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THE INDIANAPOLIS JUORNAL, SUNDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1889-SIXTEEN PAGES.
S0CIE1TS QUEEN OF BEAUTY
The Talm Will Soon Bo Awarded, and
Julia Schreincr Is Likely to Receive It.
Eid Manners of Fashionable People at FnMic
EntertainmentsProtecting Female Beaut j
from Winter's Konjh Touches.
. Gerrepondenc. of. the Indianapolis Jonrnal.
New Yorx, Dec. On with the dance!
3IcAUister says so, and 4460cietj" responds
with an assent. Most of the feminine talk
in Fifth-avenue homes, this week, is about
the forthcoming New Year's ball, when the
ranks of the fonr hundred will be extended
to three times that number, and a high old
modish time is expected. There is one
truth in this subject, however, which will
"be read with greater satisfaction at a dis
tance from Murray Hill than in the neigh
borhood. It is that the ball will not have
-a beautiful New York debutante. No, not
one. Several of the noted beauties
of previous seasons Trill be there, of
course, but of the Gotham girls who
will on that occasion make their first ap
pearance at & ball not one instance of more
than tolerable good looks will be manifest.
Of course youth requires only a moderate
degree of comeliness to be charming, and
so the youngsters will be admirable; but 1
am now discussing positive beauty. I have
(one through the names of themaideus who
Are in their first season and who will bo at
the ball; I have seen every one of them,
and I declaro that, to make a crucial test,
sooneiu tha lot will be considered even
pretty at the age of thirty. The clique of
families who deem themselves "New York
society" do not yield beanty prolitically.
and their onput of debutantes this winter
is uncommonly devoid of facial loveliness.
However, there will be several new beau
' iies at the New Year's ball, although we
bsve had to bring them from other cities.
They will compete for the award of the an
nual beauty prize, and I name Julia
, ?chreiner a the most probable winner. It
ia long been a practice with our wealthy
and fashionable matrons to seek here, there
and everywhere for superlatively lovely
cirls. and, having found rare specimens, to
oring them to Gotham for exploitation.
1'or example, Mrs. William Astor's judg
ment contradicts mine, and she declares
"that Lulu Williams, whom she has im
ported from Boston, to chaperono at the
ball, is the most beautiful young
woman she has ever seen. Miss Schreiner
19 brought out by Mrs. Heyward Cutting,
who was herself a great beanty during her
irlier years. It was she who led the cotil
lon with the lrinceof Wales Et the fa
mous ball given in his honor away back in
iCO. A veteran beau with a vivid memory
tells me that when Lydia Masonthat was
her maiden name was led out by the then
yonthfnlnnd uomewhat handsome I'ri nee,
she was the niopt acutely envied creature
on the xacn of the earth. There had been
much deliberation and controversy over
the choice) of a partner for the royal visitor,
n nd Mists Mason whs chosen not so much for
her social eligibility as lor her per
sonal beauty, iihe became a widow
ten yenrs ago, and afterward resided
in Paris, but now she has returned to New
York, established herself in a Fifth-avenue
Jioine, and has determined upon a resump
tion of her old-time importance in the
Astor-Yanderbilt circles. Conscious, by
hr own -experience, of the potency of
yontnini lovennes in siyusn sociability,
she has brought Miss Schreiuer from Paris
as a guest for the winter, nud depends con
fidently upon her to make tho Cutting
house a cnater of regard.' Thus we have
the almost dominant Mrs. Astor and the
freshly ambitious Mrs. Cutting pitted
against each other for the New Year's ball.
professedly sure that she will win the
prize tor her protege.
The Astor family is of German origin, as
everybody knows, and it is hardly beyond
the recollection of our oldest inhabitants
whf-n the originalJohn Jacob was an im
poverished beginner at American fortune
making, lint at present the Astors are at
war with a portion of the German popula
tion of New York city. Singular battles
are waged, and the circles of wealth and of
- musical culture are alike disturbed by the
conflicts. Therftwere a number of engage
ments last winter, the Metropolitan Opera
house being the battle-ground, and now,
since the commencement of the present
opera season, the warfare has been
renewed. Box 9 is in what we call
.th parteiTft circle at the Metro
politan, and is one- of tho ; most
conspicuous in the honse. William Astor
is its owner, and Mrs. Astor is, probably,
the most potent and popular woman in our
'best society." She is noted for excellent
deportment, good common sense, and a re
spect for the conventionalities of fashion
able life. Nevertheless, sbe fills her box
every opera nht with women and girls
who talk as incessantly and loudly as
though they were assembled in a drawing
room not only between acts, when everv-
body chatters, but during the stage per
formance, when the majority of the audi
ence desire really to be auditors of the
opera itself. Once last winter a gentleman
stood up in the parquet, about twenty feet
distant from this Astor box, and said in a
loud tone:
Will the persons in that box please hush!
Ihe rest ol us want to near the music."
The silence which ensued seemed to be
due to shock only, and upon a recovery of
vivacity the offenders talked as disturb-
4ncrlr n m lmftrn f)n nMiuv iuii.ii..
were soundly hissed, but nothing subdued
them. This year they are there again in
fall force and undiminished volubilitv.
Now, the parquette is tilled to a considerable
extent by music-loving Germans and
others, who pay $4 apiece for their seats,
and the German element seems to have re
solved positively that the Astors shall stop
talking. The Astors are evidently quite as
determined to talk. On the opening night
of the season the first volley of hisses was
tirmA at thu Imit. tin t. it Im.t iv. l .
ever, and repetitions of such a demonstra
tion have not hushed a single Astor voice.
That is the situation at preHent. It will be
interesting to see what the winter will
bring forth.
.
time used to wear masks in winter toshield
their satin skin from the cold. If our fash
ionable belles of to-day seem less prudent,
and show their charming faces moro f roely.
they nevertheless wear a protecting mask,
although it is invisible. A timely applica
tion of cream is the talisman osed to check
mate the cold winds, which are so likely to
mix up th rosea acd lilies of one'a complex
ion. Hut December has brought a new and
drinkable help to the maintainance of a
fcuru iimiuioaiuii. rn, .casi, no me matrons
and maidens of Nob town believe. On re
turning home from a chilly walk or drive,
and particularly from a horseback ride,
iliHV refresh themlv with .1
mg cordial. Here is the recipe: Take half
a glass of boiling water, two lumps of sugar,
a glass of claret, and a small amount of
cocoa. This delightful and restoring com
pound at once brings color to the cheeks,
brilliancy to the eyes, and indefatigable
readiness for pleasure.
