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THE GLOBE JSpi PAGESI7TOIB. VOL. VIII. PLAYING AT POVERTY. Clara Belie Telis How Young Millionair esses Enjoyed Themselves in the Guise of Pretty Peasants. Characters Sustained Admirably by the Spoiled Darlings Except in the Matter of Feet. Summer Parasols Turning the Streets Into a Moving and Rotund Mass of Color. Baptism and Confirmation Dresses — Horrible Shapes the Craze on 1» losses- -Gossip. New York Letter. You may call on the truly pious girl to make a sacrifice in the cause of charity and slie will heroically do it— with certain restrictions. We had a Bower market in our best society this week, and the town was searched for pretty maidens of acceptable family quality to serve as salesgirls. It was stipulated that we should all wear the costumes of French peasants, wa.de in strict accordance with /Hfc designs to be provided by capable artists. The financial aim of the show was sweetly philanthropic, and something like fifty of v.s accepted the invitation to look and act as much like genuine French rural beauties as possible We were critically inspected by an expert beforehand, at a dress rehear sal, to see that we would be exactly right as to clothes. ' On that occasion we rode to the hall in cur close carriages and took our places in the booths to be examined. "You are perfect and enchanting,"' said the artist, aftnr looking as over carefully. "By the way, I notice that none of you have put on the coarse sabots that were provided. Doubtless it wasconven'ent this evening, but I wish you to wear them when the market opens. There's nothing like beiiiir correct from head to heels, you Know." XOTA GIKL SAID 800 in dUspnt. .Moreover ami airain, not a soul ot us appeared in the market iv sabots. We were willing to as sume the piise of Gallic rusticity clear down to the ankle, but no lower. You can't pet a fashiona- nvs - ble girl to make her feet bigger than they are. nor disfigure t' jm in any way. 1 lie same Ls true of her hands, of course, but in this case no outrage on them was planned. She is bound to let her members stick out at eacli end of her costume in all their shape liness, no matter how much of a guy she consents to be for the distance between. So it was that one of the plump dar ling bravely discarded her corset, and girted her cheap gown round her soft waist, so as to get the realistic outlines of an unlaced ■peasant girl — and wasn't that a martyrdom indeed for the sake of sweet charity. But •t wns observable that her feet were snugly ':'io*«»Mi iv the neatest little slippers con ccivaebl. Sabots, indeed? Not she. And as she leaned back against the wall, be hind her basket of liowers, demurely calling out their kinds and prices, her entirely presentable feet were quite as prominently put out the rest of her an atomy. Two of the most admired beau ties on duty strap ped genuine French peasants' baskets to their usually un burdened bucks, and paraded industriously up and down the scenic market in realistic peasant garments; but their shoes were French only in the Louis Quinze heels, for they were gaiters of the most fashionable kind, and as far re moved from sabots as gondolas from mud «co\vs. mm The dress of tlte candidate for baptism, first communion or continuation should al ways be white. This does not imply that these ceremonies arbitrarily demand a white toilet, but white is the accepted and con ventional color for these occasions. The ; baby's dress is white, of course, when it is brought to its "christening." When the sacrament is postponed until later years the candidate, unless PAST THE SUSPICION OF YOUTH, \ when of the gentler sex. wears white. The j simpler the style of the robe for this cere- I niony the better the taste. When the rite is performed by immersion, as among the Baptists, the beautiful custom practiced iin some parts of the country of arraying , the candidates in dresses of white wool, i and wearing over this a circle cloak of I white or black serge, is recommended las greatly enhancing the artistic effect and dignity of the ceremony. The usual white muslin dress used for candidates for confirmation is very suitable for the Baptist ceremonial when one of white wool is not to be obtained. The cloak covers the dress, concealing the clinging of the wet cotton garments and spreading like a great lily pad of white or black on the surface of the water, making i the act of immersion almost imperceptible. :By the way, it seems as though the mer chants of New York had come to the conclusion that all the shoppers are as truly good and honest as candidates for churchly rites, so eager are they to trust. A lady went to one of the great shopping stores to purchase a garment which, it was found, needed to be altered to fit her. The sales woman said she must pay for it before any alteration was made in it. She had expected to have the purchase sent to her home, and pay the bill on delivejy. Dis appointed in this, she went to the pro . prietor of the store and told him her money ■was at home, but she was in a hurry for the article she had bought. He took down her name and address, and