Carnarvon and Denbigh Herald and North and South Wales Independent

) FESTISlOGr LOCAL BOARD. SATURDAY.- Present; Messrs A. M. Dunlop (chairman), C. Warren Roberts, C. Roberts, J. Lloyd Jonea, Morris G. Williams. Dr W. Vaughnn Roberts, R, Walker Davies (clerk), D. G, Davies (inspector), W. C. Williams (collector), and Richard Jones (assistant clerk).

ARREARS COMMITTEE. The committee proposed that £ 176 of the water rate arrears, S46 of the general district rate, and £ 9 of the gas rate, should be written off as irrecoverable.—These recommendations were agreed to.

THE GREAT WESTERN COMPANY. The Secretary of the above company sent to say that £ 30 was a great deal too much to pay for water, and that one-inch pipes would do for the company.—It was resolved to grant the supply at ELIO provided the company replaced the six-inch pipes with one-inch ones.

AUTOMATIC MACHINES. Messrs Balfour and Co. applied for permission to place automatic machines Dear the pillar boxes to provide the public with stamps and postcards.—The permission was granted.

TENDERS FOR COAL. Several tendeis were opened for the supply of 100 tons of ordinary coiil and 50 tons cannel coal for the gas. The tender of Mr O. R. Owen at 18s per ton for ordinary coal wes accepted, and the clerk was instructed to write to the Moss Hall Coal Company, Wigan, for a truck of cannel coal on trial at 48 4d.

GLAN'RAFON-TERRACE. These owners had not accepted the terms offered at the last meeting and wished the board to lay the pipes and charge for the water.—Mr Davies said it was not usual to lay pipes In pi i- vate property.—Mr C. Roberts proposed that the surveyor be instructed to lay the pipes and to charge 2s per quarter.

SRWERAGE WORKS AT LLAN. I The Inspector stated that owing to a deficiency in supply of pipes he had been unable to finish the work, but he hoped in a few-day, to com- plete It.-AIr G. H. Ellis sent a letter with refer- ence to the above matter, and his requests were mostly complied with.-ir C. Roberts proposed that the men now employed at Llan should be taken to the Market-square to level that plnce. -It was agreed that Mr Davies should put them on to level the square when they had finished at Llan.

THE ASHKS. The Inspector reported that MrsTlJomjjs, Pen- bowydd, had refused permission to put the ashes, &c., on the land. He had seen two places, one at Cefnbycban, and the other at Tyddyn- gwyn—Messrs G. Williams and J. Lloyd Jones were asked to see these places and report at the next meeting.

FINANCIAL. The Clerk stated that the reason why the sum collected was so small was that the collectors had been very busy m Iring up the books for the audit.—Mr G. H. Ellis' bill as returning officer was presented and passed, the amount being S26 3s 7d.-The bill of Sir W. O. Williams, builder, for £65 for improvements made in the Assembly-rooxs was presented.—Mr C. Roberts asked why was this amount pnid to Mr W. O. Williams when Mr E. Griffith's tender was only S45.-The Chairman remarked that the letting of the contract was entrusted to a sub-commit- tee, and all the members were absent.-The matter was adjourned.

RESIGNATION. Mr W. C. Williams sent in his resignation as collector to take effect in a month.-lt was re- solved to advertise for a successor. j i

