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    THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : SUKJTAY , APRIL 3 , 1S87.-TWELVE PAGES. ' J
MAIDENLY AND MATRONLY ,
'Ohoico Selections From the Sacred Domain
of the Heart-Keepers.
BONANZA BEAUTY , BIRDIE FAIR.
CroTcr'n Klfltcrs Vlctoi'ln's Habits
"JIocliiR Corn" nt Kljjlity Mod-
Jcskn , lho World's Since Ka *
vorlto Gossiping Clnn s.
The SOUR or ttic Flirt.
f'nim ( Jrljt.
With feet ( julto weary nnd worn ,
With eyelids heavy nnd red ,
A woman reclined on a ballroom chair
\Vhen \ she ought to have been In bed.
Jtlehlrlchlrtchl
In her low-necked silk admired ,
lint still , with n voice of dolorous pitch ,
Stic muttered , "I'm awfully tired ! "
Danre ! dance ! dance !
Till your head begins to swim ;
DancoEdancutdnucul
And whirl \\lth n horrible vim.
It'.sohltobnaKlrll
I would teach them n lesson of wit.
Tor when they jjet Into this maddening
whhl
They never know when to quit.
Oh.clrls with mothers dear !
Oh , younu and Kiddy wives I
And you'll find th.it never n bit remains
When you get too old to illrt !
The President's Sisters.
Correspondence Philadelphia Press-
Mrs. Hoyt , thn president's .sKtur , left thu
white house to-day for n visit to Beatrice ,
houthuastern Nebraska , where her t\\o
wins arc in business. Miss Rose Cleve
land is still with her friend , M'ss ' Nelson ,
in New Yoik city , but will return to
Holland Patent next week should the
wiow in thu Mohawk valley disappear.
Mrs. Yeomans , another sister , residing
noiir Roehe.itcr , has never yet visited the
white house , having a husband in del
icate health and a young family. The
president and Mrs. Cleveland were desir
ous to have Mr. and Mrs. Yeomans and
Mr. and Mrs. Hoyt como to thorn hero
last Thanksgiving week , but neither the
health of Mr. Yeomans nor of the vencr-
iible mother of Mr. Hoyt. who resides
with her son , made it possible to accept
this invitation.
There is still another sister , Mrs. Hast
ings , thu eldest of the tamily , who has
been tor more than thirty years a valued
missionary of the American Hoard at
Ceylon , llcrlinsband is president of the
Jall'na mission college. Five or six years
ago , at the death of her mother , Mrs.
Hastings came home for a few months ,
but the elevation of her brother- the
lircsidency has had no power to attract
her even temporarily from the endeared
work of her lifo. lour of her children
lire in this country , and the remaining
two. after being educated here by her
brother's help , have returned to thu mis
sionary ground , the son to follow thu
fathers calling. Of the two sons re-
inaining here , the elder , who is in bank
ing business In Hartford , is to bu mar-
licd next fall to a member of the present
graduating class of Smith College , who
will travel with her parents the remain-
dcr of the summer in Europe. Thure
would bo great joy in the Cleveland fam
ily If Mrs. Hastings would consent to join
this party in Europe and return with
them for a short slay , making it the oc
casion also to meet her young sister-in-
law of the white house , to whom the fam
ily have become dcvoutedly attachedbut
this would scarcely consist with her ideas
of iidelity to her work. Mrs. Hastings
onoe said that shu thought she knew the
sorrow of parting when she started from
homo with her husband for their mission
ary field , but she had found that she did
not really know its depth till she was
compelled to send her young children
from her to bo educated. Thu eldest of
lier daughters , Miss Mary Hastings , vis
ited Washington last winter during her
Eominary vacation ; the younger is a pu
pil at Smith college.
Queen Victoria' * ) Habits.
Herald of Health : In ordinary life the
nncon is done breakfast before 0 o'clock ,
bhe rides or walks every day in fine
weather , and reads , writes or draws after
luncheon. Her greatest happiness is de
rived from association with members of
her family. Affairs of state are discussed
with the minister in attendance between
breakfast nnd luncheon , nnd when any
thing of serious import is on tapis the
pleasures of exorcise are neutralized by
anxiety. Queen Victoria always nays
considerable attention to the sanitary
condition of the palace in which she re
sides for the time being. Her relish for
outdoor exorcise enables her to appro-
elate pure air , and to sco that her living
nnd Bleeping apartments are properly
ventilated. For some time after the
death of the prince consort the intensity
of her grief told very sevoraly on her
physical condition. The lirst evidence
of this came in the shape of an attack of
neuralgia. It only required a very short
walk to produce a strong sense of fatigue
nnd headache. She suflurcd very much
from sleeplessness , nnd was constantly
under the cnro of n physician. Now that
she is approaching the fiftieth year of her
reign , after twenty-seven years of retire
ment , thu queen has begun once more to
lake interest in worldly things.
A Itonnnzn MnUlon's Fete.
San Francisco Chronicle : IJirdio Fair.
