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IHK RICHMOND DISPATCH-S UN DA Y. FEBRUARY 20. 1898.
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THE LATEST^T MILL1KERY.
><>^'tlr. tn BlTap^-iT^ Innovation.
??? Matsrial-llat. laatml .?..?1 lint.
Ornamental-Met.t Halts nnd 11?
lewrlled Girdle?.
(C,,r: ? of the Dlspntcn >
new y(?i:k. Fmbtrwar, ... ,(.?s
tale of the new and beautiful la mim
Bealde thf novelties tn ?napes th-re
are several innovations in material.
Vegetable 8Uk hos be.n turned to
Ihe greatest advantage for silky
Plilts. ready to be converted into
b-ts or bonnets. Th?-y are far
less expensive than the satin straws,
nnd are a marked feature in the spring
modes. We are not to have dismal col?
orings; tho ?style of plaiting Is the same.
In all. showing a pointed erige on MM
slda, and recalling the plaits that we
were all skilful in doing some years ago,
in paper, which were mm;.? up Into very
ntgble baskets. But w.'i
plaits aro vegetable silk or of satin
straw, they' are quite a study in color.
Turquoise, light pink, bright heliotrope
shades are used alone, but m?>re orten
they are blended with gray, while brown
is combined with pink, blue with rca,
and gray with green. Tnere are some
?ue effects, and those
ai*S Ugh! and Charming, and SO ?iro tne
The straws are
of light weight, but tho vegetable buk
is lighter sttil, and there is a great tteei
of black and white, and satin and SIM
are blended with the straw In some ex
amp!
CAN ANY MAN READ THIS?
We are faithful to pellettes, their reign
Is not at all over, and many <>f the I
bonn? y composed ot
??quins overlapping each other, WtUlS
made In black net,
work lUlns, aro BUI4*
round? ?1 by wired rings covered WHO.
the same texture and elaborately em
biol.lei.il; they are all quite different 10
anything wo have had J bapei
all the mor., unique, ?rpm the
plaits and the quaint snaps
uy of the crowns. Often surro
by straw plaftlngs.' Many tartan mix
i borderini
wns, Bui besio . there
Is a great novelty in the rainbow ciotn,
which has a strong tenacity <?r thread,
-t like horsehair, displaying chine
la In various colorings, and always
This is employed for the
Tarn <V Bhaater crowns. s?-t In hard cir
hich are oovered with tno
material. This fabrlo Is made in
I of tones -sometimes the
groundsrork ii yellow, sometimes green,
mauve, blue, and pink?a bunch ot lea?
thers mostly figures at the side.
HATS OF TDK I" SKI "PL SO?ttT.
There Is a great deal or novelty witn
tawtki I of the useful kind for
country bicycling wear. We nave not
away from the boat shapes,
but they will not be nearly so much worn
?lot-, though there aro lomi
mlng hats with high crowns, sligtuiy
sunk In at the top, and narrow brims,
turning up on either side, surrounded oy
X?-^
a band of velvet With a quill tnrust
:
ttonolly light; it is to M
in wUt? and many colora but one
In black, tor U i
r a ?lull i
?r mourning. This is mad.- up i
,J In sailor shape, and gr, are ug-j.
other tint.
V ? tuiiy I
crown with leather, the
with satin, a I \. !v.?t In
in the front which makes them set nrm
ly on th.
- Of various kinds are being I
up Into sailor hats, ki.m oiaex
accustomed to; but
not : HOW With Vlo:
to brown with black, ana
;i mixtures, or
with gold. A great mar. nats
m color under the brim.
which is a becoming traatment, moro
daily to women who bays i
their premiere Jeunesse. Llght-e
hats with light-bin.- and light-ptnk
v<t rib!. .:i round, are lil;.-iy to |.
I worn i
and white Japan.se chips, wit n stthOT
or light-colored b.tn.is. There
na hals, WBlCh
delightfully light, too? and thdae
?1 oih.-r colors inti
r the brim. There is quito a boom
m for 'cycling purpo
Till". PRENCU
The tailor has a broader brim
Igbtly higher crown than tin
i is likely to ?form n ,
There is Maes
i the Dak>ta, wtii.-ti is
uni round,
a, \\ hieb - ! ha?,
straw in VlVld I
The M- rldame li another :
h it high crown and I
i. ; in line it-raw, with n
h the side of a velvet band,
ird ??ne, th? material
if an Inch ? i shown In
v in the even piaft. Tuscan
re In favor even for the brOad?
brlmn ' ' ' '" lru'
lock, and th.* NeW
, re to be 11 ; saodss tu
kW IS
up Into high 01 '"i ladies'
ami ;
name <?f Robin H.C
,r of tliait historical :
rowni have not gone out, but |
which look as If they had
.) in by a saucer sre newer.
j". i -,t white and brown rail?
