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iiSDMA THERE.
re Lacking: in the Far
% Thanksgiving.
IE CHILDREN MISB.
Will Kemedjr Itself—
ire la Freight Wagons
prairie Scboontra.
jL, Nov. 19—[Copyrighted,
ia imagine, in these closing
Mr, with Than striving close
(bole land without grand-
Hi seems almost incredible
toed communities of the East
pre no family reunion is com
at least one venerable figure,
4 ao dear to all in that bouse
rdavs of childhood's earliest
Yet between the Rocky
if tbe Pacific coast there ars
thousands of homes where
rowing up without a glimpse
or any other child's grand-
mTCM 07 THAVK BOrTIBO XV
' ijgjjßgT THB BAST.
Tbey know nothing of the dear,
the soft, gray hair, the quaint fig
-I***' patient little woman who,
sits in the quiet corner
home knitting, knitting,
knitting, while her thoughts
fflßMsrinK br away into the long ago
fKrtldhood. They know nothing of
chid togs, nor can they appre-
HP foist and kindly amusement in
grandmother's expense,
searching the house for her
h reminded, in response to her
that they are nnder the
cap Then, there are the
of long ago, that even the
gathers of the present -day
■pMfctat which grandmother, with a
Hi*i« voice, will hum and sing
no one is near to hear,
to be, when she thought
WmS iaar to dip up behind
and all unobserved, catch
JBHfkl Vint snatches of the olden
m** * boy, it wae my de
■ f myself behind the chair
from Virginia,
same old South-
she espied me, and in a
jHPc vskse said, looking over her
"Dont tease your grandmother
HR?*" 1 rMU ' believe she would have
st being caught trying to sing, if
' not been so old and wrinkled.
T uadoßbtedl y seemingly ruffled,
eoexsd her into telling me some
the war of 1812, and we were
again. The children of the
never hear the old-time New
and Bonthern cradle songs, for the
at the present day Jbardly know
fragments. Nursery rhymes,
change, as do the fashions.
of a Thanksgiving without
Why, in the land of grand*
it is she who on that day has first
g|Hlft»n all our gallahtry and ebivalry.
bade, on that day at least,
JWfr** happy children around to do her
IMP "d bring to her oomtort and cheer.
g£jHPttds of Western boys and girls
thie. A grandmother ia
alaeoet as mnch of a myth as the
tviwft ASD NO GRANPMOTHICK.
IS 10 ' * ftlry Blor y- A Utile noy in the
3^tais!^ lains ' 01011 bein K to 'd some
flTi***"' bis grandmother in the far
asked what kind of a being a
aTmTilr W * S " is true there are
\HSllwmi Mothers in the far West, but
X
L llff itmi 8 * l * iem est '' a to ° ' ar away.
l. tht ' r heartß °f ten reach oat
JKadihV"* e ' r K ram ichildrenin and
Vmlilj. . kv Hiountaina.
n*iiv«.born grandmothers, they
* to find west of the Rocky
B**tu the exce P lion of the
kjWBjL. ,m *nts in the Oregon country,
® Bs Utah, ana the occasional
wrlier trapper in the mount
l*J®S»k'tH C^n ' en ' n California, the civiii
jwßMg" too young for native-born grand-
* orty y* ars a PO that the great
S Jfcjt «ij na^e to tt>e R fiaids of Cali
not until ten rear's later did
'YcRIKfc, itnm gration start for Pifee'9
r&gsitlv California may produce a
,J*| . v*™ of a R«; but }ou could scarcely
grand mother of even
in Coloraao. Nevertheless
iBS? v * Population ot nearly two
raska, too, has hardly a
aft* tott* t0 tnanor born. Those
Were * waste of prairie and
J '* ar9 a <?°. the home of the
• » tS hardly known. In tba
Wt '" con,i ' st ' n K of Minne
Missouri, Arkansas, Louisiana
have grandmothers of
look upon all that vast rt-
(ion WMt of tb* state* bordering immedi
ately OB the weet fid* of the Mississippi
war, and Texas, as having scarcely a na-
UTS born American grandmother among
millions of people. Tbat region includes
more than one-half of tbe land over which
the flag of the republic will float on Thanks
giving dsy. Tat a native grand mother can
scarcely be found. 1/the far West can do
so much in building an empire without
grandmothers, what will it do when it has
grandmothers of its own, and their kindly
influence for good is everywhere felt. No
better mothers can be found in tbe whole
country then the mothers of the West.
Many of them have reared model families
in tbe face of almost overwhelming ob
stacles. We have only to look forward a
Jew years to see them peaceful, kindly,
loving and honored grandmothers. Then,
indeed, will the far West be at lat in full
possession of one of the greatest blessings
of civilization that has thus far been de
nied to her.
