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^Suggestions and Gossip About Women and Things of Interest to Women.
AN ECONOMIC DEVICE FOR THE DINING-ROOM.
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"be Summer Wash Dresses—Advice to Parents—Rich. Women—Fashions.
I have apiece of furniture in my din-ing-room which haa been so universally admired that I feel like describing it, for the benefit of some other housekeeper as impecunious as myself. It is nothing in the world but a set of shelves set upon brackets and used as a sideboard, but is made so prettily that every one notices it. It is of pine, stained to a cherry hue. The lower shelf, which rests upon large bronzed brackets, is fifteen inches wide, and the space between it and the next shelf is eigtheen inches the three higher ones are narrower and nearer together, while the upper one is finished with a narrow Queen Anne railing across the back and ends, all the front edges being neatly beveled.
Let the host or hostess, whc desires a costly-shaped mahogany at which to entertain, choose the now prevailing form, i. e., the "triangular table." At regular intervals, about a small, round table, three long ones are arranged. The round table holds the center-piece of flowers and greens, the space between the branching tables being filled in with foliage plants. The seat of the host, or hostess, is at the base of the triangle, and the principal advantage of the arrangement is that all the seats face this point.—|Ladies' Home Journal..t
Wash Dresses.
When summer outfits are prepared in advance of the season the first attention is given to wash dresses that are made I up at home with the assistance of seamstress, leaving more elaborate gowns of wool or of silk until the last word of fashion has been brought by the modistes from the shops of Paris and London. Those who follow French models for their summer gowns choose cambrics, prints and percales in stripes or flower designs, reaths or stripes of vines, or else with borders, while the English taste is for zephyrs and ginghams in bars, plaids and stripes, for lawns, bstistes, and lustrous satteens with flowers and with borders. Pale buff, deeper yellow and green are in the new gingham and cambrics, and are to be worn with black ribbon sashes. Pink and old-rose will also be worn with black, and are daintily pretty when trimmed with white embroideries. The red and white striped and plaid gowns of last summer will be repeated in ginghams and percales. Gray and blue are clear cool tints that look best with white embroidery for trimmings. Pink and green are stylishly plaided together, brown and Suede are striped with rosecolor or with blue, and trimmed with Suede ribbons, while white muslins -have yellow, old-rose, tan or green ribbons for sashes and for corsage bows.—
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Advice to Parents.
Be very vigilant over thy child in the April of his understanding, lest the ^".frosts of May nip his bloasoms. While he is a tender twig, straighten him whilst he is anew vessel, season him such as thou makest him, such commonly shiilt thou find him. Let his first lesson be obedience, and his second shall be what thou wilt. Give him education in good letters, to the utmost of thy ability and his capacity. Season his youth with the love of his Creator, and make the fear of his God the beginning of his knowledge. If he have an active spirit, rather recify than curb it but reckon idleness among his chiefest faults. As his judgment ripens, observe his iaclination, and tender him a calling that shall not cross it. Forced marriages and callings seldom prosper. Show him both the mow and the plow and prepare him as well for the danger of the skirmish as possees him with the honor of the prize.
Underwear.
The "luxe" in underwear is something remarkable. The majority of ladies prefer garments of sheer nainsook and French lawn to those of silk, however line. They are trimmed profusely with lace, and are run with narrow ribbon, in the pale tints of pink and blue. There are dress corsets, too, elaborate affairs of satin, edged with point de Venise, while the height of extravagance was reached by one of the season's brides, who numbered in her trousseau four corsets, respectively, old pink, pale green, heliotrope and black, embroidered in gold and silver figures. Anew flannel fabric, or, more strictly speaking, a material that is composed of equal parts of wool, silk and cotton, woven in a canvas pattern, is called "cellular cloth." It has the double advantage of containing much warmth, and of being very light iu weight.
Rich in This World's Goods.
Mrs. Paran Stevens has $3,000,000. Mrs. Rachel Goff, Cincinnati, $2,000,000.
Mrs. Moflitt, of St. Louis, is worth about S3,500,000. Miss Nellie Gould's belongings are worth $15,000,000.
Mrs. Lawrence has §5,000,000, and is still a widow. Mrs. Oliver Perrin, Cincinnati, is rated at $2,000,000.
The Misses Drexel are rated at about the same figures. Miss Mary Garrett, of Baltimore, is worth 320,000,000.
Mrs. Josephine M. Ayer has $5,000,000, inude in patent medicine. The widow of the late Charles Crocker, of San Francisco, is rated at $13,000,(XX). 3
Mrs. Jane Brown, widow of the banker, has a fortune safely invested worth $4,000,000.