said: "That's all right, madam; never feel the least in convenienced by NOT HAVING ANY MONEY. Come and get what you want whenever you want anything, money or no money. We will make a memorandum of the items whenever you happen to be short of funds." This lady repeated this to her friends at a social gathering shortly afterward, and found that eacli woman present had had an experience somewhat like her own. To one a salesman in a large store had said: "You do not need to pay for your purchase to day. This is a large bill, and it might in convenience you to part with the money. Let me open an account with you and sim ply enter a note of to-day's purchases, and you can pay whenever you like." A third lady said she went to one of these stores to buy some hangings, expecting to pay about f25 or 330 for them. She told the clerk so, but he persisted in show ing curtains worth $S5, $100 aud $125 a pair. "1 see you are a person of taste," he said, "and would be better pleased with something really artistic and good. The money need not frighten you. You can pay when you please, and surely you would rather have a $100 article on these terms than put out your present pocket money in something else than but poor curtains and part with your money as well." Confirmation dresses are sold by the thou sand in all the great and small dry goods stores of New York. The simplest are the most taste! ul, as well as the cheapest. These are made up in one-piece or two piece dresses, have uneored full skirts, tucked up to the waist or the line of the hips and full blouse, surplice, tucked or plaited bodices. THE OXE-PIECE DRESSES have a belt inserted, on which is sewed the waist and the full-gathered skirt. A tucked collar and tucked cuffs covering the wrists and a sash of the muslin — generally plain Swiss or French nainsook — form the only decorative parts. Sometimes a small bow of white ribbon is placed at the throat. Sometimes the sash is of white satin or white gros grain ribbon. A white vest, simply a long scarf of white Swiss or nain sook, tucked at the ends, accompanies most of these inexpensive confirmation and first communion dresses. They are bought for the hundreds and thousands of children who are continued In the Catholic churches in this and other cities all over the country. The entire outfit of frock, veil, gloves and ribbon bow cost under S5. In fact, $5 is frequently made to go as far as supplying the shoes and stockings, which mu<t be arbitrarily black. A wreath of white flowers is sometimes. ' but not invariably, worn over the veil. With out the veil and with the addition of a lit tle lace and colored or white ribbon, a fan and some little accessories of the toilet, these pretty Riid inexpensive dresses can be made to do duty for picnic and garden par ties throughout the season. The two-pbee continuation dresses cost no more than the one-piece dresses and are more suitable for girls over 12. They are made precisely like the one-piece dresses, with the differ ence only of a three or four inch deep tucked ruffle added to the waist, which may be worn either under or over the skirt. When liner muslin is used, of course, the rice of the dress is increased. SUMMER IS COME. That is apparent in the blooming para sols. They are the outward signs of the social condition of their wearers, and ex press life and character as eloquently as any inanimate thing possibly can. The ec centric parasol that flashes through the sun light for one brief season, aud that ephem eral butterfly of lace with carved ivory and jeweled sticks, a carriage born creature to shade madam's carefully constructed com plexion, the delicate accessory of a gorgeous toilet, are worlds apart in point of social position. The former representative is as common as 51. 50 can make it, and yet the streets are blighter for its presence, and the head it protects does not worry because there are more expensive parasols in better taste. The well-regulated, conservative parasol, ready for any emergency, is this season transformed into tiie ideal um brella of many hues. It is a slim, dudisli affair, to make a blizzard smile; and yet it proves useful as well as dandy in a gentle shower, although evidently a fair \veat!:er companion. With all this" variety of style there can be no rule, no guide, save will and wealth, and. as the latter determines most matters, it is simply a question of how many parasols a woman may own. although she is unable to carry more than one at a time. The new parasols are odd, elegant, simple fantastic, large and small, to suit individual taste. The most expensive are known as the Princess of Wales parasols, and are made of richest Lyons-satins, both plain and brocaded, white or delicately tinted, and edged with lace, in the most lovely thread patterns, some of which is eight and ten inches deep. THE WATTEAU PARASOLS are of white or cream silk, lined with pink or blue surah, and brocaded with carna tions, rosebuds, geranium blossoms, blue bells and the like. The moresque or Mi kado parasols have the canopy tops, with ribs curving out at the point, and coaching styles are made of satin striped