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OCTOBER 4, 1906
The Nebraska Independent
Feminine Economy
When a man buys an expensive hat
and wears it out that is the end of the
story. A woman's hat, though, is a
serial which runs Indefinitely. The
pretty plumes which graced last year's
creation as white appear on one of
this season's of another hue and will
run the gamut of colors until they
reach black. The flowers, the ribbons,
the laces, the velvet, even the gossa
mer shapes, do service again under
expert manipulation. Take, too, those
monster sleeves over which mere men
guffawed so loudly. When the fad for
them was over their fair wearers just
took the surplus material and made
extra waists of it. That is not all.
With an art which savors of the mys
terious they took those flowing sleeves
of the fashion of a year or so ago
and, turning them upside down, made
them into the prevailing mode.
House Plants From Seeds
Seeds of the greenhouse type of
plant may all be started in flats with
dindaw glass over the boxes to pre
vent too rapid evaporation of the mois
ture, but care must be taken to se
cure the right soil Finely sifted wood
earth, mixed with one-third sandy
loam, has proved a reliable combina
tion in which to germinate the seeds
of these plants.
To insure good drainage put a layer
of sharp sand and bits of broken
crockery and charcoal in the bottom
of the box. Charcoal and bird sand
are invariable accompaniments of all
indoor gardening, and I always keep
on hand a supply of both.
Buying the regular bird sand pro
vides this necessity in a neat and con
venient form, and charcoal is, of
' course, available in most households.
Its use answer the double purpose of
drainage and, as all good housewives
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Close to Nature
The method of treatment and
life at GREEN GABLES, the Dr.
Benj. F. Bailey Sanatorium, Lin
coln. Nebraska, are those of good
old Mother Nature. In their
work the management do not
attempt to controvert nature,
but enter Into partnership with
her. They do not ride hobbies
or feel satisfied to dismiss their
guests as "well" when only able
to live the l a of an ascetic or
extremist. They prepare them
to be strong of body cheery of.
heart and active In all things.
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Leaves From Fashion's Notebook
The latest belt idea for linen gowns
is one made of Scotch plaid, the col
ors so skilfully crossed and combined
that there is no tendency to make
the waist look large.
Huge ruffles of plaited tulle are
worn in place of the flat stoles of chif
fon. They add considerable smart
ness to all gowns, giving a most be
coming and dainty finish to the throat.
Brown and green brown even
more than green promise to be the
leading colors for fall, boh of them
plain or combining mysteriously with
other colors in the sort of underplaids,
which remain hidden except under
strong light, or when a curious strap
ping brings them out.
Stripes are being revived, not only
for the creation of gowns, but also for
trimming purposes, such as the bor
dering of skirts. The striped fabric
s also introduced into the bodice.
Striped gauze is very fashionable, and
another old world fabric, known as
barege, is making its reappearance.
Pouched bodices are seldom seen
now. This is probably due to the
close-fitting belts which are in such
great favor. All bodices are made
tight and trim. The cross-over bodice
retains the popularity it gained last
year, the only marked difference be
ing in the deep belt, which invariably
accompanies it.
The petticoat much frilled at the
foot continues to rejoice in its pop
ularity. The frills act as a support
to the fashionable skirt, which Is
rather apt to cling unless the fullness
is kept out by the much befrilled pet
ticoat. In addition to silk, very smart
underskirts are to be had In alpaca,
moirette and cotton fabrics.
New shades of blue are coming into
fashion. They are rather brighter in
tone. There is a cornflower tint, also
China blue. The latter is of a deeper
shade than Saxe, and it goes well
with gray-blue materials. A charm
ing wedding gown was recently seen
Introducing the new blue. The gown
was made of silk in a pretty shade
of periwinkle blue.
Calling cards for children of two
or three years are now used. They
are small and are lettered exactly the
same as their mothers. Those for lit
tle girls are an inch and a half in
width and two inches and a quarter
in length, while for a small boy they
should be only one and a Quarter
Inches in width and two and a quar
ter inches long.