Mrs. Joseph Harrison, widow of the man who built the first railroad in Russia, is worth $4,000,000.
Mrs. Robert Goelet, New York, has a fortune of 83,000,000, which her husband made in hardware.
Mrs. Hicks-Lord has S3,000,000, inherted from two husbands. Before marriage she was a poor girl.
The-two Misses Armour, Chicago, are said to be worth in their own right and prospectively $5,000,000 each.
Mrs. H. V. Alexander, wife of a lawyer and daughter of Charles Croker, is worth 48,000,000 in her own right.
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large portion of which was realized from a real estate investment of §2,000. Mrs. Griswold Gray, widow, of New York, is worth $2,000,000. She is the daughter of the late Richard Irving.
Miss Daisy Stephens, New York, eldest daughter of Frederick Stephens, has a fortune in her own right of $2,000,000.
The richest woman in Pittsburg is Mrs. Schenley, whose fortune, mostly in real estate, is estimated at $20,000,000.
Mrs. Bloomfield Moore, widow of the paper manufacturer, lives in Philadeland has a fortune estimated at $3,000,000.
The riohest Indian woman in the world is Mrs. Captain Tom, of Sitka, Alaska, who has money and property worth $200,000.
Mrs. Leland Stanford has jewels valued at $2,000,000, among them the collection of ex-Queen Isabella of Spain, valued at $1,000,000.
Miss May Callender, New York, is worth $2,000,000. She is an orphan, fond of books and horseB, and a special fondness for German opera.
Mrs. Thomas A. Scott, Philadelphia, has $5,000,000 in her own right, and is one of the richest women in the city. She was Miss Riddle, of Pittsburg.
Mrs. J. Frederick Betz, of Philadelphia, is rated at $2,000,000, and has a fortune in precious stones. She is a handsome woman, goes much in society, and entertains in a splendid manner.
One of the richest unmarried women in the United States is Miss Julia Rhinelander, of New York, who has inherited the fortunes of half a dozen kinsfolk, until she is now worth $15,000,000.
Mrs. Moses Taylor is said to be the richest woman in the country, if not in the world. The latest estimate on her wealth is S41,000,000. She lives in New York, Long Branch and other places, as the mood Btrikes her.
Mrs. Bellamy Storer, Cincinnati, is worth $2,000,000 in her own right. She was the widow of George Ward Nichols, first president of the Cincinnati college of music, and an energetic and liberal patron of the musical arts.
Gossip About Wohien."
Mrs. Harrison is friendly to afternoon tea. It is stated that Queen Victoria is studying Hindustani.
Fencing has become popular among ladies on the continent. Mrs. McKee is said to be particularly well up in German literature.
Anew occupation for woman is that of superintendent of weddings. Clara Morris says society actresse have brought discredit upon the
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Six American ladies were presented to the queen at her last drawing-room. The healthy American matron is a loving and loveable creature, says Max O'Rell. -s
Women niay practice medicine in Russia provided they treat women and children.
Lady Arnold, wife of the author of the "Light of Asia," died in London a week ago.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox will soon go to Wisconsin fo visit her mother, who is seriously ill.
Mrs. U. S. Grant is one of the subscribers to the fund for the Confederate soldiers' home at Austin, Tex.
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Mrs. Harrison has sent to the Art loan exhibition at Washington two porcelain plates of her own painting.
Mme. Louise von Schiller, who has just died at the age of 85, was the daugh-ter-in-law of the famous poet of that name.
Miss Carter, a California school teacher, took half a day off recently and made $10,000 in a real estate deal before the sun went down.
Official etiquette requires that the wife of the chief magistrate shall have her cards printed in the simplest manner—"Mrs. Harrison."
On her last birthday the Baroness Burdett-Coutts gave a theater party at which there were as many guests as there are years in her age.
Among the curiosities of the queen's railway journeys are the time tables supplied to her majesty, these being printed on hand made paper with gilt edges.
The Drexel industrial college for women is 6aid to have been endowed by Mr. Drexel with the sum of $1,000,000. It will be in full operation in about eighteen months.
Mrs. Frances Hodgson Burnett says there is BO much excitement in the air of New York that she has been compelled to go to Washington to complete her play for the Lyceum theatre. 1
Fashion Notes. i'
The violet is the flower of Lent. The Hading veil has had its day. Empire sashes are made in most gorgeous designs.
Bamboo stands, cabinets and hanging shelves are in favor. Mohairs and challies will be equally fashionable this summer.
Ladies' cardcasee are made of old brocade in soft neutral colors. It is rumored that low hats have Dame Fashion's favor this spring.
