Saturday Evening Mail, Volume 27, Number 14, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 26 September 1896 — Page 1

ON THE QUI VIVE.

From the present temper of the directors of the Terre Haut? Trotting association there is a strong probability that there will be no more racing here tinder the auspices of that association. 11 better times should come, as we all pray for, they may possibly change their minds, but at the present writing they feel that it isn't worth while to attempt to give expensive races here when the people will not patronize them. Outside the big free-for-all classes, the entries here this week were formidable, and will compare most favorably with the en tries made at any of the big meetings of the year. The races were probably as interesting and exciting as any we have had, but they didn't draw the crowds. To be sure, the people generally are hard up, and many who were formerly willing to pay a dollar for a day's sport are now using that dollar to buy something to eat. That was expected tointei-'ere seriously with the attendance this year, but the terrific Blump in the crowds was something to appal those who are interested in the association, and have spent their time without hope of reward in making it a success. The attendance on Thursday, which is usually the big day of the meet'ng in point of attendance, was frightfully small. Of the number present that afternoon, it is safe to say that there were not two hundred paid admissions from this city proper. There can be no question but that the Terre Haute Trotting association has done more to advertise Terre Haute than any other one enterprise connected with the city, especially in the country roundabout here from which we draw trade, and where it pays to have the city advertised. The men who have thus advertised the city have taken the time from their business proper to do this chiefly because of the effort to advertise the city, expecting along with others to get their share of the advantages that accrue from the bringing to this city every year of thousand of visitors. There is not a man connected with it but \rould have been tter off had he taken the time devoted to this enterprise and turned it into his own business. He would have made more money and had less worry. It would be a shame to think of these races being abandoued, after the good they Jiave done the city. The coming of good times that all hope will follow the election may put the Trotting association directors in a different, frame of mind, but right now they feel like saying that this week's races are the last that will be given under their auspices. Today a special inducement was offered our people by the reduction of the price of admission to fifty cents, with grand stand free, but it is a bad day to at tempt to get results. Hundreds who would be giad to take advantage of this special concession are unable to get away from business, and if the weather is favorable, the crowd is not likely to be what It should, with such a remarkable programme offered. The purses to-day, including the unfinished races, aggregate and with six races, this makes the greatest offeriug on record for a fifty cent admission.

The railroads have done the most towards keeping down the attendance this year. The rates offered were as good as had been offered at any time until last year, but when visitors came here last year at greatly reduoed rates, and were charged the regular half-fare rate this year, they kicked. They couldn't understand why when times were hard, and mouey scarce, the railroads should advance prices on them when everything WAS getting cheaper. Perhaps if the people hadn't been given such cheap rates last year they wouldn't have made such a protest this year, and no doubt the railroads will say, through their principals, that they made a mistake last year in giving such cheap rates. But to offset this the people will say that they have been offered, by these same railroads, rates to Cincinnati, Chicago, Indianapolis, Evans-es-ill e, etc., much less than those offered to /Terre Haute, and in many instances have |to cfcme through Terre Haute to get the ||idwutage of the cheap rates. To the railroads as much as to the hard time* the «fnall attendance at the races this year is

John R. Gentry, whom many consider the handsomest horse that ever went around the great four-cornered track, took our record away from us this week, and made a great advance toward being the wonderful two minute horse w* have been talking about. At Rigby Park. Portland. Maine, on Thursday, he went a mile in »lowering the famous record of RobertJ„ made over the Terre Haute track, Just a second. It is told us that If the weather had been favorable he would have made the mile in two minute*. Thursday has always been the record breaking day over imr track, and with the splendid conditions. prevailing hews this week, had Gentry vie his great effort o*«r our track it Is almost sure that he *fe*«ld have cut that half second off hH recol tnd given the Tterre Haute track the record It is ao surely l«ntitkd to, of being the greatest and farthest on earth. But Gentry wasn't here, and he was in Portland, and now our prou record has been wiped out,

I1 Thore hasn't Wo a political meeting this year, either at the Democratic or Republican wigwam, that hasn't been disturbed in the most annoying way by boy* and girls chiefly, but sometimes men and women, who stand around the edge* of the crowd and talk loudly that those who desire to bear the speakers are prevented from doing to. The poUoe commlwdoom

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would do a service to the community if they would detail a special force of officers to attend these meetings and put a stop to this annoyance. People generally are more interested in political speeches this year than ever before, but unless one gets a front seat at either of the wigwams he is unable to hear the speaker without disturbance. I have seen numbers of men get up and leave the meetings on this account, and if consideration for others will not prevent the gossipers from talking so much, the police should take a hand in the matter.

