, some pinked and sotuo heiiimel
and stitched, and all aro pretty except
the red ones.
The melton capes, with a Medici col
lar, are very pretty and dressy. They
hae leathir tiiiniiiiug, usually closely
(iirled peacock Hues and nch jet passe
nienteiio in the front, liko deep lapels.
They are sometimes black, suinetiuits in
delicate spung shades. Then there is a
kersey cloth lino of capes, with deep
shirred del by collars, and another stylo
where tho nhort broadcloth cane has two
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TIip cliilil'n frock U of invy lihio HerRo tiiimneil with white braid, the ImkIIw
oiwniK mi it white wive vent. A very pretty enwn in the center U of nyy blue
(linKimal neive. with bliiek Milk pipiiiKH lit the i-iIrci, full j ibut f cLaiitceablil blue ami
fawn silk. Tlio Kirl'n drew un the rilit it if tim-tiiti'teil wool, with a round bnlrm
jacket un full vrHt of dink Kreen Hiinili; u kiiiIIii of the mn.di mioirelei the wu'ul,
tbo kIkck of tliu jaket mid bottom of nkiit imi trhiniieil with kiwii find cold briilil.
others over it, all bound in lino gold
lace; and still atuther style, Trench
broadcloth, had u collar made of threo
frills .if uy j ifli ribbon, all bl.ick, tho
front having a deep bow and long st learn
ers of the black ribbon.
The most of these cipts were designed
for young wcaiers that is to say, tor
women who have not pas-cd their t hilt ie.
For older women I found fewer capes.
One, however, was veiy hand-oine and
well adapted to tho ago of the prosper
tive weater. Thi.ro was a full skirt of
black camel's hair, with a bias t ufile
3 inches wide around the bottom, headed
by n hall-inch pasi menterio. The waist !
was draped from the shoulder to a point '
in fiont, and rows of thu narrow passe-
menterio started at tho top and en lid at
thebottomol the point. The sleeves weie
plain gigot, not very pionounced. There
was a military capo to bo worn with
this, coming a little below the waist and
lined with changeable talleta silk. I
There was a modest butterfly collar lined i
with tho silk and bordered with tho i
Biune narrow bead trimming, and the col-1
lar was a high turndown bordered with '
tho passementerie. j
With this was worn a bonnet of black
lace, jet ornament and red haws for the
day, and for evening a myrtlo green vel
vet with a compact mass of velvet for-
getmenots. For day black undressed kid
gloves, for evening iearl. You see by
this that nn elderly woman is at liberty i
to wear a dress liko that for almost any
ordinary occasion, to church, to tho thea
ter, for calling and for carriage, as well i
as on tho street, and thero is no reason
why it should not bo so. Tho gown is
costly enough, quiet and in good taste, I
and therefore suitable, but for recep
tions or dinners black or dark silk would
be moii' elegant.
Hut if mamma looks best in black
cashmero or silk, not so her pretty
daughter, and sho is at liberty to cos
tunio herself in all tho colors of tho
rainbow and they as costly as her purso
can buy. Witness tho lovely daughter
in a rainbow striped silk and velvet
gown for tho dinners, balls and leiej
tions of tho second winter, lietwetn
1 the rainbow civet stripes is change
able silk with all tho colors of the sunset
sky as it turns from red and gold to
leaden blue. Aiound tho bottom she
has a band of peacock feathers hoi dot
i ing eacli edge of a passenienterio of
I white velvet and opal beads. Tho beitha
and beltb are of shot velvet purple and
I gold, which bring out tho delicate fair
I nes-, of the young gill, but would be fat.il
I to a sallow woman.
I A hint to young ladies about this gown.
You can copy this design in tho dainty
1 zephyr ginghams or lino woolens if joti
I so pufer, and use velutma instead of
veh'jt for ti miming and leao oil tho
costly foot trimming, and have a gown
fully as tasteful and dainty as the origi
nal. If it is to bo wot u in the afteni(.ou
as well as i veiling, it would bo well to
lme the Mlutinacomo lather liighn m
tho neck, leaving it V shaped fiont and
back. I have done that myself.
llr'Mtiurri: Kui-x.i'.au.