. by me
houses f?ir the early -
. . ckl'il and Selt-COlOrod ones.
girls soft satin and Ptlk 'lam c
Shooter crowns are let into cnip Hnu
brims, by all of wntoh WS may
!:ion is not likely to
be monotonous In
TUL HALO HAT.
// I T?ie halo hat. which heads our first
?A column this week, Is a coarse butter
I a straw, brimmed on the outside
H U. . of black velvet ribbon. Tne
T same ribbon Is used for strings. The only
,'' fa??*, irlmmlng Is a wreath resting on |
, the hair, <>f salmon pink roses.
*f\ No. 2 Is an appl?s-green silk straw,
"N with bunches of white roses nestun*
J In the pleats of the crown, Quills give]
ft btlkbx t?> the left side.
** Xf'tytb third hat is a blended ?yhite ana
htraw, with a high trimming ot
"' lar;;e pink silk blossoms. A wreath ana
ft velvet is all the trimming re
Cf I 'i-ir- l by the novel scoop thtpe touitti
column, while the last, but ?ot
' ? least, ii a ballotrop? Tarn o' Bhunter toque I
u* i set far back on ifae head, aad bsautinao
by lavender and black plumes and pasta
buakle. through a velvet knot In from.
HEADGEAR OF MIXED HKOWN
STRA \V.
The? first hat in our second column is
a mixed brown rough straw, b?nt into
??? coming curv?-s. At the left sl?ie, tilling
in the tilted brim, Ik a chic bow or ??rang??
'. A second bat. are,] bow of brown
velvet surmounts Mils and a wreath ot
shade?! green and In own ivy leaves nearly
covers the outsldo of the hat.
The s? cond hat Is a shepherdess, a
coarse braid of pale-yellow, with 11
and ribbon loops for trimming. Tho third
hut, a leaae, Is compose?! entirely or
violets. Its gr.at style consists in tn<?
finishing touch being given by a bow or
blre-blus velvet. The next model is
for country wear, and th?* last one or
varieties of the new pompadour SB
has violets and green leaves only lor
trimming.
OIRDLES AND KELTS.
Some of the new metal girdles have a'
profusion of jewels Ml in them and little
of the metal can be seen. Keel gam
in many frasca tlotd, stiver, and
! ai?? the favorites Just
now. Peacock featbera bave alu*ajri
" or, in Other v'
unlucky, but the "hoo?loo" Is now ?
by using in connection with tn<
f.athers a common bean. This lucky ?
bean takes ths place or i small l<
and .? mounted entB gold ana.
others arc atudded with jewels. The belts
wt?tb i ens bhow sometimes
the entire : -metlmes merely tne
with ?-reel
| the novelties. belts
we illustrate are examples of the reivet
belts studded ?with fewela and ths fli
sails girdles confined by Jewelled SIMMS
V
?... .nst.ned by an enamelled buckle?
i gu?rite, now favorite of tho t-'rencn
The dainty btOUSS we give this week is
a taffeta covered with a diamond baliece
work of chiffon rods
How She Did Her Duty.
(New York Journal.)
The big liner came up the bay, st<
UP the river, and was soon docked at Its
dock. Tb?- customs officers were on
land, Madams ?'loimpignon Alouette,
the celebrated French traveller, was
id. They had been apprised of h.r
coming. I ! with du'
articles, they \. I Id. She must
; tank came
Madam.- Champignon, with a Fren.-h
1 oodle and :i smile of similar nationality.
The officers, one un?i ail, crowded around
her.
"Have you anything dutiable, Madam?"
?. . t, mi ! have ten bottles of
... ttlsksy, thirty bottles of cham
of kid gloves, tw?
rings, six i ear-rings,
one string of pearls, ?.ill diamonds, tv
nineteen pairs cuff buttons, ninet?,
one boxes clgar-a?"
"Ail right, madam, Ze gentlemen have
all fan
"I thought they would. Come, let us
go." {
eg~4-^t_f?-4-r ' "(?_> ^
SLIDING DOWNWARDS
HARD TIMES KNOCKING AT THK
IDLER'S HOSPITABLE DOOR.
A SAMPLE OF SIMPLE ENGLISH.
Two Sides to a Mooted Qaaation?
Bridal Presents and the Way
They Are Acknowledged?Nobody
Pleased About Them.
