~ . Grew just too high for me. $4: with powdered myrrh, cassia and other - ped.,,ip bands of fine perfumed linen, 5-K will be eternally your debtor. . ., ,‘e‘icanltlhave inlay boy I . ‘ I BE ND MY REACH. ‘ so, _____ It was peeping through the bramble- That little wild white rose—- Where the hawthorn hedge was planted My garden to enclose: All beyond was few and heather; All within was sun and shelter. And the wealth of beauty’s store; But i did not heed the fragrance Of fioweret or of tree, 3:3 g1; For my eyes were on that rosebud. And it grew too high for me ’4- In v in I strove to reach it Through the tangled mass of green—- It only smiled and nodded ' Behind its t-hornyscreem - Yet through that summer morning [lingered near that spdt, Oh! why do things seem sweeter 71f we possess them not? , _ My garden buds were blooming. But all that I could see l Was that little mocking white rose That grew too high for me. Soin life's wider garden ‘ . There are buds of promise. too, Beyond our reach to gather—- But not beyond our v1e w; And like the little charmer That tempted me astray. They steal out half the brightness Of man _v a summer day. Oh. hearts thatfail with .ongings For some forbidden tree, Look up and learn a lesson From my white rose and mel "I‘is wiser far to number The blessings at my feet Than ever to be sighing For just one bud more sweet. ' My sunbeams and and my shadmvs 1. Fall from a pierced hand— . I‘cansurely trust His wisdom. I Since His heart I understand. And maybe. in the morning When His blessed face I see. He will tell me why my white rose EM BALMING PERFUMES. Not Only People, but Crocodiles and Other Animals \Vere Preserved. Myrrh, which was fabulously sup- posed to be the tears of Myrrha, who was turned into a shrub, was a plant oi handsome appearance, with spreading fern-like foliage and large umbels oi white flowers. It was found principal. 1y in Arabia and Abyssinia. In early times the perfume distilled from it was greatly in requisition for emxbalming. Herodotus givesa detailed account .of the ancient mode of embalming which is perhaps more instructive than pleasinggAfter the body had under- gone much preparation, it was filled perfumes. It was then steeped inlna‘ Iron, a strong solution of soda, for seventy days. After this it was wrap- smeared with aromatic gums. Not only people were thus embalm‘ ed; but the crocodiles of Lake Moeris which, after their mummification, were decorated with ornaments and jewels and laid in one of the subterranean passages of the great labyrinth with much pomp and display. The sacred W~ E THE WEEKLY MENU. ’ ' MONDAY. Breakfast—Wheatlet, Sugar and Milk. Broiled Bacon. Eggs. Rolls”. Coffee. ‘ Luncheon—Cold Meat. Fried Po- Eatoes. Brown Bread. Preserves. Cake. Tea _ Dinner.—Vegetable Soup. Roast Beef. Mashed Potatoes. Spinach. Jgettuce Salad. Chocolate Pudding. Coffee. _ ,_ _ __ _ l 2‘” t ' " . TUESDAY. ‘ ‘ Breakfast—Whole Wheat Biscuit, Sugar and Cream. Sausages. Johnny Cake. Coifee. Luncheon. —- Roast Beef Hash. Dreamed Potatoes. Baked Apples. Buns. Chocolate. Dinner.—Tomato Soup. Baked Potatoes. Succotash. Dress Salad. Wafers. Cheese. Lmel Custard. Coffee. WEDNESDAY. Breakfast—Oranges. Oatmeal, Su— gar and Cream. Scrambled Eggs. i‘oast. Coffee. _ Luncheon—Bread Omelet. Fried Potatoes. Gingerbread. ales Tea. Dinner.—Clear Soup. Veal Cutlets. Mashed Potatoes. Boiled Rice. Peas. 'Bliced Tomatoes. Wafers. Cheese. Cottage Pudding.’ Coffee. - ‘ Meat Pie. Beets. Car- French Ap- THURSDAY. Breakfast.—Hominy Grits, Milk and Dream. Stewed Kidneys. Brown Bread and Butter. Coffee. Luncheon—Mock Terrapin. Baked Potatoes. Fruit Fritters. Tea. FRIDAY. Breakfast—Oatmeal, Sugar and Dream. Codfish Cakes. Potato Puffs. Rolls. Coffee. Luncheon—Fried Oysters. Brown Bread. Plain Cake. Stewed Prunes. Chocolate. Dinner.—Potato Soup. Boiled Fish. ’r‘arsley Sauce. Mashed Potatoes. Spin- lch. Lettuce Salad. Peach Tapioca. Dinner.