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THE COURIER. 11 Fashions of the Day This is what I call hurly-burly wook. After tho p'ioub dulnoss oi Loot tho rush of Easter gayoties Booms quito over powering. All this niHrryin ; and giving in marriago, which people seem to think nocps'ary to crowd into tho first hix dajsaitor the penitential season, grows n bit monotonous after witnessing the joy of a few of tho numerous pairs of lovers as they pass through tho great moment fraught with bliea and l9iio diction. Two things I am thank' ul for my little friend, "Miss Lochinvar," has stopped trousseauing and gone back "into tho weBt," and all the marrying Vandorbilts in Bight havo married. There have been msmontj tho piat few weokfl when it would havo boon dilli culttocDtivinco mo that thoro was any thing c'80 n l'fo ')Ut tuo trousseau of "Misi Lochinvar" ahd tho wedding profit nts of Miss Fair and Miss Sloano, bj completely were my oarB filled with tho din of tho conversation they created. Now that thesa momentous oubjoctB havo been disposed of I am quite but priBtd to find, as I look about me, that thoro aro really other things in viow. I am very much amazed, by tho way, at tho fame that camB, through my do Bcriptlon of laBt week, to Miss Tolfreo's hat, which eho wore when she appeared as MiBs Fair's bridesmaid, as well ns to the muff eho carried. Apparently they havo been exploited in every paper that touches on items of interest to women. And in every caeo tho writer who wae responsible for the story Beemeii to th'tuk that my description could be im proved upon, and promptly proceeded to enlarge upon my brief remarks, which, if they had the fault of terseness, had at ary rate tho virtue of veracity. Incidentally it may be well to add, as a bit of encouragement to the women who believe in tho capabilities of artia ticnees in tho dre3B of this country, that Miss Tolfreo's much discussed hat and muff wore not mado by Paquin or any other of the various French artists to whom tuoy were accredited, but owe their being to a New York milliner. If Mrs. "Willie" Vanderbill has all tho "going away" gowns in which she waB reported, by these newsmongers, to have taken her departure, eho muBt havo been burdened with endless toil ettes for the one occasion. Tho more one eees of the inaccuracies of the re poitingof such functionp aB tho Van-derbilt-Fair wedding and the Ham-mond-Sloano weeding, the more one realizes tho need of a journal devoted to authentic news of women of importance, such as I advocated not long ago. There were some very good gowns worn at tho various weddings this week. All tho model gowns were out in force. There is always one model every seasou that aeems to appeal particularly to people. It is what my couturiore de scribes hb a "good Bollor"-that is her point of viow; it might better bo do scribed as a "bad buyer."' Every other woman has it. It is an ovolutiou of tho fad for tucking-a fad, by tho way, that had its origin in this country but whs developed by clever PariB and claimed aa its own. ThiB loo popular model is by Oallot Soours. Tho oiigiual is in beiuo voile. Tho bodice is a masB of tiny, tiny tuck ings, which form ttra.ght lines in tho front of tho lodieo and in a V in the back. A few inches above tho waist lino thoro iB a cuirass effect mado by a plain piece of tho voile, which rieoa un dor tho arms In a point quito a bit high or than tho line at tho back and front. This shaped piece is outlined with a cord of the same material, 'lho top part of the sleeve is formed of the same tiny tucks on tho bias to a little above tho elbow. From thoro to tho hand the oeve is plain and finishes in a cuff of antique laco. In the front of tho bodico tho tucking almost meets on either Bids, and iB rd;ed with an ontrot'oux of antique laco, through which is slipped a black velvet ribbon an inch wido. ThiB ontredoux continues around tho collar, down tho front of tho bodico and on down-tho front of tho ekirt on oithor eido of tho Bkirt bolow tho knoo. Be tween tho ontrotloux of tho skirt and bodico b a panel of actiquo laco from four to flvo inches wido. Tbo collar is also formed of this laco. Tho ekirt hue a tunic which is long in front, shorter on tho eides, and long again in tho back, outlined with tuck inga tho samo sizo as thoso on tho bodice, forming a border about four inches in width. Tho tunic is scant and tight fitting. J I falls ovor a not too ample flounco of tho voile. This flounce iB also bordered with tuckings, but tho border is not moro than twoinehfs wido. A charming uown, but that fatal but tho women that havo had gowns built from tnis modol, in various colors their namo is legion! The Easter hat is another mistake tnat tho average fashion writer insists upon. Columns of spaco aro still" do voted to it; to tho vital importanco and absolute necessity of it. That it is noithor one nor tho tother will bo tho blow, I know, to many who havo pinned thoir faith to this antiquated myth, but it is kinder to shatter mistaken illusions thau to foster them. As a matter of fact, as an institution tho Easter bon not ia aB obsolete and dead a thing aB is receiving visits on tbo first day of tho oar. In tho great Modish family groat, 1 mean, from