QtuUfncrs from tfjs omfc. --r' (From Punch.) THINGS One Would Rather Have Left Unsaid.— Painter: "Would you believe it? This is the pic- ture they've thought proper to reject! I'll be so bold as to say, there are not twenty better in th, whole Exhibition Friend: "Dear me! Is it such a poor Academy as teatP" Why doesa't some Musical Photographic Artir,t of SootcliXationaiity compose a March for his fellow Professors and Practisers, and call it.. The March, of the- Camora Men" ? Sure to be popular. AN L .I- ■' Common Good Horse-Tile winner of this year's Two Thousand. A KI.'JIMENP of," the Line "—The Royal Acade- micians. GEXPEM, Summary of Caricatures of Mr. Glad- stone—•• Colhtrnbie Imitations." Mas. R. at the Opera.—Mrs. Raxnsboi.ham Junior went to hear La Traviata." She expressed her sympathy with" Violetta between two Gour- mands." Remarking on the touching finish to the converted "Traviata's" career, Mrs. R. observed that it reminded her of the poet's line about She who stopped to cough, remained to pray." THE Dumb Show.—It sounds odd that the serious pantomime, L'EiifantProdigue," the play without words, should bo the talk of London." SAD STOEY.—A painter, who had on several occa- sions aspired to a place in the Chantrey Collection, and invariably been refused, on being encouraged to launch a fresh venture,and spread his canvas, which would be soon filled, for a sale, replied dejectedly, "Chantrey be blowed; I shan't try any more!" Poor fellow 1 He must indeed have been bad. He has not been heard of since. The Serpentine has been dragged. THE Hansom Cab Strike !—Remarkable conver- sion 1 Not yet concluded 1 Last week another lot of hansoms became growlers. (From Fun.) EDUCATION !—He These newspaper fellows will use such rum words. This is all about the discovery of a statue of the god Ammon. Wonder who he was ? Wonder if he had a wife f" She Oh, yes—Ammonia her name was. How dull you are POLITICAL Capital—The Surplus. Of COUESE.— Mrs. Marshall: "Mr. Greeble's not riding with you this morning" Mrs. Greeble "No we're having a little quarrel. I forget what it is about, exactly." Mrs. Marshall: "So sorry Of course you'll send a statement' to the papers r" ANYTHING to Oblige a Friend.-—Bertie Oh, I say, Charlie, you and Maud go in to win, will you Because I want a chance of saying to Muriel, We go out for love—let's stay Charlie: "All right, old man only, when I tried that on with her, she said she wouldn't have it. Perhaps your new blazer will fetch her—that is, if your mot don't do it, your mode may." A RANDOU Shot.—Tom Tourem: D'year, gents, ef yer want a real moral for tie Flatketcher Stakes, I can give yer one for a trifle. Jest 'ad it d'rect from Lord Wideawake, the howner of Greased Lightning, and 'as two horses in the race. Sports- man: "Go on! Get T.T.: Git aht! Who d'ye think y'are,orderin people orf the Think you're a bloomin' steward r"' Sportsman: I believe so. Anyway, I'm Lord Wideawako,and if-" [But T.T. was non est. (From Judy.) M'YES.—Celia: "I play Juliet on Wednesday for the first time." Gadawsy "Should like, to play Romeo with you, by gad! Celia: "Why?" Gadaway: "So jolly in the bmb scene, don't you know." WHAT animal is a great taker ?—The haranguo- outang. A PARTING glass: The one :he ladies use for their back hair. WOULD one be likely to fild a sovereign on the Guinea coast. "THE Marriage Market."—■" So that is Mr. Love- lace — What an unconamoily handsome young man He will soon be lookng out for a wife— eh ? "—" On the contrary—hehas five thousand a ) year of his own." ODDS and Ends.—Though th; feminine of he-goat is she-goat, it must not be imagined that the feminine of He-brew is She-br w. AT the Riding School.—Mia Tyro Oh, Mr. Checkley! I've lost m-my Sti-stur-ir-rnp." Old Master Well, Miss, I haveut got it you'll find it there somewhere." THE Day of Rest.