Hard times have struck our part of tne
town, and we aro slipping, sup- j
slipping down the awful de?
cline of poverty. W'hrre once the
B-COiorad potatoc-ple graced tne
board at the hour of dessert, tne
eye now rests on the sober brown or
I qpplSS. Where onco the gory roast
its ruddy glow, we now shiv.-r
In the reflected glare of obese bacon, while
fragrance of our quondam
ry has 1.n overwhelm?-d by the ail-at.?
orblng perfume of cabbage. The discs**?
id from my office janitor, and now
go to make up the garments of our lit110
No more do? - the oook desport her*
"ff ?lotlung of tne Com
manderdft-Chlef, fur l Mil to tne
Idem In second-hand ??ir
king, sinking, sinking. And so,
also, we are struggling, struggling, strug
g?tig tO an. s rill laws of gravi?
tation that earn i.r ?..ik ?town, it s a
plucky Sght, \uth the Oddfl In tavor "l
j.? v 11..'. and
the Usier. And | ??1 UM
-, ths harder it is to
deed, is ? ?.vher?
doesn't make p. ri. ? i -am****?
na tu ts to !? an
er. We are retrenching and reform?
ing as fast as they pull down circus tents
night perforHiance. au ttie extra
Miv.-.l, ami we now
i on the memory of wnat WS
Wo ti - 'all the 1.
lays that are gone, and
ib? n. awakening t'r??m our piv'n>iis :
realise that the only surviving
is that which runs on
luv promissory notes, and bean t h lnte
it runa.
And OB ths long winter evenings, wnen
twilight - r tne
irpet and cloud tne
Btrugi .i K!".im from our stcaiy
ar a sign
t r. m ths redoubtabls i ?f tne
a, but this 1 do not p i sert. |
or no sigh, her energy is not oi
for dear! te sift tas
?.I to onler down th?
r ubiquitously around tne
?. in the days of potato-pie ana
tort In our back alley
were
allowed ths bsaeflts of Um : now
the Commandcr-ln-Chlef lias succ. i
th.-m in office, and the reward ts ours, it
v ?*?
Is not pride, or a haughty spirit of supe?
rno! -. thai prompts me to wear a long
t a I l.-d coat; it Is the perforation of my
careworn trouo-rs. Neither do 1 wear
galoshes, from fear of Imagined dampnes-,
on the Streets, but out of deference to
my shoeless socks. W'e are slipping, slip?
ping, slipping; and, like the road to Aver
nus, we find "the descent Is easy.
.
The children didn't know anything was
wrong In the beginning, and on the first
day, srhen Stewed apples were substituted
f??r pie. they chuckled with delight at the
change anil at? so much that we al
I the pie would have been
So. also, on tho second day
rejoiced In bread toasted with
moin SS es and besmeared their happy
fangs with most liberal allowances of
this diabolical compound. Rut by and by,
when the mantle of Indigence began to
rest h' aVily on cur shoulders, there was
a juvenile rebellion and stewed fruit and
ere repudiated. Pie was <*n
i by a unanimous vote, and candy
was demanded for the Idle hours of th?j '
?'rover Cleveland arose In his Juve?
nile might and protested against his suit
that was "made out of pi's cast-off
pants." becauoe, forsooth, the neighbor?
ing urchins recognized the cloth as of old,
and commented th?-reon, as only mean,
bad boys can do. Marmaduke wept be
a he could not go to the circus, and
refused to be comforted when I tried to
tell him that the parade was far better
than the performance. W'e are slipping,
slipping, slipping. Down, down, the awful
we go, but the Commander
in-Chlef is dying game, and maybe, the
" world doesn't know. When com?
tes. p!<i onco more r?'gns, and
it is only by the most supreme efforts '
and many winks from the Commander's
I
aye, thai we hold the cMldrea in chec
and thwart their tell-tale commenta. S?
?aleo, "n the Sabbaths WS stilt stalk fort
OB tl.?- boulevards with an air of fade
ir?the shabby Commandtir-ln
chief aecur? I
Bad I exultant in the long-tailed coat
We linger not where ths sun shine:
brtghteat, for loi is the great -
ipota, but tarry In the shad;
dow cloaks the wrinkle
in old elotb v> 1 re once the celluloi?
collar and the poika-?!"t ,rav>'
in the noonday brightness, th>. r?-> is n??v
the sober tie of black and the
1 y the dame who als?? does th?
iag. When they SSk us to buj
ts to the chureh fairs or to chip oui
qaartera into the many charitable jack
In vogue, wo sigh and say
"We are not g"{!ig ?ait this winter; thai
we have 1 ?.ne." This dear one
t.y the arajr, ?s the caaary, who was
forced to adjourn sine die, on account ol
th<- la-k of birdseed in our houashol<L
For BT-ontna -yea, almost >.-.ir^. I have
making a ch?-mical analysis of
rty, with the hope of discovering on.:
pleasant Ingredient in it. but so far mv
auceess is ..nly equaled by the alchemists
In their search for gold.
