Daily Greencastle Banner and Times, Greencastle, Putnam County, 26 August 1897 — Page 2

THE DAILY BANKER TIMES, GREENCASTLE, END LANA.

LACE GOWNS A FAD

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Wlirn 1 lio suinn.fr stylos worr first exbibltfd to the public it was apparent that this was to be a season when lace was to be fashionable, but that such quantities of it would be used was not realized. Now the plainest of gowns have yards and yards of it. In trimming. while lingerie is fairly swamped In it. lace waists and even entire lace costuines are not uncommon. • dd trunks have been ransacked and priceless treasures brought to light In rare old lace shawls and tlounces that hove been laid away for years and brought forward only for exhibition. These are treated in a cajeless fashion, and in many instances Homier s worth tunny, many dollars have been sacrificed by vtitidal bands to trim some iowri of inexpensive material, while fee rliawls have been cut and slashed it. order to shape them into bolero JadkMta and waists. Wedding veils, tfo, have been utilized to shape over silk, bat these seem to have been spared utter destruction and are looped "L'i! irrniigeil without being cut or in sySy way Injured. The short ones have been made into capes, and the long ones into drapery and sashes. :. The combining of black and white lace on the same gown is one of this season's fashions, ami when skillfully done is effective. A gown of white mull is made with eiitrc-deux of Valenctennes lace two inches wide. Around the bottom of the skirt are three llounces. each with it narrow beading; these a iso have the lace entre-deux, but the lace insertion is much narrower. The skirt is five yards wide, and, while not gathered full into the belt, has a certain amount of fullness all around. Over this white skirt is another skirt of black moussellne do sole, with black lace insertion, each strip edged on either side with a narrow lace edge. This skirt is gored and hits no flounces, no ruffles. The waist matches the skirt, and is of the black over the white. A black moire ribbon dlar lias an inside ruche of white .' ice and chiffon, and there is a band s.isli of bin eft moire, the two ends

trimmed all around with narrow white is exceedingly smart in its light, airy

lace. | effect.

A white silk gown of moire is cov- ! I .ACE WAISTS, orod with black figured grenadine.! Lace waists made with basque effect which is striped with alternate rows jure more and more fashionable every

of black and white lace. Around the day. and bid fair to do away with the ,. bottom of the skirt are rutiles, two of chiffons and nets which have had stu b ; For this purpose both the narrow

tlicnt of black and white lace put on a long and unquestioned reign. For to overlap one another and look full. I older women those lace waists are The waiwi is made all of black lace. I most useful and look well w ith black but has a deep. wide, lace bertha, j silk gowns; for younger women they On one shoulder Is a white ribbon bow I onn be made smarter and gayer by edged with black lace, and the broad using colored collars and sashes. The white sash Is trimmed with a tine lace skirta of the basque must be narrow This last is a dinner gown, and nod short, or there will be a “dowdy"

arm Instead of lengthwise. Lace insertion Is put on skirts In no end of different patterns. Sometimes in bands around the skirt, sometimes In points and again in zig-zag points. While smartest and most effective are the patterns in applique, bits of real lace are put on to form bow T knots, butterflies and even (Ireciau patterns. | This applique is almost always of black or white or white mousseline de sole; a silk mull shows most charm-

ingly.

Another of this season's styles has an underskirt of some colored mull, over which is put a sheer white gown heavily banded or striped with black lace Insertion, and the material Is cut away under the Insertion so that the pattern of the lace Is shown out In full distinctness against the blue underskirt. With collar and sash of blue, the color scheme Is still further developed, and a costume of this description is sure to

be becoming.

Entire costumes of black lace are not in style, but the figured grenadines and nets, and even the silks, are so heavily trimmed with the lace Insertion and tlounces tnat It is hard to tell why they are not made entirely of the lace, when so much of it is used. In every instance the material of the gown is cut away underneath, and sometimes a ribbon or some bright color is sewed under. This, however, must needs he most carefully done, or the effect is disagreeably patchy. On muslin and gingham gowns lac" has almost entirely outranked embroidery. Lawn, dimity and the hundred and one wash materials are trimmed with narrow lace ruffles. A pink muslin dinner gown lias a cluster of ruftles, each edged with narrow black thread lace. On the waists are numberless ruffles of of the same lace, and the puffed sleeves are also trimmed

with it.

