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Show utterly destroying their value. It was then discovered that by subjecting the cigars to the dry heat of a kiln the life of tho fungus wag destroyed and the cigar became smokable. It Is owing to this fact that the English En-glish insist on "dry" cigars to the present pres-ent day, and pinch them to see if they cracklo before they bny them. The cigar deulers knowing this mark a date on the bottom of cigar boxes when fresh stock is received, but the date marked is six months back, so a box marked Oct. 1, 1889, would be received by the dealer April 1, 1890. New York Telegram. 'io woods and np and down tho hills j vilh ft dexterous hand. She surprised ho men at the mill with her aptness, j nd conducted the engine as well as any nan could. Orovillo (Cal.) Mercury. New York buys more lace than any ' ither city in tho world, and there are aid to be scores of New York ladies vhose collections of lace vary in value rom $20,000 to f "iO.OOO. The Vander- i )ilts possess lares which rival the Pros- j dan and Austrian crown laces and are j ulned at $300,000. Thelato Mrs. Astor iad a lace dross that cost $15,000, and ! not her wns recently sold to an Arueri-an Arueri-an lady for $23,000. Miss Ithoda Broughton, the novelist, j entitled to tho thanks of her kind, be-ause, be-ause, though she has written twenty-wo twenty-wo novels, she has published but ten. n reward, perhaps, of this stoic virtue ho owns a most picturesque and charm- j ng home in Oxford, and being a very j jright and gracious woman, she is much ought there and enjoys the university ; one of social lifo. j The difficult task of arranging nnd diting tho correspondence of Cardinal lewiuan lias been intrusted, in accord-nce accord-nce with his reijuest, to Miss Amy lozloy, daughter of Canon Mozley, a lever and cultivated young woman, vhoso brightness of mind afforded much - " - 1 - ly figured will take bettor than plainly figured or monotone materials. The mode shades are of both a tan and fawn cast and the grays are clear and soft, though without any pinkish cast. Checks and plaids formed of checks, narrow nar-row stripes and the old mixed, rather on the "pepper and salt" effects, loom np in many grades of woolen goods, among which a woolen crepe is pleasing and odd. Cheviots of all kinds, with cashmere, cash-mere, are probably the most universally worn of all woolen dress fabrics. All of the samples shown are much higher in price, as for instance, a debeige at ninety cents wholesale, was sixty-tira cents a year ago. Small checks crossbarred by ft single lino of a bright color make a pretty material, ma-terial, as does a herring bone stripe flecked here and there similarly to oatmeal oat-meal cloth. The silk and wool dress goods in black and colors are reviving slowly, but it is expected that by spring they will be firmly established, especially especial-ly in large cords. These fabrics are appropriate ap-propriate for whole costumes or to use in combination. Faille, gros grain, surah su-rah and regence silks will probably hold their ground, 'while ether fanciful weaves dio out. Whether mohairs will run or not remains to bo seen, but there is no doubt expressed of thofirmly established estab-lished footing of plain, figured and striped grenadine. Dry Goods Economist. I WOMAN'S "WORLD. The woman who shows how to USE THE frying pan and griddle. A Club's Car for Woman The Girl of the Period Coming; Dress Goods Woman Wo-man and nor Work Basket The Skirt Trailer Rebuked. One of these days Sallie Joy Wliite will wake np and find herself famous. She has just written a book called "Cookery in the Public Schools," advocating advo-cating the establishment at public expense ex-pense of a kitchen in every girls' school in the country, whore the little students can be taught to make soups and broths out of the meat scraps, salads and gravies, of the bit of greens and toast, puddings and butter cakflsiof the cat bread which, denominated stale, goes to waste and impoverishes im-poverishes the home. She argues very wisely that a knowledge knowl-edge of bread and coffee u of infinitely . more value to the average girl than the eolation of catch problems, the description descrip-tion of water routes or tho drawing of maps. She gives a brinf outline of the industrial course of study pursued in the Boston schools, where 3,000 little girls have the same facilities for learning how to broil meat that they have to do suras, ( write compositions and learn singing. ' Our imperious trustees and unap- ntertairmient to the qniet priest, who ,y.as it relative. Mrs. Whltelaw Reid, wife of the nipricnn minister to the ropnhlio of France, is roardivl in Puris as an ideal liploTuate. Her houso is sinnptnous, 'icr liospitality, both official nnd personal, per-sonal, unbounded, her dressing costly ind In perfect taste, her manners simile, sim-ile, kindly