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A Delighlllﬂoys’ Story.
T0 commence no No. 650.
The Boy Magician;

WRECKED AMONG THE SAVAGES.

The Story of a Strange Land.

BY S. W. PEARCE,
AUTHOR OF “BOY DETECTIVE," “BEFORE 'rmr.
MAST,” “ BOY YACHTSMAN,” “BOY
ACTOR,” ETC., me.

A “boys’ story” but a good deal more. It
is the novel narrative of a dreadful mutiny,
an escape to an unknown section of the East
African Shore, life among its savages, etc,
etc., in which the admirable and sharp-witted
lad, Harry Somers, by his “magician” arts
achieves a remarkable inﬂuence over the sav-
ages and saves the life of himself and his sailor
men companions. It is alive with the excite—
ment of adventure, peril and novel life, and in
personal interest very strong. Our “boys,”
old and young, will immensely enjoy it.

W In our next number we resume the “ Un—
bleached Domestics,” in which

The Block Philosopher, “ Hark l”

gives his views and reasons therefor, on a va-
riety of subjects—Capital Punishment, Trial by
Jury, Common Schools, Preachers and Preach-
ing. The Spartan Method, Second Marriages,
Meum and Tuum, The Whipping Post, Procras-
tination, Predestination, etc, etc.

The unctuousness of these “Hark” papers
all will confess who perused the ﬁrst series.
They are, in their way, the best things we know
of—quite up to anything “ Uncle Remus ” ever
wrote, They deserve, and will win, a wide
popularity.

Sunshihejapers.

Athletism—Ramblingly Discussed.

THIS is the season when daily papers are
ﬁlled with accounts of rowing-races, base-ball
matches, gymnastic exhibitions, polo games,
lacrosse and lawn tennis tournaments, and
ﬁeld sports and athletic contests of all kinds;
and when the student, and the clerk, set free
from bondage of school and oﬁice, and the
young women inspired by masculine associ-
ations and ﬁred with an ambition to win a cer-
tain degree of admiration and renown, turn
their thoughts to the attempting of sundry
feats of physical strength, endurance or skill.
And when we hear and see so much of athlet-
ism we are tempted to ask whether this ex~
treme of physical culture to which the world
has been tending of late is as thoroughly good
and desirable in its results, as a movement
which certainly originated with the best of
motives should be.

That time is still within the limits of the
memory of the “oldest inhabitants” when
America awoke to the consciousness that to
their ambition to be learned her sons were sac-
riﬁcing the robust constitutions, the sturdy
limbs, the iron siuews, the almost invincible
pOWer and endurance which had been the glory
of their ancestors upon the battle—ﬁeld and the
frontier, in the mighty forests of the North
and amid the dangers of the prairied West.
And this decadence of physical strength be-
came the cry of lamentation throughout the
land; and the necessity of paying more atten-
tion to athletic development, of combining
bodily and mental culture, began to be preached
in every city and hamlet, in every journal and
magazine, in every church- pulpit and college
rostrum, until the blood of our young men was
at fever heat on the subject, and athletism be-
gun to run riot. Presently we heard of noth-
ing but boat races, riﬂe practice, swimming
matches, gymnastics, Indian clubs, rowing ma-
chines, “pocket gymnasiums,” athletic associ-
ations, pedestrianism and all manner of ﬁeld
sports. And our girls got the fever, too, and
took up walking, jumping, running, shooting,
swimming, rowing, and even “fencing” and
“boxing” as necessary parts of their physical
education. Indeed, every one got the fever——
professors and politicians, bankers and beggars,
clergymen and cobblers, shopkeepers and small
boys; and the best pulpit orator was the one
who could swing a bat the best through the
week, or “ tramp” the furthest during his va—
cation, aud the “best fellow” at college was
the one who barely won his parchment but
pulled a famous stroke in the college crew.