Despite the positive announcement that we would have no opera house this year, there is said to be a movement on foot that may possibly terminate in the erection of a temporary place of amusement. I* the project at present under consideration culminates successfully, the announcement will be made early next week, and work on the building will be commenced at once.

It is very funny this year to see the list of the persons who are announced as lifelong Democrats or life long Republicans, and baveb'en converted in the present camps !gn. For instance, the Gazette in its rert of the Turpie meeting Saturday night, said that Judge Pierce, "a life-long Republican" acted as chairman of the meeting. The Judge was formerly a Republican of prominence, but for several years has not been identified with the party. In fact, in 1894, he was a candidate on the Populist ticket for a position on the appellate bench of the stato, and this year was nominated for a similar position, but resigned to become identified with the Democratic party. And what is true of Judge Pierce, is doubtless true of a great many persons who are given prominence this year on account of having deserted former party affiliations.

Local newsdealers are having quite a an on the October number of the "Black Cat," a magazine published in Boston, and devoted exclusively to stories, because of a story in it pertaining to Terre Haute. The story is entitled "The House that Jack Built," the description of the locality, the streets with their names, etc., making it appear that the house referred to is the old McGregor homestead at Sixth and Chestnut streets. Sam McDonald, who once cut a wide swathe in local affairs, is worked into the story in a romantic way. The story is a wierd one, filled with Impossible situations and conditions, and were it not for the fact that it is written by one familiar with Terre Haute it would not attract especial attention. Tje name of the author is given as Harold Donovan Hilton, but it is said that Albert L. Wyeth, who is doing literary work in the east, is the real author. Mr. Wyeth has published a number of sketches in the Harper periodicals, but he has always done so over his own name.

LITERARY NOTES.

Anthony Hope's spirited romance, "Phroso" will be concluded in the October McClure's. Several excellent short stories are promised for the same number.

An account of the historic Lincoln and Douglass debates will appear in the October McClure's, based on material and remirlscences gathered by Miss Tarbell at Ottawa, Free port, Jonesboro, •Charleston, Galesburg, Quincy, and Alton, Illinois, the scenes of the debates, from persons who hsard them and were intimate with the disputants. The article will be fully 11 lustra ted.

McClure's for October will have a paper on Li Hung Chang by the Hon. Chester Holcombe. Mr. Holcombe, who is the aathor of an important book on China, "The Real Chinaman," was for years i)' -.preter, Secretary of Legation, and A cling Minister of the United States at Peh'og, China, and was brought into close

Nations with the Viceroy. The paper will give his personal observations of Li Hung Chang's heroic labors for the advancement of China. It will be fully illustrated.

A Hundred Miles an Hour. An electrical engineer has been exhibiting in London the model of his proposed single-rail electric line for speeds of ISO miles an hour. The rail is fixed on a Vshaped trestle, and runs up into the body of the car, which, as it were, runs astride of It The car ions on twelve bearing wneels, and seats 185 passengers, with space for their baggage. One of the difficulties met «ith In schemes for excessively high speed travel is the tendency of the car to ian off the track. By running the mil within the car the later tendency of the train is overcome. But In this late scheme the great difficulty seems to be the passenger. What would happen to the passenger when the train took a sharp carve while -ing ISO miles an hour is not explained,

W. W. Gouche, a wealthy farmer living near New Buffalo, Ind.. predicts that the world will come-to an end on the fet of October. Gouche. whose fortune ls«stima* at 130,000, has converted his property into coin, which he has secretly bailed, being the victim of the hallucination that his treasure will come into his possesion again in the next world. He has to*.

Med an Iron casket, made ready jhto burial raiment and on the night prevent to the dissolution of the world will eojfer upon his last sleep In the iron which his body will crumble to dost, claims the approaching end was to him in a dream.

The "Giants' club" in Berlin admits |o membership no one who is less than 4* feet Is height.

