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18 STYLISHSTREETGOWN One of Redfern's Best Sam ples Worn by the Princess of Wales. £he New Cape Ulster Is the Most Stunning Garment Seen. Ittlss Mabel Jenness and Her Divided Riding- Skirt. A Picture of an English Huntswoman on Horse- Back. It i? said that that charming lady,who Ss the idol of the English people, H. K. 11. the Princess of Wales, has been offered lier own price if she will vrite a magazine article. Should she accept, and so become one of the scribbling sisterhood, 1 wonder if she will ever tell us of her marked pre dilection for the neat trim and at the same time distingue tailor suit. Those who know her by frequent obser vation, if not by personal acquaintance, say that she is neve* so thoroughly self complacent as when arrayed in her comfortable stylish Redfern gowns and fcoats. And in tliis respect she sets a com mendable example to the American women, too many of whom have yet to comprehend that for general street wear there is nothing like a tailor-made costume. It is not the fault of Kedfern, liowever, that this lesson has not been universally learned, for he is constantly carrying on the work of education by designing new and seductive models and sending them far ana wide. Among those just received from the In am house in London, is this, •^^^ m^^r^ . Stylish Spring Gown. It is of a medium shade of dahlia fcerge, with very narrow vest, sleeves and small side panel of a mixed cheviot, in which appears the same dahlia tint, with touches of gold and faint green, upon a white ground. Across the bot tom of this panel, and upon the sleeves, are six rows ot black Russia braid, while the edge of the frail drapery when St joins the panel, has a curved deisiirn in the black braid, bordered by narrow lines of dull gold. The same design is on the collar, and branching out from the arm-hole, after a decidedly Redfern ish fashion. As the showery April day will soon be here, when new Easter finery is lia ble to an unwelcome sprinkling, the vise woman will provide a protector for her spring costume in the shape of A Retlfern Cape Ulster. This will be very stylish if made of Isle of Wight surge, or other rough Voolen goods, in large irregular plaids, like the above illustration, which, be it note ' '« double breasted, fastened with largt buttons, and has ample patch pock*. The rolled collar is sharply notchc nd the lapels turn back onto the capt. Our thin, etch is a simple girlish ■• :j sss& ■" ' ' Gown. gown for mild summery days. It is a very fine and thin, white serge, laid In pleats on each shoulder, with the ful ness spreading becomingly over the bust, and then gathered in at the waist under a belt of frosted silver, with a square, chased slide. Little flat silver buttons are capriciously set upon the collar and cuffs, and down the front be tween the pleatings. A glance at the cut will show that the skirt hangs in rull, straight pleats, except in front, where it simulates a slightly wrinkled tablier. The small, white straw hat has silver grey tips and a rosette of palest yellow crepe lisse. WOME'NS U)I : AS ON TIPS. They Are All Liberal, hut Mrs. Harrison Frowns Upon the Cus tom. Xew York World. Women are divided ou the subject of tips. Mrs. Benjamin Harrison is stronarly opposed to the system, and, as a feeble effort towards eradicating the evil, never bestows a tip on a waiter, porter or messenger. Mrs. Russell Har rison, on the other hand, is most gen erous, and has a coin for every servant in the railroad car and I otel that does her a service. Mrs. Cleveland is referred to by the attendants of the Vic toria as most kind, and Mrs. Frank Les lie gives every bell boy in the Gerlach who answers her bell a crime. Miss Frances Willarcl has a kind word and a smile for each employeof the road and the hotel, and servants vie with one another in anticipating her wishes. No public character has more lriends among the help than Susan B. Anthony. In her red-letter days Anna Dickinson tipped as liber ally as Col. Inaersoll. Ellen Terry is a great believer in the power of urayer, and in her tour of America she had the expensive habit of giving the chamber maid in each hotel five shillings for a first-night prayer. At each city a maid was hired whose blessing she paid for before going on the stage. When Mine. Patti lived in the hotel an usher sat in the hall outside of her door day and night, to receive cards, an nounce visitors and give the alarm in case of fire, accident or burglary. Al though special arrangements were always sure to be made with the pro prietor of the house for his services her fee on leaving was generally $10. Har riet llubbard Ayer's liberality is said to be manly. Mrs. George M." Pullman travels in her own private