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THE ROANOKE NEWS, THURSDAY MAY 11, 1893. Bodice With a Bertha. Fail s Fancies. SILKS ARE IX THE ASCEND ANT THE PRESENT SEASON. BKNQAL1NIS SUPERB, DIVINE, AND SAT ISFYING DESIGNS OP THE CHANGE ABLE CHINAS JUGGLING WITH THE SKIRT. The present is undeniably a "silk sea son." Silks are in tho ascendant. The manufacturers have been good to us, too. Silks were never in more desirable weaves. Novelties are many, and it seems as though the inventors had exercised un usually good taste in devising them. Ono fact strikes the most casual ob server who wanders through the line of new silks. Ombres are predominant, The orubro effect is nought in all possi- Die combinations, variations, phases ; ombre strike, oinbreo bayaderes, even j ombre plaids This is a feature of the I season that makes iteclt equuily apparent in velvets and is not forgotten in dress goods. Some of the most, attractive satins are rainbow ombres. These run through a whole series of colors on thnsame fabric. They are in the brightest shades, Uv, but yet will bu used on elaborate visiting and other day toilettes during the summer, as well ns for evening wear. Here is an inexhaustible topio this spring. Bengalioes are superb, divine, satisfying, and they are in the most be wildering variety. One example in the accustomed cord has vertical ombre stripes; the piece under consideration is mono chromatic, dark moss green in the centre shading out to the palest Nile and cata ract tints Cataract, by tho way, is the new term for a pale water ureen. Another Bengaiine, single colored, but with the changeable effort in the light, has a very ide cord, quite half inch intervals; then there is a set pontine cord; agaiu the cords are so broken up at intervals as to suggest rather the idea of the aruiure weave. f(All these will make up beautifully with the uw wnoilens of with brocaded silks. Rlnuk satin is once more in peculiar favor ut'ier a protracted term of exile. We see it in ui iiiy uf the most effective outer guriiMiit, and wen young women arc wearing it for dressy indoor toilets. The black Bongalines and failles are, per haps, more becoming to slender, youthful figures, however. Chines and taffetas with chine effects have made their entiauue this oeasuu aud will be most favorably thought of for summer dresses. There are lightweight satins, too, which are to be much worn by women of elegance who prcfor soft effects in their silks. These goods are covered with small conventional figuring and have the chaogeant appearance. Satin striped taffetas are among the favorites for full summer toilets and are very satisfying. Perhaps not more so than some ol the new Chinas and Indias, however. The changeable Chinas are delicious. Their decigns are mostly small sprays, twigs, dots, palm leaves, rose buds, etc. Peau de soies hold a high place among plaio silks. They will appear in com plete costumes, and are contrasted with self weaves io different colots that is, for instance, heliotrope, peau de soie is matched with the Baine fabric in pale green, chocolate with blue, turquoise with white, etc This is an odd freak io silks, but the results are a o mplt-te justi fication for its employment. It really looks now as though we were to be spared, for sometime at least, fur ther juggling with the skirt. It is not threatened with any more changes till summer has passed. With the full "what dreams may cornel" Crinoline, anyhow; and there is a dreadful vision in the fur thest distance of the much talked of hoop. The Eton has very sensibly returned to the short, square back for the summer; it has, however, puffed sleeves, such as would open the eyes of unsophisticated Etonians. , , . . Summer hosiery will certainly take a little excursion into the realm of color, too, for in lisle and silk eau do Nil, emi nence, and rose are ruling shades. Em broidery of the open work variety is much affected. No summer gowns for the hotel piaz zas or similar light duty will be more ap propriate or pretty than the striped French batistes. They are bewitchingly dainty. Red, mahogany, ox-blood, and other variants are colors for gloves, though the popularity of the violet glove has lot waned. It is noticeable that the Prince of Wales tips have been superseded in millinery by an arrangement of four plumes, which is adopted on many new hats. In thin silks, the newest are satin fin ished. In Paris changeable woollens are in special favor. The Alsatian bow is one of the features of spring millinery. Tartan plaids and color mixtures ap pear among new fancy grenadines. Pure white is the prettiest color for evening wear that u young girl can choose. THE FIRST KISS. Sweetheart, 'twas but a while ago it scarce seems yesterday, Though now my hair is white as snow and yours is turning gray That, walking in the twilight haze when bright stars blushed above, You told me that you loved tue, and kissed you for that love. The first kiss, dear; and then your hand- dear hand, so soft and sweet 1 Far whiter than the white, sweet sand that twinkled 'neath your feat- Laid tenderly within my own. Have fineonii fliteh lnvelv linml ! 