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Slow These United States Are Hepresented at
! tbo Kaiser's Capital.
M WALTER PHELPS AND HIS MISSION
tur ) Minister and the Man of Blood and Iron
Were Quito Ohuramy.
OFFICES OF THE AMERICAN LEGATION
' ' "Sumptuous Home of Undo Barn's ' Kepresenta-
tivo and How it Was Secured.
SOMETHING OF MINISTER AND MRS. PHELPS
How Tln-y Surprised tltn Ui-rlliipic Mnnir lil
Duties < ) T mi Anicrliien .Minister IIH-
nmrek rieiijjeiltin ? President In A
leini WliUky Our Consulate
Br.m.iN. Nov. lift. [ Special Coi-resnonelpne-p
Of Tin : UKB.I ] lliul William Walti-r I'helps
Very popular hero lit Hcrlln. Helms raised
llie Atncrlcnn legation to this first rank in
diplomatic circles , and ho Is one of the most
Influential of thu foreign ministers In Ger
many , His work hero shows that it pays to
send pood'men to our foreign missions. It
vyus through htm that the Sunoan : treaty
vvns made , and ho has hecn very largely In-
lluential In getthiK our hcef , corn and pnrU
into normally , Helms n standing with the
.emperor which no minister from America
lias over had before , and he is as close today
to Caprlvl as hu was to IJIsnmrck when ho
vas chancellor. The friendship of Prince
JUlsmarck and Mr. Phelps was very marked
and the two wcro actually chummy during :
Bismarck's residence in Berlin , and they
often dined together. Young Herbert Bis
inarck was as fond of I'helps as was the old
prince , and the two families frequently met
around the dinner table.
Mr. Pliolps tells mo that Bismarck is a
delightful conversationalist , and that his
iliome life Is charming. He is entirely free
from ostentation , and ho is in reality a man
, of very tender feeling. Ho is especially
fond of his big dogs , and Minister
Phelps described an incident which
occurred at one of Bismarck's dinners ,
-\vlicro - hu and Mrs. Phelps wore entertained
l > y the prince in his palace on Wilhelms-
ptrasse. At just about the tlmo dinner was
called the news was brought in that one of
Bismarck's favorite dogs had been hurt in
an accident ami that this would necessitate
the amputation of his leg. The old prince
"was " very much affected. The best surgeon
in Berlin was called in to perform the opera
tion and the poor beast was put into the best
iiart of the palace. During tin ) dinner
> riuco Bismarck referred frequently to the
dog and ho was very much affected by his
sufferings. Ho told Mr- Phelps that the dog
bad an almost human intelligence and that
ho sat every night at his bedside and
watched him , never giving any sign of his
presence if bo was asleep , but always on the
watch and ready to respond to liis slight
est wish when he was awake.
Upon Mr. Bismarck's departure for Berlin
Mr. Phelps was among those who bade him
good-by , and during my visit to Bismarck's
homo at Fredrichsruho 1 learned that the
most influential American in Germany with
the old prince was William Walter Phelps.
How Illsnmrck ToilHtrcl thu President.
Mr. Phclps' house in Berlin has several
flno portraits of Bismarck , and at one of the
dinners which Bismarck gave to Phelps the
old chancellor brought out some American
whisky and drank the health , of the presi
dent of the United States with great gusto.
Count Herbert von Bismarck paid an espe
cial compliment to America by attending ono
of Mr. Phelps' Thanksgiving dinners , at
. which the American residents of Berlin were
present , and when Bismarck loft Mr. Phelps
gave a farewell dinner to Count Herbert.
The social features of the American mis
sion hero lire very important ones. Nearly
all of the ministers who represent European
countries have largo sums allowed them for
entertaining , and the ministers from Ejig-
] uul and Russia spend more than our presi
dent's salary hero every year In this way.
Heretofore wo have had no minister who hus
TJOCU rich enough to keep pace with these
men , oven though ho had .tho ability and in
clination to do so. Mr. Phelps is ono of the s
very wealthy men of the United States. No
one knows just how much ho is worth , and i
his fortune is estimated at all the way from
er > , ( K)0,0X ) ( ) to * iri , < )00,000. ) Ho was born rich
and his wife has a fortune In her own right ,
and both she and ho have the social instincts
in a largo degree.
