THE COURIER.
port of a sale of historical relics. The
canny Scots, it would
careful of their "saxpences." and care
very notorious in this country rhn
seem, are still visitinir her hrntho-v Di.c. : i t
-a .w o Bioioi-iu-iavi, lure.
care fWpn m;iiq ; 4 ... n. . ,. ...
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""'" " .vrv.o.iuu. rt yuruun or faith
Queen Elizabeth's gown, a bed-hanging
of Prince Charles Edward's, and a ftw
additional articles, only fetched four
guineas. An antique chest that belong-
Sir Tatton is a shining i;r?.t
among the ritualists of the Established
Church of England. Their only child,
a son, belongs to his mother's creed.
Sir Tatton has lately built in the park
orl tn Tnrv Ounon nf Cfa iwnn mlA 9 ... .
;r Z " " . ' """ ,i ot n,B iorkshiro seat a church almost
hree pounds ten. A mixed ot which big enough to be a cathedral, much to
fetched nine pounds comprised the fol- the disgust of his wife. As she has
kTS: T?.ekey f T bpenheardt08aytohim,"0fwhat use
that Mary threw into the loch when she fa u wasting your motey on such a pile?
made her escape in 1508; a bowl that The moment ou die (Lady Sykes is
washer property; a mjnature of her; many years Sir Tattoo's junior) I shall
some letters of Sir William Wallace; a turn every Protestant servant out of the
piece of the coffin of Robert Bruce, and house and fill it with Catholics s
some ot the cloth of gold that was wrap- 600n as their leases fall in, every Protes
ped around his body. Very cheap, all tant farmer on the estate shall go " I
this, was it not? But the lowest item of hear that the son, now about twenty
all waa the skull of Lord Darnley, that years old, does not inherit his father's
sold for four shillings and sixpence. If sporting tastes and would prefer lire of
he was worth little when living, death an oriental p shatothatof an English
aas ucrmiLiiy uui euuuuceu uib vaiuo.
People say that these curious relics
would have been sold to better advan
tage in London; but the fact is that we
are nothing just now if not modern.
Is it true that one of our loveliest
American widows is about to marry an
actor, and that the heated dispute be
tween the lucky man and a
squire.
Fashions of the Day.
Marquis (which was the talk of the clubs
for days) arcse on account of a breach
of confidence on the part of the happy
man? I do not believe all the sto-y.
The actor's conceit is well known, and
the lady, so far, keeps her own counsel.
Everyone ought to go to the portrait
show.
The first afternoon was really great
fun; it waB quite what the society re-
popular porter delights in describing as a "social
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But the peer breathes "blood
thunder."
, The death of Christopher Sykes re
moves from London society one of its
best known figures. He was long the
intimate friend, or rather the toady and
at the same time the butt of royalty.
As lie was of almost colossal build,
though rather loose jointed, no one who
knew him by sight alone would have
function."
There were so many people one knew
out of frames as well as in them, that it
was difficult to see everybody. I am
afraid I paid rather more attention to
the people out of frames. I wart to go
tone that is given the portrait is cer
tainly weird, and, as one woman said.it
does make Mrs. Roche look as though
she had died and had been dug up
and again ano see tne trained people all by again. But I do not object to it; I think
themselves. ; ,'a rattiar faanlnntintr Thn nn in
From the casual glance that I did give most artistic. Mrs. Roche is dressed in
the pictures it was easy to see that art white satin which the queer tone of the
is a much more important factor in this portrtit turns to a greenish grey. It,
country today than it was even so short like Mrs. Kemp's, is severely plain and
a time as two years ago, when the pre- sleeveless,
vious portrait show was held. Really. I think tho most important
The family portrait with us is growing point to be considered in dressing for a
to be as much of a necessary institution portrait is sleeves. I do not know aoy-
ever suspected him of being tht "old as it is with our English cousins, and a thing that can make or mar a woman's
woman" he was. There was something very good thin? it is. An annual por- appearance as much as sleeves, and
about bis air, something in his voice and trait show would help ub artistically a sleeves that are out of fashion nearly
his pose, that when you sat and talked vast deal, and I hope the coffers of the alwajs border on the grotesque, how
to him you would not have been in the Orthopoedic hospital will be filled to ever smart they may have been when in
least surprised had he pulled out of his Buch an extent that they will be ready to the faehion. Ab portraits are supposed
pocket a piece of tatting and set to repeat the exhibition. Eventually, to endure forever, and "sleeves will come
work on an antimacassar. From him perhaps, some portraits of the grand- and sleeves will go" in the interim, I
was drawn Mr. Brancepeth in Lothair. parents, the great grandparents and the shall follow Mrs. Kemp's and Mrs.