—Uncle "Now then, Charlie, let me hear you recite The Borie Man." Nephew: No fear, I always give my brtin a rest on Sun- days." COMPANION s of the Bath-Solp, towels, sponge, &c., &c. OH, to think of it !—" The Jcnes' had a dinner party last night, dear, and cooi tells me they had peas at ten shilling-<» lir^" "-lust so, my iove .hat s about all we can do." (From Tttntiii Folks.) A NATIVE Joke.—Two millions of imported! oysters have been put in tlie Whitstable "beds."i How anxious, in view ef the threatened scarcity,, the lovers of the mol-luscious dainties will be to tuck them in A Regular Twistef. — The Income Tax Screw.! Seasonable Designation tr Mother Nature.The I May-ter. THE FlyfLsUcra' Club Lad a musical meeting the other night, and, strange to say, the result didn't display any catches J An U nenlightenctl Individual—[A correspondent of the Globe complains that he put two pennies into one of the automatic eiecaic light inuchiues without obtaining a light.] To Air. Goschen lie should go, Since sueh a vaste of treaura Could be providjd br, you know, Iu some Ligh", Coinage measure WnErm Sweeps Should pend their Carnival—On the May-Dav-terranean, 01 course. NOT Worth Even Half a Guinea a Box—A South- wark jury-box. Ouii Lunatic Contributor has turned philosopher. The other day .he burst Ï1ri.> the office exclaiming, "It's a hard world this, md it's only right there; should be a few soft peoplt in it TAKING the Starch Out—Wo have had a host of I inquiries as to what President Kruger meant when he said he had "damped" the Boer trek. Obviously! he intended to convey that he had thrown sufficient water upon the affair to make the Boers shrink from the enterprise. THE Innocent wants to hiow if it is the business of an ordcrly" to clear away the officers' mess in the barrack-room ? also if be rank and file live in private houses, and whether they ever get the brokers in for their quarters' rent ? (From Moonshine). A MARRIAGE has been solemnised between a mid- get under three feet, and a over six feet. This is certainly a high and mitey alliance. "EVERY holder of ten shares will be entitled tcr one cremation free," is tlio tempting bait held out. by a proposed crematory. A nice cinder use meant. AN Irish solicitor has commenced proceedings against a superintendent of police for damaging nineteen heads in a "baton" charge, and claims in respect of each man. £.500 a head seems almost a heavier charge than the one complained of. The Duke of Rutland has received the Order of the Gurtor. This will form for him another tie to our old nobility," if he has not forgotten his earlier Manners. THERE is announced a reward for a bracelet, lost 1 by a lady when leaving the Italian Opera House, where she had been to witnf's "Le Prophete." Ano- ther instance of "Prophete" and loss. THE procession of sweeps which proposed to ac- company the march of the Salvation Army, at East- bourne, on Sunday, was prohibited by the magis- trates. And, as a general rule, it may be taken for granted that, where the Army is in force, sweeps are a drug in the market. j MANIPUR has been sacked, but the Regent and his brothers had already left; they did not wait for the sack. J. L. SULLIVAN, the pugilist, is going to stand for i the Yankee Legislature. If he mind his eye-and i he ought to be able to by this time—he will be a Postmaster-General or an Ambassador before he dies. He has hit upon the real prize ring at last. EVEN the London horses are catching the influenza —always excepting the tram horses, which could not possibly catch anything. THERE is a mOVêmeIlt iu Eastern Europe with the object of bringing all the Jews together in Pales- tine.. Nice philanthropy indeed How are the Jews to exist in Palestine with nobody to live upon but one another ? —