Iho only daughter of the senator and
bonanza king , was eleven years old last
Wednesday , nnd in the evening her
mother , Mrs. Theresa Fair , gave a fancy
dress party at her residence on Pine
street in honor of the event , to which
about fifty of HIrdio's little friends wore
invited. The guests enjoyed several
dances , nnd at 10 o'clock they marched
into the dining-room , whuro supper was
Bcrvcd. On the centre tablu was a rep
resentation of the ocean , and a mermaid
was seen driving a team of four .soft-shell
crabs through the waves. She was dressed
in green tulle decorated with chains of
shells , and a silver pond Hlv was in her
long light hair. Toto-a-teto tables were
distributed around the room , and each
one was adorned with lemons and
oranges. The porcelain cabinet was also
decorated with this fruit , and across the
front was a terra cotta ribbon , on which ,
in quaint lottcrs , was thu inscription :
( JraiKcsand lemons say thu bells of St.
Clemens.
A chime of golden bolls hung over the
ribbon , being Irregularly arranged.
On the tacu of the lower left-hand cor
ner of the mantle mirror was n silver
web , and the strands spread out to the
other sldo and above , whore there were
branches of fruit trees in blossom. Sit
ting on thu mantle was little Miss Mullit ,
whosu plate of curds , and thuy wuro but
partially consumed owing to her fright
when she noticed the hungry look thai
the big black spider \ thu web bestowed
upon her. Whun every ono was seated a
major-domo brought in an iuiinensn piu ,
which was placed buforo Miss Hindu to
bo cut. Thu sl/.o of thn plo caused her
to demur a little at lirst. but she linallj
cut around the edge of the top crust
which wr.s then lifted up , nnd two do7.ui
lire canary birds flew out of ttin centru
mid puarclicd upon thu boughs , etc.
Undue Corn nt nn Au of Kli hry.
Kokomis ( III. ) Special to thu ( ilobo
Democrat : Mrs. Mary Swords , \\ho wil
bo eighty years old next Apr.I.is as uctivi
as any woman twenty years hur junior
Shu attends church uvcr.y Snlibath regard
IfiM of thu weather , and Iht-s by hi < rsi > | f
flolnghorown housework Las ! scinoi
she cultivated Yogctnhb's CI-OM II for her
own use , beside * duvoUiii. nini-li Umuam
labor upon her ( lowers , of which she is
rcry fond and hus-.i great vaViuty. Las
\
October she went on a visit to Ohio tin-
iccompnriled. She was born hi York
county , Pennsylvania , married in 1923 ,
novcd to Ohio in 1830 , and to this county
n lS5tt , whore she has resided since. Her
itishand built the second hoti o that was
erected In this town. Ho dieil in 1875.
J'ho old lady has six children living and
four dead ; has hail thirty-six grand
children and thirteen preat-Krandehll-
Iron. She very seldom n cs glasses , her
eyesight being good enough except in
reading small print.
Sirs. Ijangt ry'n Retiring Nature ,
New York letter in the Itoston Times :
Mrs. Lnngtry is very fond of our Ameri
can delicacies , IPO cream , soda , and fre
quently pays visits when out upon one of
her walks to the famous shops where their
are found in their perfection. She is rarely
recognized by cither attendants or custo
mers. and in this way is remarkably
Free in her comings and going ? . It
would surprho anyone who did not know
lior personally to learn how "shy" a
woman she really is. The unbecoming
jrowds of market boys and messengers
that wait for appearance from house-
door to carriage probably have no con
ception of the relief with which she turns
the lirst corner and escapes their ga/.o.
Often she sends her coachman away for
ten minutes , knowing that in the mean
time the crowd will have dispersed.
When this is not possible , she fairly
makes a run from door to carriage , is
tucked in as hurriedly as possible and
Hies away.
MrH. Cleveland Calls on Moctjcska.
Baltimore American : Mrs. Cleveland
braved the storm this afternoon and
drove down to Albaiigh's with Mrs. Kol-
soiu , Miss Rose Elizabeth Cleveland and
two other ladies to attend the matinee.
After the performance the white house
party went behind the scenes to call on
Mine. Modjeska. It was Mrs. Clove-
land's first visit to the mysterious region
beyond the curtain , and , like everyone
who goes on the stage for the first time ,
she walked timidly for fear shu would
fall down a trap-door. Modjeska re
ceived her visitors in the dressing-room ,
and after a little chat took the lady of
the white house for a tour of inspection
over the stago. Mrs. Cleveland was
charmed with all she saw , and wanted to
know how the curtain went up and the
scenery moved nnd all the wonderful
workings of the stage.
Glvinc n Ho-CnlloU ActresH Points.
Louisville Post. "I would like to give
one word of advice to Mi&s Agnes Herndon -
don , " said a bachelor whose hair is lie-
ginning to turn gray. "It is that she
wears her bust too high. Mebbc you
think I do not know about such things ,
but I have made female beauty a study.