1 J No wonder the whippowills made sweet the Autumn lands I It seemed to me that my poor heart would beat to death or break, While all the world sweetheart I sweet heard seemed singing for your sake; And every rose that burred the way io glad and dying grace, Forgot its faded summer day, and leaning kbsed your lace. I envied all the roses then, and all the rosy wuys That blossomed 'leath our feet are still mv life's bright veslerdavs -. 14 " i I I , But, thinking of that first sweet kiss, and that nrst clasp ul nanus. Life's whippowills sing sweeter now 1 throughout the Autumn's lands. HOUSE AND HOME. Helpful Hints and Bits of Fashion Gossip. Simple Remedies for Sore Throats The Vienna Twist Changeable Gauzes Some thing New In Coiffures. Tho milder forms of sore throat are apt to be very common at this season of the year, because of tne frequent changes of the weather, sharp and chilly at times, with shrill north winds und damp, and relaxing again with sott snows. ilia sudden changes also from a brisk outdoor air to stove-heated rooms aro also pretty likely to produce irritations of the throat membranes, which, without being positively dangerous, may becomo so by neglect, and are in tiny case unpleasant enough to make u prompt remedy very desirable. if or these cases, whore no se verer trouble is at the foundation, there are one or two remedies usually at hand and generally effective. Where the throat trouble arises from a common cold such as may readily develop into quinsy, the simplest remedy is gargle made of chlorate of potash and cold water. There is no danger of using too much pot ash in this form, as chlorate of potash is a drug- which makes what chemists call a "saturated solution." Where the throat is very much irritated, the gargle should bo used at least once an hour, or may be ' alternated with old-fashioned salt and pepper gar gle. I he laminar household rule for the latter is '.two teaspoonfuls of fine salt, two tablespoonfuls of vinegar and half a teaspoonf ul of cayenne pepper, all dissolved in a quart of boiling water. - it is a good plan to give some simple home remedies which will produce perspiration, and also to keep the patent indoors for several days. As soon as such a oold is broken up a good tonic should be obtained from the family physi cian. All colds are now believed to come from a degenerated condi tion of the system. Changeable Gauzes. Changeable gauzes repeat in dark tones of color some of the ef fects of changeable satin, and are also brocaded and cross-barred with color. These gauzes differ from the old-fashioned silk grena dines in the fact that they are finer, sheerer goods. They are also found in solid black in a great variety of paterns, brocaded. crossed-barred and striped, and it is in plain black and m black grounds brightened by quadrille effects in color that they will be most popular. Black grenadines, which are hoavier and more dur able goods than the gauzes, prom ise to remain popular. They are found in plain black, in a variety of brocaded effects and in black brightened by color. Black gauzes will undoubtedly be chosen tor afternoon dresses mado in Em pire effect over close-fitting gowns of black satin. The Vienna Twist Women who cannot wear the "bun" chignon are favoring the Vienna twist. You make it this way: First, have your fringe (or bangs) at least from four to six inches long, and curl it tightly. When you comb it out, comb from, not towards your face, and gather all your hair into one tail, tying securely just above the nape of the neck. Then ease out the hair over the crown, and wave it with the tongs. Twist the tail into a smooth rope, and loop it up, twisting the end around the ribbon and tying the hair above. Curl any short hair on the nape of the neck, and pin tho bangs back into place with invisible hair-pins. Some women add a twist of velvet with upright bows; others offoct a wi lo told of surah silk, fastened around the coil and finished by a pasto buciclo. Patents by Women. Nearly four hundred applications for patents were mado last year by women. Foremost among the inventions are those appertaining to tli adornment of the inventors or their homes. But besides these there are new . sky-signs, fire escapes, cameras, balloons and not a few conveniences for the opposite sex in the line of improved braces, buttonhole flower-holders, trouser splash preventors, etc. Not only do the women seem able to orig inate the ideas, but also to exploit their patents and introduce them. Several large commercial enter prises in England are carried on by women, aud m this country a lady very successfully defended her patent dress protector