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THE PHILADELPHIA IUIRER-SUrDAX MOKKING. APRIL, 4, 1897. So "IT mi mi ALFRESCO RLTECTORIES Mrs. Alice Shaw, the Famons Whistler, Cared by Dr. Edison's Obesity Pills and Salt Only Obesity Treatment Admitted at the World's Fair.

as Mrs, Shaw Did, wound in and out of the wire mesh, and there the' delicate furniture, breakfast tables and chairs are placed. White enameled willow ware is the usual choice, decorated with many silk tassels and little bells, and when any one of the three meals is to be served a maid carries out and sets up, just outside the little breakfast room, a capital contrivance called a tin kitchen. This is fastened to a wheeled platrorm, which looks very like a small boy's wagon. Alcohol, oil or gasoline supplies the heat, and on and in it can be cooked eggs, chops and the daintiest griddle cakes, while larger dishes, prepared in the house kitchen, are kept, in its small oven, beautifully warm. Now, when arrayed of a piping hot morning, in a frilly crisp muslin, the mistress of such a salle a manger who goes across the lawn, to eat her strawberries under the shade of grape leaves, makes her tea or coffee at the table, eats her fresh eggs and hot chops with the scent of roses about and the breeze blowing away the faintest odor of food or trace of weariness, can count herself among the blessed and picturesque creatures of this earth.

men, and it is not absolutely proven that even before that age the mortality is larger. That is still a matter of conjecture, and the companies are watching and comparing statistics with the greatest interest and care. However, with the average after 4S so decidedly in her favor, the best have felt themselves justified in leveling all distinctions; so that, instead of paying $5 more premium a year than a man, as formerly, a woman of any age, married or unmarried, can now take out all the insurance that she can pay for at exactly the same rates and under the same conditions as a man. In the inspection of circumstances there is, however, this difference. If a woman insures her life in favor of her husband, she is obliged to answer a list of "supplemental questions," as to whether his life is insured, what his income is, and both his business and moral records are thoroughly investigated.

This is, of course, to guard against any possible future temptation on the part of the husband to sacrifice his conjugal affections to his cupidity; and if any of the facts point in the most remote way to suspicion the risk is rejected. An act has been very recently adopted to do away with what has always been the most objectionable feature of insurance for both men and women, the one thing that has doubtless deterred more people from insuring their lives than any other consideration. The companies have decided themselves to nro-vide against the hard necessity of an individual losing all that he has put in perhaps at great sacrifice on account of being unable through some sudden misfortune to pay his premium when due. They have established a sort of loar institution, whereby the insurer ms borrow from the company with first child or an heir to estates. The rite of baptism and feasting afterward occupy at least half a day, and the baby is brought forward with undue prominence.

Only very recently in London, when the 3-weeks'-old son of a wealthy couple was to be received into the church, quite i500 were spent on the baptismal robe alone, so heavily were the long' white satin skirts brocaded in gold. At intervals of a half hour, while his parents received, the little man was brought into the drawing room on a gorgeou3 satin pillow, and handed about for inspection by his Welsh nurse. With gold pieces clasped in his tiny fists he was passed solemnly through the entrance doorway, carried "once about the- house, with a gold spoon on his lips, and kissed in turn by all his godparents. The following day the poor-little chap came down with hard convulsions, and' the family doctor traced the cause to the christening celebration. English physicians have emphatically pronounced anything but the very simplest and quietest of baptisms most injurious to their Infant patients, while an elaborate ceremonial, as above described, is considered but little short of a severe shock 'to the baby system.

