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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 12, 1906)
r jS , Sfc --gpg - . - " - I ten iff. i tllsiir- JoTTS 'inrt'W , X 4 i 3 IT jEIscfi iRoom Introduced 2y Tie. A (jooc -E-xarvzA of WSis Third in the Series on "Doing an Old House Over" By Dorothy Tuke. a"HL; hull Is nulla us Important In ilicoiaiiuii us any luuin. fc'trst linj scions cuunl fur nu much, unJ It Is very necessary thut our kulis should be InvlllliK. Ucsldes, so nmriy Licoplu cinne tc the ilour und only the hull uud J.ldno the house uc CUI'dlllKly. 'i h most liiH'orlHiit thins Is the ooloT cheine. When pupcrlnu e must con sider carefully the different rooms which upeii Into It. 1 huvs uometiines Been a red hull opening into a rose du liarry reception ruoin. a yellow llvintf room und u delft-blue dining room. That is o dazzling und inharmonious that Ihers Is no leellmc of text created there. It Is nearly alwujs Lest to paper a hull ithsr with a soft green or a tan papeV, Ms these two colors look well with any thing. Tim hall shown In th Illustration hus dark oak dado, with a green crinkle f It puper above it. The dining room on the felt und the living room on the right Hie Loth papered with green puper. and Ho one could fall to be Impressed by the delightful feeling of rest and lrininii In this little home. Sometimes we can find a pretty paper that hus in It ths colors of the rooms that the hull leads Into. A vsry success ful hull was papered with a tapestry puper dado of green, blue, tan and terra cotta. and Hi. use this was a tan felt paper The reception room was blue, the dining room tan und the library t'l.s o.ttu, so that each room was In troduced by the puper In the hall. I ware of a I.Kuled pbper all over the vull, iis It seldom looks well running up the stairs. Hardwood or stained Moors, with rugs, are the nicest thing fur a tiull. but If these cunnut be had a good plain tilling Is the next best thing. The furniture should not be hard to Clu.ose, and yet how many mistakes are made In for example, the bamboo book cae and chair In the Illustration. iioW liii.-uliable for a hall, how hideous for anywhere. There Is no occasion for books lu a hall. Instead there sliuuld be a guod, substantial table near the door, if possible, with a card tray, a hat brush and such things upon It; one or two ule chulrs and a hat stand. If iiecesjry, though happily the day for hat stands Is slipping by, mom houses having a cup board under the stairs fur coats, etc., winch Is mole suitable fur the coats and better tor the hull, as coats and lists are nut aitistlu. However, an at ti active hut stand can be easily made at a nominal cot by buying an old Iron ing table, which will cost from 75 cents t. 12. using it In bench form and put ting a shelf across the tup for hats to Tret on. and putting pegs at either side dt the seat. Tim shelf above protects Hie coats on the pegs, and If It Is not need ed fur hats, au ornament or two of the Tight color will add a decorative touch In long hall an old church pew Is Useful and ornamental. These can eas ily be picked up t second-hand stores fur fl or su, and can then be painted to match the rest of the hall. The built-in bench i.i ihe illustration Is very useful ami effective, and such a one could eas ily oe made by the home carpenter. I there are to be portieres, do not tiaie them of chenille, like those in the Illustration. These are bad, and art foi '. unaiely a thin of the past. It Is fur better. If you csiinot spend much, to ue eitlier denim or burlap. One of the inci materials tor portieres is arras cloth, especially when trimmed with a tapestry border, three or four Inches wids, aivss the bottom and down the front. ti even prettier are these cur tains wiih an applique frlexe design. IVt Instance, If the curtain la green, cut out a circle of tan arras cloth about six Inches in diameter, then a red apple and a green stalk and a leaf or two. liable this onto the disc, and tliel. du either buttonhole stitch or plain ttiun. With a heavy linen einbi .iid , v thieuU Afterward apply the d c to the cut tain In the sums uiuun.r. placing Urn dt.igu bout six or eight Inches below the tup f the curtain. If saah curtains are