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-t-r'- 6 Arkansas (Eajttte Sixnbag, gptil 10, 1802; as becomes an institution sup tiful woman who belonged to la THE OF FASSION One would scarcely think that women would wear these pseudo diamonds in such pro but their effect Is so good it makes the temptation to use them -almost irresistible, of the very latest." I looked at it with mingled admiration, wonder and tenderness. A hat is such an inspiring theme, I wonder a minister doesn't: sometimes, take it lor the text of his discourse. How all the Women would listen 1 And he could intersperse his remarks with many spiritual truths, drawn, perhaps, from the utter downfall of the hat so soon after it had appeared in such grace and beauty wffiTIXM ABOUT TETB VOTOKIO03 LADIES' CLUBS tS Tim ATO THUJA, Cerele 4m Temnes da Konds and let pent CoarteWTae Beautiful sad jieted Ktoaea Who Belong to These Memories of Princess Metter- taloh'B brilliant reign of fashion of twenty-fire years aero are revWed 1 tiy the organization at Paris of Ifif Ipttsiisi nUibi EliiSiiSiJSa jclub of great ladies andleaders of society. It is called "Le Cercle dea This Grand Resort Hotel Opened For Its Third Season On JANUARY 11, 1892, Under thw manngmcnt of Mli. IL N.

WILLEY, late of tiie Grand Pacific and Hotels, Chicago. It has five hundred and guest rooms, one good natural i i pht and or.nUlnine a large clothes ciraet and a stmm radiator, Th hallways are wide and airy, and perfect -ventilation is secured for the entire structure, It has seven hundrrd feet of is surrounded by extensive and beautiful rounds. The building ts lighted throughout by incandescent lights) and the grounds arc ligrhts. v. The Hotel Eastman is virtually, fire-proof, th main, building eonstroeted of kh brick, iron and wood, and the kitchen, the only whttre there is a Are, is thoroughly fire-proof.

The stenm plant is located across the from the The Bath House is the finest in Amertoa, being constructed of brick, marble and brass. i. Kinsrwall's Orchrstra, which delighted the guests of the Hotel last season, and is one of the finest in the United States, hn been engmd for this season, and witlfriv day and dvenint; concerts. Take the Iron Mountain Hallway from SU Louis to iiot Springs. For further particulars address M.

WiSSey, mm mm. Bow Knot Spoons, Love Spopns, Bow Knot Pins, Scarf WATCH REPAIRING A SPECIALTY. i Aft J. V. ZIMMERMAN, 1 105 East Markham Street, LITTLE ROCK, ARK.

IV ported by women who are the cream of the European grand monde. Austrian great ladies, like their1 lovely Empress, areali sports wornerrat heart They ride, they drive shoot witn amazing skill and these den cate. ethereal creatures stalk chamois or hunt wild with fully as much energy and pluck as their husbands, sons or brothers. At the the, con- versation, far from being of a gos sipy kind, was almost entirety re atrioted to the raoes, the hunt and horseflesh; Princess1 Pauline 'Metternich one of the best whips in Europe, a tearless rider and a dead snot, one inherited a courage which borders on insanity, from her father, Count bandor, who was famous for. his hair-brained-! extravagances he ones drove bis four-in-hand up the wide marble staircase of the imperial palace at Prague, and on another occasion iumoed with his horse from the Johaniis Brucke mm tne rusniug waters oi tne moi- deau.

tils daughter is a very cu rious mixture of gamin, a grande dame and a sportswoman, and if ner influence has contributed in a marked degree to liberate European society in general from many oi tne trammels born of exaggerated de corum, she has always, even during tho wildest periods of her eventful lite, raised rather than lowered the standing of woman's refinement and chic. She has made Vienna and Paris what they are from a sociul point ol viow. namely, the Headquarters of iasmon, pleas ure and gayety, and it is to be re eretted that it is not she who has been chosen as President of the Cerdp dea Femmes tm Monde, for in that case many of the drawbacks of a lady's club would have been avoided. Our sex does nothing with meas ure and moderation. We are essentially creatures of tho moment, and we adopt a new idea with an amount of passion whicn leaves room for nothing else while it lasts.

