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_THE RICHMOND DISPATCH-SUNDAY. OPTORER 3_ 1897. S .
DRESSED FOR i8o8~
VRB LIKELY TO RULE.
inn comix; BaaABOl signs *.ymi.
ni. iHi:\Ti:n a* ir i i:\tii.i:>.
DIFFERENT FURS ON SAME GARMENT.
gSvaala. aad ? hlaehJlt. 4re Favor?
ite? for I Inline Collnra?All Far
linn* Promise to lie 1'iipiiliir?Snc
rauilird to the BIO?BB0 Effect.
rn spondenc* of the Dispatch.1
NI'.W TORS I This.w
? .e all so; ts of fur
Tects.
DS than
le. Tin- si?
- v. hi n 1 ,s ruled
worn, of niaklmr a
all of or. to be
poaitloa of
1- ft entirely to the
I arer.
fnU meaning of this
i hang, la nut apparent.
Igh when you (erne to think of
t. How about the
it rea"!u-d the iliamon i
i the diamond la In s.nd
sow, but sealskin li own. Tic?
i who a -I'd i
uxu:, vy of her
ws BOW, how
V r wiih tleir natty
yimblnations thai BTS quite within the
of th? Hlled pocket
It is fOtflg to bo a hard v.
-.
Simplicity ef treatment Is a thing of ?
Ih. ? ' 1" as the till -
Df tii: ?pular aaaterial are eery
badeed. n\
think that fur \
in it? : '. ami not much
..ut. but I I.ins to?
aay are tr< I. of
fur. whin used for bordering, ara
y put on allghtly ful., and the
of a : tie- fur
. Klve variety of ef
V I k ?i la nd aim of tho
' > think of f'ir
| -v
for i \ c
Tiing w? ar. t Ik bs ill be nia
larab or i rmtna without I
i i. t : t . i | (rraents, combina*
tloas of babe lam?? with Astrachan,
n with iin>- Oil k brown fan
I. Win n yoke
mer, the lev. p pal t
I*, r.f fulled on the yoke part,
with mere or I?
the s. ? pliability of the .
- fur - m!'! j d.
collars r.f fur ?arment?,
araatae ami chinchilla will be the f.ror?
| far that is hm 1
ly, and glVS a rich loot to the whole.
Very
only tl shoulders, will \
. over He
which i he ir ate m be
worn l will certainly look we]!. :
a ill be I fur i
1 In various ways, llie different :
r ratralng diffi
, in \ery con- <
\. ; tlcally, horizontal
ly. etc.
.- la tn be the one exception to th
! rule, and Is seldom to be
g, th. tails form
n* the sole trimming. The Btyla or
snble cap. most la favor is composed o!
a deep frill of whole skins, without the
h? r lengthwise, with th?
f ; lags 'round the edge.
This is mounted to B small yoke with
a roll ciliar. Fiai boas of this fur are
IB most desirable of all. and
will be trimmed with a nnasbtn of dang?
ling tails, somewhat In the stele they
them last year, only with more
tails.
We ate to have boas galore this w!n
t.r, anyhow, the moot in evtdonca being
kin 1. which is <|iiiie full at
of the neck, aad quite nar
I-'ur collars are always
liable adjunct to winter costumes,
bu I . i mlnently a fur season,
and we will have fur mi everything, ns
well aa different varieties jut together
in one ganni M. For collars which are
Skin, fox Is the iav'ir
! tn UTtOB collars requiring
two skins Stand n-xt In tho popular
a of the more fanciful collars for
\ -a; .r. o? ??mente,i with vel
i t. aatin, m lace, or some combination or
inati rials, and seme of the Short?
furs hui themsolyos extremely I
veil to embroidery, --?specially the tam
niiir stitch exetnted in BMtalllC thread.
tyle "f trimming is rased principally
1:1 >"kes and vesis, and is, of course,
inly Intended for tie- extremists of lash
oii and foi t me.
clally is the fur Jacket to be the
dol of tin- hour 'his winter. We are to
. loth with and without
-. th. latter being either pelerine
llnarj coal variety, 'the
?articular atyls of coat which promises
o be tie favorite of Dame Fashion comas
vi 11 down to Die waist in the back and
bortly below it in front, finishing in
light ? . bo charming examples or
. le which 1 had the privl
sga of seeing well merit description,
'lin- lirsi an i moot Striking was made
-lion fur, which Is Straight?