Miss Hurndon has a magnificent form if
shu would refrain from deforming it in
the manner I have indicated. It was
never intended that a woman's bust
should swell directly out from her throat ,
but her body should be formed in grace
ful curves. She reminds mo now of a
blower pigeon when ho has his neck in-
Hated. "
Some Very Llclit Ghat.
Extracts from a London Letter : Girls
aru never taught to courtscy now , as they
used to bo. A real , old-fashioned
'courtesy , " as it used to be spelled , is
quite an elaborate performance. My
mother had lessons in it when slio was a
girl. First.you draw back the right foot ,
, getting it straight behind the other ,
and down you go , as far as the supple
ment of your limbs will permit , coming
up "to the recover" with all weight on
the right foot , and the loft pointed out
most daintily. A curtsey is about the
only thins ; in the world that is helped out
by the high-heeled uhoc. * * The
prettiest ball dress I have lately scon was
a white one made in semi-Greek stylo. I
wish I could sketch it to you , for I am
curtain It would suit your slight liguro to
perfection. It was not a bit Jiko Mrs.
Pfuift'ur's gowns , buing guiltless
of embroidery. * * * I wish
you would remember to tell mo
whun you write if American women
wear thosu horrid gilt hairpins. In my
opinion they are absolutely hideous. A
hairpin should bo an accessory , not an
accentuated fact. It should be invisible.
Thusn odious things bristle all ovur the
coiffure , carefully calling attention to the
fact that kelp-polorcd or mouse-tinted
hair is not gold , and thus inviting com
parisons. * * * Mind you tell me if
American women have smaller feet than
English women.
Three Wealthy Now York Women.
Three of the wealthiest and most
prominent Indies of Mow York are spend
ing a few weeks in Philadelphia nt the
Aldmo hotel , whuro they each have ele
gant suites of rooms and their own
servants. They are Mrs. Lennox Ken
nedy , Mrs. UosGvelt Schuylor and Mrs.
Van Kenssolaor Crngor. They nro all ac
quainted in Philadelphia and have had
many callers since they arrived. From
hero they will make trips to some of the
notud winter resorts , winding up the
season in Florida.
Gossip For tlio Ladles.
Jcnnio Juno yields the palm to Amur-
lean women for hualthcomplexiontaste ,
and good lumper.
Women's work is too often bodly re
munerated , but it is well to realize to
what a degree. A lever of statistics has
calculatcdthat 10,000 stitches arc required
for a hand-sown shirt.
The queen of Sweden lias had all the
models of the Stockholm Rational Dress
association submitted to her for inspec
tion , and has expressed her approval of
them , as well as the work and general
purpose os the society.
Miss Nollin Henderson , of the Queen's
school , Chester , Kngland , has gained thn
silver medal offered for competition by
the Musical International college at their
examination in music at the Liverpool
centre hold last December.
Mme. Alboni has ottered her services
to thu syndicate at Florunco to sing on
the occasion of the reception of the re
mains of Rossini in the Church of Santa
Crocp. Alboni was the special delight of
Rossini in her rendering of music.
Miss Alice Longfellow is one of the
oflieurs of the society for the collegiate
instruction of women , and is often at the
Iliivard annex building , where , they say ,
Fhu Is regarded by iho students with n
love amounting almost to reverence.
Mmo. Marie Ro/.o , by invitation of the
governors , visited the now JafTray hos
pital , Birmingham , recently , and spent
a considerable timu in various wards.
Mmo. Ro/.o sang several songs to the pa-
tiunts , to their evident delight.
Ladies wuro thu winners of sixty-thrco
of thu prizes and certificate given away
at thu art distribution at the Dover
School of Art , which took place recently ,
nnd of thu wholu number of prizotakors
nearly all thu principal honors bulongud
to thum.
Mine. Li'goll' has been accorded an an
nual pension ot 000 francs by thn Ministro
du ( 'Instruction Pnbliouo. Mme Logon"
was thu mother of Remain Legoir , thu
medical i-tiulont who .sacrificed Ills life in
submitting to a transfusion of blood. A
fctreot in Paris now bears his namu.
The dowugrrumpress of China has re-
fixed to adopt thu additional honorific
title that thu emperor , thu princes and
miiiUturs havu petitioned dor to assume
in order to confer distinction on "the
principle ) of governing by means of tilial
piety. " In a reply marked by nobility
of fruling , thu empress points out that
"the performance of a son's duty to his
parents lies in deeds , not in fair words. "
I'hn lady mayoress of London was pro-
in tlio drawing-room of the Mansion -
sion tiouso recently with a case of gloves
bv the Worshipful Company of ( Jlovors ,
in token rf their appreciation of her hus
band's services to the city. Ton prcscnl
consists of twenty-four pairs of undressed
< id gloves of the finest quality , the ma
jority having , In accordance with exiti
ng fasRlon , as many as twenty buttons.
The gloves were enclosed in a Russian
.eather . casket , with a slls'er inscription.
