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    THE OMAHA DAILY T3RE : SUNDAY , AUGUST 20 , ISOa-SIXTEKN TAOES ,
THE MISTRESS A HEROINE
1 Mr * . D , A. P , , " an Exporieucod Woman ,
Pjont8cs tlo Domestic Service Problem.
A MAN KNO'S NOTHING AT ALL ABOUT IT ,
"
Vf , " * * "
IplrlltiMlim Una of tie Dirtf Wltat i
Woman with Itcrt lliilr Should Wear-
Tim nng Tor Itlnck nnd While
Mkoty to I.n l Into Autnmn >
Editor Woman's Department , SUNDAY
J3nn : Have just finished reading the
article on the domestic porvlco question
In Tar. SUNDAY BIK : of thoCth inst. . and
would kindly ask a little space In your
valuable paper for the purpose of pro-
renting fuels in an opposite view from
this writer , based on actual experience
with this much discussed , lauded and
written about "queen of the kitchen. "
The mistress Is equally discussed in con
junction with the 'maid , aa a natural
consequence ; but Is she over spoken of
In a Kindly manner ? I do not wish to
ipcak disparagingly of the servant ( she
will receive her dues ) , but merely give
facts and duo justice and honor to the
much abused and maligned mistress.
Whenever I read an articleon this
question representing the lady of the
house as almost soulless , or , to use this
writer's assertion verbatim , "a woman ,
on the contrary , thinks she has a mort
gage on the body and soul of every serv
ant connected with her establishment , "
an'd the servant as ab'uscd , I cry out ,
with my experience , "How unreasonable
nmld the existing order of things. " Is
thin writer a wife , mother , mis
tress , with husband , children , homo
and help to guide and watch over ,
besides the multitudinous services
required of her for church , society , and
to on ? " If she is all these and has had
long and thorough experience with the
average servant girl , and can still pre
sent the mistress as exacting and un
reasonable , It IH Hlmply unreal , and her
experience is ono of the few , and cannot
bo a representative picture of an Ameri
can homo. If she bo unmarried or even
married , with no homo of her own , or
lay she has a home , but a vocation that
ticccssltates her absence the greater
part of the day , then she cannot bo ex
perienced authority. If the writer bo a
bmn and unmarried ho positively knows
nothirig about it , and if ho be married
ind classes his wife with all other house-
rrlvcs as belonging to a sort of a soulless
prdor of beings in tholr relations to their
help , then his statement is no criterion ,
[ t is only the mistress who has had daily
personal experience with all sorts , ages ,
nationalities and degrees of help , who
tun bo rolled upon as authority on
this much mooted question. Now
I submit that twenty-three years ex
perience with housekeeping and girls ,
nd the confidence of an extensive ac-
auaintanco irj this and other cities in
Ihttt direction , will enable mo to speak
with a pretty good knowledge on the re
lation of mistress and maid.
Tun Bii : in speaking of the mistress
Desiring to get extra help out of a serv
ant says she engages a woman to wash ,
Iho woman preferring to eomo at 5
o'clock in tlio morning in the summer ,
ind when she is through with the wash
ing the mistress forgets how
bright and early she began
work nnd will find cleaning
und scrubbing to keep her
tintil 5 o'clock , or If not the woman may
lo enough ironii g to got in a full day.
Now , were I to ask every mistress of a
bomo in the city of Omaha who has a
Hashcrwoman at what hour in the mornIng -
Ing she u ° unlly comes I do not think ono
could say as early as 5 o'clock. I have
aad washerwomen who never came
earlier than half-past 7 , nnd oftencr at a
quarter to 8 , and when the washing was
finished at 2 or II o'clock received their
pay for u day's work and loft without doIng -
Ing any cleading or scrubbing. As for
Hiein doing any ironing on that day ,
it has never been done for me , and I did
Dot expect it , as I supposed this was the
rule , although an unjust ono to the mis
tress , who was paying a day's wages for
lovoral hours loss than .a day's work.
The washing may bo wretchedly done ,
Potrthc same price is asked and paid. I
fail to see in this where the mistress was
Exacting to the maid.