Thanksgiving without grandmothers is
dreary indeed, but the Western grand
children forget them not. The grandmoth
ers in tbe East, in far away New England
and in the Southern land may rest assured
that the hearts of their Western grand
children go out to them as tenderly as if
they had known tbem and been rocked by
them in the cradle. It is a kind of desert
spot in children's lives not to have seen
a grandmother and felt her tender caresses
The birthplace of some of tho-e earlier
grandchildren Iras, in the pioneer days of
the far West, in the old freight wagons and
prairie schooners. On the Oregon, Cali
fornia and Pike's Peak trails many a baby
was born in an old canvas-covered wagon,
and ail honor to tbe mothers of the nation,
who centuries ago braved the dangers of
almost unknown sea« to establish Ameri
can homes from the England coast to
the Georgia shore. Then over the Aile
ghanies they came, and then across
the Mississippi river. But American women
stopped not there. They, too, braved the
wilderness oi plain and desert, and the
storm and dangers of unknown mountain
passes. The children whose first sight of
the world was from a canvas wagon train,
and who are now grown to manhood and
womanhood, cannot look back to a man
sion or a vine-clad cottage as their birth
place. There is no such sacred home for
them to meet in the happy reunion on
Thanksgiving. But they are proud of
their birthplace on the fleeting trails of
western empire, at a time when brave men
were biasing a pathway for new common
wealths to the Pacific, and still
more heroic wives went with them.
Sometimes this story was a sad
one. A grave was dug, a coffin was made
from a few pine boards torn from the
wagon bed. . Her sisters—for at such times
all women are sisters—made what prepara-
[BO OB THB PLAINS.
tions they could; mother and child were
buried in the same grave, and the caravan
moved on. Neither minister nor priest
was there; the board, with the name rudely
carved thereon, has rotted away, and the
drilling sands have Ion? since obliterated
what else could have marked tbe spot.
No wonder, then, children born amid
auch surroundings have grown up into
strong, self-reliant and couraeeous men
and women. Their hearts go out into this
Thanksgiving season to the grandmothers
of the East and South, to whom they claim
kinship. Who among the children of the
far West would not love to see one dear
and venerable face in the old homestead on
Thanksgiving day T
Will C. Fxrbil
▲ Ih«nki(lTin( Menu.
Mia Grundy, Jr.
Here is a menu of a Thanksgiving din
ner written out for me by the authoress,
Catharine Owens. It is oertainiy a good
enough dinner for any one, and it is a
specimen of one of the best dinners of
Washington City:
Oysters on Ice.
Transparent soup,
Baktd blacklist*.
Small German potatoes tossed In oiled
butter and juat flecked with very
finely chopped parsley sorb-t.
Braised
Roast duck. Chicken pie.
Boiled tongue.
Apple pie. Salad,
baited almonds.
Crystallized almonds.
Coffee. Krult
Etc.
A SONG OF TUB THANKFUL. TIME.
We think of Thanksaiviu* at sedng time:—
In the swelling, uufoidii g, bu >diutr lime,
n»-n ilie heart of Nature and hearts of men
Rejoi etn th Earn grown young a«a n.
We iream Of the harvest, o. field a d viue.
And grauarits lull, at time.
We think of Thanksgiviag in growing ttme:—
In tiie time o: flowers, and tne vintage prime;
Wiieu the palms oi tbe year's strong bauds are
filled
With Mai are, with grain and with sweets dis
tilled.
When tt>e dream of hope is a truth sublime.
Then»mr hearts make room for tne uiankful
lima
We think of Thank»giving in harvest time:—
Iti the yielding, cathe-ing, ero.d n time;
Wneu the sky is irinc d w in a tiasy mist.
And the blasfiing maples by frost-lips kissed;
Wnen tbe barns are iuil wiih the harvest
che- r.
And the crowning, thankful day draws near.
We think of Tbanksgivinc at resting time:—
Ihe circl completed is out a thane
In the song of lit. in the liv sof men!
We harvest tbe toil of oar v si, a id then
W« wait at the gae in the Kite's utch wsy.
For 'h« dawn ui our soul's fh«nkaetviaic day.
—Kate Hartwiek Thorpe in Ladies' Home Journal.
Tough Snlri in th« West.
>rom Mrs. Custer's Book.
The family consisted of a mother and
several "strapping daughters." As the
traveler sat by the tire, the shrivelled o d
mother bent over the nreplace putting at
a clay pipe, perfectly stolid and silent, till
one of the girls came in and stood at th«
fire trving to dry her homespun dress.
Without raising berseit, and in a drawl
ing tone, the mother said pre*entlv, "Sal.
there's a coal under your fut,"
In no more animated tone, and without
even moving, the daughter replied, "Which
fut. mammv?"
The girl had run barefoot all her life
over the shale and rough ground of that
country, and the redbot coal was eome
time in making its way through the hard
•urfaca to a tan ailive tissue.
THE SEATTLE POST-ESTELLIGENCEE.
COOKING THE TURKEY
Thanksgiving' Dinner Beeipes
by Great Men's Wives.
MRS. LOGAN'S MINCE MEAT.
Mrs. General SkSridan'a Broiled Lob
sters— Prescriptions by Mrs Carlisle*
Mrs. Dolph, Mrs. Drum and Others.
WASHWOToir Ci-rr, Nov. 17.—[Copy
righted, 1890.] Thanksgiving comes next
Thursday and great preparations are
going on at tbe homes of our states
men in Washington City. It used to
be that most of the prominent men ate
their Thanksgiving dinners in their own
states. This was when it was not the
fashion to bring their families to
the capital. Now the most of our great
men are rich men. They own home 3 at
Washington City as well as elsewhere, and
manv of them keep their families here the
year round. There wiii be at least $109,000
spent in Washington City next week on
Thanksgiving turkey, and the mince-meat
in the markets could not be packed into a
freight car. A great deal of money will
also be spent here in charity. The
churches are organizing to give out Thanks
giving supplies to the poor, and it may
be that some of tbe cabinet will do as Sec
retary Whitney did. and give each of his
department clerks an order for a fat, round
turkey. Toe president's turkey will prob
ably come from Rnode Island, and there is
no doubt that he will, as usual, receive a
n umber from different parts of the coun
try. Mrs. Harrison has not yet planned
b9r Thanksgiving dinner, save that she has
decided to have roast turkey, cranberry
sauce and pumpkin pie. bhe has been
talking Thanksgiv>ng with her lady friends
and for the time, cooking recipes have
taken the place of social gossip.