11OM3Y Toil TUB IjAUIKS.
Stripes rule in the spring fashions.
Masque bodices are entirely out of favor
In Paris.
Snutl simulated canes arc a novelty for
spring ,
The fancy for ribbon trimmings ] Is Kaln-
Intc ground.
PIcot-edRcd ribbons nre the most fashion
able tor L'urnlturo.
The blossoms of the crab apple furnish the
"very latest" perfume.
Myrtle leaves arc ndxed with orange blos
soms In bridal wreaths.
Wraps and jackets will not bo fashionable
for street wear this sprlnc.
The darned thread lares , and old > 'or-
mandy laces are In ure.it favor. |
rtificial linn era have fjlven place to leal
ones as trimming for ball dresses.
Floral mtiirs of natural violets , rose-buds
and the like , are carried by bridesmaids.
Sarah Kernhardt drinks a bottle of stout
for lunch every day. Extremes still meet.
Colored handkerchiefs niobut lltt'o ' worn
and silk ones are entirely done away with.
The newest blue Is the "jubilee , " and the
newest shade of pink Is called "Charles X. "
A fantasle In tans Is one of black crape or
cau/c buaiitig the monogram In diamond
dust.
The handsomest fans of the season consist
of white feathers mounted on tortoise-shell
sticks.
Skirts fur the street remain short , but all
house and evening dresses must bo deinl-
trained.
Kaster brides must carry bouquets of As-
renslon lilies , white lilies , or white chrysan
themums.
Neapolitan violet is one of the most delicate
of the new tints , but It Is becoming only to
extreme blondes.
Prettv bonnet-strings are of pearls In the
shnpuof akur , with a mliiiaturu gold pad
lock In the centre.
The ruunln for embroideries In brilllantcol-
ored and worthless stoues Is .still unabatedIn
spite ot Its bad taste.
Fashionable walking boots are frequently
made of may or havaua-colorcd leather , lin-
ishud with patent leather.
Apricot , rose , copper , pale terra cotta ,
bl.sque blue and appln green aru shades now
worn by dnylhrlit In ParK
The fashionable bracelet Is almost thread
like , and has heart or horseshoe ornaments
or lows of diamond-sot forget-me-nots.
It Is possible that with the lower cut vests
now worn the old-fashioned bow will como
Into tavor acain for masculine day Near.
Pure nnd cream white silks and satins ,
made up In nil thu fashionable Conns , will be
the proper thing in men's neck gear all sum
mer.
mer.There
There Is a revival of the fashion for sum
mer ilri'.sses ot wearing an outer waist of
transparent mntenal. high necked and long
sleeved , over a decollete under waist.
Stamped leather Is "the only wear" for
card cases and portc-inoiinaics. A popular
style Is nn immltatlon of old India blue
china. These nre mounted In old silver.
One of the latest novelties In variegated
gold work Is a pin representing a side view
ot a parrot's head , with opaline rutlled neck ,
diamond eye and beak of polished gold.
A perfectly Imitated ten rose in plain Uo-
man gold half opened and having the tip of
the bud set with ; i diamond , is a charming
example ot thu ( lower bruoch , now so popu
lar.
"Ai.diron-rust , " a frightful brownish
green , and "liver of sulphur , " an Indescrib
able color seemiiiff to blend yellow , green
nud red nru colors said to be popular In
IMrls.
The latest form of London bonnet Is the
"Uuhrens , " named after one of thu many
young women who have rejected Lord
Cairns , It Is a very small capotu In black
and gold.
At Lenten service : Miss Molly. "Come
In our pew , Kate. " Miss Katu "Oh , no ;
como In outs. We've got such nice , com
fortable , hluh cushions. They don't strain
your polonaise a bit. "
It Is Bald that a woman has little or no
sensoof humor , and It must bo true. Other
wise she could never get past the love ,
honor and obey part of the marrlagu corc-
mouy without laughing.
A breach of promise camera Is a late Inven
tion. It goes by clock work , nnd when con-
realed in a parlor ornament perfectly repro
duces e\ery act of the young man who Is call-
ins on the dauehterof the house. The mille-
nium Is not far oil.
An exchange Is asked the question : "How
shall I stult a deer's head ? " h depends upon
thu party naked. If shu is a rich dear , tell tier
you lovu her for herself alone. If she Is
poor , insist that you love bur just as much as
if she were an heiress.
An Illinois paper has the following : "Tho
funeral services of the late William P. Lewis
were somewhat hurried , to enable his estim
able and grief-stricken widow to catch the S
o'clock train for Chicago , where she coos to
visit friends.
Patches and powdered hair are noted at the
theatres , and the fashion In not confined to
the stage alone. Some ladles use court plaster ,
but a tiny dot of black velvet , with a little
adhesive substance applied to It , Is thought
to prove far more becoming than tbu less
dense , lack-lustre.
At one time there was silence In heaven
for halt nn hour , which some men take for a
proof that there aru no women there. But there
are. That accidental silencu was caused by
the women all happening to -arranging
their toilets at the same time , and each had a
roll of hair In her mouth.