SPOONEY thinks actors are very independent. They always resent the idea of anybody else taking tbeir part." A BIT of Horseplay on Words.—Why has the City of London become a paradise for horses f Because the Baring Reign is a thing of the past. City of London become a paradise for horses f Because the Baring Reign is a. thing of the past. | A PARTING Word: The decree of the Divorce I Court iudare. A Cork correspondent telegraphs that the rumour of the stranding of a liner at Kinsale was without foundation. Some fishermen celebrated May Eve in the harbour by firing rockets, and the people ashore j for a time supposed them to be signals from a steamer i « which had struck on Ballina Rock outside the 1 harbour. oj] The first meeting of the Royal Commission on ( Labour ha3 been held, under the presidency of the ( Marquis of Hartington. It was decided that the meetings of the Commission should be thrown open j( :o the press, and a sub-committee was appointed to consider what arrangements should be adopted for ? prosecuting the enquiry. A sad accident has occurred at Bishopbridge, near I .xlasgow. It appears a Mrs. Marshall, residing in Salience Row, saw her two-year-old son fall into a ub of water. She rushed forward to rescue him, v ind was seized with a fit, dropping her baby into t he water. Both children were drowned. Mn. Mar- i hall ia prostrate with crief. I

oCttt CBúøntp. (From The World.) The Queen arrived at Windsor Castle half an hour after time. The passage from Cherbourg to Ports- mouth was very rough and unpleasant, and both her Majesty and Princess Beatrice were considerably discomforted, particularly during the last hour. The Queen's visit to Grasse is believed to have cost the Privy Purse about £),OUO. The principal expenses were the railway journeys between Cher- bourg and Grasse, and the hotel bill, the first item in the latter account being a charge of £120 per day for rent of the house and grounds. The Queen has been in the best possible health for several months past, and her Majesty has returned from Grasse quite as well as she went there, which is more than can be said of many members of the Royal entourage," for colds, gore throats, and analogous ailments were very numerous among the party. Dr. Reid, the Queen's regular medical attendant, had a very anxious time, for the maladies were of a nature to indicate unwholesome surroundings. I am informed that the severe financial pressure, which, as many are aware, has been for some time past weighing heavily on the Prince of Walos, and which has caused the depression in his manner and aspcct that has been so generally observed, is now in a fair way to be mitigated, and that, although it is improbable that resources will be forthcoming wholly to liquidate the obligations which have gradually accumulated around his Royal Highness, tiiere will be averted the necessity, which until quite reecutly has been seriously apprehended, of an application to Parliament on behalf of the Prince. It has been arranged, I believe, that the Queen will contribute a large sum from her accumulations —a subsidy amounting to several hundred thousand pounds, the administration of which, in the satis- faction of certain classes of the obligations of the Heir Apparent, will be in the hands of unofficial liquidators nominated by Her Majesty. Other measures are under consideration, and among the stipulations to which his Royal Highness has assen- ted is the assignment to the Duke of Clarence and Avondale of an adequate and regular income. The Queen sent a couple of Indian shawls, a Avondale of an adequate and regular income. The Queen sent a couple of Indian shawls, a beautiful bracelet, and large photographs of herself and the Prince Consort, enclosed in artistic silver frames, to Princess Louise d'Orleans, daughter of tne Due d'Alenccn, who was married tho other day at Munich to Prince Alphonso of Bavaria. This young couple begin their married life on an income of three thousand ayear, which will ultimately be increased to eight thousand. Queen Isabella gave the bride a set of rose-coral, ornamented with pearls and brilliants, which cost seven hundred pounds. The Archbishop of Canterbury is to officiate at the Royal wedding on the 6th of July, assisted by the Bishops of London, Winchester," and Oxford. (From Truth) There is no foundation whatever for the report, which has been so persistently circulated, that the Queen intends to pay another visit to North Wales next August. The idea probably arose out of the talk about her Majesty being the guest of the Duke and Duchess of Westminster at Eaton Hall, near Chester, for three days, at some period which has not yet been fixed. It is now unlikely, however, that the Queen will visit Eaton this year. The Queen sent several presents, including a superb Indian shawl, to the Princess Louise d'Or- lean., daughter of the Due d'Alengon, who has just been married to Prince Alphonso of Bavaria. This bride and bridegroom are coming to England in June on a visit to her grandfather, the Due de Nemours, at Bushey Park, when they are to be guests of the Queen at Windsor