Xow York.
PETTY ECONOMIES.
Sii'lni; That sm, niiil i:coiiom. Hint !
Nut Wiirlli Hie Trouble.
Itinuy bo becausethey ate raiely accus
tomed to tho handling of much money,
and its lavisu use lather frightens them
whatever tho cause, it is certain that
women, no matter how extravagant in
some matters, aro almost never wholly
go. They havo a tew economies which
they rigidly exercise. These aro gener-,
ally in triw.il matters, legaided by their
fathers and husbands and brothers as ah-1
surd, not to say niggardly. Tho men,
too, have their pet sawngs. I doubt if
there is a human biiug who, besides his
favoiitesin and his secret supeistition,
has not one single and peculiar sti.iin of
miserliness.
They aro those little, constant acts of
self denial, howeer, that tho siijierHir
sex scoff at and deride. They would not
walk, if overtired, to a old a car fine, nor
go without a needed lunch while shop
Dim:, nor strain their eyes in glussesthat
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STYLES.
did not tit. nor wear ItootH that had
proved uncomfortable becanso "they aro
perfectly good and it seems a shame to
tlnow them away."
Kuch economies as these aro mean in
deed and tho most at rant folly. An "tho
life is more than raiment," it should al
ways bo considered lirst. One's health
and strength should bo guarded at'd
physical well being placed immeasura
bly above any sum of money, largo or
small. To sa e on essentials is as wrong
on the ono side as on tho other to do
what I heard a young gnl, whoso father
was a niodeiately salaried cleik, onco
decline was her mode of piocedure. "I
always throw away my pennies'," said
she. "They'ie such a nuisance."
A bright paiagraph tho other day told
the old litory with a diffeience, of a
merchant setting two boys to undo par
cels and engaging him who did not
carefully untie the twine and fold up tho
paper, "for time, nowadays, is worth
more than tho scrap of cold and bit of
wrapping." It requites a most judicious
mind to clearly sen in all cases which is
moro important, the time spent in sav
ing or tho thing saved. When it comes
to patching pillowcases and darning
stockings which mo as lull of holes as a
sieve, thero is no such question. Linen
and hoso me alike so cheap that tho
hours h i K-1 1 1 in redeeming what is be
yond its usefulness niiht lie better em
ployed in a hundred clainoious ways.
Timo is woith a gieat deal in this era
of all improvement, and just theio
comes tho point for due consideration.
If by tho many littles which "mako a
mickle" some tangible good can be se
cured, she is most ellicient ami praise
worthy who souos the opportunity.
"What a pietty little coat you have.
Nuniiy!" exclaimed a lady to a tiny child
making a formal call with her mother.
The latter was not oierwhelmed with
joy at the piping lcplv, "Yes, and it's
made out ot papa's old ti misers. " Thero
was loom for luiuct pi ide instead of em
barrassinent, for it was "a pretty littles
tout" and wore well and seived eery
purpose m spite of its unpromising gen
i sis. Hi tii Ham
!.) mill Km surgeon.
I) . W. I.. D.i.Mon. oculist and miri-t
No. 1 "Ji t:t o stiiM-t, Lincoln. Neb.
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Mi's. V. I'.. (Jo-pec's new spring
stock of iiiilliin'i. tin- lini'st in the'
i'lt,. i now einnph'ti'. i
Mis Mabel Mi'i rill, the well known
aitist. is again at her studio, loom II
Webster block, whole she will be
plell-ed to execute ol dels in pastel mill
oil paintings. ,,.oiis (.'hen.
I
I Mis Iteltllll Sll.Mlei'. steliogiapher
'and Upewritci. (.w tcspoudoiicc, law
woik. and all kind- of short-hand wink
promptly and neatl, executed, into
stieet. Ti-leplliUK -.VI.
Lllti-t lliileltie ill !-pi illg M lllillel'l .
the IllieM in tlieciU. Cllhlwiill Nistei-.
(s -south LleSelltll stieet.
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Mi II. II. Deuuirist. Hair ln-iiig
and 'lituiciiring. mom lOI-HU. IM- )
Stl'l'l i
No such line of canned fruits in tho
city a shown by W. A. Collin ,V 'o ,
ll.'i South r.lowuth stieet.
