desired to be permanent, the piping Is omitted, 
and ravelled side-platting of bright silk Is basted 
Into the sleeves and Inside tUe color, and a tuft of 
the same la temporarily tucked Into tlio bow upon 
the front. Invisible plaids and stripes are woven 
with Just single threads of these, bright colors, 
and are not. inharmonious with any of the tints 
that have been mentioned. Brilliancy Is hinted 
at everywhere, while gravity of color and plain¬ 
ness of finish are almost strictly maintained. 
HER GIFTS 
Up a pair of rickety old stairs sprang a young 
man. Hastily entering tho first room, he shut 
the door, locked It, then threw himself In a chair, 
and drew from his pocket a memorandum. 
Why was ho so nervous? Why did his hand 
tremble so as lie opened It and took out a roll of 
money? Was It. not. his own? Walt and you 
shall see. He counts the money. 
not, combine grace and the utilitarian uses of a 
street scraping machine, but up to the present, 
writing uo noticeable headway has been made In 
this direction. The patterns given In this Issue 
are from the latest designs and will meet the re¬ 
quirements of those who ravor the Princess 
style, as well as those who are loth 10 part with 
the serviceable overskirt,. 
In 4858 is shown a walking skirt, with yoko to 
he worn under the overskirt shown In 4837. The 
bask for this salt Is represented in 4833. A Prin¬ 
cess polonaise, 4Sis, can also be worn over 4858, 
thus making a very pretty walking costume. 
These patterns will bo furnished from the Rural 
office. With each pattern Is sent minute direc¬ 
tions for making up, also the kind and quantity 
of goods suitable for tho design. A reference to 
our advertising eolums will ho an easy guide to 
the choice of materials, and prices, when not 
given In these notes. 
From the open window, her floating hair 
Sent glinting* of gold through the sunlit air; 
And the Bailor, Blow drifting out. to sea, 
As his eyes glanced np saw its amber glow, 
And carried sweet dreams, where with ebb and flow 
Tho tropic ocean roll* restless and free. 
From the open window, her eyes looked down 
On the dusty road, winding steep and brown. 
And the *toel.obid warrior ridiug by 
Caught their sunny glance; and his soul grow glad. 
And their light vu the one great Joy he had, 
To nerve bis arm when the fight rnged high. 
From the open window, her little hand, 
So dainty and white, 'neath the yellow band 
Of gold on her wrist, met the glance of one 
Slowly plodding on to his daily toil. 
And its beauty made fair the turning soil. 
And shone ’mkl the rays of the burning sun. 
Through the open window, her lover sips 
The sweets of love on her fragrant, tips. 
When t.hr earth grow* dim In the shades of night; 
And there Is no glory In Paradise 
Can match the brightness of that which lies 
In her eyes, that, shine with such tender light. 
By the open window, to fame unknown. 
Yet reigning a queen on !nvo’» high throne, 
She sits as the gathering shadows fall; 
While three souls dream of her hair’s rich gold, 
Her eyes so bright, her hand’s dainty mold; 
And the lover gathers and claims them all. 
[The Transcript 
By Grace Gold, 
Minnie Steven had been on a visit to her 
uncle’s la an Eastern town, and now sat In the 
great depot at B —- station, to waif, for the 
train that should boar her homeward. 
“ Thirty minutes to wait! Oh, dear! the tlmo 
will seem so long,” said Minnie to herself. “I 
wish It had been so that cousin could have come 
with me, hut I could not think of waiting two 
weeks more. Just for the Hake of having company 
home. 1 have been gone longer now than I In¬ 
tended when I started from home. Let mo see— 
it is six weeks to-morrow.” 
44 I wonder If papa, mamma, and little Mat will 
ho as glad to see mo as I am to see them," solilo¬ 
quized Minnie. And from the smile that lit up 
FASHION. 
New York, April, 1877. 
If Fashion Is Imperious, she Is also Indulgent. 
