THE OMAHA DAILY BEfr SUNDAY , NOVEMBER 20 , 1892-TWENTY PAGES ,
H AM ABOOT ETON COLLEGE
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Bomethina of the furroumliogs and Ohnf
nitjmtica of a Great Fubllo Ccbool.
WHERE THE FAMOUS OF ENGLAND FAGGED
Itniltliioiirtlin lny III tlin Hoynl
tn Unit Km-nn'l l. ol < \\olli
fnit Una On-lit Itmillt.
ICopjrlnlitcil , . . . . .
. Nov. 7. ( Correspondence of
TUB llKiUEtonan.V > respects the
greatest of the endowed school * of England ,
ha always basked In tbo sunshine of
royalty. Llterallv and. figuratively the SUP
has always shown upon It from iho direction
of Windsor. Literally nun flearatlveiy ,
too , tbo eye * of Iho sovereign nro nlways
o Is Eton college to Windsor cnatlo
so pronounced Inn nlways been the fnvor of
IJrltish rulers to the school , so interwoven
with British prowess , statesmanship ,
sclonco. nrt nml lllornttiro have boon ttio
historic names cut In the schoolboy days
upon IU antique woodwork , until thn place
scorns o veritable tncinorlal rcll cftll of the
past and present pront ni the nation , that
imperceptibly Its prcstigo , renown nnd per
manency have como to bo a' much a matter
of notional prlilo to every Eiigllshinan-ns the
integrity ot iho UrltUh empire Itself.
If you como by rail from London to Eton
you must of necessity pass , throuph tlio royal
borouffb of Windsor , for nt Windsor is
the terminus ot the little brunch line over ,
which roll the stately conches of the quoen.
You will , of course , visit Windsor cmtlo.
From Its towers und terraces the moat re
markable object In oil the lonUscapo Is Eton
college. The costlo IB a short distance from
tbo south bank of tlio Thames , nnd the col
lege Is about the Bnmo dUtanco from the
north bank. Embedded within Its venerable
tree's It Is quite as Interesting an pbjcct. nl-
though It anneals differently to the Imam-
nation , ns the sotnbor fray silhouette-
Windsor itself , were you viewing the latter
from the batllontuntu of Lupton's lower nt
Ground Windsor c.istlo huddles a compact
though slovenly old town. Crowding close
to Ktoii college is u lesser , tnotiub ploasniitor ,
collection of tmrrow-windowcil shops , snug
and often picturesque boardiiif : or "clamps
houses where the youngsters of Eton
dwell. decayed bostelrics aud tiny
homos of these who in tlmo
como to subsist upon the meager
though permanent gainings of an ancient
nnd docoiou'i college town. ' 1 ho 'innraes ,
here a beautiful , pellucid nnd almost langor-
ous stream , w'nds ' in nnd out nnd on between ,
.lonarntlnu Huckliigunmsbiro and its olden
college town from Berkshire nod Its world's
famous royal demesne.
Winding ; \Viiyn il IVInil 'ir.
The chief thorough faro of Windsor winds
from cast to west around the southern walls
of the castlo. at its southwestern angle just
beyond the Henry VIII gateway merges Into
High street , and thus , abruptly nesconding
under tho' famous Cajiar tower becomes
Thames street. The latter , shadowed by
the castle walls on the cast and "middled
shops on the west , leads to a nridgo across
the Thames.
When you have idled hero for n tlmo
amonc the crowds of gav boatmen thronging
tno bridge and river banks above and below
and sot your fnco toward the college , you uro
upon tlio cno long stratnllng street which
Eton possesses. Tills , now and then ontorcd
bv prpttv courts and lanes , extends no moro
than u Imif-nillo , when U breaks 1'ito two
beautiful country roads the ono winding to
the west to Uray , where dwelt the vicar of
chalnoleon fame ; mid the other to Slough ,
where Herschclt lived , ard tbonco on to
Stoke Pogis , wboro sang and lies buried the
author of the "Elegy. "
Just where these voads diverge , beneath
noble olras. where ivy and creepers almost
rnver every ancient wall , are clustered the
chief buildings , various ofllees and principal
masters' houses of Eton college , Divested
ontlrcly of its scholastic associations , It is as
pleasant aud restful a snot as otu < cnn llnd in
England.
Along both sides of the highway , which
here runs northeasterly toward Slough and
back northwesterly loward Windsor , close
lip to the street line are massed the quaint
est of strange old structures. Krom time to
time mpst-of these have been added to the
original collcgu buildings , or some building
\o bo devoted to other purposes bus been in
a way transformed for school uses , until iho
charming nud curious spectacle la presented
( if a town's chiot thoroughfare retaining
many of its olo-timc asuects. forming some
thing like a busy yet reposeful aud shaded
way throuch an Idly planned and vagarously
disposed though always picturesque college
retreat ,
The originolcolloge buildings nro all to Iho
oasl of tins highway. Unpoallu uro Iho score
or moro which have been built or acquired.
If you should stand immediately in front ot
the former , by the \vorn urebwny through
which for more than four uud n half centur
ies have passed In und out stately collegers
with flowing Gowns und flippant o.ipldaiis
without , as far ns you could sco toward
Windsor ani ) up thu gonllo turnings ot
the dlvorpiDg highways , every ancient
building hns us utu for Klon school , Eton
master or officer , Eton printlnir , Eton hooks ,
or some other sort of ocuunancy necessary to
the conduct of Eton college affairs. Our
own colIoRcs | nnd universities far excel
these olu-world seats of lournlng In their
hupo proportions and lonely vaslnuss anil
Isolation. Hut most ot the Inttur gain im
measurably In the J'enling of homoiikoiiess
nd wlnsomcnoss , and the charm which
Ahvny ? comes from n community of huddltu
antiqjo structures , where ago subdues anr
mellows , and gently adds , at art can never
do , Its soltcnlni ; grays and greens.