. BaUny-iOOklng, and has the
of being very durable as wen
. . LBtlfnl. it was cut In casaque
aehlon, BllghUy undulating in the basque
. with a high, upetandlng oollar or
ark manen, straight all 'round. Tho
runt a ah 1 with two broadly?
of Du Harry pink vcl
i with a. light bordering of
OBtng in a point at tho
ralat, f
in conception, still has much to recom?
mend it. It is made of brclschwautz, the
battlemoBt basque edged with s finger
width of taille? ermine. The Bpstanding
collar, also crenelated and edged with
while fur. is lined eitler with ?rOlVOi Of
fur. It Is fastened from ?ollar to waist
with large mother-of-pearl buttons, in
cru-ted with chased gold in scroll work.
it seems wa must hove th. Mouse
eft? >t. even In furs, and blOOSOS With short
basques of this ever present material
will be given the preference. The most
pronounced objection to this has BOOB
the fat -which, by the way is not to
DO questioned?that It, has th. effect of
atdargtag the waist, always an undesi?
rable thing. This has, however, been
obviated by a very Simple device which
originates with oi.r clever French
cousins. It consists of S narrow ban 1
of silk Insertad nround the waist, which
is concealed l.y tie- ever fashionable belt
Trae, to the prevailing craze, for fur,
even the milliners hav fallen in line,
and although we have ha 1 fur trimmlnit-i
to .some extent for a wiy long time, this
Mason they win appear on all the fash?
ionable hats for out-of-door use, and
aren same theatre hal ss well. Bable
heads and talla are pre itly in favor,
for two reasoi nd. very
\t th. bead Of the list this year, and
:he head and tails load themaelvea easily
to graceful arrangerii'nt. one very
harming Amazone hat was of rich.
lark-blue v. !wt, with bla.-k ostrich ti|is
it the side, while . rosette Of the sable
was placed more to the front, ?ifllxcd by
i sparkling rhlm stoic- ornament.
Another effective ass of this same fur
SB. shown on a bonnet with a gold and'
il|yes embroidered crown. The diadem
rim was of the sab!.-, and from the
dga Of the brim on the left side, bai h [ i
0 back, come one white and one lU-ht- i
irown feather, rising from a saucy, little I
able lead with glistening ruby ey a, I i
A'hite satin strings were employed to i
ie this dainty affair OB. And 1 m
oentlon accidentally, that some of tie- ' i
cry newest and most exclue!ve bonn
tad toques now have these appendagea, ? i
md it is whispered in millinery ein
hat the Btrlnged bonnets an- coming in -i
igaia May n li .-..on, for pr.-tty bon- \ j
net Btrlaga, ?rise?y choesn aad properly
tid. make an old woman look younger,
and a young woman loo'.; charming.
- ??* -
| eiiiniii.- Barrirai .a itniinn soli.
(BuUetla of the American Qeot^raphloa]
tyj
In the ?and of the Sette Communl the
eye roams for many BtBos east and wast
over a rolling highland, gr ?en, and joyous
as of tie- n, rth, spanned by a southern
Fky. Hera and o ara of houses
OB smooth knolls of ground, men
a mowing, and rows of WOBM?
keep time with a lythm of rakes; ln-rds
Of CttlO fraSS tear and far; the whole
forming an idyllic dairy district, sur?
rounded by a woodman's paradise.