nnd elegant, and her French rreproachablo. Eighty-two per cent, of all publio chool teachers are women. Men hold he chief offlces, however, in the Na-ional Na-ional Educational association, though . his year, for the first time, women's j lames appear in the list of vice presi- lent. They are also on tho bonrd of lirectors, but not among the trustees. One of Mrs. Henry M. Stanley's every-!ny every-!ny dresses is a gown of creamy brown rndian cashmere, edged with a deep 'land of brown fur ubout the bottom, A-ith a velvet bodice, crossed belt and cuffs and a fur neckband; a brown bon-uet bon-uet with pink flowers, and in her hand a bouquet of pink autumnal roses. Real butterflies are tacked on the evening even-ing fans. It goes without saying that ! these are not good flirting fans, although showy and pretty. The most composed i Woman and Her TVork Rnshot. ! Every woman who lovea the needle especially enjoys u dainty receptacle for the needlework with all the little tools fitted for various tasks as perfectly adapted to their use and yet as pretty as they can be. For tho sowing room, whero a largo work basket is necessary, ' nothing is prettier than a standard one of rattan, enameled in cream white and gold and lined with satin in vieitx rose, turquois blue or gome other artistio tint. I Cushions of velvet to match the satin, an artistically embroidered needle book, or a silver needlo case; an olive wood darner marked with Chaldaie characters; charac-ters; a tiny acorn shaped emery covered with fawn colored chamois skin and finished fin-ished with a cap of rococo uilver, or in French heart hhnpo capped with the same repousse silver work; a thimble of gold often sot with turquoise or other gems these and many other necessary trifles are included in tho outfit of milady's work banket. There nsed to he very pretty Japanese work bankets mado of lacquered wood and, therefovo, hardly to be called baskets, though they took the fonn of a standing basket. One can hardly err in giving a woman at Christmas something for her work basket, for what womanly woman does , not love her needlo? New York Tribune. The Skirt Trailer Relinked. Thero was a man of heroic mold got ' out at the Ninety-fourth street station of the Sixth avpnue elevated the other day. Ho was trying to walk down the stairs just behind one of these skirt trailing trail-ing women, and as ho seemed a humane individual he danced a schottische half way down the steps to keep oil her petti- proachable commissioners of education are inclined to call this all bosh, but it is lamentable fact, vouched for by the justices of our police courts, that the underlying motive of the bulk of divorces di-vorces and eases of desertion is resolved into the practical issue of bread and butter. but-ter. The husband earns (t.flO or $2.o0 a day. The wifo knows nothing of domestic do-mestic science and is bothered to make the small sura left after tho rent is paid cover the wide eipanse of daily food, clothing and fuel. At the day and Sunday school she learned nothing about dietetics. She baa no knowledge of the uses to which milk cereals, meat bones and green goods can be put. She does not even know how to market. She buys the cheapest class of provisions. This is necessarily insufficient for the physical needs of the lnjta, who, to replenish his appetite, goes to the freo lunch counter. In ninety-f' ninety-f' nine cases that go to the commissioners of charities and correction for help Superintendent Su-perintendent Blako finds that while the woman may not be directly responsible she is culpablo because of her gross ignorance. ig-norance. Interrogate her and you will find that she never made a loaf of bread in her lifo, never heard of "stock" and wouldn't know how to use a griddle or a broiler if she had ono. Sallie Joy White Is on the right track. There are fifteen kitchens for every cook in Now York, and no bad reason either, and there are hundreds of restaurateurs restau-rateurs in tho oity who will find $t!0 positions po-sitions for any girl or boy, man or woman wom-an who can cook oaten meal, boil potatoes pota-toes and make coffee not spoil them, but cook them properly. New York , World. I and accomplished f;ihionable could hardly maintain the even tenor of coquetry co-quetry with a mouthful of wing or a pair of antenna? in her eyes. Wearing gloves at night is apt to make the hands wrinkle! and yellow. They may bo softer, but the softness is obtained at the expense of the appearance. appear-ance. Occasionally it may be necessary to wear gloves for a night, but the inside of tho palms should bo cut out to insure ventilation. A German brido was recently wed-disd wed-disd in a novel dress of red and white, the colors of her husband's regiment, and her bridesmaids wore also gowns of scarlet and white. The bride, Countess Elizalieth Koenigsmarck, is said to be one of the