The writer in THE Bm : avers that
were women to establish a certain num
ber of hours as a day's worn for a girl ,
ind when employing lior have it under-
itood , and the mistress keep the
contract that the girl would
rladly do the same. This is not
loubtcd were it possible. The utter im
practicability of such a rule will readily
bo made obvious. The work of a family
and homo , or the machinery of house
work can not possibly bo classed with
any systematic commercial business , or
any other besiness for that matter , that
begin duties at a certain hour in the
morning and closes at a certain hour in
the evening. It is so unlike all others ,
in that the daily wants and necessities
of a family and homo are so varied , over
changing from some cause or otherof ten-
times suddenly increased , again lessoned
nnd at times as thooxlgencicsof the case
demands , requiring extra work from
both family and servants , at others far
loss than the regular routine , hence the
stipulating of a certain number of hours
us a day's work for a girl could never bo
consistently nnd satisfactorily carrlCil
out. While every homo can bo run sys
tematically to a great extent ,
unavoidable occurrences are bound
to change the regularity , making
the work of the family and servants
vary in consequence , and these matters
van bo very easily explained and undor-
itood , when employing help , but iron-
: lad rules and contracts between mis
tress and maid M to her number of workIng -
Ing hours are useless , and would be more
honored In the breach than the observ
ance. While the theory might bo cor
rect , I have yet to BOO it in practice. But
oven under all thot-u clrcuniHtancos , itd
girl's working hours vary but little , and
these unforeseen happenings are not
always the fault of the misticas. itd
The Editor again says the" good
girl should have appreciation
bliown her. All good servant
itd
girls know they are recognized
and appreciated as mich. There is no
ono outside of my family that I would
Boonur oblige nnd delight than my good >
girl. In every homo no member of the
family is approached more carelnlly.eon-
biderutoly and kindly than thin sumo
good girl. Wo all like her.and she is the
veriest monarch of the homo , in this
free country. Her life Is happier and ,
freer from care than the mistress , ,
nnd no one can bellovo that
any woman would be exacting
and unreasonable with uuch a
girl. Only the ether day , a lady said
to mo , "Why , I would rather have 5y 5
children disappointed than to make any >
unnecccsbary work or inconvenience :
Euch a girl. " Surely this iw apprecia
tion and it is but just lo ojncodo that
the mistress possesses as much gen
erosity and kindness as the nmld. 11K
Tlio writer asserts men will not bo >
satisfied with anything but good >
work , nnd only keep the competent.
True when mon engage help they do not
propose to teach help what thn hull
claim to know. How is it with servants
when onuagcd ? They ask and are glvci
high wages , aio taught weeks , somo-
Umes mouths and the labor uud teach
Ings of the mUtrois not taken Into nc-
count , high elms wngci going on all the
tlmo , when perhaps after all these efforts -
forts ( as many housewives can testify )
the girl Is not found to bo worth the
high price she receives , but will accept
no lets. Another takes lior place , asks
the same.tlio usual routine and teaching
gone over again , with perhaps pome
bettor results , perhaps woi'eO.
I wish t were a Lady Bountiful with
unlimited wealth to mo for a few
charitable purposes. Ono of the most
important would bo the founding of nn
Institution for the thorough education
of girls for every branch of housework ,
an Institution for teaching healthful ,
palatable and scientific cooking' for
teaching housework with all Its various
branches , and for teaching how to
thoroughly and beautifully wash and
iron. Wcro the domestic educated for
hur vocation , as the bookkeeper , ston-
ogrnphor and others are for theirs , the
many trials existing would bo abolished.
The educated girl would receive the
high class wages to which she is en-
titlodand the loss competent according.
To adhere to this now would benefit
both mistress nnd domestic , a stimulus
for the latter to reach the top notch salary -
ary and a happiness for the former ,
What an opportunity for some philan
thropist. All the nations would rlso
and bless that heart.
In this fcoblo plea for the women of
our land who keep help I have shown In
n measure why they should bo exonerated
rom all the blame that Is PO frequently
inrlcd nt them as the main cause for
this domestic trouble , when the fact Is
they are heroes in the strife.
Mlts. B. A. P.
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A bottle of perfume Is to the fingers of
a chambermaid what a inngnot Is to iron
filings. She is Irresistibly drawn toward -
ward it and eannot keep her hands off of
.t. If she chances to have her con
science with her the sweet odors of the
cologne bottles act as a narcotic on this
moral regulator and benumb its pricki
; ng powers and she helps herself to the
Dorfumod liquid with the snmo unscru-
'inlous ' audacity that a cat steals cream
or an energetic baby snatches a handful
of whiskers from its fond uncle's Van
Oyko beard.
The chambermaid uses various kinds
of perfumery as indiscriminatingly as
trcely. Anyone with a delicately sonsi-
Live olfactory ncrvo can readily detect
the presence of half a dozen Parisian
perfumes when a chambermaid appears.