point of numbers, for good ness knows wo aro not great in any thing else, unless it bo stylo! tho Eas ter bonnet lingers, a faint memory tangled up with reminiscences of tho pickled oysters and New Year's cako that, wo aro told, grace tho rovele of early American society on New Year's Day. No; tho Easter bonnet is dead is a thing of the past, indeed it is except on Second avenue, and possibly Sixth, though I may be doing Sixth avenue an injustice. The woman of fashion requires many hats, and buys them as constantly aB sho requires them. All the Frecch hats have arrived, by tho way, and many of them are being worn. They have established one fat that the plumes of tho osprey are again in vogue. Frankly, I am sorry for this. I do not go in much for philornithic fadB m)self. I did not join tho Audubon Society for tho suppres sion of this fashion when I was invited to Nevertheless, to my mind it is a hideously unnecesaary cruelty, and Binco I have thoroughly understood just what amount of agony each odo of those wav ing plumes represents to ono of God's creatures, I am free to confeBB that tho sight of them makes mo feel a bit white about tho gills and leaves mo quite satiBlied to havo my head coverings adorned with other things. Town Top-ics. H. W. BROWN jf Druggist and f Bookseller. J 2 Wliltlnu'w 9 9 i Fine Stationery and Calling Cards 127 S. Eleventh Street. PHONE 68 4 tm i 'lit, -niBMEKffmtBjiJiA Wo havo just put in a complete t-tt ck of Mih. G miim Graham's excollon preparations, including her colibrntid if air bcslcrcr, ( uelio's IJair Grower.Cu enmber and Elder Mrur Ciium,! r.ri nrc Up li nnl h iiirdiip. Vint tho DEM ONSTRATION there thifl week. Fno tu mini nls arm fire triplications given also fro PbinpleB and her kin ' How in I'c Hi nutiful" Special exhibit of Mrs Graham's Hydro Vacu, tho latest ar.d tiwbt tcivntiflc Invention for treating tho faco. PALACE BEAUTIFUL Near Oliver Theatre. 121 so 13th News and Opinions of Na tion Importance. Magnificently Equipped THE SVlH Alone Contains Both. Trains Via Daily, by mail S6 a yeat Daily and Sunday by mail $8 a year is the greatest Sunday newspaper in the world. htSsxh. Ih A U. 1 H V 4 r cWtov FOR ALL Price, 5c a copy, a year. Address New York. By mail $2 The Sun, PRINCIPAL WESTERN 8 "or"i Thk Coukiku is for sale at tho lead ing newsstand. Subscription price for ono year is 81. 'Phono 384. First publication April 8. !). NOTICE. Notion Ih hnrohy Klvcn that on tho 20th day of April, 1899. at tlio oust door of tlio County Court Houbo, in tlio city of Lincoln, county of Laucstor, Htitto of Nebraka, at 2 o'clock . in. standard timo, tlio undersigned will oiler for Halo at public auction, to tlio highest biddor for cash, or upon such crodlt as is provided by law, tho following lescribod roulostnto lying in said county of Lancaster, statu of Nebraska, to-wit : 1, Tlio west ono naif, w. 1-2, of lot fourteen, 14. in block forty-four. 44. in tlm city of Lincoln. 2. Lot twolvo, 12, in block two hun dred and twonty-llvo, -2.5, in tlio city of Lincoln. It. Lot live, 1, in block six. 0, in Trostor'a addi tion to tlio city of Lincoln, 4. Lot twenty, 20, in block two, 2, in Kuglesido addition to tlio city of Lincoln. !J. Lot one, l.iu block two, 2, in Kast I'ark addition to tlio city of Lincoln. 0. Lots ono, two, three and four. I, ", .', 4, in block two. 2, in Alonzo Harnes' subdivision in tho city of Lincoln. Haiti sale will bo iiiado under and byvlrtuo of a liconso of sale mado oy thu Dis trict Court of Lancaster county, Nebra-ka, in an action theioin ponding by tho uuiierhlgiied for liconco to soil tho same. Said snlo will re train open for ono, I, hour, boKinuiuK at tho timo nbovo stilted. (ii:onoE E. Clark. As executor of tlio Inst will and testament of Alonzo Harnes, deceased. "Do you mean to insinuate that I am lying?" "Oh, no. You aro simply making a business statement" Only 1 night to Utah. 2 nights to California from Missouri river. For time tables, folders, illustra pamphlets descriptive of the territory tra versed, call on E. B. Slosson, Gener. Agent First publication April I.V 0 Land Ofllco at Lincoln, Nebr. I April i:i, I&U9. f Notico is hereby kIvoii that tho following named settler has tiled notice of his intention to mako iltuil proof in support of his claim and that said proof will bo mado beforo tho Kogistor of tho United States Laud Ulllco at Lincoln, Nebr., on May 22nd, IbW, viz. : Frank .luricek. for the no l-t of tho nw 1-4 and tho nw 1-4 of tho no l-t of section 17, tp 8, range !i, o. Ho name tho following witnesses to prove ilia continuous residence upon and cultivation of said land. viz. : Felix Haumgart, John Kuna. Frank Krltui, Frr-nk Iltisi. all of llerks, Nebr. Any person who desires to protest against tho allowance of tuch proof, or who knows of an;' substantial reason, under tho lawand tho rogu lations of tho interior Department, why nuili proof should not bo allowed, will be givon an opportunity at tho nluivo mentioned time and pluco to crosi'oxnmino tho 111108868 of said claimant, ami to olTor evldonco in robuttal of that submitted by claimant. J. W. JOHNSON, ReKistor. "So your marriago was a failure?" "Yes, but I'm the preferred creditor. All my husband's property is in my name."