Certainly the and aimed at in the beginning
of this furore was highly commendable. Physi-
cal culture is most desirable, and should go
hand in hand with mental culture. But—are
we not, as a nation, carrying athletism to an
extreme that is hurtful? Hurtful mentally,
hurtful physically, hurtful morally? It seems
to me that feats of dexterity and trials of
bodily endurance have ruined as many consti-
tutions and cost as many lives as mathematics
and Greek grammars. I doubt if the most
careful and intelligent physical culture—united
with mental culture and the living of useful
lives carried on for several generations. could

 

restore to Americans the sound bodies and
splendid endurance of their ancestors. The
strength of our forefathers was the outcome of
vigorous health and unt'evered lives—Mind! I
do not say uneventful lives; but they lived
slowly while we live rapidly. They ate at
regular hours and of plain food, they kept day
day and night night, they existed in closest
fellowship with Nature, they used no inven-
tions for rendering life luxurious and work
easy and so did less work and lived less un-
healthily. ‘v’hat they accomplished they ac
complished by slow and perseverlng ways.
We think and do more in a month—if we
think and do at all—than our great‘grandpa—
rents old in a year. Our lives are pressed full
and running over with things. which must be
done, must be learned, must be seen, must be
improved upon. Even the lives of our little
children are ﬁlled with excitements and small
discoveries and ambitions. We live in a state
of let er and unrest from the time we leave our
cradles until we require a cofﬁn. And we
could not go back to a slower mode of life if
we would. With the advance of civilization, the
spread of journalism and cheap literature, the
multiplication of educational institutions and
movements, the daily increasing speed and
sprrad of postal service, the ever lessening time
with which vast distances are traversed, the
cluser contact of nation wi'h nation, the girdling
of the hemispheres with steam and electricity,
the pulses beat faster, thought increases in rapid-

‘ ity, lives are ﬁlled to repletion with many and

varying interests, and existence ﬂows on with
a fuller and faster tide than any system of
education can hinder or stay.

Of course every one will concede that phy-
sical well-being is of vast importance, not only
to the sons of America but to the daughters
who are to give America the men of the fu-
ture. I, myself, do not believe that any per-
son can well afford to make their physical na-
ture suffer at the expense of any ambition,
however goo f or great. Without bodily health
all other goods are at terrible discount. Even
“Attic salt” is ﬂavorless where the nervous
system is unstrung and the body is tortured
with pain and disease. And yet, I repeat, are
we not carrying athletism to a degree that is
doing as much evil as good? The attempt to
combine the highest physical and mental cul-
ture in the education Of students eager to be-
come proﬁcient in some art, profession, or
trade, at the least possible expenditure of
time, has proved a failure. In countless cases
young men have degenerated into athletes
only, or broken down utterly under the strain
Of trying to be athletes and something else as
well. In this age a person cannot be a great
athlete and a great scholar, too. Excess of
culture in one direction must be gained at the
expense of neglect of either the brain or the
body. It is impossible to lead the world in
ph) sical strength and endurance and mental
force and culture at one and the same time.
Ought not, then, Sllr'h devotion to athletic pur-
suits as unfits mind and body for graver and
worthier ambitions and attainments, to be dis—
couraged? And does not excessive interest in
athletic pursuits lower the standard of young
people’s morality, manners, and mind? It
seems to me so.

I do not claim that purely mental educa-
tion, any more than purely physical educa-
tion, develops that which is best in a person’s
moral nature. The man who has trained his
sinews until he has the strength of a brute and
more than a brute’s endurance, may be a
scamp; but so may the man‘who has all the
learning of any one of the world’s greatest
scholars. But the man who will do the world
the greater good by his life will be the learned
scamp; and physical culture as a mere pur-
suit is a poor one to follow, as a vocation is a
very low one to choose; indeed, except as an
aid to the culture of the mind and the body,
I doubt if it can really claim for itself—or,
rather, if its one-time warmest advocates can
claim for it—any intrinsic merit.

A PAason’s DAUGHTER.

NEEDLESS EXPENSES.

ONE of my correspondents remarks that she
“thinks it is a great pity all the desirable and
wished-for articles should be so dear; at least,
beyond her means, and that she should have
to consult her puree before making any pur-
chase.”

She seems to imagine herself to be the only
one in that predicament; but that wail goes
forth from thousands of others; simply, be-
cause their wishes go beyond their means of
gratifying their desires.