Mrs. Phelps was the daughter of Shef-
llcld of New Haven , who had an estate of [
something like $1,000,000 , but who loft the i
bulk of his fortune to establish the Sheflleld I
School of Yale college. Mrs. Phelps has au
independent income of perhaps $15,000 a year ,
and J have heard it estimated that the in
come of her husband is more than $000,000
every year ,
Mrs. Phclps is a very accomplished and a
Very Imndsomo woman. She is thoroughly
at homo In society hero , and she has made
the homo of the -American minister ono of
the most iKipular in Berlin. It was her taste
that decided all matters as to the furnishing
of the homo , and the American minister's
house In Berlin is ono of the curiosities of
the city. It has been so much written about
in the CJernmn newspapers that almost as
many people oomo to look at it as go to sco
the palaci ) of the kaiser , and it is au evi
dence of what American money backed by
American brains and good taste can do.
Homo of Minister I'lipljw.
The Germans do not know what , nn
American homo is , The people hero live
almost altogether * ! ! ! Hats , anda butcher , a
baker and a candlt'stlckmakor often llvo in
thosamo house with a count or a diplomat ,
and the only difference Is In the lloor or In
the furnishing of the rooms. It is only the
wealthiest who can afford independent es
tablishments , and you llml few whole house *
for rent.
Mr , Phelps wanted a house to himself ami
lie wanted It In a fashionable part of tin
t-lty. Ho looked high and low , but could
find none. Ho then concluded to make one
mid ho selected his corner Avithout regard tc
the people that were in it. Ho then sent ; .t :
man to buy out the tenants. There wen
Hevcral stores on the ground lloor. He go 0t !
the storekeepers to give up their leases for : 0a i
consideration. Ho did the same with the
fashionable people who had Hats above the.si
and thus went on until he had cleaned on I
every tenant of the building. Ho then leased
the building for himself and turned in tin
carpenters and the masons. Ho remodeled 11
In such a way that ho has novl-ono of the
llnest houses In Berlin , and I doubt whothei
there nro nny private residences hero whicl h
fomparo with It in size.
Instead of tramping to the third floorho
fore you got to the door of his homo yoi
enter now from the street and you come Ink uU
n big vcstlbulo or anteroom. It was for
merly a sturu , but It now forms the t-nti-.ini-e
hall. It Is almm twenty fool square and 1
is walled and carpeted In a rich old red , am (1 (
om' the dnor opposite the entrance , so thai
you see It as s < x > n as you iinno into the room '
is draped the rod , whit and blue of tin
American Hag This hall has o.ikeu scat :
along Its Hides and there arc great mlrroi :
not into itH walls ui m tables , below whirl
nro brushes and combs , and it is hero tha
the lackeys and uinitts wait fJr tholf nils
tiVBACK when they uro hoiii ? entertaiir.'i
ubovo , and whciv you stop while your caul :
nrti presented.
PjusluK under the American Jhig by i
biMiiri' statue of mi Iwllmur.cUcu .vou KO h ;
winding stairs of white oak to the ttevo'.n
.Btory , which forms the llvin : , ' and vuU'rtuin
Ins iwrt of the house. You > ro between mur
bio lolun'i.s at the laud i.f i' , and cntr
another hall ia which -
a sfi-oml Hag givet :
you and on the walls , of whl-h you boo tin
ml , white and blue. . Through this jim conn
into the purloin. There uro twool tlicsu am
they itru RO connected to the library , th
.sitting roomuml ( ho. ( Ihilu-T room thut yoi
can stand In the corner of the room at Ui
end and have nearly lot ) feet of purlo
trotching uwuy from you at cither side.
tiuuiptuuu * l''eiri > Ulilii ii ,
Vice Prcaidcut Morton hu * UX feat of put
low In his celebrated Washington mansion ,
but Minister Phelps 1ms hero 'A)0 ) feet of con
necting rooms.maidng Ujeight large parlors ,
nil magnificently furnished. These rooms are
separated from ono another by foldlnp doors ,
before which portieres of colors , which liar-
monlro with the walls , hang.
Knch room Is furnished in a different color ,
and in place of thedark.sombcrhuosnffectcd
by the Germans Mrs. Phclps has lightened
up every thing nnd hns arranged the furni
ture so that it Is homelike rather than stiff.
Every room has Its individuality nnd even
the stoves have been made to harmonize with
the furniture nnd the walls.
The stoves of n house llko this are ono of
Its prettiest features. They are of the mas
sive Dutch order , made of porcelain nnd ns
beautifully colored and shaped as though
they were ornaments for a flintier table
rather than heating machines. Thcsestoves
take the place of our mantels nnd maity of
them have shelves on which are set pictures
ami brie-a-brao , The steve in the parlor
must bo twclvo font high. It is of a rich
dark polished green , while that in the yellow
room , at the comer , is of n cream and sky
blue , touched up with gold. Mr. Phelps tells
me that these stoves keep the house very
comfortable and Umt they do very well In
place of n furnace.