in open court, conducted the case herself and came off with flying colors. Exorcise, A physician of experience said recently, don't always be guided by your feelings in the matter of exercise, for when one feels like taking exercise the least, that is just the time he generally needs to take it the most. A Maine Girl's Fickleness. Tho other day a Lewiston young lady made an agreement with one of her admirers to go out walking that evening. Later she met an other, whom she invited to call that same evening. She had for gotten the first. Thon when a third one of her beaux made his appearance she agreed to go walking with him. In the eveuing the first young man came for her. She went, and soon the second arrived, and being told that she was out, said he would go aud meet hor. When she saw him coming she remem bered her engagement, oxcused herself from tho 'first young man, and walkod with tho second. They came to a confectionery store, and she remained outsido while he went in aftor chocolates. Tho third young man came along while sho waited, and she gra ciously promenaded off with him. Now she says she will bo more care fulof her appointments. Lewis ton Journal. Sewing-Room Talk. Whatever prejudice fashionable people had against green as a color seems to have disappeared. It takes some time to have it generally known that colored handkerchiefs are out of fashion. Of all persoual ornaments, silver bangles continue the largest in popular favor. Some of the new rugs of scarlet give to the dullest room the most cheerful air. Bridemaids' dresses are a study this season. Many a modiste must have racked her brains to devise them. In Paris, scarcely any trained skirts are seen in the streets. which is one of the best of all fashion notes to publish. The long overcoat and the high hat is not a becoming or fashion able combination, no matter how distinguished the wearer may be. Rosa Bonheur's Home. Mme. Bonheur's home at Fon- tainebleau is a sort of a "happy family menagerie, filled with all sorts of rare and pretty animals, and with beautiful horses, sheep, dogs and goats, all of which are tne pets or. me iamous painier. Pat's Joke on His Neighbors, An Irishman took a contract to dig a woll. When he had dug about twenty-five feet down, he came one morning and found it had fallen in filled nearly to the top. Pat looked cautiously around and saw that no one was near, then took off his hat and coat, and hung them on a windlass, crawlod into some bushes, and awaited events. In a short time the neighbors dis covered that the well had fallen in, and soeing Pat's hut and coat on the windlass, they supposed that he was at the bottom of tho excava tion. Onlv a fow hours of brisk digging cleared the loose earth from the well. J ust as the exca yators had reached the bottom, and were wondonng where the body was, Pat came out of the bushes and good-naturedly thanked the diggers for relieving him of a sorry job. Some of the tired diggers were disarustod. but the ioko was too good to allow of anything more than a laugh, which followed Shakespeare's Eyebrow. Miss Sarah W. Gillette of Evan ston. 111., rejoices in the possession of what she believes to be Shakes peare's eyebrow. Miss G.'s father, the late Dr. H, C. Gillette, bought tho relic from K. G. Oaks of England. In 1851 Oaks was deputed to carve an olive wreath to encircle a bust of Shakespeare. At that time the Duke of Devonshire owned the Kessolstadt death mask of Shakespeare. Thi9 death mask had been dis- covi?:-.! in a pawnbroker's shop in Kes.nulstadt, and )rnouucod to be a Slmkusporeuu mask. Oaks was permitted to use the mask iu making the laurel wreatu. lie says- "In mv examination for the pores in the plaster to decide whether the cast was original or not, 1 found two hairs of the eye brow sticking in the cant. I ex traded one entire, the otner broke." Thoso are the fragments that are now in possession of tho Evanston lady. rituburg Chronicle-'l flu graph. Diminution of Natural Gas. There is hardly a doubt that the natural gas supply, even m tli3 most favored districts whora this agent has beon discovered, is gen erally approaching extinction, and it will soon cease to oe an impor tant factor among the fuels of the country, particularly as far as its use in manufacturing industries is concerned. Glass and Lamps. Undoubtedly New With Him. He Oh, I have a splen ded story to tell you. I don't think I ever tcld it to you before. She Is it really a good story? He Indeed it i. She(wearily) Then you haven't told it to me before. lAto. Dresses for Dancing Lessons for Girls of 12 or 14 Years, FEMININE FANCIES, Queen Isabella's original will is to be exhibited at the World's Fair. Dorothy "Did she marry for love ?" Prudence "Yes, love of money." The milliner would soon be swamped if she didn't know how to trim her sales. The assertion that a woman can't keep a secret is disproved by the way a