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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 7, 1904)
tWil! 9k 1 H Lin A Toarh of Daintiness. HERB Is a dainty way and a. eare lcss way of doing everything, and most of us are apt to fall Into the careless way because wo think It takes time which we can not spare, or that It la a little more ex pensive to be dainty. Take the simple Instance of tying: up a bundle, says a writer In th9 Housekeeper. Most women do It abominably, some few fairly well, and yet It requires but a mo ment's care to do it well; a careful press ing down of the ends to go under, nnd with appropriate paper and string, surely It Is an easy thing to accomp'.lsh. Have the material ready. Don't trust to luck that there is paper the right kind and size crushed In among the paper bags and strings that come about bundles from the store. Have a roll of white paper ready where you can get it easily. Then have a ball of twine ready not a loose bundle of knotted strings of all lengths, but go to the extravagance of buying a ball of string, or twine. Does the country housewife, whose yard is full of green shrubbery, ever think of picking a few sprays to lay here and there on the table at meal time? The effect , especially if one can obtain ferns, is very lovely ' and especially grateful on a hot day. Striped grass, which grows In nearly every old garden. Is realty a very pretty decoration. One day, and oh! It was so hot, I was persuaded to stop to a noon-day meal. There was no bustle in getting ready, no odor of steaming dishes, but when I ent ered the dining room, which was shaded by partially closing the outside blinds, the table looked so pretty and refreshing. ' There was a large glass dish of blue ber ries, a plate heaped with muffins, which had been baked while the day was yet cool, a large pitcher of ioe-cold milk and some sponge cake, while in and out among the dishes lay delicate green ferns. It was an unexpected touch and gave an air of daintiness to the whole thing that I shall never forget. i . Ad vie tbat 'Palls on Tleaf V.nr. Mkrn m Atrif (wcpn f 1 v nnVrfel to VqI I young persons by a clergyman VP I tn wi.irrv till they had. reached years of sufficient ma turity to make them wise Judges of partners for life will probably not meet with widespread approval among those for whom it was Intended. While it Is gen erally believed that bachelor girls, as they are called, are more numerous now than they ever were before, nevertheless the av erage girt looks forward to a husband nnd a home. This is well; for if it la not good for man to be alone, it certainly Is no bet ter for woman. But the typical mother yearns to see her daughter make a "good match. A good match, as everyone knows, demands as Its prime essential a man with a sub stantial income. From the combination of these tho young woman la to expect life of comfort and even luxury. She Is to have many pretty gowns to wear, and she Is not to do any work. She Is to have Jewels and trinket wherewith to adorn herself, and money to spend. Otherwise the match Is not good. What more natural, then, than that the mulden should come to regard marriage as the great purpose of her life? That being the case, does f.ny wise man dream that she will ait stiU and wait for the years to pass In order that she may ao qulre sufficient maturity 'to bo Judicious? If the man be reasonably good looking, wear flno clothes and spend money lib erally, ho must not be allowed to escape. To marry at SO or under Is the ambition of nearly every girl of the period. "Knowl edge comes, but wisdom lingers. To wait might mean to lose a doaen good chances. As for the young men, what Is there left for them but to take the goods the gods provide? If they do not, some one else will. And when the rosy sirens set themselves earnestly to the task of no curing husbands, he Is a resolute brother Indeed who escapes. Marrying young and learning later that they could have done better will probably continue to be the fate of many youths and maidens. Prob ably, even In the present circumstances, the percentage of successful marriages la quite as great as it would be If people waited to find out their own minds. The court records seem to show that men are never too old to be fools la regard to women. New York Bun. Favors for Summer Dances HE younger the girl the more apt she is to count her measure of popularity by the number of dance favors which she receives. As tone result, the cotillion hostess tries to collect things as new and charm ing as possible to give originality to her dance. One of the new favor fads is birth flower pins, with due regard to the superstition