with vel vet, and stripes running both up and down and across the circumference of the para sol, thus making a net-work of stripes, and producing a rich commingling of handsome colors. Many of the parasols are positive novelties, and are of beautiful design as well. There is one made of four rows of transparent Chantilly lace, with a handsome carved ebony handle. The Maria is of Spanish lace, in both black and white, The "Marquise" and "Handrail" are lace covered parasols, in white, black and biege colors, with olive wood handles and gilt chains. The Coaching Club parasols are of numerous designs, with elaborately carved handles, in color showing a tendency to quieter tints than have been usual of late. There is one with alternate stripes of cardi nal and mauve and of transparent texture which is peculiarly neat. Every lady who has the privilege of riding on a drag or who is much addicted to water excursions and outdoor recreation, will desire to possess one of these superb parasols. The handles of new parasols are of Japanese design. Plain satin coaching parasols are covered with lace, canvas or etainine fabrics in red, blue, golden brown, beige, olive and fawn color, and foulard parasols in ecru, dove color and other neutrals in monochrome are made gay with effective borderings embossed in Persian designs and colorinss. White foulard parasols, polka dotted or otherwise figured, are lace-trimmed and lined with a color matched to the figure. Black satin parasols are brought out flowered or striped with jet embroidery. In sun umbrellas red, marine blue and olive are very popular, and from Paris come red satin and dark green rain um brellas warranted water-proof. JENNIE CHAMBERLAIN IN BROADWAY. When 1 saw her the other day carried a most gorgeous parasol of blue hue tlnit greatly enhanced the purity of her com plexion. Perhaps you have heard of na tives of sunny and uncivilized climates who deemed themselves fully clad in carrying an umbrella ozer their tattooed bodies. Jennie reminded me of that. From a lit tle distance she looted, at least as far down as the hips, as though she had nothing on save designs in tattoo on her buff skin. Her bodice was very long and smooth, and all over it were the most intricate figures wrought In blue, narrow braid. The ef fect was quite startling for an instant, — Clara Beile in Cincinnati Enquirer. PERCY. My little maid, whose tangled hair Outßlints the warm sunshine, Come, round to dainty hollows fair, Those dimpled palms of thine, And send a. fairy bugle-blast Across the rosy morn To call the bonny blue-eyed lad A-hoeingin the corn. She shakes her head, the little maid, He is not there (she saith). Nay, then, where lush green grasses spread And summer holds her breath Mayhap he leuds the loitering kine; Or where the sunbeams steep The grassy slopes and shadows dwine He minds your father's sheep. She shakes her head, the Uttlo maid. He is not there (she Baith). Nay, then, fleet-foot and unafraid He speeds across the heath A-chasing of the antlered deer, The hounds are following fair; His ringing shout I surely hear— She Baith, he is not there. She brought me to the wind-swept hill, Whose lonesome grasses wave Thro 1 summer's heat and winter chill O'er many a heaped-up grave; But wheu with trembling tongue I prayed The name of one who slept Beneath the mound the newest made, She answered not, but wept. — M. E. M. Davis. ST. PAUL, SUNDAY MORNING. JUNE 6, 188 ft - EIGHTEEN PAGES. THE WOMAN'S GLOBE. Some Further Eeasons Advanced by Ob serving Baohelors Why Men Do Not Marry. How a Blundering Father Spoiled a Little Comedy Played at the Theater. Interest In Bull Fighting Stimulated by the Employment of Feminine Matadors. Various Matters of Interest, Particu larly to W©men--New Ideas in Summer Fashions. WHY. MEN DON'T MARRY. Several Bachelor* Clearly Explain , * -the situation. Dear Ariadne: I have attempted a solution of your question, "Why do not the society men marry?" Putting aside all minor duties, such as household cares, him! girls and babies, and arming myself with my • 'gray goose quill" and a good reso lution, 1 inaugurated a tramp in quest of reliable information. "Who are the society men?" was the first question I propounded in the interest of the interest of the public in general and Ariadre in particular. I was told in reply that many of them were quite young men. relying upon a father's generosity fora support and possessod of no higher ambition than to be a "dude." I found this a very popular class with the young ladies; but they are no. the marrying kind, for the lack of the necessary indepen dence of character and exchequer. When they do succumb to the wiles of the charmer, they invariably reside for an in definite length of time at the paternal man sion. Young lawyers and physicians, working hard to obtain . a reputation, I found in large numbers. This class was willing to marry, but did not "have time." They went into society for recreation, and because they had sometimes called on Ari adne and occasionally escorted her to even ing amusements they hoped she did not consider her "time lost," as she calls it, simply