The most sensible christening, insist these incontrovertible authorities, is to have the baby baptized at home, or in the clergyman's drawing room, celebrate the rite in the presence of very few persons, and return the newly-made Christian promptly to his or her nursery. The flowers are tabooed, for their heavy odor is likely to overwhelm the sensitive organs of a young' child, and the very careful doctors now insist that slightly warmed water shall be poured into the font and absolutely no music allowed. These may seem absurd prer cautions to the average grown persons, but they all contribute to the well-being of the person chiefly concerned, whose delicate limbs are weighed down by the rich robes now made for -small baptismal candidates, and- who often screams him or herself into exhaustion from the strange sights and sounds. Dotted Muslin strange faces and heavy odors that are part and parcel of the up-to-date christening. Beautiful Flemish AVomen.

A recent traveler in old Flanders rapturously praises the fair Flemish woman, who is tall and graceful, with blue eyes and hair like burnished gold. She is simple, but often elegant in her toilet, especially on Sunday, when' she usually appears in a heavy silk dress, whose soft frou-frou accompanies her swinging step. "The Flemish woman," Working a Business. Mrs. Beaumont Packard, the capable dramatic agent, is a Southerner by birth, Mrs.

Beaumont Packard but after some years she drifted to California, where she became an actress and the manager of a company. But when trials and adversity came, with four little helpless mouths to be fed, then this woman of business and pluck buckled on her armor and with patience resolved to Dlace herself in a position where a trade of some sort wouldbring in varly salary. A room of goo. -ize was rented in New York city and Med into two offices, and a week late. .11 was in order.

Aijt advertisement in one of the daily papers gave her a chance to fill an or-der- for a company, which was to start on the road, and make if possible a success in the provinces. At that time there was not a soul' booked for the business, and on a certain day and hour early the following week a number of people were to be gathered together who would fulfill all the requirements of Art excellent play. This was a test of Mrs') Packard's professional abilities. She? accomplished it and thus secured for hersalf the first move in the great arena of business life. But, in Mrs.

Packard's own words, she declares "that a dramatic agent to be a successful one" should at all times be a diplomat, with a keen conception of hu-marV Jriature. That in" the casting 'Offt; one can wisely select the' dif ferent people to represent the parts af- forded by the drama. The individuality of each man or woman, she says, is ap-j parent in tne giving or roies ntted es- pecially for them. too, a dramatlq 1 ERT recently an eminent physician said, or is credited with saying, that open-air eating is productive of many excellent results. It soothes the nerves, stimulates the appetite; it is "conductive to longevity, defers wrinkles, and wonderfully preserves and beautifies the complexion.

Accordingly, numbers of al fresco dining rooms are already up or in rapid course of erection, varying in cost from many thousands of dollars to the cheapest, simplest little vine-clad wire-frame screens. One or two women have even gone into the matter on a most sumptuous scale, but every one strives toward the one end, to have erected a semi-arcadian shelter, be it of carved marble or branching roses, where under on all summer days, weather permitting, she can eat three meals out or doors. These, of course, are breakfast, luncheon and five o'clock tea. THE NIMPHEUM. The shelter, so say those who are having theirs built' on the most approved or elegant models, borrowed from Cannes, Nice and Mentone, where nearly all food is partaken in the open air, should be well open to sunlight and air.

It ought, moreover, to be. swathed in vines, and at one magnificent summer cottage on Long Islamd the summer breakfast room has been erected in the form of a nympheum literally translating, this means a resort, or playgrounds of nymphs, and it cost a very handsome sum of money, indeed. The chief nymph of this Greek bower gave carte blanche to her architect, who first sixty square feet of level turf, overlooking the blue Sound's waters, with a charming mosaicfloor, in polished tiles of white, blue and green. From this spring up a series of thirty-white Greek to support a roof of glass, so -arranged as to slide and fold back, and thus open this lovely room without-walls, to the blue heavens. Directly in the centre of the--tiled floor a sunk eight feet square, holds ornamental water lilies, and out of the centre -springs a very charming marble nymph, who stanas a perpetual shower of sparkling water.