This fatal proclivity of the chamber
maid to use all the perfumes she chanced
to find convinced a young wag staying atone
ono of the Fifth avenue hotels who it
was stole his perfumery. It was evident
when the chambermaid entered hia
apartment she had appreciated the
patchouli in the room of guest 301 , had
appropriated the remaining drops ol the
lily of the valley on the chiffonier of
guest 32i ( , had helpedhorsolf liberally to
the Florida water which guest No. 325
kept on his washstand , had carefully
moistened the rims of her eas with the
jasmine which was the favorite perfume
of the lady in 337 , and if 339 had hap
pened to bo out when she came to ar
range his room , this guileless Grctehon
would have dampened her neckband
with his Jockey Club.
"Somebody baa used up all my Jockey
Club , Linda. Do you know anything
about it ? " innocently asked No. 330.
"I knows nettings about it , " answered
the guileless Linda. "I dids not know
you had scents. "
No. 330 bought a big bottle of pcrfumo.
It was labelled "Hair Restorer" and exhaled -
haled the odors of Araby the Blest.
Linda approved of it and proceeded to
use it freely on her blonde locks. The
mixture was furniture vat nish diluted
with Florida water and German cologne
and the cork was soaked in Jockey club.
The next time Linda appeared in No.
339's room her blonde locks wore cut
short. Ho remarked the fact.
"I cuts my hair olT 'cause ' do veather
was too hot , " explained Linda.
Her short hair gave her conscience an
opportunity to work. For one whole
week Linda religiously abstained from
touching a bottle of porfumo. But the
exquisite delicacy and penetrating
sweetness of attar of roses the lady in
337 had forgotten to put under lock and
key proved too strong on attraction for
Linda to resist. It was an intoxicant
that banished past regrets and future
fears and all feeling of moral obliga
tions. She now indulges freely in what
ever perfumery she finds and grows
sweeter day oy day. She discounts the
odoriferous atmosphere of a fashionable
drugritor. If the righteous do not wish
-o - put temptation in a weak sister's way
, hey should lock up tholr perfumery
jottles , for the odor of sanctity is the
only odor that a chambermaid will not
appropriate.
Spiritualism is the latest fad in Paris.
Lady Caithness is the leader of the
movement , and every Saturday after
noon her house is filled with women of
rank and fashion , who come regularly
to discuss their experiences in the world
of spirits. It is said that Lady Caith
ness , thirty years ago , was a great ad
mirer of Mary , Queen of Scots , and
made a pilgrimage to Holyrood. While
there the unfortunate queen is said to
have appeared to her in a dream , floated
around the palace chapel , nnd was
otherwise distinctly sociable. Not only
that , but she promised Lady Caithnoas
to visit her as often as the latter should
call her , with the solo condition that a
temple worthy of her beauty and mis
fortunes should bo provided.
Lady Caithness was highly sensible of
this murk of favor , and said she would
bo delighted to comply with the condi
tions. Lady Caithness planned a house
which , though modern , is still modified
to meet the tastes of the ono-timo mis
tress of Holyrood. It has narrow stair
cases , low rooms , mysterious recesses ,
and an oratory. The last is the temple
of the royal spirit. It has no ornaments
and is in semi-darkness , but at the end ,
in a sort of niche , the queen herself ,
dressed in white and glittering with
diamonds , stands out in duz/.ling relief
against H dark velvet background.
For years Queen Mary rewarded this
devotion by dropping In frequently for a
chat with Lady Caithness , and Anally ,
in an unusual burst of generosityvouch
safed a special evidence of her good will.
Thin is a superb cameo rtng , bearing the
arms of Scotland surmounted by a coronal
nal of pearls. The queen did not give it
outright to her admirer , but ono day ,
through the medium of a planehotto ,
Uld her all about the ring , gave a ml-
unto description of It , and the address
of a shop In Kdinbnrir whore it might
bo found. Lady Caithness entered into
correspondence with the delighted jew
el r , who forwarded the ring on receipt
of a largo chock. True , Lady Caithness
and not the queen furnished the chuck ,
but , as'is proper in such matters , she
regarded only the spirit of the thing.
Black makes a woman look slender ; it
is the thinnest color a fat woman can
wear. It aUo makes a person look old ,
It IB tlio worst color an ageing woman
can wear. When a kindly disposed em
ployment agent is anxious to place a
young nurse girl in a responsible posi
tion she always tells her to got a black
drebd , knowing that it will make 10 ap
pear " 0 ,
In the religious orders of the different
churches the black uniform is adopted ,
not for economy , but to protect the gentle -
tlo nuns and novices from admiration ,
There is no color eo generally leveling
nud uubccouilui ; ub black , Black is uwe-
insplrlng. Blnck It nlno depressing ? 11
han n disagreeable effect upon mon nnd
animals. Dogs nnd bnblcs will mnko
friends more readily with brightly
dressed people tlinn with those In black
garments. In normal colleges pupil
teachers nro advised not to dress in
black any more than Is necessary. No
physician of the present day will allow ft
blnck garbed nurse to cnro for n serious
case.
case.Whlto
Whlto makes a woman look .big ,
wholesome , Innocent , winsome nnd
classic. White Is a favorite color with
designing women of the world. Tlio
woman in white Is generally the ono
who takes away another woman's hus
band , while the girl In white with a
blue ribbon under her chin Is the ono
who has all the beaux at the party.