BOOnda carry a great distance over the
plain, as over water, whether ?t be lin?
io? ing of cattle, th" tolling of church
hells, or the Staging of lark i
xubeiantly in tin- Italian sky. above
his bit of simi-T. lUtoniC land. With the
fcfOBtB of the mountains In one's .00
rils, it is hard to bellers that off there
o tho_ south, only a few BtflOfl OVOf th.
idge of tin- paature, lie Verona and
I'icenza, and al; the other stuffy CdtieS
if th.- plain sweltering in their glaring
'It IM midst of Y?!!'--I
lighly color, d, de;ir, dirty Italy!
Th.- leai.-' i of the villages and hamlets
n the Bette Communl are distinctly un?
taban in appearance. For tin- BMMt part
hey are thatched er singled and peak?
ooftd, in order to shed the snow In
i-inti-r, betraying almost a Gothic ten
ency. There era bo cJumney. so that
he smoke from the hearth issues at
ages coovenlenl window, and hmvos a
lack trail Up tin- side of the house,
lori over, these mountaineers do not
ee.-n to h ITS that irre.-i-tililc desire to
Bist tie ir walls all colors of the rain
low. which aomehow goes with the
talma tempeiament Ob tie- contrary,
>n y an- content to let the rough mortar
f their 1 roses weather in various
I of gray and drab. In
ruth. lie- farm-houses might belong
|Oall: v-eli to Bwabia, or to any region
hen- the -I : coi's and shlngi
irvtve; certainly, least of ail, to Italy,
: ils for building pur
re almost unknown.
-il1/' fJLJY
i. t? in double cashmor<\ '?".- trimming of Un ooraage tonas a large collar satlreljr covered with
Mrtslmalati < Bell embroidered In metal and mounted on elastic.
lacket Blouse in the aew gray-blue "moujik." This elegant model Is trimmed with satin revers sad collar
an.i clo straps <>r embroidered satin. The Sams rich embroidery ornaments ti?- sad spaatettea Platal
skirt of cloth to match.
itume in violet cloth, with a lar?e collar of brocade trimmed with white satin rovers covered with renais
High ?'.liar faced with the brocade
4, Vl| ?a trimmed with Velvet and braid.
I
(Copyrighted, lfW, Leslie. BrmUcata.)
IB TBLLS OUB KBW TORK CORRlBSPONDSlfT A SFTrrtKT on TWO. TIER BBATJTf HAS CAPTURJBDl
A TOREADOR HAT
m as
A GIRL FROM PARIS.
y^S^T^V
CLEO M MEROBE.
lIBHIaafl ?il n r? OF IBAIOI
holds onn VlalWBi
PINS HER FAITH TO NO MIN.
Money lo Her I? the Renl Thin? Tliat
Makes life "Worth Living?Her Sonl
la In Her Heels?In II Uf Ilernlinrdt,
She Likes the Women of Ainerloa.
NEW YORK, October 2?"To dance, mil
cherle, to ?lance and then to daaoa again.
I love, you love, we all love. Whit Is it
you Aim-rii-ans say, money m
cheval go 'round? That is it. That Is
it." This Is what Cleo de MefOdS sa ?1
to me when I asked her to tell me of
her likes sad dislikes, her hopes, her am?
bitions. Phe speaks no Fnnlish, and I
have use?! French expressions wh'-n le,
In striving to express the BBgBSh Idea,
relapsed Into her own common cvery
?1 ?y expressions.
The Herede has New Tork at her feet,
and VBfjr pretty and daintily shot feet
they ar.', tee. Meroda Is cast in ?-lassie
mould. Sin- has the limbs of a Greek
goddess and the faca et b houri. Ami
her hair?WS hue all heard of the Me
rods hair, bot its velvety si.s I
rlption. I was not Impress??,1 by
her, but th? girl's peculiar beauty and
straags eemMnatlon of character and bo?
bos rancis Interest fully as much as they
crests Btfmlrattoa.
she h shrewd and sharp, sad although
several of the N'W York write.% BaVS
endeavored to Rive the liiipreaaluii that
h'-r pretty head was empty, I muai
thai i found it quita different She Is
Sellghted tu talk to thus.- who I'.ui sat
in-r own language, and revealed te fes b
fa?t whl h nn^ht bava a depressing ?-rr?- .t
m ths Johnnies if they but knew it, et*
theagh it his not been published, m?'
rode is going to be married. What is
note, she is going to marry a man who
s In trad?-, but who has more money than
i?- knows what t?> do wlt'i. and as no sum
rhatever would place Mero.ie in th.it ? .?
iltlon, the match will probably hfl |
ery happy one.