ABOUT WOMEE

Women may be charming, devoted wholly to their homes and their husbands, and yet be so tactless, thoughtless and aggravating as to drive husbands to the extreme of misery, says a woman correspondent to the Philadelphia Times. An observant bachelor could recall numbers of instances of women, who, from mere want of tact and intelligence, are almost driving their husbands mad by getting on their ner^ss They forget that busy men require Wfolute brain rest, change of scene, change Of subject. They forget that, however Varying the little affairs of a household tntiy be the anxieties of a great business upofa which the whole family's present $hd ture depend are far greater. A friend of mine, who is now nearly a millionaire, told me in confidence that while he was sittiug one night over his smoking room fire, wondering whether he could next day possibly survive a terrible crisis which W{W hanging over his head and might lead to a disastrous bankruptcy, with debts to the extent of $200,000 or so, his wife came whining into the room to say the butcher must be paid the next day—and the amount of the butcher's bill was under $50.

It is on such occasions that a man wants a helpful wife—one who will tell him about or read aloud the last good nov&l who will say, "Come, let us go to the tht&te? to-night you need a change of scene, and above all, one who knows just when' her husband requires nothing more than, to be let alone. It is women who get 06 their husband's nerves that drivq them to take bachelor holidays, when they ought to be getting more enjoyment from the wife's companionship.

Of course there-are men who are always out of sorts, spoilt, dyspeptic bears with sore heads, who require strong minds to manage them, but there are very many others who only want judicious, sympathetic treatment to be the best husbands in the world. Avoid being silly, avoid saying silly things or trying to make conversation, or commenting on some remark your husband has made. Read and think, in order to cultivate intelligence ahd resourcefulness, with the object in view of being his counselor and his friend, and above all, "chum"—that word means much.

Itis undeniaMe ttkafc vfomeri, in her desire to be attractive, is willing to run risks which most men would shun. This fact is just at present occupying the attention of doctors, who have discovered anew disease, whose victims are almost exclusively of the fashionable world. This disease, which Is called cosmetic paralysis, first attacks the arms, then the legs and finally the whole body. To contract this malady, it is declared, means a lingering and otherwise frightful death. If men of fashion could be polled probably they would be nearly unanimous in the opinion that the use of powders, dyes, bleaches and washes make women less instead of more attractive. But those who use them would not believe that, and they become more and more reckless, and put the cosmetics on thicker. The powder most commonly em ployed by the society woman is pink in color, and makes the skin look smooth when rubbed in. It seems harmless, but it is in fact made of ground stone, and when applied to the face fills every pore of the skin. This is most dangerous, as no perspiration can possibly escape. When this is used persistently for some time the small veins on the surface become paralyzed. This Is the beginning of the end. There are many washes on the market to enhance beauty. They have the effect of enamels. They should all be avoided. They all contain harmful minerals, and are in fact almost entirely composed of bismuth, mercury and oxide of sine. Bismuth is the favorite ingredient This it is that paralyzes the small veins. The circulation of the blood through those veins becomes permanently visible in ugly red lines. Mercury is generally used in the shape of corrosive sublimate, which is most injurious. Oxide of sine fills np the pores and does mischief in other ways. Washes that remove freckles always have corrosive sublimate for their active principle. This is readily absorbed by the skin, and the mercury causes constitutional derangements and often eruptions. All of the ao-oalled creams sold as beautifiers are exceptionally destructive. They are made up almost entirely of corrosive sublimate and oxide of zinc. Almond oil is added to these ingredients, and also rose water or some other perfume. Rouge is likewise very harmful, although not so much as the other cosmetics which are applied to the face.

A woman feels a queer sensation in her arms, accompanied by shooting pains and numbness. Instead of getting better it grows gradually worse, and she finds her feet becoming uncomfortable. They fed as if needles and inns were being ran into them. Wheat the doctor examines her case, if he is an expert, he will tell her that she has cosmetic paralysis. If she has not allowed It to go too long she will find W by removing the cause she will recover. Paralysis is the most frightful of all di»-

As it attacks a person inch by inch

it makes that pot don of the body toall interna and purposes dead. Tnere are, of course, a few harmless powders. But these have to be practically entirely wiped off the face, so that they have really very little effect, except to prevent the skin frcm looldng shiny,,

The dyes used for &e hair are not particularly injurious to persons who employ them, except as far as the hair itself is

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cfcemfcais that the hair Is very apt to faUjwotd.

out when they are employed persistently. Almost all hair dyes have the same ingredients. Their active principle ia nitrate of silver. They also contain a percentage of pyrogallic acid, which sets the color. The shade produced depends upon the strength qf the solution employed. The best hair lieach of all is not a patent preparation. It is the simple chemical, peroxide of hydrogen. It is very cheap and will bleach anything. The chemical action on the halt is what makes the use of dyes dangerous.