because they did not propose. "Why, what is society, anyway," said one. "if it is not made up of just such things as flirting and coquetting and saying pretty things to each other? I started out with the intention of being honest and somewhat serious, but after making a few rounds I found it didn't 'take,' as the girls called me a 'stick.' So I changed my tac tics and plied 'em with "taffy, and they seem to thrive on it wonderfully, as well as myself." - A young limb of the law said: "I did have some idea of proposing to Miss L — , and on one occasion invited her for a drive. On her home trip I thought it would be a I pleasant thing to have some little refresh ! ments, and we called at . The bill of fare was handed her, and she gave j her orders with a recklessness that com pletely paralyzed my pocket-book. That evening's entertainment cost me just §10, and I have since concluded that it was cheap enough, as it was the means of sav ing me. I just concluded that a girl that had no more mercy on a fellow than to draw on him like that would not be a suitable wife for a man in my position." I called on another young professional man, whose reputation is made, and from the manner in which he lives I supposed he was abundantly able to support a wife in considerable style. : "Why don't I r marry? Well, I'll tell I you," he said, "but it must be in perfect I confidence. You see, society would expect j a great deal of me if I were to marry — a I fashionable wedding, an establishment with servants and carriage — to tell you the truth, 1 just couldn't keep it up. I know the thing looks well enough on the surface, but I have all 1 can do now to meet my de mands, and I don't think a wife would de crease my expenses." Greatly discouraged and with increasing disgust. I hurried off to my young friend A. 8., a book-keeper. He had figured to considerable advantage, and when I plied him with questions, he appalled me with an imposing array of figures. Studying his hieroglyphics for some time, I condensed the following: Board for self per month $30 00 Laundry ... 6 00 Ciothinsr 10 00 Incidentals ' 20 00 Pleasures 10 00 Total monthly expense $76 00 "Multiply this by two," he added, "and you have $152. And as my salary in only 81.200 per annum, I don't see how I could stand it. : A man and wife may be 'one" in a certain sense," he solliloquized, "but with me 1 plus 1 equals 2, and I don't think I'll 'double up" until I get my salary raised." I fairly flew away, mentally thanking my stars, Ariladna, that Alfonso wasn't like other men. But 1 did not stop here, I called upon clerks and received the same old story — want of means. When 1 ventured to in quire how they managed to get into society and maintain themselves upon 640 per month, they told me yonng men were in demand, and it was easy enough, if a fel low had plenty of "cheek" and passable manners, to "get there," but as to manage ing on their salaries, that subject was too deep to be fathomed. — Globe-Democrat. A Bl,l.\Di:Hl>(; FATHER. How He Spoiled a Tender Romance in the Theater. . — Good evening. — And how did you come here! Very nice, this is! If a poor persecuted girl can't come to the theater with her father in safety — . — A theater is a public place, isn't it? She— Yes. but how did you get the seat next to ours?. He— By misapplied ingenuity and a slight acquaintance with your first-night habits. She — I shall have to introduce you to papa as soon as he is through talking with Mr. Bliven. He— Delighted. Why didn't you answer my note? She— What note? He— The note I wrote asking if 1 might call upon you. She— Oh, yes. He— Well? — Well, you see since poor mamma died papa has been very particular with me, and 1 only knew you at Monterey, you know. He— l suppose that as the Trethericks presented me to you I was sufficiently in dorsed. But, of course— % — You had no right to meet me every time I went shopping. You know It was not all just accidents. He — This is the most extraordinary town for accidents, though. I meet people all the time. She— thought you were going back to the mines? ■ . He— -1 was; but I waited to see you first. She— Oh! But the curtain is going up now. He— l can whisper. She— Yes; but I can't listen to the play and hear you at the same time. He— Never mind the play! — But I must mind the play. Is it very important? He— Yes. May 1 call? She— No. I He— Not If I can make your father's ac quaintance down town? • She — But you can't. He — Wait and see. ; . ■■• She— Why do you want to call? There are plenty of places to go to. There is your club. . He — but you : don't belong to my club! - She — Proposo me. He — Proposals are not easy. I want to make one to you and can't. She — Nonsense! He — May 1 call or not? She — No. Of course I can't help it If you have to call. He— l don't quite understand. She — Well, suppose a gentleman I barely knew, just knew by name, should lose any thing and I should pick it up, what ought I to do? He — Send it to him, I suppose. •She — 1 thought you were so clever! He— Not a bit She — Suppose you lost your card case; or no, suppose 1 left my fan lying here, and you knew me very