A man is not prevented by his club from attending to his business or even to his family, if he is a family. man, but a club for the fairer por tion of humanity means utter neglect of home, this little kingdom of ours, Even when at the head of a great and wealthy establishment, where a numerous retinue or serv ants spares us all the petty an- noyances of daily life, it is, how ever, imperiously necessary that the mistress of the houso should "DEAR HUBBY, AST OOINO TO THE CLUB. SEE YOU LATER. supervise everything personally. The lamentations of the husband who finds, on coming home, a cheerless fireside unbrightened by the presence ol his womankind because "madame" is lunching at'her club, his children left to the undisputed care of menials, and his dinner abandoned to the tender mercies of the undirected chef are only, therefore, too natural.

There is now at Paris another "club, which it in direct opposition to the Cercle des Femmes du Monde. It has been nicknamed Lcs Jupons Courts." There, all" women ho can pay the initiation fees are elected: actresses, deml- mondaines, bourgeoises, fin de siecle, ecsentrio great ladies, sportswomen, circus riders, form 'the contingent. This brings about very complicated and some times highly amusing situations, for the wife or sister is there enabled to meet on a footing of equality, If not of familiarity or intl macy, the "pretty ones" whom their husbands or brothers have distin- guished behlnd-theTcenes This, it ppears, is not devoid of a piquancy very much appreciated by the former, i am told, lor in this way and with the help of the card tables -t the wives are sometimes able to regain from the demi-monde that portion of their dowry' which their hus bands have sqnandered in that duarter. The "Jupons Courts" is a peculiarly neutral ground and a fine point oi vantage for those anxious to observe and study a certain portion of Parisian society," but if the wives are pleased the husbands are sincerely horrified, and are doing ail in tnerr power to annihilate this, for them, more than inoon-venient association. One of the principal members of this club is the celebrated Marquise Sophie de Godart de Belbeuf.

the daughter of the late Duo de Moray. She is an eo- centno oi tne nrst water, and many are those who believe her to be slightly mad-She almost always adopts men's and when she consents to appear In the ordinary garb oi womanhood her skirts are so narrow, hercoata bo 'masouline, and her headgear so like a top: hat that the difference between horself and a Parisian masher is but infinitesimal. i A few days ago I received a let ter from a friend of mine wherein he declared that if matters contlued in the present state he would end by expatriating himself, order to enjoy peace once more. Tliir unfortunate benedict, the scion of one of France's oldest and noblest families, la married to a very beau finance. Her head was turned by the adulation of 1 a world where pretty women are treated like queens and she is now -what we call "une affollee de This is one of the reasons which induced her to become a member of the Jupons Courts j-where she spends not only almost the isntire day, part of the night as well.

Her husband, who gave up smoking for her sake and, at her earnest entreaty when he married, cannot be blaragd for being exasperated when, during 1 the few moments which she condescends to spend at home she pulls out her cigarette case, and, lighting a papiletto, with praiseworthy- mfBstria inquires mockingly whether "smoke is disagreeable, to hrm." He laments the Iobs of his home comforts and actually tells me that, his wife has lost, last month-something over francs at baccarat. "When I come home at night," my fectionate welcome, I find an empty bouse, which looks to me very much like a hotel. My valet, who is sitting in the hall reading the evening papers, rises and meets me with the pleasant intelligence that f'Madame la Marquise is at delivered with that particularly exas perating smile 'of covert tli8dain peculiar to servants. I dress and then wait Patiently for dinner. Half an hour, sometimes an hour, then a carriage stops at the door, and shortly att-erwards my wife comes in with a sulky face, barely excuses herself, and wo sit down to a dinner, utterly spoilt, of course, by delay, and saddened furthermore by Made-lein's quarrelsome mood, from which 1 gather that she has lost more than she cares to acknowl edge at ecarte.

