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Fir FOR THE QUEEN OF SUNG
Ptttti'a Soaaon in the Magnificent
Chicago Auditouum
A TRIUMPH OF ARCHITECTURE
The UDiuloi Pul Actucv incut
\\onclerfii ! City llio Ilva
J ulict Howard's nr-iiiniisuon
ccs niu I rices In LiiiHlon
AdcUna Pittl
7/ci ra C It "ton ( U eiilfi / Octaii ,
Have you seen her }
La IMvina
Adelina 1
If vou have not heard the ringing
Of her most delicious singing
As her mclod } o orpowerinjr
1 alls in notes of silver showering ,
blllliut , overj heart's emotion ,
iurniiiL liuhter ( to novation ,
So itliiut , sorrow from its sadness
Clmstenmj , tnirth to curliest tladoess ,
\ \ caring now u\ \ ell so slender ,
nclletito jet deep nnd 'cuder ,
1 vcri heart nt onto subduluc ,
HIts soft melodious cooing
If jou h no not hcuid our singer ,
H ur hct not a moment linger
I have seen her
La Divinu
Adelina !
I have heard her rich voice ringing
Llko the laric at hcav en's guto singing , "
Now ic rapid llightn upsprlnglii ) . ,
biich ashovvirof diamonds flinging
i hut amarcd with lips asunder
Scarcely breathing wrapt in vvoudcr ,
Silt I listening , anxious fo irlng
I st ono nota Khould 'scapu mv hearing ,
I have soon her dark cheek Hushing ,
I iko the sun on ripe peach blushing
As the llfo blood springs to motion
At sorao [ maafje of dovotlon
Orsomojovo I thought slender , thrilling ,
\S ilh its puius her bosom fllllng ,
I lia\o seen her largo ovcs lla&ucs ,
bcorching inunj hoarU to ushcs
And havu felt tl o potent power
Of the llitlo singer a flower
Genius beauty , vouth ara glvon
lint to few beneath high heaven I
Thorofo.'o vvu do bow before her.
I Utcnlng breathless wo adore nerl
AH her bird llko voice is ringing
Deem wo , "It's an angel singing 1'
If vou hnvo not heard our sltiker ,
liuir hei - not a moment linger
I bavo seen her
La Uliuu
Adelinut
'llio opcrtv und the Auditorium
'Huso two things lutvo boon uppor-
niObt lu the Chicn.ro iniiul duiinj ; the
the past week 'itmt Is to BHJ they have
been the ptiuclpil bubjocts of thought
ituil talk aftoi the uotlclntj hours , for
no fonn of utntiAomont is eulHciontly BO-
iluetivo to dlstrnet the attention of tno
titl/oiiB of tins icatless , pushing , crushIng -
Ing metropolis vvliilo the nieo foi the
nlinlphtj dollar Is on.
Iho ernnd jollllleution over the open
ing of the now Amlltoihim litu i c
Dussc.a oft Mondaj uifht in u "hlit/o of
L.IOIJ , " the opoiu fcoason pro ] > oi vvus
opened on the noU night with the pro-
hentntion of Gounod s grand oporu
' Homeomid Jullot"built > closolj on
the duimutlo Btoiy dovolopcd in blinks
pouro's trncodi of Unit niuno. It ib u
woil : not often hoard here in Italian ,
though mndoiiulto fumillur of late jcura
to a ) iu-go class of opuiugocis bj pio-
bontatlon in rrigllsh bj the Abbott coin-
punj nnd jwaajbli some others U vvns
ghou in Itnltan Pomo vontd ngo by 0110
of the numorotis Stiikoaoh lompanioa
that hnvo driltod this VNOJ , juobabh ,
but not since thun in that tongue , nnd
'iucsduv niglit v\ns the Ilrst time that
Mine 1'attl has ov or bcon honrd hero in
the piirtof thohoioino As romarlvud
when locuntlj given luio b > the Ab
bott eoinpunj , althoujli it contains
rjulio n tuuiibci ol btilliuntniid striking
single numbers it his nevcrbeen nc
-minted i ictillj sucecssful work It 1ms
Ijecn oveiihndowed b'Tuust" the
work ot the baiiic composer , of which
[ iiin.li of Its music reminds tno listener
liuutcr howcvci , tbo oDoning of the
( t ison with the , gicut div i in the cist ,
iteiowdeu the grciit Auditoiium to the
dooib nctirlv us much is did the open
ing before though without ttio
thiong of idlers in the street which
m ide thu enti ineo to the pint e on Mon-
dn } ovcning n work of niuuh tiino und
\n-st di-comfort
It is. not an interesting opera at the
best Jho ? pootii of the immortal dnim i