At the time when the esthetic craze was
in full swin?, and .the American humorist
was emptying the vials of his sarcasm upon
the heads of its votaries, we used to hear
a good deal about lilies as the daily food of
those who wished to be regarded as utterly
too-too. In a lecture to a girls' assemblage,
not long ago. Professor Ames, of Columbia
College, said that in some parts of India the
lily is actually used as an article of diet.
It has been found by the botanists to be a
" highly nutritious article of food, being pe
culiarly rich in nitrogenous compounds.
Tho poor Indian, who evidently 'Venders
the lilies" from a gastronomic I poiut
of view, cither eats them as a
vegetable or kneads them with dough and
makes them into cakes. In either form
- they are declared to afford a most substan
tiaiand nourishing repast, andthensthetes
or fen years ag, when accused of living
on lilies, would certainly have been en
abled to turn ths laugh against their tor-
mentors if they had known the culinary
attributs of their cherished flower. Mark
the result of the Professor's information.
At a stylish luncheon yesterday, given by
an enterprising belle, stewed lilies were
one of tho novel dishes. They tasted like
an amalgam of spinach and cabbage, and
were not very dainty, but they are bound
to have vogue for awhile, anyhow.
We must be amused. Even Edison has
promised me that he will turn his mind to
our diversion. "I will perfect a magic
lantern," he said to me the other evening,
'by which ordinary photographs, when re
produced upon the screen, will appear en
dowed with life and movement, like the
scenes upon the table of a camera obscura.
By this it would be possible to exhibit
scenes of real life exactly as they occurred,
with every movement accurately repro
duced. By a combination of this machine
with the phonograph, the aspect and geet
nresofa public speaker, with his words,
spoken in his own voice, could be simul
taneously presented to audiences in all
parts of the country." There is something
rather terrible in the thought of the fa
cilities that would be thus afforded for the
indefinite multiplication of recitations and
songs by amateurs, but it is comforting to
reflect that audiences addressed in this
manner would be deprived of any induce
ment to become disorderly, as no amount
of interruption could possible avail to dis
concert the phantom performer. .
We tend toward practical charities. The
Vanderbilt ladies capitalize a society for
lending money to poor folks, the Astors
back one which cares for babies whoso
mothers have to go out to work, the Bon
ners and others, of Dr. Hall's church, con
duct a bureau for establishing deserving
widows as mistresses of mechanics' boarding-house,
aud there are a score of enter
prises for giving summer outings to poor
children. Of course, wo shall load our
Christmas trees, and provide our Christ
mas dinners, this year, as usual; aud, on
.the whole, we mean well and do tolerably,
Claica Beixe.
(Copyright, 1880.
JIWELRY AND BRIC-A-BRAC.
Jewelers' Circular for Decmbr.
Silver candlesticks are introduced in
classic shapes with highly polished spirals.
None of the Christmas preparations are
moro beautiful than the American cut
glass. - -
The oblong cake and bread baskets of per
forated silver recall the silver of fifty
years ago.
Wrought iron is preferred to brass by the
high art devotees. The most delicate leaves
aad vines are imitated in iron.
The dark-tinted tortoise shell in back
combs is unmounted. , Instead, it is elabor
rately cut in perforated Florentine designs.
Side combs chaste enough fora Quakeress
are mounted with a tiny gold rim in which
are set turquoises or small diamonds in
straight rows. ' m
Manicure trays have, to a certain extent,
taken the place of boxes. These have a
richly chased edge. The manicure articles
lie in niches in the tray.
Ilieh polish has almost altogether taken
the place of oxidized silver. What is known
a butler's polish is given to table ware. It
is a good test of the purity of the metal.
Excessive ornamentation lends itself to de
based metal.
Black onyx with a dead finish is used for
mourning. It appears in tho double violets,
pansies and buttercups that are so perfectly
reproduced in enamels. Diamond centers
and dewdrops are used in the same manner
on the black jewelry as on the colored.
Silver is used to an eveu greater extent
in toilet articles. It follows the prevailing
ornamentation, which consists of plain sur
faces surrounded by rich Florentine de
signs. It has a merit that will be appre
ciated, inasmuch they are much more easily
kept clean.
Sticks for holding opera-glasses are gain
ing ground. The Targe places of amuse
ments require the use ot glasses so steadily
that these are a great convenience. They
are of silver, opening out like a pencil-case
and are chased and etched. The bamboo
furnishes a favorite model.
Lamps are fairly upholstered. Conceive
a tali mustard-yellow vase on a low ebony
pedestal. A vine in wrought iron climbs
around the vase. Above this are the hand
somo brass fixtures. Over all is suspended
an umbrella-like shade of yellow, silk
fringed with the most gorgeous Japanese
chrysanthemums.
AN EDITOR JtEJOICES.
Ills Soul Is Filled with Jot Over the Dis
comfiture of a Printer.
"Washington PoC
It always does our soul good to see a
printer come up with. It sort of reconciles
us to the distressing fact that he is eternal
ly finding misspelled words and ill-constructed
sentences in our manuscript and
exposing us to the humiliation of admitting
to ourselves that he is right and we are
wrong. We were therefore pleased well
nigh unto bilariousncss tho other evening.
It was just turning dusky. A knot of print
ers were chatting together on th sidewalk
near the entrance of the Pest building.
"Look at that rat," said one.
They all looked. Sure enough, there was
a rat of extraordinary size moving in a'
jerky manner in the street near them.
One of the nrinters made a dash at. thn
I rodent and frightened him so that ho
jumped ten feet or more at a singlo bound.
Then a race began, the rat running down D
street and the printer after him. Slowly,
but surely the printer was gaining on the
rat. People along tho street stopped to see
the outcome of it. The race was the sensa
tion of tho moment. The printer could not
afford to fail while all those people were
watching him. They would laugh at him,
and a sensitive man hates more than any
thing else to be laughed at. lie put all his
energy into his legs. He shut all other
thoughts from his mind. He must catch
that rat.