Slim , sickly , careworn and colorless
women look beat with velvet bonnet-
strings and a lace ruche or scarf about
the neck.
A woman with red hair should beware
of pink , strawberry nnd scarlet. Blue
above her waist Is apt to make an un
pleasantly strong contrast. Green is
her j , color , white will bo her stand by ,
nnd there are red , browns , coITco , oak
and cooper that will make her a model
for nn artist who dotes on beauty.
A fat woman should Icavo plaids ,
flounces and rallies alone , nnd < n thin
woman must avoid stripes. Rod will
brighten any woman but a red-head ; It
is j the most charitable color in chro
matic. Invalids on their "up" days look
their very prettiest In red robes. Moro
than ono pale patient with n crimson
silk lounge coat has caught her physi
cian's fancy while convalescing and mar
rY MllftAU V * * T t.VkJW t- v * ui t
ricd him.
Dr. Julia Washburn of Lexington was
recently elected vice president of the
Homoeopathic ] Medical Society of Ken
tucky. \
Mrs. Anna Alcott Pratt , the original
of Meg in Louise Alcott's "Little
Women , " died at her homo in Concord
in i July. To little women readers the
mother j of the precocious Daisy and
j Demi was , Hko all the Alcott sisters , a
dear and valued friend , and her death
will , bo to them a personal loss.
Eleven of the general fellowships
given | by the University of Chicago have
been ] won by women , although the
women applicants numbered only one-
third 1 as many as the men , and the rela
tive : proportion of male and female stu
dents did not justify expectation for so
good a showing. Of three now special
fellowships created by thi university
the women hold t\vo ono in history by
a graduate of Vnssar , one in English by
a Ph. M. of tlio university. At Cornell
university the prize for mathematical
scholarship was won by a woman , Miss
Anna MacKinnar of the University of
Kansas. Of the twelve candidates for
the prize three were women , and all
made a creditable showing.
Brown university at the last com
mencement conferred the degree of A.
M. on two women , Mrs. Lulu Bates of
Boston university and Miss Lucia B.
Clapp of Smith college. The women
were the can and gown like the other
masters , and walked in with the mon
in places given to them according to
alphabetical order.
A woman has been oh duty in the civil
engineering department of the Patent
otllco at Washington for ten years. Rail
ways are her specialty , and she has the
annual tusk of passing upon about 8,000
alleged inventions , of which scarcely a
dozen are practicable. She is a majestic
looking woman , with great force of
character , and her name is Mrs. Francis
Sybrand of Ohio.
The M. A. listof the London university
shows that in three of the four branches
of study u woman was placed first , while
in the fourth a woman was second. The
women were first in classics , math
ematics , and mental and moral science. .
In modern languages and literature a
woman took second place. In the
matriculation list of the university
there are 1,088 successful candidates , of
whom 270 are women. The latter , in
proportion to their number , .have
secured more than their fair share of
honors , taking thirteen out of forty.
A benevolent German woman of
wealth and position has founded a school
of gardening for women. The course of
study is two years , and the idea is that
women shall qualify for the post ot head
gardener on estates and in country
houses. Girls are also received who
wish to study gardening for their own
homes. The school is well attended , '
and the pupils work hard. But they
like the occupation ,
A most interesting bonios of prize letters -
tors appeared last week dealing with
the great question , "Can a woman re
form a man ? " or , in other words , the re
verse of the still greater social problem
enunciated in "Tho Second Mrs. Tan-
quoray , " and touched upon slightly in
"Tho'Heavenly Twins. " Nearly all the
writers seemed to consider the question
only from the view of reformation by
marriage , whereas a far nobler and
heroic case could bo put for the woman
who , though by her love and tenderness
she brought a man back to his manhood ,
yet still made him feel that the dark
past must leave its forbidding shadow
ut the portal of matrimonial happiness.
The gonnrul opinion Hooms to bo that
a woman can reform a man , although in
most cases she ought not try to do so.