The lloors of the house are waxed and they
nro of line woods , and upon them Ho rare
old rugs , which Mr. Phelps Iwughl at Con
stantinople some years ago , From the lloor
of the parlor a dado , about llvo feet high ,
runs around the room and this , with n shelf
nt the top. forms a vesting place for photo
graphs nnd plaeque.s and the thousand nnd
ono curios which Mr. Phelps has gathered
from different parts of the world.
Upon the walls are many fine pic-tines.
There is ono , a copy from that of the British
museum , whtrh represents the trial of
Charles I , and in which John Phelps. one of
Mr. Phclps' aneesUns , was the clerk. Ho
is a surf-looking old Presbyterian seated be.-
fore a desk in the mldat of the court room ,
and William Waller Phelps says ho is proud
of him because ho had thencrvo to write his
own name boldly at the end of each page of
the record of the trial , while most of the
other men oomavtcd with it were afraid of
future consequences.
Near this there are pictures of the emperor
of Germany and the empress , and beside
them photographs of President and Mrs.
Harrison. There are many line water colors ,
and ono which 1 noted was by the jnost
famous water-color painter of the world.
Mr. Phelps pointed out to mo nnd told mo
facetiously that It was almost good enough
to bo a ehronio.
Talc of u Picture.
One of Mr. Phelps' pictures has attracted
a great deal of attention from artists in
Europe. It is an oil painting about thrco by
four feet in sl/o representing a prim little
Dutch girl. The coloring of this Is very line
and It is generally thought to bo a Velasquez.
Mr. Phelps got it in a curious way and ho
told mo tlie story. Said ho :
"That picture came to mo through John F.
Delaplain and he bequeathed it to mo in his
will when he died In Vienna. This man
Delaplain was a curious fellow. Ho lived
the life of a rich young fellow in New York
until he got to bo about ! ( ) , when all at once
ho disappeared. No one know where he had
gene until ho at last turned up In Vienna
and opened up a house there. Ho had ono of
the finest palaces of the city and he enter
tained so magnificently that the American
ministers to Austria became sort of au ap
panage to him. He was finally made the
secretary of the legation and 1 knew him
while 1 was minister to Austria. His house
was magnificently furnished. Ho had the
finest of paintings and ho had so many curios
that when ho gave his biggest entertain
ments ho had to have some of these moved
out. Well , he died there about twclvo years
ago and at that time left this painting to me.
Then a woman of Salzburg turned up as his
wife , with a bov of 10 whom she brought
forth as the pledge of their love , and dis
puted the will. The case was in the courts
up until a few months ago when it was sot- *
tied , as far as this picture was concerned ,
and it came to mo.
The American legation in Berlin is quite as
well appointed as Minister Phelps' homo. Its
ofilces are 01 Kronenstrasso , just off Fried-
vichsstrasso in the business center of the
city. Most of tbo foreign countries own their
own legation buildings here , but the United
States rents its quarters. Mr. Phelps' land
lord , however , is an American Institution ,
and the building in which it is located be-
longS'to the Equitable Lifo Insurance com
pany.
I had to look for half an hour before I
could Had the ofilces of our legation at St.
Petersburg , and there is no sign on the door
nor does the American Hag lloat from the
legation windows , as It does hero. The sec
retary of the legation , Mr. Wurtz , is a Philadelphian -
adelphian who lias been abroad for years
and who seems tocare more for advancing
his own social interests than those of Amer
icans who visit Russia.
oniro ami Duties of the Amnrlcnn Mlnl.strr ,
The legation in Berlin has a sign on the
ground lloor and It is American in" every
senses of the word. Ascending to the second
lloor you llml a half dozen largo rooms , all of
which arc well furnished and upon the walls
of which hang portraits of tho. great Amorl-
cans , Mr. Phelps' own oftloo is about twenty
foot square and his desk stands just in front
of two black marble pillars on which arc the
busts of George-Washington and Frederick
the Great. Between these two , ono the
greatest of American and the other the
greatest of German generals , Mr. Phelps sits
and works , and hero you may find him at almost -
most any time In the day.
There is no red tape about the ofllce and
all Americans are welcome and Mr. Phclps
in his treatment of them shows that ho is an
American to the backbone. There are some
thing like 2,000 Americans in Germany ami
it is safe to say that ho has entertained
nearly every one of the large Berlin colony.