handsomest women in Germany. Ger-many. Mrs. Ogden Mills, neo Miss Living ston, daughter-in-law of tho great western west-ern millionaire, who prides herself upon her blue blood, has in her casket a necklace neck-lace worth $.15,000, which is a single string of gems presented by hr father-in-law on tho occasion of her wedding. Brass kettles need not be banished entirely en-tirely for sweet preserving. If they are well scoured with vinegar and salt and washed with hot water just before using they are perfectly safe. Our housekeeper house-keeper thinks them unsafe for pickling. The dance at Delmonico's which Mrs. James Hugh Beekman gave for Misa Marguerite Schieffolin cost between 5,000 and $7,000. Mrs. Henry J. Scud-dcr's Scud-dcr's afternoon reception for her daughter daugh-ter probably cost $1,000. In Paris there are professional trunk packers who can bo hired to pack a trunk artistically, folding expensive gowns and other garments in tissue paper pa-per nnd stowing delicate bric-a-brac in the safest way. Mrs. C. P. Huntington has in her possession pos-session a pair of ruby earrings worth $15,000, the two stones weighing fifteen carats each, and, are without exception tho handsomest in town, or indeed in coat. But it was late in the afternoon, and the crowd was pushing him on, and finally he set one substantial foot deliberately delib-erately upon her skirts. There was an awful crack, and the skirt trailer was I nearly jerked off her feet backward, ; while a beautiful green sash was pulled away from its moorings somewhere about ! her waist. She gave one awful look at the sinner, but he didn't turn a shade paler, lie ; didn't even lift his hat or beg her pardon. par-don. He did better than that. Ho said coolly: "Madam, there is nobody to blame but yourself. I am not the per- son to look after your skirts; and yon are not entitled to half the length of the stairway in going down it. Yon owe me and every person on this stairway an apology. That's the plain truth for ' once, if you never heard it before." New York Evening Sun. The London Ladies' Orchestra. ' The London ladies' orchestra, on whose lines the very successful ladies' amateur orchestra of Now York was built, is an extremely fashionable association. The full band numbers eighty members, with a chorus of 120 more. There are fifty violins, ten violas, fourteen 'cellos, three double basses, a harp und a piano. At their concerts, of which many have been j given for charitable purposes, all the members wear a uniform of high necked neck-ed white dresses, whose shoulder knots of colored ribbon with floating ends de- , note the place of the wearer in the or- ' chestra, its pale blue for first violins, deep blue for second violins, or crimson for 'cellos. The Princess of Wales greatly great-ly admires this orchestra, and is always a "patroness" on the occasion of a charity concert. Haper's Bazar. I A Widow's Right. A Clnb'i Lninrlous Provision for Women The new club house of the Montauk club, of Brooklyn, which in a very short time has become one of the representative representa-tive social clubs of that city, is located n one of tho highest points of Prospect heights, and is iu every respect admirably ad-mirably adapted to the uses to which it is to be put. It is four stories high, with basement, and is constructed in the richest style of Veneticn architecture. The first floor has a reception iroom, library and reading room, a cafe ai.d morning room, all reached from the main hall and communicating. On the second floor nro the billiard and card Jiiomn, together with the directors' room, while on the third are the main dining room, the ladies' dining room and the ladies' parlor. This provision for ladies is a new and promises to be a very popular feature. The ladiee' entrance connects with all the rooms directly, both by staircase and elevator, without papsing through any of the halls of the club proper. It is the purpose of the members of the club that their wives and daughters shall share with them all tho enjoyments and pleasures which membership in the Montauk is expected to afford, Rnd in thw respect they set a very proper and conjuendable example. The dining rooms can bo thrown together to-gether nnd tables extended the full length of the room and across the plaza end, when COO can be comfortably entertained. enter-tained. On the fourth floor are sleeping sleep-ing apartments, with bath and toilet rooms. Entirely cut off by fireproof partitions from other rooms on this floor is the kitchen, which, with its storage and cool rooms, is in communication by means of dummy waiters with the serv-, serv-, ing rooms on the floor below. On the upper floor, in the roof, are the laundry and steward's quarters. A grand balcony will extend around the building at the fourth story level, and nndevneath this will bo the frieze, two and a half feet in width, consisting cf a panorama in red and yellow terra cotta, illustrative of the progress of American civilization. Frank Leslie's Illustrated. tho country. Doesn't Give Leases ?fovr. "Tho giving of lenses to all sorts of tenants is not so prevalent as it nsed to be," a real estate agent said. "Experience "Experi-ence hits shown that a tenant whose financial responsibility is limited to a moderate income cannot bo held to the provisions of a lease, and that most tenants ten-ants take advantago of this fivct. The ! 