is absent , of couisc , and the romantic
stoi has lo be bomowhat condensed It
maj fanh bo slid , howcvoi , that the
music of the horolno's put has never
before been heard sung here 01 its pos
Bibilitics fnirly aiiprociated Mme
P ittl wab in bettoioieo than the evening -
ing before nnd the work to ho uono
mote in the hue of hoi best rapacity
Ttie sensuous rhvthmicmoasuiLsof the
favorite vvnltin the first net woio
sutler with u. dolicae } of shading
induciisp liplitnoss and Ih'nuicos of
touch that i ecillcd the host \voiksho has
ovoi done All the shades and tints of
the music , vvoie brought out in then duo
piopoitions , and even the soltebt tone
lotainsthit poeuhni driving quality
tluiLpcnctiated to tbo lunote t eoinors
of tlu gic it hall Iho love music of
tho' ccond act so inevitably tccalting
the 'garden sceno' of 'Laust" was
sung with unexpected fervor and with
an in tistic. llnlsti that hold the most
haidonod contomnei of the hontiincntal
In eloao attention and won the ( list call
Iwfoio the cm tain ot the oveninpv It
was all through such an opera Juliet as
opera goers are not llkolv to see and
hear again in a lifetime
PATTPS CHILDHOOD.
Iluvvnitl nrniembcrs Met is n Itoni ] )
I K Olrl in lUcnckcr Street
Allhougn this has bcon a particu-
lail\ active and livelj vvnolc , contfidorod
from the Ivrio , dramatic , social and
political paints of viou , I in no son so
travoi so fact when I saj that the arrival
of 1 * itti was the chief and most signifi
cant of thorn all writes Howard fiom
Nowlork to the Chicago how a
T fiiet saw Patti in 18i7 , thirty jenis
or moio ago , when as a liltlo ghl , with
hci ionn' black hair hanging In braids
lown hci back , clad in homely fashion ,
ahe gave concerts , accompanied hi her
hi other Lnilo who plajed upon the
violin Poor Cm lo long since joined
the unknown At the tlmol speak of ,
I'ntti was about as geol u tj po of the
conventional g\psj as ono can well
imagine Hot blue black htur grow
well upon hci foiuhead , hoi ov.es ,
lustious , faiilv danetd with fun blio
was as full of animal llfo as un egg
of mint Shu loved to lomp , to dance ,
and , above ull things , to sing
I next baw hci in Montreal , at a grand
ball ghon by the city in honor of the
ptincu of Wales
bhu was then the loading fcatuioot
a concert tioupo , which ultimately fell
back into its original condition of an
opoia company She had given , with
uiouiious success , the llghtoi opotas In
the Auulotnj of Miiitu in NowYoiK
'liiuovvoio them apimiontlj no llmita
to hoi ultimata caiooi She leaped on
the vorv Hi at occasion , not only into
vast uud wide hori/onul populailu ,
but into thu vmy saddle , diibhlnif with
marvelous and lightning-ilko speed far
beyond ciiticism , doling enemies , and
indorsing ty that best ot tents succor ,
the predictions of her fiitnilv and man-
agois
in Montical she was a romper
Hoi Immediate contioltei at that time
was our old fiiond Strakoach Iho
fainilj of bttakosoh ahuivs had a Kind
of a moitgage on thu Paul girls Man
lite btrakosch mauled Amoliu. aim
the btralco Ui btothois directed the
uiuvcinontsoftlio tluoobistors Amelia ,
the eldest aud haudbotuost , Cuilotta ,
who , but , for her lameness , would
hi\o been the triumph of the funiilj
and \dcllnu During the piogres& of
the bill Pattl who was weari of 10
btraint , eluded the vigilance of Sti
kosch and with friends from Now
Yoik had u jollj goodtuno in the dance ,
in the sunpoi loom anu bro id corridors ,
whore , forgetting the artist , shu 10
sumed hci guUshness and passed the
hours much moro incuil > than hei
guardian passed tliom
How dilloicnt her condition todaj
lhirt > five jcars ago , poor friend
less , unknown today ilch , with the
world at hei feet , and a fame that belts
the universe I ilnd in the Patti of
ted iy an admliablo illustration of the
f imiliar saving that work itulustij.