The penniless boy would like to have a ﬁve.
dollar bill all of his very own, and you and I
would like to have the fortune of a Vanderbilt.
You may say, you do not want as much as
that; but, if you cannot afford to have what
you would like you might just as well wish for
a whole diamond mine as for a single diamond.
He indeed is wise who knows both the value of
money and what is sufﬁcient in its possession.

I think it is a very good idea that we do
have to consult our purses are we buy, and
that we have to stop and consider if we can
aford to make the purchase. If all would do
so there would be less money wasted and
fewer worthless articles bought. We may
think we want lots and lots of things; but, if
we paused to ask ourselves if we really needed
them, and if there were not other things we
did need much more, which would prove more
useful, I doubt if sober second thoughts would
not win the victory, and the “lots and lots of
things ” remain for those who could afford to
gratify their tastes.

Our real wants are few, but our imaginary
ones, many; and these imaginary ones should
not be pampered but be put away in the dark
closet until they shall have learned to behave
themselves.

If I saw an article in the window of a store
and I wanted it ever and ever so much, and it
cost but ﬁve dollars, and I had the ﬁve dollars
—-but which could be used more proﬁtably—
I’d shut my eyes when I passed that store, or
I’d look across the street, or go down another
street to avoid passing it, or I’d leave that ﬁve
dollars at home. To look would be to be
tempted to purchase; while to purchase, would
be to make myself foolish.

Yet there are people who buy many need-
less things—needless because they need other
things more. A person earns a little money
and it seems to burn a hole in his pocket, and
he will buy a watch, or pistol or violin—neither
of which does he need, and all the while his
house may be out of order, his clothes out of
repair, and that money might have been of so
much use in securing what was necessary.

A woman I know of was harassed night and
day to contrive a way to meet a payment on
her over—due rent. At the very time of this
worry some one offered her a watch; the price
was but ten dollars, cheap at that! and the
seller “would wait a little time ” She had 81
ways wanted a watch, so she thought it best to
take up with the offer. Then she had some-
thing more to worry about, because she knew
not where the money was coming from to pay

 

for the watch. Its once-owner was taken sick,
was pressed for money. and she was dunned
for payment. Well, she sold the watch for ﬁve
dollars; borrowed ﬁve more, and that worry
was over until the borrowed ﬁve dollars was
asked for. It is so easy to get in debt and so
hard to get out of it!

And there are foolish people who deprive
themselves of necessary food and proper cloth-
ing in order to buy some nick-hack to put into
their “best room ”—some new-faugled thing
for the parlor—a room that is never used from
one year’s end to another and from which
God’s blessed sunlight is always excluded.

There are many articles sold on the “ install-
ment plan.” I don’t doubt this plan has it's ad-
vantages, but it has its disadvantages, as well.
Because the payments are small it leads one
into the temptation of procuring such things as
one does not need, and for which they have no
pressing necessity. Sometimes these pay-
ments—be they never so small—are hard to
make, and I have heard people say, in their
despair—“ I will never buy another article un~
til I can pay cash down for it." Some people
will buy a piano on this installment plan; they
may not need the instrument and may not be
able to play on it when procured, but it “ will
look well,” and that is sufﬁcient for them whether
it corresponds with the rest of the furniture, or
at all comports with the family’s means and
surroundings.

Were these small “ installments ” put by un-
til they aggregated quite a nice little sum how
many articles of comfort might they not pro-
cure! I have seen a handsome organ in one
corner of the room and a stove that seemed
only ﬁtted for the junk-shop in the other. The
people “ couldn't aﬁ'ord to buy a new stove,”
you know, but the organ was purchased on the
installment plan. Well, the organ might have
been done without while there was a necessity
for a new stove; and, I believe, stoves can be
bought on the installment plan just as well as
organs, pianos, watches, etc.

This starving the stomach to feast the eyes
—this “ robbing Peter to pay Paul "—is a
m: at inconsistent way of living, a good illus
tration of it being the man who goes through
the public streets with a patch on both knees
and kid gloves On his hands, or, as the old say—
ing is, wearing a ruffled shirt and going bare-
footed. Eva LAwuss.

Cottage timekeeping.

How to “Do Up ” Pine Fabrics.

