Most of them do full justice to the
veloce tailors and hatters, and aro at
ease on their steel horses. A nearly ar
•vngement of lace, technically known
’angels’ wings,” adds wonderfully to
! L o impression of fleet, graceful motion
: '1 the veloce women. Nun’s veiling,
I made up into a blouse and a short skirt,
< ih ’ t now the favorite material for the
• • c Dm lady cyclist.—
! ” •
Miss ilatij 1 . i.- .n
county of Hancock, b..L Lip s|x-ni o
greater part of her time in Sorrento
growing rival of Bar Harbor), where she
serves as postmistress. Her appearance
and manner are those usually thought
distinctive of an American woman.
Miss Conners is twenty-eight years of
age, and has exhibited since <*arly child
hood a decided talent for music. She
plays the piano, banjo and violin, and is
not “slow” on the harmonica. She could
also whistle at an early age, but did not
exhibit that remarkable talent “before
people” because she was so often re
minded by older members of her family
and other friends that—
Whistling girs and crowing hens
Always come to some bad ends.
One day while out driving with her
brother they passed a little boy sitting
by the roadside, whistling with his fin
ger in- his mouth. “Hattie, try that,”
said her brother. She did so and was
delighted to find how much more power
she had over her voice by so doing.
From that timelier fame has been stead
ily growing.
Miss Conners has been a student at
the normal school in Castine, and a
teacher of excellent repute, but during
the past few years she has devoted her
self to the care of the postoffice.—Lew
iston Journal.