Hut ev.-n as b healthy appetite can take
off Its Irit t?. herrings and molasses, and
thank Its stars for pepper and ?alt, so.
IB this hour of retrenchment
; ?yments, bow to the Incvl
i'ir melancholy with
?rcdlents?hope and cheer
fulnei
.
Don't use big words. 'Tis true, they're
about the only thins you can use with
out extra cost, but all the same you had
ma alone. They're mighty
apt to tangle you up and throw you down
before you get through with them, and
then the fellow wbo had to look in the
dictionary for their meaning will have
the laugh on you. In language, as m
cvery-cay life, the longest pole does not
always get the persimmon, but on the
contrary, the most cumbersome polysyl?
lables sometimes fly back like a boom?
erang and mutilate you. The f?mowing
injunctions, which, for terse and simple
Anglo-Saxon have no equal, are com?
mended to the public, though I am not
responsible for them:
In promulgating eaoterlc cogitations, or
articulating superficial sentimentalities
and philosophical or psy.'hologica:
Bervationa. beware of platitudlnou* pon- I
derosity. Let your statements posse?.? a
?lainini conciseness. ?umpa ' 'd compre-(
henalblenesa, coalescent consistence, and
a concentrated' cogency. Eschew all con- .
glomeratlons of flatulent garrulity, Jejune
babblement, and asinine annotation?. ? ? ?
ecessary to use Jaw-breakers i.-n i
your i>xtemporBn?80us ?!e<?cantlngs and
unpremeditated expatlatlon* have n
llgibilltv and veracious vivacity, wit'
lontade or thrasonical bombest. Se?
dulously av?.ld all polysyllable profund?
ity, psitta. v, ventrlloqual ver?
bosity, and vandlloquent vapidity; shun
double entendre*, purlent jocosity,
pestiferous profanity, obscurent or .p
parent.
.
The partridge and Molly eotton-tall
s?aeons are now over, but ?'npld Is still
gunning after big game, and has his
a well filled with matrimonial vic?
tims. They say people ar?- dying now
who n before, and It Is the same
way with marriage?. In fact. It Is princi?
pally those who have hitherto had no
risnce that are trying ?the hymenlal
experiment. This condition ot affairs
rally ?.pens up discussion con?
ing weddings and their pleasant and
agreeable feature?*. From the standpoint
of the contracting parties?or j i
parties, as a country correspondent re?
cently expressed It?there Is only a ro?
s?gate hu?> about the buslnes?, but we
of the initiated outside may have dif
vl'-ws. As Illustrative of the con?
trariety of opinion between the "happy
couples" and those who shower rice upon
them, we may mention this subject of \
wedding presents?a diabolical custom In?
augurated miny years ago by some In?
dividual who owes an apology to hu?
manity. We of the Initiated ar.? not over?
ly-enthusiastic when an opportunity
comes for a display of our hypocritical
?T'lK'rosity, and when several opportuni?
ties come the same week or the 'same
month we are loud In our protests?that
is. behind the backs of the future Kil?
kenny cats. But the diabolical custom to
which I have alluded holds us up to the
scratch, and allows no soope for our In?
dignation. We may rip and snort as
much as we pi ?ase, but we alv. ays pay
tho tax. Has there ever been a case, ;
dear, gentle, tight-fisted reader, when the
presents were not profuse and handsome,
and when wo did not help to make thorn '
so? Yea, even though the prospective
Sabbath trousers or the plumed I,
gear were mi riti? > ?I. ?~e bave ? otitrlbuted
our quota of berry forks ami sugar-tongs.
Full well we know that It is partly due to
our reluctant magnanimity that the w? 1
ding guest looks on a scene of glitteri-if,
gewgaws and tinselled trinkets. And for ;
the time being?that Is, until they learn
to know each other well?the 1
of these treasures are much pleased, and
would even oonesnt to make an affidavit
that marriage is not a failure. Their
views on the subject of wedding presents
are different frdtai ours.
.
But, after the bill for our present, the
thing that most rubs our fur the wrong
wa*y is the note of thanks from the bride.