Now she speaks slang and her only glimmers of confidence towards myself are when she asks me mv advice about a difficult coup at baccarat or roulette." A pretty state of things that! Of course there is uo harm in cigar ettes, a social game of cards is no great crime, and I will take it for granted, that these slight offenses are the worst sins which can be laid at the door of all club women. JBut. nevertheless, I for. ono, side, with the lord but it seems no longer master who has" taken unto himself a wife, and upon himself me cares of a family in order to securer bright and. happy, home, uut wno, forsaken and sick at heart, is iorced to seek pleasures and in teregts elsewhere, because the pre siding spirit of his fireside wishes to indulge in amusements not at all sujted either to her sex or to her natural inclinations.

It appears that the Cercle des Femmes du Monde will only elect lacies whose husbands nre mem bers of leading Paris Clubs, This is hard, trow, for those who are otherwise eligible, but whose eon- sorts have departed from the land of the lining. I am afraid that they win now be obliged to" enter once more the holy state of matrimony, which will open to them the gates oi clubland. Coaching is becoming so popular in France that there will bo five or six coaches running betweon Paris and towns in the surrounding de partments during the forthcoming season ahere has been in course of the last low months a large ac cession of new members to the Coaching Club, or Societa des Umdes, as It is called hero. This bociete des Guides was instituted six years, ago in imitation of the "Four-in-hand Driving Club," founded by the Prince de Sagaa in 18S2, and is presided over by the Comte de Gerfi uhle. It includes about forty members, lilce tho Academy, among whom are Prince Orloff, the Dug de Sabran, Prince Troubetzkoi, the Duchess d'Uzes, etc.

The "drives are regulated with much ceremony for instance, if one of the "mails" attempts to pass the others on the road, the member Who handles tho ribbons is heavily fined. So are, also, those who, without available reason, decline to join the reunion. No gray or roan horses are allowed to be used, and every detail of" harness and color is carefully studied. Few people realize how difficult it; to drive four-in-hand well, i A long experience is needed to do so, lor not only is a great deal of eoup d'oeil necessary, but ability, a light hand, a good straight seat and sharp eyes, besides a natural talent for this pleasant pastime. The best four-in-hand drivers in Europe are the Prince de Sagan, the Marqui de UallifevArchdute JLouis Victor of Austria; the Duke de Clermont, the Marquis and the Count du Planty, Count Festetics, Prince J.

Murat, and last, but by no means least, the Duchesse. d'Uzes, who is the first sportswoman in France and one of the most fervent disciples of Hubert. At the? last meeting of the Societe des Guides, one of the most admired "mails" waiting for the. BtarJ on the Place de la Concorde, opposite the Cercle de la Rue Royale, was that driven by the The horses were all of that golden coffee color which reminds one of a ripe chestnut, the harnesses, grooms and the coach itself were perfection, and on the top- was: a galaxy of pretty women in harmonious an3Lelegant toileta, resemoung a basket of hothouse blossdms or a novllda of Semi-ramjde's hanging gardens. HARRIS vARELESS.

With 'bat llttls oan and no trouble, the beard and mustache can. be kept a uniform bfown or block color by uaiug BuoUug nanra uya lor ue woUKera. REUNION OB EX-CONFEDKRATE VJET- HEW 0KLHAN8, APRIL 8. For the abovr ocnuion ti Little Rock and Metnnhla Railroad will sell ticket to New Orleans, and return at hall rates. Tickets will be told April 6 and 7, and wilt be limited jrood to 'return on or before Aprlua For further Information address nnjr agentol thiB u.

w. fliowaisoH, u. r. WILL AFFEAS tS A VQUBESnn aTO BEAU- vTTTlJifBOHaET. What Are the Latent Ehapes The light Straws i MMt Fopnlat-HoW tkej Are w' rifitamei tl'i.

The hat qttesiion is a most momentous one to all women. jSo Indeed, that a large family of girls that I know of sat down soberly and discussed the, pros and cons Of certain shapes for a whole afternoon, after they had all visited the shops carefully, and A MAT -DAY IDYL. noted the prevailing styles. And there is need for all this care and thoughtfulness. Many a woman buys a hat that she knows must last her the whole season, and should she discover after it is all trimmed that she does not like it, or that it is unbecoming, what awful torture is the thought of wearing that hat day in and day out until a new season brings relief.