Castle. Her Majesty will probably pay a visit to the Comte and Comtesse de Paris, at Stowe, during the last week in June. She will arrive at Stowe from Windsor in tune for luncheon, and will pass the afternoon there. The Queen's last visit to Stowe took place in 1845, when, with the Prince Consort, she was the guest of the second Duke of Bucking- ham for several days, and they were received with a magnificence which rivalled the celebrated dis- ¡phy of Duke of Devonshire, at Chata worth, in 1843. The Queen is to pay a visit of condolence to the Dowager-Duchess of Bedford at her house in Eaton Square during her Majesty's stay in town. The statement, which has gone round the papers, that the 40-ton cutter which has been built on the Clyde for Prince Henry of Prussia is a present to him from the Queen is pure fiction. The vacht was ordered by Prince Henry, and will be paid for by him. Emperor William is to occupy the Belgian Rooms 'at Buckingham Palace during his stay in London. It 'isnot yet settled whether the Empress will accompany ihim to London. The German Emperor's formal visit to this country is to extend from the 29 th or 30 th of June until the 9th Prince Henry of Battenberg's recently-purchased iyacht, the sheila (lateGelert) has undergone a thorough [overhaul and refit at Cowes.and he will go onacruise !in her towards the end of next month, uirectly after' return from Darmstadt. Princess Frederica of Hanover is to arrive in Paris |on Saturday from Biarritz, where she has been resid- ing since the middle of November, and next week ishe proceeds to Germany, to join her mother, Queen Mane of Hanover, at Kissingen. The Duke of Cambridge has again rented the well- -known Six-Mile Bottom shooting, between New- :market and Cambridge, from Mr. Hail. The Grand Duke and Grand Duchess of Mecklen- iburg-Stieiitz are expected to arrive inLoudoushortly from Germany for a stay of several weeks. (From St. Stephen's). There cfin be no doubt about one thing—namely, that the Queen has gained immense popularity in Fiance since her stay at Grasse. Her presence on the Cours during the passing of Capt. Broyer'sfuueral-has evoked demonstrations of gratitude from the French 'Press. Tne fact that the Queen personally paid homage to the dead by standing up in her carriage :and inclining as the cortege passed has furnished material lor admiring comment,especially in military cirdes, throughout France. It was a simple and a perieetiy natural thing to do yet I wonder to how ^-lUglLh ladies the idea would have occurred ? .There is so much maucane honie in these matters. There is a general consensus of opinion that the Riviera season, which has just come to an end has so far as Cannes is concerned, been the worst' ever remembered by those whose experience enables them to speak with the greatest authority. In point of fact the Queen's presence at Grasse brought but jlittle, if any, extra custom to Cannes. The cold jweather, which prevailed everywhere, also exerted ,an adverse influence, preventing many peonle from j visiting any part of the Littoral. It is believed that iUot a few of those who would have selected Cannes Jas usual, to winter in, went instead to Egypt which ■has been increasing in popularity for a considerable! time past. It is not a little noteworthy that the two mo«t (widely known of Prussian Generals, Ulucher and Moitke,were both of Mecklenburg, both began their ^military life in a foreign army, and both were over sixty years of age at the time when their first im. portant achievements made them famous. I hear that the Grand Duke Michael and his bride have come to London, and are staving at a well- known hotel at the West End. They are likely U 'make a long stay and will probably be seen a "reat .deal m society during the early part of the season, Ihe Grand Duke knows London well. I heai that Mr. Justice Jeune is likely to have be- fore him this year a case which will go far to shake Ithe very foundations of society. NowjJthat the Queen has left Grasse the departures are increasing daily, and in a fortnight from now jthe Riviera will be almost deserted, save by those mvaads who remain on until assured by reports ifrom the North that they may venture on returning to their native land. ° The Duke and Duchess of Connaught, accom- panied by a few Continental Royalties, will start jfor a pleasure trip in the Channel about the end of next week. Their Royal Highnesses have had the ,Osborne placed at their disposal for this purpose. j During the cruise they will visit Pembroke, and iHis Royal Highness will launch the new battleship Renown. The Duke of Edinburgh's desire to make himself popular has met with an unusual amount of success in a short time. His Royal Highness has just given a commission for a three-quarter length port- rait of himself to a local artist, and the event has evoked quite a burst of enthusiasm amongst the I west country folk. The fortunate artist is Mr. G. A. Folio wes Prynne, the son of the vicar of St. Peter's, at Plymouth. He has already painted several successful portraits, one of the most recent being that of Lord Valletort.