Arizonians have been unearthing female
skeletons which have been burled 5,000
years , and claim they belong to a race that
stood eleven feet hlali. The jawbone , how
ever , Is no longer than that of a female of
the present day. What a pleasure It would
havu biiun to have lived lu those days.
A .London lecturer says : "Not one woman
in ten thousand has room Inside her clothes
for the rlso and fall of her ribs In breathlntr. "
We believe he's about correct , for wo notice
that a great majority of women nt the opera
breathe outside their clothes trom a small
neck of open space just below the chin.
"I'm for that follow
laying , and will eet
him yet , " said nn angry lirooklynlto to his
Boston wife. "You shouldn't say 'laying
for him,1 Harry , " conccted his wife , " 'You
should say lying for him. " "I should do
nothing of the sort , my dear. Pin no law
yer , " he replied , and the lady retired in con
fusion.
Jet bonnets In princess or fish wife poke
shape the latter with Its narrow pont-houso
front are trimmed with towerlnir , upright
bows of ribbon In the now colors of Charles
X , pink , vivid scarlet , terra cotta , chartereu-
se , or primrose. These bonnets are a very
good Investment , for the bows can bo
changed from time to time , one correspond
ing to any particular dress taking its place
for a time.
Among the minor details of evening dress
nro dainty ribbons that tie around the neck.
The ribbon Is moderately wide , and , as a
rule , is fastened to a foundation of still' net ,
which prevents its wrinkling. The bow at
the back is compact , and the ends but little
longer than the short loops. The bow is
made up , as It Is called , not tied each time
the ribbon Is worn. Black ribbon , velvet
studded , with a single diamond ornament ,
or Its likeness , n Rhine stone.looUs very chic ,
and serves admirably to set off , by force ot
contrast , n good complexion. When the ends
of the ribbon are not short , curiously enough ,
they are very long , reaching always below
trie waist ; but when thin style Is chosen a
narrow ribbon only Is worn.
EDUCATIONAL.
Harvard Is to have a summer term for
training teachers.
Cleveland I us decided to make manual
training a prominent part of Its school sys
tem.
tem.Cornell
Cornell has the largest Young Men's Chris
tian association of any educational Institu
tion In the world.
Lately It has been notable how manv north
ern bequests there havu beun lor southern
educational institutions.
Leydon university , In Holland , Is the
richest In the world. Its real estate alone Is
said to be worth $4,000,000.
Hawaii Is not unprovided with educational
facilities. The education act compel * the at
tendance at school of all children between
the azes of sis and fifteen. The government
supports free public schools o-it of a tax of
83 per head , paid by every male Inhabitant
of the kingdom between the axes of twenty
and sixty yearn.
A tendency Is obscrvabla on thu part of
many young teachers , whoseenthusloam and
imagination are roused by the rreat discov
eries ot modern science , to substitute in their
Instruction t.lip.mothod of discovery for the
method of oxtiusltloiii F.xccptlmr for ad
vanced students , tn university courses and
the like , the substitution Is rather contusing
than beneficial. '
A new departure. In normal education Is to
be made this coming summer by thu Intro
duction at Harvard collcgu of n summer
course of physical training for teachers. The
demand for compdtcnt Instiuctorslii thuSar-
gent system ot examination and physical
training has becomu so great that It has been
decided to open the Hemenwny gymnasium
for a eourso ot ti\e weeks' Instruction In thu
theory and practice of physical exercise.
According to'thn t.Mudlcnl Review , "a most
Important advance hns bcun made In thu
menus of communication between deaf
mutes , which can be made use of to the
greatest advantage In schools. The palm of
thu hand Is divided Into dirTcretit portions ,
cauh of which coricsponds to a letter of the
alphabet. For example , thu eminence be
tween the lirst nnd second joints of the
Index linger isV : that between the second
and third is M , nnd so on. "
The London Lancet sees In precocity sim
ply the early or premature use of the higher
cerebral centers , particularly thee which
stand In near relation to the senses. Even
when the higher Intellectual centers nro
nirectcd , the excitation may usually bo traced
thiough channels which originate lu the
senses. The calculating boy Is gifted with a
specially ncute pcicuptlon ot sight or souutl-
piiantoms , which nre so clearly apparent to
his consciousness that he works out sums
mentally with the ease of nn expert usltie
slntu nnd pencil. In like maunern purson of
keen sound-phantoms may compose music
or make verses.
MUSlUAIj AND DRAMATIC.
The latest success is "Donnybiook , " In
which Tony Hart Is making n great hit.
"Mind rentiers , " and all that sort of people
ple , are becoming veiy tltusomo to the
public.
Holand Reed Is so successful this season
that diamonds are beginning to sparklu loith
trom bosom and lingers.
Mmo. Emma Novnda's recent engngement
nt Nice was simply a series of triumps. She
sang In Florence last week.