In addition to his diplomatic services in
other ways ho has done a great deal through
his entertaining and ho has done much for
American corn beef and pork by having them
served on his own dinner table to his guests ,
to his brother diplomats and to the Gcrmaii
officials who had to do with the admitting or
prohibiting of the introduction , of these pro
ducts ,
I have spent some time at the American
legation during my stay in Berlin , and the
odd duties which an American minister haste
to perform I lind very interesting. There
nro a thousand and ono things outside ol
diplomatic negotiations to bo attended to ,
and Mr. Phelps has his hands full. Every
now and then ho has to marry an American
couple , and during his stay ho performed the
marriage service of Miss Bowler of Cincin
nati to Mr , John Livingston of New York.
Ho acted not long ago as godfather to the
baby of the Countess Pappenheim , and over1 ,
now and then ho has to' settle the cases ol
American citizens who wcro born in Ger
many , but who left for America without
taking proper leave of the army. Ho has to
go to all sorts of exhibitions and charit.\
fairs , and he has entertained to a greater 01
less extent every prominent American who
comes , to Berlin.
Hu watches the interests of America !
companies in Germany , and the insurance
t companies and the Standard Oil company
gut considerable attention from him. Hi
o tends to the little things us well as tlu < hie ,
o ones , and ho got a permit from Chancelloi
t Caprlvl for Buffalo Bill to take his show
1 through the empire , and ho Is called upon to
1o 1t make speeches at all sorts of gatherings
t- from a prcbi-ntation to the emperor to i
t0 tr - Thanksgiving meeting of the American
r rillcmen in Berlin , When the EmpresH
Augusta died ho made an eulogy upon hci
before the Young Men's Christian associa
lion , and not long ago hu delivered a speed
to the medical conjrehs } when it met hero.
llivMr. . I'lielpj ( lot Illit Appointment ,
Speaking of Ml1 , 1'hclps' appointment , I
; he-aril a queer story about It not long IIKC
lj which Hi view of the tremolo Iwtweien the ;
! in-tsldcnt nnel Mr. Blaiiio IsnotatallstKuiuo ,
il I't'sWe-nt Harrison li.nl intemluel so the
' I Ktory fteuis to lnye | > auiwinteil , lohu A ,
u > Kusson of IOMII , but the SL'iitlnie.-nt in favoi
s ! of I'holii.i on account of his able ) conduct ol
s ! the Saiuuaii tivaty was so inarUe-el that it
11 i jvaw thought better to give thu jiositloii u
11 ' him lastemel.
Y i Mr. 1'lu'lrm lenesw that he ) WIIH Jtointr to gel
' I , it ant ) \rhllo hu was stoppiiu , ' in U'ashtiiqtoi :
a I onoelay ho xvunt over te e-all IJIKIII Mr , Hlalne
I and the ) two walkeel over to the white house
u | aiul iMtd a \ islt to the invslelent. As thci
vcj-o about leavitijj 1'i-eslile-iit Harrison toou
; i ] ii ) > fi- from his elcuk ami saiel :
"U.v the way. Mis I'holpa , liov : would \oi
llko the ) K > stilon of mlubter to llen-jiwnj1 ; ' '
" \vonlel ) | ( co it very inue-h , " vas Mr
rs' reply , "and 1 think I could do some
good there. "
"I think so too , ' * re.'olued Harrison , "and
have made out your commission to that placi
and if your fi lead , Mr. Bluing , will sign !
111 I with mo you c n have It. "
10 Secretary Blainuuf course agreed to thl :
< ' a lU Phclps got the commission , Thonatura
fo ti3. * would huvn been for the upiu > intmeii
to huvo i-ouie through Blaine , but Harrisoi
nrulciitly did uol want to plcuso Blaiuo b ;
letting "him mnko the appointment nnd It
rather looks ns though ho did U In this way
as n snubdlrctt.
The consulate to Berlin Is almost as tin *
IKirtnnt ns the legation. Wo do nn Immense
business with Germany , nnd the greater
part of that which comes through Berlin
must pass throiiRh the American consulate.
Some of the busiest ofllces in the city are
those of our consul general , nnd a corps of
clerks is kept at work hero making out In
voices and attending to tljo matters which
come before our consular officers.
The consul general , William Harden
Edwards , is ono of the old officials of the
consular service nnd a practical business
American. He is ,1 man of means nnd of
social position , his wife being the daughter
of n Dutch noble. Ho knows nil about the
city. He Is , I judge , about 4. > years of age ,
and ho Is one of the few Americans In our
diplomatic service who have been unable to
hold their jiosltlons for n long time nnd not
become Europeaiilzcd.
Fa.vsK G. C.vnrnsTEn.
.i.vu cvitiotr.1.
The temperature of thu planet Neptune Is
estimated to bo 000 degrees below ? ere ,
ArchieLcroy if Boston is 17 years old , but
Is only forty-two Inches In height and weighs
sixty pouncls. At birth be was a large , well
developed child.
