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FASHION LETTER.
Lady Modish on Spring Fads.
IIow provincial many of our most pro
gressive daily papers occasionally, are !
The way some of them at this season
of the year devote columns of their more
or lest valuable ppace to "Easter Bon
nets,""Ea8ter Frocks," "Easter Finer."
or however they may see tit to caption
this obsolete subject, would reflect small
credit upon the editor of the leading
paper of'any country town.
How the editors of our great journals
can countenance the annual spinning of
yards of copy out of nothing, on defunct
custom, has been a matter of wonder
ment to me for years.
It is surprising they do not print long
essays railing against women who go to
church for the purpose only of studying
their neighbor's bonnets. If I am not
mistaken, botb traditions were facts in
the dim long ago when New York was a
village, but although thn Easter tradi
tions survived the strides of progression
the longer, it is now just aB dead as all
the other provincialisms that existed
with it.
Believe me, you poor, dear, misguided
editors, "Easter bonnets," "Easter
Frocks," "Easter Finery" are distinctly
bad form these days. Not only are the
women of the haut monde cognizant of
this fact, but it is known almost as well
to the women of the monde that does
not boast of being haut.
However, there are some people who
do pin their faith implicitly to what they
read; it they "see it in the paper," that
is to them a conclusive argument, fixed
and unalterable.
It iB these trusting few who are being
misled.
If you sne on East9r Sunday any wo
man gorgeously and unseasonably
togged out in an "Easter bonnet," an
"Easter frock" and general "Easter
finery" the unconscious amusement of
many observers be sure she has "read
it in the papers," and knows she is right.
But it does not seem worth while on
the part of the papers to spend so much
time and space in their Easter numbers
to accomplish so little. Now, does it ?
I hope some of them will rind some
body to tell them all about the passing
of fashions for Easter before another
year rolls around.
As the beason advances, every day
sees some new fad or fancy exploited.
At the moment, ruffs to be worn in
place of the fur arrangements of the
winter are of absorbing interest to femi
ninity in general.
Every spring sees the development
and establishment of some new fancy of
this kind.
Years ago it was the boa of ostrich
feathers that ranked the big beEt in the
favor of the ultra-modish. Then fol
lowed a succession of the frou-frou
things of crimped Liberty gauze, tulle
net or chiffon. Last year everything
was boullionies, and this year it is os
trich feathers again, more elaborate and
more costly than ever. I think I spoke
of the vogue that ruffs of chenille-edged
chiffon, with long chenille ends, were
having some weeks ago. At that time
the boa of ostrich featbers had not as
serted itself. Now it is an even thing
which is the smarter or the more desir
able. The chenille ruffs are the smart
est in blacK, while the ostrich boas must
be very pale gray to be "the latest."
Mrs. "Clarey" Mackay is wearing a gray
ostrich boa, for which they say she paid
the considerable sum of 8120. Miss
Gerry affects a gray boa, and so do
dozens of others of the smart set. The
only ostrich boa in black that I can re
member seeing belongs to Mrs. Jules
Vatable, and becomes her immensely.
The newest color this spring to be
generally worn is a queer blue, quite
light in hue, and not a suspicion of
green in it. I don't know what it in
called by the modistes, as each one
seems to have a different name for it.
Anyway Mrs. Jordan Mott, Jr., has a
very smart frock of it, and so has Miss
Rita Hernochan.
Mrs. Mott's gown has a bolero ar
rangement that is' tucked in a very new
way. The tucks are very narrow and
start at the shoulder, running down to
ward the waist line, growing always
beautifully less, until they disappear
entirely, an inch or so above the waist
line, leaving, by some mysterious meth
od, a perfectly fiat, plain line about the
waist. This "vanishing tuck" idea is re
peated on the ckirt;po, while the skirt
is quite plain just around the hips, from
there the shallow tucks appear and
deepen as they reach the bottom of the
skirt, until it falls in ample fullnese
about the feet.
Mifcs Kernochan's gown is more elab
orate and has a design of big roses cut
out of the cloth and appliqued again to
the cloth. This design runs up either
side of the skirt, giving the effect of an
under petticoat of cloth. The top of
the bodice and the sleeves are also
formed of this embroidery.
Shallow hoods are to be much worn
by us this season.
This very quaint and pretty fashion
was explointed last year on the new
frocks in Paris, but did not reach us un
til too late to be much worn. Mrs. Og
den Mills is one of the few women who
adapted the shallow hood to a cloth
gown
The gown which Mrs. Mills is now
wearing is in violet cloth, and the skirt
is plain, with the exception of a few
well disposed pleats. The bolero fits
loosely to the back, and comes just to
the waist line. In the front it is con
siderably longer. With the bolero ap
pears the shallow hood, or capucho in
dressmaker's parlance.