PERHAPS it is just as well, now, before we
leave off talking about washing and ironing,
for me to give you the promised hints regard-
ing the renovation of such articles of one’s
toilet and of household use as cannot be cleansed
in ordinary ways. And, ﬁrst, let me say that
if you have any of the now stylish table linen
which comes with colored borders, you will
ﬁnd that by washing such pieces separately, in
water to which you have added rock salt, the
stripes in the borders will not fade and will re-
tain their original hue, while the white por-
tion will wash fair and clean. And Turkey
red lunch cloths and napkins, and any article
made of Turkey red calico—such as curtains,
splashers, and the like—should be soaked over-
night in a pail of strong rock-salt water or
alum water. After this they may be washed
as usual. Turkey red lunch cloths and nap-
kins must be very damp—almost wet—when
ironed or they will not iron well. If while
very damp they are carefully smoothed with hot
irons they can scarcely be told from new ones
just off the shop shelves.

White cotton hosiery is washed like the
white clothes. Woolen hosiery should be
washed—like ﬂannel articles—in cold soapsuds
to which borax or a few drops of ammonia has
been added. Unbleached Balbriggan hosiery
must be washed in cool suds, and should not
be boiled nor scalded, as it is desirable that it
should retain its ecru (unbleached) hue. And
very ﬁne ﬁannels, and knit worsted articles,
such as baby sacques and shirts, crocheted pet-
ticoats, “ fascinators,” caps, mittens, leggings,
must not be washed in the ordinary way if
you would have them “look like new.” Boil
as much water as you think will do the wash—
ing and dissolve in it, while it is boiling hot, a
teaspoonful of borax to every quart of water.
Let this get as cold as river-water in summer
and add to it a half-teaspoonful of liquid am—
monia. for every quart of water. If you do not
use ammonia, you must double the quantity of
borax. If the articles are very dirty, dissolve
some white Castile soap in the water. Do not
rub the pieces to be washed at all; but gently
squeeze them, or, better still, stamp them with
a potato-masher. Wash them thus in borax
water until they are perfectly clean, and rinse
them in clear water of the same temperature.
Squeeze—not wring—them dry. Warm water
yellows white wools, but cold boraw suds will
render them delightfully soft, white and new-
looking. Stretch the knit articles into exact
shape and spread them upon a sheet laid on
the grass, or in a sunny place upon the floor of
a reom, to dry.

White zephyr and Shetland shawls, sacques,
etc, and many ﬁne tidies that will not bear
wetting, may be perfectly cleaned in this way:
put plenty of dry wheat ﬂour and powdered
borax in a clean bag or pi110w-slip, and shake
the soiled articles, one by one, thor0ughly in
this, rubbing the same as if you were using
water instead of ﬂour. Finally, shake free
from the ﬂour.

To wash tidies and fancy articles done in
crewel-work, use bran-water. Pour half a
gallon of water over a half-pound of bran. over-
night, and let- it soak, giving it an occasional
stir. Strain the water and use it lukewarm.
DO not wring out the crewel-work; squeeze it
free from the water and hang it to dry away
from sun or ﬁre. Iron the articles with a cool
ll‘Ol].

The Swiss and mull neckties and handker-
chiefs now so much used should be squeezed
clean in cold suds of a little dissolved white
soap and powdered borax, or a few drops of
ammonia. Put through as many of these
sudsy waters as are needed to quite clean
them, rinse (squeezing, always, only) in clear
water and spread upon a clean towel.
Roll the towel tightly, and squeeze it hard.
This process absorbs the moisture from the
thinner goods. If necessary roll andsqueeze
in still another clean, dry towel. Then shake
and clap with the hands until barely damp,
when smooth with a medium hot iron. If a
blue tint is wished it can be given by once
rinsing in pale blueing water. Asarule, no
starch is used in these ﬁne articles; but for
children’s Swiss caps and ties a little is desira~
ble. After squeezing well out of the rinsing
water dip in a little lukewarm water to which
a teaspoonful or two of boiling starch has
been added. Shake and clap nearly dry, then
“‘01).