At Trenton. Mo. , n man over SO years old
has achieved local fame by letting a dentist
pull twenty-one of his teeth at a single sit
ting , without taking gas or chloroform.
The most powerful naphtha spring on record
was recently opened in Baku on the Tagglell
grant. If it continues at Its original force it
will be the richest naphtha fountain in thu
world.
Stenography wast firs used in the French
parliament about the year 18IW , nnd ono of
the few official stenographers of that period
still surviving is M. I-agaehc , who is now a
senator of Franco.
Kalkaska county. Michigan , at three elec
tions during the past sis years has elected
a democratic prosecuting attorney by the
following plurality vote : 1SSO , by ono vote ;
1SS8 , by two votes ; 1S'.W , by four votes.
Jane Halloway , a colored woman said to bo
10S years old , recently called upon the work
bouse board in Cincinnati and secured the
release of her gay and festive sou , Samuel ,
a giddy young fellow of 75 , who was doing
tlmo for beating his wife.
ThoChincso empire and dcpcndcnclesMon-
polia , Manchooria , Chinese Turkestan ,
Kokanor nnd Thibet , occupy nn urea of at
least 5,000,000 , square miles , or about ono-
third of Asia. The population is estimated
at from 330,000,000 -ir)0,000,00. .
When an Egyptian dog wishes to drink at
the Nile he goes a short distance up the
river and howls for some time. The croco-
llcs , being : nttractcdjjy the sound , immedi
ately crowd to the place , while the dog
tastily runs to the part which the crocodiles
lave left and drinks in safety.
A new porcelain has been obtained by
Clinding asbestos to a line powder , dissolv-
ug out all soluble matter with hydrochloric
icid , making the whole powder into a paste
vith water , and baking it in a porcelain fur-
uico for eighteen hours at 1,200 degrees.
The communications between the. two
shores of the St. Lawrence river at Mon
acal are made , as is known , by means of the
Victoria tubular bridge , constructed some
, liirty-five years ago , which is the longest in
, ho world , the metallic sp.iu being 0,500 feet
'ong.
In each wing of the ostrich there arc
twenty-six long , white plumes that require
eight mouths to grow to maturity , and
sovcnty-tive short feathers which are called
tips' ' in the millinery trade. The tail also
furnishes sixty-fire feathers of commercial
alue.
A jury has decreed , at Bridgeport , Conn. ,
that eccentric Miss Agnes Murray shall pay
SI ,750 to Miss Adclia W. Hubbell as damages
for the pain and mortification wrought upon
the plaintiff by the defendant's assaulting
and battering ram the bellwether of the
flock which died of suffocation in tlio skirts
against which it had butted.
, llEf.HlWVS.
Last year the people of the United States
built 8,503 churches.
The Salvation army of San Francisco ] ire
poses to feed l,000 hungry people on Christ
mas day.
During the last ten years the number o
Christians in Bengal has grown from li."J,00 (
to 180,000. ,
The Episcopal church in the United State
has 72 bishops , 3SC5 ministers , and 540,251
church members.
The corner stone of the Protestant Epis
copal Cathedral of St. John the Divine it
New York will bo laid December 27.
Miss Sophonsiba Breckinridge , daughtc
of Congressman Breckinridge , has beer
admitted to the bar and is practicing law h
Kentucky.
A wooden building costing $5,000 and ae
coiniiiodating 0,000 , people was built express ! ;
for the meeting held by Mr. Moody iu Du\ \
liii , Ireland.
It is said that there is not an infidel boo ]
published in the Welsh language. Tin
Welsh are greater blblo readers than an ;
other race of'people.
Tlio gain in the churches in visible prop
crty since 18.0 is a romance of Providence
In ' 50 it amounted to $ S7,000,000 , in . ' 'JO ti
&M1,000,000 an Increase * of 021 per cent h
forty years.
A devoted missionary has discovered
now way of doing foreign work at homo. Hi
has settled in Medford , Mass. , and makes
specialty of trying to head off shipments o
rum to Africa.
Her. Dr. Tuttle , rector of St. Luke'
church , New York , the oldest Episcopa
clergyman in active service in that city , ha
resigned his charge , at the ago of 83 , aftc
an Incumbency of forty-two years.
There are not a few opportunities in thi
country for the work of the homo missionar.v
In Genesee county , Now York , there are 15
families who huvo never seen a bible. S
says an agent of the American Blblo societj
IUtv. Asa Dalton , D.D. , rector of St. Sti
phen'H Episcopal church in Portland , Mo
has just completed thirty years of service i
ono post of duty. His church Is the strong
cst of the denomination iu the whole. . Phi
Tree state.