ear, generally with a party of friends, and always with a staff of attendants, whose tips take the form of a large bank bill or a small purse. IS IT A COTTON SEASON? All the Dry Goods Indications Point in That Direction. No one can say positively thus early in the season whether this is to be a cotton year or not, though every indica tion points to the continued success of attractive and well colored cotton dress fabrics. The American goods are push ing the foreign fabrics hard, and pos sess the popular feature of being some what" cheaper, but the imported fabrics are finer in texture and finish, owing to the liner grade of yarn used, and which is too expensive on account of duty for goods woven .on this side of the Atlantic, Tin; retailors display ginghams, satines, percales, etc., early and late, and feel confident of selling these,no matter how dull trade might otherwise be. . We never see such wonderful sales at the end of the season in cotton dress fabrics as are held in the woolen and silk departments, as the former soil steadily during the proper season, while extreme novelties among the other goods may lijg alter the opening of the season. The beauty of ginghams, etc., assists in their .sale, as lew women are able to resist the temptation of buying such clean, fresh and cool-looking fabrics which look "as- good as new" every time they come from the laundry. CITY LIFE. Scant Opportunities for the Country Girl Who Seeks Society and Employment. A writer in Wide-Awake, discussing the subject of business for women, says: "I have heard country girls talk of com ing to the city for employment, giving one reason that they wanted more so cial life. Well, that is just what they will not get; the woman of business is not a woman of leisure, and she has no time for society. She will find more social life in her home, even if she be a worker, than she could ever have in the city, and there is no lonesomeness more absolute than the loneliness of a strau ger in a crowd. "Salaries are not large enough to per mit of much relaxation in the way of entertainments, and after the day's work is over one is too tired to go "in .search of enjoyment In the country home in these days the daily paper and the magazine comeso that one may keep in touch with the world, even if she be at one side of the bustle and confusion of city life. The fashion articles tell her how to dress her hair and make her gown, and give the latest notions in small toilet details. "No town is so small that it lias not its public library, where all the new books come, and the lecture and con cert are not infrequent iv visits. Rail ways and telegraphs have brought the corners of the earth together, so that one is never so very far away from the center of things. There are occupa tions, too, for the girls who stay in the country, and these will be talked about THE SAINT PAUL DAILY GLOBE: SUNDAY MORNING, APRIL 6, 1890. —TWENTY PAGES. by and by. Do not throng the cities in search r of employ ini'iit, for you will be doomed to bitter disappointment. "The country stores employ women as well as city stores, and many a girl makes a good beginning in them. I myself know country towns where a few ye"ars ago nearly all the positions In stores were held by young men which today are held by women. Every where it has come to be quite the ac cepted state of things that women shall sell goods." MAN-FASHION. Miss Mabel Jenness and Her Di- Tided Riding-Skirt. The Jenness riding habit to bo worn is, to say the least, of peculiar construc tion. Of course, there are the trousers —beg pardon, "leglettes," a garment clothing each leg separately, as its name suggests— a name coined by the way, in the modest ijixiety not to encroach on the masculine term before mentioued. Concerning this gorment, Mrs. Jenness- Miller, associated with Miss Jenuess in this reform movement, naively re marks: "And why not a divided garment for clothing woman's legs as well as man's? Were these useful members- not given woman for the same purpose that they were given man? Nothing in their anatomi cal construction would suggest any other conclusions: and why, then, clothe them different, when by so cloth ing them freedom and grace of move ment are so sacrificed?" The skirt itself is of the accordion plaited variety, capable of indefinite ex pansion, so constructed as to appear ordinarily like any other skirt worn by woman. "This is divided into two sec tions, each of which is fastened to the "legletts" in such a manner that it will always remain in place and not expose any of the "mechanism" underneath. Mrs. Jenness Miller, continuing in the defense of this garment, says: "And does not the shape of flic body show through the outer drapery? I must confess on this point that it