I'fiuiiilitttiiii ot Kiini ,
The antiquity of the school u very great
The pious Henry VI. was its founder. Some
material tokun of his affection for the Holj
church had to bomnde : Evidently his Idc :
was to emulate the cxumpio of vVilllam o
Wylcchuni , wno established Iho 11m on-
dowrd school of this class at royal Winchester
tor , and New sobool'nt Oxford , to rccelvo its
graauutes. So Henry made the prapurator1
school of Eton nnd the secular Kings collec"
In the university of Cambridge , to which
scholars aio elected from Eton , Tha ll <
was undoubtedly selected so that , the lnt > tl
union might bo under tu ! > immi'diatn eye o
Ileury. It offered no unusual natural ad-
vautacos , and all thu beauty of the
pleasant surroundings has been thi
growth of care und ngo. A dreary , low , il
and lonely spot it must Imvo been in thi
olden day . The king dlii not even own It ,
It was entirely outside the royal domcsno o
Windsor * . He was compelled to purchase
the perpetual advowson of iho parUu churct
of Eton , uud many tracts nr land m th
shires of Ducks and Berlin ; and somo.of th _
estalcs still held by Eton colluga wore takei
froui such unclont abbeys ns Fecamp , Fonto
nov. Yvry nna St. Ktophon'a nt Caen.
Though tbo college wu founded In 1-110
solemn admission was uot given to tbo pro
vet , fellows , clerks and scholia- * until Uo
comber. 1-U3. The canons aud enactments
for Eton were almost a lltoritl transerlnt o
tboso ut Winchester. Its incorporated naui
was > % The Kinw'n Collugo of Our Lady o
Eton bojido Windsor. " und it * orlgi
nul foundation nrovldod for a pro
voJt , ton fellows , fourclnrks , * U onoristorj
nacuoolamster , twcnty-llvn poor and Ind
gcnlDcliolars , and twenty-live poor and It
flr.n men who wcro to "prav Tor the Klr.g.
Its first nrovoat was the tcluurntou church
man , William Waynolletc. whom Honr
brought from the masicnhlp \Vluchesto
accompanied by live fellow * uud thlrty-llv
scholars from the older school , ( is a miolous
at t to now.
Tne present establishment , the outgrowth
of n reorganizing net of parliament In Ibtij ,
lias for in actual covornlng bodv tbo pro-
vosta nf Eton nnd Kings college , Ox
ford , the Koyal Bocioty , fie lord cbiot
Juttlrc , tlii Eton masters end four
pther roembors elected by tbo former.
Aside from the oltlcUl povcrnlng tody the
actual school olllccrs nf Eton now comprise
a crowo-oppoluteil prorost , u kimllnr oQloial
to our "principal" or "proslaont , " who must
* boa waster of nrlr and n niomberof tbo
church of England ( not ueccssnrily In
order * ) , orer SO years of age , ton fellows , "
wbo are uiHiubar * ft th * goyerulnif body , a
vice . nrovojt , bursar. ' , secretaries or clerKs ,
nn auditor , n head rrjaster , a lower muster ,
nna "conducts1 or chaplain * .
Uupe-r Sj-ntcm at li rlilln. |
All ordinary discipline may bo tnld to cmv
nato from the "houses" tvhcro boys not on
iho foundation reside , whoso mailers are di
rectly responsible to the head nnd lower mas
ters for the good conductor thoto In chorpo ;
toMl the "captains" of thtwo "houses' ' * who nro
selected from among the scholars In the
housot to assist In keeping order ; and , sec-
ondnrll } , both from "fngmaslors" over their
respective ilopullrcd "fagJ. " and throueli
the L'onural supervision nv all upper forms or
divisions of the school ever nil members ot
the successive gradi Ift-low them. Hlsnn
eden svstoin to us AmcVir ins ; but It Is n good
ono nerd bec.ituolts results nro good , ,
The seventy frco or foundation scholars
are called "collegers. " Formerly tbuv
Wi the black cloth gown to distinguish
th , but this badge nf poverty was some
time since removed , Tbo foundation schol
arships nro open to nil bovi , British nliu-
l > cts , between tile ages of I'Jntnl II , nnd nro
only tcnobto to Iho completion of the nine
teenth vo.ir. These collegers are educated
nnd maintained during school term or tlmo
onlof the funds of the collage. At Iho be
ginning ! of tno ccnturv the collegers' rout no
and fare wcro far from enviable. They
dined most lucngorly nt 13 o'clock every day ,
nnd suupcd ntOon whole school day * , nnd nt
t"hi on other dajs. Thur assembled In the
hull utTcverv nlehtmid sat thcro readme
for an hour , under the care of tholr cap-
tin u. At 8 Ihoy proceeded to tno Lower
ciw school , wh M i i l I ravers ,
which used , in still earlier tlmo ; . to be s.ild
in the Lone chamber. They were then loc'iiod
inw for the. nieht. On Sunday morning they
went lo thu Upper school losing the liMth
nsiilin : nnd to loin In pi-avers read by Iho
Kifth form pnvpostor. Collegers nnd oppi
dans I i nllko went to church nt It ) o'clock on
Sund.ivs , nnd Ihpynll hud to sit in the Upper
school hotwi'en S ! nnd 3 , wnllo n member
of ! iho t'iftn form rend aloud several nages of
Ihnl exciting Cbsay , the "Whole Duty of
Mnn. " .