A down-east minister who is waging wa
against amateur theatricals-clinches his at
gumcnt against everything pertaining to t\i \
stage by the statement that the loss of llf
at Pompeii would have been small but fo
the fact that the most of her people were i
the theater at the time of Vesuvius' grea
eruption.
The wealthiest clergyman in this countr
is Her. Dr. Charles F. Hoffman , the recto
of All Angels church in Now York , Ho i
possessed of millions. Ho gave the sot-lot
its church , ho supports its missions , and h
has endowed several theological seminaries
The contribution box is passed around iu hi
church only as a matter of form.
The Freemen's Aid and Southern Educ1
tlou society of the Methodist Episcopi ;
church received for the year ending June :
1893 , SM7.751 , and expended 5aU'lii. ( ' : Ther
was a balance ) hi the treasury of $1,137 , 0
the expenditures $210,783 was for the su |
port of schools among colored people an
$ G'Jil ) : ! for the support of schools amen
white people ,
The clergy of a New York town have mi
tnally agreed to hold no Sunday funeral
hereafter except in cases of necessity , Th
ground alleged for this action is that th
reverend gentlemen are fain to lighten the !
own labors on that day. A motive nppeulln
more effectually to the lay sense might hav
been suggested. The funeral on a scculu
day attracts a diminished attendance an
thus Invites to less expenditure In idle dli
play. Furthermore , thu friends who do a
tend on such a day are likely to bo actuate
by motives more consonant with the occaslo
than a mere desire for a Junket.
Bishop Merrill , chairman of the auxlllav
congress of Methodists , 1ms issued his ac
dress to thu denomination asking thoci
operation of the church. Present Ing the In
MH'tunco of the congress the bishop sayt
"In addition to the participation of ill
Methodist Episcopal church in the great pa :
lianuT.t of tlio world's religious this churc
will also hold , immediately thereafter , a di
nominaliomtl congress of its own , iu whli
lts remarkable history and actiiovcmcul
will bo more particularly mid in dctull , si
forth. That this Methodist church congrci
should be Imposing In ( wlnt of number * uii
impressive by the character of Its pr
cci'dlngs need hardly bo stated. Th
committee therefore earnestly a
peals to the Methodist church i
the whole world to give their hearl
est co-operation for this particular congrcj
of our own , A program will soon 1
formed and suggestions are invited of su
Jeets to bo considered , persons by whom sue
subjects may bo most efficiently treated ui
the * general modes of proceeding by wlilc
the ixuigress can bo made most succcssf
and satisfactory.
Latest Notions In the MaK-Up of Street and
Aftomdtra Qipwns.
MISMATED WAISTS ALL THE RAGE NOW
rni-rln to of tlio Olorlo * of tlio 1'ntrl-
nrrliVt Hull hi Xrw York lo crlllon |
of SOIIIP of tlmlr < " < r lii
NF\V YOIIK , Dec. ! . [ Special to Tun Bnn. ]
When wo people who wt-lte about fashions
make any unusual effort to bo practical wo
commonly succeed in leaving out Just the ono
point on which yon wish to bo informed ; and
so I hesitate about launching into encomiums ,
uncut Iwdlccs nnd blouses for widowed
skirts bereft of their mated waists , and yet
I saw a tartan silk blouse this morning that
would work in handily in almost any young
woman's wardrobe.
It was at nn early committee meeting how
early you do have to begin in order to sand
wich all your philanthropies and your cduca-
tionallties in I and the young woman who
wore it was da'rk , slim and curly-haired.
Her colors , naturally , were deep crinTson ,
green , black and a line of gold , and her
blouse was long , reaching below the hips ,
belted , and frilled on the shoulders. The
frill came down In a point to the rosette' on
her belt , nnd her sleeves were puffeel to
below the elbows.
The gown she were it with was a fine
black velvet with a narrow llttlo black vel
vet ruche at the bottom , lined with tartan
llko the blouse , and flaring , like all the
newest skirts , six or eight yards round on
the lloor.
In such a costume n flirt can't quite dance ,
but she can do a surprising proportion of all
the other iileo " 'ings of life that really tempt
-run
to the doing. A girl can dance and is very
wise to dance in such aTTOlher blouse as a
young woman coaxed intolifo for herself the
other day when the purse of patcrfam llias
curtly refused to yield u > . new evening
gown. A function was coming off ; a toilet
was an imperative necessity , and so a scrap
of palo gray silk , of delightfully soft , rich
quality , was laid out upon the bed and
looked at , thought abont' ' " dreamed of and
prayed over , until by elint of turnings ,
twistings and contriving inches enough
were discovered in it and the odd corners of
it for the putting together 'of a Russian sort
of a blouse-bodice , gathered under a blue
velvet belt and laid awa'i'MU soft folds from
the throat with , ji de'cfi/lilrnover frill nar
rowing to the merest tlij-ea'd of a cascade at
the waist lino. Puffed' sleeves were pieced
together out of scraps and remainders until
: they looked properly huge , and the blue ribbons
bens that crossed them near the elbows
were conveniently ornamental blinds for
some of the seams.