——Vegetable Soup. Fricassee Chicken, with Dumplings. Riced Po- :atoes. Green Peas. Spinach. Olives. Cheese. Home Made Rhu- uarb Pie. Coffee. - Latest In Sleeves. All the pretty little variations pos- , cat, ichneumon and other cherished animals devoutly worshipped by the, Egyptians were em'balmed with scru-i pulous and fanatical care. On days; special to the memory of the dead mummies. were newly-sprinkled with perfume, incense was offered before . them and their heads anointed with- fresh oil—in the same spirit as we lay I new blooms upon the graves of our dead. WANTED THE BIRDS CARED FOR. 00m Paul’s Statue Has the Crown of the Hat Made Concave to Hold \Vater. i There is a story just new current in Rome to the efiect that a sculptor in that city, in an evil hour for his repu- tation as an artist, undertook some time ago to produce “to order" a bronze statue of President Kruger One of the conditions imposed was thal- no liberties were to be taken with 00m Paul. He was to be represented in all . _4 his native heaviness of features withl the fidelity Which Oliver Cromwell ex- l a’cte'd;"and for personal decoration he was to be depicited in his ordinary frock coat and tall hat. The most try- 5 ing stipulation of all was, however, that Madame Kruger. 00m Paul’a amiable lady insisted that the crown of the hat should be made conclave so that it might catch and hold rain water for the refreshment of little birds! This concern for the welfare of tho harmless little birds is creditable to Madame Kruger's maternal heart, but immanitarians of this kind is certainly not conducive to the production of a keen aesthetic sense—St. James Ga< iet'te. Holmes On the Outbreak of the War. This is how Oliver Wendell Holmes recorded the outbreak of the Civil War: “On Friday, the twelfth day ol the month 0f April, in the year of out Lard eighteen hundred. and, sixty- one, at half-past four of the clock in the morning, a cannon was aimed and fired by the author- ity of South Caroline at the wall of a fortress belonging to the United States. Its ball carried with it - “ the hatreds, the rages of thirty years, , .,shaped and cooled in the mould of mal- ignant deliberation. . Its wad was the charter of our National existence.‘ It: muzzle was pointed at the stone which bore thesymbol of our National sov- ereignty. As the echoes of its thun‘ der d; ' . away, the telegraph clicked one wgi through every office of the land. ' hat word was"War!’ ” (Hun-e Cutters of Brussels. ’, . _, The. cutters of theggreat glove houses at». Brussels and in _‘France earn even higher wages than the cutters of the "’mosttfas‘nionable tailors in London and New ‘York. So difficult is the art ol cutting gloves that most of the princi- pal cutter-s are known to the trad-e by name and by fame, and the peculiar knives which they use. in the business are so highly prized "that they arc ‘ handed down from generation'to gens eratmn as‘ heirldomsé—Chicago Inter‘ . Ocean. De Smyth-Lend me a fiver, and l Brown—that’s just the reason you n dble to the inventive genius of ithe lressmaker are used upon the top of the sleeves which almost without ex- :eption are plain and close in effect .n the forearm. Three effective styles Lre shown. One of a. heavy material is :ight'fitting and has a doubleepaulet an the shoulder. Another model is formed of two materials; darker forms .ower portion, whiCh is trimmed with 1/1 (I ,1 v (I'll/[IIIIII’IIII iny edge of embroidery; lighter shade 'orms puff at shoulder. The last is I. close fitting sleeve composed entire- .y of bayadere'tucks, excepting at the wrists where the tucks are vertical to form a cuff. Nearly all gowns of fine transparent material have _the sleeves shirred, tucked or puffed-over a net foundation. A very effective style has the material gathered at shoulder and wrist and at regular intervals held in place by bands of lace insertion or ribbon. - Jewels In Favor. The craze for glittering ornamenta- lion is quite as marked as ever, and new and unique designs sent from Paris and Vienna lapidaries and man- ufacturers of choice garnitures keep the fashion alive by the new tempta- tions constantly offered. Jewelled or- naments set in gold and silver, sequins, gem-studded laces, applique pieces, iacket fronts, vests, and girdles, and paste ornaments of every description for utilization