She demands absolute allegiance In a few things, 
and then she permits her subjects to follow their 
own fancies. I ndeed she encourages the widest, 
range of Individual taste in the choice of tints and 
textures, but she wilt not permit a violation of the 
forms which she lias prescribed and provided 
The new closely-ilttlng Princess that buttons 
at the back, and has an extra fullness folded 
underneath to make the deml-traln graceful and 
ample, Is one of those superbly-shaped garments 
that should not bo burdened with much orna¬ 
ment. Its proportions are exact, and Its curved 
and equally distant scams appear to transform 
the most shapeless person to a nearer approach 
to symmetry than was heretofore considered pos¬ 
sible. Indeed, either the Princess dress or Prin¬ 
cess polonaise Will Improve any form which by 
nature falls short of perfection. A touch of color 
here and there upon tho Princess dress, such as 
sleeve and collar facings, either permanent, or 
otherwise, pocket bows, etc., will make this new¬ 
est of styles one of the fascinations of the Incom¬ 
ing season. 
If by reason of taste or convenience a lady 
sweets an overskirt and basque, she Is provided 
with waists that are fitted by darts to the hips 
and produco that close style about which fashion 
Is decidedly Imperative. The overskirt. Is less In 
trlcate III Its draping than It was last season, 
and does not lose its elegance of form by being 
overloaded with ornament.. It Is susceptible of 
the same trimmings, and produces almost the 
same effects, as does the lower part of a polonaise. 
That In to say, the distinctive features of both are 
sufficiently alike to keep them within the limits 
required by severe style. The newest overskirts 
are wrinkled Instead of having cross folds, and as 
many ladles prefer this effect, all are satisfied. 
“Three dollars! Only three dollars 1 Hardly 
worth the taking. But I wonder what Is written 
here; the book Is nearly full.” 
Ho reail, becoming more Interested each mo¬ 
ment. Soon Ids eyes fall on these words: 
“The Devil knows that If there beany good 
treasure, It la In our hearts ; and he would gladly 
have the key or tbe.se-cabinets, that he might rob 
us of our Jewels," 
“ A queer sentence," said he; " and yet. there Is 
a great ileal about It,, after all. 1 believe the 
devil has the key to my heart and fobbed mo of 
my jewels, and Is now teaching me to roh others 
ot theirs; for surely this la a Jewel that I have 
robbed Hint fnlr lady of I Why did I do It? I 
had been looking at her so long, thinking her the 
most lovely creature I oversaw, and then to think 
I should have stolen this; for H surely Is stealing, 
as I saw it, when It tell, and stopped quickly for¬ 
ward to pick It, up lor her, and if I only had not 
seen the money hanging from the end or It, l 
should never have been tempted to keep it. What 
did possess me? oh, If my mother had only 
lived, her son would never have been a thief I" 
He bowed Ids head and wept uncontrollably. 
“Oh, mother," he cried, 44 forgive your wicked 
hoy, and help mo to remember your flying words!” 
After regaining Ids composure In a measure, he 
again took up the hook, and the very first words 
his eyes fell on were these; 
•‘The wages ot sin Is death.” 
The next: 
*• Whero shall I spend eternity? ” 
that, lovely countenance, one might, Judge she had 
no fear but that her reception would be as warm 
as her dear heart could wish. 
44 Sweet, little May!" said Minnie, as the vision 
of a. curly-handed three-year-old rose before her, 
“how I wish I could kiss her this moment!” 
Just then a rush of new comers disturbed her 
thoughts, and as she looked about her, siie ob¬ 
served a young man regarding her Intently. She 
blushed a little as their eyes met, and quickly 
turned her head; yet she was conscious that, lie 
was gazing at her, and the thought troubled her, 
for she had never traveled much, especially alone. 
“Oh, howl do wish the train would come! I 
do hope It will be on timel” thought Minnie, and 
to pass away the time, she took from her travel¬ 
ing-bag a memorandum and began to write. 
Minnie had embraced religion, and she kept a 
little book In which to write down golden texts, 
wise maxims, and such portions of Scrlpturo as 
sho loved most to dwell on, adding something 
each day from her own knowledge and experi¬ 
ence. 
So interested was she that she heeded not the 
flight of time, and ere she was aware the train 
arrived. 
Hastily slipping (as she supposed) the memo¬ 
randum In her pocket, sho gathered up berthings 
and was soon comfortably seated in the car. 
Soon she remembered how careless she had 
been with the precious memorandum, and reached 
to get it; but to her great astonishment It was 
gone! 