continuity of labor , ara infinitely bettor
as preservatives of health , of looks
even , than idleness , sloth and self case
Let us bupuoso , for instance , th it Fatti.
twenty yeais ago in the vorv zenith of
her fame , had retired In all prob ibil-
itj she would have died years ago
But she did nothing of the sort On
thocontuujptcborviiig innoi matuici
years the finei qualities ot her unpir-
allolcd voice , w fth an industri woithy
of extromobt commendation and a de
votion to her art which might well bean
an incentive to c itlstiugglois on the
path of fa mo , she continued nnd contin
ues in the oKorciso of hoi God glvon
gifts What for:1 : lo make m mov3
Of com so she make- , money She necus
to m iko monov that she may suppoi t
the inigninconeo in which sno now
lues that slio may piovido foi nn
nimy of iolativ.es and friends , that
she maj bo at poifoct ease when
the time comes that rest is i
an impoi attvo dutj I bcl'cvu Patti I
sings foi bomolhing , higher , nobloi and
better than the mere making of monov
In the Ilrst phuo she loves to sing , she
sings bj bci elf , she sings in her moun
tain home , she practices in hoi hotal ,
she entertains .hoi fiionds , and she
gratifies the poor of eaith bj gratui
tous contributions to the plcasuio and
enjounont I urthor than that , I believe -
liovo Patti has brains enough to uudoi-
siunds llio subtle philosophy of the do-
suabllity of Industiv lather than idle
ness It is a long distance fionran
Italian tenement lioiibo In Blcokur
street to the magnificence of u castle in
Wales It is a long step fiom the hum-
bio platform of n Suiidaj school lecture
room to the stage of the Grand opor i
house in Pat is in St Polersbuig , in
Milan , in London , the Auditorium in
Chicago Ihoro is a most significant
dilfoicnco between penury nnd million-
aitedom , and an c\tiaoidiiuu > 'trans
formation fiom a snanp > oved little
gill plaving tug in tno doivn-town
How the Diva's Hiixluml lllAtojod of
u Hum.
"I have tiavolod many inilos on the
ocean , " Madam Putti said to a Chicago
Herald i opor tor , "but I novoi saw such
a passage as that wo hud.on . thosteamoi
'ioutonio Mondiou , I was glad to got
ashore ! it is a six daj ship , and \ru
wore eight days out fiom Livoipool.