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I have a theory that good cooking is not only a means of grace, but also of economy, writes Mrs. Juliet V. Strauss iu the Rockville Tribune. I believe that the better our foodis cooked, the less we eat, as, with good cooking, the appetite is sooner appeased. Is there anything in this, or is it merely a passing fancy? It seems to me that when the table is covered with imperfectly cooked viands, we keep eating, hoping for the sense of satisfaction that somehow never comes when things are poorly cooked. I reoall a certain table at which, by some fortuitous conjunction of the planets in the hour of my birth, I was permitted to sit down quite frequently in in my early youth, where quality rather than quantity was considered. If there was only cornbread and butter for supper, that bread was so good, that butter so d' licious, that little else was needed to complete a repast. The secret of good cooking is not, unforturately, open to all. While cooking may be learned by any woman of average intelligence, that peculiar turn and. flavor belongs only to a few gifted daughters of men. She to whom it has psan given has, through it, a hold upon husband, son and brother, superior to all charms of person and intellect, and a sure means of replacing her loss should she find herself a widow early in life.

There is a choice at present between the tyles of engagement rings which prospective brides in October will wear. The Ihird finger of a pretty white hand should sparkle with a turquoise set about with emeralds, or a copy of the sort of betrothal circlet used half a century ago. This last consists of three jeweled hoops—the one above showing the bride's birth stone, the below that of the groom, and thecenhoop of diamonds or pearls, as the ,rer the ring pnfewr A "ring like iSflts into a velvet box, shaped like a heart, and inside the circle are engraved the names of the lovers and the date on which thje all important question of their future was introduced and decided. The virtue ol the three-hoop ring, you young people of modest means, is that it can be charmingly designed in very tiny, very bright and not at all expensive stones, while the woman who is making a second matrimonial venture usually prefers the combination of green and blue. Turquoise, however, are the stones that autumn brides will most eagerly welcome, for the jewelers promise that the vogue of these beautiful gems is to be long and glorious. Wedding g'*t3 in the form of buckles, watches, chatelain bag tops, toilet table Splendors and salt bottles are in course of preparation, lichly enameled in tiurquaise blue, and the bridesmaids' pins are to be without variation of turquoise and emeralds.

PEOPLE AND THINGS.

Not one marriage license for white persons has been issued since June in Leon county, Florida, the county of the state capital, but twenty pairs of colored people have been united.

Rev. William M. Lane, an Episcopal rector of Alameda, Fla., has resigned because, as he says, so much gossip was excited in the church by his wearing a brown suit, smoking cigars and going to the theater.

An Evansv Hie, Ind., WbtSa&'s dignity was not offended by the necessity she was under of horsewhipping a man, but when a woman who saw the operation told the naighbdrs that the whipper used unbecoming language she sued the talkative one for $5,000 damages.

Twenty years ago it was announced that Jewell county, Kansas, has raised the largest corn crop in that state. It is now announced that the Jewell county corn crop of this season will weigh out 13,000,000 bushels, 650 bushels for each man, woman and child in the county, or the largest county coin crop in the world.

The Nisan of Hyderabad, in common with other native princes of India, converts his cash into gold and precious stones and stores it in his palaoe, which is closely guarded by trusted soldiers. This potentate is in possession of a well-stocked strong room valued at £8,000,000, and among his heirlooms is one diamond of 450 carats worth ti,ad0,000.

We are sure there is not another town or city in the country where there are fourteen saloons in a continuous row on one side of a street, as there is in this camp," says theBodie, Cal., Index. "It's a mystery how they live, but they all seem to flourish. It's a glorious cocktail routeon*. of one door and into another without wetting your feet."

A lad of 18, Hurry Mulligan, of Louisville, has just been appointed a colonel on his staff by Governor Bradley, of Kentacky. One day a year before his election the present governor was passing through a hotel and overheard someone ask young Mulligan who he was and the reply "the future governor of Kcntccky." "If I am," added fibe candidate, "you will be on mf staff," aad the governor to as food as his

EVENING, SEPTEMBER 26, 1890. TWENTY-SEVENTH YEAR.

NE^VS OF THE CITY:

The Terre Haute Literary club will begi a its winter's work

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the 5th of October,

with a paper by Judge Mack on "Magua Chartag| Elmer' Rumbley, who killed Firmia Brill at R:ley a few weeks ago, has been indicted by the grand jury for manslaughter.^

The new physical director of the M. C. A., J. P. Kimmel, has taken chaffg£and the gymnasium was opened on Thursday for the winter's work.