Such determination always triumphs.
Man never knows what he can do until ab
solute necessity spurs him to forget that
anything is impossible.. That printer sped
until you could almost near him whiz, and
when he bad reached the Ninth-street cross
ing ho made one superlative effort aud
jumped with both feet upon tho fleeing rat.
Ah, but he was proud. There are mo
ments in men's lives when, thrilled unto
their very souls with victory! they feel
themselves akin to superhuman powers.
Thus Theseus felt when he had slain the
minotaur. Thus felt the printer when he
had jumped upon the rat. And then alas,
how fleetiug are the human triumphs! a
6mallbov half a block away cried out:
"Ili.thcre, mister, don't break the string."
Kennedy for Diphtheria.
Chic go Till) tins.
Reports of the spread of diphtheria con
tinue to increase frouv various parts of the
East and the West In some places it has
assumed an epidemic form, and its progress
is accompanied by dreadful fatality. In
such cases it appears to mock at the skill
of the physicians, and they confess their
inability to cope with this swift and deadly
scourge. In this connection wo one'e wore
call attention to the remedy which was
printed in the Tribune a few days since,
with accompanying statements from well
known citizens who had successfully em
ployed it in their owu families, and in cases
where their physicians could give no hope.
This remedy was the plain juico of tho
pineapple, whose acid seems to have the ef
fect of eating off or reniovitig the fungus
whichattaches to the deseased part of tho
throat, and which is the fatal element in
such cases. The remedy has long been
known in the South, and the statements
made as to its eflicacy by tho citizens al
luded to must be accepted as correct and
trustworthy. Itisa very simple one and
easily procurable, and its value ought to bo
tested in the widest possible manner.
Judge Brewer's Appointment.
Chicago Mail (Dera.)
The President has treated the country to
a surprise in the appointment of Judge
lirewer. of Kansas, to the Supreme Bench.
His name has scarcely been mentioned in
connection with the vacancy. As the ap
pointment is in the nature of n promotion,
it meets with general approval.
YVher lie Showed Ills Ituslnett Head.
Shoe and Leather Itrrttr.
"Look here." said tho credit man, "wo
can't sell you tho.so goods on four months'
time."- "Vy not. 1 gives you my note!"
"But do your notes sell on the etrcett"
'Mine gracious! no: or I would go home and
mako notes instead of clothing.7'
FOR THE EEMIKINE WOULD
Some New Suggestions on Old Topics
and fresh Ideas for the Season.
A Bit of Artistic and Inexpensive Uouse-Fur-nishinff
Christmas Gifts to Suit All
Tastes Odd Fancies and Fashions.
If any women ever follow the many pub
lished recipes for becoming beautiful it
would be interesting to hear their experi
ence and note results. The directions and
assertions in these recipes are invariably of
the most positive character, and feminine
readers anxious to secure loveliness of per
son are in each case solemnly warned that
to adopt any other course than thoso laid
down means farewell toallhopesof beauty.
This would matter less were it not that the
recipes diametrically differ and must neces
sarily leave the experimenter in a puzzled
frame of mind. "One would-be authority
on the subject, for instance, advises the use
of hot water for bathing as the only sure
means of securing a good complexion.
This is all very well, perhaps, but what is
a poor woman to do when another authority
comes along and says hot water is ruinous!
And what is she to do, after being told that
lead and zinc cosmetics mean death and
destruction, when advised to use them?
Here is a report of a lecture on these
burning topics, as heard by a Chicago Her
ald reporter:
'Sallow-faced Ann," said the lecturer,
"they called mo when I was a little girl. I
determined to improve my complexion, and
1 did. That's howl happen to be in the busi
ness. Let me give you a few points.
"Wash your face in soft cold water, with a
thick lather at night. In the morning
merely rinso in cold water, rubbing hard
with a dry towel, and, perhaps, a chamois
skin. Use cold water always, never hot.
I've tried both, and I know. If you can't
get soft water, mix some oatmeal in the
hard.
"Wrinkles. Many can be removed, but a
woman over sixty years old ought to wear
them. .Show me a woman with wrinkles
and I will show vou a good-natured woman.
Show me ono without, and I will show you
a woman who doesn't know how to smile."
Sighs of relief all over the house.
"I don't know anything to produce color
in the cheeks except rouge. You all know
how to bite vour lips.
"Now, ladies, your note-books. Here is
my formula for a face bleach. Ten cents'
worth of corn starch, half a pound of oxide
of zinc, pure and pulverized, some attar of
rose.
"Your eyebrows, take care of them. Brush
them as you would your hair, and as often.
Nature's color is best, but if you want to,
mix burnt cork, almond oil ana white wax."
Useful in the Right Place.
Queer notions people have. A frequent
masculine complaint is of tho depravity
and ubiquity of the pin in tho feminine
make-up, but according to a writer iu tho
Philadelphia Times, one young roan has
been found who feels differently. He says,
"She is such a nice woman because she q
ways has a lot of pins about her," and tho
writer aforesaid comments asfollows: "It
seemed a curious sort of approval, and yet.
when one remembers how often a pin is
longed for, how ditbcult it is to get in these
day of hooks and eyes and buttons that
do button, somebody who always has plen
ty of pins around them, may be tho salva
tion of the nervous woman who has torn
her frock, or tho swell who hasyhad some
sort of an accident with his coat. She car
ries her pins stuck in a little silver pin
cushion dangling from a chatelaine. The
chatelaine is shaped very much after the
outline of a devil-fish, the various legs
forming the points from which the nseful
and ornamental adjuncts depend. There
are a pair of silver-mounted scissors, quite
sharp enough to clip the steins of a cluster
of Uowers, but not to cut love. There is a
little hand-glass shut up tight in a silver
case; a silver vinaigrette in the form of a
scorpion; a pencil and a silver tablet on
which in enirraved "LiteraScripta Manet."
and this writing, which is to stand on tho
white leaves, is a list of things wanted, of
addresses, and the last sweet quotation
heard in a play, and which the wearer of
the chantelaine was afraid she would for
get, and so made a note of it.
nollday Gifts.