SI i I : fj To MAI1?V.
"I am going to gel irarrleil." said lie
ode. "Tir t. > .n-.- the man seams
:oo?i to m?-, aad siso because >"u know
?i Franc- % v.?unsa Is never independent
intil she Is Startled You see I have
ay moth? r v. iih m.- WBOrCTQC l ko. What | g
reald they think of mo if I weat al
rlthout a chaperon? Impossible. De !i
ou think Monsieur whom I shall marry n
reald be happy If he thought I WOT? ov- r i
ere In this Kre.it Country With no one j PJ
nt my little self to keep away the peo- y,\
le that always follow me? No, no, no." i }
Surely Merodo, If half what we Bear 's
rue, should be a past misii, ss in lb... arts I "
f love. M,,- has known them all from J"
rtNts to kin?;, and they have ail lov.d
er. She has known I?? grand passion
xhlblted by men of almost all th?- na
?onallties of Europe. She knows Just
ow people make love In the North and
le South, the Fast and the West, and sho
>ves to think of it all.
"Your ambitions, Madomofselle." said
"are not so high BS they mlKht be
laced If you had not fully decided upon
Inning a business-man."
WOULDN'T HAVF A KINO.
"Mon dieu," said MeVOde, "I once had ! to
mbltlon to marry a title, but not now." I fo
"Perhai I you would have liked to be a en
neen," I suggested. j St
MerodS elesed her eyes and smiled In ' h?
tr-away fashion. Then ?he said: "Once. !
used to have thoughts that a queen ? at
ust be the happiest of persons, but ?in?
urn I have known a king?yes, several j I
Inga. Now I do not wish to be queen." j A?
"And your greatest love la?" sp
"To dance?oh, yes; to dance. My soul it
In my feet, sotnetirms I think. I up
tow th?- dunce, I know the figure, hut ! do
me way I forget it all and leave it to ; th
y feet. They know. They never make fai
intakes. How long ehall I ?lance? As on
ng as I live and can move asout. I do j bo,
>t with to be thought one of those vli
omen who will ever confesa that they | pn
e passe. I never shall be. never." An?! VI
erode shook her head vigorously and ? sei
owled in Machlvelllan fa*hlon. ! sin
Merode laughs at all precedent, and as
likes the American women. Shades of
si rah Reinhardt, think of It. She SByS
n .- wonnn are chic, that they dress
he iiitlfully, that they are not cold, and
that tiny have the real bel air?and this
[rom the admired of th- admired.
rarely, do feather so tail has bee;, thrust
ut o ihn toque of the American girl for
nuiiy a long day.
I'RKTTV AMKRICAN' WOMEN.
"I think," she said, "that it would be
?Utrageoua not to admire the women of
ami-ii.ii. They are not like ,us. It H
100 bad for them that they are not
French, but that cannot be hele.i. They
tOJOW mach more than we do and have
unbltlonfl In many directions that v.-?.
n our country, never feeL I t'ilnk, as
i whole, they are prettier than w BTS
than I. you say? O, well, I do
lot like to talk of myself.
"I do not wonder that the men from
fall In love with the An,
(irla They are so chic, ea duurmanta
ou know. I have heard BO many
?tortea of them that at first I did not
oiow what to think, ami when i walked
.bout mi tin' gnat .-'eimer that brought
ne her", i looked ai four countrywomen
cry curiously. The Bsors i lookad, i he
letter 1 liked them. l'crl
?ecaose they sensed to like me, pet
hat does not mutter. My opinion of
hem is nil that I could wish, and that
- saying a great deal, for I B*ISg to
peak and think everything kindly of the
romCB of America.