spinster holds her age. A woman in Almont, Mich., wears a pair of ear rings which has been in tho possession of her family 160 years. Aunt Eunice Conrad, at Cedarville, West Virginia, is reputed to be well and hearty at the age of 117 years. Annie Lacker, who was married at the age of 14, has just, been divorced from her husband by the Supreme court of ew lork. A divorce was recently granted to a woman at Paris, Texas, and five minutes later she faced the Judge with another man and was married. WISHING. Of all amusements of the mind, From logic down to fishing, There isn't one that you can find So very cheap as "wishing," A very choice diversion, too, If we but rightly use it, And not as we are apt to do, Pervert it, and abuse it, I wish a common wish indeed My purso were somewhat fatter, That I might cheer the child of need, And not my pride to flatter That I might make opinion rea . As only gold can make it, , And break the tyrant's rod otj steel, As only gold can break it. ' I wish that sympathy and love And every human passion That has its origin above, Would come and keep in fashion ; That scorn and jealousy and hate, And every base emotion, Were buried fifty fathoms deep Beneath the waves of ocean ! What is the greatest accomplishment you know of? said the talkative young man. To say nothing silently, replied the peppery young woman. The Queen of Corea keeps in her nt- vice a woman physician who is required to visit her Majesty daily and stay within call if required, for a short salary of $16,500. A young man at Ypsiianti, Michigan, who recently advertised for a wife, claims to have received 18 replies from husbands in a neighboring town offering him the'' wives. A scientist has discovered that the only instances in which ho finds correct dales given by women in regard to their ages, is when they are under 25 or over Mrs. Stonewall Jackson, who resides at Charlotte, North Carolina, has been presented with a sprig of ivy from Mar tin Luther's grave, which she intends placing od her husband's burial place. The new woolens for plaio tailor gowns, are the rough rabbit haircloths, which ore noteworthy for their soft, silken-like texture, and long haired, rough looking surface. Gossip has it that Queen Victoria will leave the bulk of her wealth, estimated at 925,000,000, to the Duke of Con- naught and Princess Beatrice,- leaving the Prince of Wales out in the cold. Tho WtVM of (wo prominent men in a berman town attended a grand ball re cently and each full io a fainting fit upon oatching sight of the other. Each had ordered a new, costly and ultra fashiona ble costume from Paris, and the two costumes were alike in material and style. At a "church hugging bee" in Ala bama the other evening a man, while blindfolded, hugged, his own wife for several minutes, and when ho learned the fact he got mad and demanded hii money back. This made his wife mad and she demanded double rates for her part in the transaction. I wish that friends were always true, And motives always, pure, I wish the good were net so few, I wish the bad were fVwer ; I wish that persons ne'er forgot To hew! the pious teaching ; , I wish that pno-ticing w:w not ' So different from preaching ! , I wish that modest worth might be Appraised with truth and candor ; I wish that innocence was free From treachery and slander. I wish that men their vows would mind, That women ne'er were woers; I wish that wives were always kinti, And husbands always lovers, i i I wish in fine that joy and mirth, And every good ideal K May come erewhile, throughout toe earth, To be the glorious real : Till Gnd shall every creature bless With Ilissupremcst blessing, And hope be lost in happiness And wishing be possessing. When Babjr wu Mk, w ! bar Cutorla, Whan ah wu a Chill, ah erted tar Cutorta. Whra she bwanM Mlia, iha lunf to Cutorta. Whoa ah had ChUdiw, ah gar Umm Caatoria, NOBODY KNOWS BUT MOTHER. Nobody knows of the work it takea To keep the home together ; Nobody knows of the steps it takes, Nobody knows but mother. Nobody listens to childish woes, Which kisses only smother ; Nobody's pained by naughty blows, Nobody, only mother. Nobody knows of the sleepless care bestowed on baby brother : Nobody knows of the tender prayer, Nobody, only mother. Nobody knows of the lessons taught Of loving ono another; Nobody knows of the patience sought. Nobody, only mother. Nobody knows of the anxious fears, Lest darlitga may not weather The storm of lite in after years, Nobody knows but mother. Nobody kneels at the throne above lo thank the Ueaveniy father; For the sweetes: gift, a mother'i love, Nobody knows bat mother. S. J. ("handler, Richmond, Va'., write:.. "No one can afford to he without B. B." B. who wishiw .an appiiite. I oAill scarcely rat a fiogle biscuit fur breakfast,, but much taking B. B B. I clean tne whole table, so to speak." .
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