The question of what to give to ones
friends aud expectant relatives on Christ
mas is one that weighs upon the minds of
men and women at this season of the year.
Most men being deprived of the satisfac
tion of offering gifts made by their own
hands must be content to study the adver
tisements and purchase the chosen objects
outright. Women have the pleasure of
putting something of their own personali
ty Into the gifts if they can only decide
what to make. Here are a variety of bints
on the subject:
The New York Sun has this to say about
what young ladies should give to gentle
men in tho way of Christmas presents: He
doesn't care for ncckticiiou his cologne bot
tle or sashes on hifi chairs, and his soul
doesn't staud still for ov at the sitrht of a
lace bureau-cover, but he does like silver
backs to his brushes, soft cushions for his
couch aud convenient receptacles for his
belongings.
If he smokes, don't give him another
match-safe or cigar-holder to add to his col
lection, but make him. instead, a smoking
pillow of the softest down, large and gener
ous, and fashion it of smoky cray-bluo
plush, in delicious lights and shadows, with
an all-over design of darker smoke color
appliuued on with gold thread, and some
where twine in letters of gold, saying: "My
clouds all other clouds dispel."
If you want to decorate 1ns favorite rock
er do not tie it up in a scarf of embroidered
beauty and utterly depraved instincts,
which is never where it belougs; but make
a big. fat down cushion for the seat, aud a
sweet-smelling pillow for the back, and
then let your soul revel in ribbons if you
want to, as you tio it firmly in place.
Eveu nu oilice chair may be embellished
with embroidery ir it is tho right kind. A
very handsome one which somo sweet girl
has wrought has a turcoman decoration of
crimson leaves onaKussia leather covering
outlined and veined with gilt thread, and
with a massive frame of carved oak.
Some good old aunt, who i j evidently
skillful with her knittinar-needles, makes
these suggestions In an exchange:
A light, fleecy hood or scarf is very easily
made of zephyr or Shetland wool by knit
ting a piece about two yards long and 150
or two hundred stitches in width. Then
drop every fourth or fifth stitch and bind
off like the heel to a sock. Make the
dropped stitches run down to the ends,
(tather with a strong cord through where
it is bound oil and draw nu to about two
inches; then add a large, lull bow of rib
boo. Gather the other end together and
add a tassel, or leave it open and make a
pretty edge, as desired. Place tho end with
tho bow on the head for a hood aud wrap
the other around the neck.
Another pretty, comfortable article in
zephyr is a shoulder capo, crocheted or
knitted! If knitting is preferred any light
open-work pattern will be pretty. Make it
as wide on the needles as tfie desired depth
of the cape and knit a piece long enough to
reach around the shoulders loosely and
meet in front, or if the pattern is such that
yon would like it better knit up and down
begin at the bottom, with stitches enough
to tit around the shoulders. Then crochet
a pretty border of shells all around the
piece, run a ribbon through it near the top
and draw up for the neck. If it is light
and soft it will lit over the shoulders nicely.
We are not all cunning, says a contributor
to the Philadelphia Press, in the use of the
chisel, and brush, and needle, but there is
one perpetual, ali-the-year-rouud Christ
mas gift that every mother's daughter can
make for her best young man if she can
handlea pen, and that is an original calen
dar. By this is not meant one in which the
sentiments are all original, but rather that
a suitable quotation be written for each
day in the year, together with the date, on
a hheet of paper sliphtly longer than it is
wide. When the whole StVi are completed
it is taken to a book-binder, bound and
gilded at the edges, like the ordiuarv calen
dar, and fasteued in the lower right-hand
corner of a square of bristol-board. The
board has a painted decoration of a flight
of swallows through a irrav. shadowv
back-ground, or a conventional scythe in a
tangle of llowcrs. All tho holidays, festi- I
vals and anniversaries must have their 1
appropriate sentiments, and subtle flattery
is conveyed by remembering and quoting
largely from the authors most admired
by the friend for whom the calendar is
written, and who may think of yon for an.
instaut before he twists the little sheet he
tears off every morning into a cigar-lighter,
or buries it iu the oblivion of the waste
basket. Girls are this year utilizing material that
in seasons past found its way into the
piece bag in the applique work that is for
the moment a Perfect craze; table covers,
screens, bags, book covers, piano scarfs and
even slippers being finished with silken or
velvet leaves and blossoms, and very pret
ty they are, especially when shaded in
water-colors. An easy way to arrange a
pattern is to take some well-defined leaf or
flower aud cat it -in several sizes, grace
fully arranging them at irregular intervals
when they inay be secured by gum arabio
dissolved in water. A colored pencil will
be all that is necessary for drawing in the
stems, which may bo shaded in silks in any
one of the tones to suit the leaves. The
edges of the leaves are much improved by
the use of tiny cord, giving a rich effect to
the applique work. " ;
Lattice work mouchoirs are very dainty,
the chamois skin or celluloid that forms
the cover being slit at regular intervals
along the edge or acrossjthe center and rib
bon run.
Prom the Woman's World come these
points:
A novel and pretty catch-all may be made
of celluloid. Cut a piece twelve inches
square aud line with pale-pink surah silk.
Now turn three corners together in envelope
shape and lace the edces together with
pink silk cord through holes pierced for the
purpose. In each corner paint a pinkcac
tus blossom or a head of pink clover. Place
a loop of ribbou at the fourth corner for
suspending the catch-all.
A very pretty ornament is made of pine
cones. Gild soven cones and suspend them
by narrow ribbons of different lengths,
lasteu together at the top with a bow of
broad ribbou. making ono long loop, on
which 6ew a thermometer. Hang in the
hall.
A palette, neatly covered with plush or
velvet and hung to the wall with largo
bows of ribbon, is useful for displaying
small photos and little ornaments.
A handsome sofa-cushion may be made of
cretonne with a largo flowered design.
Outline the largest leaves and flowers with
fold tinsel-cord, and work the centers in
renth knots.
Inexpenftive House FurnUhlng.
How to furuish inexpensively and artist
ically is one of the problems of the day.