NOTES OK THAU KSGI VINO BOASTS.
I have visited daring the past week a
number of leading ladies, and have pro
cured from them recipes for Thanksgiving
dishes and poms on Thanksgiving din
ners. Ever; woman has some new idea to
offer, and the advice of all is the result of
their own personal experience. Mrs. Jus
tice Field tells me that she received a num
ber of angry letters from temperance
women because she once advised that the
Thanksgiving turkey be fed on English
walnuts and sherry a few days before it is
killed. Bat she tells me that the bird
likes to feed on it, and that it
makes the meat delicious and
tender. Mrs. Representative Henderson,
of Illinois, savs that the tarkey should be
roasted about three hours, and that she
stuffs it with a pint of oysters, two stalks
of celery and a raw egg. Into the mixture
she puts two-thirds of a cap of batter,
chops the whole very fine and seasons it
with salt, pepper and nutmeg. When her
tarkey is done it ts a dish fit for the queen.
Mrs. Congressman Bmitb, of Illinois, stews
her turkey half an hour before she roasts
it, and she roasts in a covered pan in order
to preserve the flavor and the steam. She
has a giblet gravy of her own, which, I am
told, is delicious, and she makes thie by
boiling the giblets, then chopping them, and
after seasoning and thickening with a table
spoonful of flour wet with cold water, she
lets them simmer for an hour longer and
sends them to the table. There is no bet
ter cook at the capital than Mrs. Senator
Ingalls. She can cook a turkey to the
queen's taste, and if John J. Ingalls could
be fattened by anything, be would be a
very Falstaff from the appetite created by
the visions of Mrs. Ingalls' roast duck.
She roasts her duck first, then when they
are cold she nuts them in a stew pan and
boils them for fifteen minutes with one pint
of tomatoes, a tablespoonful of onion juice,
some salt and pepper, a little corn starch
and two dozen olives, and serves it hot.
MBS. LOG AH's MIJICB MEAT.
Another famous cook is Mrs. John A.
Logan. She has one of the finest houses
at the oapital, and there is no kitchen
managed better than hers. It is from her
that I get my recipe for Thanksgiving
mince meat, and this is the way she makee
it:
Two pounds of beef chopped fine, after being
eooked; two pounds of suet, chopped fine; four
poands of raisins; four pounls of apples; eight
oranges; the peel of naif a p >und ol citron all
chopped line; oae ounce of cinnamon, oae of
allspice, one of nutmeg and two pounds of
trown sugar. •
There is nothing nicer than tbe salad as a
Thanksgiving entree, and Mrs. Logan has
given me the following directions as to the
dressing oi the salad dish:
Take the white inside leaves of cabbage and
make a border, not allowing the leaves to fall
too far over the sides of the dish, or make a bor
der of cnrled lettuce; then place the sa ad in
side, smoothing It nicely: slice four small en
cumber pickles leng bwise, whicn will make
eight piece*: i ass eaoh piece through a white
ring of hard boiled egg. and place them here
and there; or you can place all the e: ds to
gether in the center of the dish, a lowing (the
other ends to diver**. This will form a kind of
a flower. It will look prettier if a small roand
slice oi jelly is placed where the ends m et.
Mas. John a Looan.
MRS. 6UBG EOS-GEK ERAL MOOBI'S THANKS
GIVING FISH.
Washington City is a great fish market
We have nearly everything that America
can produce, and both the ocean and the
lakes send their choicest to our table. Mrs.
Surgeon-General Moore is notel for her
fine table. She especially excels in her
cooking of fish, and this is the way she
prepares white ti-*h a la crrme:
Bub the fl*h wel with salt aad put it into a
kettle witn just sufficient cold wa'er to cover it.
A« so n as it com s to a boil, set it wh-re it wilt
simmer for on* nour. Then drain it well aud
remove the large bonea Put one ounce of flour
into a sauce-pan, to wmch add by
decrees a quart of milk; mix very smooth,
add one lsree onion sliced, a bunch of para ey,
« little nutmeg, and sat and pepper t > taste;
piace all over the fire and stir consttntly tilt it
tecomes quite thick; then add a qnsrter of a
pound of butter; p»ss it through a s.eve; p ace
a little of the sauce upon the dish in which the
fish is to be disced; then pour over the fish the
hot sauce, and set in a warm oven and let it
brown. The white ot the egg weil be»ten and
spread ov rit will make K broun better. To
prevent the china di*h from breaking or discol
oring, place :t in a pan of h>t wat c r before set
ting >n the oven. Once tasted it will never be
forgotten. Ma V j - Moors.
MRS. ADMIRAL SELFHIDGE'S 6PICED GHAVT.