A buff colored pique is trimmed with bands of heavy guipure lace of a deep 1 yellow hue. Around the top of the I skirt the lace is put on in bands that j are so shaped as to make the figure j look as slender as possible. The waist I has a yoke of narrow tucks, which

effect that is~extremely ugly J broaden out Into a full blouse. Across Entire gowns of white lace are iin-‘lbc blouse part are bands of the lace, mousi ly becoming. 'They are made of broad, square collar laid in epaulets tloiiuros of l ice sowed on sheer net. t ovt ‘ r 'be sleeves is trimmed with the rho tloitti es put on to overhang one same lace. '1 his using of lace on pique minther so bar only the lace is seen, is decidedly original, and embroidery

•md is, as a rule, more satisfactory.

Turkey In 1878 and 1897. The significance of Lord Salisbury's comparison of 1897 with 1878 in Turkish affairs is most significant when the events of 1877 and 1878 are called to mind. In 1876 the governments of Europe protested against the barbarities in Bulgaria and other provinces of Turkey, and demanded that there should be immediate reform, says Inter Ocean. Early in 1877 a European conference was called to adjust affairs between Servla, Bulgaria and Turkey, and to insist upon stipulated reforms. The conference agreed upon a program which was submitted to the Porte. After consultation Turkey refused to accept the proposition or to carry out the reforms. The protocol was rejected on the 12th of April, and on the 24th of the same month Russia declared war, and moved her armies, already concentrated on the Pruth river, into Turkish territory. On the 3d of March, 1878, Turkey was at the feet of Russia, and signed the treaty of San ■Stefano, in which she accepted the terms of the conqueror. These terms were not satisfactory to Great Britain, and a congress of European powers was called to meet at Berlin. On the 13th of June the congress organized under the presidency of Prince Bismarck, and on the 13th of July the treaty of Berlin was signed. The German members of this congress were Prince Blcmarck, Count von Bulow. and Prince Hohenlohe; the British members were Lord Beaoonsfleld, Lord Salisbury, and Lord Odo Russell; the Russian members were Prince Gortschakof. Count Shuvaloff, and Baron d’Ouvril. It is notorious that Beaconsfield and Salisbury went to the congress to impose limitations upon Russia. and that Turkey was encouraged by their attitude. Prince Bismarck, as nresident of the congress, tolerated no delay, and. as Lord Salisbury now says, he had only to remind Turkey that the Russian army was at the gates of Constantinople to have the Turkish representatives agree to the proposed reforms. It is significant that nearly twenty years after the Berlin congress the prime minister of Great Britain should make a friendly reference to the position of Russia at that time and to the firmness of Bismarck. The intimation is that if Bismarck were president of the conference now in session striving to adjust the differences between Greece and Turkey there would be no defiance on the part of Turkey. This Indicates that the two great powers most interested in the eastern question, Russia and Great Britain, are acting together in 1897; whereas they were not acting together in 1878. If this theory is correct then Turkey must submit. Germany is now playing the part that Great Britain played in 1878, but It is almost isolated, Austria, France, and Italy acting with Great Britain and Russia. The threat as to the Russian army indicates that Great Britain would not say no to another Russian invasion of Turkey.

But the Artist Had* * MUtak, | 0

Subject.

Canton, the celebrated cariean, had a wonderful power of m r '‘ ; from memory. .After one long ^ hia subject he could go to his *

’ and make a bust quite perfect in ' ' resemblance, says the Youth's Com* '

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ion. Qne day a young man

came to

him, saying that his sister was m

about to die, and that, although ^ I family wished her bust modeled th!' dared not excite her by mentioning'; Would he undertake to reproduce i features after seeing her once? Da ‘ ton agreed, and next day the broths Informed his sister that he intend to present her with some jewels J that a young man would bring somi specimens for her approval. t) am J brought in the jewels, and going honi modeled a bust of striking reseablance. Next year an old gentleman

father of the young woman, came

order a bust of the brother, who alsi! had died. This, too, was a marveloiij success. The result of such planning j however, was not always as satisfac tory to his patrons as in these cases A gentleman who could not persiua. his wife to sit asked Canton to eni ter a certain omnibus one day and fh in his memory the features of the lad; opposite him. He did so. modeled a beautiful bust and sent it home. ]• proved, however, to be not the misi tress, but the maid, who also had tak-

en the trip in the omnibus.

edge.

wide are used. The wide looks rieher,; Some of the hut the narrow ruffles are so dainty gowns hare a yokt

that it Is hard to choose between them. The waists to wear with these skirts are made either of rielt lace or of the strips of lace insertion, and the sleeves are always of the insertion, sometimes arranged with the hands around the

new crepe de chine of lace at the top

of the skirt, fitting to perfection over the hips, and a yoke on the waist to match. Another style has a corselet to meet the yoke on the skirt and the belt is as narrow as possible, made of gold and fastened with a Jeweled clasp.