Water plants and blooming flowers-are-banked about the edge of the fountain, here, and mere in bronze tubs stand palms and ferns, and on carved perches are a snow white cockatoo, with a rose topknot, and a dazzling red and green African parrot. Those who cannot afford or are not ambitious enough to sigh for a really, Arrangement of Garden Arches truly Greek nympheum, in white or colored marbles, are going to derive a deal of solid comfort from the use of garden breakfast rooms, built wholly 01 wire. The horticulturists and landscape gardeners have taxed their ingenuity to think out frames for the most enchanting Gupid bowers, temples of roses and Arcadian nooks, to satisfy their exacting feminine patrons. Tney will either sell a woman an elaborate wire frame, in very nearly any form her fancy desires, or build of wood a skeleton house on which vines can cling. A dry floor is the prime requisite for one of these fairy apartments, and for that reason a place is selected in the garden, and the first thing is to lay the space with, tiles, or have it covered with a beautiful gravel or selected little colored pebbles and-snowy Around or over this the wire framework is placed, climbing-rose' branches and grape vine tendrils Jio Afore Dread' of the Dental Chair.

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Opposite Chestnut Street Theatre. Main Office, 54 West 23d Street. New Are You Fat? Do MRS. ALICE The thousands in this city who have seen Mrs. Alice J.

Shaw on the stage or met her in society know that she possesses a form of generous development, yet of impressive elegance of which any woman might be proud, and such as any woman would be anxious to retain. Mrs. Shaw grew "just a little too fat," and found relief quickly and safely in Dr. Edison's Obesity Pills and Obesity Fruit Salt. She has written an interesting letter to Loring Co.

about her experience with this treatment, which she authorizes us to publish for the good it may do to others similarly afflicted. 104 W. 83d N. Y. City, Jan.

4, '97. Loring- Chicago. 111. Gentlemen I have taken Dr. Edison's Obesity Pills and Salt for general reduction and the cure of some of the distressing symptoms which are so annoj'ing to too fleshy people.

Two months' use of the Pills and Salt reduced me 22 pounds and cured me of some of the diseases which cause or are caused by obesity. One of the most torturesome of these was shortness of breath, and it had begun to interfere with my singing and whistling. I was entirely cured of this trouble by the Pills and Salt. I noted, too, that while under the influence of these remedies my complexion was cleared and greatly beautified. 1 regard the Tr.

Edison Obesity Pills and Salt as the greatest remedies for indigestion I ever had any experience with, and they have benefited me in more ways than I can mention. I will be clad to hear from persons investigating this treatment, and I feel that I cannot say too much in its favor. (Signed.) ALICE J. SHAW. NEW WALL PAPERS MIDST the bewildering variety in both Quality and design of the mew spring wall papers, three or four salient point3 are to be specially noted: Patterns, as a rule, are rather broad and bold than otherwise, and frequently involved and intricate wben not grotesque.

Stripes, either plain or in combination, are the leading feature of the season's mode. Rich gorgeous reds and empire green are clors. most decidedly to the fore. The frieze, except perhaps In very large rooms high ceilings, is no longer considered an. artistic finish for a room, and yields its place to a simple band of picture molding.

Buying wall paper is as delicate a matter as the purchase of. a hat, and should be selected 'with as careful reference to the room it is to adorn as the bonnet to its owner's head and face. If, for instance, your dining-room or library is wainscoted, the best decorators will suggest for them this season one of the new two-toned effects in rich red stripes, or particularly if your wainscoting oe of light oak the same thing In dark green. The stripes are about an inch and a half in width, and the difference in the two shades very slight. The ricnness.

warmth and harmony of eltnei- of these combinations is difficult to excei. IMPORTANT SUGGESTIONS. However, if one prefers, tapestry papers are also exceedingly w'ell adapted to wainscoted rooms, and are always in vogue. This years finds many fresh designs, all of which are, of course, reproductions from the old Gobelin tapestries of the fifteenth century, and represent fruit and flowers, hunting scenes, rural groups, etc. Besides these 'there is an 'entirely new line of heraldic designs.