There are no batter livers in the United
States than the orheers of the army and
navy. The wives of our admirals are. a« a
rule, splendid cooks, and the following
from Mrs. Admiral Selfridge is rich and
luscious. It is a spiced gravy for turkey or
goose, and it reada:
T ke the giblets and pnt into three pints of
water; wbeo it boils sad a pinch of salt; skim,
■ad add a f*w c»oTe«, whole p-pper cons,
icioaud or«rg« peel and chopped half onion;
let it boil one hoar; then toast ball a doien
crackers brown; add halt a glass of red
wine: let it bail nntil the giblets are perfectly
tender; then add a piece of butter hall the use
of an egg; pnt iuto a snider with two apoonfuls
of floar, and brown well; while qaite hot poor
into the graTT aad stir well; when smooth pour
again into the poti let it all stmiaar far a
SEATTLE. WASHINGTON. SUNDAY. NOVEMBER 23, 1890.
few minates, and whea it is done, strain, braid
the livei and put la. Man F. Q. Sbltbimz.
us. OEJTERAL DECK'S FAMOUS LOSS ra sour.
From tbe navy I next went to tbe army,
and I picked out as a representative Mrs.
General Drum. She is famed as a cook
and as a hostess, and her lobster soup
makes her many a friend. She makes it as
follows, and she has written out these
directions for you:
Boil a fresh lobster, or one doeen crabs; whea
cooked, plnca ibem and chop tae meat very
flne; bare one quart of white stock, to which
add some milk or cream; let i boil ten minutes,
then add tbe lobster or crabs; let It simmer a
fen minutes, add MI t, pepper and a pi neb of
mace or bay ita:; thicken with two ounces of
hotter and a little flour.
Another of Mrs. Drum's specialties is her
tartar sauce, wnich is made as follows:
One-half Dint mayonnaise dressing; one table
spoonful of capers; a very little nion; three
small encumber pickles: parsley; one olive, and
a tablespoonful of Freach mustard, cr more, ac
cording to taste
SEW ENGLAND SQUASH PIE.
Mrs. Colonel Ernst is a noted New Eng
land housewife, and her squash pie is one
of her specialties. She warrants it good if
properly carried out, and it will be an ad
dition to any Thanksgiving treat. It reads
as follows:
One small squash; boil tender, with sufficient
water to steam it, and rub through a sievt-; one
pint oi milk; one egg to each pie, equaling
three eggs to a pint: beat the eggs very light;
sweeten to taste with brown sugar; add a pinch
of salt, two grated nutmegs; stir ail well to*
gether and place on tbe plates already
prepared with tbe pastry; sift a little sugar over
tne top of each to assist la the browning; bake
in a moderately hot oven for about one hoar.
A DELICIOUS OYSTER 60LT.
Another recipe from the same source
for oyster soup is truly delicious:
Two qaarts of strained oysters; boll three
rints of milk; braid no two teaspcontuls of
floor with one ounce of butter; one teasioonful
•>f whi e pepper, w > iea-poonfuis of salt; let
the milk come to a boil, iheiTadd'the mixture
and tots in the oysters; let taam boil ap once,
no longer; add a teacup!el of rich cream; be
fore dishing add two wine glasses of Madeira.
This soup is beat made about ten minutes before
serving. Mas. Q. E. Kuxsx.
MBS. LOGAN TUCXES'S c RAX BESSY JELLY.
Cranberry sauce is an important Thanks
giving item, and the following recipe for
cranberry jelly has been tested again and
again, and has never been found wanting.
Mrs. General Logan's daughter, Mrs. Major
Tucker, gives it to me It reads:
Boil one quart of cranberries with sufficient
water to nrevent them from burning; strain
through a sieve; add sugar to taste, and again
boil until thick; pour into a mould and set
aside until coid, when it can be turned out. >
MaaT LOOAK TUCKSB. •
MRS. SENATOR DOLPH*S DESSERTS.
Mrs. Senator Dolph is thoroughly posted
on the culinary department of her house
hold. She has written out for me two reci
pes, one for spice cake and one for enow
pudding. Either will be found delicious.
The spice cake is made as follows:
One cup of water; one cup batter; one cup
syrup, or New Orleans molasses; one sad one
half cups sugar; three cups flour; tbree eggs;
two teaspoonfuls (moderately full) yeast pow
der; one tesspoonfui (heaping) brown cinna
mon; one teaspooniul (moderately fall) ginger;
one-half teaspoonful allspice; one-quarter, or
less, teaspoonful doves, maoe and nutmeg
reach).
Here is tbe recipe for snow pudding:
Soak one-half box gala'ins In oa»-balf pint
of cold water for an boar; then ad l one piut
boiiiag water; stir till dissolved; add one cap
of sugar, and tbe J aloe of two lemoas; when
partly congealed, wnip in tbe whitwof two
egga; prepare tae gelatine over night; to be
■erred with whipped cream or cnntard.
ACSUSTA M. DOLTH.
MBS. OEBEBAL BBEBIDAN's BBOILED LOBBTXB.
Mrs. Sheridan has given some of the fin
est dinner* that Washington City has ever
known. She is t..a daughter of General
Bucker, and when General Sheridan was
the head of the army her home was one of
the most famous of the capital. She super
intended everything connected with It her
self, and was one of the most accomplished
housewives, as well as one of the most
beautiful women of the army circle. I copy
the recipe from her letter which she writes
me concerning it It reads:
Split the meat of the tall and claws, and sea
son well with salt and pepp< r; cover witfc soft
butter and dredge with floar; p. ace In tbe
boiler and cook over a bright fire until a deli
cate brown; arrange on a hot dish; pour nwii«.
mel sauce around and serve.