And it's very hard to. tell how a hat is going to turn out. Sometimes the shape may be very pretty untrimmcd, and yet tho finished hat may Jura out a regular nightmare, and sometimes tho combined colors look very pretty when they are bunched together in the hand, and lo! when arranged in proper form on the frame, the effect is the most insipid and characterless that can bo imagined. Avoid, above all things, oh woman an insipid hat. Rather have it too striking than hafe it tame, fnr the tendency of the day is toward brilliant and startling effects, and the quiet unassuming combinations are decidedly old.

This does not mean, however, that there must neces-sarilly be gorgeous coloring, for many of the most exquisite and attractive hats are those made all in oiiq color and in One shade of that color. It is truly a bewildering task to seiecc a nai cms season. The fashions have not fairly settled yet, and it is hard to say which will come out victorious. There are multitudiT nous shapes to bo seen at present-flat ones with tiny crown that one can scarcely seeinther flat ones with crowns that reachal most to the edge of the brim; wide, drooping ones with genuine stovepipe crowns; medium sized ones with Tarn O'Shanter crowns; big brims poke-shaped; big brims ihat turn oack all sort of shapes and sizes. The stovepipe ones are, in my opinion, at least, the ugliest of all, and it is earnestly to be hoped that they will not become the rage.

But, in spito of their ugliness, 1 greatly fear that Dame Faahion has marked them for her own. Almost all of the shapes are made of fancy straw. This fancy straw is soid narrow by the yard, and if you disposed to economize, and have a shape from last year that is still good and not much behind the times, it can be made very presentable by edging it with this fine fancy straw. GREEK DRAPERY AND EASTER GEAR COMBINED. and more audacious.

There is pos-itivnlv no limit to their AfTinfnro': They are longer if made merely of ribbon; if of Chiffon or crepe wider. One blank hat that I raw hnrl streamer of yellow crepon, very long, and half a yard wlde.vlt was -i i 1 1 i cugeu ou we siubb uiu uuuora Dy a wide, fine pleating of the Same'ma terlat i woman would need con siderable oouxage tar promenade in such a headirear as Qaki Pins are very prominent In all hat trimming, and there is ah endless variety of them. Small gold ones hold together almost all the1 high loops, and big ofles plereo the heart of each bow. Many of these pins are set la tiny brilliants, and some' have large rhinestones gloaming out of large knobs or oval shaped PHAETONS, BUGGIES, which beauty was, after all, only I skin deep. He could hud a number of appropriate texts in the Song of Solomon upon which to build his sermon, and oould take the hat from the first Btago of its composition, ta the laststages oi decay.

I'm Bure he would soon boconie very popular. But I haven't yet described this beautiful hat. It had qujte a large brim in front, narrowing toward the back. The color was a very beautiful pure white, and the straw was quite fancy, out Jvery fine. In the front was a great flaring bow of fine lavander velvet, caught down in the center by a diamond-studded" bucklo.

There' was a long pin stuck through the loons: at tho back was a full spray of purple pansies, shading from pale lavender to purple that was almost black. The stream ers were long and wide, and of white velvet. I held my breath while I gazed, and then tho milli ner took the hat gently and laid it carefully, almost reverentially, away. She then brought out another. It could not equal tho first, but still was very beautiful.

The shape was of striped old green and white straw, it happened that the white stripe came out on the edge, and this was almost concealed under a very full velvet edge of the old green. A fullness of fine guipure lace started at the front and was brought around high at the loft side. Growing out of the lace was a spray of white velvet orchids, and in the" back another spray kept close company with loops or pale green velvet. The streamers were green, too, ancTof moire. I saw a yellow harmony also.

The straw was yellow, tho bow in the back was yellow, and so were the strings. The bow in the front, larger than that in the back, was same shade, and entwined around it was a spray of small pink rosebuds. The trimming on big hats is coming around more to tho front this season. Small hats are great favorites. Were it not that they are so gaudy, one would scarcely be able to see the new crowns for these small hats they are so infinitesimal.