Fruit and flowers are distinctive
features of millinery. Some hats are
covered with bunches of grapes in
white, black or green while crab ap
ples and their foliage vie with the
cherry, peach, strawberry, currant and
berried ivy in the ornamentation of
other hats. The lovely pale shades
of the sweet pea find a natural pale
resting place in today's millinery.
Where nature is not copied, flowers.
or rather unnatural shadings, are in
troduced which find no place in bot
any.
Chat About Women
Queen Alexandra, they say, has es
tablished a fashion for the amethyst,
for the reason that it Is cheap and
that it will encourage trade in Ire
land. For precisely the same reasons
Queen Victoria tried to establish
fashion for Irish poplin.
Mrs. Wilhelmina Paton Fleming,
whose brilliant work as an astrono
mer in Harvard university won her in
ternational fame, has been elected a
member of the Royal Astronomical so
ciety of London.
Miss Helen E. Wood of Minneapolis
has demonstrated the fact that a gen
tlewoman may go outside of the beat
en lines and be successful as a busi
ness woman, her work being In the
management and ownership of a large
hotel in that city. Miss Wood in
herited the hotel from her father, but
could not be persuaded to sell or lease
it, preferring to take all of the respon
sibility herself.
Ever since the New York Associa
tion for the Blind was organized, .last
March, Mrs. Beck, who lost her sight
twenty-four years ago, has been one
of the busiest women in that city.
From early morning until evening she
journeys around hunting up poor wom
en who, like herself, became blind
after school days were over, and
teaching them various - methods of
earning their living.
Prosperity knocks down and adver
sity builds up.
Some people would say more if they
talked less.
Friendship that has to be bought
isn't worth anything.
To stand for anything is to stand
against something.
Have but few wants and you can
satisfy them yourself.
If those who can do would do, there
would be a lot done.
If you would eat the plums of suc
cess keep your mouth shut
We are all good at times between
eruptions, as it were.
The chronic handshaker usually has
something up his sleeve.
To keep the neighbors' hens from
scratching up your flowers, spread on
the ground, close to the rows or
clumps of plants, strips of heavy pa
per, through which, at close intervals
carpet tacks have been pushed up to
the head. Lay the paper, point side
up, and place flat stones or pieces of
brick on its edges to keep it from
blowing away.
The best way to keep violets fresh
is not to put them in water, but to
throw over them a handkerchief thor
oughly wet, and set them in a daught.
The best thing for cleaning pencil
erasers is a piece of old plaster. Keep
a small piece always handy and when
the rubber gets soiled a rub on the
plaster makes it as clean as when
new.
To keep iron sinks and iron kettles
smooth and free from rust, never use
soap in cleaning them. Wash them in
the water in which potatoes have been
boiled, using a well boiled potato to
rub any spot which may have become
rough, or rusted, afterwards rinsing
clean, with very hot clear water. By
cleaning in this way, they will always
be smooth and free from rust.
An excellent cleaner for guitars, vio
lins, etc., is made of one-third each of
linseed oil, turpentine, and water.
These shaken together in a bottle
form an emulsion or cream. Rub the
instrument with a cloth dampened in
the cream. Wipe dry and polish with
a woolen cloth.
Place pulverized pumice stone be
tween the layers of a folded piece of
soft muslin and stitch around the edge
to keep the powder from spilling.
Wipe lamp chimneys or window panes
with this dry cloth and they will be
clean and sparkling almost instantly,
Enough powder will remain in the
cloth to be used many times.
Risks in Railway Journeys
The idea that a man who goes on
a railway journey takes his life in his
hand and is rather more likely not to
meet with an untimely death at the
first curve the train negotiates is
scarcely borne out by the fact that
the chances against any one passenger
meeting his death on the railway are
6 million to 1. This immunity from
disaster reflects considerable credit
upon the companies, but still more
upon engine drives and signal men
whose skill and care are the main fac
tors in the safety of the passenger.
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