18888 RCCBKB SBBBSDAW.
A XAVAL RXCITK FOR BREAD.
The wives of the generals and admirals
excel not only in making fancy dishes, but
in getting up the plainer articles for the
table Mrs. General Banks makes most
delicious tomatoes (boiled), which she
serves on toast. Mrs. General Manderson
has a breakfast dish of corn muffins which
her husband never gets tired of praising,
and Mrs. Generid Bate makes an egg bread
consisting of two cups of corn meal, three
cups of buttermilk, a teaspoonful of lard, a
teaspoonful of salt and one egg, which,
when cooked and eaten hot with iresh but
termilk, will make any Tennessee man's
stomach get up and howl for more. Of
course every one wants homemade bread
for ThanKsgiving, and I yiii let Mrs. Ad
miral Crosby of the navy tell you how to
make it:
lwo quart* of floar; one teaspoonful each of
salt and lard; on- teaeopful each of yeait and
nu k; a little sugar if atured. Thin tbe dough
with cold water, and knead about twenty
minutes or longer; put in a bowl to rise over
uwht, moistening witu a little melted lard on
top; in morning, or when light, put into loaves
and Eet in same place; tnen bake.
It may be that some of the readers of the
above will not know how to make the
yeast, and I add this recipe from Mrs.
Crosby. It will beat any baking powder in
existence;
Pare six r eight potatoes; cover with about
half a ga.lon of water; boil until tender: then
p ace lu a bowl; oue t?acaptu. eacn of salt and
sugar; tbrow trie water and potatoes thrwa*h
the colander, and if there is not water enough
add co.d water: woen a is coo: add one teacnp
lul of old yeast; set in warm place for seve al
hours; then keep in cool place; will keep sev
erai weeks. L A. CROSBY.
»Hg. SENATOR CARLISLE'S MAYONNAISE.
My next recipes come from Kentucky, a
state tamed for its hospitality. They are
penned in the handwriting of Mrs. Senator
Carlisle, and she warrants them good. The
first is for mayonnaise. It is:
Take yoiks of three eggs; juice of one lemon;
smail pinch cayenne pepper; oae-bai( teaspoon*
fni fait; one teaspooniui vinegar; one-quarter
pint best olive oil, and a teaspuonful pie. a red
mustard; put yolks in a china bowl and mix in
the salt and mustard; stir with a fork and drop
in tbe oil slowiy until it thicnens. then add the
lemou juice and vinegar, stirring constantly un
til thoroughly miXt.4
MKS. CARLISLE'S BLACK CAKE.
Another oi Mrs. Carlisle's famous re
cipes is made as follows;
Two pounds of raisins: two pounds currant*;
one pound citron cni hue; o*e d * -u e g« beaten
separately ; one pound dark brown su/ar; .ae
pound butter cre*mrd; o e tabieapconfal all
spice; one teatpooulul clov S: one gob et ora ay;
nutmeg; flour the trait separately; one pound
floar and oue tewpoonlul taking now ler.
Mas. JL A CARUSUL
With this recipe I close my list of dubes
for your Thsnksgiving dinner. I can as
sure you that tbe recipes are all genuine.
They »re the result of years of experience,
and tbey have tickled the stomachs of
statesmen and generals. That they may
also be succeastui and may tickle yours is
the wiah of Mae ©BIWD*. JR.
REALM OF FASHION.
Lovely Woman Delves in His
tory for Styles in Hair.
PRETTY GREEK MODES IN FAVOR.
Bints en the Coiffure—To Make n Fair
Fnee Fairer end n Plain Face
Leas Faulty.
Niw YORK, NOV. 17. —[Coprricbted
1890.) The arrangement of tne coiffure is
a matter of much consequence, and will
ever be treated as such as iong as
''Fair tresses man's imperial race ensnare,
And beauty draws as iriih trot a single hair."
However, since the days when women wore
horned head-dre*s<>s. in token of their
THE NEW VAD IV BODICES.
being descended from rank and authority,
to the present time, when hair-dressing
merely alms at the art which imitates
chance, there has never been a coiffure
which has served for a universal style.
Hair has ever refused to typify anything,
and its fashion has stood upon its privilege
of being as variable as—welt, fashion.
Derision, criticism and tirade have at last
vanquished false hair almost entirely, and
at present it is necessary to have a fine
head rather than fine hair, and coiffures
most be coiffures of distinction instead of
dressy arrangements devised by ordinary
taste. There is such a growing preference
for antique fashions that portraits of fam
ous beauties of a century or two ago are
consulted for many items of the toilet, one
of the most important being coiffures,
▲broad, historic styles are seen now and
then, and the Louis XVI not averse to
ripples for light hair, is a friend also to
puffs, with gems and feather tips for full
dries.
