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Show t ti V Dress and woman s world, Specially Prepared for Our Feminine Headers. t 1 YOUTH AND AGE. 'If youth could know what age knows l. with teaching f Hope's instability and Move's dear folly, f , The diflv-rence between practicing and i preaching. f The unlet charm that lurks in melan- i s oholv: I . Th after-bitterness of tasted pleasure; I v- That temperance of feeling and of words Is health of mind, and the calm fruits of i leisure , t : Have sweeter taste than feverish zeal affords: ThTt reasrtn has a joy beyond unreason, That nothing satisfies the soul like t. truth. , I v That kindness conquers in and out or I season f 1 If youth could know why, youth would not he vouth. I ; BONNETS AND BRIDAL GOWNS. f ; Grace Corneau Talks on Topics Ap- f propos to Eastern Display. 1 Faris, March 1. For the coming i Fpring season taffetas will be much in I favor, and in all probability will quite I - I replace cloth and crepons. and there i is joy in the heart of the silk manufac-! manufac-! ' turer in consequence. For half season J gowns taffeta will be used extensively I - as trimming and, indeed, present win-I win-I ter gowns may be cleverly made over f for the early spring by combining I ' them with taffeta. A favorite way of I trimming them is to stitch on the taf-? taf-? feta in bands following curved or hori-i hori-i zontal designs. Nothing is more dressy J ; than cloth skirts thus trimmed. I Black will be exceptionally popular I 1 for the coming season, and in conse- . . quence a great deal of black taffeta will i be worn. One of such gowns at least I - will be almost a necessary part of ev- I ! ery woman's wardrobe, and nothing ! could be more useful. At Lyons great I quantities of black taffetas are being J manufactured to meet the demand for f them. The combination of black panne : with torquoise blue empiecements in i white has proved most useful this win- ter, and is one of the secrets in all ; probability of the coming rage for Idack. While exceedingly modern ' gowns will be made of the black silks ; 1 in question, inspiration will continue to I One of the advance taffeta silk models f has rather a novel "skirt finished off I with a Ftraight flounce and hollowed out at the part which lies flat upon the '. Fkirt. i , A curious reversing about of the or der of trimming is the application of cloth empieeement on to the silk. De- ' signs in leaves or flowers are thus car- i ried out in a most effective fashion. : For all such gowns the Louis XV basque or habit remains in favor, and has as its thief feature huge side I pockets. Wide sleeves are another dis- itinctlve mark of the new mode, and there is a particularly smart air about j such taffeta toilets. J In a few short weeks hats- will be I . the leading question of the day with ' ' : ; most women, the creation of an Easter hat absorbing her time and attention. I There are exquisite new models now in preparation by the artistic French mo- j distes, who have devised many novel- : ties. Few ready-madeforms are used by the first-class milliners of France. ') ' ' Toques and all othr forms are built up i from rolls of braid, two shapes never 2" fxactly resembling each other. This is i one of the secrets of the charm of the '. French hat, and the reason the French modiste always claims she creates her hats. Women who hare great taste in ! ' dress and who devote much attention i to it have all their hats built upon I their heads, sitting for hours trying ' effects while the hat is molded before ? ' .' them by the "premiere," who considers !;.' herself as great an artist as the sculp- I ' "' tor. As a. matter of fact, both mold, aithough one in clay. One of the newest new-est straws is the chrysanthemum straw, soft like flakes. Rows of this straw will be alternated with rows of tulle, wound round and round until the hat is formed. " Tucked tulle will also be used in I i preat quantities. Indeed, it is startling l . to think of the miles and miles of it M . that will be used in the confection of II tnp Faster hat. Gathered tulle will be ! ' " likewise used in large quantities. As during the winter season, red win be popular, and large red tulle and straw hats with big silk poppies will be much used for afternoon wear. Of course, black hats will be in high favor, and feathers drooping gracefully over one side will be used to trim them. Taffeta with frayed ends will be ; much used for scarfs, to be tied around hats, and, like the taffeta gowns, will be ornamented with cloth pipings and scales. There seems to be no indication indica-tion of a return of high crowns, although al-though the caprices of fashion are so numerous that thfif annaritlnn certainly cause no surprise. The stiff j form of hat, however, seems to have little chance of gaining favor, as, having hav-ing enjoyed the charm and comfort cf the soft "hat, the smart woman will i be loath to return to the tyranny of stiff headgear of any kind. ; Lace will be profusely used upon the spring hat, and the most attractive trimming combinations will include flowers, a single rich plume of some kind to set off the whole. The best milliners je showing few exaggeratedly exag-geratedly laie Its, medium sizes prevailing. One of the most luxurious gowns ever made in Paris has just been completed for a celebrity, and I doubt if its counterpart coun-terpart could be found anywliere. The castume is of white cloth exquisitely embroidered in large silk designs and j lavishly trimmed with priceless guipure, gui-pure, but in the lining lies its luxurv, i for the entire skirt and jacket are ' lined with the finest ermine fur. Such extravagance has startled even the French, used to extraordinary eccentricities eccen-tricities in the matter of clothes. When j this attractive woman holds up her j skirt a rich ermine lining peeps forth I ' from the folds, and when she throws ' open her jacket the white