for wearing the birth flower as a little fetich to bring good luck. These pins are made in gold enamel with little sprays or small bands of the flowers. January exhibits a wild rose, and to February is given the carnation. The girl who gets a March flower will wear a violet pin, and she who was born in April sticks an Easter lily in her collar. The maiden of May wears lilies of the valley, and the June girl a rose. There is something dis tinctly appropriate in having a daisy as the flower for July, and the pond lily for August, while the September girl Is crowned with popples. To the Octo ber girl falls the golden cosmos flower, the November maiden is born under the Influ ence of the chrysanthemum, while holly goes with the girl who flutters into this world amid the December snows. A hostess who wanted to follow this fad and could not afford to purchase the pins decided upon a novel home-made device that produced a charming effect upon tho favor table. She bought a lot of small, flat, circular pincushions and covered each in the color of the birth flower. She stuck a short ploco of wire Into the bottom of each cushion and wrapped it with a bit of cloth, and then with ribbon the color of the flower. A few small artificial triolets were sewed around the lower part of the cushion, leaving the top uncovered, and a bow tied under them. Another bow of the violet ribbon stem and a little bunch of violets with a cushion nestled among them. These tittle favors form pretty decora tions upon ths dressing table, are both useful and ornamental and can be produced in ribbons for nil blooms. Birthstones set in hatpins, rings and stickpins are also popular, but not so new, while for a farewell dance before breaking up for the summer girls like to give each other something for the writing table as a reminder that letters are welcome visit ors. A girl who can paint made a lot of small square boxes out of stiff water color paper and tinted them. The cor ners were merely tied together with lit tle ribbon bows, and the top was a cut X Woman That Dared. EARS ot certain eminent ob servers that American youth were becoming effeminate through as sociation with women teachers tn the public schools apparently F need not alarm us greatly if we but pause lung enough to consider what the women are doing. That they themselves dlnvlay a firmness of fiber, a resourcefulness and ag gressiveness that would sufficiently equip any man to save him from the charge of effeminacy Is abundantly shown. 8 rare a day passes without some notable evidence of the truth of this. The chronicles of yes terday's happenings alone have two shining examples of woman's ability to lay aside her softer attributes and become stern enough to satisfy even President Roose Telt Our own Brooklyn furnished one of these out bit of the paper Just big enough to coyer the small box. One top was a clover leaf painted In natural colors and the box was tied with green baby ribbons. Another box was in pink, with a wild rose top, and eo on through the dainty list of boxes for stamps. At one farewell dance the favors were planned to form decorations for the rooms of travelers who would like some such dainty ornamentation In strange quarters to remind them of the loving thoughts of friends at home. There wore small, stained and cut-out leather mats, decorated In flowers, upon which to stand flower pots; little candle and lump shades In Japanese panels upon a frame that folded up flat for packing in a trunk; pretty sew ing and laundry bags of thin flowered Bilk and Japanese crepe, decorated with ribbons and so thin that they would not take up any room In the trunk; and little nests of bags for tucking away the small things that a traveler finds so useful. Each nest consisted of four silk bags, each the size of a child's hand, curved rounding at the bottom and In a sharp point at the top. The outer part of the bags was of green brocaded silk and the lining of white sutln, and as a little brass rod ran through the gathering band of each and terminated at each end with ribbon bows in white and green, tho dou ble bag points with their white linings looked like a dainty row of leaves stand ing up along a twig. Favors of another dance consisted of clusters of corsage bouquets mnde of Bilk and chfffon flowers for the girls, and for tbo men there were little Jewel cases for their scarf pins. On hostess, with con sideration for ths veil fad of this summer, had a veil roll for each guest who could wear a veil. The roll was simply a mail ing tube covered with cotton and sachet powder, then with satin or silk drawn together at the ends of the tube, and tied In bows of ribbon. These, In