does not to the degree the artistic sense demands. But even if woman's proper shape were suggested through her drapery why should a wail of protest ascend to heaven over so desirable a result, for just that exquisite continuity of rela tionship between the upper and lower portions of the body is needed to pre serve the essential harmony of move ment and general shapeliness. Noth ing" she further remarks, "could be more inartistic than the present fashion of bringing the upper portion of the body into great prominence and dis guising the lower part; nor more vulgar, according to correct canons of good taste." Backed by all this array of sound philosophy Miss Jenness proposes to in augurate a system whereby a woman on horseback may ride to the best ad vantage. The large, cumbersome side saddle is to be a thing of the past, and the term "booted and spurred" will take on a new significance. Miss Jenness has alrcadv tried the experiment in an uptown ruling academy, and according to her statement "it was a splendid suc cess." The English Amazon. England has been greatly agitated of late by the side-saddle question. Strong minded members of the weaker sex have not hesitated to write to the Field, advocating a change from the present system, and some huntswomen are al ready scon in the field wearing a modi fication of the divided skirt. But two young ladies of Bournemouth have out stripped everybody else, and the cut, reproduced fr m the Pall Mall Gazette, shows the costume which they have been permitted by their families to adopt. HOW HE POPPED. A Pretty and Romantic Story of the Wooing of a Statesman's Son. Eugene Field In the Chicago News. i r )U will, perhaps, remember that a fortnight ago I gave yov the par ticulars of the weddiuK of Mr. Henry Gladstone, soq of the ex-pre mier, and Miss Maud • Rendel. The story of the wooing has just two met lasf sum mer atPosilli'ppo, tlie young lady's father having at that picturesque little haintet on the Gulf of Naples a lovely villa. One beautiful evening the two were in the garden overlooking the water upon which the moonlight hung like a misty g;uizc; the scene was one of poetic loveliness— -young Gladstone felt that there never could be a fairer spot or a bettor moment for the confes sion of his love, so he declared himself to his inamorata with a fervor, which the picturesqueness of the surroundings enhanced, if it did not inspire. In stead, however, of answering him, the pretty s^irl covered her face with her hands and lied precipitately into the villa. MMf. Of course this astounded the young lover. He could not understand it at all. Should he interpret the maiden's con duct as a rejection? It' so, it were bet ter for him to leave Posillipo at once, lint no. his Scotch instincts came to his rescue. He had done the proper tiling properly— he would bide his lime. Next morning after breakfast, at which his idol did not appear, he sought the ear den and and meandered gloomily there in, wondering what tactics he ought to pursue. Suddenly he heard Miss Maud call to him, and turning he beheld the young lado advancing. She put both her hands in his and said with charming frankness: "I would not answer" you tast'night. fearing you were under "the influence of the insidious summer even ing and of the poetical and almost mag ical scejie, and that it was not your heart that spoke; so 1 would hear in the daytime if you love me, and, if this is so, I will tell you that I am willing to give you my life and my love." "Now, isn't this a bit of truth quite as pretty as anything that could be culled from fiction. Light Homespun Cloths. Nothing is more stylish, in better taste or more economical than a light weight, homespun cloth of either light brown or a soft neutral gray. Trim the skirt, waist and sleeves with velvet ribbon of darker siiade if you like, and you will have a pretty, cheap and at the same time serviceable and becoming toilet. Many homespuns are made in tailor fashion, with jacket for outer garment. These are finished with rows of stitching of braid and depend upon the cut, lit and finish for their style.