DeeJou. they aouid Le of Uie simplest sort, and li not to Zo mi - E i r - ii . i ? jiwwv bus- 6,;x'-'' the door needs a curtain, do not have a straight lace curtain, with a big um dalllou, stretched across the window. A suft sheer silk or madru" itulhered Into brass rods at the tup and uuttum of the curtain Is Infinitely prettier, or else a plain fishnet or bubblnet of cream or Arabian color. Plants are always an addition, and we cannot have too many of them, but never put puper In a pot with them, like that shown In the illustra tion. This Illustration la lust to warn Turning Amateur Laundress Tim dainty dtessuig sacuues and long negliges of lace and silk every Woman likes to own are charming wtitn peifectly fresh and clean, but truly a sorry sight If allowed to get bedraggled and soiled. How to keep them alwaya spotless Is, however, something of a problem to most women. Ijry clearing Is ex pensive and must usually be repeated very speedily, as a gown soils quickly afterwards. Most of the silks and laces used In the modern uegiige cau stand the washtuti lu fact, come out of It al most like new. But and there's the rub few laundresses, unless special ists, can be trusted wltn these fragile garments. Now, as specialists, even of the washlub, are apt to be costly luxuries, xn any women have taken to doing up their owu negliges. This is nut by any means as hard as it sounds, if the sua Is uf a color iiabm to fade, it Is well to put It nisi Into a pull uf clear water lu which about tents' worth of sugar of lead has been Uissulved. Then muse a strung Uttur uf lukewarm water and a pure white iuap. lny the garment up and duwu in the suds again and again, but do not rub hard ou a buurd. Any very much toiled places should be given an extra uuu tiig aud rubbed gently with the nanus. liana out to dry ou a perfectly cisa'i line. If the gown la of a delicate color, do not put it in the sun; indeed, it is s much better dried Indoors. Wbc-n mil quite uamp. Iron on the wrung-side. Have the buard cuvered wuu several thickuees uf luuxliu and the iron only moderately hut. It the neglige Is trimmed with ruf fle ol lace, do not Iron the lace, but pull It gently Int" kiiape when dry. A quite elaboiute garment can by this method be kept luukiug fresh and beau tiful fur a lung num. It takes but a few hours' work lu do up even a very fussy neglige, and the results make It well wuiu wkile to turn amateur lawiidreash loi r io J ' i Ail" Da VX V ft V 7 Til -1 1 1 B-S- Yl s vv n m , - - i nt. jl if i ail A fl w ii it r . - ksv &3sW - :- ' i"Tf ''isaiif 1 I j you of what not to do. 1 car ace noth ing good In the picture. The vase la the dining room standing on a stoul by the nrepluce Is atroclcus. llow could any one be so misguided? The looking gluss In the plush frame on the wall, and the figured footstool by the stairs are also atrocities Have your hall simple restful and cheerful, with only such things In It us pertain to a hall, and so well toned that It gives a welcome to all those who cross Its threshold A Baby's Sacque That Will Launder ITS Something of a problem to kuu or crochet baby sacquea so that the- lusl washing need Hot PS s noli) inous with the last. The stles which have yokes of close ly set stitches ure best of all for the purpusa, us no particular care Is need ed when washing them, while almost every other sort requires tu be carefully pulled and patted lulu shape the whole time It Is drying. or the smallest sue tha 6-muiuhs' size make a chain of eighty stitches, and crochet the simple single stitch iur lines rows, ou the fourth row, crochet tweuty siiiches, puttiug two stitches in the twentieth stitch. Then ouutlnus with the single stitch until you cuius to the twentieth stitch from the other end, take two stitches in It aud finish the row with the single stitch. Widen the yoke fur the shoulders by putting two stitches lu the outside of each double stitch In each succeeding row. Nine ribs complete the yoke. L'se three-thread wool fur the yoke aud two-thread for the lower part of the sacque, which Is made of shells of four stitches, with a single chalu-slltch In the mlauie uf each shell 1 which the shell ul tne next row are Bet. In s t ting the shells, set them In every other stitch of the yoke, which makes a pretty fulness when tne sacque la flnlahed. At the turn of the yoke wake a chain of thirty and carry it over to the other corner of the yoke. Ou the second row set shell into every other stitch of the chalu. as you do in the yoke. Twenty-two rows of shel.. make the Sacque the right length, and nineteen rows the sleeves, which ure crocheted after the rest of the sacque Is Mulshed. 