many delicate colors, both in plain and flowered silks, formed a bright pile In pretty contrast to the odd little box favors for tlte men. The latter were small, round boxes covered with a striped pink collar Just big enough for the neck of a good-sized doll, and quite lir?h, made In minstrel fashion, with turned down points In front snd a ribbon tie for a cravat. Into this circle fitted a round top decorated with small painted flowers and having a collar button tied with a tiny bow for a knob In ths middle. examples of woman's ability to assume a masterful role. Mrs. Mary Herrmann wns) visited In her small comer grocery by two men whose manner was suspicious. Sus picion deepened to certainty when he saw one of tho two behind the counter In tha Immediate neighborhood of the rash UIL Mrs. Herrmann granped the situation and the sugar scoop simultaneously, and hid at him with such effect that by the time she found breath to scream and thus to secure assistance her mun was in condition to hand over to the police. Which not only reflects credit upon tho woinun, but adds a new weapon of offense to the already long available list. The other ce cf feminine vigor and re source fill ii ess in the face of danger comes from far-off Kentucky, where Mrs. Lucia Morris brnt a panther away from her child. Onoe she had him on the run it whs a rim pie matter to get down her husband's rids and put an end to that particular panther's pernicious activities. But the boating off in tho first crowded moment or two of the panther's appear ance wns done with the oldest of femtntn weapons, the house-hold broom, thus dem onstrating beyond any doubt the more or less humorous traditions concerning ths effectlvvness of that implement have a firm hnsis In sober fact New York Telegram. Chat About Women. Mrs. Henry Whitman of Boston, In whose death whs lost tin Hrtlxt and a rare woman, left public bequests of more than $200,004, Mrs. Henry 3. Davis, wife of the demo cratic vice presidential nominee, was uom in Frederick, Md., mid Is a typical south ern woman in uppeurance and bearing. Mies Alice A. Houghton, who has been for mime time quietly studying the difficult art ot photogrupliy, whicu in its preMMit stage ot development demands as much artistic sense us painting, has won her place. Site bus exhibited her work in many lurge cities and has taken a medal at international exhibitions in Brussels and Turin. ' In the summer she ekii new e fleets In nature, in winter she Is occupied in portraiture in the studio on Madman avenue, New York Some of the clergymen In Ooenn Grova, N. J., took exceptions to Mme. Bchumann Heink's gown when she sang there a fear nlh-hta ago; it was too decolletta to pu-is muster In that town of ultra proprieties. The noted ninger oonceues that she laid out a law neck gown for the affair and that the manager told her she would huve to put nn awning on the nee.k or curry a sunsliude, but she put some moimseline tin soia iu the cut-out place until etia looked more like a debutante than a prima donna and then gave her concert. But the reverend gentlemen, accustomed to high necks and long sleeves, marked the Hinder down' in their bluek books and will probanly stipulate as to coulume the next time sha appears t tit re. Mrs. Julia Ward Howe, aged author of "The Battle Hymn of the Kepublle." who received the degree of IAj. 1. recently, listened philosophically the other day to the complaints of a woman whose son's education at Harvard was costing a great deal of money. "Many Bona' education cost a groat deal of money," said Mrn Howe. "And yet it is the most expenmva education usually that hi the least vulu ihle. I had thlB fact brought home to me a short time ago. I was visiting a orrtuin family and una morning at breakfast the fattier said as he handed bis son, a sopho more, a $10 bill: 'Your studies are ousting me a great dcuL' 'I know it, father,' tbo eon answered, 'and I don't study very hard either.' " Millions upon millions of women know tha value of the bemmer attachment to the sewing machine, yet it is not protaibte that one of them ever knew the name of the genius who devined the simple thing. It was Isauc Hurnuin. a BronklynUe, who died last week, 80 years old. He was. a fewr years ugo, worth more than $1.0OU,W0, yet he died tn poverty, the fate of many In ventors. Much of his money was squan dered on boom towns In the west, partic ularly In Council Bluffs. la., and Sauhorn, N. L., ami aJno in catering to personal ec centricities. From an income of $i.:mo a week on royalties his Income dwindled ts nothing. He had a fad for being photo graphed, among other things, havlug mud more than 700 sittings.