slightly, what would you do? He— Call a messenger boy, and send it to you. She — You wouldn't call with it, of course? — Certainly I would. How could you think that 1 would be so discourteous as to do anything else? / She — Very well. I may leave my opera glass here — mind I don't say 1 will. — Ho good you are! [End of Play.] Papa— is my umbrella— yes— here it is under your seat, my child. And here is your opera glass, too. How careless you are! She — papa. I EJIIJiISi; BULL-FIGHTERS. A New but Not Successful Feature Added to a Disgusting Show. Bull-baiting and fighting is not yet over in France any more than in Spain. Despite the outcry that was raised some months aeo relative to the disgraceful scenes that oc curred in the ampitheater at Nimes, in the southern province of Gard, during a bull baiting carnival, the same spectacles have been again witnessed amid the enthusiasm of 10,000 spectators. On Monday the fam ous ampitheater, a monumental relic of old Roman times, was full to repletion with a crowd of beings, who had come to witness the skill and prewess of the Matador Frutos and his compeers. What was more, three toteras were to appear, this being the first time that women have entered the arena at Nimes. At 3 o'clock in the afternoon the performance began with a grand procession of Spanish bull-fighters, male and female, who rode proudly into the inclosed space to the sound of military music. Three toreras in fancy costumes, all sparkling with fili gree and bangles, headed the procession. Then came the quadrille, composed of five toreadors, headed by the great Frutos him self in gorgeous habiliments. At the sound of a bugle a splendid black bull of crossed Spanish breed bounded snorting into the ring. The women immediately set to work with their banderillas which they flung at the face and body of the careering toro. The tips of the animal's horns were cov ered with round knobs of wood or leather while the women were plying their darts so as to prevent accidents, but these projec tions were afterwards removed in some in stances while the men were performing. A second bull, a red one, which was next let loose, made straight at one of the toreras, a young woman, professionally designated Senorita Benita del Amo, and knocked her over in a second, but not, however, before she had succeeded in planting two lance headed pennons between his eyes. The woman was disengaged with surprising deftness by her male companions, and re turned to the charge with a courageovs per sistence worthy of Mine, de Valsayre herself. She was loudly applauded by the public for her per formance. A fresh bull was introduced, which brought out the finer play of Frutos. whose first proceeding was to clear the bull with a pole as easily as if he were clearing a fence. He then simulated death by lying still on the ground, escaping with marvel ous adroitness as the bull came near him with ferocious intent. The torera del Ben nito del Amo then sat on a chair in the mid dle of the arena, and calmly awaited the onslaught of a fresh animal. In the twink ling of an eye she was caught on the bull's horns ana was tossed high into the air, falling stunned to the ground. This was the most deplorable part of the performance, and no more serious accidents occurred. The quadrille of men instantly attracted the bull's attention from his prostrate prey, and the woman was quickly sprinkled with water or vinegar, and rose apparently un injured from the ground. Her light clothes were torn to shreds. Frutos repeated the chair movement, but, more adroit than the woman, he nimbly sprang aside before the bull could bear down on him, and just es caped a terrible horn-trust. Six bulls in all were let loose during the afternoon. The women's performances were great failures, and it is to be hoped that through motives of humanity these shows may be at least confined to men, if they are to be continued at Nimes, Seashore and Country Dresses. White canvas dresses for midsummer have large cross bars of blue or scarlet made of thick wools like English crewels passed in and out of the canvas meshes. These are made up with most graceful jackets, that have pleated shirt fronts, gathered short sleeves, and a belt in front of red or blue English morocco fastened by a buckle. The shirt blouse fronts are of plain white canvas with a box pleat in the middle, stitched near, each edge with feather stitching in red or blue; the broad sailor collar and the straight waist bands of the shirt sleeves are similarly stitched, and the pleating at the foot is also white, with this feathery vine for a finish. For the most expensive white costumes there are some new silk warp materials of tine quality, and there is this to be said in | commendation of them, that having a peculiar smooth finish, they have a lovely half-lustre that makes them very effective in combination with other materials, and also keeps them fresh for a longer time than it is generally given to white dresses to remain uusoiled. Clairette cloth is a smooth fabric that forms stately folds, has lustre-like surface, and combines well with velvet and lace, and is especially