Boston is said to be a year behind the times in grasping foreign styles. Colored Bilk petticoats for winter wear are generally lined with Boft flannel.
The ladies at the Hub do not take kindly to the empire and directoire fashions.
Screens are now made with pockets on the panels for holding fans or photographs.
The Marie Antoinette fichu, made of mull, net or lace, is much worn with house dresses.
A veil of plain net is worn over the entire hat and face during this early spring weather.
The shop windows are as reeplendant with beautiful things as the booths at a fancy fair.
Fancy flannels for boating and tennis costumes are offered in fascinating variety at the shops.
There is nothing prettier for dress trimmings than steel, and it will be much used this spring.
The moonstone brooch, oval in shape and set round with diamonds, is the latest fancy in jewelry.
Most of the wash dresses for summer wear will be finished with a hem from four to six inches wide.
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THE TERRE HAUTE EXPRESS, SUNDAY MORNING, MARCH 31, 1889.
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MISTAKEN IDENTITY.
How an Innecent Man Was Convicted of Another Stan's Crime.
Nearly everybody in this portion of the lead mines knows or has heard of W. M. Rollins, a business man of Belmont, Lafayette county, this state, and it is in connection with this individual that one of the strangest cases of mistaken identity, with serious results following, happened, writes a Platteville, Wis., correspondent.
About four months ago a man was foully murdered in Sparta, Wis. The murderer, though identified, escaped, and all efforts to capture him proved futile. About two months ago Mr. Rollins went to Sparta on business, and as soon as he stepped off the train was arrested as the perpetrator of the crime. Circuit court then being in session, the district attorney filed information against him under the name of the murderer. Mr. Rollins, of course, pleaded not guilty, and his attorney, J. M. Morrow, asked for a continuance, to enable him to get the necessary evidence to establish his innocence. But this application Judge Newman denied, and the accused waB forced to trial. Several witnesses identified him as the murder others swore positively that they saw him commit the crime. The chain of evidence was complete, and, although Rollins took the stand in his own behalf, protesting that he was not tW-'man that the name he was being tried under was not his name that he resided in Belmont, and had never been in Sparta before, the twelve good men and true would not believe him, but returned a verdict of manslaughter, and Rollins was sent to Waupun for eight years, and thither the sheriff forthwith took him. As soon as he recovered from his first shock he had his lawyers to set about to establish his innocence and secure his pardon.
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friends in that place heard of hiB trouble they made application to Governor Hoard for his pardon, and sent the affidavits of over one hundred people who saw bim at the dance in question.
About this time the real murderer was discovered, arrested, and confessed his crime, and on Thursday of this week Rollins was released and came home, paseing through this city on the evening passenger.
The strangest part of the whole affair is the exact resemblance between RollinB and the murderer. People who have seen them both can hardly tell one from the other. They are both crippled exactly alike in the left hand, and otherwise are perfect doubles.
Two Popular Consulships.
The applications for places in the consular service reveal the fact that more clergymen apply for the office at Jerusalem than for all the other consulships combined. The re—on is obvious. The resting one to every
student of Bible history, and as the duties of the consulate are merely nominal, there is ample time for the prosecution of such literary or other work as the incumbent may wish to engage in. The office at Glasgow has come to be sought after by litterateurs to a greater or less extent Bince Bret Harte and Francis Underwood, of Boston, were sent there. The compensation is about six thousands dollars a year, and accessibility to London adds greatly to its other advantages.—[Springfield Republican. fp -*1 GEOBGE BANCROFT.
Of the eighty-nine years that the historian has lived the first fifty were filled with honors. Graduated at Harvard seventy-two years ago, he received university degrees at Goettingen sixty-nine years ago and at Heidelberg sixty-seven. Fifty-five years ago the first volume of his history of the United States appeared. He was secretary of the navy in 18452 minister to England in e846, and was the first minister to the new German empire in 1871. He came to Washington fifteen years ago, and few people have lived here long without meeting the aged historian at reception or dinner.
Good Reason Why She Did It.
"I think," scowled Matilda's father as she stood before the mirror, curling tongs in hand, "if the Lord had intended your hair to be curled He would have done it Himself." "So He did, father, when I was a baby, bnt He thinks I am old enough now to curl it myself."—[Philadelphia North American.
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The Venerable Historian's Memory Is Falling.