1 Inish the edge all the way round with a shell, running a curd unuJe of the twisted wools) and tassels or a liar ruw riobou through the siituhes about the neck. Yuke and trimmings of pale pink, with the rel uf the sacque while, tuake lus pralUast of Mum somLinaUoua. s in Tfscfe from Tab7e Savers of Space and Shape THKi& Is no season so hard as sum mer on one's gowns, especially on tailored suits, which must be creaselesa tu appear well. Uust und humidity are bad eiiuugh un all clothes; add to tnls constant pucklng and repacking In suitcase or trunk Inost uf us Jaunt mure or less during hot Weather and the crowding uf the aver age hotel closet, and It Is nut amazing that one's Wardrobe becomes somewhat dilapidated at the end uf the season. The well-groomed woman lias many ways to counteract these conditions. If wealthy, her suits and coats are fre quently sent to the tailor to be pressed Into shape, while her dresses and light fowns are stuffed with tissue paper, uud lid away In drawers, or kept carefully done up In bags If hanging In even a closely built closet. On this hanging-up process, by ths way, largely depends the new, fresh look we ull so ardently desire for our clothes, yet which so many fall to achieve. If you want a waist or coat to get out of shape, and a skirt to have ugly little gouged places In the material or to sag abominably, Just hang It upon a hook or nail without a form. Fortunately, the usefulness of hangers hus become so thoroughly recognised thut most women (men knew their value long airm have them now for their coats and waists. The use of skirt-hangers, however, Is nut so general, which la strange, since a skirt loses Its shape even more quickly than doee a coat This may be due to the fact that un til recently no really practical skirt hanger could be found. They were clumsy affairs, which took up entirely too much roum In the shallow modern clo"ft- Now, however, they are made so 1 ght and simple In form and are so easily adjusted to every sized waistband or h p measure, that they are growing rapidly into favor. Most of these new skirt hangers are ''-adjusting, some by means of grad uated hooks, others by merely pressing a. screw to Increase or diminish tha f "f tMe 'rme. The skirt Is easily slipped on and kept so stretched that it falls Into its natural folds. Occasionally the waist and skirt hang ers are combined rj one, to economize space, and many t,re made to fold, so they can be packed Into a trunk. Compact Sets of Hanger. This sa..ng of space Is such a special ly Important factor of comfort In sum mer, when one's whole trousseau must be trequeutly crowded Into one small closet, . . la well for every woman to invent In a closet set of sum surt be fore starting ou tier travels. If aim has a husband or suns. It is wise to Indulge in a man's set also. These sets come with either four oi six skirt hangers; the ume number uf coat hangers; a bar and loops lor each, and one or two shoe rails. They are easily adjusted to a closet or wardrobe by taking out all hooks and nails and fastening the burs beneath the ahelf and the loop, against the door or wall. The diRerent hangers are then easl.y slipped on and off. In this way a dozen or mors gowns are kept without mussing or crushing iu tae space usually devoted to half that num ber. Tne saving In wear and tear un one's clothes of such au arrangement is no mure marked than on one's temper. Who has not had her soul tried when going hurriedly to dress on a hut summer even ing by being compelled to roul through a mass of clothes Indiscriminately piled on ouu hook, only to come upon the de sired costume ut last so hupeleasly wrinkled us t be unweuruble? It Is a dlspusltiun improver also nut to have tu grub through the bottom of a cluset fur uiie's shoes ur slippers, but, lnatead, tu behuld them neatly