by modiste and milliner, Ill appear among the latest Easter novelties just imported. Whether it‘ be with ornaments that sparkle in lour hats and toques, glimmer on the vests and yokes, of dress-gowns for. day wear, or scintillate from elaborate evening toilets, the fashionable wo- than can hardly glitter too much. All ‘5 certainly not gold that glitters, 'but :0 such perfection are mock jewels and paste deceptions now brought, and so general is their use, that women of wealth can now (save on special occa- aions) wisely keep their real gems in their safes and jewel-caskets and wear :hese very artistic simulations. Latest In no... The latest novelty in feather boas ms six ends, three on each side, and 'astened at the neck with a jewelled l irnament, which in general is set with rhinestones. - Boffee. . SATURDAY. Breakfasts—Oatmeal, Sugar and Cream. Ham and Eggs. Rolls. Coffee. Luncheon—Fish Soufiie. Browned ‘ Potatoes. Egg Salad. Canned Pre- aerves. Tea. . NEW YORK FASHIONS. Fine soft cashmere veilings and de- iaines are usod for inexpensive tea gowns, and some of these in pale pretd ty shad'és of rose, blue, corn yelIOW. green, gray, or fawn color are made up with white, cream,‘or chamois-col-i ored guimpes and fronts. Rose pink. violet, or blue cashmere or camel’shair tea. gowns are trimmed with narrow black velvet ribbon, with fan-pleated ruffles of figured net let into the skirt in a very odd and unfamiliar fashion. These have guimpes or blouse-fronts of the net to match. Plainer styles have skirt-frills of the dress fabric, but a rich effect is impartedby a handsome gulmpe of brocade, tucked silk, or dot- ted or striped satin, and this at a very little extra outlay. J ' as: ‘ A black and white cloth gown which looks very natty has the skirt forming four full pleats at the back, very nar- row in the upper part while they widen considerably as they near the hem. Over the hips and across the front it is very close fitting. Two bands of white cloth were stitched down both. sides of the front and.around the foot of the skirt. The jacket had revers oi the material edged with white and was worn over a vest of tucked silk and in- sertion. . ~ ____——'—————- The Gaudy’ Hat. C - ' The brilliancy of the looped straw. Milan braid, and zephyr straw hats now on view is, to say the least, start- ling. Hats of every known color are to be seen by ’the hundred, of startling orange yellow, scarlet, grass green, and purple in every possible shade. Such an outbreak of intense color was never seen. before. , How these hats will look when they are further inten- sified with trimming remains to be seen. But certainly never did an ele- gent black hat with q"iet inconSpi‘cu- ous. trimming look more attractive than it does just now, in contrast with the gaudy wares set forth by even high-class milliners, who think that a woman could as well be out of the world as to be out of the fashion. Styles In Skirts. In the matter of skirts, each famous Paris house seems to have its own original ideas and models, no two be- ing. exactly alike, yet all showing very clinging fronts and sides, no matter how much the skirt may be expanded by trimming on its lower portion. They all give new fabrics different treat- ment and new garniture different ma. nipulations;- varying their handsome models for the house, for walking, vis- iting, church, dinner wear, for general uses, and for special evening functions. These models have been copied by American tailors and modistes, and there is great promise that there will be an unusual display of individuality in dress among the devotees of la mode when once the season’s styles are on ' view. Many Flowers Seen. minus the leaves, which are seldom pretty or natural-looking, even on ex- pensive ciusters. Another very fash- ionable mode of decoration is to encir‘ cle the crown of turban or toque with in all their red glowing shades being favorite blossoms. This wreath is then veiled withtulle or other gauzy mate rial, or white, black. or golden brown; repeating one of the colors of the flow- ers in the wreath. if wall-flowers Cl nasturtiums are used. Often not only the flowei: but the entire hat is veiled with this delicate web—like textile which, in the case of the violet-colored styles Would certainly be Something of an imp: raver: eat; Black tulle woula at least tone if it did not conceal tin crudity of their dyes. ' fiat—"'3 " -7. .. ' a thick wreath of flowers; nasturtiumi, AMERICAN WOMEN IN CONGRESS. .._._._._\..