1 he constant improvement in the legal ' position of women is further shown by the passaro in England recently of an act regulating the inheritance of widows. It brings them in this respect to a very similar standing to that of their sistevs in this country, and provides that the real and personal estate of every mar. who shall die intestate leaving a widow but no issue shall belong to the widow absolutely and exclusively, where the net value of such estate does not exceed $2,500. Where it exceeds this amount the widow is entitled to this sum absolutely, abso-lutely, having a claim for it upon the whole estate with interest at 4 per cent, from the date of her husband's death , uniil it is paid; thia without affecting i her nghs to lier further share ami lntiu-1 lntiu-1 est of the residue of the estate remaining remain-ing after the payment of the $2,500. This law which the English solons have thus tardily adopted is, practically, the long existing law of this state. New York Times. ' law of this state favors the married debtor who lias no property but his household effects and is dependent on an income for his living. In fact, the owners own-ers of houses and fiats rarely sue tenants who break their leases nowadays, and rarely recover anything when they do. "I sued a man recently who had occupied occu-pied one of my flats and had given it np a year beforo the lease expired. He did not even defend the suit. 'When I h;id him summoned iu supplementary proceedings pro-ceedings ho testified that his income no more than paid his living expenses, and that his household effects belonged to his wife. He wns released, and now 1 can whistle ti recover my judgment. As a rulo tennnts want leases, but we don't give them if we can avoid doing so with ordinary apartments. We have come to the conclusion that only the owners are bound by tho provisions of the leases, whilo tho tenants do as they pleaso about observing them," New York Sim. The Girl of the Period. The physical cnlturo young woman is a distinct feature of New York social life. It doesn't much matter to what grade of society the stricken young dam-Eel dam-Eel belongs, if the craze strikes in she goes her lngth on it. If she is rich and handsome you'U see her mounted on a fine cob boating the bridle paths ol Central park morning and evening. Sh will h&vc a private tutor in boxing and fencing and general gymuastics. If she is only moderately well to do she must forsjgo the saddle horse and the private teaiicr imd take to the bicycle and gen eritl school. You will in that case see her on Uie grand Western boulevard, tht fresidjr laid asphaltnm pavements ol Mrhidi hovite speed of movement and fralroi of limb. Ooa cj these young enthusiasts, after her tW of stenography and typewriting u awef. regnlwly settles her dinner by l cpb i thne or four miles on the bicyl When the weather is fine. "When it isn't he puts on the gloves or practices with the foils. This is, indeed, a new era of womankind. A gentle, ladylike girl earning her own living at a desk and riding a bicycle, boxing and fencing after aft-er hours, will strike an old fogy as the forerunner of a race of Amazons. But e matrimony, marketing for a family and periodical housecleaning will subdue, if ' they do not quench, her robust spirit. Cor. Pittsburg Dispatch. Coming Urns Goods. Judging from present indications, gray and mode shades will lead in spring woolen goods and mottled or indistinct. Mrs. Yamlerhllt's Change of Tleart. Mrs. Frederick Vanderbilt is credited with an effort to bring back summer country life in her world to the simplicity simplic-ity which means summer rest. Last season at Newport she wore cool and simple toilet with few ornaments, she I turned her children out to piny in the j plainest and most serviceable garments, j she invited guests to quiet pleasures, and set her whole life to tho key of un- ostentatious comfort and leisure. It is said that her missionary labors resulted in some conversions from the painful worship of Mammon. Harrier's Bazar. A Girl at the Throttle. Miss Nellie Tetrean, who resides at Lumpkin, has proved herself an expert at haudling the lever on one of the immense im-mense road engines used for hauling logs into tho saw mills. Miss Tetrean is not more than 14 years of age, and her courage in the line mentioned is something remarkable. She steered the mammoth eqgino and wagon through i |