M. Virgfle, the great Prussian hair*
dresser, is reviving the style favored by
the Empress Josephine, copied from her
portraits between 1800 and 1810. The idea
was probably taken from the ancient Greek
models. Tbe hair, drawn together at the
back, is twisted into a small round chignon
rather high on the head, and from this ap
pears the hair frise, and in front a light
fringe of small curls. The capotes are
made so that this chignon is outside. This
is the very latest style, and for dressy
evening wear, a small wreath with bunch
of feathers or ribbon in front is enough,
for the object is to keep the general effect
of the head small and compact
1 here are some of the leaders of fashion
who wear the hair plaited low down and
the plait brought up to the top of the head.
Another style much in vogue is to have the
hair waved or ovduH. There is an iron es
pecially for the purpose, and it takes about
three-quarters of an hour to do. Hard or
limp hair takes a much longer time to op
erate on successfully than soft, naturally
curly hair. With the latter style of hair
the undulation will last over two weeks,
while limp hair requires the operation re
newed more constantly. But this style
only Miits certain faces, and looks very
ridiculous, if not perfectly becoming.
There will, perhaps, be a revival of tbe
I* THE STYLE OF TWE EXPRESS JOSEFHINE.
Du Barry fashion, with its soft cushion
roil placed well back from tbe front of tbe
head, while the directorie style, with its
eccentr c fancy of having the forehead
nearly covered, and the picturesque Lam
baile. all waves and half-curled curis, are
copied with certain styles of costutaaa.
Toilettes which are simply dressy, and
do not inciude any historic features, re
quire merely showy coiffures, which owe
their distinction to the art with which tbey
are adapted to the individual and tbe style
of dress which they accompany. The only
imitation quoted of a veritable ancient coif
fure is the Roman, with three gold bands,
and thh style must be followed cautiously.
A lady with a long face should drees her
hair on the back of her bead. The hair on
the top should be arranged in wavee, and a
fringe should be brought over the forehead
and well over the temples, the idea being
to broaden the face as much ae possible
If tbe neck is perfectly forned it may be
left bare, but if long and sinewy it should
he covered somewhat with loose carta. A
lady with a round face should arrange her
hair OB the top of her bead. The rope
twist is a good style, and tbe hair should be
arranged to come to a point. Any one
with a broad forehead should wear as little
hair on the temples as possible, and dress it
high. One with a low forehead should
keep the hair off the foreheed in front and
arrange a few curls on the temples. A
Isdy with a receding forehead should have
tbe hair well curled on tbe forehead. The
bad effect of high cheek bones can be mod
ified by arranging the hair in a cluster of
small curls on the temples.
A hair-dresser, a modiste or a milliner,
if a true artist, can tell at a glance what
style is most becoming to one, and the ver
dict should be a decisive one.
Frizzes, curls and waves are essentially
the fancies of fair-haired, Gallic women.
.£<tbetie writers speak of hair as golden
as a new sovereign, or as yellow as ripe
corn—shades which are more commonly
artificial than natural. Rust-colored hair
is at present favored over blonde, and when
accompanied by brown eyes and a pale
complexion, is a source of envy to the yel
low type.
With evening toilettes, when satin or
velvet flowers are nsed as garnitnres, little
sprays of the same are adapted for coiffure
ornaments, although for matrons two or
three small tips are preferred for the hair
and the corsage.
Tbe costly butterfly made of diamonds
and fi agree gold, mounted upon a spiral
which trembles with every movement of
the wearer, is fully as fashionable now as
it ever has been, though it is less novel
than a flower pin made of enamel in nat
ural colors with dew drops of diamonds.
Hairpins of tinted and frosted silver and
gotd, as well as enamel, are very fashion
able, and antique designs are frequent. The
best shell combs and ornaments are expen
sive and are made from the shell of the
hawk's-bill turtle.
That fashion, like history, frequently
"cuts and comes again," is being exempli
fied m the present rage for gowns historic.
Old galleries are visited by designers and
oid portraits copied.
Just uow the more picturesque effects of
the eighteenth century in France are pre
ferred to the heavy, massive draperies of
early English models, yet in course of time
ws will find the cycle of fashion may bring
with it in its revolution? old Flemish and
Florentine models. At one time every
thing Russian was favored. Greek and
Boman draperies are always acceptable
for occasions, and the Japanese. East
Indian, Turkish and Persian have each
done their part In fact there is hardly a
nation upon tbe globe which has not con
tributed its quota of suggestions for our
TBB LATEST IB BAIB DRBSSIKG.
present day costumes, yet are we con
stantly striving to be original.
The modistes continue to make plain,
fiat skirts, either embroidered at the hem
or trimmed with galoons or braid. The
bodices, rather pointed, are without visible
buttons or hooks, but fastened on the
shoulder and under the arm; if in front,
the fastening ib hidden by some fold or
plait. Sleeves are gathered full at the top
and close-fitnng below the elbow. For
plain, simple winter dresses cloth and
vigogne are handsomely embroidered.
For evening full-dress, gowns are of velvet,
armure, peon de soie and foye, which is
again coming into favor.
Prevailing colors will be dark blue, gray
blue, and heliotrope combined with light
snede shades, violet, eveque and beaver.
The skirts are made ground length for day
wear, and with train or demi-train for
evening. ▲ favorite shade of rea is rouge
garance, which is the shade of red used in
the French military uniforms.
▲ new and effective trimming for even
ing gowns is a band, or rather roll made of
silk peony petals "gaffered," and o! any
shade to match the dress. This borders
the edge of tbe skirt, ana is narrower on
the bodice and sleeve*
It is very pretty in light colors, and is
especially applicable to thin materials.