Stimson, St in? son & Cond it have removed their law offices from Main street, to their handsomely remodelled offices at 809.4 Ohio street. The new offices are probably the moat complete in the city.

A. T. Jackson, who has for the past four years has bad charge of P. F. Kaufman's stock farm, w'U on October 1st, open a boarding and sale stable in the new Kinser block, corner of Ohio and Ninth.

The Commercial Travelers Sound Money club of tfc!s city "11 unite with similar organizations from Evansville, Vincennes and Indianapolis in an excursion to Canton, Ohio, on the 9th of October, to call on Major McKinley.

C. O. Ebel, who is preparing a new directory of Terre Haute, says that the population of the city has increased one thousand since July 1st, over three hundred families having moved to Terre H-.ute in that time.

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The Dirigo club has reorganized for the present season and elected the following officers: President, Robert Nitche vice president, Herman Carle secretary, Lee Tipton treasurer, Ortwin Nurnberger. The first dance will be given on the evening of October 14th.

Rev R. V. Hunter, formerly of the Central Presbyterian church, has accepted a call to the pastorate of the Seventh Presbyterian church of Indianapolis, of which he was pastor before coming to Terre EsutS. It is said that he' wf,l receive a sndsome increase of salary oror that paid him when he left the church.?- 'f*

George Likert, for many years the popular yardmastar ol the Vandalia at this point, has resigned, to take.effect on the sSUrtr c^-October. He will take a through freight'run on the main line of the Vandalia. His place here will be taken by Geo. D. Thuckston, for along time yardmaster of the Vandalia at East St. Louis.

J. B. Walsh, for many years yardmaster of the C. & E. I. at this point, has resigned, to take effect October 1st. He will be succeeded by N. B. Nannenberger, formerly yardmaster at Brazil. It is said that Mr. Walsh will be given abetter position by the company with which he has been so many years connected.

James G. Owen, of Evansville, a member of the Grand Tribunal, Knights of Pythias of Indiana, will be in the city next week to discuss with members of the order here the advisability of Introducing in this city a temple of the Dramatic Order Knights of Khorassan, which bears the same relation to Pytbian*sm that the Mystic Shrine does to Masonry.

Henry W. Allen, an old resident of this city, died Sunday morning as a result of injuries .received in a street car accident several weeks ago. He was a native of Virginia and about 74 years of age. Two children survive him, Walter S. Allen, formerely of McKeen & Co.'s bank, but now of the Vigo Stave Co., Brotherton, Tenn., and Mrs. Charles H. Rockwell, of Chicago.

James Adams, a well known employe of the northern rolling mill, was found dead in the yard in the rear of J. R. Kendall's residence on Cherry street, Sunday morn ing. He was not a drinking man, and is supposed to have gone in there while suffering great pain, and died before being able to summon aid. The coroner decided that death resulted from blood clot in the heart.

The new library building, the old Unl versalist church, will be ready for use about the 10th of October, and perhaps earlier. The present library will be closed next Saturday, and the books will be removed to the new location the week fol lowing. The Wabash Cycling club has taken the lease of the present library rooms and will move into them as soon as they are vacated by the library.

Murray Briggs, for many years a member of the board of trustees of the Normal School, and one of the pioneer newspaper men of this vicinity, died at his home In Sullivan last Saturday. A brief memorial service was held at the school Tuesday morning, and a nmuber of the members of the faculty attended the funeral services at Sullivan. Mr. Briggs' paper, the Sullilivan Democrat, will hereafter be conducted by his sons.

What might properly he called an international romance was complet 'i in this city this week. Several years ago Thos. Ball and Mis. Elisabeth Slade deserted a wife Mid husband in England, came to this city and lived as husband aad wife. Several children were born to them, and this week, after Bull had had the court change bis name to Hooper, sod after Mis. Slade had secured a divorce from ber husband, they were mart led, on Monday afternoon.

The school titrable fn the Eighteenth district has been definitely settled. The children who were not entered at the other adjacent schools last week will be provided for by special rooms on Monday week and will be entered in the new school when completed, which to thought can be aceompUaned about the first of November. Those who entered last wwk will be re

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quired to complete the year in t&» present schools. The new builiiing on north Ftf-

teenth w»ll also be renuy for occupancy about ine same time as tue Eighteenth district school.