One writer , howo\or , very powerfully
says : "Sho is entering upon the most
sacred relation of life without any
sanctity in the bond ; she is violating the
divine ideal of marriage , and has no
warrant for expecting God's help or
blobsing. " No ono answer can be given ,
but I think the truth is that if a man ,
i. o' , a certain man , IB to bo reformed , it
will bo by a woman's tenderness nnd
loving self-sacrifice , and gradually the
dust will bo blown from his eyes , and
ho will eomo nearer the appreciation
af God's most perfect gift a noble
woman.
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"For internal ubo"Bays a physician ,
replying to a mother's query as to what
drugs shall bo kept in the house for
emergency , "wine or sirup of ipecac is
given as the safest omotio for children
when indigestible or hurtful things have
been eaten , and castor oil has first rank
among mild purgatives , " Cough medi
cines and remedies for sore throat taken
without medical advice are not much
recommended , though "Jinx Boqd tea
and sirup of ipecac in small doses may
bo permitted for a cough , and a gargle
of alum and water , or tannin and water ,
or chlorate of potash in small quantities
used in cases of sere throat while wait
ing for an intelligent diagnosis. " And
it Is added , by way of warning in cases
of throat trouble , "the distinction be
tween the forms that are of slight
moment and the o of gravity is not
easily made without practice. "
In Nantucket , Mass. , is still to bo scon
the house in which the justly-famed
Quakeress , Luoretia Molt , was born
nnd for very many years lived. It is in
"town , " as the hudalo of houses on the
island's Juirbor uldo is called , and stands
nt the mooting of two narrow , stony
highways known as School and Fair
etreets. A largo frame structure , with
the " .hip roof" common to its era of
architecture , wide , many-panca windows
dews and hospitable doorway opening
upon a double flight of stops leading
sideways to the btrcet , it is much the
saino in general appearance as when
first built. The only noticeably modern
touch id In ltd paint , which is of the
fashionably crbnmy yellow , with finish-
Ings of dark green.The present occu
pant of tlio historic ( dwelling la Jmliro
Dufrloz of the Nnntnskot district court.
There is a rngo.tii ) old silver nt pres
ent.
ent.Long
Long panted waists are promised for
dressy toilets , j . ,
Some beautiful oofqr work will be scon
in the ostrich feathers.
It is predicted "that the bal masque
will bo popular iij t onson.
Blue serges are yielding tholr popu
larity to black , brown , green and red.
Farewell to thapJnk tea , for It Is said
that "millinery oToist ( " have had their
day. „ , „ , „ ,
Emerald will bo. 01)0 , of the most popu
lar greens and will bo combined with
black repeatedly ,
Old-fnslitoned mull embroideries , such
as our grandmothers made tholr caps of ,
are used this scasqn for fichus.
Sun umbrellas are mndo of changeable
taffeta in very dark coloring and fur
nished with cherry or violet sticks.
Two-tone ideas will bo seen in feathers ,
in the facing ot felt and velvet hats , and
will bo more or less wrought out in other
linos.
The black and white ( lowers , made of
feathers or of silk and velvet , nro per
haps ns genuinely now as anything
brought out.
Lace parasols nro again In favor , and
many real lace covers are once more
brought Into use after having been laid
away for years.
French machine lace or the hand
made chant1 lly Is chosen for black para
sols , and is combined with chllTon or
with oropo do chino.
Most fascinating are the now bolts of
n kind of gold tissue interwoven with
many-colored silks and drawn through
nn old paste buckle.
Silks show fanciful figured designs
rather than floral patterns , nnd spots ,
splinters and dashes obtain in rich and
harmonious color Schemes.
The changeable effects , which , para
doxically , have become terribly monotonous
onous , are giving way a little , though
the shot velvets will bo used with fair
freedom In millinery.
*
Limps are now shown docked out with
marvelous shades of plaited straw.
Those are brilliant in color and eccentric
in shape , and bear strange , largo baws
of straw.
Flowers not only appear in black , but
when In colors do not follow nature's
hues , though true in form. This freak
is a continuation of a midsummer idea
already chronicled.
There IS a sudden revival of all the
rich and pale shades of brown , from au
burn , chestnut , Vandyke , etc. , through
the many handsome half tones , to beige ,
fawn and pale amber brown.
Black and white in combination , the
liking for which is so notable now , will
bo carried forward from the midsummer
costuming to that.-of the autumn and
promises to claim , luoro attention than
for many seasons.
