Rensselaer Union, Volume 7, Number 43, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 July 1875 — White Muslin Over-Dresses. [ARTICLE]

White Muslin Over-Dresses.

Correspondents ask for new ways ol making the Swiss muslin over-dresses that always form part of summer outfits for the country. The latest importations are full waists and square over-skirts, to be worn above colored silks at evening parties, hops at the hotels, etc., when elaborate full dress is not required. The infant waist, high in the neck and sewed to a belt, is formed entirely of lengthwise strips of sheer muslin two inches wide, striped with very narrow Valenciennes insertion, only a fourth of an inch wide. The coat sleeves are striped diagonally and a pleated frill formed of the muslin, edged with Valenciennes, trims the neck and wrists. The overskirt is a deep, square apron, open behind, drawn tightly across the front and sides, and draped to form puffs or a jabot down the back. This apron consists of five clusters, each made of five lengthwise rows of insertion, with broad spaces of the muslin between. The bottom is trimmed with a pleated frill edged with lace. Bows of pale or of dark blue or else of pink gros grain ribbon are down the front and back, and on the sleeves. The belt is of gros grain, with a cluster of long loops of ribbon on the sides. Those who prefer basques instead of full waists have them cut oft squarely to match the overskirt.—Harper's Bazar. It has been for years the custom of the life companies to mark off as lapsed all policies oh which _ the overdue interest of premium notes remained unpaid. A vast number of insurances have been lost in this way; but it appears that a plucky party in Cincinnati lias appealed to the law for protection, and that the Superior Court of that city has decided in his favor. This court, following the example of the Appellate Court of Kentucky, held that the note was evidence of a loan made by the company to the policy-holder, a lien upon and secured by the value of the policy, but none the less a loan, and though the note was given for premiums the interest upon the note was not premium, and that failure to pay such interest did not legally vitiate the policy or cause its lapse. The Elmira (X. Y.) Advertiser says a new game in swindling has been brought out by the gents who visit railroad trains to ply their vocation. A sharper in the car has st mammoth goldring on his finger which he drops on the floor. After considerable trouble it is found, and he remarks that it is quite valuable. He is fearful that he will lose it, as it has dropped off his finger several times. He is willing to sell it for five dollars or ten dollars rather than run any mare risks of losing it. Somebody buys it for the sum named, and finally he ascertains that he has«lmost enough metal in it to start a brassfoundry.