The lion rampant, the fieur de lis, grotesque fowls" and beasts appear in various quarterings, and the dealers tell me they -are not only manufactured but actually sold, and are really most effective in heavily wainscoted rooms. Among the gro-tesqueries, some of the reproductions from old Dutch leather screens are very interesting their involved designs and curious blending of old blues, greens, yellows and browns. For the treatment of unbroken walls, two-toned reds and greens still prevail, and are worked out in most beautiful and sometimes bizarre flower effects. The poppy, large, heavy, luxuriant a single blossom occupying the whole width of the paper is repeated again and again in various shades of reds and yellows. Both the tulip and orchid arc treated after the same general scheme, producing a like effect of warmth and luxuriance.

Good imitations of leather in both plain oa'k and green are also suitable for dinmg-room or library; and for those who wish to keep to the delft there are an infinite number of new designs, all somewhat broader In outline tjian heretofore. For the rest, stripes of to a Figured Grenadins PARISIAN 1HK Instinctive good taste of the American woman in matters of xfl' dress has never been more clearly shown than this sea-I son, when her Parisian sisters, especially, whose footsteps are usually a safe guide in questions of. the toilet, have gone quite astray over the brilliant colors introduced. From Paris have come over box after box. during March, filled with delectable hats, worked out, with but few exceptions, in the most burning, eye-dazzling tones on scarlet, cardinal red, warm vermillion and vivid rose.

The straw, flowers, ribbons and plumes all partook of these startling, flaming tints. They were, indeed, wonderful, and in their eccentric way almost lovely, but with the rarest, exceptions the milliners have had to copy these flaring models in more refined colors, preserving, of course, the style of the Parisian hat. All this proves that it will require something more than the cachet of Paris and the approval of Princesses to force the most daring American man to wear a headpiece that will- excite public comment and smiles. Of admiration she can be very sure if her choice for April wearing fails on one of the Rembrandt shapes: its brim, built entirely of violets or i hyacinths, or what arc prettily called shattered roses, and the crown wrought of brilliantly sequined This combination is the smartest tribute to Easter glories the milliners have made yet, while anything in the way of an Easter bonnet sure to be green. A handful of green leaves, with a knot of fragile-looking blowaways directly up in front, is the sort of thing the women who carry fat pocketbooks are buying.

THE NEW BOLERO. That It Is an ill wind that blows nobody any good comes uppermost in the mind at the assurance of the dressmakers that the terrible question between Greek and Moslem, so agitating Island' of Crete, has made perfectly firm and bright, for this summer" at the destiny of the bolero jacket. It is now alternately called theCandia, the Creta or the Moslem coat, and it is with or without making anything like a simply close-fitted dress waist an impossibility for' the present. It is "no longer cut Spanish, but Greek or Tark-ieh and' decorated' all over with Greek and Turkish chain stitch embroidery in gold, and bright mingled silks. The technical name for one's tailless braided street coat is mess jacket, and hft bpRt nf thpsp arp coniprl In th-ir I 1 II S-l l.

II 1 1. UiCM IT 111' iXlTii I I various famous English, regiments; the Coldstream Guards and Scots Grays being among the most popular. A deal or empnasis is lam this summer on the color of silk your Cretlan, mess or plain' cloth coat is lined with. Tailors are lavishing great care on aesthetic contrasts between interior and exterior. For instance, a navy blue coat ought to be lined with lettuce green, a Lincoln green coat with sky blue, a black coat with geranium rose, a brown coat with Jilac gray, and a gray coat with dandelion Green, and sky blue Street Gown.

is, however, one of the standard combinations for April. To see how it is done observe the. green basket cloth Its braiding is black and the sacque bolero is worn over an under vest of baby blue satin, pouched a good deal over a black satin girdle and all sweetly 'broidered o'er" in a pretty blue blossoming vine. Attention may be rightly called to the cuffs that flare greatly and seem to indicate, as all the new gowns do, that before we know it we will be wearing pndersleeves, as did women thirty-five or tforty years ago. One' other pretty feature of this suit is the small black satin string tie, knotted under the chin and under the collar, of ruffled blue satin ribbon.