The friends of George Bancroft, the historian, have observed of late that his memory is failing, and in other ways he gives evidence of weakening powers, sajs a Washington special. He rarely failed to be at the White house receptions when Mrs. Cleveland presided. He was fond of visiting the executive mansion, and before ehe left for New ork he made her along call and thanked her for her uniform kindness to him. Mr. Bancroft is not the hale old man so often described, but a slight, bent figure, with snowy hair and beard, and a mouth that trembles and falters as he speaks. His eye is still bright, and his Btep has a spring like a boy's. Only his voice shows signB of his extreme age. It quavers and refuses to obey the still strong will of George Bancroft. Ostensibly under the care of his children, he really guides and directs them. His memory falls him in the peculiar way of leaving the impressions of fifty years ago stamped upon it while yesterday's doings are effaced. George Bancroft has been twice married, and has two sons, neither of whom attends him in his old age. The eldest, John Chandler Bancroft, lives in Boston. The younger has not crossed the paternal threshold since he incurred his father's displeasure thirty years ago by his marriage in Paris. The two daughters of this younger son have been kindly received by George Bancroft. The eldest is Mme. Russillon, wife of a French officer, and the younger the Suzanna Bancroft who made so great a sensation a year ago by her marriage to young Charles Carroll. George Bancroft sees the fourth generation in the child of Mrs. Carroll, a boy, who bears the name of George Bancroft Carrol 1.
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ONE HUND&El) YKAES AHEAD
Some Interesting Speculations Aboat the United States Then.
What will our population be 100 years from now? asks the Petersburg (Va.) Index-Appeal. The United States today contains over sixty thousand million people, who increase at the rate of about twenty-five per cent, in every decade, so that at the close of the next century the increment would have run up to a total of not less than four hundred million BOUIS. Take the population of all the other states and countries as likely to come under our sway and another 400,000,000 will be easily added. In the year of our Lord 2000,and the year of the independence of the United States the 224th, it will be no longer the United States of North America, but the United States of North, Central and South America, and the then president will then isBue his Thanksgiving day proclamation to nearly a thousand million people. The mind fails to grasp our industrial and commercial expansion at that day: the wonderful progress in the arts and sciences the tremendous energy with which enterprise after enterprise will be conceived and made a realty. And then congress. Just think what congress will be then! But, stop! Better not think. When we contemplate what it is now, with 400 members, the idea of what it will be with 4,000 is simply appalling.
"Mrs. Partington's" Old Afte.
B. P. Shillaber, better known as -Mrs. Partington," now livee ai Chelsea, one of Boston's many suburbs. He is 74 years of age, and crippled with rheumatism. He walks about the house with a cane, and goes out of doors only in a carriage. He has not been in Boston for seven years. He began life as a printer, entering the Boston Post in 1838. He once gave two or three years of his life to a lecturing tour, and though he was successful, he regretted it, feeling himself not cut out for that line of work. Now, he says, he goes nowhere. "With pen, paper, pipe and pills, I sit here from year's end to year's end, patient as may be, receive my friends, and wait for a better life."—[Pittsburg Commercial. ...
What Mr. Kunlap Coughed l*p.
A bullet plowed through Charles L. Dunlap's lungs during the battle at Antietam, while be was fighting in the ranks of the Fifth Maine. Since that eventful day Mr. Dunlap, who is a boss in the quarries at Rock port, has coughed almost incessantly. At one time he coughed up a fragment of his woolen Bhirt, apiece about as large as a dime, which had been pushed into his lungs by the ball when it tore its way into his chest. About a year afterward two splintera of his broken rib came up, and a few days ago he cured himself of hiB cough by bringing to the surface anothe bit of bone and a tiny spherule of le_ evidently a portion of the bullet that been chipped off by the sharp ed~ the fractured rib and had been ra^ur and smoothed during the twen^jg years that have elapsed since ^ig ment. Mr. Dunlap is quite JJ little museum.
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^iSafton (^nsultin^ thebooks)-U^f Ah! Yes, I see. WeO.'dOft'CTmioerthat, my dear fellow. You see, my son was graduated from a business college, and this is some of his double entry^bookkeeping.—[Puck. jr" ~r~
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dining in Boston, adapts her conversation to her environment)—Do you consider the religion of th^American Indian a pure theism, MrJjrOmbly
Mr. Twombly—Qf I say, come off! I beg your pardoiy^ mean you are under a slight misap^hension. am from Chicago.—[Pj eeded Keller. "Could^r'n^uce you, Mr. Jobson, to part your seraphic daughter, Clara "B# your life, young man, yes. I ami mother last night that if nobody _T along pretty soon I'd let her run
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All Aboat Lave,
True love means true happiness—to the one who is truly loved. To the other fellow it is misery, nine times out of ten.
Second love may not be best, but second thoughts generally are, and the man who thinks twice usually decides not to fall in love.—[Somerville Journal.
Reason Enough.
She—How conceitedly that man talks. Is he an actor? He—Worse than that! HeVan amateur actor.—[Life.
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