Here is a description from tho Art Ago of
one way of accomplishing it:
Excellent eilects have been obtained at
very littlo expense in a pretty country
house near the city. The bedrooms, espe
cially, merit description. One has the ceil
ing and cornice tinted a pale blue. A pale
blue paper (put on at home, and costing 20
cents a roil) has a simple graceful design of
vine leaves on a darker shade of blue.
The wainscot, door and window-frames
are painted a light gray, with panels and
moulding of blue. Tho lloor is covered
with a dark red matting, which gives a
good setting to the pale blue and gray of
the room. Tho furniture, a cottage 4set
made of pine wood, -is of good design,
painted Buht blue and varnished. Tho
lu'd-spread is of light blue chintz, and cov
cr the bod, pillows and all. The dressing
table scarf is of the same material, and all
are trimmed with a little blue ball triuge.
The window curtains, of plain white trans
parent muslin, are tied back with blue rib
bons, and there are pale-gray linen shades
with fringed ends. In the winter the
thin curtains are changed for heavier ones
of blue chintz lined with cheese cloth, and
pneor two TUgsof white Japanese goat
skin are placed upon the mattiug which,
being of a warm color, has no appearance
of being suitable for winter. '
Another bedroom, quite as attractive,
has a wall-paper of light green ground
with running pattern of pink wild roses.
The celling and wood-work are light green,
and the lloor, - painted a dark green, is
nearly covered by a rug of moss-green in
grain carpet, a Kensington art square.
The bed-spread and table covers aro of
pinkmomie cloth lined aud fringed4. The
furniture is green in color, like
that of the bine room it is
a simple cottage set' A pretty couch,
the frame made by a carpenter from design
furnished, and upholstered at home is cov
ered with pink talico,v with rose-bud pat
tern. The same enlkti is used for wiurtow
curtains. and for thd cushions of a rocking
chair painted green.",The open fire-place is
bordered with green glazed tiles, and the
shelf of the wooden mantels covered with
pink calico, having a deep valance neatly
put on and fastened by a row of brass
Loaded tacks. A graceful lamp, with pink
Eorcelam shade, stands upon a table by the
ed. and pink wax candles are iu the china
candle-sticks on' the manteL
The parlor in this little house is treated
in an original way. Tho walls are covered
to the top with burlaps neatly nailed on,
and there is a frieze mado of rows of ropes
tho thickness of an ordinary clothes-line,
laid over the burlaps in festoons, each fes
toon terminated with and fastened by a
bow rope, with two ends fringed out like
tassels. This has an exceedingly good ef
fect. The sofas and arm-chairs are covered
with a material like Turicish toweling, the
same in coloring as the wall covering. The
lloor is stained red, and has several rugs in
dull colorings spread over it. The window
curtains, of madras, are yellow, with a
sprawling pattern of red llowers. These
hang in full folds over tho windows. Tho
doors and mantels are of cherry mahog
anized. Above the mantel there is a square
old-fashioned mirror with mahogany
frame, on cither side of it is a bracket cov
ered with dark red plush, supporting a
china figure. The fire-place is lined with
red tiles, of which also the hearth is com
posed. The wide arched doorway leading
from the hall has a transom of fret-work
painted red, below which, on a brass rod
hangs a portiero of maroon canton flannel,
showing the same smooth silky naponboth
sides.
Tho other rooms are all in good taste, and
most attractive. Very littlo money has
been' spent in' the furnishing of this house,
and much of the work has been done by
the occupants. It is really charming
throughout, and has the impress of refine
ment and a cultured taste.
Things to Wear.
Coral, of the pale pink variety, has again
become very fashionable, and is handsome
ly sot.
Galloon-covered vests and rovers of white
cloth, with 8 mall gold buttons fastening
the vest, are still worn with cloth gowns
and chnddah and chiviot dresses.
To impart a slender effect is the object of
designers of most of the new street cos
tumes or cloak cowns, and to retain and
display this effect short fur caps complete
tho costume.
With the fashionable bonnetf tho hair
is dressed down low upon tho neck, and the
stylo is not so trying as when the hair was
worn high. With the toque tho hair is
arrauged a l'anglaise, or in a knot at tho
back with curls in front.
Kusset and leaf-brown shades are used in
conjunction with many of tho rich dahlia
and fruit dyes. '1 he russet and pale-brown
portions of the dress are overlaid most ef
fectively with appliquesof velvet cut-work
or silk-cord gimps the color of the gown.
home of tho now winter walking-gowns
are made with the most complicated vests
and jacket-fronts although severe and
simple enough in other respects. A de
scription of not a few of these would sound
like an attempted explanation of a Chinese
puzzle.
Contrasts between dress materials and
sleeves are becoming moro pronounced as
the season comes cu. Velvet sleeves are
moro generally worn, and they can be in
serted in made-over gowns, making the
latter look like new ones. This fact alono
makes them all tho more acceptable.
Wide cuffs and collars have been revived,
and iu this conjuuetiou, tho lace bertha
may be classed. A full bertha ot handsome
lace gathered around the top of a low-cut
gown is picturesque ami dainty, and a
gown without sleeves is one suggested as
appropriate. Littlo knots of llowers are
arranged among the folds of the laces.
Toques and turbans of the neatest de
scription are worn, and for many faces they
are more becoming than the picturesque
large hats. The styles of theo compact
bead-coverings are varied, and ull the
models are becoming. The toque is nppio
pnately worn on nearly every occasion, the
simple or elaborate 6tyle of its garniture
deciding the question of its suitabilitv for
visiting, promenade, church or traveliug
wear.
A very unique style of dress affected by
fashionable young ladies is a toilet of
chamois-colored India camel's hair, as linn
and more expensive than many of the silk
fabrics. This gown is made with a plain
short skirt, very full at the back. Above
this is a French blouse of yellow eilk, with
a velvet girdle bordered with tine gold gal
loon, a square velvet piece, also gold bor
dered, forming the slighly low neck piece.
Over this blouse is worn a square-fronted
Kussian jacket of velvet, black deep rose
wood or moss green in shade, simply finished
with a thread of gold cord at the edge, and
adorned with three large gold buttons. A
velvet bag is suspended from the waist by
a slender gold chain, this holding a lace
edged mouchoir of pineapple-yellow silk,
with the owner's initials wrought in satin
stitch. Yellow silk and brocade dresses in
Erincesse stvle are in high fashion both
ere and abroad, and all shades of the
color, from the creamy primrose and soft
maize tints to the deep orange shades and
most pronounced copper dyes, aye noted in
fabrics for full-dress wear and in ricn, ex
pensive millinery.