Mull, lawn, and Swiss dresses must be washed
as described above and dipped in very much
diluted hot starch, and shaken and clapped
nearly dry; as must children’s lace and Swiss
slips. A deft and painstaking lady can “do

up ” all these dainty articles at hmne as nicely
as they are done at the “ cleaner’s.” and so save
the exorbitant prices asked at those places. No
“ fancy washing,” however, should be at-
tempted upon one’s regular wash-day. Choose
a bright, sunny morning, when you have no
other important business on hand, and take
plenty Of time at it. None of this delicate
laundering must be done in a hurry. The
irons for such thin goods should never be very
hot, and every one of the ironing utensils
should be immaculately clean. Indeed, I can—
not impress it too clearly upon every house-
wife’s mind that much of the success in all
kinds of ironing depends upon sheets, cloths,
holders, and ﬁat-irons being absolutely free
from dust, grease, starch, and stove-black.

Lace and muslin curtains are easily laun-
dered at home, and ladies who live in small
country places will certainly be glad to know
of the easiest way to do them. Diolve a
piece of the very best yellow soap—a
piece the size of a hen’s egg—in a quart
of boiling water; add to this a pailful of warm
water and stir until every particle of soap is
dissolved and a ﬁne lather produced. In this
soak the curtains for twelve or eighteen hours,
and then rinse them thoroughly in warm and
cold water. If still too yellow repeat the pro-
cess. Spread sheets on the carpet and smooth
the curtains upon these and pin them exactly
into shape. Lace curtains will need no ironing,
but the muslin ones will.

Dark and black lawns must never be starched,
but stiffened with very thin gum arabic water.
Of course. in washing them, the colors must be
“set ” as directed in previous papers for cali~
eoes and colored handkerchiefs. And now—
but space fails me. I have yet to tell you how
to wash silk articles, “do up ” laces, and clean
dress—goods; something which it is very desir-
able that the economical housewife should thor-
oughly understand. LUCILL]: HOLLIS.

Freelance Dashes.

PERHAPB a little advice will not come amiss
to those who anticipate taking during the sum-
mer months a “walking tour.” Aside from
its healthiness, walking is really becoming
" fashionable," and on that account will prob-
ably be indulged in more than ever before, and,
too, by a large class to whom it will do the
most good—those who hitherto have abstained
from this delightful and health-giving exercise.
However, even a good thing can be overdone,
and walking, if not indulged in moderately at
ﬁrst, can produce its bad eﬂects. To one un-
accustomed to standing much on the feet it
would not be well to attempt a long stretch at
ﬁrst; but, gradually taking more lengthy
strolls, a person will soon wonder at the
amount he can endure. If intending to climb
a mountain peak, or camp in the woods over-
night, one wants to be especially prepared. As
he will probably suffer from both sunburn and
blisters it is well to know that either simple
milk, or glycerine and water, in equal parts,
rubbed on the face and bands will cure sun-
burn; while, for blisters, a piece of wash
leather with a hole in it should be provided.
If going to stay out “in the open,” overnight,
the thickest underclothing should be worn, and
an extra jacket carried; also an extra pair of
stockings, and old shoes or slippers to rest the
feet. A glowing camp-ﬁre will keep away in—
sects and prowling animals and should be
“kept up ” all through the night by each of
the party in turn. No matter how wearied
with the exertions of the day, each and every
member of the party will sleep a most sound
and peaceful slumber upon the improvised bed
of hemlock or pine, and will awaken with a
freshness and sense of a new lease of life which
will surprise them, and with the keenest possible
appetite and relish for the crude breakfast
which they must themselves prepare with only
the aid of the campﬁre and Gipsy kettle.
There is an enjoyment in outdoor life for
which it is hard to ﬁnd a substitute, and all
those to whom it is a possible treat will do
well to indulge in it to as great an extent as
possible.

THE disgusting extent to which some people,
especially some ladies, carry their affection for
their canine pets is well illustrated by a Wash-
ington lady who, upon the death of a favorite
pug, made most extensive preparations for a
funeral. The cofﬁn which inclosed the re-
mains was Of white, with silver handles, and
the hearse was also white. The services of a
ﬁrst-class undertaker were engaged, and there
was a respectable train of carriages to make
up the funeral oortege which proceeded in 801—
emn order to the cemetery, where Pug was in.
terred in the family lot—to accomplish which
it had been necs'ssary to obtain a burial per-
mit. Naturally, people who had friends or
relatives buried in the cemetery were indig-
nant, and the sexton was called to account in
a manner which will probably preclude his
ever granting any more such permits.