In the matter of "cdlor graduation the
fad of the wholesale' openings will bo
the two-tone offeafecyeated by the abrupt
transition that liaa little of gradation
In it from the darkest to the lightest
shade of ono coloh' >
Ono of Mrs. Langtry's favorite cos
tumes is a deep cqrujnuslin printed with
palo mauve flower'gpuays and touched
with pale mauvo'.vohot. The hat is of
crocus mauve 1 straw , trimmed with
mauve iris and grasses.
Blouse bodices'1 bejCcd and serpentine
waists , nnd seamless , waists , with plas
trons , jackets aniUtyokes , will continue
through the auLumn , " freshened up in
style by some odd and'fanciful ' touch that
makes tliem distinctively how.
In materials thord'arc all sorts of two-
toned fabrics , cropon effects in camel's
hair weaves , hop sacking with surface
effects , a great variety of silk and wool
goods , rough surfaced wools and these
with the silky pile of the Thibet goat.
The latest tiling for underskirts is the
Japanese material called awa cloth. Ii
comes chiolly in white , almost covoret
with dark blue figures. It has almost
no perceptible weight , washes nicely
in fact , has everything 'to recommend it
except beauty.
The newest sleeves are the Queen
Anne , with pear-shaped drapery falling
over the elbow , and Second Empire flow
ing sleeves , with the under sleeve o
iaco or lawn , whicVf given such a dainty
air of gentility to even a simple and in
expensive costume.
Surplicod women choir singers havi
just been introduced into the Epiphanj
church choir in Washington. Thoj
wear plain gowns of white , with flowing
sleeves and deep edges of black. On
their heads they wear simple toque
with tassel and cord.
It is quite the fashion just now to
wear the hair low in the neck , especially
at the theater , but it is not a becoming
style and is apt to detract from a
woman's dignity of presence. For young
and pretty girls the style is particularly
adapted. It belongs to the ingenue.
At a recent fashionable wedding the
bridesmaids' white satin dresses were
trimmed with silver spangled passeraon-
torlos in the center. They were largo
picturesque green straw hats trimmed
with pink wild roses and white ostrich
tips , the brims lined up with white laco.
A forgot-mo-not luncheon is now given
bv the bridesmaids of an engaged young
woman in honor of her approaching
marriage. The decorations are all of
bine , the guests wear posies of the for
get-me-not dear to lovers , and the
flowers at the feast , all in blue , are ar
ranged in hearts and true lover's knots.
The prettiest scarf mantelets are made
of accordion plaited black silk muslin ,
with long stole fronts , confined with a
jot buckle. The largo ruffs of lace , tulle
or monssolino , called Henri II. , or
Valois , are also made to do duty with
outdoor toilets on summer evenings.
Some of the black not rulls are edged
with narrow whiteiKco. .
With panlorriwhich sonio prophet
has promised fot$8M ; if not sooner , will
return the oxerncialjiigly tight lacing
and the oightoon-inch waist of Its
former reign. tAlready the reaction
from the Empire gratio of naturalness is
apparent in the lfcndornosH of the
%
bolted bodice. NVitlr.tho coming of the
long-pointed wajj ljiero is sure to bo a
tightening of tlip Jtujps.
Very pretty nnd simple for a young
lady is a gown ot which the skirt is of
ecru foulard , wfth , a ilounco ton inches
deep of the sumqisilk , with embroidered
green dots. The ? blduuo corsage is of
dotted foulard , bolted with green rib
bon , and dropping jribout ton inches below -
low the bolt ; thOjqrafted collar is of rib
bon ; the sleeves a > ; qia deep pull of plain
silk attached to a autf of dotted silk.
The French syndicate color card for
the approaching winter gives a happy
selection of browns , and many of these
shadoa are tq l > o 'noted ' in the autumn
combinations with blue , green , yellow ,
ray ' or steel , pink and black. The
.Humiliated effects , too , which are de
veloped in some now ways , have incor
porated more brown in their mixed com
position than over before , and this
greatly to their improvement.
feminine Note * .
At a summer ball a fancy car in the
shape of a shell , filled with flowers , ferns
and grasses , ana drawn by a flight of
swallows harnessed with ribbons , was
uspomled from the colling of the ball
com with excellent effect.
The plnco of Maria Mitchell as pro-
cssor of anatomy at Vatsar college has
boon filled by Miss Mary K. Whitney ,
Miss led , the best of Englishwomen
emits players , won the West of England
hamplonship when she was only 1C
'oars old.
Mrs. Frances Ilodgsrtn Uurnott is os-
abhshcd In a little country nook near
Condon , whore she Is at work on a play
vhich she hopes to finish by Christmas.
The ox-Empress Eugenie of Franco is
godmother to 3,8'U French children who
, 'cro horn on March 10 , 1S. " > 0 , the dav of
ho birth of her son , the prince ini-
> orlal.
