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THE COURIER. 11 t tf r v " FASHION LETTER. Lady Modish in Bhck. EVEN THE CHILDREN WILL IJE SOM BRE CLAD THIS SEASON. Black promises to be the mast domi nant note in the wardrobes of the Mo dishes this season. American women of fashion have al ways shown a strong inclination to af fect gowns of this sombre hue, but the fashion makers of Paris have never encouraged the fancy either at home or abroad. Consequently, a really smart black frock has been, since time im memorial, one of the almost impossible things to And among the model gowns. Smart black materials have been imported only in very limited quanti ties, to the regret of tha many who would have chosen them had they been in evidence. But this season nous avons changt tout cela. Black now reigns supreme as the keynote of the smart toilettes of the best dressed Paiisiennes. Tiny tots of four and five, or even younger, are tricked out in black and white in miniature imitation .of their elders. To put black on a child was, a short time ago, looked upon as little short of sacrilege. Fashion has a pleasing way with her, however, of twisting one's point of view about with a hard, sharp spin that leaves one so bouleversee on the sub ject that the only way out seems to be to agree blindly to whatever she ad vocates. So we shall, I suppose, prompt ly dress our feminine tots if we hap pin to have any in raven coloring. Apropos of dressing in black, I don't know anything that has been more re volutionized by Fashion's decree than mourning. Women used to look their worst when dressed in mourning under the old regime. Henriettas and bombazine, made on ugly, straight, hard lines, with some stiff bends of crepe as the only per missible trimiiing, was the popular conception of mourning. Anything else more attractive was to be inter preted as a marK of disrespect and lack of regret for the dead. Today the women in mourning are, if anything, better dressed than the rest of their world. AH sorts of exquisite fabrics in black are to be found, and the eoft French crepe so much in vogue is tucked and shirred and turned into endless fasci nating modes. The white French crepe is equally smart, and is much worn for dinners en famille. The dull black of mourning is pe culiarly becoming to some women. Mrs. Perry Belmont, Mrs. Harry Payne Whitney, and Mrs. Burke-Roche, for instance, never looked handsomer than they do now in their sombre toilettes. Mrs. Belmont is wearing an unusually smart hat just now. It is made entirely of black foliage and berries. It Hares off and gets over the face as all the best and latest hats do. With this bat Mrs. Belmont wears a thin plain veil of net. The face veil, with the disfiguring and unhealthy crepe band across it, is ob solete, fo far as the woman of fashion is concerned. A word to the wise, in general, and the unwise, in particular, about the too eager adoption of the tucked every thing. This is a mode that is already too popular. By the time the season is well advanced it will not be tolerated by the really modish. Many women who are not in mourn ing wear a touch of color, with their black frocks especially their evening frocks. At the play the other night Lady Mary Sackville was gowned in some black gauzy material embroidered in cut jet. Her gown was cut away from the neck in the new shallow square decol lete and it was veiled with blue ma terial. Lady Mary wore a wisp of blue material about her throat under her jewels. Collars of full ceil jet Btrung on dia mond bars set in gun metal are the dernier cri. By the way, to wear with these quaint semi-decollete bodices the neatest crepe de chines are in black, with big splashy designs in white wan dering over them. These crepe de chines promise ti rival, if not outshine, the perennial foulards that have been in vogue so long. The crepe de chines have the virtue of novelty, but the foulards re tain their virtue of coolness so it seems likely they will yet "win out." The smartest foulards are in black with white polka dots of graduated sizes. Some of the most desirable of these foulards have borders formed of the polka dots as well. None of the really smart women is wearing her new things yet. They have learned that by ordering their gowns leisurely they get much better results. So this is at the mom ent what one would call "between seasons.'' You see the women prominent so cially now busily using up the best of their winter things, with skirts the same width at the top that they are at the bottom. Mrs. Henry Burnett is wearing at the moment a very good gown in black beloit. It is made very plainly, a big collar of exquisite lace being the only touch that breaks its absolute severity. With this gown Mrs. -Burnett wears a bonnet really a bonnet that suggests the old-fashioned poke. It has two black ostrich feathers for its only trim ming, and black maline strings of con siderable length which tie under the chin on one Bide