For years after we havs made our dona?
tion we feel that she and h-r husband
should be ?Veeply grateful to Ua,
therefore, wh.-n we receive a card en.
dorsed "Please accept many thanks f?>r
your beautiful present," we foam at the
mouth and ?nap fiercely at all the
that hover around us. W'e ?.re told to
accept many thanks?possibly a hogshead
full of them?and yet. when we go I
cept them, we find the whole outlay
dished up on a visiting-card. This, we
say. Is the reward for the Sabbath trou
whl? h wero sacrificed on the altar
of Hymen; this, we exclaim, is the grati?
tude tendered In exchange for the new
bonnet, which would ha v.? n<
at least nlno visits to th.- milliner's and
put ?ill the f.-male memben of our con?
gregation to the blush. And In our bit?
terness against the world In general,
young married COUplee Is
rush wttdlv to our helgbbora ai I tell
them our trfl They, too, have con?
tributed orange spoons and lugar-tongSi
and they, too, are bid I
thanks for their beautiful presen) .\
ii.is likewise been need to convey
ths gratitude to them. By this time we
hav tbS '
ally do in ...Id weather, anyhow),
and we contii. ni toms of
hydrophobia. Finally, -, one
housohol?! where the expressions or
thanks are different Here we find an
individual who lias been told that "v..;
?that is, tho re u!>-w, , ?3 or
our contempt) ar.- so much obliged for
your pretty and u.-.-ful present." This
information Is also conveyed on the back
Why this sud'len outburst of
originality we ask? The reason is plain.
Two parsons in the same house fent
ntB. One 1 ir formula. Tho
other got a - f thanks,
which, at least, was different from tin
Insipid utterances that evoked our wrath.
But there are two sides to every ques?
tion. While w?3 thus bay at the moon,
the bride, having now broken her t>es
tlferous new shoes, assumes th.! tmWSaO
of a wlf< ".er of her huOWfto't
1 Quallt* Returning from t9'trlp
on which her spou tided that
money was no . him, she
a look at the I Moh once s
lighted her. Then she sighs. "K?
of them," lb.
bless-takt-d on.? to be arla.
who did send I I told
them to keep a list. It's a pitv th< I
s?i many b.-rry forks. I wonder v.
this for. Not a single piano lamp, though
kii.-w I wanted on... Eighty?
Fea eighty-t.
Might as well get the job off my !
though the people don't think a bride
Ish Jack wouid hurry
and eme bOBSe.*4 And then si ?
the Ink and the cards and tin
and unwinds fa . '.ilr>>
graphy Into bright, sparkling IdOOS like
irt to
mention the ?r which She
grateful, for she fears she has gotten
th.?m mixed up end I 1 take no
chances. Out go the cards and she Is
Bed? thai is, If Jack comes home
early, while we are very, very 1
THR IDLE REPORTER.
In his new book Mark Twain has the
following tribute to ? I ad?
mire him. I frankly conl ' when
bis time comes, I shall buy a piece of the
rope for a keepsake."
The San Fia ?ironlcle is au?
thority for the statt ?rient that there was
live glean: In the e>e of a cer?
tain Mr. Lease, of K n h? waa
Informed that an Illinois man had lold
his wife for IIP._
Beware of Ointments for Catarrh
Thut Contain Mer.'ury,
as mercury will suit .ho Mass
of smell, ana -e lh??
whole ayv -o?' ''? -brougn
the mucous surfaces. Such articles snould
e.'cnptions
from reputable ph>siclans, as the a?m
ag?tthey will do u tenfold t" the gtxid you
can possibly derive from them Hairs
rh Cure, manufactured by F. J 1
ney A Co., Toledo, ?
cury, and Is taken Internally, tiding ui
jectly upon the hlod and m
fcris of the system, lu buviug Hall's
watartii Cur?? be sure you gut the g<
Ine. It Is taken Internally, and made m
by i-\ J Cheney & Co. Test*?
m'onlal* free.
Sold by druggists. Price. 7.'.c. per bottle.
Halls Family Pills are the test.
GRT THE ('EXlIHiB ARTICLE I
Walter Baker & Co.'s
Breakfast COCOA
Pure, Del?t?ous, Nutritious.
Costs leas than ONE CENT a cnp.
Be aure that the package bear, our Trade-Mark.
Walter Baker & Co. Limited,
(F-ubinhtd 1760.) Dorcheftter, ?Has?.
Trade-Mail
of promise, and ?tuM.MvB?
?MP?.
Mxi^*-^*-r-?|-/- ? m-f^mr m m. .a- mataW
MJ III III ! Ill ' ?-*??*-? .^am
Th<? -ilog
the !
B.CCO damage? for Injurlea rer?iveu' *" the
station In j-hiiadt-lphUi in UN.