Thohcawiis lough , and the weathci
was cold and slot ni ) . I was afiald of
taking cold , und t-o I did nbt go on dock
oneo during the ontlro voyage Always
horetofoiol havu boon accustomed to
goon dock ovoiv davandl hate tesla
slain u stulT } littln cabin Hut this
lime the captuin was good enough to
give up his looiji to mo , and , though I
wusMidly allllctod with mal do moi , I
uiuuaged to got thidugh not so vorj un-
comfortablj. Such a droll thing hap
pened to mo ono duj I There was a man
among the passengers who wore agrc it
dirtj-uhito bombroro , and who was
% ory feud ol vvino 'Ike mon
who know ihlin called him
' \Io\ico , ' and | ho was alvvajs in
the paity thab placed cauls it
night in the salonJ > I s if next to the
ciptainattho tabldntti tnj nubband
next mo Tust a day or so before wo
1 indcd , when all of us w cro fooli n/
h ippy and cl ited over the prospects of
airival , MOMCO' brought to dinnoi
ono of those hoi rid tilings jou Ameri
cans call a 'jag' \\oll , after dinnoi ,
and Q I was about to rotno to mi loom ,
this man came up to mo , without mlio-
dnction of anv. kind , placed his arms
akimbo and said impiossivolj
" llus is Mme Patli' "
" ' '
'Yes.'Iiopllod
" 'Aroou going losing in America ? '
" ' \cs '
" "Where do jou sing flist '
1 In the Auditorium in Chicago '
" Well ' ho said low'Mme
bowing , , I
llvo in Mexico , but 111 bo in Chicago
the night , jou sing first Yes , madame , '
ho continued , oven rnoio impictsivoly
than boforo'v.ou'll see mothoic , in a boat \
atour foot '
'Just nt this point Sig Nieolini
steeped forwaid and said , in tint cross
way the dulling has , I am madamo's
husb ind What do you wanti" Taonl
escaped Was it not noble of ] nmf
Nieolini I mean , not 'Mexico I And
then the impudence of the man 'Mo\-
ice , ' not Mcolini ! As though I cared
whothoi ho hud a bos. Mondaj night 01
not ! Oh , it was very dioll "
THE AUDITORIUM
Description or tbo Gicat ttulldlng
nnil Hoxv It U an Built.
The Auditorium Is the Parthenon of mod
crn civilization Like that svporb master
piece of Grecian arctntccturo Ittjpillas the
spirit of the ago w hleh inndo Its conception
and execution possible The Parthenon was
the matchless fruVun of centuries devoted
to conquest , love , and art , the Auditorium
is the richest product of the era of business
and commoileul ocilviU Doth are sublime
In originality , beauty and proportions , nnd
both will live lu history aioa after the last
crumbling fragment of their walls shall
have been resolved Into dust.
The Auditorium is a study , not for a day ,
but far n lifetime Within the massiro
granite walls Is contained all that science. In
ventlon , art and wealth have-bequeathed to
the living gcnoiatlon Trom tbo coping of
the tower to the vast dungeons beneath the
foundations the hand of modern genius has
'eft its Imurlnt It shows the throbbing en-
gmoi whoso tliint , powers uro utilized in a
bundled ways , in ttio mjriud clusters of
olcctrlo lamps wblc.h bathe the loft.v hall lu
an atmosphere bcititlful us dajlight , In the
marvelous machinery which operates the
hugo stage with the cnso with which a child
handles toy blocks , in the dainty carvings ,
the exquisite decoration , the paintings ,
bronzes na 1 marbles I Igurcs and statistics
uro equally Inadequate to M\'o u cutnproiicn-
slvo idea of the Auditorium What avt.lls ute
to say that the structure vv f ighs S 0 000 tons
that within the meat hall is an aero and u
half of oolld gold le if , that the wainscoting
of a single small room coat over Slo UOOI
\ Itruvlus , the oldest known writer on
architecture sujs tlut tlio thrco Indispou
sable qualities in asliucturo are stablllt ) ,
utllltv and beauty Afcoptmcr the statement
as authoritative , th6 Ahditonum tills the full
measure of a perfect editlcc Jhoto who
liuvu seen Its inassivo walls and stood bosldo
Its rociifooted foundittlAns wilt not question
its stability. U is tfullcl as the grunitu bills
from which woio cfuarrlcd the blocks of
stononow pllod into thostatcl ) monument
Not moro enduring are the vast monoliths of
Homo , the masaivo temples of blcil.\ \
or the huto structures of Stoncheiifcu.