The capucho is not an easy thing to
wear successfully on any frock, though
MrB. Mills looks very smart in her little
gown. It is very becoming when worn
as an adjunct to the semi-decollete
gown for little dinners and the play in
the spring or summer. For this it was
designed and worn last year in Paris
with so much success. Town Topics.
TO THE DEAF. A rich lady, cured
of her Deafopss and Noises in the Head
by Dr. Nicholson's Artificial Ear Drums,
gave $10,000 to this institute, so that
deaf people unable to procure the Ear
Drums may have them free. Address
No. 6.6389 A, the Nicholson Institute,
780 Eighth Avenue, New York.
THROUGH FIRST CLASS PULL
MAN SLEEPERS BETWEEN CHI
CAGO and SAN FRANCISCO
Via Denver and Salt Lake City will be
inaugurated February 2oth, by the
Great Rock Island Route, leaving Chi
cago at 10:30 p. m. daily, Omaha 1:30 p.
m. The Colorado Rockies and Sierra
Nevada are crossed by daylight in both
directions, making this tho greatest
scenic trip in the world. The cars are
Pullman's Finest Broad Vestibuled
Sleepers and are carried on limited
trains with Dining Car Service through
the Buffet Library Cars. Direct con
nections to and from Southern Cali
fornia. See your agent for berth re
servations and folders, or address,
E. W. Thompson, A. G. P. A.
Topeka, Kane,
The Rock Island playing cards are
the slickest you ever handled. One
pack will bo sent by mail on receipt of
15 cents in stamps. A money order or
draft for 50 cents or same in stamps will
secure 4 packs. They will be sent by
express, charges prepaid. Address,
John Sebastian, G. P. A..
Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific R'y,
Chicago.
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People Havte No Trouble
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First Pub. April 73.
Notice of Final Report E J09J.
In the County Court of Lancaster County, Xc-
In re estate of Louisa Rlcker.
The state of Xebraska to Emma A. Smith,
Lucy Simmons. Frank Goodwin, James Good
win. Louie JI.'Taggart. all creditors, heirs, and
other persons interested in said estate, and to
any other heirs or next of kin of the said Louisa
Kicker, deceased.
Take notice that Daniel 11. Taggart has tiled a
final report of his acts and doings as adminis
trator of said estate of Louisa Kicker, deceased,
and it is ordered that .said matter be set for
hearing on the 1st day of May, 19u), before said
county court, in the court house, at Lincoln.
Lancaster county, Xebraska, at the hour of ten
o'clock A. JI- at which time any person Inter
ested may appear and content the same; and no
tice of this proceeding is ordered published for
three weeks consecutively in The Courier of
Lincoln, a weekly newspaper of general circula
tion in Lancaster county, Xebraska.
Witness my hand and the seal of said county
court, at Lincoln, this 5th day of April ISm).
(seal.) Frank R. Waters,
County Judge.
By Walter A, Leese. Clerk County Court.
First Pub. April II, 1WW-4
Notice to Creditors. E 1425.
In the county court of Lancaster county. Xe
braska. In the Matter of the Estate of Xathan S. Har
wood. deceased.
To The Creditors Of Said Estate:
You are hereby notitled that I will sit at the
county co"urt room in Lincoln, In said county,
on the 1st day of September. I'M), and again
on the I.st day of December. 11k. to receive and
examine all claims against said estate, with a
view to their adjustment and allowance. The
time limited for the presentation of claims
against said estate Is six months from the 1st
day of June, lSu). and the time limited for
the payment of debts is one year from the 1st
dav of June. 19uu
Xotice of this proceeding Is ordered published
four weeks successively in The Courier, a week
ly newspaper published in this state.
Witness my hand and the seal of said county
court this 6th day of April. UW,
(seal) Fkank R. Watehs.
County Judge.
By Walter A. Leese. Clerk County ( ourt.
First Pub. April li, 1900 I
SHERIFF SALE
Xotice Is hereby given. That by virtue of an
order of sale Issued by the clerk of the district
court of the Third judicial district of Xebras
ka. within and for Lancaster county, in an ac
tion wherein Mary E. Brown Is plaintiff, and
William II. Cleveland and Margaret Cleve
land, his wife, defendants. I will, at - o'clock
P. JL, on the 15th day of Jlay A. D. 1),
at the east door of the court house. In the
city of Lincoln. Lancaster county. Xebraska.
oSer for sale at public auction the following
described lands and tenements to-wit:
The west one-half (w H) of sub-dlvlslon
fourteen) ID In S. W. Little's sub-dl vision of
the west one-half ( w H) of the southwest quar
ter (sw i ) of section twenty-four ( 21). township
ten ( 10) north range six (6) east in the city of
Lincoln, in Lancaster county, Xebraska.
Given under my band this 13th day of April,
A. D. UW.
Z. S, Branson
Sheriff.
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