They're beautiful, though. Some are finely wrought in gold and silver beads, some studded in some made simply "of fine passe-mcntu, some of long, slender pieces of jet or pearl, arranged in a circular design on wire. These must be trimmely very daintily, with ex-etrem fine flowers, with aigrettes and with small jet ornaments or gold ones. Some of those I saw contained nearly all the colors of the rainbow, and yet the shades were so softened and toned down that the efleoil was very pretty; Black hats are not very popular this year, although they are quite effectively-, trimmed altogether in pale yellow. Guipure lace is brought Into play very often.

It should be remem-berod that its quality must be very fine to produce soft results. Here is a queer and original hat Black straw of a funny, prickly kind, that looks as if there were bristles standing up all over the Hat. The straw Is trimmed with three yellow'pom pons made of narrow velvet love- knot ribbon. The rim is turned up off the face at one side and one ox thepOmpons placed there; another is just at the same spot, but inside the rim; the third stands up at the back. They are.

connected by fine black which rises and falls ift graceful llnef hat has no streamers the lace falls down a few inches at the back, that is all. Eva A. Schubeet. i ENTIRELY BATldFAUTOUV. -WJ.

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Wff i)-Aff SOME NEW HATS. 12 P. M. IIOME FROM THE CLUB. Femmes du Monde," and is the counterpart of the "Club des Laides, founded by the ill-favored but supremely witty and elegant Austrian Embassadress in lsoa.

In that instance the Princess, who with charming candor calls herself "le Binge blano" (the white monkey) and who has never entertained any illusions concerning her personal charms, could induce but very few of her friends to cast in their lot with hers in the formation of the "Club des Laides." Not a very wonderful fact eltner, tor women who consent to give themselves a brevet of ugliness are not often found. Consequently the club in question was very short-lived, to the great regret of the Princess, who mournfully remarked that frankness was not among the many engaging qualities of her female friends, lidding that if this were the case the "Club des Laides" would have indeed been overcrowded. clever idea would have been to name the new 'Cercle dea Femmes du Monde" Club des Jolies Femmes." This would have secured numberless adhesions and members would have made a rush for the luxurious local where the club had been Inaugurated with great eclat a few days ago. There is, of course, a loud outcry among the husbands of the fashionable women who have entered their names on the books of the "Cercle du as a rule, do not appreciate this slneerest form of flattery which consists in imitation, and are horrified: at the idea "Madame" as weil as "Monster" indulges in baccarat, escarte, cigarettes and iced drinks of 'a more or less fiery nature. Of a truth the fair members argue that they feel the want of a place into which they can drop for a "cup of tea" or a dainty luncheon commodities which, at a pinch, they might get in the seclusion of their own homes, but, no doubt, they 'know what they want better than their irate lords, and for the matter of that they get it, too.

Some years ago Princess Pauline, In no way discouraged by her Parisian failure, founded another ladies' club in The name of the charming president was sufficient to make the enterprise a success in the Austrian capital. All the flne-fleur of the exclusive feminine PRINCESS PAULINE METTERNICH, CARRIAGES. Wholosalo and Retail. EIIOID CRAIG --'ft- C0.V little Rock, Ark. Seeds and Agricultural Implements.

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salons of the club were always filled with gTandes dames who thoroughly enjoyed the 7 freedom from all care which they found in the palatial building on the Rlngstrasse. Excellent music, ex-1 qulsite flowers, choice vintages, caravan tea, perfect cuisine, out-- landisb delicacies, and verbena floented cigarettes contributed to make life pleasant for them there. If the truth is to be told, there was also a card room, beautifully decorated tapestries, where a pretty high game was carried on nightly, but the tone' of the elub was always refined and select, 1 Star Livoty, Feed and Sale Stablos. Icstding Horses a Specialty, CarHairs order attended to at all hours. Uorrn 'Mules AJwaya-en 1 Center.

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