The dinner consisted Invariably of mutton ,
potatoes , broad nnd beer , with the addition
of pjdJmg on Sunday * . As u matter
of fact almost every colleger hired
room In the town , in which to got his broad-
fust and ton , which Iho college did not
furnish , nnd In which to prepare his
lessons , which roqilqml his espouses nearly
rqual to these not on the foundation , and an
old Etonian vchcmeillly'states ; that boys unable -
able to Incur thcsq unjust oxuouscs under
went "privations "that might Imvo brouen
down n cabin boy , nnd would bo thouL'ht In
human if Indicted on n oallov slave.1 An
"Ode on n Nearer Prospect of Eton , " after
Gray , written in ITl'S ' , was vtrilo wltti satire
upon this order of thing' , nnd hastened re
formation. Tlio quality of the boor win thus
alluded to :
I'lnl nfior pint vou ilrink In vain ,
Still sober you muy drink iiK-il" .
> on ciin't gut drunk In Hall !
Modem Inlltifiu'iit.
Everything is now different. Good food Is
suppllud for the hall. Break lint ncd tea are
turnlshcd nt trilling cost. Servants lessen
the Inpositions , of fugging. An assistant
master and a matron have domestic superin
tendence. Lone chamber , of old famous
for Its llfty-two beds , filth and frolics , has
been practically abolished and a now build
ing with separate rooms provided , chiclly by
subscriptions from old Etonians. All badges
of inferiority have benn Uono uwnv with. To
bo indigent and n pauper Is no longer neces
sary to eligibility , and some of tbo best fami
lies of England uro clad to havoihcirson become -
como Eton foundationers.
The "oppidans" are all Eton oovs not
free scholars or "coiloirors. " There is no
bar to any bov entering Eton as soon as ho
can read aud some have Been received us
young ns seven years. The Eton system
provides that from the moment ho enters
until ho leaves tor good he shall bu under tbo
immediate control , so fur at his intellectual
guidance is concerned , of n tutor who stands
to him , while at Eton , in the entire relation
of parent or guardian. There is now per
haps an average attendance of l.OtiO boys.
Fully SOU are nonresidents. All of the o
live In boarding houses , formerly conducted
by women or "dnmes , " und while now all
but ono are under the supervision of
boarding masters , who each care for
from thirty to llfty youths , th'iv are all still
Known ns 'Mffmes1 houses. " Tbcso boarding
masters tire assistant masters of nnd teachers
In Iho college. So far as college lifo and dis- ,
clplino are concerned all of ttieso houses are
as strictly subject to college law and rocula-
tion as tnouph they wore act aown and so-
purely locked within either of the two college
qundrnnelos.
TUo principal nnd original buildings form
two huge quadrangles. The first , entered
from ttio highway through n much oattnred
archway. Is adorned by a central btutuc of
the royal founder In bronze. This square ,
called the ' 'schoolyard" is inclosed by Iho
chapel , schools , dormitories , mailers' cham
bers , clods-tower , and "election chamber , "
where the hlchest gifts of the collugo , the
scholarships nt Kings college , Cambridge ,
are unnimlly bestowed.
Sumo Faninim KtmiLiiiq.
The lessorquadranglo , nearest tne Thames ,
which Eton college properly faces , com-
.priscs the cloisters , in which are the resi
dences of tin.- provost und follows , nnd tnu
library , which Is reached tiy n Ilight of stops
to thn loft of the outr.inco of the cloisters.
Beyond the cloisters uro the fine college car-
uens , nnil still bo.vond these , through a small
postern gate lux'JrlMitly mantled with Ivy ,
nnd "Wcston's yard "
, you como upon the
"I'lnylng Held , " where on holiday evenings ,
In what Is called "Poets' wall : , " the
cricketers are wont to take their tea. These
"I'laylng llulds , " dourest of all things at
Eton to u ) | Etonians , past and present , com
prise an extensive tr.ict of ground , inter
sected by a preltj slroum nnd crossed by a
small bridge. They uro crowded with rich
verdure nnd shaded by venerable elms , the
Thames calmly rinoling along their banks
and Windsor castle in the distance ;
Here , in Iho silent memorials lo tliosn who
have rendered the old school famous by theii
own subsequent greatness ; in the Uupor
school adorned with Its ninrblo busts of
Etonian wnrtblc * who became England's
grcatc.st statesmen-divines , philosophers und
pnets ; and In thoUoH of noted names carved
ovor.vwhcio upon the ancient woodwork by
erst boyish hand ? ; ono liiidi the real answer
to all impulse of criticism upm what mourns
at llrst to mi Amoiicau u diiiid aca system of
education of Iho British youth of today. Two
llogiliig-blaels ; have been in piist times trl-
uinphnutly borne away , but another Htunds
in thu old pluco. U was pot KO long ago that
thn famous Dr. ICuato ( ISO'J-ill ' ) HoL'god eighty
boys In one nisht , thus quelling an mciplont
rebellion. That "odious system of fai/ginc"
Mill remains. If your boy or mine , or thu
boy of thu proudest earl nf England , outer *
Eton , there is no power to prevent him doing
thti most menial drudgery for iho Fifth and
Sixth form lads , lie Is their slnvo until ho
himself roichi'b t'm fugtmutor's -tnto. .
It Is n wonderful lovrlcr. Lord Salis
bury , O'.ndsioiii ' * , Lord Unmlolph Churchill.
Chief Justice Coleridge , Lord Chatham ,
Lord Sholburno , Canning , I'usoy , Bollntr-
broltp , 1'ilt , Sir Humphrey Ullbcrt , Hor.-ico
Wnlpolu , Fiuldlntf , Hallatu , and the pouts
Wulfor , Aiistey , Shcllu.v , Broome , 1'raed
and Ciray , wore all in their liuio fags nt
Eton carryinc iho boor , cleaning the boo'.j ,
grilling iho hcrrlnc. Hinudclntr tno toast ,
und dodging tbo bootjacks of their fag.
masters nhovi ) thorn. Thn Eton system , In
brief , mnlios lioyb know how tu endure and
to rule. It 'hind all , un Imparlal scourge to
ambitious oflart , are ImperUhablo monior-
luls of thfsu dond and living hosts who Imvo
made It u noble honor \o \ have merely once
boon nil Eton boy. Knotli L. WiiCKii.vs' .