__ This Gathering “'ill Bring Together the Most Advanced Ladies in the Country. Denver, Colo.—No event in many years has aroused such general interest throughout the country as the coming fourth biennial, session of the General Federation of Women's Clubs, which will convene here on June 22. Exten- sive preparations are being made by the local committee to welcome the Eastern visitors and they are looking forward with eagerness and enthusi- asm to the coming of this grand body of women. It is not forgotten by the, club w0v men of Colorado that this gathering will bring together the most lhdvance’d women of the country, and that to them the Colorado woman will be of more than ordinary interest. As pro- gressive women and voters the fame of the Colorado woman has gone abroad, and now she is determined to "put her best foot forward” and prove to the curious that she can vote, hold oflice, even come into close contact with politicians of dubious shade, and vet keep Iweet, clean and womanly. The Women of the west have a mes- sage for their sisters from the east and south charged with a mighty meaning; a. meaning that, profited by and lived MRS. MAHLON D. THACTHER. up to, will shake womankind from much of the narrowness of the past. The omcers of the General Federa- tion of Women's Clubs are: President, Mrs. E. M. Henrotin, Chicago; -vice- president, Mrs. Alice Ives Breed, Lynn, Mass; recording secretary, Mrs. C. P. Barnes, Louisville, Ky.; corresponding secretary, Mrs. Philip N. Moore, St. Louis; treasurer, Mrs. Frank Trumbull, Denver; auditor. Miss Annie Laws, Cincinnati. Mrs. Alice Ives Breed, the vice-presi- dent, will appear at the biennial as need Mrs. Henrotin. .Club women will be interested to know something of MRS: J. B. GRANT. Mrs. G. W. Fisher, the chairman of the. Entertainment Committee, is one of the wealthiest women in the West. She has a host of friends throughout the East and especially in New York State. Mrs. Fisher has chosen for her assistants women who are not only powers in the social world, but they have much to ofler the biennial. mus.’ f'w. o. FISHER. Mrs. Mahlon D. Thatcher, the pres- ident of the Colorado Federation, is much admired and beloved in the or- ganization, to which she is loyally and unselfishly devoted. The wife'of one of the state’s wealthiest men, her dis- tinguishing characteristic is a gentle and unassuming courtesy, which en- dears her to all. The federation, un- der her leadership,‘has increased to one hundred clubs, 8. number exceeding that of many States with a population much larger. Mrs. James Grant, of this city, is the president of the local Biennial Board for the coming meeting. Coca Tooth Paste. Four ounces of powdered precipi— tated chalk, three ounces ofpowdered orris root, one ounce of powdered white soap, half an ounce‘of powdered cuttle fish, two drams of powdered car- mine, half an ounce of tincture of coca leaves, thirty drops of oil of ligu, aloe, thirty drops of oil of peppermint, five drops of oil of castarilla, sufficient pure glycerine to make a paste. A Peculiar Remedy. ' He: “I think Dr. Jenkins will very Ton have a large practice." ' She: “Why?" “He has just hadja case in which he l prescribed. millinery for hystgria.” , candidate for the presidency to suc- - the women, who have charge of the preparations for the great gathering... EkLY- nORWALk - GAZETTE TWENTY YEARS AGO SHE AND FLORA WERE REAL CHERRY SISTERS. Penniless She Sought the Stage to Earn Her Bread—Pathetic and Langhablc Incidents of the First Night at‘a Vari- ety Theater. Twenty-one years ago, when the Can- adian train stopped at Rochester ons bleak November night, a young woman dressed in widow's mourning, left the car, followed by rtwo little girls, alsc clad in black. The younger of