becoming to matrons who like to wear a white dress, even upon a cool day in summer. Feather cloth is a lovely material, lighter than clairette, and is capable of soft, grace ful drapery. This combines charmingly with satin or surah, and is very effective with white moire. Another entirely new fabric is called "snowilake." The surface has a crape-like effect, showing little glittering points that are very attractive, and this is so woven in the goods that any amount of dampness will not distroy it. This also combines well with velvet and milliners have seized upon it as a most graceful accessory to their stock of supplies. Convent and gypsy cloth, both of which are also seen in the new black fabrics, are lighter material, showing a canvass weave, with a shimmer of silk in its open meshes. Gypsy cloth fabrics come in the pure white and the cream white shades, and when they are soiled they will dye a most beautiful black. Henrietta cloths, which heretofore have been seen exclusively in black, are this season introduced in cream white, and are very effective. As for the white : wool dresses, they are very well where one is not dependent upon an outside laundress, andean have the cos tumes nicely done up by the home servant who superintends that department. But for the seaside or country they are usually a "snare and a delusion," as it becomes a diffi cult matter to have them "gotten up" prop erly. . If one wants white wash dresses, nothing is better than the "crazy cloths" or seer suckers, which . have only to be washed, dried, shaken out and put on again. They really make one quite independent of the laundress. . New Trade* for Women. , There was a call lately, says a writer in Lippincott's, for a new trade, adapted to the coniDlexities of the modern city house — that of the universal tinker. Now, with an extension of the same idea Into the wo man's kingdom, a correspondent sighs for a neighborhood darner. Most of us wouiu agree as to the convenience; but the corre spondent was not, perhaps, aware that the system recommended is in practical opera tion in Paris. In the family where our home was when there, punctually one day in the week came la raccomiuodeuse, and, having been established in a back room and given a cup of coffee, set to work on the ruin three child ren and an impatient man had jvrought. She had for her pains her meals and 20 cents a day; and she had a clientele of nearly a dozen families, from whom she drew occasionally something beyond the daily frauc. To some she gave but half a day; but matters were so systematized that she was rarely without work. Very con venient the American boarder found her for the ripping and cleaning of old gowns and the darning of hose, which, in her devotion to the. monuments of Paris, she had no time to touch. Since the reign of bric-a-brac set In we have professional dusters in the cities. It should be comparatively simple to intro duce alsoprofessional menders. Perhaps a difficulty would arise as to the amount of payment, since the women who mend for their families do not roll in wealth, and even 50 cents a day might seem to them ex travagance. And the sewing woman who drags her life out on the same sum, board ing herself, would probably scorn less. But, once given her patrons, she might find her life both easier and more beautiful; and the tired housemothers, seeing the economy and the relief, would wonder why they did not do it before. Under the pres ent system the thrifty women fret and tire themselves over the endless task; the sen timentally philanthropic and the unthrifty give away, to the increase of poverty often; and the old clo's men profit by the improv idence of the bachelors and husbands. A little more co-operation everywhere would lighten women's work. Here, for instance, in a town of 2.000 inhabitants, one woman for years made her pin-money by the weekly brewing of yeast for her neighbors. She has gone out of the busi ness now, her husband objecting; and the women are left lamenting the lost conven ience. Yeast in plenty at the grocery — pat ent yeast; but they all prefer the home made when they can get it. So, could they once get it, they would prefer the neigh borhood mender. Boston's Women Speculator*. I went the other day to see some Boston ladies speculate in stocks in an office near Exchange place, writes Prentice Mulford. There were four of them in a broker's pri vate den. The front office was full of men. The ticker was going. It was high noon. The ladies were buying "on margins." They had bought Delaware & Lackawanna and were waiting for it to go up. They were very uneasy and couldn't keep their seats. I was cool and calm, having bought no stock. I put my oar in as a prophet, and said Lackawanna would '"go up." They were overjoyed and wanted to hue me. 1 did not explain at the time how I had protected myself in that prophecy. Lackawanna did go up before 1 o'clock — ' "higher than a kite" — that is, it dropped 1 per cent. Prophecies can be made to run either way, like a double ferryboat. All but one of the ladies put up another X to "pro tect their margins." The one who didn't put up went