Its utllltv cannot bo questioned 1 very part
of the bull ling is dedicated to some useful
puri > o o \ \ hen completed It will become a
blvo of industry from ilia Moras which nestle
between its giant foundations to the vvnt a-
uau who hundreds of foot on the tower ,
guzes on ttio uk } and sends out tno vvarniiiK
of a coming storm Music , hosnitalitj , traao
and business divide ttio lluirs between thorn
As for beaut } , the Anbtorluni Ib beautiful
Ihero Is boautv In the great facades and In
the stern , uiuaio totvor Pboro is be.iuti m
the Inuuoiisilj of Its | roportioim uud ueuuty
In every line of the arches within the Audi
torium nail If htablllu ull itj and beaaty
tnako the ported bull ling the Auditorium
will not suffer b > comparison with unj thing
In thu world , ancient or modern
'J ho Luncsis of this treat building dates
back almost four vcars In 18S5 a number of
Chicago cuj itullsts decided to take uieasutei
to < ropplj ono of the greatest needs of the
citvincl to luaKO the provision on a scale
commensurate with the present and future
requirements It v\as soon realized that the
initial idea nlthongn a bold und promising
ono wus far beyond the actual viants not to
speak of the aspirations of Chicago nio
prospect prow It was decided to build not
only a prnnd hall title 1 for the holding of
n itioniil conventions nnd of. the largest i os
Bible rmss meetings , but to combine in the
0110 building also n magmliccnt hotel and an
oftlco block i ivallng any iu existence , The
plans were not cbanrcd , they slmpli gio-v
Tor a , vcar or more wavs or means were
discusscland the elaboration ot plans for
the i oblest structure of the nineteenth cen
tury vvnnt slowly but irresistibly on
1 inally the ground was selected and ac
quired Ihesitc occupies migniflcent front
ages on Congress street Michigan avenue ,
and Wnbash avenue There were throe resi
dences a hotel nnd a skating rink on the
ground ana thcso all had to be demolished
It was not until lanunry 18S that the work
of excavation was begun rj.his was of itself
a stupendous undertaking The excavations
for the foundations were carried to a unl
form depth of twelve feet below the side
walk , and ttio trenches were dug out to a
depth of from seventeen to twenty Hvo feet
Over SO 000 cubla yards of earth , sand nnd
clay woio removed nnd upon the solid clay
Uio foundations wcrolaid
the building was begun Juno t 1887 Tor
tbo foundations of the main biuldlog two
transverse lajers or twelve Inch timber
vv cro Hrst laid ADOVO thcso came a live
foot lajci ot concrete and In this thrco
Inters of rallroid bais and T beams were
imbedded Tbo enormous tower required
special treatment Its foundations were
made doubl > secuie by laj ing them on the
same plan as that used iu the ma'n building
but using double thickness ot timber and
concrete and Jlvo Injers of nllroad Iron lo
guard agaiust Inequality of settlement the
tower was loadrd with a weight equal foot
for foot , w 1th that berne by the completed
poi tion Moro than eight hundred tons of pig
iron In addition to the vast loidsofbrick were
used to weight the foundations of the tower
As the superincumbent masonry was put in
place the temporary loal was removed , and
when the building was completed tower and
main structuto stood as ono vvitbout crai tc ,
flaw or joint Thcro wus absolutely no
settlement In any part of tbo building
Iho work progiesscd Htoadllv and without
a break from its Initatioa to its successful
completion I ho building has a total street
frontage of 710 feet , of which 1 are on
Congress street , 187 on Michigan avenue ,
and 141 on Wabash avenue Ilia tower
weighs 15 000 tons them are 15 000 000 ot
brick In the building nnd the amount of
masonry and iron involved is almost inc il-
culable
MUSICA.Ii AM > I > UAM < VUU
Patti has arrived The question of the
surplus Is settled She will take It homo to
Wales
Samuel Urndshuvv , tin oldest American
actor , died recently ut B * Johaland U I ,
aged ninety six.