I'niiit * un I'rOKruHii.
Eleotroplaling ba been applied la nn In
genious. and effective manner for the prcser-
vntioirof lace forms in metal.
A lilppomoter , lo record the number of a
horso' paces and the ntstnnca ho has trav
eled , has been Invented liy an onicer iu tno
French army.
Sbeot Iron kites , to ennb'.o a vessel when
in distress during a storm to communicate
with the shore , have bocn suggested ,
Thu highest viaduct in tbo world has just
boon erected in llollvia over the river Lea
I'.WI ' ( cut above tbo tea level , and 4,005 feet
above the river.
A society wns organized Iu Now York In
1703 for the oucoura&o'UBUt of American
woolens. The society's rules forbudo catini ;
rauttcn or lamb or thq daughter of sheep.
In 1800 our product ot hardware was
valuer at ll'JO.OOO.OOtl ; In 16S3 81370,000.000.
The annual uddllion lo the output wan M
000.000 a year between 18JO nnd 1ROO , and
$15,000,000 a year bolwcen lt > 60 and 18S.S ,
The new Iron monuments bolng placed on
the national boundary line In Arizona and
New Mexico ara toven feet high and weigh
600 pounds oatib. They are placed five mhos
part ,
"TOO SWET FOR ANY HUNG"
Hera is n Tip Showing How to Fashion
Your Next Nsw Gown.
A FRESH RIVAL OF "THE EMPIRE"
4KVoll MlKllt 'You Ito Out of thn
U'urlil in Out of I'mlilon
Hero Am Snnin Vnlii- '
nltln Hint * .
[ Can I iltod IS'JM
Uld you , sny tnut linipiro wns the style !
Dlil you sny that overythlnp which comes
from Paris or from the Rront London
modlstos lim nil limpird touch , cither of the
llrst , under .Foioptune , with low-out , short-
wnlstcil boillco , or of ttio second , under
BiiROtilo , n In crinoline !
IJut what would .vou snr If you heard that
the Kmplro revival wns to bo only very
short-lived ; Unit It wns soon to bo super
seded by the raoilo of 1S30 ; that even now
I'ncls tin * declared herself in favor of It because -
cause aho tlilnUs It. n jrraceful " < ; o-botwocn , "
a st.vlo that has all tlio beauties of botli and
tttocxtnivacnncos of ncltnorj It's n little
tnntnli7lnr , don't yon thltut so , to discover
that your newest pown.cut In tbo very latest
fashion , us you supposed , U about to bo
followed by miothor which will usurp its
plncci
Hut talco heart ; dou'tcast oft you'r pretty
now frown. it will talto a lone wlillo for the
Kinplro to boconio old-fashioned , nnd thuro
isn't such a dlfferenco between the old and
fronts or plain boiUccs , nro Brewing very
popular. A very pretty ono is tnodo of bloc *
velours nnd is trimmed with bonvcr. The
vest fronts nro cut down into narrow points
thai fail Just below the full wldo belt of the
same material. Those" fronts nro edged
with fur , wnlch also runs iiround the neck ,
nna two lnrn velvet buttons nro fattened at
cither tide.
Homo delicate ones nro tntulo in while or
palo colored cntlns or brocades nnd hnvo
short , xvlao open fronts , full wldo bolts nnd
occisloimllv allttloshort uolntcd pleoo following -
lowing over the top of the arm In llou of a
sloovu. Thny nro particularly pretty In the
light dainty material .
Lot mo toll you of Hnothcr boilleo for even-
ItiR vcenr. It U cut.n'ulto low nnd round. It
Is mndo of heavy crecAi s > tl nnd has n pretty
Rnthcrlnc of erccinill around tha low-cut
nock. The rufila tlbs1 In n bow nt tro front.
There are short ferton velvet puiTs for
sleeves and n preen vtivot belt ,
Whntn womlorfu , } involution the slcovo
hns undcrconp. hastjiiuott When wo corn-
para the plain , tlght-IKtlnp ono of n few
yours bade that llnd iiollunp to rodcom ll
from ntnoluto plainness , not even n shoulder
puff , with the liglir1 , ftlry creation of today
with Us quaint turns nnd curves ntiduuffs
nnll cathers , nnd nil sorts of odd fiilielcs. wo
cnn scnrcrly bellcva they nro intended for
ono nnd thu snmo thine. The varieties never
ccnso to como forth. Lot mo sue thoro'.s
the high puff , Iho lov puff , the short full
pi-ff , the Icp-of-inutton , the Louis XIII. , the
1SHO , tbo style ostipclallv dcslpnod for uvnn-
ins wo.ir , the ono that , can only bo worn with
( tumor iircs * . the ono for afternoons , the ono
for mnruliiK at.d so manv ethers thtxt wo'ro
perfectly bewildered. Some uf thotn urn
ridiculous , but most of them nro very
pretty.
Talto the styles for nltornoon woai , for in-
Btiinco. It's rather dilllcult to describe
them. 'Ihov ore very gnueful with tholr
NEW EVENING BODICES.
'ho ' now to make it worth while catllnR the
of who are on
alter , una porhnps these us
this side of the water will still cling to our
llrst love. For thero's a fcood deal of indo-
pondence. ovou In tbo matter of dress , about
the American woman , and a favonto st.vlo
will often linger long after U has been do-
clnrod old-fashioned.
T'h.s was never inoro strikingly exemplified
than In the matter of the boll skirt. Lonp
after Worth and FclU hud practically
abandoned it it reicnod supreme , and ono
uoulu tiud scarcely a siiiRlo costume worn by
on American that hail not , a bell skirt. At
present the boll , when it is used , is drawn
justns tightly over the hips , but llares much
wider at the fcbt.
The trimming ot skirts prows daily. You
can watch it creeping farther nnd farther
UD. Just at present it reuchos the kuoes ,
nna should stc'p thero.