"To dine with Mr. Brancepeth," wrote great great grandparents of society Bvrke Roche's lead and not wear any
Disraeli in 1870, "was a social incident might be unearthed and placed on ex- when I sit for my protrait.
that was mentioned. Royalty had con- hibition. I think ia many cases most Mrs. Clarence Mackay's portrait by
secrated his banquets and a youth of interesting comparisons might be made. Chartran is one of the largest at the ex
note was scarcely a graduate of society Speaking of old portraits. I was very hibition. There id too much background
who had not been his guest." The much interested in the various ways the to it too much drees, too many flowers
great object of Christopher Syke's life women portrayed by Romney.Sir Joshua too much of a muchness altogether to
was to be on terms of intimacy with Reynolds and Gainesborough wore their please me.
illustrious persons. Although he came hair. I also noticed that most of these As a correct type of a portrait to add
from sturdy Cumberland stock he was women bad small ejea set rather closely to one's collection of family reflections
the quintessence of a snob. He would together, and the noses were inclined to on canvas I think I thould select Hie
submit to gibes and sneers from anyone hook. These two characteristics were Duchesse de Morny's. It r ally looks
whom he considered of sufficient im- Bo prevalent indeed, that one began to the family portrait, and not a valentine,
portance. He had no innate love for wonder how to account for the general like some of them do.
sport, but when past middle age he risk family resemblance of all these women. I was surprised to see how plainly the
ed his neck in the hunting field 60 that I really think that it must have been women out of frames were gowned that
he might keop up with tha Prince of that the Bmall eyes and hooked noses afternoon. It seemed to me to be a
Wales and his friends. And when the were the correct type of beauty in those splendid opportunity for the patroness
late Harry Tyrwhitt-Wilson, the days, and the hair was arranged to ac- of the show and their name is legion
Prince's equerry, held "high jinks" in centuate them in every face. to lend brilliancy to the occasion by ap
his bijou house ia Victoria Square, I think if I were going to have a por- pearing in their best bibs and tucker?.
Christopher Sykea would try hard to trait painted and I really think I must For some reason they did not. I have
look as if he enjoyed the society of the what to be painted in would puzzle me never seen that 6et of womeu together
ingenusof the Gaiety and other such a good deal. Modern clothes that are in before when they have been so eimply
theatres, though he would far rather vogue for the moment are so tremendous and plainly dressed,
have been gossiping with an ancient queer when their moment is over; and It has otten occurred to me this win-
duchess over her tea table. yet to be painted in a costume like that ter that the smart set were frowning
Of very different calibre is his elder in Gerome'e portrait of Mrs. Truax does upon the old fashioned idpa of "dressing
brother, Sir Tatton; very eccentric, but not quite appeal to me either. Unques- up" for certain occasions. At most of
essentially a sportsman. My readers tionably. however, this picture is the the teas and things the plainest dressed
will recall the recent sensational trials gem of the collection; but, as a family women were the highest ontheEOciil
in London when he insisted that the portrait, it does not 6eem quite the ladder, and one could pick out the
signatures, purporting to be nis, to thing. "dressy person' invanaoiy as ueiuugwj;
phpcln m-PBuntpd bv his wife were for- Anderson's portrait of Mrs. Arthur to the "climbers." As I said last week
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anu execution, anu ie,aiwgeiner, as cmca
as me original, ine ansoiuieiy plain
alvnirtKr linos tn Xfpt TTamn'o 1-tTlrtlr rntin
gown will hold their own for a long time
to come.
I liked De Gandara's portrait of Mrs.
Burke Roche, too. The greenish-gray
the morning over cloth gowns; but lots
of the women aro doing it.
1 do feel sorry for tho woman with
superfluous hips juBt now. It ia not
stylish to possess hips, and if you huve
them your skirt will not help you to
conceal the unhappy fact. Skirts have
grown so tight and skimpy they have
roached the limit, and a reaction toward
expansion will have to come or woman
will become immovable. My latest cloth
skirt is just home and it is built on the
lines of "standing room only," and, if sit
I must, 1 have to be mo3t careful in the
disposal of my local propellers of mo
tion, for fear it will "bag at the knees "
Apropos o' the reign of simplicity, the
all over black spangled gown has been
condemned by Dame Fashion, as I was
sure it would be from the very first. A
gown of glittering black spangles is very
an art when it is distinctive and one of a
kind; but, when one gos to the Wal
dorf or bny public place wore well
dressed crowds congregate and sees
the i coiiiing in in shoa'p, one is not eur
priscd that their death warrant has been
issued.
A smart black gown, however, is an
at solute nece-sity in every woman's
wardrobe.
The jet bead has rfcon, phonix Iikf,
from the aches of the spangle. The
smartest bla k gown 1 have seen this
season is enttely built of a met-h work
of fine blaik jet Leads It is polonaise
in its effect, and its und-isk rt is of
black eel bid in wide, tint side plait?.
It is the only one of its kind, bj 1 am
to'd, hnd, af it cost some fabulous sum,
one i-' pretty sur? not to see shou.'s like
it riht a.vav. Lady Modish.
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at the assembly again
women wore very plain
elaborate jewels
fashion that is gaining
ultra smart set that I
used to; that is the
chain of diamonds in
THE WAY TO GO TO CALIFORNIA
is in a tourist sleeping car, petsinally
conducted, ia of the Burlington route.
You don't change cars. You make fast
time. Yo 6ee the finest scenery on the
globe. Your car is cot so expensively
finished nor eo tine to kok at as a
palace sleeper, but it is just as rlean,
just as comfortable, just as good to ride
in, and nearly 820 cheaper.
The Burlmt n excursions leave Lin
coln at C:10 p. m. every Thursday,
reaching San Francisci Sunday and
Los Angeles Monday. Porter with each
car. Excursion manager with each party.
For folder giving full information call at
Bill depot or City ticket cflke, corner
10th and O streets.
Goirg to swear off drinking and smok
ing th:Sj ear?
I suppose so, I generally do.
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