This is only an exaggerated instance of the
way in which hundreds Of “ pets ” are treated.
The little pug who precedes my lady through
the streets, and has the seat at her right hand
in her carriage, is ﬁrst and foremost in her
thoughts and solicitude. Pug may wipe his
feet on her silk dress if he so chooses, or pick
out the most luxurious of easy-chairs in the
drawing-room on which to take his nap. He
must have his own particular place at the
table and eat from the most fragile Of the
decorated china. Every movement and atti-
tude are a study, every bark a revelation, and
when, ﬁnally, his race is run, he is mourned
and wept over as a beloved child would be.

Was there ever such a ridiculous mockery of
human affection? The wom .n who‘could be-
stow such time, thoughts and love on a dog, is
hardly worthy of her name. If she possesses
no husband, children, parents, on whom to
lavish her endearments, let her look about her
and she will ﬁnd hundreds of the genus hu-
mankind literally starving for the lack of a
little love and kindness. Not that we do not
advocate petting animals, for a fondness for
and kindness to dumb beasts show a tender
heart and affectionate disposition. But leave
them in their proper sphere; treat them as
animals, not as human beings, and when they
die shed a tear over them if you will, but
don’t mingle their bones with those of your
children or ancestors.

Fonmennas lay a particular stress on the
want of good manners in American men, and
consider “ vulgarity of manners” a character-
istic of our nationuor appear to so think if the
numerous articles and paragraphs printed on
the subject in their newspapers and journals are
an echo of the sentiments of the people. Of
course they make a grand mistake, as they will
realize, some day. They “jump at their con-
clusions” from the class of shoddyites which
form so large a portion of our travelers abroad,
who, by their loud speech and coarse manners
do deserve the term vulgar in its fullest sig-
niﬁcance. However. that is no reason why, as

 

a nation. we should be brought under ban.

An American may not how as gracefully as a
Frenchman, nor be as elegant at a dinner—party
as an Englishman, but he will show more
chivalric respect for women than any French-
man or Englishman—such respect as is utterly
incompatible with vulgarity. His manners
may need a Certain amount of polish and re-
ﬁnement, but at least they are not artiﬁcial—-
are not mere drawingroom accomplishments,
and the graces of the dancing master. An
American, speaking of this charge against us,
says: “ Perhaps in those indescribable products
Of high breeding found in the circles of he-
reditary aristocracy America must yield the
palm to Europe; but in genuine courtesy, un-
aﬂected and unselﬁsh politeness, disposition to
accommodate, and readiness to go out of one’s
way to help others, Europe has much to learn
from America.” Which is as true as truth, and
the more intimate the relations of other na-
tions with us—the more their people travel in
our land and mingle with our true representa-
tives abroad, the more they will realize this
and discover in American mind and manner:
the unconventional expression of a free, gener—
ous and intelligent manhood.

Tn): White House, at Washington, and all it
contains, has passed through so many hands,
and the wives of the Presidents developed such
diﬂerent “housewife” qualities, that many
amusing anecdotes have arisen therefrom—the
latest Of which is that when Arthur took pos-
session his ﬁrst official act was to order the
purchaSe of towels. When he was ushered into
his own private room, which had been newly
furnished, papered and decorated in his honor.
it was found that there was not a towel in the
White House upon which to dry his hands!
But, there was some excuse for this, us. during
Mrs. Garﬁeld’s illness and the subsequent ter-
rible (lath siege of her husband, there had
been no one to superintend the management of
the household. When Andrew Johnson was
President, his daughter did the honors for him,
and won considerable of a reputation for domes
tic talents by her perfect management and
ordering of the establishment; but, after all,
Mrs. Grant is said to have been altogether the
best housekeeper the mansion ever had—better
even than Mrs. Hayes, who left things more to
the care of her servants, but whose saving pro-
pensities earned for her the surname of “ Eco~
nomical.” It must have been somewhat of a
trial to all of these ladies to feel that the “eyes
of a nation” were upon them, criticising not
only their social but their domestic talents and
virtues. At present there is no one to criticise
in this respect, for President Arthur is “ going
it alone,” and to all intents and purposes is as
well satisﬁed as if there were a “lady fair ” to
help him do the honors. Well, perhaps there
will be soon—who knows? Certainly rumor
credits several of our society belles with hav-
ing been so fortunate as to bare won the heart
of the present head of our nation. Hawever,
that remains to be seen, and in the mean time
we will leave him to his solitary grandeur.
FRANK FREELANCE.