AVith a huge bunch of winter roses the
makeshift bodice was fine enough to stand
on its dignity conscious of merit , and the
"function" had no prettier girl at it Hhan
a the ono who promenaded on the arm of the
handsomest young man , she wearing a blue
silk skirt left from a previous season , and ho
wearing an absorbed stnile.
A blouse to wear of an afternoon , or , in
deed , to go to the office in , if you arc a mod
ern and advanced young woman and have an
ofllco to go to , is of dark red silk or it might
just as easily bo of blue and is lltted quite
closely to the llguro , except for a loose folder
or two in front. The blouse skirts are full
and a foot and a half in length and the
blouse holt is a broad hand of red and gold
galoon. There is a fcaloon collar and the
sleeves have gauntlets and above them long
puffs broken in halves by galoou bands.
i An odd blouse , though I don't know that
I am prepared to go so far as to say that it is
i an especially pretty one , is a long coat bodice
coming almost to the knees nnd with its full
front drawn over and fastened straight nr
and down ono side. As 1 saw it worn by sc
interesting a person as Elsie Clews , the
banker's : daughter , who is coming out this
season , it was of dark bluish gray corduroj
velvet with a narrow edge of black feather
trimming up and down and all around ,
Miss Clews were a black ribbon belt , a graj
cloth skirt and puffed gray sleeves witli
fontlinv t.rlniiinnQ' nlmiil Mm Innir 7iiiiitt.lnt .
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ron THE i-ATnuncus DAM *
1 suppose U isn t tanto mix Ha by Until uj
with a elese-riptlon of Airs. Cleveland's
blouses , but the temptation Is upon mo te
quote the remarks of- ( ill unapproclatlvt
small boy who had the honor of an audience
with that famous infant tISu other day mil
wasn't ' impresseel at all'Ta'vorablySho'f '
BO thin , " ho said , "and 'fiyi'Id ' to look a fcllei
In the feico , and squealyVfat babies art
nicer , " " " "
Hut of Mrs. Cloveland's blouse the smal
o hey altogether approved."V7t was all pink , '
ho said , "and hael lots of'WlTco ' colored lace
round the neuk and more * lutfo coming dowi
over the hands. " ' ' .
The Patriarchs ball Uikgs place Monelaj
night , and the full corps'tle * ballot of delm
tantes will ho out In their gowns , 1'robablj
the prottie'st thing that l hjivo succeeded li
getting sight of Is u allvcl'.V ' White silk skirl
with u bodice of exquisitely line point de
Vetiiso lae-o laid in a "suce'ossion of Vs It
fi-ont and festooneel about tlio low nock open
Ing with n filmy laeo HounW. depending 1'ron
a broad ostrich foather"lv.lnd. ! Over the
bosom and upon tbo shoulders nro Bllverj
ribbon rosettes with loiig loops anil Juwelee
flowers to hold them , Tho-bodico was sleeve
less and the skirt edged simply with a white
velvet mil.
The mate to thl gown to ho worn by the
sister of thei young woman who ordered i1
from her own design- a palo watery greet
silk ISmpiro fim-k , dimpling like the ie ;
under sunshine , and sweeping away In i
train which oneo would not have beei
thought suitable ) for a girl In her first sea
non. Prom under eae-h arm starts a band o
pearl embroidered silk , the two strips cross
ing upon thu bosom and erneling each in i
jeweled knot at Its destination upon thooi |
boslto shoulder. The trlunglcs cut by tin
bands are Illlesel in with puffs of Italian lace
and a very full frill of the same cobwcbb ;
stuff outlines the low pointed Ixidlcu noel
and stands up in fans against thu shor
puffed sleeves. The end and aim aexxwi
pllshed is a quaint llttlo Kmpiro zouavo a
fetching as you please.
For a young matron Is a llttlo white ehil
On frock , whoso sleeves nro puffeel from
shoulder to wrist ; each puff brnceloted with
n penrl embroidered ribbon , A high bull of
vhllo satin crosses the wnlst In front nnd
ace cascades make a sort of Huffy lea and
'all on either side of the loosely hanging
Irapcrlcs.
TWO iiRcnMnr.n xovr.t/rir.s.