Mrs. Harriet Ruth Tracy's inventions
n the Liberal Arts building at the
Vorld's fair include a firoescapomodels ,
f a safety passenger elevator with auto
matic platforms , and a rotary shuttle for
ho lock and chain stitch.
Hostesses who have been pu/xlcd to
ml some now form of entertainment
night try the plan of a London woman
vho engaged a sllhouotto export. All
ho mon and maidens hung around In an
unusual fovcr of impatience to bo cut
ut.
ut.Somo
Some tlmo ago , In India , a largo
igrcss killed the beloved husband of the
.ccentrlc Lady Dormer. Then the
igross , in her turn , was also killed ,
few the bereaved widow U bringing the
load and tail of the defunct animal
ionic with her.
For the first tlmo In the history of
mbllc dinners a woman has responded
o the toast , "Tlio Army. " The occasion
vas a dinner in honor of the British
rained nurses , and the response was by
Miss Loch , superintendent of the Indian
Army Nursing service.
Mrs. Raclmel Foster Avery , who was
ho secretary of the recent woman's con
gress at Chicago , says that she pent out
! ,000 personal letters in preparation for
the meetings. She employed as many
as twelve stenographers and often
worked seventeen hours a day.
Mine Lobondy , widow of the great
Vouch sugar refiner , who loft her a for
tune of $30,000,000 , lives in a small house
at St. Cloud and spends about $1,000 a
vcar. Her son , hownver. is compensating
tor this maternal economy by squander
ing the fortune with a prodigal hand
At one of the grand balls in Paris the
presents distributed at the cotillion wore
nistic hats in coarse straw trimmed with
ribbon and lloworsvand filled with fresh
llowors. Each bore the name of a
famous milliner inside , and doubtless a
corner lot deed in some places would
liavo been a less costly gift.
The German empress rides daily on
lior gentle saddle horse , accompanied
by hcr iusband and the little crown
prince , Occasionally the party is joined
by Prince Eitol Fritz , but he is too ven
turesome a rider to bo a pleasant com
panion for his royal mother , whose
nerves are no longer so steady as in the
days of her girlhood , when she was ono
of the most fearless riders in Germany.
J. M. Barrio recently presented the
prizes at the Dumfries academy , whore
ho was formerly a pupil. Among other
things ho said : "I remember ono prize I
got which had rather disastrous results.
It was awarded by the girls of the school
by plebiscite , to the boy who had the
sweetest smile in the school. Tluj tragic
thing was that my smile disappeared
that day. and has never been scon since. "
This is from O kaloosa , la. : A grad
uate of the Normal school applied for a
teacher's certificate at the Mahaska in
stitute. Among the subjects on which
she was examined was physiology , and
the care of the teeth came under this
head. The would-be teacher handed in
her paper with confident cheerfulness ,
but the examiner was dumfonnded to
read tlioroiu this piece ot advice : ' 'The
teeth should bo wrenched oil after each
meal. "
-An English woman has employed
thirty-five poor Irish women since 1885
in making a copy of an old pi.sco of
Bayeux tapestry. The linen and silk
were woven and dyed specially for it.
It is 227 inches long and 20 inches wide ,
containing 023 men , 202 horses , 505 other
animals , besides innumerable birds ,
trees and flowers. The original was
also made by women , Matilda of Flanders -
dors and her court having worked a long
time on it.
Having discounted the effect with the
statement that "Americanisms count for
little in the scale of credulity , " a London
exchange goes qn to relate that over
here wo are using electricity "to
straighten crooked noses , minimize pro
nounced nasal developments , " and in
many ways reform and perfect that try
ing'feature of the faco. If the most
startling accounts of America's progress
is desired ono should road carefully tlio
London newspapers and periodicals.
About forty French women hr.vo been
decorated at different times by the gov
ernment. The first was Sergeant Vir-
ginio Ghosquioro , who fought in the
wars of the empire until she received a
wound which led to the botrajal of her
sex. Rosa'Bonheur also wears the cross
of the Legion of Honor , and Mmo.
Dioulafoy , the traveler , who affects
masculine attire , wears her rosette in
; ho buttonhole of her coal. Smur
[ tosalio was decorated by Napoloan III.
in 1852.
At Copenhagen a young woman who
seized a thief and held him until the
police came was presented with a
diamond brooch and a flattering letter
of thanks from the director of police ,
and received an offer of marriage from
a well known journalist. Women thief
catchers are so numerous in this country
that it has boon suggested that it would
bankrupt the police department to at
tempt to reward thorn all , not to mention
exhausting the supply of marriageable *
journalists.