LACES Alt E A FAD.

Flowers for the Tslile. She who resides near fields or woods, in a suburban or distinctly rural neighborhood. need have no trouble in securing flowers for her table from this time on the summer through. The dainty grace of the wild flowers, from the earliest anemone to the latest bluefringed gentian, In the processional beauties of dogwood, laurels, daisies, eglantine, primroses, buttercups and the whole wonderful family of nature, lends a charm to the plainest home. No table but gains a touch of refinement from the slender vase to the heaped-ttp bowl in which the hands of daughter or mother have arranged flowers for its decoration. No especial scheme of ornament can be devised for everyday breakfasting and dinner better than that which limits the flowers in use to those of one species, arranged with their own leaves for a setting. When one has daisies, a big bowl of them seems to suit their lavish profusion. One should not be stingy with daisies—the dear flowers which spring up by tens of thousands the wide land over. So with roses. They require a bowl for their appropriate display, just as lilies look best in a tall-stemmed crystal vase. The other day an old garden was heard of where one of the chief features was a lily bed, where the season through the thoughtful planning of the house mother had for many years insured a succession of lilies. There were all kinds, from the fragile and sweet lilies of the valley, lifting their carven bells as if for the chimes of the fairies, to the magnificent pink and golden lilies of Japan, the white splendor of the day lilies, the sumptuous color and luxurious ease of the tiger lilies, and so through the gradations of the lily kingdom, one kind succeeding another, fled, the autumn came, the winter as glory follows glory, till the summer winds blew, and snow lay at last like a warm white coverlid over the sleeping bulbs in the Illy bed. One essential in table decoration is always perfect freshness. Flowers must never be used when they are past their prime. In every home It should he somebody’s duty to look after the flower vases, seeing that withered ones are removed, and that only those which are fair and fragrant remain for the delight of the eyes and the ministry of sweetness which they can render, it is a duty which acquires a rare fascination in time, and which one is reluctant to surrender to other hands

A Fortunate Malden. Benton Harbor, Mich., has a youn* lady on whom fortune has smiled early. The girl, Miss Mamie Vuylsteke. is the only daughter of Mr. A. Vuyl»

MISS MAMIE VUYLSTEKE. teke of Benton Harbor. She is so for Innate as to have an aged uncle ;n Paris, who has promised her his wholi fortune—$225,000—if she will come to France to visit him. The uncle is ia poor health, and Miss Vuylsteke is making all haste to join him in Paris. Her father and a friend, another younj lady, will sail the last of this montii. The heiress is 20 years of age. Sin already has In her own name wealth estimated anywhere from $50,000 to $200,000.

lllldo* in Hisruit Tin*.

The empty two-pound biscuit tia, which is carelessly thrown on one side in England, becomes in tropical Africa an article of considerable value. The people of Uganda use it to preserve the books given to them by missionaries from the attacks of insects. Ia this manner many a Bible has be™ carried about in safety. Taking note of this, the British and Foreign Bible society has made its latest version ia the Luganda language of a shape to fit a biscuit tin. A thousand copies of the new Luganda Bible has been printed, and are probably by now in the band! of the Baganda (as the people of I'ganda are called), who are said to show remarkable intelligence in the study of ‘.he Word of God.

A Fortune for a Home. London has a man who refused t accept $50,000 for a horse. Considering the fact that the animal is only a 2-year-old, Mr. Thomas D. Dewar's stand in the matter caused considerable comment, and he is certain to he watched pretty closely in the future, to see If his hopes in his racer will he realized. Mr. Dewar, besides bein? prominent business man of Perth and London, has recently won considerable ’ante front a book of travels which he

Why She Never ScohU. ■'No,” he said, “my wifo never scolds when I am out late now. She used to but she doesn't do It any more " ' “I wish mine wouldn't." “Oh, you can easily stop It, if you on . ly know how. Just begin first as I do I think up something to sco’ld about on the way home, and as soon as I „ n on the door 1 begin. That puts he“ JnThe defensive, and I keep her evniai,,, ”«ll "■«« no danser of ^tC k ‘ All of these things are easy to an old “» 'W'-Cklcwo BveD-

MR THOMAS DEWAR lately wrote upon his return fro® 1 trip around the world.

Increasing; Cheapne** of A In mini" 11 '

It was only a few years ago

that

aluminum was not obtainable for l« s than $1 a pound, but the methods hi' 1 been so simplified and the plants tot Its production so increased that Inof a year ita price is likely to coni J down to 27 cents or less, so that only three or four commercial metals s 1

be cheaper.

Five buffaloes were born in York in one week. This is proas many as have been born we the Mississippi this season.