Care or the Hair.
rwiartelrhlA Record.
Brushing the hair makes it glossy, helps
to keep the scalp free from dandruff, and is
thought to promote its growth. Shampoo
ing with borax or alcohol in the water re
moves dandruff; but if borax is used, one
should use very little and not often, as it
turns the hair gray if too strong. A 50 per
cent alcohol and a little salt is the better
of the two, and quite harmless. A quinine
tonic is also excellent for cleaning the head
and strengthening the hair.
In explanation:
Her lips were so near
That what else could I do?
You'll be angry, I fear.
Hut her lips were so near
Well, I can't make it clear,
' Or explain it to you,
lUit her hps were so near
That what else could I dot
Walter Larned.
COLOXEI. SNORT "WHITES A UETTER.
lie Follows Congressman Scott' Example,
and Asks for a Kail road Tass.
Texas SifUogs.
But, as I said, yon shall not lose anything
by it, Chaunoey. If you make me happy
with a pass I'll make you happy through
the columns of my Texas paper, the Cros
by County Clarion and Farmers Vindi
cator, which will proclaim to the world
that Chauncey Depew is the author of
"Beautiful Snow."
Did the editor of tho Brooklyn Eagle,
whose entire; family you dead-beaded over
your lines year after year, reciprocate as
copiously as Bill Snort proposes to dof I
trow not. However, to show you that I
really desiro your happiness, I will also an
nounce that j'ou are a candidate for the va
cant throne ot Brazil if I get that pass.
I don't claim that I can be of as much
benelit to you as some of the recipients of
your bounty, Mr. Scott for instance, the'
recognized leader of the Clevelaud Demo
crats in Penhto'lvania. Mr. W. L. Scott
wrote to you, when applying for a pass,
"Although you are a Republican and 1 am
a Democrat, we do not differ much with re
gard to our views in connection with cor
porate properly, and I inay bo able to serve
those interests should I pull through
again," and you indorsed a big "Yes' on
his application.
I have never been a Congressman, like
Scott hut I Bhare his views in regard to
corporate property. Give me a chance to
grab something, and I may become as
worthy of your confidence as Scott. I am
thoroughly corrupt but ouly on a small
scale as yet, owing to lack of opportuni
ties. In 18S2, I stole tho Rose Mill (Tex.) ballot
box, in a negio precinct, and the Senegain
bian was 6Cooped by several hundred votes.
Can't I get a nues on my Texas record!
Lvery statesman has to begin his career
in a email way, by stealing ballot-boxes,
etc. I don't suppose Scott became Con
gressman all at once. Don't crowd tho Man
from Texas.
1 observe that yon grant free passes to
all the assessors. Not being an assessor, if
you give me a pass I can't tio as they prob
ably do and reciprocated by reducing j our
taxes, but I would if I could. Can't you
take the will for tho deedf I've got the
stufl in me to make a good New York asses
sor. I was indicted in Texas once for mal
feasance in otlico. and twice for perjury,
and three times for black-mailing, so you
see I am not such an unworthy chap to givo
a pass to, after all. I may be as useful as
an assessor some day. Can't you havo me
appointed an assessor?
X also forged an ancient Spanish title
deed. Besides, I've got an uncle who has
served out two terms in the Texas Legis
lature. Can't you get him passes to come
on to New York! He shares the views of
Scott in regard to corporate property.
Rev. Dr. Deems got a pass. Now. I don't
claim to be a practicing clergyman, but I
have beeu converted sixteen times, and
know a fried yellow-legged chicken when I
see it
Of course, being a mere amateur, you will
not derive as much benefit from my prayers
as from those of a professional clergyman,
who has influence at headquarters, but I
am a willing little cuss, aud will mention
your road f avorably in my orisons if 1 am
favored with a pass.
It seems to me that a railroad president
who is simultaneously a New-York poli
tician, would need all the prayers he could
get, and more.
However, of ono thing you maybesure.
I'll not play whisky poker with the con
ductors between stations, as some persons
do, and cause them to neglect their du
tiesif I get that pass. (Bend it by a trusty
messenger.)
My Dear Chauncey, you will receive
other editorial courtesies in tho Crosby
County Clarion and Farmers' Vindicator.
I'll republish your after-dinner speeches.
I'll lose subscribers by it, but I'll do it if
I get that pass.
From time to time complimentary men
tions of a personal character, after the
style of New York journalism, will appear
in my paper. For instance, you may read
some day that "Depew's toe-nails grow
perfectly straight, and aro as pink aud
white as a woman's" if I get that pass.
And if you die yon will get a whole col
umn with poetry such as
No further seek hi frailties to disclose,
or even a Latin proverb such as: "De mor
tuis nil nisi bonuui" if the pass be forth
coming. Ot course, if accidents occur on yonr
road, I shall follow the example of other
editors who receive passes, and exonerate
the company, or say nothing at all about
it if I om passed regularly. You can also
rely on me to go for the Anarchists.
1 don't want jou to pass me over your
road the way a. Texas railroad magnate
once did. He passed me like a streak of
lightning. 11" was in his pjilace car, and I
was on foot when he passed me.
Possibly somo people may suppose von
don't care three shakes of a sheep's tail
what tho papers say about you. 1 knew
that sort of a man to ride fourteen miles in
a blizzard to get a copy of a paper that
roferred to him as a typical American.
m & iii
AMERICAN IGNORANCE.
We Know as Little of the Outside World as
Foreigners Do of Us.
Boston Advertiser.
It is a common enough practice for Amer
icans to comment .upon English ignorance
of our country, and of the seeming con
fusion in the British mind as to whether
Omaha is a city or a State, or whether Ver
mont be situated on the shores of the Mex-'
ican gulf or on those of Lake Snperior.