A now burlesque is called ' My Sister's
Hair' It is atuko-olT of course , und will bo
1 doi o up ' In the papers
It Is reported that J 1C. Punnet will oack
Do Wolf Hopper s proposed eomlo opera en
tcrprlso next summer
P 1 Unrnum Is anxious to buy Pnttl's
castle atCialk-v NOHalus , nnd end his
days In that picturesque place
I bo attempt to establish a 1 role Hubno or
Theater Libra ut Horlm after the Parisian
model docs not t rounso to bo v on success
ful
1 he Italians in mage to keep VerdI
In ofllco for tiicj have just elected him
provincial councillor of Cortonmt.i.ioro
Ho has for i cars been In politics and parlia
tncnt
Mrs Lmitiy ( is said to hav o "mado up"
with her husband If this Is true ho will
probably be bens of the box oRIco at the St
James thoutor , London , when the Llly'a
ueuEon bcclns there
Little Olive Hcrkclov , one of the cleverest
child actresses over born in America has
seated u triumph as Little Lord Pauntloroy
lu Australia. 1 no critics of the antipodes
regard her as a wonder , aud never tire of
sinking her praisci
Uockstalcr s minstrels have given up the
ghost. 1 ho the iter U closed and I o w IJock-
stacior has returned to Philadelphia It is
sail that ' Iho lullapoosa ' proved to bo tbo
lost needle on the burnt cork camels back
Murj Anderson according to the London
correspondent of a Manchester newspaper , U
stucliliiR the part of Miranda an J planning uu
elaborate spectacular revival of ' Iho Tom
pest" 1 ho character ought to null bur ad
mirably
Mudame Patti has signed with the Messrs ,
CU.
CU.LOOK
LOOK AT THIS.
Overcoats for
2 Years to 17 Years.
We hci\e dthbetately cut the pi ices on this class of good' ;
lo bed rock fiijuics No dealers m clothinir have c\er before
daied to put tlic puces on q-auncnts lint jou uill find in this
dcpaitmcnt
WE DESIGN and MANUFACTURE
Millions of high-class gnunuils e\ci ) jiai and offei > on only
the newest pallet ns and latest st\ks and at pticis tliat
simph dcfj all atlcmpts at coinpetilion
© ome in , look Oarefi % and Be Gonviticed.
Bu > s a good tape Oveicoat foi Ho > s fiom 3
j ears up
Bujsone of our beautiful Kilt
Sulls.
dues you jour choice of a
splendid assoitmcnt of Knee
Pauls Suits v
$4 pvv bu > s a good ucaung1ami School Suit.
nobbtsl ) fiont Knee Pants Suit 4
ycais UpI
$5.00
$6.00
$7.50
I \ciy one of them1 You aic sine to s'iy this \\hen
$8.00
jou once get to see the inigmficcnl assoitmcnt of
$9.00 Overco.its , both shoit and lony , that those pi ices \\ill
cause us to place before jou
$10.
Is all \\c ha\e to sa ) ' in conclusion I he piuese 1m c put
on these goods are sure to c'ean ' them out tapidl ) .
THE LEADING CLOTHIERS ,
Southwest Corner 15th and Douglas Sts , , Omaha ,
Harrison of Birmingham LnUand for u
three years tour from next Maunder their
dlrrction She is to roccivo M 000 for ovcrv
concert In London and SJ 00 for singing -In
small cities
Lili Qelraoro ofihon Biivctt's ' com
pany. Ins received no less than four offers
from American managers to break licr
present ciiKaLcment. Shosajs she will do
nothing unprofessional but will stick to her
contract and to Barrett
Gilbert aud Sullivan s new opera will bo
profeontcl under DOUoy Cirtos own man
akcment ut the Now Park theater in 'New
\orlr Itiscalltl The Gonitoliois ' indlts
scones are laid inonico ntnl Spain Iho
1 nglish compaiii for its presentation will
sail for this city next fucsdaj
Qronson HowarJ the successful plav
vvright Is a small , clean cut in in la mlddlo
llfo Ho wears eye glasses and n mustnclie
Ho does not look auy inoro imaelnativo than
docs William D Hovvclls In fuct these two
successful wicldeis of the pen look moro like
biokers or b inkers than like literary men
1 ho house occupiea bv Sarah Slddons in
London during the \earsofherlifo is
now to leu It stands at the northern o *