Billy Arnold , of the variety stage , at ouo
time had f-lO.COO cash. Sitting In trout of the
ten-spot nt thu bank lost It.
Several hundred ladles stood up through
nn entire matinee performance of "Fedora"
by BernlumU In New Voik last week.
A cold spring wells up directly under the
center ot thu Now York academy stage , nnd
never ceases to How , winter or summer.
An Indignant audience howled a whole
company fairly oil the stngn In Milwaukee ,
for getting elf a series of too familiar Jokes
nnd puns.
Eil Stokes laughs nt the Idea of his build-
lug a minstrel theater on Twenty-Fifth
street , lie never paints things black. Ked
Is his color.
Washington has moio places of amuse
ment to the squaw mile than any oilier city
in the United Stales , excepting isuw York ,
of course.
Mr. Abbey will probably r.ltcmato Mme.
Paul lu Italian opera with Mine. Bcinhnrdt in
French dramas at the London Gaiety theatre
this spring.
John T. Raymond will produce "A ( ! old
Mine" in Memphis , Tenn. , lor the first time.
The comedy Is l > y Brainier Matthews and
Ucoige 11. Jessup.
Lillian ( .iiubb , according to different re-
poits , is engaged for next .season with Nat
( inodwin. E. K. Kiel' , Miles nud Barton and
Rudolph Aronson.
John W. Keller , the author of "Tangled
Lives. " has written another play , the action
of vvhlcli passes in Mexico. Robert B.Mnutell
Is to produce It next season.
Thu 1,000th nk'ht ot "Adonis" occurred In
Chicago last week.1 Dixey made a departuio
by making up tor Irving nnd Booth in thu
presence and sight ut thu audience , who
howled.
C. H , Hoyt's'Iatest ' skit , "A Hole In the
Ground , " Is hallcdas ! n success. It was pro
duced at Columbus , O. , Inst Monday for the
benefit of the Elks , and nearly every sent
was sold.
CeraldineUlmer'and the sweet little pocket
tenor , Courtice Ppuuds , do not love each
other any moru auJ "never speak as they
pass by. " Ueraldiue Is said to bo In exceed
ingly bad health.
Mme. 1'attl 'is qtiite expert with a billiard
cue , nnd Nocolinl' plays a really first-class
gamu. George ijl&sson. the bllhard cham
pion Is to bu a guest of the diva at her castlu
in Wales next summer.
Mmo. Minnie Hank Is now on nn opera
tour In Holland , under .Mr. Schurmniin's
direction. According to the foreign papers
the prlma donna slugs in Italian and thoiest
of the compaii ) In Dutch.
Hans Von Btdow , In spite of his rudeness
and eccentricity , is the most popular of ( ier-
nian pianists. Ho conducted a Beethovun
cyclus In Berlin lately , for which all tickets
weru sold three weuks before.
Fears are openly expressed by John ( fil
bert's associates that his acting darn aru
nearly over. His late Illness , though not
alarming , showed the veteran comedian to be
lu a very weak physical condition.
It Is stated that electricity will put a piano
out of tune. What Is more badly needed Is
something a little more powerful than elec
tricity something that will put certain
pianos out of the house next door.
Mrs. Langtry says that she will bring out
"Antony aua Cleopatra" at the New York
Fifth Avenue theatre , on September It ) .
Langtry as Cleopatra ! There Is a sort of
Olcott "Theodora" llavor about this.
In hair dressing there i.s an attempt to
make It fashionable to wear the hair low on
the neck again , in twolongctmtclalno braids.
This style suits very few ladles , and the colt-
furo Diana will hardly give way to It
Jennln Yeamans has received a present In
the shape of a banjo ornamented with silver
and pearls. A handsome case accompanied
It. The gift was anonymous , and the re
cipient cannot oven guess at the name ot the
donor.
The new play which David Belasco and
Clay M. Greene have written for Lotta , and
for which that actress has agreed to pay
S3.000 , 51,000 ofwhich has already been
given , will bo entitled "Pawn Ticket 110 , "
and will bo produced In April.
Mme. Pattl will reach Now York city to
day , and will rest for a week. Her present
season has been the most successful one finan
cially she has ever had In this country. , and
she will take to Wales witli her as thu proceeds -
coeds ot her season's work nearly If not quite
s-.s.'i.ooo.
Chenille spotted net Is greatly worn In
black , silver gray , red or brown , for veils that
reach the chin or only cover the eyebrows.
Very small tinsel dots on red forms a becom
ing veil. A ne\S' net has a cross-barred sur
face , like the ground of some old laces , and Is
thicker than the spotted nets. Largo
meshed net with scolloped edges Is also
fancied.
Swing backs are nut on dresses for girls
above twelve years of ago. A dancing-school
dress of cream surah Is laid in box pleats all
around with draperies of tulle. The pointed
basque of surah has putfcd sleeves and bro-
telles of tulle. Sashes of ribbon about four
Inches wide are worn on ouo side In two
long ends nud a number of loops. Thesu
dresses do not qulto reach thu ankles.