Miss Charlotte M. Yongo , whoso
"Heir of KcdclylTo" him been the favorite
of every young woman's book shelf for
years , completes her 70th year next
month and her English friends are
planning u unique souvenir of the occa
sion. Her admirers throughout the
world are being asked to Bond their
signatures under a brief statement of
their pleasure and appreciation of her
writings. These shoots of signatures
will bo bound and presented to Miss
Yongo on her coming birthday.
Mine. Korvin-Pogosky , who is the rop-
Vesontativo of the Ladies' Art associa
tion at the Columbian exposition , has
boon appointed ono of the jury of
awards. Her department is burnt-wood
engraving and wood carving. She has
received the silver medal for her
achievements in burnt-wood engraving
at the International exhibition in Edin-
burg , 18DO , and the diploma of honor of
the first class at the Gorman exhibition ,
1801. and a diploma of honor at the Glas
gow Industrial exhibition , 1801. and Is an
art industrial export In the full and ar
tistic meaning of the term.
The round-topped trunk has gone out
of fashion for the reason , the manufac
turers say , that the trunk has so often to
bo a part of the furniture of the room.
A feature of the French display-in the
Leather building in Chicago , which ap
peals to every woman , Is the array of
Paris trunks which are marvels of the
trunkmaker's skill. Some of them , satin-
lined , perfumed , and fitted with com
partments designed for every dainty ac
cessory of the toilet , fans , parasols ,
gloves , boots and bonnets , are like big
jowcl caskets in their richness , and ono
shudders almost to think of their falling
into the hands of these vaudulu of boxes
the baggage men.
Effects can be had in Japanese
Rugs at very small cost , espe
cially the large sizes for dining
rooms and libraries.
A large importation , too late
for summer business , very much
under price , carpet sizes from
$9 to $17.
We would like to have you
see them.
Sent on approval if desired.
Some Japanese Matting in
same lot at 38c that sold at 60c.
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Douglas , between 14th and 15th.
La Freckla
The 3-Day .
Freckle Cure
ATTENTION ,
Physicians and Chemists
Ladles nnd GunUomcn : Mmo. M. Yale ,
.hat most wonderful woman chomlst , has
ilscovcred a medicine that will remove
Freckles froii any face in tlirco days. Hark
yo , doubting Thomases , every bottle Is
juaranteed and money will bo promptly re
funded is en so of failure. It removes tan
and sunburn hi ono appUc.itlon. It maltors
not if the Freckles liavo been from child-
liood to ol < l airo , La Frccklu will clo.ir them
in every caso. Price Sl.Oi ) . Sent to any
| iart of tlio world.
Address all orders to
MME. M. YALE ,
Iloauty nnd Complexion Specialist ,
looma50I-3 ICarbacli lllocit ,
Cor.lSth and Douglas Sts , , Omatia , , Nab.
Ladles Hvlup in the city plea&ocallat
Temple of lle.iuty.
HOTELS.
The Mercer.
Omaha's NewestHotal.
Cor. l'-'tli ami Howard dtrceU
iOrooms fi.7) ) per day.
40 rooms tl M | ior < lny ,
M ) rooms wllli luitli itttl pnrdar.
W rooms with Uutli ut { ! . . ' ) par Jar ,
Modern In livery Hcipect.
Jsewly rnrnUlinil 'llirouulinut
C.8. ERB , Prou.
INFANTA.
The latest out. Pretty , styl
, sh , nobby traveling hat in
white and colors.
Selling all summer millinery
at cost and less.
BUSS , 1514 Dongas SI ,
D D
DE O L
L L
A A
R R
S S
will cover the expense of a trip from St.
Paul to the
YELLOW NORTHERN
STONE VIA THE PACIFIC
*
PARK RAILROAD
This includes A LL necessary traveling
expanses , railroad , stage and sleopingcar
farcb , meals and hotels for the complete
TOUR
OF THE
PARK ,
Your trip to the World's Fair will not
bo complete unless you also go from there
to tbo YollowBtono Park ( total expense
about $ lf > 0) ) and vlow the wonderful
things the Almighty has placed there for
nlmiKind to see. No such spot is found
elsewhere on earth. The Northern Pa
cific la the direct line thoro.
Send for " 0,000 Miles Through Won-
dorlitnd , " nnd our now map of the Park.
CHAS. S. FEE ,
Uonorul I'uBseiiKer Azrnt ,
ST. PAUL , MINN.
1) T OAT I * V'C Catarrh 1'ow dor uurea catarrh.
lil LVlS 1L 1 O AUUrUk-bflut. ( U cciitu.