IlKit FIRST DANCE HKUK.
"I was very nervous when I .!
rat before them lure, but they have
een so kind and seem to think Merode
I so clever, that I kteS my hands to
hem. I know I shall enjoy every
lomOBt of my time in America, and
hen, too, when I go bach to France,
shall look with Joy for the American
ices in the audiences before whom I
anee." _
otra elan laws.
unie ?n-e,i-ni iiniH on (he SnliJeet
from 1'nlk Miller.
i For the Plepatch.)
A prominent physician of Essex county
n ? tne Frederlcksbtin; Star ths f"l
?
The passage of the '"bird law" nearly
m years ago was not liecessit.it.-1 ?,y
i? shooting of bud' by aportamen, but
,- an Intensely cold winter, and Its deep
tow. if any such law had ic-ver been
lacted there would have been just as
any. and probably more, partridges now
lan tln-re are. for during the vacation
iwka have destroyed mot. btrda than a
al iporteman would hav.- bagged. The
lea of a sportsman's gun is a
eater protection to partridgi -, n ac
tint of hawks, than prohibitory acts of
i? Legislatur*
when I say sportsmen. I
?n't mean "still and pot-hunters," for
e latter, to effect their purposes, vVoul?!
II tin- ; ,- i r,i!-d Hod ever created.
[ have been a partridge shot for over
ty ye us. aad i. atlon has
ade nu- conclude as I have -lid.
!u Middlesex county then
se. a farm of 1,890 aerea, called "Corbfn
ill," sad when purchased by "Uncle
ordecal Spindle," as everybody ;
m (who was a sportsman!, there w-re
i ly nl of Mr ' ' on it, and
rncle Mordtrcal" kept shooting- al
til, two ymrs after, your correspondent
d the fun of shooting at nineteen Hocks
i th-- sana- farm. X. V. '/..
. ace., with him that the hawks are
let) more destructive than the sports
n, aad while many OOBBtteS pay for
ilps, the most of them do not. Py
nu.n.s our Legislature should make
obligatory upon the boards of super?
iors of ?very county to pay for the j',
lips of hawks and foxes, too. Dur
?-hunting friends seem to think that
:s would deprive tin m of their favorito
irt. because It would ?et all the darkles
gunning for fo*
the muro and his cur dog and gun
nid not kill a half dozen In the whole
ite in a year, while the r? ward would
[p to feed many a good fox hound,
ind now for the game law. arhiOh two
leust of our county Judges hav
ed unconstitutional. In the bill Which
?repared and presented to our General
sembly. and which was endorsed by
?rtsrnen throughout the State. 1 made
a point to leave out the very clause
>n which these Judges rendered their
lelons. In arguing the matter before
committee. I teok the ground that the
m r . wood everything that was raised
bt? land, and if he didn't, bo thought
ami no amount of talking could con
04 him to believe ottu-rwlatt. I . g.
- ?I the beii.-f that the farmers of
glnla were men of loo much common
se and decency to ?hoot out of season
iply because they had a rl^ht to "do
they ptea?ed on their own premises."
I was i'M by some of the county mem?
i rs that "if people wi ru allowed t?
shoot on their own lands they would kill
birds In .July sad August." 1 did n<>l
think so, an?! insisted open the adoptlos
of my suggestion. The legislature WOiSI
not adopt it. and I am gla I the Judges
have coma to the rescue or the land-owe*
ers and knocked their gets say high, I
am sorry for those countb-s in which the
birds have not : !. arid I t r u v t
their repres ntattvea will oppose the re*
peal with as mush:eaaveagneee aa othei
?iiuv.fi.?' are cl.irrontig gBT IB What a
shattie that our Legislature, with Its at
ray of legal ' lient, cannot make a gam?
law which will "hold water." II Ml an
important question, and bee ornas mor*
so each year. if the Speaker of the
House win si , 'int men Uke i- ui ton,
of Hanover, who has a pointer ?log win ii
fed a COT( f ' birds during the last deep
snow (having ; n eye to uis own pleasure
as well as his master's), and nave bita
s asocia ted ?>n the Qame Committee with
such men as Henry Wickham and I ?r.