"Miss Mnry Anderson's experimental pro
duction of 'A Winter's Tnle , ' at the Theatre
RoyalNottmghamon Shakspearo's birthday.
Is , I hear , to DO on a very elaborate scale , ' '
saystho Londun World. "It is anticipated ,
from the careful .study which Miss Anderson
has bestowed on the play , that it will create
a great Impression. . She will probably intro
duce herself as n living statue , after the man
ner of Galatea.
The variety of colored beads was never so
great Pink , amber , pearl , pule blue , green
and white beads are shown , and are used to
form whole bonnets In the snmo manner that
jet has been hitherto used. The head-trellis
bonnets , on \ lro foundations , nro shown
trimmed with a scarf of crepe or of Hsso , put
almost Hat on the top and falling down on
the sides , in very \yldo strings , making a low
capot , that will cqiumend itself to theater
goers and those who sit near them.
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SINGULARITIES.
Mrs. N. L. Allen , of Fort Valley. Gs. , hns
n gourd which she claims to be over UOO years
old. It Is as hard as slate metal.
The remarkable story comes from Col
orado that a flock of Hiiowud-under sheep
lived two weeks and grew fit feeding on
each other's tleece.
Mr. ( Jen. Howard , of Dublin , Ga. , has a
young chicken that has two heads , four eyes
nnd one wing. Thu chicken Is on exhibition
at his place of business.
In a study or pigs the American consul at
Copenhagen has added thirty pounds to the
weight of some animals by having them
dally washed. Besides cleanliness , easily
masticated food gave striking results. When
whole corn Is fed them , only half It Is avail
able as food , the other half passing away In
an undigested form.
O. S. Graves , of Neola. Iowa , writes to the
BKK : "I havu a curiosity lu the shape of a
$250 TO $350
Will buy first class lots in Sntinders ifc Illmobnugli's Highland Park. Only one-tenth casTl
balance five or ton dollars monthly payments. For beauty of location this property can't
be beat , and wo ask investors to examine it before purchasing. 10 per cent discount to
those buying by the acre. We also have the following list to which the attention of the
public is invited :
llcantlful improved lot on Dodge street Corner 17th nnd Davenport streets , Lots in Sannder * & Hlmcbnnglis Hlpa *
near High School , flU.OOO. Cash $5,000 , S8fl33 foul , ? : ! G,000. , land Park Addition , from $ ' .Y > 0 to $ JJ50.
bnlance easy. Tor few days only. Corner lOtli and Douglas streets , COxUVJ One-tenth cash , balance in monthly pay *
MO feet on Luuvomvorth street with a feet , Has , 100. incuts of § . "ior$10.
CO foot , street on cither . side , and alley in Lots In Washington Square , from $2 , 00 Lots in Kilby Place , $000 to $2,300.
roar only $70 foot. One-fourth cash , , .
per to $1,000. , .
balance to suit pnrclnucr. This bar- Lots on Saundcrs street$100 front feet.
is a -
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iruin. Lots In Sattnders & llinicbangh's Addi Lots on North 20th street , Iroiu $2,000
( { oed lot in Highland Place , $3,200. tion to Walnut Hill , from $ IM > to f 1,000. to $1,000.
The Belt Line is within blocks
$1'JOO cash , balance 1 and 2 years. of this addition. depot two 41 foot on Farnam , well Improved , for
Corner 18th nnd Chicago streets , $15,000.
, . . Lots Mt. Pleasant Addition , from
$20,000. One-half cash. in .
Good lot South 10th
street. Call for
Corner loth and Lcuvenworth streets , $ MO to $ . " > 00. Ten pur cent cash , balance- on
f xlOO feet , ij'-'O.UOJ. In monthly payments , $5 or $10. terms.
Omaha Real Estate k Trust Co
150-4 =
MAHA EIGHTS
If yon are the fortunate owner of a few dollars and are ambitious to get ox IN Tin : WORLD
you can make a TDOint by exchanging thorn for a lot in , Omaha Heights , which is
not WILD CAT , but a legitimate , Safe investment , 01' w would not bo advertising
it. The new Northwestern line will bo in operation and a DeiDOt established
by August , when values will double.
JUST THINK ; OF IT
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And a ten mintites ride from or to the city.
Prices , $250 and upward ; one-fifth cash ,
balance easy.
Come quick before prices are advanced.
CLARKSON & BEATTY ,
Office open nights. 219 South 14th Street.
THINK
A depot on the grounds and a five minute's ride from
8LHi * . HEIGHTS
Will bring you within 4 blocks of the Union Pacific Shops or
Smelting Works.
$250 TO $550
"t i
Will buy a home in this addition on small payments and if you study
your own interest you will not pass this opportunity.