suspended within reach and out of the way wf deal aud tiamage. WHY FIVE O'CLOCK TEAS ARE POPULAR IN PARIS I WWlm 1 I f " iff PARIS. IN HER pretty schemes for urigmal entertaining the i'rench hostess hue, during the present season, quite out classed her suueesses of former years. She has evolved many beautiful and clever, aud at least one very useful scheme nothing less than a satisfac tory solution of the "afternoon tea" question! Imagine men going to teas with such a show of goodwill that the affair resembles In spirit a surt of pre paratory diutior party! Yet this Is no exaggeration uf tiie spirit which ani mates the Paris tea party of toduy. Kvery one Is asked tor Ave o'clock, ths Idea being to Invite no more than about twenty guests, so that it Is easy to in troduce each one upon arriving. All are seated at tha dlnlug-rooin table, where tea, plum cake, tiny sundwlches aud perhaps bunbuiis or berries are served informally. Upon a general adjourn ment to the drawing room there Is music and often an impromptu "turn" by one of the guests. Right hers madams the hostess saw a chance to be original aud charming. How she em braced the opportunity Is beet told by describing a few successful teas re cently given. Madame de Cellerrler. wife of the fa mous banker, originated an idea won derfully and exquisitely French. When her guests had reached the drawing room she announced that Madame Ce rusco, mistress of the opera ballet, would give a dancing lesson. At this moment, the portieres parted and Madame de Pourtales, a celebrated Flench beauty, stood radiantly siulllug upon the other guests. She wore a pink satin costume, mad like a Spanish dancer's, and regular ballet shoes; all of which was very be coming to her exceedingly tall, slim beauty. She followed the old bullet mis tress (who had stood beside her) re luctantly Into the room. It was a pretty picture, this make-believe lesson In ballet steps, the quulnt old teacher and radiant young beauty, with her feigned igiejrance and surpris ing celerity, for, in a very few min utes, she combined all the steps and gave a regular toe dance, adapted to the drawing room, of course. Whereupon It became evident that mndame had spent many hours during the winter In taking lessons at the opera. Miss MucEvlly, the American singer. AN UNFAILING JOY TO CHILDREN THS American child's patron saint should be br, Marie K. Zukr zewska. Her. name should be carved or modeled dally In every sandpile where baules swarm. Unstable medium, you say? perhaps; but surely appropriate, fur she It was who Intro duced tu this country, that Joy of child hood the sandpile. In lVMi !ir. !6akrzewska wrote to the Executive Committee of the Massachu setts Kmeigeiicy Association, culling at tention lu the he s of sand iu the parka of Beilin, kept for the special delecta tion of little (Jermans by the fostering caie of the police. That same year three such sandboxeg were placed In the parks of JJustun, and toduy not a park, big ur little, on this side of the Atlaullo Is without one. if children uo not el their sense of gratitude to this farseeing woman, mothers should, for nothing In ths amusement line Is quite so entertaining as lu play In Urn sand; iior will any oc cupation keep U) tiuy tuts so lung out of mischief. liauubuxes nut only abound nowadays In paiks, recreatlou pie is and iu every kiudcigarieu wheie a few feet of ground cau be secured, but many molheis have them in their own buck yards lor the pleasuie of their little ones und their Inends. As cats and dogs have a special pred ilection lor these suudpllts, it is well either to have a covered box, or . t least have an old rubber sheet to throw over the frame when uot in use. This also keeps out rain and soot, which lu many cities falls so heavily as tu make the sand unlit for use lu a week or two. The eaiid itself cult be L alu Very in expensively by the barrel. The sandbox affords amusement with even un old poon and lineup lor Work ing implements, but it becomes a source ui absulute bliss II the ciitidteii are ptu Vlded w ith a few of the to S that pe Clally come fur playing In tand. These toys are fascinating even to "gruwu-ups." znany of whuru . jaln T2i e V3J2c7.Lesson. who is, also, a Ceruscu