Daily Greencastle Banner and Times, Greencastle, Putnam County, 7 August 1897 — Page 3

THE DAILY BANNER TIMES, GREEN CASTLE, INDIANA

THE FRENCH IN AMERICA.

HE WAS EMBARRASSED.

Mo«t Noteworthy la the I'anedlan Con- The Voting Man Forgot What OlHce Ha trlhntlon—Large Hettlementa. ! Had (.one to Aak For. The French element In the United 1 A peculiar incident of embarraagStates at the present time embraces tnent on the part of a young offlce-'-arious groups, says the Ohautauquan. seeker occurred in Maj. McKinley's IIThc French of Ixmlsiana include the brary one morning before the tnaugurdwellers In and around the picturesque j ition which Illustrates that all officeold capital of New Orleans exotic seekers are not as bold as they apamong American cities with Its French | l*®* 1 '- A young man of florid complexsurvfV.ils, its dream of past commercial * on anf * ftolden hair from one of th« dc minion and its vision of future pow- middle states had come many miles to or. and the simple and Ignorant Aca- present a request to the president-elect

dian farmers, continuing the prlmltiro customs of the basin of Grand Pre. along the tranquil w-aters of the Aesche, remote from the corroding touch of busy modern life. The metis, or half-breeds, also survivals of the old French days, are scattered In considerable numbers through the northwest, as packmen, boatmen and lumbermen. But the most noteworthy French element In the United States at the present time consists In the French Canadians, who began about twenty years ago to cross the border Into this country. This movement was due in part to the expansive power of this fecund people, and in part to the effort of New England mill owners to bring them as operatives. The result has been to introduce a new strain of French Influence Into this country. The United States census of 1890 reports 537,000 white persons having one or both parents born in Canada and Newfoundland of French extraction. I/eadlng French Canadians deny the correctness of this report, and on the basis of church records hold that it should be more than doubled. The French Canadians are found in greatest number In the north Atlantic states and the north central ttates. As rule they are grouped In settlements of their own, aiming to preserve their race, language, customs and religion.

IRHESISTIIII.K COMI1IV AXIOMS FOR PRETTY GIHL9. m IGHT IN WEIGHT AND COST

lerae of Thewe AfTnlrn Cnn lie Made at Home hy Any Clever Seum-

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Fascinatingly pretty and attractive •s are the summer costumes this sen•on. they are not so smart as the Wraps, coats and cloaks that are so accessary In this changeable climate. *To begin with, lace is lu fashion again, and the handsomer the more desirable get'His to be the rule. Lace shawls that Wave been laid away for years and only looked at occasionally have now been taken from their treasure Chests anil are being made into mantillas and capes. White and black laces are used for these garments, ■which are, when satisfactorily made, the richest and smartest wrap a woman can wear. An old-fashioned lace shawl Is In Itself rather an awkward and ungainly thing to handle, and is by no means Becoming, but when the point is arranged to come Just below the waist In the back, the folds caught up high on the shoulders In soft plaits and the ends left to fall a la pelerine in front, the effect Is charming. Bows of black Velvet ribbon are caught down with jet buckles on the shoulders. A niche of

waisted women can wear the roundshaped cape, while short-waisted and stout women look best in the pointed style, while long ex ds lu front add greatly to the tong effect, giving slenderness and height to the figure. Ruffles of mousseline de sole and I chiffon are sometimes Interspersed with lace. This style. It is contended. Is smarter looking than when all lace is used, but that is simply a matter of individual taste, as both are fashionable. Putting n nn tow braiding of box-plaited satin and moire ribbon at the top of each ruffle is another fancy, or a line of Jet pawsementerte. Of course, when these headings are used the flounces do not overlap so much, but are spread just a little further

Chiffon and lace around the neck give ' apart (when no beading is used each

a most modern look, and shows to the best possible advantage the shawl—In

Itself a thing of beauty.

I Lace flounces arc also used for these Wraps, and sometimes white anti black are combined alternately; but, of Course, these must be sewed on a fitted lining. Silk or net Is used In the lining, and is most carefully fitted lu pound a pointed collar shape, and on this the flounces are sewed, the fullness being most carefully distributed So that there shall be a flaring effect and yet not too much "bunching of the

ruffle overlaps the other piece half an

Inch to nn inch In depth.)