There Is btlll , however , muoh moro atten
tion paid to tbo corsaRO than to the skirt
of n gown. 1 saw n remarkably pretty ano
today on a young Rirl. It was quito olnbor-
ate for the almost plain skirt , that had sim
ply n dcoo band of beaver nt the odco. The
boding uad a white crepe front , with a full
white velvet belt hooking in the back under
a Knot of riobon. Over Iho front came short
Jacket fronts , beaver color , closely embroi
dered in narrow black hraid , nnd edged with
boavor. There was also n band of embroi
dery at the neck , anil one of fur abovo. Tbo
puffs , ono falling in cascades and one simply
joinmcthe tight I ewer sioovo that is cut in
fanciful ravers and tint buttons on ton.
Tbo evening sleeves are particularly
dainty. The ono In orocado , with the short
pulT catmht together in a shell ar.d with ttio
deep lace llounco falling from it is becoming ;
so Is the ono for a dinner town made ot two
pvifK the lower much shorter then the-
upper , and with a lace rufllo also caught up
with a ribnon bow.
Then there's ono after the manner of Louis
XIII. , that bangs lnlWido , loose plaits , cauu-ht
in at the elbow by ii rlbuon knot , and then
allowed to fall as itrwill.
Tbo sluevo of lS > 3J''h'as a very queer , wldo
puff , shirred at tho'top and Oottom , and be
neath a plain , tight'sleovo.
The lotr-of-mutton Is very ugly. It is
extremely wldo , rnitfnbt particularly full aud
not at nil graceful.1 ' "
A lovely sleeve for'dinnerdresihas a short
velvet llounco bang'tng from the shoulder ,
quite full , and ombfoldorcd at tbo odce ; and
beneath , falling at the sides , but leaving the
top of the arm exndsc'd , Is n gathered scarf
of chiffon , wtiicti is knotted loosely at the
elbow and tben fulls in a rulllo.
Ono for state occasions ia iru < io all in vel
vet , puffed ut the shoulders , and reaching to
the wrist. It is cut upon a little way and
filled In with black la'co. From ttio sidocomo
over pieces of sntin'gathered full , and Join
ing below the elbow , caught with a Jeweled
buckle.
One can scarcely fail to find a style that is
becoming and beautiful , and Ibo licbt , dainty
ones uro all so graceful that It's bard to make
up one's mind which to choose. But that's
Just what suits us. It's KO delightful to puzzle -
zlo and worry over pretty things , trying to
SLEEVES IN ALIi SHAPES AND SIZES.
sloovojworo quite short-nr.it , nulTstotuo
cluowsoMUeclotli , tben wldo ImilglDR vuf-
JUs embroidered nnil cilpnd with fur.
A pretty Directolroboaloo that I saw for
homo wear was made of ulnclt cloth , dotted
wltu blacKitllU spots , uml hna B wblto bolt
covered witUlieavy bUolcsllUlace Voneliau
nolot. Tbo bodlco turned back In larce ro
ver * ever R whlto satin front that was al
most completely coverel by a largo bow In
block tullo. Tbo sleeves were almost plain
nud had simply n cud on the style of tbo
1 saw another bofllco Intended for n very
younp Rl . It was all white and grcon.
which Is a particularly popular combination
tuls season , especially for evening wear.
Ono sees wulte fiowns with green velvet
alcoves , nrcon gowns with a quantity of
white softening tholr shades. It is a remark
ably oVotty combination , nnd has another ao >
vanUKO-lbat of suiting a diversity of com-
iilextons. Woman who havenot the best of
liking can wear it becomingly.
This bodlco was made of flno whlto mate
rial and had a pointed white belt , ns well as
a large square yoke of white. Tbo yoke and
bolt , however , were closely covered with ex
quisite green embroidery , done In fine
stitches. Tbo collar was the same , aud tlunn
bauds ot tbo embroidery went around the
plain lower IfLntm .
1 * roily fanciful vests , to slip ever drcs *
decide on sumothini ; , aud whliinz wo could
have them nil. Um't you think sol
I-\A ; A.
INTO AN ALLIOATOU'S MOUTH.
A riorlil ii lliinli'i-'H Vurii Alitinl 11 DOR unit
n Kablill.
Now York Toloprrhm ; Unolo Cinsar
was standiiifr , n tow ilnvri ago , with his
old IHtitlodt inuskot in his hand , near un
old-fashioned rail foitco , when all at
OHCO ho hoard a torrlblo rattling nnd
yolplnp tip in the woods near the BIIW
irrass , and , looklnir , ho saw old Snip , his
favorite bonoh-lefTKod lleo do nuildnc
the loaves liy lllco u whirlwind , und
immediately in front of him a swamp
rabbit was Hying , *
The rabblttmot , through Iho fence like
an arrow , the eanio , Insttuit the liltlo dog >
darled throuph tle ( { eavio hole in the
fence , and till was < iulot.
Uuclo Ciusar Hiiyu.tliut lie ran to tlio
spot and taw a huga nlllpntor lying with
his mouth open , . into which both the
Intro and dog had run , perhaps thinking >
It ix hole in u lo- ; * <
Ho ul onoo 8on.Mibullot ( into the right
oyoof tho'ptttorwho whirled ever litm
h'ls back , when Undo Ca > sar willed out
his old pruning Knife and made a long >
and deep inclsloinln Ilio stotnaoh of thft '
'galor , when , to lils nstoniuhmont , tli I
inbbitnnddog bdlh jumped out nnfl
down toward the water.
CORSETS AND THEIR CURSES
How "Spider Wftis's1' JIM Acquired find the
Wets That AtUnil Thorn ,
REFORM FADS AND SOME OF THE RESULTS
Tim Much llrMllrhed llnuhilcliiimil
'llilngii flint llnvn UntilV < niiiiii lln-
I lira I tint fur Ages VUmrr tlio Mlamo
I.Irs nnil Iho llupo Tor Itunicdy ,
At IB years of ago , sometimes a year or two
younger , our girls bojln to wonr corsets.