REMINGTON & McCORMICK , St"t
Carriages to accommodate all 220 South 15th St
a. ' . The two extra legs are on It ,
back , just behind the shoulders. They aru
perfectly formed and do not bother the calf
in the least. It was ten days old March 27s
and Is as lively as any calf , as hundreds who
have seen it can testify. "
A cat belonging to the four year old son of
Henry Clinch , of Woodstock , 111. , ran into
the house the other day and made a great
commotion until Mr. Clinch concluded to
lollow It to thu barn and BOO what was thu
matter. The cat led him to whore his child
was lying unconscious under a heavy door
which had fallen. The boy would have baeu
suffocated In a short time.
Dr. John T. Boyd , one of tlio most Intelli
gent and prominent physicians of McDulliu ,
Ga. , tolls of a remarkable freak of nature
which recently came tinder his professional
observation. A few weeks ago a buy child
was born to one of his patients , ( a white
lady ) and strange to say there was no hand
on the child's left arm. The arm terminated
about midway between thu elbow aim the
hand.
Mrs. Kretsclicr , a Cerman lady of Bridge
port , Conn. , gave birth recently to a male
infant which has an elephant' * head and In
place of a nose a short trunk. The mojth
and lips protrude like those of an elephant.
The child weighs about nine pounds and can
bo fed only with a spoon. 'Iho mother vis
ited the circus winter quarters during the
past winter and was terribly frightened by
thu elephants.
A novel rat-extcrmlnator was used with
good effect by the man who HI us the dynamos
names In an electric llzht works at lilrirlnc-
ham , Conn. , a fuw days a o. Ho scattered
pieces of meat on the lloor and connected
thorn by wires 10 the dynamos , and dead
rats wore found by the hundreds the next
morning. They nibbled at the meat and
were Instantly killed by the electric current.
In Denver , III. , tliero Is , laid by a local
lien , an egg that Is attracting considerable
attention , and justly too. It is smaller and
lighter than an ordinary oig , and will not
lie or stand In any other position than on Its
small end. If stood on the largo mid , It will
quickly turn to the othnr ; and If pushed
down on Its side. It will jump up again. It
dons not appear to have any unusual weight
in the small ond.
A Missouri farmer , driving home at night
from St Louis , dropped a coat and a bax of
oats from his wagon without knowing It.
Ills dog knuw it though , and lying down by
them watched them for three days despite
all ulforts to coax or drive him away. At
the end of that tlmo the farmer came back.
Ho said that he had been wondering what
had become of his coat , bag and dog , and
hearing of a do/ actinic strangely on the
road , cumo to see If It was his.
A San Francisco paper states that a resi
dent ot that city is the owner of a hen which
has developed a curious trcalc. She lays
nothing but eifirs of large size , measuring
MVW ud one-half incbM by slxandon -
haU , and Utereaboats , and MCH wtf coptaltu
UM vtllu fully as ( area M fottn4 la orvbianr
staai-Mtt. ThMO double yeUMtf
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WE HAVE .TL'NT OPKNKD .l.V ENTIRELY XEW LINE OF
Fine and Medium Clothing ,
For Men , Boys and Children.
Prices tlio Lowest for Good Gootls. Suits f font if 2.7.5 tofXO. .
ROBINSON & GARMON,3
'Miifc .7" Itmnfics' Old .SY mf , Hill Farnam St.
each alternate day , as might bo supposed. A
breed of hens which would possess thin pe
culiarity always would bu a valuable acquisi
tion.
All Rx-iovernor Oj Inc In Mnisnclm-
ButtH Prison.
Boston Record : In the hospital , ill with
general debility , is another famous con
vict. His namu is Mo. < fiS ox-ovpnior ! !
Moses , of South Carolina. This old cut- !
prit is pretty well broken down physic- ,
ally. Ho Is an objcot of pity , for if hn !
were sot loose to-day ho would bo utterly
unable to do anything for himself , lie is
a man of medium ( might , with hollow
checks and sunken eyes. Thn olllciats
bay he has a consumptive tendency.
.Some one asked him a fuwd\ys : ago what
was the CMM of the breaking up of bit
haalu ; Ifo replied that it wan the effect
oi epluM , to which be had been addjcted
tor many year * . . ThU may explala Ute
consumption. Mosul Is Iho brightest
niiiii intellectually of all the prisoner * .
Ho lias a wonderful command of litn-
giia < ; u and of the facts stored In his
bruin. Ho was placed in the hospital bo-
cati u he WHS unable to work , and spends
his time writing and re.-ulintf. Ho la now
inakin < r a translation of a fuw French
novels , which hu liopos to soil when ho li
Fault * of digestion canso disorders of
tin : liver , and the whole system becomes
durangi'd. Or J , H. McLuan'x Strength *
tiling Cordial and lilood Purifier jwfw
fccti the process of tllgustion and assimi
lation and thus makes ptr.o blood.
A .student in thu Yule law school en-
cugud for two muab n day in a New
llavun boarding house and then mode
such havoc at the table that thn landlady
watched him and caught him in the not' '
of pocketing bread , cake , cold meat , but *
ter aiid plckeU ,
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