* To Nervous, Debilitated Men. If you will send us your address we will send you Dr. Dye's Celebrated Vol taic Belt and Appliances on trial. They will quickly restore you to' vigor, man hood and health. Pamphlet free. Voltaic Belt Co., Marshall, Mich. WAYS OF RICH WOMEN What They Do Every Day to Keep From Being Bored. Home Lite of Mrs. George Gould and Her Pretty Babies. Misses Robinson, Shepard and Other Rich Girls In terested in Charity. Some Peculiarities About the Huntingtons and Vander bilts. New York Letter, GOOD many of the rich women in New York are the worst bored lot I ever saw. T o undertake t o amuse yourself year hi and year ou<; and flo nothing else is a big contract, and curiously enough, it often seems with grown people as with children, the more they have to do it with 1 hti less they succeed. . . >". . . iiiai< . is wiiy luiss Bertha Robinson, one of the richest girls in society, is always such a re freshment to me. I love to think of her. She is the daughter of Mrs. J. Hood Wright; her . stepfather has no children of his own and Is wortli be tween, ten and twelve millions; she has ; 825,000 a year in her own right, and her mother has an independent; fortune of 8100,000 a year; and yet, despite all that, this girl is gay and happy and human; and entertained with life. Yon should think she would be! Well, if you tnink. most women in such a position would be, it is because you have not seen: as much of that sort , of thing as I have. The newly rich, who are so numerous: in New York, are oppressed by their; money as well as bored because tlioy have exhausted all the resources they know bf in life; they feel that it de mands some sort of more than human : dignity to live up to so much money, and they are perpetually on the strain. 1 have heard this point illustrated by - Mrs. W. 11. Vanderbilt's name. -'= But to return to Bertha Robinson. She is not a beauty, but is just a bright, • fresh, unaffected, jolly American girl,* and she gives much of her time to good works in the most unaffected way. She lives with her mother at Fort Washing ton in a place palatial enough to have gained the name of the "Folly", in the neighborhood, and the poor in that por tion of.Manhattau have reason to bless her name. She does not satisfy herself by merely giving money to institutions, nor does she simply give money to in dividuals. She makes herself acquainted with families in distress and tries to provide for them in helpful ways, and she does this olit of her own money. Naturally you may say she can't deny herself of much, but she does in a way, i for you don't need to know much about the New York rich girl to learn that she can easily SDend more than $25,000 a year on dress and gee-gaws. 1 know, for instance, that Clara Huntington, j now the Princess Hatzfeldt, used to think herself an ill-used, scrimped and unhappy girl because C. P. Kantington, her adopted father, tried to make her dress out of $10,000 a year, and she could manage to stretch the sum to much more 'than $15,000. And she did not lose much of hers in charity either, 1 can tell you. Along with her charities Miss Robin son is not in the least n goody-sroody girl. On the contrary, she is fond of nice clothes, loves to often rearrange her own room and boudoir according to her last, most dainty and fanciful fancy of furnishing; loves to dance and is, with her mother, one of the most con stant attendants on the opera. Mrs. Hiintington Enjoys Life. Speaking of the Huntingtons, Mrs. C P. Huntingdon has an extraordinary ability for sitting still aud.simply and happily breathing and digesting her food, that many a rich woman might well envy her. She is not at all stupid either; she is rather uncommonly sensi ble and even clever, but she does not tind any occupation, whatever, neces sary to her comfortable existence, which people explain by referring it to her Creole origin origin. She does not, as is well - Known, go into society. Of course. any one who has watched the society of New York this winter alone must know that Mrs. Huntington could easily, with her millions, float on a very high wave of popularity, but the tact is she does not care about it, and she is too proud to take the measures necessary to gain such popularity. She goes in for chari ties, but independently chiefly, not in association with the various rich women's schemes always under way. She reads some, and occasionally takes a spurt of studying elocution or I)el sarte principles of dramatic expression, and she is devoted to her son, who has been adopted by C. P. Huntington and made his heir, and whom she would have liked to devote to one of the learned professions, but who has now become a business man'— that, is neces sary for the safety of the millions. His mother, by the way, is an extraordinar ily young-looking and handsome woman to have a son who can be spoken of as a man, and perhaps that is due to the ex ceptional talent for cheertully doing nothing that 1 have referred to. Elder Shepard's Daughter. Another sirl who "goes in" for good works is Miss Louise Shepard, the eld est lamb of that religions mentor, Elliott F. Shepard. Miss Sbepard is young and very pretty in a fair, soft, quiet way— in fact she entirely looks the part of : the charity dispensing in genue. She works in missions, the one founded by her aunt-in-law, Mrs. Fred erick W. Vanderbilt, for one. and also visits hospitals, makes gifts to