American ignorance of things English we
hear rather less of. yet it is quite as com
mon. How many readers of the Advertiser
could tell, for instance, without pausing
too long for reflection, if Dorsetshire were
in tho north or south of England, or
if it were Gloucestershire or Norfolk
shire which borders on the German
ocean. Aud yet the relative importance of
any of the English shires to the whole king
dom is quite as great as that of any one of
these Lnited States to the entire country.
English history, which is our history also,
cannot be fairly understood unless one
has a tolerably clear notion of the extent
and position of the English counties, and is
able to tell, for example, whether Exeter
be situated in tho fen country or under tho
shadow ot the Derbyshire Peak. But to
bring the matter home to our own hemi
sphere. How many of the twenty-seven
States wh?ch compose the Mexican republic
could we of this sister republic name, leav
ing for the present the matterof their pro
nunciation out of the question?
Could we tell off-hand the number of
states and territories comprising the Ven
ezuelau republic, or into bow many states
and territories the republic known as the
United States of Colombia is divided! And
what do wo know of the states of the latest
republic in this Western world, the United
States of Brazilf Is Pernanibuco a mari
time state or an inland one. and is it iu the
northern or southern half of Brazilf No!
P. will not do to dogmatize on the subject
o, British ignorance of our country. Let
us give the time rather to stopping tho
gaps in our own knowledge, and patching
up the places where it is confessedly weak.
The; geography of the land of Washington
OM TO-MORROW
Will occur our Grand Opening
GREAT BARGAINS FOR ALL.
300 Black FrenchHair Muffs for 2Sc each.
S75 Beaver Muffs will be sold to-morrow for 81.73 each.
100 Children's Fur Sets, that would make tho littlo one happy, for $1.25.
To-morrow will bo a bis Cloak Day. A great many garments will bo old at-
half price to close.
10,000 Ladies' Handkerchiefs on salo from lc to $1.03.
12,000 pairs 4-Button Kid Gloves for 33c per pair.
10,000 Ladies' Pure Silk Handkerchiefs all go at 23c, worth 50c.
23.000 Gents' Initial Silk Handkerchiefs, that wero 73c, to-moiroT7 50c.
15,000 Silk Handkerchiefs, in fancy colors, choice 20c.
An immense Hne Gents' Extra Size Silk Mufflers at 50c, worth S3c
Tremendous Salo of Underwear To-Morrow.
40-inch Dress Suitings for 12 l-2c, worth'Soc.
Half-Wool Double-Fold Ashmere for Q 1 -2c per yard.
Brosnam Bros, & Co
37 and 39 South Illinois Street.
Open to-morrow evening till 10 o'clock.
FOR BREAKFAST, LUNCH,
nn
LlL'U
THE HEALTHIEST
Paris Exposition,
rannnrarjTv
1889
OUCE USED, NEVER WITHOUT IT.
ASLC FOR YELLOW WRAPPER.
BRANCH HOUSE, UNION
C. FRIEDGEN,
10 North. Pennsj'lvnnia St.,
Pole A (rent for Indlanftiolii. Tlepant style In L
m' Lace and Button tfhoes forlrend Party wear.
tmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmammmammmmmmmmmmBm
EDUCATIONAL. lS
DAY AND NIGHT SCHOOL. ENTER NOW.
(EUUih4 15M.) IXDIA.Y1PCLIS (tMrittUrt 186.)
fo)US!!3ESS WERSIIW
O) H. Feaa. St, Elect, Opp. RHiee. J
L1Z3 ft CSZZ'Zg, KzA&t tsl Fritters.
net eonree of Boslniwa Training. Ikiok.keplnff.
nuainPAA I'rarUco, Uaukln, Hbort-h&ml, Tnvwrt.
lnjr, Pt-Dmanatiip and Ecullsh Brant&es. Exiri
enced Instructor. PatroAlzM by boat pwpl. Indl.
vidua! Instruction. opn all renr. 8tulent mtet
&nj time. Educate (or lucrative 101 Cona. Tlma
fthort. Expexiittt rodente. Iiiwinon men call on di
for help. Most htsnly reoonameaded. Writ fur foil
Information. Catalogue frie.
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HOTEL BQFJ AIR,
Summerrllle Heights, Augusta, Go.
TMs new and eleyant hotel, vrlth wcommola
tlona for soo gruests. will open Its doors for winter
tourists Dec 1st. 1SS9. In Its construction, notn
tne mat will contribute to tho comfort of Us
patrons has been omitted; It U unsurpassed la
all Its appointments and prenrral tone. Otis ele
vator; steam heat; open fire places in bed rooms;
electric bells; telegraph ofllce; elegant parlors
and dining room; pure mountain eprln j water;
rooms en suite, with private and public batns;
steam laundry; excelleDtllvcry, with plcturesquo
drives and walks, are some of Its attractions.
The Hotel Bon Air wUi bo under the superior
management of Mr. C. A Linsley, of Masachu
petts. late proprietor of the Glenham Hotel, Filth
Avenue, New York, and the "Antlers," Colorado
Sprlnjrs. A handsomly Illustrated book contain
ing fuH information will be sent on application
to Mr. Linsley, Augusta, Go.
is not the only buo worth our whilo to ac
quire. .
At the close of the dark ages in America,
that ia to say under the rein of President
Hayes and n't the period of tho Pliiladel-
fhia exposition, tho present writer was
ooktng with some interest at the display
made thereat by the llrnzilian empire. It
was a brilliant one, and was probably an nn
d reamed revelation of that country's re
sources to i99 out of every 1.000 persons who
saw it. While 1 remain d if. tho 15r.izilinu
department in the main hmMin? a family
party slowly tiled passed me, father, moth
er, tall, angular daughter, a boii of perhaps
nineteen, one of fourteen, and two 6inall
boy. It might have been the Teterkin
family on their travels except for the fart
that the small boys did not have on india
rubber boots. .
"Dear me," naid the mother of the party
as they entered; "whero da yon suppnso
that place is where all these things come
from! lirazil, they call it."
'Yes, pop; where's llnizill" chimed in
the two smallest l'eterkin.