and float over the shoulder. Mrs. "Dick" Trimble is wearing a gown of purple cloth strapped with much machine stitching. With Mrs. Ogden Mills, Mrs. "Dick" Trimble, Mrs. Townsend Burden and other leaders affecting purple as they do so success fully, it looks as though this gorgeous color would prevail to a great extent, and so save this from becoming entirely a Salmagundi season. Lady Modish. TO THE DEAF. A rich lady, cured of her Deafness and Noises in the Head by Dr. Nicholson's Artificial Ear Drums, gave $10,000 to this institute, bo that deaf people unable to procure the Ear Drums may have them free. Address No. 6.C3S9 A, the Nicholson Institute, 780 Eighth Avenue, New York. PITKIN'S PAINT PITKIN'S PAINT May cost the most, but PITKIN'S PAINT Covers the most surface PITKIN'S PAINT Spreads the easiest. PITKIN'S PAINT Looks the best, PITKIN'S PAINT Holds color the best and PITKIN'S PAINT Wears the longest. FOR sale; by W. P. DINSLEY & CO., SfcO IVortlx OCenttk Street. -a People Havte No Trouble In getting- what they want at the Good Luck Grocery. OTVW CCTfr" HOT O Mtreet. -XA SXVli-'t TeleplioneOSO : The Bock Island playing cards are the slickest you ever handled. One pack will be 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. TnE PRINCE of TRAIN SERVICE On April 22nd, the Union Pacific will inaugurate two palace train services to Portland. Ore. No. 1, morning train, will consist of through palace and tour ist sleepers, buffet, smoking, library, chair and dining cars. No. 3. afternoon train, through palace and tourist sleep era, buffet, smoking, library and chair car. Diner to Ogden. The only direct line. City office 10U O street. First Pub. April II, 1900 t Notice to Creditors. E 1425. In the county court of Lancaster county. Ne braska. In the Matter of the Estate of Nathan S. Har wood. deceased. To The Creditors Of Said Estate: You are hereby notified that I will sit at the county court room in Lincoln, in said county, on the 1st day of September. 1WW, and again on the 1st dav of December, 19O0. 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. 1900. and the time limited for the payment of debts is one year from the 1st dav of June. 1900 Notice of this proceeding is ordered published four weeks successively in The Courier, a week ly newspaper published In this state. Witness mv hand and the seal of said county court this 6th day of April. 1900, (seal.) Frank K. Waters, County Judge. By Wai ter A. Lee.se, Clerk County Court. First Pub. April II, 1900 1. SHERIFF SALE Notice 1 hereby given. That by virtue of an order of sale issued by the clerk of the district court of the Third judicial district of Nebras ka, within and for Lancaster county, in an ac tion wherein Mary E. Hrown is plaintiff, and William II. Cleveland and Man-aret Cleve land, his wife, defendants, I will, at 2 o'clock P. SI., on the 15th day of Slay A. D. ISAM, at the east door of the court house, in the city of Lincoln. Lancaster county. Nebraska, offer for sale at public auction the following described lands and tenements to-wit: The west one-half (w JJ) of sub-division fourteen 1 II) In S. V. Little's sub-division of the west one-half ( w i) of the southwest quar ter (sw H ) of section twenty-four 1 20. township ten ( 10) north range six (6) east in the city of Lincoln. In Lancaster county, Nebraska. Given under my hand this 13th day of April. A D. 1900. Z. S. HRASsOX. Sheriff. Notice to Creditors. First Pub., April 2s-1 1 In the county court of Lancaster county, Ne braska: In the matter of the estate of James Wampler deceased. To the creditors of said estate: You are hereby notlned, that the County Judge will sit at the county court room in Lin coln, in said county, on the 1st day of Septem ber, 19U0. and again on the 1st day of Decem ber. 1900. to receive and examine all claims against said estate, with a view to their ad justment and allowance. The time limited for the presentation of claims against said estate is six months from the 1st day of June. 190t), and the time limited for the payment of debts Is one year from the 1st day of June. 1900. Notice of this proceeding has been ordered published for three weeks successively In The Courier a weekly newspaper published in this State. Witness my hand and the seal of said court this 21th dav of April. 1900. seau1 Frank R. W aters. County Judge. By Walter a. Lee.se. Clerk County Court. The OVERLAND LIMITED VIA Makes Many Hours Quicker Time ys?! 37tv TO THE PACIFIC COAST Than any other line. Only 57 H Hours to San Fkancisco. ours to Portland. PROM MISSOURI RWER. FINELY EQUIPPED Double Drawing Room Palace Sleepers. Buffet Smoking and Library Cars with Barber Shop and Pleasant Reading Rooms. Dining Cars, Meals a la Carte. Pintsch Light, Steam Heat. For time tables, folders, illustrated books, pamphlets descriptive of the ter ritory traversed, call on E. B. Slosson, Agent. All Subscriptions to Tke GdDMrieir Received before the first of July. 1900, Only $loo