“Can It be possible that In my haste T slipped It 
through the folds of my dress, Instead of into my 
pocket? or has some one taken It?”—and then 
came the thought of the young man who had 
been gazing at, her. 
“No, no,” she said, quickly, “It cannot, be that 
he took It; he did not look like a thler. Those 
beautiful eyes do not belong to that low class! 
No, It is all my own fault that It is lost; I should 
have taken better care or it. 
44 But perhaps It Is all for the best; for he who 
finds it, may possibly road It and heed the truths 
which It contains, and It. may yet be the means 
of saving some poor soul! 
44 Oh ’ 1 do hope it will bo read by some one who 
will appreciate It, for I have thought, so much of 
It, 1 can hardly give it up. And I had three dol¬ 
lars In If. that uncle sent to little May ; but I don't 
care anything about the money—1 can easily re¬ 
place that,; but, 1 am afraid f shall never be able 
to get as good a collection or beautiful thoughts, 
—thoughts ot wise men In all ages. 
“ Well, I will rret no more about It, for I be¬ 
lieve— 
“‘All things work together for good to them 
that love God,’ and surely I love Win!” 
without the certain penalty of popular disappro¬ 
bation. If FasWon has not approved of the out¬ 
line of a garment, even tho muslins of India, or 
the velvets of Lyons become ugly In the estima¬ 
tion of tasteful people, should either or these fab¬ 
rics happen to be used In Its composition. 
Thlsscasou she encourages simplicity In fabric 
and the quaintest combination of color. Brilliant 
tints are sparingly used, and they are always 
dulled or softened by contrast with quiet colors. 
Therefore, the lady who possesses exquisite per¬ 
ceptions of the possibilities of pteturesqueness In 
a garment that is to have few decorations, makes 
the most of this permission to illuminate her 
dress. For tnstunce, sho can complete the upper 
edges of tho folds on the Incoming Princess polo¬ 
naise with a tiny bias piping of Mandarin yellow 
or Vesuvius red, or with a material that Is woven 
The Breton Jacket Is very charming, and will 
probably become the reigning favorite. It Is like 
a deep ImiMllLed basque, with a falling collar 
and coat sleeves. It does not meet In front,, and 
an overlapping row of buttons Is commonly 
placed upon the hem of each side, beginning 
under the collar and extending down to the curve 
of the breast. A n under piece, fitted by a center 
dart and buttoned or hooked to an uuderlap be¬ 
neath one side, serves for a rest, and is shorter 
than the Jacket. If made of dark blue or other 
cloth and trimmed with rancy braids, galloons, 
embroideries and buttons, this Jacket Is pictur¬ 
esque, and more than ordinarily charming for 
wear with any costume, ft gives the dullest 
toilette a piquant air. 
Material Is vailed and cheap this season, and 
from the prevalence of such patterns It Is Inferred 
that soft, light woolen fabrics will be the most 
generally used. Soft, white, wool goods, resem¬ 
bling llannel, but of less weight, and as cool as 
muslin, will mainly supersede cotton and 
linen. TUe bunting that leaped Into ravor 
I,, last year, on a patriotic Impulse, wtll be used 
M quite as extensively this season. This bunt- 
m lng la an imitation or the French wool barege 
P which costs 75 cents per yard, and win be 
more popular at halt the price. 
Albatross cloth is a new smooth-faced fabric 
similar to mohair, which Is said to bo made from 
the down of the albatross. It Is also known as 
drap de Vlrglnle. It comes In solid colors, In 
small pin-head checks, and In narrow stripes of 
blue, brown, or black with white. The plain, 
striped, and checked cloths are all used In a single 
costume. There is a disposition to rebel against 
trailing street dresses In favor of skirts that do 
of a combination of various Oriental dyes. She 
will use high colors so sparingly that they cannot 
be thought vulgar. The facings to the sleeves, 
the lining to the pretty standing collar, and also 
the lining to the bow placed at the top of the 
slash, may be of bright color. If fringes are used 
a thread or two or bright color Ls ofteu tied Into 
them here and there. When illumination b not 
“ For a moment It seemed as though his very 
heart had ceased to beat, so unexpected and ter¬ 
rible were these words. Terrible Indeed they 
seemed to him Just, now, with his guilt staring 
him In the face. It had been a long time since ho 
had let his mind dwell on eternal things, and now 