The wedding cakes for the marriage of I'rincs Aribert of Anlialt and Princess Louise of Sclileswig Holstein are being made by the Queen's confec- tioners at Windsor Castle. Her Majesty's Indian troopship Crocodile, fromi Bombay, has arrived at Portsmouth, with drafts, details, time-expired men, and invalids, making a total of 1,554. Two soldiers died on the voyage. The Crewe police have reported a horrible discovery i in Hope Street, Crewe. A Mrs. Miller, widow of a former hotel-keeeper, had been missing some; time. The neighbours became alarmed, and the police broke into the house and found Mrs. Miller dead. Her body contained biuises on the side, and was in a very advanced state of decomposition. The deceased had been living alone. The police arc enquiring into the case. Great changes are in contemplation in connection with the Wesleyan Missionary secretaries. It has been known for some months past that the Rev. Marmaduke C. Osborn would retire and, unexpec- tedly, the senior secretary, the Rev. John Walton, wiio three years ago, at the urgent request of the I. committee, took the place of the late Dr. Kilner, has now tondered his resignation, mainly on the ground that ho has no longer the strength whith the j post demands. — j

Wilt Column* STRING FASHIOS. The Tudor cape has now forsaken its dowdy loose- ness, and is beginning to tie itself in at the waist— a. movement that is sure to become general immedi- ately, so great is the improvement it effects. The yoke has now developed into a long, tightly-fitting back piece, fihieh 111 often covered WItU tllí richest embroidery, extending up over the high collar as well. The whole effect is much smarter than the ordinary form of cape, of which, it may be fervently hoped, we have seen the last. Small hoods are worn on some of the new ones, but they are not intended for drawing on over the head, as was the oiiginal pin-pose of hoods. They are added only as a vaiiety, a fresh kind of trimming. Sometimes the back and front are in velvet, with the long enveloping sit eves in cloth or serge. With the former in black, and the latter in grey, the effect is very goo.i. The lining is sometimes matched to the tint of the material, Out more often is chosen of a bright, con- tracting colour. Shot, checked silks are still very largely used for this purpose. The new jackets are long in the skirt, and as the new dress bodices are fashioned in the same way a difficulty sometimes arises, owing to the long skirt of the bodice showing beneath that of the out-door jacket. This point must be foreseen and provided against by those who are now planning out their summer outfit. The new lace cloaks, made three-quarter length, are lined with silk, but will probably appear later on unlined. The pretty fashion that prevails of mounting the lace upon a collar composed entirely of spring fiowers is likely to continue. The hat is often made, or abundantly trimmed with,flowers to match. Cowslips or violets are the favourite blossoms for these early days, when spring seems afraid to come forth, after all the severity of our dreadiul winter. When warmer weather comes, and flowers arc various and abundant, their counterfeit present- ments will be seen on bonnet, hat, in cloak and boa, in roses, forget-me-nots, lily-of-the-valley, and many others. Already are flower bonnets and hats in preparation. The cornflower is to be a great favourite this year, its extended scale of blue being exactly in consonance with the taste of the moment. A black laee cape, mounted into a. collar of corn- flowers, and worn with a transparent, black lace hat, trimmed with blossoms to match, will be an attractive combination. As for headgear, apart from its floral trimmings, it is more varied than ever. Some hats resemble inverted dinner plates upon the head, with a tuft of feathers rising at the back and a knot of velvet for sole interruption of the flatness in front. It seems probable that hats will again be worn on 'three hairs this season. Bonnets are coming further forward, but for the most part they are both small and narrow, being built for those who wear their hair combed high on the head. Girls who wear their hair braided rather low very often have to tilt the hat upon a comb, or even a little cushion of hair, in order to wear it at the correct fashionable, which inclines forward and downward from the occiput. There are even girls who stuff their hats so as to keep them high upon the head, and very frequently it is those whose cheeks are large and fat who wear this tiny kind of headgear, which makes their laces look enormous. At a fashionable reception this week, a bonnet worn by a large woman consisted of a jet butterfly and a pair of narrow strings. Wired lace formed into bows composes the next favourite trimming to feathers. Fashionable as are these latter, they are ill-suited to the varia- tions of our climate. A sudden shower is often fatal to their appearance, and the curling process is not always successful when performed by un- skilled fingers. Feathers never look as well after a drenching as they did when fresh from the milliner. Every third bonnet is trimmed with gold, either in the form