trcmlty of Upper Uaker strcotnnd the three
tail narrow windows of thu spacious draw
Ing room built specially for her use com
roand u full view of the Kcgont's park
through CUrcnco Gate
A\cry piinful scene was witnessed the
other night at the performance ) of a play
called Iho H\pochondriac' at tbo
Doutschos Volksthoator , Vienna J ho actor
vv ho plaj cd the title part went mal in the
first act und uftor various futile efforts hud
been made to conceal hu. tiuo condition from
tlia audience the curtain was lowered und
the pint abruptly ended
Another proof of the hold which Mlle
Ilhcis Joscphlno and the merit of her now
, Josephine , I mpress of the Trench "
Klaj taken of publtu taste Is thofucttbatdur
Ing the p ist two weeks she played in Mlchi
pan to bit. business despite the storms which
vvoro vvoil nlprh incessant Her imporsonu
tlon and her play combined make nor the
dramatic success of this season
Gilbert and bulllvan lia\o revived their
youth ' The Gondoliers " the now opum dis
tinctly takes rank with 1'nmCoro " ' Pa
tiencc , " and The Mikado " alike in quality
of music , humor of libretto , and plclurosquo
setting As a musical woilc indeed , it is as
bright ana cnurming as bullivan's best in-
splratlonn in his earlier stj lo and perhaps
contains more really hkablo tunes than any
other of the long series though only ona or
two vvblch the public will catuh and moinor
l/o _
CONNUlllAiailLS
A iuan Is usually called a blrdio a week
after man-late and a night owl a jcar later
Jeff. Dais'oldest daughter married J Ad
dison Hayes , a Memphis banker , about ten
j oars ago
Iho rejMjrtod engieomont of Uliulcop
6InL.u to a Now York belle Is denied Ho
will remain SuiLhle
Undo Joiomo Smith of Lovlngton Mo , Is
nlnetj one jcaisold Ho has been in nried
three times , and is now looking for u fourth
wife
A Heading , Pa , girl postponed hoi ued
ding becuuEo sha wus unablu tu oecuro
tbo vvhlto horse owned bv u icituin llverj-
nmn for the duto she had lined
\ \ hen a darling c.irl says , ' H is no sudden
CleorKO , MVO mo time to think " she me IDS
that she has been expecting it for a joar and
hasn't thought of much else In that time
Mclssonler smco his roceut marriage has
seemed to lose his ambition Ho spends but
a few hours a day in his studio and docs a
croat , deal of aimless sketching und daubing
Miss Nottakcn I have concluded not to
ntccpt Mr Ctmrlton's proK | > sltlon Miss Io
botuken Why not ! His worldly piObptcts
are teed Miss Isottttkcn Yes , but those
are all ho has
Juno Pethondge of Kingston Jamaica
has refused thlitjseven offers of murriac.u
Jane hu 11UJOUJU and is un orplmu bbo
does not think ho can afford u husband uho
cares only for her money
Mlsi Leonora Younger What a lovely
o\cciugl In fact It Is too lovely to remain
Indoors What uould jou pioposol Mr
Uintors ( twlnlri , un arm around her waist )
MarrisfeO , Leonora Ucar manla c
The latest version of 'llio ' Olrl I Loft Ho
hind Mo" comes from California In this
case the young mat ) did not seem to realize
the fcirl's attraction until ho tot across the
continent and then , after u vcar or two of
hard work In California ana with the pros
pact of wealth before him , ho buthoucht
himself of a young lady who used to bo a
shooltnate of hut In Matao Ho wrote to her
to see if shu Ind forgotten him She hudu t ,
and corliilh nnswcred the letter Ihu return -
turn mnil brought n proposal of m irri ice ,
which was aecei ted A ticl ot lor C illfomia
eamo next , an I though her Mends did not
quito ipproiu of thu journoj , the vounc. ludv
starlod Unlike some u ho have made simi
lir trips she liked both the fnun nuiiitiiig
her and its possessor eon better than she
ttioucht she did before she saw thorn rim
wcldinpr came next and everybody w
h ippy at last accounts
HUM I I UK Jill. .