Capes made entirely of chiffon or mousseline de sole or net ruffles are always small; Indeed, they might come under the heading of large collars, for they rarely extend further than the shoulders, and, while they are as smart as possible and almost Invariably becoming, arc not very warm garments and are more for ornament than use. The black ones are more generally worn than the white ones, for black cnn go with any and

suitable for smarter costumes of light ■ that they can only be worn on really silk or muslin. cool days, but for driving are invaluWlth the gowns of lace and ribbon able. Golf capes are evidently not to there are capes made of the same be put to one side at present. The best

GI.EAMVGS.

Details have been received In London ami cabled to this country from

materials and lined with the thinnest are the plain colors, with the plaid t Odessa of the self-immolation of a silks. These are more useful than lining. Although those made of the j number of the fanatical followers of they would seem to be, for the lace Scotch shawls still tlnd favor, these Haskolnikl, a report of which was gowns have no lining, and the cape last seem too clumsy and heavy and | first received weeks ago. More than

twenty-four bodies of [arsons who were burled alive have been recovered from a series of pits near TlrespoL The sect Is a survival of the old dls-

Uces Just on the shoulders. Long- 1 every gown, while the white Is only

A LITTT MOTHER.

gives all the warmth that Is neces- utterly lacking In the smart look the sary. even on a cool day. others possess In so marked a degree. When these fancy capes are bought 1N WH 1TK MILITARY CLOTH.

ready mado they are very expensive, — — —- — 1 but they are not so complicated that in white military cloth arc some seniors, who were persecuted in Kusthey cannot he made by a clever seam- new designs Just imported. This cloth siu for two centuries. Their treatstress if there Is a good pattern to fob can be cleaned and Is uot so perish- ment was worst under Empress Solow, for so much depends upon the able as might be thought. In eonse- phia. when thousands of them were rutiles being adjusted becomingly: quence of which It Is evidently to be knouted by the State. The result was I aud when the liniug is well fitted all all the rage when the watering place , that they became fiercely fanatical, else goes well. season really opens. One especially and invented a doctrine of salvation The fancy silks, which seem to be designed for the Newport season has by martyrdom. They are now praeuseful for so many different purposes, bands of black velvet put on In lines Using self-immolation. ! are also made Into capes of most be- that narrow toward the shoulders and Six bodies were accidentally dlscovI witching patterns. These are worn iu the hack give a V-shaped appear-: ered on the premises of Feodore Kovnot only with costumes made of the anoe. Around tho neck is a ruche of aleff, who confessed that he had same silk, but with different colored white chiffon edged with Jib. In front, walled up In his cellar nine living pergowns. A particularly noticeable oue are long stole ends of the cloth fas- 1 sons. Including his wife and two young that goes by the name of “visite” has toned at the throat with a bow of black j children. He further admitted that he considerable warmth to it, for It Is satin ribbon ami a rhinestone buckle. | had burled the other six, while they wide and long. In front It has some- The cape is lined throughout with tur- | were still alive, lu a specially excawuat the appearance of a waist, and Is quoise blue satin. vated pit eight feet deep, fitted to the figure and belted In. Over In heliotrope cloth an exquisite cape In an adjoining garden, belonging to the shoulders are deep capes which Is trimmed with rows of white satin Matvei Sukula, four IhwIIob were dlsmeet in the back. Tike material Is of ribbon, sewed on only at one edge to cd ered in a pit. Sukula says that shot silk heliotrope and black. There give a scant ruffle cfft>ct. This cape these were burled alive at their owu

is a small fitted yoke, covered with has a chiffon and lace ruche and is request.

Jetted insertion, and all around the lined with palest yellow. As will be cape is a full silk fringe, with a bead- seen, these light cloth capes are only A—Well, and how did you sleep last lug of Jet. The entire cape Is covered suitable for carriage wear aud smart night? Did you follow my advice and with black net wide mesh, and around entertainments, and seem but mere begin counting? the neck is a full ruche of net aud adjuncts to the exquisite costumes that B—Yes. I counted up to 18,000.