They put on "n wlmlobono fence with nn
Iron giitopaat m front , " at Louise Alcoll
calls U in "Eight Cousins. "
Some mothers , hut they nro in the minor
ity , keep their girls In a corset-waist which
possesses nil the merits nnd none of iho Oo-
merits of Iho corset ,
Picsently the girls begin to draw the cor
set closer loqcihor In order to acquire the
small waist which Ihoy have como to consider
a mark of beauty. The consequence Is In-
ovltubie ; the elastic ribs jlcld easily to thl
continuous pressure mid the lesdlt Is n
"spider waist , " which no amount of later re-
Dcntunco nnd gymnastic exercise can re-
shane , for nature's punishments are tlxod
und Inexorable.
Our medium-sized woninn , thosa who nro
five feet three Inches or live feet four inches
in height and are built on a moderate plan ,
usually call for n No. 20 or No. 21 coisot.
thK means Unit they intend to display twen
ty-two or twenty-three inches ol waist ,
which is less than it should oo for a
woman of this size , twenty-five Inches
bolngwlint export authorities suy r. woman
of IhK height should measure.
Ills certainly not nn indication of an nd-
vance in the physical condition of our race
lo llnd Hint the mnjnrliy of Omnhu women
wear corsets numbering Iroiu ' 'U lo 28.
Thu larger women , these who mo the snmo
height , but have been moro generously dealt
with in regard in llcsh , will call Tor a 24 or
2o , but oven this shows a small waist.
'Ill in If to tile lulls.
Then coma the women of redundant figure
tburo Is no hope for them , bill In well-lil
ting corsets nnd hero again wo llnd an
nsluntshlngly.Bmnll waist. During the last
twenty-live yours there has been a regular
nud encouraging advance In the v > ay women
dross , especially In regard to corsets
the small waists of our niothvra and
grandmothers nro no longer fashionable , and
yet there remains much 10 bo desired. Many
women , these who have lakcn up Iho Jennoss
Miller lad ( lotus bo dcvoutlv thankful for
such fnds ! ) wear no corsets nt all or men ly n
corset waist. Of thcso waists , the Equipoise
and Ferris are most admirable nna it is a
nity that they arc tot moro generally known.
The woman who Is Inclined to slcnderncs ?
has nn advantage uut oclonglng to her
plumper sisters ; she may wear eoraots or she
icay not ; in olthcr cnso her liauro U not con
spicuous and the present style of dross waists
seems particularly to favor her. By looking
at the breadth of a woman's shoulders it is
easy to determine Iho size that her waist
ought to be ; if the lines from the armpit to
the waist suggest un approach tea
a capital "V" you may bo sure that cither
now or in her callow days she nns worn her
corsets too tlgut.
In the much talked of "A'cnus of Melos"
the lines from under Ibo ami to the waist
show an almoit Imperceptible slops and yet
the ivuist is smaller than ttio measure
around the armpits.
L.ook nt George Du Maurior's drawings of
the English girl , and say , on , you smnll-
walstcd Omaha girls , did you over see uny-
tblng moro exquisite than the proportions of
his ligurost Whatoasoof mo'vcraent , what
elasticity of form is mgcnstod by the well
poised chest ! Yet Mr * . Kcndul's waist was
not like these. Thcro wai a marked und
painful discrepancy between the width of
nor shoulders and the width of her
wuiit , so wo may suppose that English
women nro not all llko Du Maurier's draw
ings but it would bo worth a good deal to
hnvo the privilege of oven looking nt a wo
man lluo the "Duubossof Towers" In "Peter
Ibbetson. "
Where tha Illume Lies.
It must bo the fault of the poets and nov
elists that the heavy wcmun who cannot by
any means reduce her si/.o otherwise will
have n slender waist their talrylllco
11 cures und ethereal ncings haunt
you till you cnn't rest ; but if our
corpulent woman would only get it
into her bead tha' , It is proportion and not
distortion that makes a beautiful llguro
she would call for a corset ttiut would lit her
and not insist that her waist really wasn't
compressed , leaving ono to the only other
conclusion possible , viz : Iliac she comes
from an abnormal stock.
The corsets shown at our different
dry roods stores nro of many
styles and colors you CHII buy almost nny
color , but the shades most In demand nrn
white , black , gray nnd tan. The prices
vary , the ventilated summer corset being
cheap and delightful , while the others range
frnm $1 up to ? ; ! , tbo price between tnoso two
being most popular.
When one lee its at this much-bcstltchcd
and uewhnlobonud Ihlng with Its frontlet of
unyielding steel , ono rejoices that there are
some Omaha women wbu nro not Us victims
and that with the spread of intelligence and
education its sphere will dally grow moro
limited , till nt last it will have sunk Into
merited oblivion , while the corsst waist will
take its place us the regenerator of corseted
womnnulud. Stem.
WBKI-INO WATCH , NOD. , Oct. 28 , ' ! > 0. Dr.
Moore : My Hear Sir I have Just bought
the third uottlb of your Tree of Lifo. His
Indeed a "Tree ol Life. " Doctor , when you
so kindly cave mo that first bottle my right
Hltlu was so latno nud sere nnd my liver en
larged so'mnch that I cotila not Ho upon my
right side at nil. Thuro was 11 soreness over
my KldnoyH all of the tlmo. but now that
trouble Is all ever , I sleep Just as well on
ono side us on the other , ii'iU my sloop rests
nnd refreshes mo , nnd 1 feel the best I've felt
In lifteon years , ana I know Mial it ls nil duo
to your'J'reoof Life. Yours very truly ,
1 > . -
Tor sale bv all druggists.