Stiff collarettes girdles and cpaUloti of jot
are \eo stylish
Iho cuddlesmnc girl rejoices over the up
preach of cool weather
White cloths nro effectively trimmed with
bluck braid uud cd cd with , d.irlc furs
I louuccshaio appeared upon dtcssvwintor
toilets dinner costumes , and tea govi.s
A charming adjunct for a ohataluin Is a
tiny m ill pouch ii oxidized silver , for ; tamps
Mrs Clcv eland lias taken up a new fancy
in dressing lioi hair faho now part < i a on
the loft side
Drosfiei are to bo much trimmed with
astrichan this winter , xvhethor hi its natural
tint of giuj or 1 1 black
Mrs Qnaj wife of the senator is abiu-
nctto of medium height blio has : i kindly
face and winning wins
ow Yorker \ \ In do you llko an armory
so much \ii33tir i Girls Uecauao there nro
so many strong arms there
Mrs Shaw tbo famous vUiistlor has had
a photograph till en of herself In I ondou
which is over nil o feet , hl h
' Was Miss V ellowlenf s [ ortralt a good
likeness ! ' "It must hnvo been , she ro-
luscd to take itftom tbo artist '
Chai.ed that all the fIrls In Phlladelptila
turn their toes in ill is seems hud but it
inakos moro room ou the sidewalk
It Is n foolish kid who sends liar small
brother into the parlor to entertain lior
joung man while she Is getting roudy
Mrs Margaret Ouster Calhoun , a alslor of
tbo late General Custcr , is gaining qulto a
reputation in Now York as a p irlor etocu
tlonist
Kato Field will call her now paior | U ash
Ington , probably because she intends that it
shall never toll a" Ho and slull bo Hrst la
everything
lilack lice gowns are mounted on black
arophiue with a pctticoit ot black satin
Sometimes the ontiio uiidcrdrens Is of pura
vvhlto velvet.
lYom n celebrated shop In Paris comes a
st > ! Ub dinner gown of soft lustrous Base
India broche Bilk sbow'ng ' clusters of. pale
nlnk wild roses with jollow heurts ou a
tround of mifcnonotte jroon
1 outher tnminlng Is much use 1 as a bor
dering to the silk Co urn mums llncu with
plush Intended us wrupn for cviuilnj , wo ir.
It is then used for this purpose ibout six
inches m width
Silvered grasses thistles ' dusty miller"
leaves and a ? rcat deal of line silver orna
mentation nro UBO ! on not or tulle thona
trimmings rivaling the pnarl bead uud tuld
ptHseinenterios In favor
Although tno coiffure of the present time
inquires less artificial hair thun wlion the
styles wore moro olnboiatu , still the demand
for falsa tresses will never bo wholly past so
long as scant locks rorjuiro supplementing
Iho ultra flnt , bustloless wireless steal
less gowns now uorn bj extremists are just
asJu ilerous inartistic , und unbecominir us
tliff ink mo looking oxuggeratod wobbllni ;
tout niiro ever wus lu Its most extreme pro
portions
Genuine Scotch twooJs heavv IviipllsU
cheviots , Gorman brnadoloth and similar
protective wooleni will bo worn during the
a Ivanco of roldor weather Homo of those
fabrics look extremis ! } thick almost blanket *
liuo
Charming uUernoou dresses of India cash
mordor Picnch camel's hall are mudo very
offectlvoby the liberal use of velvet or heavy
, satin rlbboua tliroo aud four inches iu width ,
theuo being now moro fuyorcd than fancy
ribbons of any sort
Hi Tor the making' * ' nclng toilets and for
debutantes' gowi i i < aported u variety of
lovely gold > mi i x } tJlle Mriiwd and
( lowered traiuu uuct I 'it n exquisite even
ing tints , Persian dr.purlos und Pompadour
silk muslins
Upon SOIUQ of the sheer wool fabrics ,
oriental bordorlngs In palm and araboxiua
patteriu are heavily lutnruoven with thread *
of bronze , copper and gold 1 beta border *
viry from four inches to half u jard in
vvldth , and the materials are In great use for
et gowus aud boudoir robes.