Light and dark pansies are also arranged
in similar borders.
Either starched linen collars and cuffs
are to be worn with woolen dresses this
winter, or crosswise pieces of batiste or
something white is needed to obviate the
hard effect and economical appearance of
the straight, unrelieved band so long in
favor.
The new glove is the Duchess of Port
land, which is long, reaches over the dress
cuff, and there meets a wide, embroidered
gauntlet. * L'etqiuc.
Elsie Lsili*'* Terrible Ordeal.
Omaha Bee.
Have you ever wondered what Sara Bern
hardt, Fanny Davenport or Elien Terry
wdnid do under the following interesting
circunj stances * —
Suppose tbe actress, in some supreme
moment of the play, focusing the att-_n
tion of the breathless audience, feigning
sleep, or death, or in any situation necessi
tating the utmost repose or stillness. Sup
pose. at such a moment, there should come
into her vision and stealthily approach her
—a mouse.
Would the artist restrain the woman ?
Elsie Leslie tbe other night went a great
way toward warranting an affirmative an
swer to this question. In that scene in
M The Prince aud the Pauper" which
passe* in Miles Kendon's rude lodgings,
tbe tired little prince falls asleep UDOO tbe
soldier's cot, while Miles sits on the table
and busies himself trying to mend the
prince's tattered coat. On this n'gat,
while Arthur Elliott sat on the table and
Elsie lay on the cot. he beard her calling to
nim in suppressed out excited tones. "Mr.
Elliott, come here, please, quick." He
stepped to the beuside where Ei-;e lay ap
prrentlv asleep, as i' the action of tbe play
demended btm to do so. "What's the
matterT" he whispered.
"&ee that big black thing crawling to
ward my face," replied E"ie, without nor*
ing a muscle. "Can you kill it?"
It was a formidible looking cockroach—
an insect loathed and feared almost as
much as a mouse by all femininity. Mr.
Elliott, pretending to arrange "Prinoe's"
covering, caught the ferocious beast,
dropped it OB the floor and trod upon it.
Elsie heaved a sigh of relief, and the audi
ence bad no knowledge of the or
deal throofh which she had passed.
BILLIARDS AT HOME.
An Inexpensive Outfit for a
Private Room-
THE GAME GROWING IN FAVOR.
J»y Gould, the Vaad«rbiHi aad Prwl
dent Harrison Hit th« Ivory—Patti's
Fin* Parlor—Expert ArtrcuM.
Aa a people. Americans are undoubtedly
becoming, with each succeeding genera
tion .more accustomed to leisure. The en
ergy that marked the pioneer period of our
history, and the ruih and hurry of business
that followed the civil war. are giving
place to a life that fo'lows more closely
that of the wealthy e!rs abroad.
A arw BKOIKNE*.
Home amusements have gained by the
broader Christianity that characterizes oar
religious thought. Billiards was once con
sidered a decidedly wicked game. Its
tables were only found in hotels and
saloons, and the clergyman who handled
a cue would surely have disgraced bis
cloth. In fact, when the game
ot croquet was first introduced
the irreverent w?re accustomed to call
it "Presbyterian billiards." The satire only
emphasized the fact that church-going peo
ple admitted the innocent nature of the
game itself, and only objected to its sur
roundings. Croquet may have been the
means of introducing billiards to the home
circle. At all events, public opinion has
undergone a decided change on the sub
ject. A billiard table is found in many a
theological seminary, and the most eminent
divines find relaxation in the click of the
ivories.
The game is so well suited to the home
that it is surprising it did not become pop
ular long .ago. It requires just enough of
physical exercise to balance the mental ef
fort. Unlike whist, the body, instead of
wearying of one posture, is rested by the
exercise afforded in walking around the
table and handling the cue.
A list of th* (pan prominent in financial
and social circles, who enioy billiards at
their homes would be a long ona. Jay
Gould and the Vanderbilts have billiard
rooms in their city resiienoes. and George
Gonld has one in hi« mountain lodge, alaoi
LEAjtMMO TO HOLD TH* CTB.
C. P. Huntington, August Belmont, E. D.
Morgan and William Rockefeller have ta
bles in their city and country homes, and
the billiard parlor in "Rockwell," on the
Hudson, is said to be the finest in the
country.
There is a billiard room in the White
House at Washington, and two tables are
in the furnishing** of the governor's man
sion at Albany. Governor Diaz has a table
at his home in the Mexican capital. The
devotion of military ruen to the game is
well known. Generals Grant, McClellan
and Custer were skilled players. There are
billiard rooms in the government buildings
at West Point ani Annapolis; and at
every military post the officers find the cue
mightier than the sword ia ' tnese piping
times of peace."
VATTt't i 'LLIARP I*ttloa
J he theatrical piut***-» ou :urm*ne« tutor
really good piijtni. Penman Tbompsoa
owae two tab.es, Mcfciee Kankin and W. J.
Florence devoir much tune to the game,
and there are several tclr*«m aa well who
often show in private their »ktll upon "the
field of the cloth o i ?re-n " Mrs. Langtry
and Fanny Davenport have tablet is their
home*, and Mtue. I'atu » bi.liard parlor in
Craig-y-nos castle it the rnoet luxurious
apartment of iU kind in the world. The
famous diva is an enthusiastic player, and
as her husband. Niconni. is alio fond of tha
jratue, they have «pared no expense in flt»
ting up the room. Th» tab e. which was
furnished by the Brnnswtefc- BalXe-Coiien
der Company, cost its fair owner fI.SUQ.