Switzerland bus 101 telephone exchanges ,
l'V > ' , i. > stations , 11,225 , miles of line and limits
each biibscriucr to feOO conversations in iho
course of the year.
People have no idea how
crude nnd cruel soap can be.
It takes off dirt. So far ,
so good ; but what else does
it do ?
It cuts the skin and frets
the under-skin ; makes red
ness and roughness and
leads to worse. Not soap ,
but the alkali in it.
Pears' Soap has no free ,
alkali in it. It neither red
dens nor roughens the skin.
It responds to water in
stantly ; washes and rinses
off in a twinkling ; is as
gentle as strong ; and the
after-effect is every way
good.
All sorts of stores sell it ,
especially druggists ; all sorts
of people use it.
SAVE YOUR"TAGS. .
TO THE CHHWERS OF
PLUG TOBACCOS , WE OFFER , FREE
An Elegant 300
Gold Watch FOR Tags , fl
, _ l _ J i 1
This wntch Is stem wind nnd stem scltor , 18 sUe open fncc , a flnn
American movement , with pntont dusi proof snfety pinion , nnd
guui-nnteod to bo n first clnss timepiece In every respect
A Handsome 50
Silk Umbrella FOR
Tags.
This Umbrellas Is gents' s zo , 2y inches nnd 8 ribbed pnrnnon
it-time , with fine handles of nnlurnt wood and nttrncttvo summit'
trimmings.
A Fine 4-Bladed 25
Pocket Knife FOR Tags.
This knlfo hns benutiiXil whlto or stag hnndlo , O ot4 btndo-4 solid
potent bnck , nnd Is mnde of the vci'y best steel , comblnlnci lilcihsst.
> V" < - * >
quality nnd duribillty.
These brands nt-e wel I known nnd give perfect satisfaction
wherever sold , ns we only manufacture fine plun tobnceo. Trv
them.
Any of the above offers sent promptly on receipt or the required
number .
ortng3. "
' - -3' ' i
This ofler will continue after Jnnunry 1st , 18D3.
VVrlte your natne nnd nddroes plainly and mall to
PERKINS & ERNST , Covington ; Ky.
NOT1CBVlmt some of tlio iloalors of Oinuhit [ wjio arc ImtulliiiK PALM LKAI'1
TOBACCO ] sny : O.MAIIA , OL-I. i.'S , I81IU.
To whom It muv eonuorn Wo the uiido-'slfriioa dnnlors of Omiiliu , uro iititidlinir
PALM LEAF TOBACCO , und will Miy , wo Iliul It in quality unqut to nnd nonnii
lump wo httvo ever .handled , Wlion sold to n vtibtomor ho will cull fotit again.
The deal i.'onnuctnd with It is it pquaro ono , and the best wo Imvo ever soon. l'\ir- '
thor , wo chuLrfuUv recomuiond it to nno dctilor who will ttiko tin liuorcst in show
ing it.
J. P. Tiirploy , 1:120 : Douglas St. .1. w. Council , isno , s. i th si.
U. Costello , : ) U N. Kith St. Von KI-OKO& I'ahl , 17th anil ( . 'lark St.
Vioi-s Bros. , ol ! ) S. Kith St. I < \ .1. Ulbiilc , 1824 Clnrlc Si.
M. R Ti nuns , N. IStli St. , T. P. .Icspc. IIIIJI N. liithS' .
.lohnson Bios , i'arkor & Lonvuiiworth. L. A. Ulnolc , 1COC.N. 24 th St.
Fred Arinhurst , 100" Vinton St. Kndolph Boal , 10UB N. 24th St.
\V , I ) . UdwartlB < t Co. . lilith & Fnrnniw ( 'lias Hln811 N. ' 11111 St. S. Omahii.
II. S. Stilt , 1115S. 10th St. Henry Sulsyo , 181U ! Loavonworlli SI.
18i6 Douglas Street , Omaha , Neb.
The eminent st clall t m norvnu' , chronli" . prlvnto , litooJ.clilii nnd urinary dlhonip" . A rozulu nud rn- f
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mllliii luk PniRtl l for CMch'ttfr' * Myltnk IhHmontl Itntntt In KIM ! an > l Got.t mrullio
_ icBirnlrU with blur r bbon. Tt' olio otZipr kind , lltjvtt .Sub < rfft > rorn ( nn I Imttattont.
Jill plllt In pnsttboftrj t iir i pink Krapptri.nre ilutici'miiA iMiutiliTli II * . At UriipgUtx.or rrn4 nt
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f..1.1 br all local lrucil - I'llll.AKI.I.I'llIA. 1 > A-
ARE YOU SUFFE RING
KROU
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_ L Catarrh or
Rhcumalism ,
; Chronic ,
Nervous or
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for thu Tronttnuiit of
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MATTER HOW LONG STAND
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NEBVOUS DEBILITY
PJLE3 , KI9TUJ..A , FISSURE Fo-manentljr
CureU without the usu ot knife , ligitura or
cruistlo.
All maladies of a ju-ivnto or delicate
nnturo , of oithoiso.x , pmltlvoly enroll. ,
Dr. Seariesfi Seines , lls \.luA.lltno11 \ !
Next door lo I'o lolllco ,
You don'l iiucd to saorlficu thu HITS of your
lOVCCl OIIOS WlllMI
Dephtlieria and Membranous Croup
wlllcniluiisortlioniljhlorliuoil < ) f your home * .
Tlioro Is u faiuo HDHulllu ina'llclno ' TV I'lU.-
VKNT contiiRloii of thuin , nnil them U also a
hiirovpuclflo iiit'illolno for
The Cure of Them
wlion they huvo not run boyuuJ limn in react ) .
Wilto lo
DR. C. SICEl , In Crete. Neb , ,
If In need of any trcMilniont. nnil you Hllllliil
tlmt hlslrfiatinnnt liif-oO on runny y irs'ov-
licrlniunlh Him aluilv li yst'oiirc-d him n sue-
which will not illhiiiuKHiiL you.