The lady from Philadelphia not being at
hand at that moment perhaps because she
had a houseful of centennial visitors to
provide for the husband and father found
this (simple inquiry somewhat embarrass
injr. To confess ignorance, however, would
not do, and he quickly rallied his forces
and answered in an oli-haud, circle man
ner, quite calculated to impress his hearers
with a sense of vast stores of information
hidden under his silk hat;
"llrazilf Oh. that's a pmall country down
along on the Mediterranean, you know."
There was no appeal from this, and the
exact locality of JJom. Pedio'n dominions
being thus established beyond the possi
bility of cavil the happy, trustful family
moved off presently in arch of fresh fields
and pastures new in which their appetite
for geographical clover could lind still
further gratification.
A Domestic Weather Sign.
Detroit Tribuno.
An infallible meteorological prophet and
which is a pretty breaktast experiment is
to drop two lumps of loaf sugar exactly in
to tho center of acupof cotleu well creamed.
Bubbles will arise and gather together in
groups. If they iiuike a sudden rush to the
aide of the cup much rain will be the order
of the day.
A CrltlrUm ot Taliuage.
Northwetern Cbriatlaa Advocate.
As mnch good as Ir. Talma ge may havo
done, we cannot relish bis indisputable pre
dilection for clan-trap and sensational ob
strusivenes. t lies will get entangled in
amber to the end of tho world and at tho
ends ot the earth.
and Salo of Holiday Good3.
DUIKER, AND ALL TIMES.
em
AND THE BEST
3 GRAND PRIZES.
5 COLD MEDALS.
&L.iv i uaa 4;
HJ2 TOXTSTy IT so ixcoN'VTrrnxczJ
TO CARRY GUK VAS CHINESE
XIEHB . AND VEGETAHJ-i:
REMEDIES.
VThnt Great llcllet lie Found anS
What UeneSti II 0 Received
From Them For Catarrhf as ;'
Told by tho Drummer.
Tor a Icnjr tlraeT bid not bea fccilny we3
and could net find out what the trouble ik
Being- traveling rales man, and, of conrneJ
not having much time to look after my health
I went along until I at hut found I had to del
omethlnff. Bo I went to aome doctor aad;
they each gave me m&dic.'na. I would put it;
In my grip and go abeal. Bone of them naidi
It was only a coll, and I thought I knew thatJ
bat I could not get that cough topped. It!
seemed to grow and become more aanoylnj. I;
was here In Indianapolis during tba Etate fata
for a week. I saw the advertisement or Qua
Wa and thcugbt I would go and sea hi in. It,
y&a more curlcalty than unjthinj clso thai
took roe eild Mr. Y. T. Duncan, a tfetH
York drummer. "But I am glad I did gc, foe(
when I stated my cast he told me It via
catarrh, and that my cough came from It, ' f
then discovered why I was subject to head act e.
and a pain between my eyes, something X ha3
mot paid much attention to, but was there
nevertheless. I was always hawking andi
pitting until It became disgusting both to
tneand th oca whom I was talking to. In tbi
morning I would find dry, hard lumps In my
nostrils, acd would have to sniff them back!
to dislodge them. I was always picking at myj
nose and could not help 1L I would bring
down those Urge hard lump, and would oflea
find myself at It In the presence of ethers
which was very embarrassing to me I tooa
cold very easily, and when I got the least bit
of a cold my throat woald become tore. I hadj
raid no attention to all of this, but when I wa
told that 1 bad catarrh and the symptoms were
described to me, I came to the conclusion It;
JWbj right, and my skepticism about Chinee!
tva for a moment forgotten. I concluded
that they could do me some good and thai Z
'Would try them. Finding it would be no tn-j
convenience to take the remedies while travel
lug, I purchased them and followed the dirao
4Ioo8 as faithfully as I could. In a few days X
"began feeling better, I took all thoso rem ediefl
itent for more and took them. Then I began;
(to think I was well and quit, but determine
fto aee the doctor when I again pot here, so 13
caiiea again vo-uy. i nave coma o gat vat
Dlood purifier and to state that I would not
without the remedies for anything. They
not unpleasant to take, and In fact are ratherj
pleasant. I know that I am thoroughly cureO
of my catarrh, and I feel like a new taaa. Z
have recommended the Chinese remedies ta
several of my friends and customers, and whfJai
I am here I will giv you an order from one of
them to whom 1 have strongly recommended
them. I dont make this city very often, a
my trade Is west of here, and my htadquartcra
axe at car homo la Tats Uiulc .
Ultimo
nlalt of curt vtll confer a fator by inflating their
picture at tcUhout it thrlr Uslimonialt ere uteltst
fur cvfctrtlsing purpart.
Gun Wa Is a Chinese pbyalclan. who can not,
und-r tho American Jaw, practice mlulclne, so he
SriU prepared Ctlnone Varetalile liinedles for
xcc', lea. lie r.aa U-en In ludiauapolis
Miral mouths, during which time he Las ef-"
f'"t(d Hftrrany reinaxkable cures that Ids nams
w ill rtooa If) a hou?Lold word In Indiana.
ill su.it cf parlor are In the aeeond tory of
13 'Vest Vahmrtoa street Errrr patient will
are Gun Wa privately. Io charge lor con$ulta
tJon, examination or advice.
A friendly chat wita Gun Wa costs nothing,
rannot call on him, and for Lis circular
Oj 1 iKsr, tapeworm, rheumatism, piles, female
i in, catanti,or hi boo on nervous clis
4ai". ( ares guaranteed.
Otl 'V hours 9 to 115 a. zm. 1 to 5 and 7 to 9 P
tu niiuday 10 to 12 a. m., and 1 to 4 p. m. Ia
T.rttliiK' always incloso 4 ccnta In stamps. Call
oner ivldrtsi
AJH GUIS"
fyu 2$ West Washington St.,
CVSJ ixdiaxatolis, im
.
i?cn Yf . ias several parlors. You will tec htn
prtTii!;,
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BUrrOW. MA 1181 L MaitarerM. IAS L MarfcrtH
Indiana, uUk Hiuay. lVuntM and WriV
Vlrjrliila nr Ou )nwuit Mavtnjr x Asaurauo
houtty of .New York. feheviiru JImuaits'e iUa ot
pure Lie lunuxauocw m.iuimU iui baaaltva. a
biHiolaUr
Subscribofor thoWtily BtatoJouxrd,
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