It is of American antioue oak, inlaid witk
mother of pearL The most exquisite carv
ings adorn the legs and moldings, and a
peculiarly pleasing atiect is produced by an
artistic blending of South American fancy
woods in the panels. The d» .icate tints of
tulip, dagonet and amaranth barmoalns
with the darker shades of cocaboia and mm-
Imfsny and form a superb background Ist
PAGES 9 TO 16.
lon, lindsMp, medallion, whfck —-
S2u6S. * wn ••fP .
In fittint up E w
match tiie furnishings aa4ul|!.T?li
course, people 0 f moderate • "
go to this expend There
between the biliiard-parlor of HmTvlSi
*nd the modest outfit of u
can only enjoy the came SUTL™
hours. An osk table of
feet, with cue-rack, —•*
bridges, markers, and everythiac
* ary 25? **■•» ««* b»bwrtyL^2T
A veneered table will cost *TWII ■■ n■ .V
--there are outfits mwrnr— **
of less reputation, that will pwt&bbSZ
quite as good satisfaction, forssx iZ
•ides the tahle, a few chain and*. i
fixtures are the only furniture -
for a home game ©f billiards- endUaISK
small sideboard included, the aSaTa!*
not actually exceed 1200.
setting up the tabie, and the rata* of tt«
* r « •Jways sent with aa outfit
At the Exposition in Parte last THI *
▼ery ingenious table lor home use liiiil
binned. It is ordinarily a H«i« t
covered with green cloth. A turn
crank underneath raisM a cushioned cm*
all around the edge and transforms it eft
once into a bUliard Üble. Suck a com to.
nation, while decidedly noni, cu hutfe
become popular here. It would utk
▼«ry pleasant to have the servants come in
the midst of a game to lay the cloth fw
dinner.
A billiard room must he well
The light, if possible, should coma ham "t
aoove, through ample skylights, so as to
bring the table within a genenJfoS, «d M
thus prevent any AntoTZSTtoSm
from the balls or the cushions. Butun' es 1
one is building this cm seldom ba ob
tained. The uext thing is A comer IUQHL
which will afford two tights in the dw M
time.
The gas light should be raised abeutt
feet 2 inches from the bed of the table, aai
supplied with horizontal burners, so thai
no shadow is cast by the pipe. The
tance of the light froaa the flow shaaid be
about 6 feet 1 in* high. For a sxlo fa* 1
table the cross-arms of the psadaat shaaid *
measure from light to lights inches. and
the long arms 66 inches. Far a Il£ft fnat . f,
table, cross-arm* 25 inches and long am 1 i|j
50 inches. For a 4xß table, tross sum 9 :
inches, and long arms 44 tnrbai A asefal Nil
shade has bean devised which throws a salt,
even light on the table, and keeps the j&«* > i
A comma n rai ran movn nuuii^|
koom.
from the player*' eyes. The fioor, if av^H
peted at all, should be eowii with
thick or soft material.
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la other folks, as well ss no-
For noue are (aaltleas, daa't yee ssst
And every other penoa kaewa ;
That a beam within yew optic pm I , : *1
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You wlil iad yaatsaif ngiHif ,'jSI
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That other/oiks are as good as yflb • j^l
•one Tiewa of Ms are very sai; « '-jfj
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When one kind word aUghtstepaedeae
Theaa iron a dart* isgsataat P«* *
Why 4o we not thekiad wart gtvfc L m
And help the errtag caeteXve . .
A better life? Nor eouat the east , 'm
To save a soal that attght toe left '
Whenever precepts we WMld auk jfgl |J|
We should practice what we pseaakl ' J
And prove toy aettoaa we believe j
'Tis better to give than te receive. j
Then to owrsalTss let aa apply ■ l^|
The prescription given Iran (tUA* .mSt
The panacea tare to case jgg
The sin-sick soal and aiake ft pa» >l®
Let eaeh and all bsfia today j $
A new resolve, aad tkiaw away ; 1
All pride of worth, aad gvoad of**
And love our neighbor seeaiasu,
Who la your aetgkbor, da yoa aatt j ,*
To answer that ia aa easy took.
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While traveiinc U> eternity— -%Wt
Howerer humble he auf t* , -
Who has the assallsat aeed of mm
Another thing, it asarnn net
If Turk, or Jew, or Hottentot, 11
Or if hta rirtaas ere bat taw.
He has a stronger claim oa
It matters not, to the ton (d Kaa,
If Greek, or Jew,* ' ||
If poverty waa their wieteaea « rJ
And if their 6g tree klea**edW
They aU His Wearing freely go* l ■-
Provta* by Hla eaanpOa great
The equality of ssaa's estate . . pa
Let each aad aU with kinder ask* ; |
Look all aronndaai try to flag by
Some burdened aoA toaraedowa wkk gg^|s^|||
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BoatoaßeraM.
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nails are particularly good, of aiaa MHr
and sue an# nksalj kept^MiiillgJlligP®
numerous, are toot laiaaiiM^;
the best d * ■
that of ait *>ed^WWe^«^w»
end well trlnned. *gyPß ZLCT
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manicure. _
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