Ak ,mhi I'i.'uicei'.v limn fiir t In "WiIIh-i
Unlllii!.' Mill-" Flniii I'liii-. lliirvi'v.
luo'it'ii'tiir. I'ik'uIii fni'
Little Mlltcllet."
"Nli-kk- I 'lute." nml
'llakerVCiiiihtaiice "
'.'.verv Miclc wan anted.
All tlii'coli'liinteil L11I11I. -.eluiliei nml
Mitcliell IllK lllllies Itlld MlxM'r- -line- ill
Dnnlile A widtli-yn lit oile linlf funnel
Jll'li e nt
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Will uin-vvi't telephone niilri. iii nit
part nf the eit.v. I 'hone lis().
IllKAI. (iUCK'KHY '('.
WOMAN'S WORLD IN PARAGRAPHS.
I.iiiiiIi Ciiiiiitrr I'or Women Our Not the
Unrlil Mntvf
A with awake lestiiuraiit keeper in
New Yiuktttx blessings and pioxpotlty
ci own him' has established us one
branch of his business n lunch counter
for women. So far as I know, it is tho
llrsl of its kind in the wot Id. It is not a
free luiuh counter, how over. Ladles
who do imt caio for a full dinner ot
luncheon get a hasty bilo and pay for
what tho get without bti,lngcltht rbeci
or cigat . Thci e is a long count ei or table,
w ith a low of high stools in front. A worn
an pel dies herself upon ono of the stooh
and oiders her coffee and loll or a dainty
cup of iiuoa and a ten biscuit, or miiybe
cieii the lleud dyspepsia's great knock
down aiguiiient, a plceo of pie. The
chatges aie icaoiiahlc, tho waiters at
tentive, eei thing clean ns paradise,
ami a woman feels no mine embaiiaa
incut in giving her little older at this
nice lunch counter than her husband ex
pel lences when ho in dors his kIiiss of
lieer and sandwich at a man's lunch
counter. Tho innovation is a success.
Ladles wait their tin ns nt the counter.
It is a gieat convenience to business
women and tluxo who aro shopping, and
then ought to bo mote such lunch
counters in all tho large cities.
Speaking of pie and lunches lemiuils
me that into a ceitain leslauiaut wheie
I used to get dinner thcio camo icgularly
eveiy evening a woman with a face so
sour, despondent ami leatheiy that she
was a sight to look upon. You would
havo thought the hist fiieud she hud on
earth had just been hanged and she her
self was goiugtothi'pooihousoni'xt day.
Well, 1 could not tell why sho looked so
till I saw that every night, month after
mouth, winter and summer, she took for
dinner a qiuuter of lestiiuinut mince pie
ami a huge cup of tho strongest collet' go
ing. Then I knew.
New Yoik mothers now own half of
their childicn. A club of ladies, the
Woman's IMucatiotial and Industrial
union of llullulo, has been pegging
away for joars trying to induce the
New Yin k legislatuio to pass a law
making mothers joint guardians with
tho fat hei h of their children. Other so
cieties ami individuals helped in tho
cffoit, ami at length the law was passed.
Governor Flower, that good woman's
rights man, approved it at once.
Mrs. (J. II. Tiuipsnn is a successful
tiiulei taker or "funeral dliector," as is
now tho la'hioii to call it, and is in busi
ness in New York city in her own name.
In six states of tho Union motheis nml
fathers nro tho joint gtiaidiausof their
children. In all the rest the father owns
tho young ones ns absolutely as if their
niothei was no kin to them. In some of
tho states ho owns tho mother, too, pre
cisely as if sho weio his slave.
Theie is money, there is health, there
is independence, likewise happiness, in
small 1 1 nit ctilttuc, flower culture, poul
try raising and beekeeping. Women whe
go into any one or two of theso occupa
tions judiciously and jiorseverlngly will
bo richly rewanled. Of course tho place
chosen must bo convenient to acity mar
ket. I wonder often why moro women
do not go into these branches of business.
They seem peculiaily adapted to oursex.
Tho taste for tho refined ami (esthetic in
articles that please both tho palate and
tho eye grows with our population, and
e cry year thero is greater market for
tho products above named.