NEW IDEAS. Hand rests for use on a bicycle are formed of flat padded cloth disks which are attached to the upper side of the tar in any desired position by a strap and buckle. A new toy bank for the children has a donkey mounted on a base facing a man. the animal turning round and kicking the man over when a piece of money is placed in the bank. Foot rests or coasters for bicycles are now being made with a hinge In the center of the clamping end and a screw near the other end to make them easily delachab'e from the forks of the

wheel.

A new fare register for use on street cars has a lever on the lower side which moves an Indicator to three different points on the dial to register fares, tickets, and transfers on separate counters, each total being visible. To prevent tho vibration and Jarring out of bicycle lamps a new device has a pneumatic cushion to surround the supporting bracket, being fitted with a valve for inflation hy means of the bicycle pump usually carried.

Small Superatl Ion*. Doctor Nansen, the great explorer, failed to fin dthe North Pole, but he can console himself with the thought that he has done more than any other man to abolish the “thirteen superstition.” The London World says of him: “Not content with being born on the thirteenth of the month, he went off on his recent expedition with a company of thirteen, all of whom returned safely. The Fram got clear of the ice on the thirteenth of the month, and Nansen arrived at Tromsoe on the same day. And to crown all, he was entertained by the Royal Scottish Society on the occasion of their thirteenth anniversary, held on February 13th.” A general faith in spiritual forces goes not compel us to think that an uncanny or sinister meaning lurks in the accident of a number or any casual grouping of every day things. We are assured that the fall of a sparrow and the growing of the grass Invite Divine attention; and an overruling Providence, if trusted at all, can be intrusted to overrule the spilling of the salt, the sight of the new moon over the left shoulder, the howling of a dog under a window, or the chances of a work begun on Friday. "Signs” and situation that have been named “unlucky” simply by Ignorant tradition or foolish custom are sometimes curious, hut they are only punctuation marks In the page of nature. As incidentals to poetry and playful mythology, where they belong, they may be observed without harm, but they affect no one's personal fortune, and have nothing whatever to do with destiny.

for personal consideration, says the Cleveland Plain Dealer. He was ushered into the library and took his seat with the waiting crowd on the leathercovered sofa near the door. The score or more of visitors who crowded the room chatted and read the newspapers, awaiting their turn with the major in the adjoining room. One after another was disposed of, and then the president-elect appeared at the door In person. The young man on the sofa arose In deference to the major’s presence and found himself suddenly confronted by the man he had come so far to see. Maj. McKinley extended his hand In the familiar way which he has of preventing a hand sqeexe and said. Now, Mr. Jones, I will see you." Taken so completely by surprise, the visitor turned first crimson, then deadly pale. He tried to speak, but his words came la gutterals, while his eyes seemed to increase to the size of dollars. Finally he regained his voice and stammered out, “Why, why, major, I came to see you about an office, but I have forgotten what office It is I want.” That wan too much for the crowd, and an audible smile went around the room. The major saw that the young man was actually suffering from embarrassment. The perspiration was standing out on his forehead like beads. “Oh, If that is ill,” said the major in the kindest tones, "you had better stop out into the hall a little while and I will see you after I have disposed of some of these other calletV The unfortunate victim thanked him and retired. Whether he recovered from his embarrassment I do not know, hut It Is needless to say that his card did nof

-ead from Ohio.

FOR YOUNG MEN.

There

Nerd of » I.ectare on

Courtesy.