prisons and teaches Sunday school classes. She is very religious, of course. She does not wirhdraw herself altogether, how ever, from the world and is -pretty con stant to ttte'gayeties of her set. Mrs. Frederick Vanderbilt does withdraw herself from the world to a great ex tent. She lives in her charities more than any other woman of her world, and she goes right among the poorest poor herself, and often nearly wrecks her health with the ardor of her devo tion. Her husband, a jolly, red-bearded good fellow, is very fond of her, and when lie thinks she is too far overdoing herself, picks her up and takes her to the other side, as he did this year just after the holidays. Mrs. Vanderbilt is very sweet and simple, and utterly un ostentatious iv her ways of doing things. There was something of a romance con nected with her marriage, and it had taken place a year before it was an nounced to her husband's family. For a number of months the late \\". H. Vanderbilt would not see her at all, but before he died she had become his favor ite daughter in-law, and one might al most say his favorite daughter. She is not strong, has no children, by the way, and gives herself up so entirely to her work among the poor that she has little time or strength for society. She has dinner parties, but her hospitalities are confined to them. An odd little idio syncrasy of hers is never to be photo graphed. She never was photographed in her life, nor does there exist any other kind of portrait or her, yet she is a pretty woman, one of the prettiest in the connection, and her husband begs her to have some likeness of herself taken. She saves a good deal of time that way. The photographer is a resource for killing time, oDly second vow iv the opinion of New York society women, ia. the dressmaker herself, or, still morle fashionably, himself. Likes to be Photographed. Mrs. Burke llochc has the name of be ing photographed ofjener than any other woman in the town, and that is saying a great deal. She really must spend a great deal of her mortal time before the camera. The world is in a degree enriched thereby, for she is one of the few Yew York beauties whose phonographs are on sale. Mrs. Andrew Carnegie usually gets through the twen ty-four hours with tolerable comfort, lier husband, who is devoted to her, likes to have her appear on all occasions where '^ie is prominent, and they are tolerably linmerous. and he loves to have her give inquey away; with discretion, herself. ■J t i s to be doubted whether naturally fshe would give up so rrnich of her time (and attention to benevolent objects, but feheMs a tactful wife and knows how to tofe&Sfl her husband. They botli give a good deal more attention to "culchaw" in the Boston sense than do rich New Yorkers generally, and are frequently tv be seen at the Nineteenth Century ■club and at picture galleries and even lectures, when the lecturer is somebody *f particular note. Mrs. Carnegie often acts as a sort of guardian angel of a financial character to some young artist or writer who comes in her way and in whose talent she— or more especially her husband— believes. : " ' Mrs, Gould and er Babies. And who do you suppose, of all the rich women, is famous for her absorp tion in domestic life, and her devotion to her children? Who but Mrs. George •Gould, the whilom actress, EUith King don ! To be sure, it might be urged that some resources that are usual to rich women are closed to her, but her money makes a great many, things pos sible in a world like this, and tlie fact remains that her chief • occupation in life '■■ is >the care and companionship of her two oaby boys; there is only eleven months between them. One of her favorite ■ hospitalities is to invite her friends to come and see the babies have their baths and their break tasts'—r in : the 'morning. It re quires rather early rising, for these ceremonies are quite finished by 9 o'clock, but it is worth it, for hers are, as they have the right to be, fine, hand some boys. . Jay Kingdon- Gould, the elder, is the most like his mother. She drives with him, walks . out with the nurse, with : them, plans their, little clothes and says she is iroing to teach them much herself. Outside of the life with her children she is still very fond of the theater, and among her acquaint ances is always particularly interested in any bits of stage gossip they can tell her.