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U'Hl.rmmi mid IIUVH tliom nxaiiilno I Oj- our fM'llolun '
free nf clmw. und. it iiu i-'Mrr , mi I w. ' ' ! ' l' lr " '
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F > tliuliuist In tlio world. If r < nil | < 'niiliii * lKlji < i < o *
wo'wKI tollxmodimilalvlno you linl luUn. ( JOI.i )
M'l'irrACl'KM < r KVK III.Art-tKrt HUM IJJI Ul' .
1'Jnln , > iiu > ko , btuit or lillo ln * cs , ( or | iiiilrrllux lua
tri-a , iromUxn i > ulr up.
Max Meyer & Bro. Go.
Jewelers nntl ppticians.
Knriinm Klirt riflcontfiStroyts _ _ .
For Elevators ,
Smoke Stack G-uys ,
Elevators , Etc
Washburn & Moan's tin Best ,
Jas. Morton Son Co ,
Dodge Street.
DR. C GEE WO
Thoonly Udllr urili.itil clil'iiu pijrdMn
Bhl ystri' milI'ai yjiri priotictl iim'-
ncoirltli all x 11 r i illonji I'rum suojuifalU
nil ihrunlcuuH 41 run . > by ell > or duotori Oitl
mid /IBB / lilmor vvrlU for ij i tli > : i bl.vitc. Do nac
ililukynurciu nun 'I3ij liaaimiyoiir ductortilli
you HO , buitryl'ia > 'lilnio doultir nll'i ldi njir n > I
wnniliirfulro noillus , imdrusslvo navr boiii'lii/iil i
poriiiHiiunlnura whiloltur ilootor * oiiiii'it ' ilr ) .
llurlis. HuoU nml I'lanli niiliu j'd roiiuJlDi-hli
iiH'illclne.1. The world 111 * nltneii. Uan LlMiiiiil
lealliiionluU In Itirdi * ) ' 04rfl * pr.ictlcj Nu liijurlo H
iK'CoclIoiia. no tmrcotloii no uolfoj llillu.iit
troutuicnl mi'l piTinuucat curj
Kolloirlnitctiai 4U'iii.illirtuil ill oi'it
veil up by ether ( loHin :
Tliot. Coiiulillu. 41IJ Itnrnpjr utrei-t , clirnnlarUai.
unllninliti.ir > , kldunyniid llvnr lruibto : .
Ttios. CiilVL'rt , l.'lli nn.l r.inri n ntrjuli , viinnrit
debility. In lUa'tlun , IDS' of Mrjiulll unJ vltilll/ .
Took iiiudluliiu fur to in but cut nu niluf ,
Jl. IAiidarjiin. . Mil ' ' "ill if nirut. uitir'i
asiuniiuiiiil bruncliltli or liriojn yoiri luiutii/ ,
Jfnifori.il'i tliu follorrliupropirj I roiiillji nt
ILUUnbottln lx boiltiM forfitw , ( at HIM euro or
Antlunn , Oulirrli , "jlox lie ulacliw. ImlUuitlD.i
llliKidruliiinliiniiuiimatUiu , Kumilii Wuiknoii.
Klduiiy nnd Mmr Cnniplxliit. .No uiionii. riul I
unlv by Cliluoiu MC'lU'tM'j Uo , C'apltitl , IUJ II )
Office , IGth anlCaliroMii Sli. ( toi'ii , Xc' )
Artistic
CiliGAGOat
at Low Prices.
Stock and Design
The Latest aud Best ,
Send us ! . " < > nnd uc'lUend you iou engraved
taicli from u new cr > | > | ier plate.
Send us IIOcU. anil > our ptcvrnt | .latc ( to be held
and rcciurrcil ) and we'll bend you co rn-
grnvrd cardi.
We pay exprcui charges.
KETOAL1 ? STATJONEftY COMPA-'NV ,
( ll Oubb'i IJI.r.ry Oa. )
136 Wiibnsh Avu. . CMcayo.
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'Jtttl. llllcdVlth
outI'.iln liy 1 1 1)
tluil
uxTUAC'Tii : * wiriiooi' oic
DANOJJIt
'riiriio.N : : uunitnu ran
I'orfoctnt simrautoul. Toot'i uxtr.it'tol In
tlioinoriilnt' . Now oiioi Imurlul In uvuulni
or fc-iiuo liny. .
hiu bjioi'luiom of Itmiiovulilo IlrhUo.
Hue | iuolijicii of Kloxllilo l < li : > tlu I'UtJ
All trnrk wiirruntHii in ruirns'iite ] I ,
Oilier , J hlrd 1'iiiof. I'uxtJ.-i Him
'Jliilitnu ) lOt'i. lIUIuiiil r.iniiia S
T uko Ktuviilor.or Kfurwuy fro.u lot u
Slrca leiitrunco
| ) I1 , K.UWK3T 1 NKIlVrf AXII I1UAIV TA < S Vr
inunt n uuviae for llr t'fli. IIK liu , flu , Nil
raUUti uaaacuu. Hrrom IVatirMoa cjuKl or
Iquor or luliAuou , Wakufulunii. MmUil UJIIMI.
( lucii'y.'luitti. I'ro-uilura OIJ Ana. lUrronu'ii , J.JH
( 1'uwurln cUUer.it , Irapulono/ > oucurfua anl
nil remala Wtf knettK. lorolunlirIrtiiui. . a Jf
uialorrliuaciuiuJ or uror-uxvrlluu ° ' W brill
- - - --r-lnduuoucfc A montU't lfj luui
" ' '
ticUordvloriitiiTii. "wlST'll 'Vl.ll lJ wrii
runtinUtto mruqilir notcarjt auirantos liuil
oolr l > r TliHDrtofa. r. l vli dru i'Kl , ul ium