This does not refer to such acts as taking off one’s hat to every woman or girl one knows, nor any of the ordinary acts of politeness. Such are understood in these days. It does re-i fer, however, to slight matters that mark the man or boy who knows what giod manners are, and who invariably bears himself well in the presence of others, says Harper's Round Table. Such a boy never speaks to a girl or woman, if she is standing, without rising himself. At a large restaurant a short time ago a maa approached three women and three men who were eating supper. No one of the three men knew the fourth personally, hut as he approached and spoke to a friend among the women all three arose and remained standing until the newcomer was gone. It was not a mark of courtesy to the fourth man. It was a signification to the three ladies that for the time being the new arrival was allowed the privilege of speaking to any of them if they ohosa to invite it. That is merely an example of a small point, which, perhaps, was not necessary, but the action not only pleased the women but certainly stamped the men as gentlemen. Many a boy falls to arise from his chair when his mother enters the room, while he would get up at once if a stmnger entered, and one would suppose that his mother, who is more to him than the rest of womankind, should, to say the least, have from him the same marks of courtesy ua strangers. In fact, you can tell a boy's charactepjrpretty accurately by the way In within he treats his mother; for as a mother has probably done and will do more for her son than any other woman—with perhaps one exception—will ever do, so he ought In return to treat her as his most valuable possessiou. His courtesy, his eltlvalnrfia and knightly bearing toward her sne never thrown away.

black satin ribbon.

Short shoulder capes of ribbon, made of entre-deux of satin ribbon and net, have a ruche of small ostrich tips, curled over tightly, with the end fastened down. These are lined with silk or satin of some contrasting eolor and are exceedingly light in effect ns

are always worn during the season at A—And then you fell asleep? Newport and Lenox, where women de- B No, then it was lime to get up.—

light In being well gowned. I Tld-Bits.

The summer girl this season will he more than ever irresistible when she The smallest, simplest .and best-pro

appears iu the different little "tour de tected post-olflee in the world Is In tho eou," as the French call It. Those Straits of Magellan, and has been there

dainty little half capes and half collars for many years. It consists of a small well as In weight? For theatre wraps are made with a deep-gathered ruffle painted keg or cask, and is chained to they are particularly desirable, as they of Inee, over which fall square tabs the rocks of the extreme cape, lu a can be so easily put ou or taken off. , of silk edged with a narrow ruche manner so that it floats free, opposite Street cloth capes require to be ex- | around her neck. The one lace ruffle Terra del !■ uego. Each passing ship tremely well made this season to look will do duty with several sets of rib- sends a boat to take letters out and l,i the least attractive. The pretty , bons and will look like new each time, put others In. This curious post oflittle covert capes that were seen so If it is desired to Ik- extra well dressed flee Is unprovided with a postmaster. ! much In the spring seem quite old-| a bunch of artifleial flowers can be and is, therefore, under the protection

What llt> Meant. "I am afraid, Mrs. Hashcroft," said the new lodger, “that I was under a misapprehension when I told you that I would as soon as not have an iron bed in my room.” “Yes?" replied the house mistress, with ladylike caution. "Yes; 1 was under the impression that you merely referred to the frame."— li’dianapolls Journal.

Onraelveft anti Other*. Pleasant thoughts and feelings of every kind that come to us are far too often buried in the oblivion of silence. The seed which, if planted in the hearts and lives of those around us would bring forth rish harvests of happiness, Is carelessly thrown away. Such impressions should be Regarded as a kind of trust for all those who can participate In them. If we have any bright thought, any hopeful outlook, any joyful experience, any loving emotion, let us hasten to share and diffuse it. If any ray of sunshine has penetrated our hearts or lives, let us gladly shed It on the pathway of others.

Tho Sick Man's Recovery. "In my humble view,” said the Cumminisvllle sage, “the only trouble with the sick man of Europe was that he needed a little exercise.”—Cincinnati Enquirer.

A Judicial Declnlon.

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. Tiiosc urc imidc ol murttl eluded lu tlu- ,nle." 11. urivUm. been .bu.ud. j ““

Too Sudden. “Now," said the editor, “we can't use any more matter. Don't take a scrap of news unless ” “Yes,” answered the managing editor. "Unless It is news of a scrap. That Is to say " However, It was too late to Insist upon his good Intentions, as the humorist editor had already fainted.— New York Press.

Merely a* a Precaution. “I like to go to the parks occasionally,” he said, “and I learned to rlda the bicycle merely as a matter of precaution.” "Precaution?" "Certainly. It was the only way to keep from being run down.”—Exchange.

Only a Name. The complete name of the king of Siam, who is soon coming to visit ua, bears a strong resemblance to a short dialect story.—Cincinnati Tribune.