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Show animal meetings ever s'nee she joined their ranks iu December, 1S!S. dndio's Vari'iim heme, which has been sold at auction, was a ehanniiic hij m mansion in t!ie tlanihoyr.rit Got'aic ! otlie, mysteriously lighti-d inmitgli ' fhiimd class wi'iduHe, the hall i.nd slaircase hung with tapestry, retiro-ent-iug hunts in unnaturally green forest;'-, and lhe most beautifully rarved oak every where. An elegant winding stair leading out of one corner of the drawing draw-ing room to my lady's chamber "above; carved, pointed archways intrusted in the doorwajs and panellings, elhv.tfly chased against tho' wall.s the spoil of some a .cient church or abbey, and then a monniuental chimney piece, and bainonies inserted in odd ; places, from which you could look down from the rooms itrer head a lovely place lo play at hid and peek in! Many are Ihe re- Til;: VOMAN"S WORLD A iovely boa was given Miss Cornwallis West as a bridal present by one of the Queen's grand daughter. It was made entirely of white coijue's feathers, fea-thers, each plume of which had a .tinv shiaMng of peacock bine. It was very long, Mid when wound twice around (he fair ones neck, was yet long enough to fail in to long ends to the very liot-loiu liot-loiu of the train of her gown. It- was designed especially to wear wita a de--collide dress and was for ballroom use. From a distance the boa seemed all a snowy white, but close by the loi ely tints of the pes cock blue were ieveled in their poetic loveliness. In Paris the women are using an odd looking mat for almost every conceivable conceiva-ble purpose. Thsy hang it tip in thoir wardrobe; they put it in their bure.lu drawer and they nse it instead of a splasher. Tha mats are abont three fe-1 square, and are made of long strips of a root called Vetivert. The perfnme is most delicately fragrant. 1 he Summer girl are already giving a faraway thought to her summer gown. Scotch ginghams have made their iq pearanee in the net work patteru.whlch is something new. It is sold in combination combi-nation with the plain colo.s. .Many- of the plain ginghams. have a narrow silk stripe tunning through them. Crepe eloih conies in all the soft light shades. It sells at 33 cents a yard. Inexpensive and pretty ir.orniug dresses can he made of crepe cloth and trluied with'bowknots of ribbon. White dresses for the summer sum-mer are to be embroidered in silk. Pink rosebuds, for-get-me-nots and violets or to be scattered over tho white drefses Brocaded silk is the thing for evening vTMr. There are hsudkerchiefs for use and iiaiidkerchiefs for ornament. Of tho latter there is the grater variety. The siik crepa dechiiiiwith round corners are very pretty. The comers as a rule just ontlined with a darker shado of silk than the handkerchief. vels that have been held their;; memento memen-to of Junta's - last entertainment t-Ull hangs from" ihe central chandelier a hugh hough of mistletoe. People do not kiss under the mistletoe in France, or many would have been tho jokes cre.ck-ed cre.ck-ed at the expense .of this.decayed bunch of vegetables, as Thackeray would have described it. The faded leaves and shi ivellod berries might afford a text for a social sermon. Men have a monopoly on smoking jackets, but women at last have som-thing som-thing just as pretty-and comfortable iu the lounging coai. It is made of a qniited Japanese silk, trimmed with cord and comes in all shades. i;otton " wadding is pot between the lining'and the silk, A coat of light blue tafted silk, lined with pink silk and trimmed with a twisted cord of pink and blue, is very Frenchy and pretty in effect. A Parisian woman always wears her lounging coat as she sips her morning coffee. . ' An nnnsually pretty one, of -which a glimpse was caught in a dainty ccudoir was of violet tufted silk, trimmed w ith cords of a maaye tint and lined with a pale ehede of green silk. Tha cotton wadding between ihe lining and the silk was converted into a Racket of eau d' Espagne. Light pink ami bine handkerchiefs of chiffon embroidered in white silk, are a novelty. One of the dantiest handkerchiefs seen in Paris was of white chiffon, embroidered em-broidered in silver. Another pretty one was of yellow chiffon, embroidered in gold thread. White hand blocked haiiderchiefs axe nsed for mourning; also black crepe tie chine, embroidered in while. Exquisite handkerchiefs are made of solid embroidery. They are more in vogue now than those of lace. Airs. Bronson Howard is a tall, lender len-der woman, with large brown, erpr-aas-ivo f?es, usually fnll of humor and mischief, mis-chief, .though capable of deep and earnest ear-nest fertiing. slightly prominent teeth, straight nose' naturally wavy brown hair parted on the middlo and coiled midway in tiie back of her head, well formed English curves of shonlder and hip and a firm hand shake that indicate the breath and sincerity of her character. charac-ter. She is a most delightfnl entaiuer a lady of whom! a celebrated man once said. She is the most restful woman I hav ever met. She in-ips her husband a great dea with I:is plays, having calm, clear judgment, judg-ment, steady nerves and sensitive, highly high-ly intelligent temperament. She is a sister sis-ter of the English actor Wyndhaiu. Mr. Howard, going over to England one season to collet-t the revenues on a play lie had written for that actor, met the charming Miss Wyndaham, whom he now calls his royalty. Miss F.thel Sprague, daughter of Kate Chase, is no longer with the Mansfield company. The has been in this city recently re-cently studying stage art and Bernhardt She has become a warm friend of Sarah and spent one or two evenings of each week in green roem, wing or foyer of the theater that bounds the activity of the great tragedienne. Herself perfectly perfect-ly colorless, with distinct features, face slightly thin, eager, restless gray eyes, strong prominent teeth, tawny hair and intense nervous expression, she is a perfect "iittlo Sarah" in type. She bears not the slightest- resemblance of her mother, although both charming e.nd engieing in manner. She is bright iu conversation, spunks French in its test diction, is demonstrative and vivacious, viva-cious, rather school girlish in general f fleet, but with an expression in repose almost more mature than her mother's, She dresses chiefly in black with large hats, and perhaps one nniqae hit of jewelry for ornament. Hiss. Ethel iugalls, fworite daughter of the ex-Senator, is devoted to dogs, hur a-s and china. Her pretty room is hung with pictures of the foimer, and scattered about on tables aud brackets aie counties hits of rare brlc-a-tuao china and ilver froiu every land nnder thesuu. She has a large cofrespon-dence, cofrespon-dence, and many cranks inundate her with advice applications and petit-ons. Alice Fletcher, whoso name is so prominently pro-minently connected with the VVorld's Fair end the Indian question, is pue of the ft w women who have met the red man on his native heath and lived the life of a child of the furwt. Miss Fletcher Fletch-er slept in tapers, ate her dinner out of one dish with the rest of the famil;. dressed iu skins and studied the Indian problem so thoroghiy under these conditions condi-tions that she has solved it, and ia only waiting for the p -blic to adopt her solution. sol-ution. Miss Eila E- Spencer is the only woman wo-man train dispatcher who has ever at ' tained proficiency and experience saf-firient saf-firient to warrant being taken into 1 membership of the Train Dispatchers' 1 Association men-bers are very proud of i their only oman member and have en- deavored to se-nre her presence at their |