I THE DAY OF TUCKS. It is hard to. say whether, when put to popular vote, tucks "or ruffles are the most conspicuous trimmings of the. lightweight gowns, the grenadines, the voiles, which are really no than coarse nun's veilings, and the muslins. A treatment in tucks is given in the figured grenadine, -which is white, sprayed over with bouquets of very conventionalized mignonette.

The foundation skirt Is green taffeta and the sleeves are tucked to correspond with the top petticoat. All the waist's front is white silk-linen; that is, linen woven with a warp of silk, as fine as mousseline de soie, and its tucks rASHIONS run two ways. White lace is let in between the clusters of latitudinal tucks, and the whole of this pretty front pouches over a belt of green ribbon, folded to resemble, a pointed girdle and fastened by a long steel buckle, set with imitation cabochon emeralds. The collar is a high, straight folded band of ribbon, like the belt, but distinguished by It3 pretty central ruffle of white lace, encircling the throat. The weather is hardly yet advanced enough to begin active preparations with muslins, but by no means is.

it too early to throw out helpful suggestions, such as are given in the sketch o. a fresh, simple dotted that exei plifies the exceeding usefulness of ruffles. This muslin is not made on silk. Its underskirt is coarse tarlatan, which even the leading dressmakers prefer to taffeta slips as giving a-more fluty, delicate set to the top breadths of Swiss or organdie. The tarlatan skirt is made very full, back and front, and deeply hemmed, while the muslin owes all its decorative appearance to straps of white satin, under which are gathered frills of pretty cream-tinted "Valenciennes lace.

In parting one would venture on the assertion that not one ribbon girdle or belt this season out of. a hundred fastens behind. Whether made of ribbon or piece silk all the waistbands are broad behind, from two to three and a half inches wide, very much to the front, where "with tabs, a rosette, or a bow and buckle, they finish directly in the centre or a little to one side or the front of the waist. Storing Furs. The best plan is to select a dark closet, and have it papered Ml over, top and bottom, with tar pap As its surface sticky, it should b' covered with a second coat of paper, to prevent the clothes coming in direct contact with the tar.

For this second coat I find newspaper as good as anything that can be used. Perhaps the smell of printers' ink helps the tar to do its work, or it may be because newspaper is porous and allows the tar odor to come through more readily. Before hanging this closet all garments, both fur and wool, should be carefully beaten with a slender, cane. Here is the. great secret of keeping furs.

It; is in' them before they are put away. If a moth or a moth egg goes into the closet with them, the damage is only partially prevented. While the egg will hatch, the moth only lives for a short while, and cannot increase, but during that brief life I have known these little insects to spoil the beauty of an elegant garment. So the atest care should be taken to beat and comb furs clean before storing them away. For this, purpose a fur comb should be used, or a slender, strong cane, that will reach the skin itself.

The safest plan to remove the garments from this closti about once a month, and give them a thorough beating. Some persons hang them in the sun on these occasions, believing that the sun destroys moths and moth eggs, while, as a matter of fact, it hatches the eggs, and, like any other heat, makes the moth thrive. Where only a chest or trunk as sometimes- the case, only a pasteboard box, is to be had, then the management is different. After the cleaning nrocess. which is always the same, it is best for the chest, box or trunk to be lined with tar paper, after the same manner as the closet.

But where this is not practicable any of the nrmerous moth preventives may be used; though sold under different names their ingredients are about the same. They should be carefully sewn in bags to prevent contact with the furs, as the- invariably leave spots on dark-colored skins. The odor can be overcome by a thorough betting and hanging for several hours in the wind or open air. That is, where the furs have been removed and beaten during the season, otherwise the odor is hard to get rid of. Yes, some dealers use the fumes of sulphur to clean furs already attacked by moths, but that should be a last, resort, as it discolors the garment and necessitates its being redyed.