Fashion Notes.

The most becoming and elegant head~cover-
lugs for full-dress occasion or for church wear
this sultry season are the airy little princesse
bonnets covered completely with white or tinted
ﬂowers, and fastened under the chin with lace
bride’s or scarf—strings. Many of these little
cap bonnets have the small delicate blossoms
partly vailed with beaded Spanish blonds.

For infants’ dresses are embroidery patterns
manufactured in imitation of Venetian point of
every color. A dainty robe is made Of cream-
colored creponne, ﬁnished by a deep ﬁouuce of
baby-blue satin, completely covered with a
ﬂounce of pale blue Venetian point lace. With
unbleached fabrics ﬂcelle or pack-thread lace in
Venetian designs is much used—a trimming
which is now considered the hight of elegance.

The pretty Alsatian peasant hats are very
much worn by young girls. Sometimes the
ﬂat, velvet-lined brim is caught up lightly at
one side, but it is generally worn in genuine
peasant style, and the wreaths of ﬂowers on the
outside are made to match the color of the
linings. A sweet little hat in this style is of
dark-green straw, faced with pale-pink surah,
and trimmed outside with a wreath of pink
Oleander blossoms caught together at the back
with a bow and long ends of dark-green satin
ribbon.

Yellow is a color that seems to be growing
in favor, especially in the domain of millinery,
yellow Spanish blonde and pale-yellow satin
ribbon being much employed as a trimming.
mingled with small yellow sunﬂowers, prim-
roses, and yellow water-lilies. Openwork
lace-straw bonnets are much trimmed with
ruches and plaques of yellow lace, and daffodils,
wall-ﬂowers, and other blossoms of that tint
are used in conjunction. Many of the bonnets
are lined with black velvet, making them very
becoming to the wearer, adding brilliancy to
a clear and improvement to a dull complexion.

Every well—regulated parasol now displays
its colors by a bow of ribbon tied near the
handle, or a branch of roses or other ﬂowers
set near its top. Heavy silver handles beauti-
fully carved are in high vogue, as are also those
of mother-of-pearl and onyx, with the handles
in the shape of a shepherd's crook or a Chinese
cross. The most expensive of all, however, are
those of pearl or silver set With gems, match-
ing in hue the different toilets with which they
are worn-for example, a white satin parasol
lined with pale blue has the handle Of silver
with the Owner’s monogram set in pearls and
turquoise stones. This is to be carried with a
toilet of cream-white foulard with tunic and
bodice of the same, brocaded with pale blue
forget-me nots.

India or French muslins in sprigged designs
are again being worn by youthful women; A
prettier fashion never existed; a ﬁne muslin,
gracefully made and lace-trimmed, with a lace
bertha worn over the bodice, and brightened
here and there by knots of ribbon, gives a
lady a really more attractive appearance than
all the heavy velvets and brocades can ever
do. Some very beautiful dresses, designed for
a number of bridemaids who are soon to assist
at a fashionable wedding, are made of sprigged

India muslin in combination with pale doe-
colored satin. The bodices in Louis XIV.
style are made up over the satin with gathered
chemisettes of the same, reaching from the
low square opening at the top to the extreme
point of the bodice. 'The skirts in front are
quite plain, the muslin being very lightly drawn
over the satin skirt, with vertical runners.
An immense ruche of the muslin, bristling
with countless loops of pale doe-colored satin,
ﬁnishes the edge. Smaller but similar ruches
are carried around the necks of the dresses,
appear also at the head of the lace at the el-
bows, sleeves, and border the edge of the
bodices and paniers, which curve gracefully
over the hips and join the full drapery of the
tournure. Accompanying these toilets are doe-
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