- She has agreat deal of talent and it is hard to adaudon an art in ■ which one excels. .Without many social occu pations she is happy in being able to fill up . her life with her children. Talking of the Goulds' brings- one . by natural - association to the Sages. ; Mrs. Russell Sage ■ is a dear, •■/ good, • old-fashioned, simple minded, utterly unostentatious woman. She is a member of. Dr. Paxton's church (Presbyterian), and she is always anx ious to help along all charitable institu tions. ■To a greater extent she has to carry out this design by giving her per sonal services to 'committees of all sorts, for her monetary resources are extraor dinarily limited. She is naturally asso ciated much with rich women, and she always asks for the hardest place and the most work, because she says the rest give so much more money than she ,'jdot s. ■:;■:•,-;: 3,.-!Eut where are the intellectual rich fwp nen, do you ask? There are very Jjtjw of them among that abnormally; cb§astly ■■ rich class that I am talking abo(ut. . I don't know of any except the a lhr<>6 Drexel girls. They are hot so Tenoinnously clever, though they are , cleverer than the average, but they are devoted to stutty, to rending and to music, and they do really a good deal scorn society, though no, girls could be fin ai better position to enjoy it. Lucy is ineluiost musical, and her instrument is 'the {poetic, j unmodern harp. They are ! hapipy girls, and don't wear that bored '.'expression that makes some of the pret tiest faces among the four hundred uu pleasant to look at. • , MoliUeJßawh. j IMORTED SATEEXS. Th »y Show More Striking Novel ties Than Any Other Gooda. 4f9Kh MPOUTED sat eens, perhaps, dis play more striking novelties than any other class of goods. The wool effects shown in them are really very remarkable, and create a genu ine sensation. The cashmere ombre, thirty and thirty two inches wide, sells for 35 cents. The shading is ex quisite, equaling: that of -the finest cashmeres and challies; the pat terns are well cal culated to help th c deception, some exactly dun- Heating embroidered cashmere. One de sign peculiar .to the ombres is of inter laced thorn twigs run in stripes, or large plaids, or in all-over patterns. (Ireen clover leaves in natural size thickly strewn on a cream ground is a wonder fully pretty design. and there are many which delight all who see them, but the thorns are rather prettier • than the others"; A plaided thorn pattern, shaded from deep yellow to light brown, is waiting for some pretty woman whose brown hair and eyes show the golden tints. Iv the all-over pattern the thorns are in natural reddish green on a shaded pink ground. J ._ PONTIFICAL VIOIiET. It Shows Off the Sunset Hair to Great Perfection. 'Madfie." In London Truth. ONTIFICAL vel vet is to be worn still. I thought it .vould soon disap pear, on account of the crudencss of the tint. But it is uncommonly De coming to some women, and they will, there lore, be sure to cultivate the color with as siduity. It also shows off the fash ionable "sunset h iii "> great perfection. lam told thai we are to have a revival of magenta, too. so the tide seems setting toward the resurrection of bright tints. YV ith a little toning down, I can imagine magenta being rather nice, a sort of "ashes-of-roses"' shade. Some of the new coats are most engaging. You would like a green cloth, one that I saw to-day, trimmed with green passemen terie," and cords fagged upon the front. A flat sable boa was passed twice round the neck, the ends lying beneath the cords in front, which fastened over them. The sleeves were in green velvet, puffed very high upon the shoulders. TIGHT LACING TESTED. Its Injurious Effects Show Well Marked Effect on Monkeys. -Medical Record. A N ORDER to test the it injurious effects of tight lacing on the respiration, Dr. Lau der Brunton, while in India, made a number of experi ments on female mon keys, for the simple reason, as Dr. Brun ton ingeniously ex plains, that they are more like women than dogs are. A monkey was envel oped in a plaster-of- Paris jacket to immi tate stays, and a tight bandage was then } tied around the abdomen, so as to immi .: Ute the band which would sustain the petticoats. They werethen given chlo roform. The result of the experiments is reported to have been "very marked indeed," so much so that several of the monkeys died very quickly, HOME DRESSMAKING. Let Amateurs Be Careful of At tempting the Bias Skirts. f / v^» ' 1 ? T WILL doubtless bo a temptation to amateur dressmakers to essay the bias skirts, which are used with such gcod ef fect, especially in making up large plaid surahs and ginghams; but they should know that these are most difficult of man ufacture, and defy even experienced fingers. It seems an utter impos sibility to make them hang properly, and after success is obtained, and the gown is worn a few times, lo ! everything goes wrong, and it draes on one.side and then -on the other, and all fixing seems unavailing. Dressmakers complain : that bias skirts have an uu happy fashion of comiug back for alter ations, which ought to be warning , enough to amateurs. 