the twc children was a. chubby little thing, and in her arms she jealously held a wretch- cdx little woolly mongrel dog. The widow asked a ’bus driver the name oi a good but inexpensive hotel, and was conducted to the hostelry which he served. Being unused to hotel, or, in- ’deed, to anything but the ways of a Canadian lumber village, she was made acquainted with a register and wrote her own name and her children’s, as follows: “Mrs. Thomas Campbell. “Georgia Campbell. “Ada Campbell.” Mrs. Campbell then summoned the landlord, who was rather upset by he] first sentence, which was about likt this: “I have just got $100 in the world I am a. widow. My husband’s death has left me a beggar. My family wani me to live on their charity, but we’d rather die.” MAY IRTVIN. “Yes, we would." echoed two small voices in chorus. “I want you to tell me,” continued the mother, “how to get theatre engage- ments for Georgia and Addy. They can both play on the piano, and they sing like angels. Please do helq us.” The children, who were about 9 and 11 years of age, were deeply conscious of their pecuniary difficulties, and evi- dently bent on impressing the landlord “Mister,” said the younger and chub- bier, still holding tightly to her dog, “we can sing, honest we can. We can sing ‘Genevieve,’ and ‘Under the Dais‘ les,’ and ‘Oh,lYe Tears,’ and ‘Wings,' and'lots of other things, and we'll be real good if you’ll help us.” That settled it. The landlord bade his theatrical party go to bed, and said he would give them an introductory letter to the manager of a. good show the nexil day. And he did. Georgia and Addy Campbell proved to be good singers. They were possessed of the gift of piano playing, but they were green with a verdancy which even a variety the- atre manager in *the town of Rochester twenty years ago dared not make a stage feature. The little girls were myself. and my sister Flora; the widow wasmymother. Our family name is Campbell; it was then, and is now. How we came 'to be called Irwin I will relate later. Neither of us had ever been upon the stage in our lives, except in the expositions of the Canadian schoolhouse. We were lit. tle Cherry sisters of a type not fashion- able in the ’70s. After"rehearsing for two weeks, while we look-ed forward each day to an opening night that was to make things brighter, and, while the hundred dollars was fast slipping away, and the mother striving to hide her anxiety from her little would-be wage- earners, an awful thing happened. The Rochester manager ‘flunked. H4 said he didn’t care to try it, but he had gotten-an opening for us in Buffalo, and if we succeeded there he would give us an engagement immediately after— ward. How little there was of the bum dred dollars left, how broken-hearted the mother, how‘plucky and resolute we tried to be, words do not entirely convey. ' . , The Rochester manager sent us on our way with much good advice and a bottle of home-made pink dye for our white stockings, which were to be made gorgeous as flesh-colored silk by a. mere dip. The hotel proprietor was very mod- erate in his bills, and said we would come back in triumph, little thinking that he was a prophet. We found our selves one never-to-be forgotten night in hastily constructed and’hideous cos- tumes, furnished by the wardrobe wo- man of a Buffalo second-rate variety theatre, the butt of a group 'of men and women, old-timers of the serio-comi: school. Our dresses were so short thai "-ie home-made and undorned pantaleta fall far below our skirts, and the pink 'fockings were a ghastly failure. 1 “.00d in the green room, crouched be ‘nd a stove, tugging every moment al my abbreviated skirts, in the hope, born _‘ despair, that they would lengthen by y efforts. Georgia sat upon a chair vcnpied by her side. To our surprise the Rochester man- 'rer wrote, sending a contract f0] other to sign, and when we returned : 'i ti-at city we failed to recognize our- - Ives as the originals of the two little res in gorgeous lithograph poster: 'Izh which the town was billed, telling ~ s'artling type how “-the little Irwin ‘te‘s."