of passementerie or as ribbons of gauze, whether with or without a bor- der in some colour. Silver and steel are also largely used, but the gold bonnet promises to become almost a livery of the well-dressed Englishwoman, as it was last year. Jet is also in great favour. It is very becoming to the blonde, especially when forming the sides of the bonnet, as it often does, and resting upon the fail- hair, making its tint warmer and brighter by the contrast. Even ribbon loops are wired for hat and bonnet trimming. Nothing seems left to chance, or that" careles" grace" wuch is theoreti- cally so pleading to the miud, bat practically so very far from attractive, as a rule. A young and pretty 6irl may often look mure piquant and picturesque because her hat is a little bent, or perched at an un- premeditated angle but the majority of women cannot be too careful to have their headgear straight. A crooked bonnet carries with it suggestions of the police-court, or, at the very least, of that vigorous style of argument that occasionally leads to the settlement of disputes by a magistrate. Therefore, the wired bows, wired feathers, wired lace, are all justified of their ..ti1!:U<C1. Perhaps there is one woman in a thousand who does not change their position in the least when her headgear comes home from the shop. The other nine hundred and ninety- nine fully make up for her absleution. Fortunately, skirts are likely to remain quite plain for some months- at least. Yeiy thin silks and foulards, both of which will be very much worn, need a little draping, but all other materials pro- mise to be mounted with much simplicity into a band. That skirts are much gored by the best dressmakers is plainly to bo perceived, but the cus- tom has not yet become general. All bunehiness has disappeared, and a flatness that is quite abnor- mal is the order of the day. It is too much flatness, but is at least better than the hideous horse-hair cushion that was hung on at the back of skirts for many seasons, and caused the human backs to ache that bore them. Bodices are often vestless now. It is considered by good judges that a perfectly plain one suits best, and s-hows to greatest advantage a fine figure. The vest is the refuge, of the stout. It takes off some of the appear- ance of width. Many of tho new bodices are cut out in tabs round the basque. It is a g-ood plan for tciose outlines on the side of jthe comfoitable to have the tabs at the back only, ■leaving the front fiat and plain. Otherwise there jis a tendency towards sticking out in front wLich 'is decidedly reprehensible on the part of the batquc. The vests, when worn are very ornate, the favourite material for them brocade. Any one who possesses a short length of brocade can utilise it in this way, and can find a tweed or cloth to harmonise with it in colour. The collar must be of the brocade in front at least, and sometimes all round. Sleeves arc still puffed on the shoulders, but close fitting from elbow to wrist. The gauntlet is the fashionable way of finishing them at the wrist. Many of the bodices are turned back to be I worn with a man's tie and a peep of shirt front. [Sometimes there is an elaborate waistcoat, turned | back as well. In this case, the fronts of the jacket are usually straight, a tech ideality which iu tliis connection means not tight-fitting. Folded surah fronts are by no means of the p::st. They will soon be seen in abundance. Tmre is a soft ness of eltect about them that makes them a pleasant reiki from tne very masculine toilets in which so many Englishwomen array thom-elws. So far as one can judge so early ia the season, the fashionable summer colours pro- mise to be paia yellow, pale neiiotrope, pale blue, and pale pink. Of the four, probably yellow and blue will take the foremost place. The laner has long been out of favour, so long that on its reappearance it will very probably be received ivitn eilu-dou. Heliotrope appears to have taken a new lease of life. In every shade, both dark and bright, it is ready for choosing, and will, no doubt, bo often chosen not only tor its own intrinsic beauty, but for ihe effect of its soft tones on other beauty. A dress of heliotrope cloth, just sent to the Riviera, is embroidered in deep pansy purple with a little silver introduced. Tho three- quarter length cape, also in heliotrope cloth, is gathered into a yoke of doep purple velvet, embroi- dered with heliotrope and a little silver. Bands of the piisocmenterie pass down tho back from the yoke, holding down folds of the cloth and meeting at the waist, thence falling over the basque in richly tasseled ends. The lining of the cape is shot helio- trope, in the two shades. The hat is a large black lace trimmed with small dustersot violets some dark, some pale. In summary, it may be mentioned that sleeves are not so long this season as they were last, and gloves are consequently longer. Stockings keep dark of tint and are likely to continue to do so. They usually match the dress, if its tint be dark and deep, while with lighter colours black stock- ings arc almost invariably worn.—Daily JS'etvs.

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