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RUPPERT, 39 S. 13th Pa, Net. THE NYMPHEUM he says, "has preserved intact the admirable, naivete of the woman of the middle ages. She is an ideal mother of a family; she has no ambition, no love for art, for music or for poetry; not a whisjjer of rebellion against, the domination often brutality of her htisband, for whom she cherishes-an admiration who in her eyes represents power, and which' cannot be shaken. "Bruges is the only city in Flanders which in our days has preserved its originality, and at every step in its deserted streets one feels the soul of this marvelous Flanders of, the middle ages.

Bruges can be proud also of having the most beautiful women. When one takes a walk at twllght in those narrow streets, darkened by; heavy facades of the thirteenth century, which advance and seem to bend over, out from the doors of the houses walk timidly Junoesque women, in a large mantle." Upon their -ads they wear broad-brimmed hats with little plaits, which permit one to see only the brusque line of the nose and the thickness of the proud lip. The Flemish woman is profoundly religious. For her God is not a tyrant, who. in order that He may forgive, wishes to be flattered and to see one humiliated before Him.

She thinks that one must love Him with human love, fnd that one must put tender words into prayer. When one sees them kneeling in the shadows of old churches they give an impression of many beautiful statues grouped there by the hands of a marvelous artist." How to Preserve Cut Flowers. In the first place, before removing the peauties from the box or paper in which they arrive, sprinkle them gently, but thoroughly, with fresh, cold water; then make some good strong soap-suds, which lakes the place of roots, and is, therefore, very important, and put the flowers therein, taking care not to pack the sterns too closely together. Every morning without fail the flowers must be taken out of the suds, their sterna clipped a wee mors-el, and" laid sideways in clear, cool water. See that every stem is well covered, let lie for a few minutes, sprinkle With the fresh water, shake and return to the suds, and your flowers will look as if just that moment picked.

Change the suds every thre days, follow thi3 rule carefully, and at the. end of a whole month compare your flowers with those a day or two old, which have been carelessly crammed into-vase of water, and mark the contrast. Even after the fifth week the flowers that have been fed by the suds will look passably well. This is certainly worth' a trial for -flower lovers, and how a few do glorify a room, to be sure. i', A very simple and curious experiment may be tried with ordinary household ammonia.

For instance, dip a white carnation or a dark red sweet pea into the ammonia, and the former will immediately change, to a dainty yellow, the latter to blue, deepening into purple. Green roses are not pretty, but if there is a faded one it will be curious to dip it, and behold i transformed into a beautiful lettuce green. agent should be good-hearted and listen to all woes with a. sympathetic ear. Individual conceit and opinions must be taken with a goodly amount of salt, especially for the amateur who in reality knows but little beyond the footlights.

The duties of the dramatic agent are many. First, if a play is offered it has to be read, and if at all likely to go it must be submitted to several managers. Then, if possible, placed in some good stock company. Mrs. Packard gives to all young people this sage piece of advice, who are trying to enter the portals of stagedom.

"Have you a home? Then remain in it. Make for yourself any sort of livelihood, but not on. the stage. It is a hard life, the paths are not rosy, and the bad ex-Derience of it will in time become dis- tasteful. Select some employment where there will be no adulation, no flattery A serenity that at all times is a joy.

As i'or the stage, never adopt it." LonfreTitr AmonK Women. Perhaps no better example of the constantly increasing- and "recognized importance of women in the business world could be cited than the- absolutely changed attitude of all leading insurance companies' toward her interests. Until quite- recently women were considered a very much "less desirable risk than -men, and the married enjoying the shelter and protection of a home, was for perfectly obvious reasons thought to represent a very much less good chance than the single woman, who feels herself obliged to go to business in all extremes of weather and all conditions of health. It is' the experience of insurance however, that the mortality among women is not greater than that among men. Indeed, after the age of 48, women live longer on the average than.