Hy voto of tho authorities of tho Swe
denborgian church all odices in that de
nomination aro now open to women, and
women may be ordained as preachers.
Thus tho beautit ul ami spiritual Sweden
borgian doctrino works in the hearts of
its believers. Some of the gentlest, no
blest, sweetest souls I havo ever known
belonged to this chun h.
Tho assistant court dentist m Ger
many is a woman, Dr. Hcniictta I Iir-ch-feld.
Ot course she came from Amciica.
She was g! minuted from the Philadel
phia College of Dental Suigery.
Tho interior of tlio California building
at tho Woild's lair will be decorated by
a woman, Miss Maiy Domiuis Dates, a
San Fiancisco at ti-t.
The governor ot California has the
unique distinction of being tho only gov
ii nor in this I'liion who has vetoed a bill
giving school suffiago to women.
An American lady onco told mo with
a Hush of humiliation upon her chick
how, crossing tho Atlantic, she made the
acquaintance of a delightful Kuglish
gentleman who was gieatly inteiested
in our country He asked her questions
about oui soil, climate, Iiioductioiis, city
goveiniueut mid mines, alo about con
giessnnd theUnitid Statescoiistitiition,
not one of which she could answer.
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simply dioppcil the acquaintance, gieat
ly to hi r mollification. He had no fur
ther interest in her. M friindcniuo
home and bigau to read and study. '
Kl lv Altillvun Cu.nmii j
A (iloti- Sm liet, I
A pretty glove s.u h t is made of a
pine of chamois skin 'Jo by 21 inches, j
It is lined with n piece of ( hiiui silk 10
bv LM) niches, with a thin intcilmmg of
pel fumed wadding l'laie the lining on
the outside so that the lunge l way of the
silk his tho shorter w a) of tin cliumoie.
This will bung the tdges ot tho lining
m
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nml the (iiit-ide ivdi mi two oppontc
-ide-, while mi the other two the ( lllllllOli
(xtinilsan nu-h In vmul the filk. Sew
the lining on the (iiithiilc all the wav
loiind hy machine and fold over the
tvo I'M II eiliies to the middle', fa.-teliillg
tin 111 thero to niakc tin tvvu pixkct-4.
I 'ut the (h.iinois hkin that project at
each did into nariovv ctripx to form
IrniKi. The deem ut mn on the nntMilu
ot the Micht't h dcnie in is'olil jiaint and
iniiMHtx of u liand uci (( each end ut thu
head of the fringe and a ccuttcred de
Mini of irregular duiMih done in outline.
COLUMBIAN FAIR OUTFITTERS
Lsulii's who contemplate isitiii"; the Columbian Fair
will find our line of
DRESS GOODS
suitable foi Tiaellinr I Jicssc.s the correct sijles and
prices. K entiling necessary foi a complete Ladies
Outfit can be seemed from our magnificent mid com
plete assoitment. Underwent, Hosiery, Corsets,
(ilovc.s, llandkeichicfs, Skirts, Capes, Jackets,
Waists, Sunshades, Ciossmcrs, Mackintoshes and
hundreds of minoi articles so necessary for comfort
and convenience. You can save enough money on
vour purchases to pay your hotel bills by pationiin
the PROGRESSIVA DRY GOODS EMPORIUM,
BLOCH St KOHN,
i i.i and 1 1. j 3 ) Stieet.
THE LITTLE MAN
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Is often forgotten that m, the shoes ate not always suited to Ins
position. He does not like to wear girl shoes.
IT IS NOT NECESSARY.
RUSSKTS IN BUTTON Smin- I led 1 1 to 2.
MLACK IN LACK SpiinK Heel 8 to a's.
ED. G. YATES
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OUR STOCK f OF
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And
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Wo will ie FREE OF CHARGE a lari:e
beautiful PICTURE, suitable for the nicest home,
when) on hae traded to the amount of $25.00.
Cauls will be jjien ou and each pui chase cancelled
until the above amount istiaded up. PICTURES
ON EXHIBITION.
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ECONOMY DRY GOODS STORE.
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3:0 bouth Eleventh trrcL
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