- Flora and May, would aston- . Rochester by their musical skill,’ \Vitbout takinthhe trouble tc “:T=‘-'lli us singly or collectively, the =1 ester manar'er had baptized us Ir- r: T‘ima and May—and from "or name. Even mother.is Mrs. Irv '- ~—May train, in Chicago f'lnter- . ,, START or Mr 7 IR WIN Prince Albert Victor. ' tion. "boots fill the different cases. ankiy sobbing, with moth-er similarly- that“ .‘ to this we have been knOwn by n: . AF SHOES OF ALL NATIONS. A Descrlption of What They Were in the ‘ Days of Lun¢ (Ago. A unique exhibition in ;.ondon, shows a collection of shoes from the earliest times down to the spresent. Not only the shoes but the different leathers, machinery and tools used in the manufacture of them are seen. _" The earliest shoes were of the sandal type. fastened on to the foot by leather thongs, and in many cases the “up- pers" are of beautifully pieced.w0rk, with loops for the straps to pass through. Many of the children’s little shoes are lovely specimens of this open work. Then there are men's shoes, made entirely of one piece of leather, cut into loops over the foot, believed to be the English of the eleventh cen- tury. . _ Up, to Queen Anne’s time, and later. run on the high-heeled, brocaded shoe. Neat little clogs, or patterns, with leather soles and brocaded sides to match the shoes they were intended to encircle, were much used by the .fine ladies of eighteenth century, and these were tied with ribbons, or fastened by a buckle, while a. large raised pad in the center supported the instep. Ev- ery description of shoe seems to have been made about this time—white kid. painted with formal red patterns, soft silken brocade or satin, stiff with gold and . silver embroidery. Coronetted and initialed toes, heels with inscrip- tions running round their smooth sur- faces, and many more curiosities are here. There are some» possessing pa.- thetic interest because of their wear- ers, like the red and blue baby shoes, with a. crown and A. V. embroidered on the tiny toes, which were worn by Others have his- torical associations clinging round, like that shoe made by a Chartist,‘ and taken about to collectsubscriptions, in thOIe’days of fierce struggle for free- dom of election and political liberty. Turning to the foot covering of other . nations, the earliest examples are the wonderfully preserved - sandals ‘ and. slippers from ancient tombs in Upper Egypt. The embal-ming fluid used for the bodies must have affected the shoes as well, for, though they were the work of the fourth and sixth'centurles. they are almost in a wearable condi- Some are made of layers of leather, padded with papyrus, more“. the upper surface‘patterned and gilded. Others are pierced with a floral scroll pattern, underlined with gilt leather, to «which it is sewn. , . . Perhaps shoes in use atithe present time are more interesting and these are well represented. The'plaited straw sandals of the Japanese, delicate shoes netted of aloe-fibre by the convicts of Toulon, Turkish foot-rests and bath- clogs,_,Indian snow-shoes. and Russian \ Tiny shoes, three and four inches long, worn by the Chinese ladies, contrast with the comfortable embroidered boots worn by the Tarkund women. Then the quaint, long—teed shoes used by the modern inhabitants of India, recall the pictures of magicians and wizard. ' while the Indian woman’s gold and sil- ver embroidered slippers'keep up the fame of the celebrated Benares work, ' Perhaps the _most curious foot covering worn by any of the Eastern races are ‘the yellow leather socks, made in five pieces, and mounted on high wood and, mother of pearl stands. worn by the Damascus brides. But there are ya. ions foot coverings in use in England, at the present time—Lancashlre clogs, and Irish cowhide shoes, roughly cured by the brine of the sea, identical with those worn by the ancient Britons. Thy; Donegal peasants call them “pam’poo. ties,” but the Shetland peasantry term them .“rivlins,” and seldom wear any. thing. else in their roughtramps on: wild paths ,to‘ cut and.b;inghome tn.” peat they depend on to "their‘win '1 I
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