fur again appears. Such luxury is reserved for the favored few, but for warmth and comfort in a winter gown this method of lining is certainly ideal. For Easter brides there are some " , . cnanning gowns in satin and lace, sim ple in styje and fitting, the figure perfectly. per-fectly. Brides who expect to go to court and to thus, after their marriage, mar-riage, utilize their bridal robes, have the trains made the regulation court length, much easier to manage upon the trying occasions of the marriage coremony and more adaptable later for the ballroom. In her bridemaids' gowns the French bride exercises her own particular individuality. in-dividuality. Sometimes they are all of ! one color, again, each of a different I hue. i Baskets of flowers, instead of the ' ' cumbersome bouquet, are now oftenest carried, and gowns for these maids of ii honor are cut decollette, another quite Flartling innovation for a French wedding. wed-ding. The prayer book is also often I i carried instead of the flowers, and wreaths are worn in lieu of hats. The fashion of wearing miniatures suspended from the neck is one of the new fancies, miniatures having come much into vogue as ornaments, and large-size ovals and circles at that. Of 1 ; course they must be quite perfect in I thrir way. but with such exquisite I , vork aa Arnalia Kussner's to use in this fashion, and nearly all the smart woman of London and Paris possess a specimen of her work, the miniature as an ornament becomes a delight to wear. The only correct chain from which a miniature may be suspended is one formed of ribbon or one in platinum. plat-inum. The latter metal is growing in popularity for accessories, and is much seen. Crystal chains caught with links of silver are also much seen, and for street and ordinary wear are affected by women who avoid jewelry in the strict sense until candle light, as old- ! fashioned people used to express night, i GRACE CORXEAU. Where Women Rule. Tucked away in a remote corner of Wales, far removed from the tumultuous tumultu-ous and awe-creating strife of great cities, and snuggling close to the bosom of the sea in the secluded corner of South Pembrokeshire, lies the little village vil-lage of Langum. Its cottages are few and its inhabitants do not number far into the hundreds, yet Langum is one of the most remarkable spots in the world. ; Petticoats have made it so. For in Langum woman rules supreme. She is the dominating force of the marts of trade, the household financier, the family fam-ily accountant, and, in fact, fills the positions that elsewhere are by divine right and established precedent voted to man. Exclusive, f elf-satisfied Langum, Lan-gum, petticoat-governed and oyster-breeding, oyster-breeding, moves along in an even, undisturbed un-disturbed plane, unheeded by the world and equally as unheeding. It is a race apart in population, in the laws, in its exclusion of the stranger, and its utter disregard of the vast area of the world and things lying beyond its borders. Its quiet life is dominated by two all-powerful all-powerful factors, womankind and oysters. oys-ters. There are men in Langum, but they exert little or no influence upon the affairs of the sequestered little Welsh village. When you talk, when you think of Langum, you talk and think only of its oysters and women. As the predominant pre-dominant partner, the distatorial helpmeet, help-meet, man does not exist, in fact, nev-e nev-e rhas existed. Memory does not run back to the time when this was not so, nor c.in the mind look forward and conceive a sign to demonstrate that une aay ine. masculine eiemeni win prevail in lieu of the eternal, the all-conquering all-conquering and dominating force of the petticoat. It is a peaceful reign that woman kind has held over the destinies of quiet, unpretentious Langum. ' The red -flag of rebellion never has' waved there nor has discontent ever disturbed dis-turbed its universal concord. Wande where you will, peer into every secluded seclud-ed nook and corner of the town, it is the same tale of woman's supremacy and of man's grateful vassalage. Ada Rehan Will Ketire. Ada Rehan, who is said to have retired re-tired from the stage, is Irish and belongs be-longs to a family which, for over a quarter of a century, has been identified identi-fied with the American stage. Her family name is Crehan. Miss Rehan was born in Limerick, Ireland, on April 22, 1859, and came to the United States with her parents and their five other children in lSG.'i. The family settled in Brooklyn. Her sisters, Kate and Hat-tie, Hat-tie, began their stage career under the name of the Misses O'Neill. Kate Crehan Cre-han married Oliver Doud Byron. And j Ada Crehan joined the Byron company, i She made her debut in the small part of Clara in "Across the Continent." She obtained an engagement with Mrs. John Drew's company at Philadelphia, then went to Louisville, where she became be-came a member of the stock company at McCauley's theatre. From Louisville, Ada Rehan went to Albany, N. Y., where she became leading lead-ing woman of the stock company. At the close of the season she appeared with the Byron company in "Thoroughbred," "Thorough-bred," and a little later with Fanny Davenport Edwin Bboth, Adelaide Neilson. John McCulloch. Mrs. D. P. Powers, John T. Raymond and Lawrence Law-rence Barrett. In 1S78 she joined the company of Augustin Daly, and for many years played leading roles at the Olympic theatre and on lower Broadway. She replaced Emily Rigl. and during the fall of 1879 was installed as leadir.g'wo-man leadir.g'wo-man of Daly's company. Miss Rehan has created more than forty characters, and has been seen in nearly all of the leading female roles of standard English comedy. In recognition of her services to the dramatic art. and especially to the Memorial Me-morial theatre at Stratford-on-Avon, she was elected a permanent governor of that institution in 1898. |