More novel If not more attractive Is a
lalnty white moussellno dress embroidered
vitti palo blue stars about the hem. The
corsage has long puckered sleeves and an
embroidered chemisette of Inuslln. A deep
' " seleit belt of palo blue Is fastened with a
ligh silver buckle through which the sash
) asscs. A pale blue ribbon is to bo tied
loout the society bud's yellow curls.
Jo these I might add for the greater state
nm splendor of greater years a rich white
sat n dress embroidered with gold passemen
terie and arranged with pink velvet sleeves
uiel a plaited collarette of gold .embroidered .
tulle.
1 might add also a gown of gray ribbed
velvet with bands of sable running round
nnd-nbout the skirt , and with a broad sable
stripe framing the white shoulders.
But If 1 want a word about walking
dresses now is the time to bo saying it.
You may not call white cloth good promenade
material in muddy December ami the frock
1 am telling you about was meant to appear
out of doors. It was bordered with marten
fur ami It had u changeable velvet bodice ,
round waisted and fastened with thrco big
antique buttons. Over this it had a marten
collar fastened with Jette-d cords.
More bearable from many points of view
is a Hussiau costume of dark green cloth
trimmed with sealskin and with cap and
muff matching , The skirt is hi-mmed up
with a silk ruche and the jacket bodice has
green velvet lapels edged with fur.
More novel is an Empire dress of old rpso
cloth with a frill of black niched satin about
the bottom. There is a deep rose-colored
velvet belt and a full-gathered bodice of
preen silk tucked under a broad white silk
chemisette to which is attached u high-roll
ing white silk collar.
Scheduled to go with this toilet is a poke
hat of green felt with rose-colored standing
plumes.
On Broadway yesterday I happened to see
a dark red and black striped velvet gown.
The combination is ono high iu favor and
in this instance worked most successfully.
Two bands of pin in black velvet bordered
the skirt and the bodice was of plain black
velvet with black hat covered with black
feathers.
But there ought to be swift and suremeans
of killing this idiocy of trailing street gowns.
OSIIOKX ,
ears
Why is Pears' Soap the
best in the world , the soap
with no free alkali in it
sold for 15 cents a cake ?
It was made for a hospital
soap in the first place , made
by request ; the doctors
wanted a soap that would
wash as sharp as any and
do no harm to the skin.
That means a soap all
soap , with no free alkali in
it , nothing but soap ; there
is nothing mysterious in it.
Cost depends on quantity ;
quantity comes of quality.
All sorts of stores sell
it , especially druggists ; all
sorts of people use it , espe
cially those that know what's
what.
If you hnvo Glnanllnos
1'rookies ' Isnnxt
your fuco Is to
Dirty , Godliness.
How to. Cure Freckles
IN 3 DAYS.
MME. M. YALE'S
LH PREGKLA
WILL DO IT.
Blnco thnlmBlnnlnsrof tlio worlil prottf fncoi
boon | iilled ) wlili frecklca iitul lliu mint han
cuiupluxlun liUUlcmii | > l > y ehusournljhUy blumlshcu.
LA FRECKLA
Is the only euro uvcir knunn. Diicovorecl by MM 11
M. VAI.K , the worlil'ffimud lluutity ami f-omplexlnri
hpt'clreltbt , .Mino. Vulo tint trt-Alui crowtuU Unitil-
ot Kiirupeliiiilisuf tlio Wliltu llouiu. un I etio culnbs
rttk'.i ot tliu world. Wrlto heir In cmitldonru , Who
c'lin nmkii you beautiful. Bhei cna mnko you voim ?
ugnln. Turn emy hitlr Iu Its natural color. .Noilyo
iiie'il iinlhlnxhiit mevtlchiu. Him cm ilovolop your
liiiBt.llH out your nuukuu t'liost. euro you of nur s'Uii
blcinlih , bead forhur IHIIIOUH llcaulr llooi. H will
bu umlleil you fre'o. All of Mine * . Vnlo'H ruinu.llu )
will tin Hhlp ou from chlciuo , or you ran K"t
Iheini from your llei will get tuumluryoti.
Goto your ilrumilit on Monday nn < lKOt n huttln nf
L-i Kre < e-klu , lake ! It homo nnil ivply ltHe.-c-or.lliu In
cllri'c-tlous on MoiHluy.Tucsiliiy mm WiiJnmitiir. anil
on Huiuluy you will not hiivu fri'cklo , Your com- .
ploilou will 1)0 as period uuwtaoii ullUIu baby , Thl
U aUaolutuly truu. 1'rico f I.'JO. '
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for M Al K-
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VKNT uontuglon of Ilium , etnel tlicro Is also a
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The Cure of Them
they liuvu not rein beyond liuniunruiioli ,
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