Work was begun at the Indiana distillery*., this vpejk, iuk! by tile 10th of October it is. expected to bo !u full operation with a.*. mashing-capacity of 6,000 bushels a day. The Majestic distillery will start up about the flmtof November, with a capacity of'T about 8,000 bushels per day. Whan theses two mammoth dist'Ileries are in full ation they will use 14.000 bushels of corn

per day, turn out in the neighborhood of' 70,000 gallons of high wines daily, and furnish a revenue to the government of about. $1,750,000 per month.

If there can be anything beautiful about such a sad thing as burying a loved one,^« the funeral of Miss Louise Filbeck last*? Monday was a beautiful affair. The-* friends who viewed the remains saw her freed from funereal#surroundings, lying on abed as if calmly asleep, covered with* flowers that loving friends had sent iiv generous profusion. The funeral services were conducted by Rev. J. S. Holmes, and the body

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by the following pallbearers: George M/ Allen, Will Hamilton, S. S. Anderson, S. M. Reynolds, D. L. Watson and Judge DV W. Henry.

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Besides the silk lingerie there are veryj} dainty sets in delicately colored batiste* Revers will be much worn this autumn,| but they are very small and frequently^ quite straight.

The matinee, that negligee garment so essential to the comfort of the woman oft 4 luxury, is seen in many novelties.

A pretty frock for a girl of 14 or 16 fs' ». skirt of dark blue and white check, and a,jacket of dark blue serge, with a

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collar and cuffs of the check material, The shades of purple are particularly ir^ favor this fall. Both mauve and deep violet will be worn for calling costumes. Dahlia and magenta are likewise iu favor-.

Kola Is anew name for an old color. It« Is merely a nut brown. Tobacco is an--' other shade of browft...jaucb. in vogue. Golden brown will also be largely worm, throughout the autumn.

An effective gown is of white delaine,' powdered with black polka dots. Thtf skirt is made umbrella shape, hanging in godets from the hips. The waist is made tight-fitting, with a Medici collar and narrow revers of black velvet.»

A shade of orange called capuclne will' be combined with many of the dark colors, and is extremely effective for early autumn, wear. Lobster red is high in favor, as well, as the shade of red poppy. In combinations with other colors a soft cherry pink will be much in demand*

The best wearing of the sllk nightgowns^ are made of the softest India silk. Not. only are they trimmed with lace aroundj the low-cut neck, but the lace trimming appears at the bottom of the chemise,^ either in bands of insertion or in a seriew of small graduated frills.

All the silk gowns have very wide sklrtw and full sleeves. The square, flowing Chinese sleeve is used in many of th» nightgowns. It is usually finished with a* ribbon run through the hem so that during cool weather it may be drawn together by means of the ribbon, which then ties in* a bow.

Silk canvas, which Is merely anew name for the old-fashioned grenadine, is one of the most popular fabrics of the hour for semi-dress occasions. It comes in a flo ered design, and also plain. Much of its good looks depends upon the quality and. color of its silk lining, which is plainly* visible.

The silks which are already in town areprincipally the taffetas. There is also an, immense quantity of striped silk. This* silk varies a trifle in regard to its stripes. Sometimes the stripes are even, and them again they are graduated, the first one being almost an inch wide, then the others, narrower and narrower, until the last is almost a hair line.

A very "chic" little toilet designed for an autumnal garden party is of a plum-? colored flowered silk, The skirt is made with plaits, and is quite full, the bodies being of green chiffon, connected with th« skirt by a peasant's belt of plum-colorel velvet. The sleeves are of the same ma-^J terial as the skirt, and over the whole is worn a most coquettish little cape of plum-colored velvet.

AUTUMN GIRL'S FAD. fi

The miniature craze has taken the New York girl by storm. She has always had a fondness for mlr'atures, but this season, if she carties ont her present plan, she will appear much like a walking photograph gallery.

There are miniatures for buttons and otbe.. for bucKles for evening slippers, and even a mir 'ature in the handle of thev fashionable dame's lorgnette, r-

And jnst who are the originals of tbea* miniatures? Are they pictures of the French court beauties or a likeness of mi. lady's pet poor*le, or merely paintings of relatives or friends? It all depend* upon the woman herself.

As for the miniature craze itself, it is lust spreading. There are coffee cups decorated with hand-painted miniatures, and magnificent mahogany tables with a miniature inlaid in the center, to say nothing of the costly gold toilet articles adorned with miniature craceto shown in the silk garter, which fastens with a buckle formedl ofamiaiaUuv.