Le ('ato, from the Senate, who krow the '
wants of sportsmen and respect the right!
of farmers, we will have a game law
which will be respected and enforced.
POLK MILLKR.
.S'eut lim?-. 4"
(Providence OJL I) Telegram.)
Oenoral DOW was born almost nlne'y?
four years ago of Quaker parental ?l.i
graduate?! at the Friends' School, In this
ity, and pursued the business cf his
lather, who was a tanner. We do not
enicmbrr that he ever held any official
positions beyond thos? of chief engineer
>f b Ht'?- d?partage?t la his younger days
ind the mayorshlp of Portland for two
terms. It was during his last term thst
he famcrua Maine law riot oi?urred,
ivlili-h was put down by the militia under
da direction, ono ama Mag killed. Du
1ng the war he raised a regiment for
Vat It's expe.lltlon, and served In th<- ?".ulf
)erxirtm. tit, Beetees spending some
nonths in IJbby prison. Once he wae
i carrejarte of the i'rohlbltlon party for
'reaidet.t, and received enough votes to
'titiilo him lo a place among th? "scat
erlnr."
As the apostle of prohibition of the
?luor traille he made his reputation. His
ame wl I go Into history, but the success
f bis method will hardly Justify rmk
ng him among tb? world's great men.
till, he has been a ?-?nspicuous figure
or half a Century. Three times BO visitedi
Inglind to BdVCeetSJ his ideas, an?l un
OUbtedly b H? Ved be had accomplished
reat thing?. He boasted of his triumph?
t hotre, yet liquor Is sold In baadreSB
I In his own city und county. He
ras too bright a man not to know this,
enee he exposed himself to the charge,
f insincerity.
Hut he was a most interesting old gen?
leman. I?ng after he was 90 he was fre?
uently sean alejut Uie streets of th? city,
nd his life went on In It? customary
iie had I led In stirring
p a lively agitation and acquiring a
idely-known ti^me. That he really ac
jnrpushed much f<n* the cause he advo
ii-ii o-?> be and mat his sue*
r h - be attained any, a |
mi? fit to the greater cause of temperance
more doubtful.
The l.lunt 'InrMl.f of A I ?In I. fa.
<Th? Spect.-.tor.)
When the length of the life of other
limais Is contrasted with that of the
ant tortoise, It Is clear that the ' " -
ust enjoy jeme special advantage, ?ither
! structure or of hubit. conductng to>
nge% ity. ore hundred yeai - i
d age for an elephant, and no
ilmals, except certain bii pillee.
ii-h half this span of reara With ihm
a may contrast the following in?tancea
' the length <f years attained I >l . by
ie smalt-r tortoises and the gigantic
lecies. In tho l'.ishop's (larden, at l'e
rborouK:' - whb .i was
ild to ! The
unhetb tortolee, whi?h was Introduces
to the gait, n by Archbishop l>a ; ! ?lx>ut
ie ye.u u F3J. owing 40
me neglect of the g irdener, lived lu fte
ast situation" liS years.
!', u ; Bjr ' bar?es ?'nivi'ie, Ooveraor of
e Mauritius, sent to the Zoological Har?
ms a tortoise weighing 2&> , n"h. It
as 4 feet 4 inches ions, and .' -?
the Mauritius for sixty-seven years
:act period wae known, for thla tort
us brought to that Island from ?he t
? ?te,? m it?;; by the Chevalier Marion
resji?.. At i hat time it wi** full gruwn.
that its real age w is probably much
eater. In In? Mu 'e'lnt ?f Natural His?
ry at goutb Kensington are the r. mains
an Al'lahrs tortol?.-, of th? species now '
.sented t ? the Z.?>?loRlcal Society by afr.
alter Ho', h ?child. wWen. Uiuugr. i
?own toi bt? /ears old. wi-ltrhe'd
tinds, and was s'?.111 growing at the
I'? death.