7 In : making up the simple summer gowns it should be remembered that no foundation skirt Is more satisfactory than linen lawn, and it also makes a very good bodice lining, being light and firm. It is much more satisfactory than cheap silk, which splits on every ."train, and is therefore aggravating enough to vex a saint. Experience teaches that the cheaper silks are best wearing in the American weaves. A very good quality, with excellent wearing proper ties, can be purchased in the arnmre weaves for 80 cents. It is quite good enough for all iining purposes. • The new rosettes which are used for slippers, being of multitudes of little bows, are easily made at home. Cut all' the loops one length and sew them to a stiff foundation. They should be sewn far up on the toe or the slipper to in crease the height of the instep. TUAINING A GIRL AT TEN. She Ought to Be Taught the Art of Spending Money. When a girl is ten j years old she should be given household duties to perform, according to her size and strength, for which a sum of money should be paid her weekly. She needs a little pocket money, and the knowl edge how to spend it judiciously, which can so well be given by a mother to her little girl. She should be required to furnish a part of her wardrobe with this money. For instance, if she gets 10 cents a week, she should purchase her stockings, or all her gloves, as her mother may decide; aiid doing this under the mother's supervision, she will soon lean: to trade with judgment and economy. Uf course the mother will see that the sum is sufficient to do this, and yet leave a trifle for the child to spend as she pleases. This will supply a healthy stimulus; it will give her a "proper am bition and pride in her labor, and the ability to use njoney properly. As she grows older these household duties should be increased, with the propor tionate increase of money paid for the" performance of them. We know a lady who divides the wages of a servant among her three daughters. There is a systematic arrangement of their labor, which is done with a thoroughness and alacrity. WAKDKOBE OF QUEEN BESS. Some of the More Remarkable Gowns in Her Extensive Collec tion. An inventory taken in the year 1600 of the wardrobe of' Queen Elizabeth en ables us to estimate the sumptuous at tire with which the virgin queen at once delighted and astonished her sub jects. She had at the date named 99 robes, 125 kirtles, 269 gowns (round, loose and French), 136 foreparts. . 125 peiticoats, 27 fans, 90 ■ cloaks, 83 save guards, 85 doublets and 18 lap mantles. Her gowns were of the richest and costliest materials— purple, gold tissue, crimson satin, cloth of gold, cloth of silver, white velvet, cloth and satins of dove color, drake color, horse-flesh color and a very popular, color known in those old times as "lady blush." Some of the queen's dresses are worthy of special note, says the London Lady. A frock of silver cloth, check ered with red silk like birds' eyes, with demi-sleeves, a cut of crim son velvet twisted on with silver and lined with crimson velvet. A French kirf.le of white satin, cut all over, em broidered with loops, flowers and clouds of Venice gold, siver and silk. The fore part of one dress was white satin embroidered very fine, with border of the sun, moon *and other signs and planets of Venice gold, silver and silk of sundry colors, with a border of beasts beneath, likewise embroidered. Other gowns were adorned with bees, flies, spiders, worms, trunks of trees, pahsies, oak I«ave9 and mulberries; while some were resplendent with rain bows, suns, clouds, fountaids and flames of fire. Her buttons were of fantastic device, some being in the shape of flow ers and butterflies, and those on one corgeous dress were in the similitude ot birds of paradise.' Altogether, the Vir gin" Queen, when arrayed in all her glory, must have resembld a prelimi nary edition of "The History of Ani 'nmted Nature.'j Vj' 1 - ; . -•- ' ; "-'.■;•. Hotshot for a Senator. ■yVashingto.n star. '■;. ■■' ... .;." '.;.;';.'■; .i — - :.:-„ V." Pompous Senator-. To meek and lowly, correspondent::' "I can give you no in forniation on any. subject, sir.'-' .. M. and L. C— Beg pardon, but hadn't you better resign and go to school for awhile? .-'.■.'.' - , " 0, ah, let me see, what do you give for a cold on the chest? " asked Jones, in a sort of indifferent tone, of a doctor with whom he was slightly acquainted, as be met him on the street. "Advice," waa the laconic reply. So do we. We advise you not to neglect that hacking cough and drowsy feeling, the coated tongue, the failing ap petite, the indigestion and general lassi .tude and debility— that "tired feeling," aa so many express it. 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