out of the little office $100 worth poorer than when she went in. She had been told by an acquaintance who | speculated what an easy way to make money it was. She had only to buy a few shares of stock, wait an hour or two for it to go up, then go to the broker, tell him to "close it out," and take up in solid green backs $40 or S6O more than she had put in. The lady who told this told also how she had made SSOO the day before. It was so easy to make money in this way that the wonder was that any one should be so fool ish as to work at all for a living. The broker's office was, in fact, nothing but a financial pump. You had only to hang your bucket on the spout, jerk the handle a few times and take it off drip ping with shekels. That is the reason they call them "bucket shops." She did not ex plain to the poor lady that sometimes the pump worked the wrong way and pumped all the shekels out of your pocket into somebody's else. The first time she went into this "will-you-walk-into-my-parlor says-the-spider-to-the-fly" affair, they, let her make — I mean she came but $10 ahead, and never slept a wink that night because ot the plans she was making for the house she was to build out of the fortune she ex pected to scoop out of Lackawanna the next day. She says now she will never specu late in stocks again. She thinks it wicked because she lost. A Western Girl's Romantic History. Truly America develops some strange characters. There came to New York some time ago a woman with a history that reads like a romance. She is the daughter of Gen. Malcolm Clarke of the regular army, who was killed by an Indian whom he had befriended some years ago and who left a family of eight children, the result of his marriage with an Indian squaw. Miss Helen Clarke, the eldest of these children, was educated at a convent in Cincinnati and is possed of a very brilliant mind and unusual histrionic talent, and came here to prepare herself for the stage, which she proposes adopting as a profession. Her presence wherever she appeared in the city never failed to attract attention, as her looks proclaim the Indian beyond a doubt. Tall, straight, sinewy, with wiry black hair I and the unmistakable Indian features, she I presented a remarkable appearance, espe cially when elegantly attired. She is well known in the West, where her father's bravery won for himself and children a name, and in Montana, where she was born and still lives, siie holds the position of commissioner of public schools, her duties in this respect necessitating her traveling much aloae over that wild mountain country, often on horse back, with a revolver in her belt. On one .of these pleasant little jannts, while going through a lonely spot known as Prickly Bear Conon one misty November morning Miss Clarke discovered the bodies of live road agents hanging from limbs of trees where they had been made to onswer to the vigilantes for their crimes the night previ ous, a sight that would have rather shaken the nerves of a New York society woman, but this child of the howling West was too well accustomed to life on the border to be frightened at anything of that sort and rode calmly on. Her father and one of her brothers were shot down before her, and from her infancy she has been used to clanger. She is highly connected on her father's side and inherits a fortune from him, while her mother still remains with her tribe, the Blackfeet Indians. While here Miss Clarke was for some time the guest of Gen. and Mrs. Palmer, the latter being her cousin. She thought New York life tame and New York women rather un interesting. They lacked the nerve that constitutes one of the chief charms of a Western belle, of whom Miss Clarke is a fair sample. liittle Heir and no Hair. A growing evil— Your next door neigh bor's squalling baby.— Somerville Journal. It is a common thing for a baby to put his foot in his mouth. Alas! that some men should be babies all their lives! Bos ton Transcript. "Ah," saidJehokus. taking his friend's baby, "he has got his mother's eyes— and my hair!" he added, as the youthful pro digy grabbed him by hisforetop.— Tid Bits. "Life is full of sad reminders," sings a gloomy gusher in a bilious exchange. It is, it is!— and more especially so to the bald headed boarder who is always finding red dish hairs in palish gravy.— Chicago Led ger. A PRIVATE TALK ! IJs^l^ltiJllk-01111 The elderl 7 gentleman is _ lE^VXIl^^ JfljjCr II » informing the younger that >&* \}yfin?*fii\ to is a Piece of reckless ex- M iVr^^v/ JfjJ travagance for him to pay the % " \.y^T^^vC^^. exhorbitant prices that mer wj^sl-22-^Z j~^jjf chant tailors get for clothing JdTlSVv^'sJ m whenS A TTLE ?' BROS, will i> ll(FiiMa'\i\l 7/ 1 1 I fit him just as nicely and give == ril\Y \vL£r- V 111 equally as fine material I? Ml \ji\nf2y •5- at one-half the cost. Money ' I : saved from youth until now ; :»£c — by the old gentleman in this way has made him feel forcibly the truth that a man. may be well dressed and save money by patronizing the Popular Clothing House of SATTLER BROS., 9 1 E. Third Street, St. Paul. . 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