pupil, theii gave a Upanlsh dance, aud the party weuded Its way homeward to dress fur dinner, with the "tuin-turu" of a guitar ana the clinking music of castanets ringing In their eun. When Madame Albert Gautler gave a tea on the lawn of Chateau Carabacel a remarkable fencing bout was fought by two of the best amateurs In France. Interest In this wus naturally Intense. The affair was carried out with all tha ceremony of a regular duel. Fencing be ing less common In America, It might ba rather more difficult to arrange such a contest than would psy for the trouble. sneaking fundueae (or their childhood's seaside spurts. As to the babies. It would be, indeed, a stulid child who could withstand the wonderful roosters, pigs, horses, cuws aud elephants which tali be made by sand moulds. Then there are houses, churches, can. ions, gates, wells and leinurkable-luuk-lng men and women, which can be mod eled with no trouble un the part of the young sculptor, save the filling of shaped pieces of tlu or Wood with moist Sand. A sandmlll with chain and wheels Is an unfailing source uf delight, as Is also a weighing machine. The alphabet In letters big and small Silence ? i ULL your luiigue," la the start ling, II sound, advice of au a,uglish specialist in nervous troubles, 'talking eggravaU'8 nerves to a degree that almost nothing else dues, and tiie rest to yum self uo say nothing of the people about )ou! of the abso lute quiet Is marked. This is a form In leality of rest-cure (which is one woman a meat and an other s poison), uud a form which le qulres neither nurse nor doctor iu at tendance, only the training of your own win in self-control. That irudually be comes more and inure pronounced, un til your nerves are harnessed by It and made to work as your will directs, changed Into force that builds up, in stead uf tearing duwn. but oh, fur a general crusade Against the talking habit, nut only for ti.o.e if us errlU-led with nerves, but for the rest of us a gieuter number, unfortunutily who are possessed uf (too often) tem pers! The old rule of counting twenty be fore speaking when you are ungiy is put to uliame by this latter-day dictum. Seriujsiy, tiie pu s. riptioii Is wot In taking, when nerves make you feel like 'flying off the handle." Any of ths amusing little entertain ments that have 'ieen given here In drawing rooms would be even inoie charming outdoors. It au American hostess has the ambition to try them for a lawn party aim Is not likely to regret It. liul whatever is ui ranged let It nut lack the -.'ranch qualities ut being short and sweet aud very sim ple. Nothing could bs prettier fur this pur pose than the princess de Follgnac's take-off of the Introductory turn of a French vaudeville performance. Any one who has been In Paris will recog nize with delight the fairy gudmuther and bar ever-attendant beau. What Intoxicating memories she recalls the lovely "coumlers" at Cbarlgny'a or "tha "Fuiles-lisrgere," with "whips and scorns and wanton wiles," her dulnty wand, her high-heeled slippers, her slim legs and perky skirts, her big hat and marvelous coiffure, unfolding all the fantastic and absurd things that will happen to those benighted mortals In the ' revue" about to follow. With genuine fulry foresight, Mad ame de Polignac's "coumlers" had divined every guest who would be pres ' ent, aud was ready for each with some nice little bit, lu her dialogue with the cumpense. lie. with true French gal lantry, replied with some pretty com pliment to their most fascinating qual ity. Then came a "battallle des tleurs." While performing a lively "cuntre dance," rtuwers were pelted upon the other guests from golden wicker bas kets, carried by the principals, who finally danced from the room 'mid a shower of bloHsums and a veritable storm of laughter. E. D. now comes In special sets, so the mod eling of Lr. Marie K. Zakrsswska (pro vided It cau be spelled!; is I.ol dlrtiuulV Then there are slioveU and buckets, big spoous for ludeilng, and tiny water ing cans, ail of which give untold pleas uie. These sand toys come packed In bas kets and buxes so they umy be easily carried to the beach when at the sea shore, or may be kept from being lost when used fur a family sundbux. An ordinary set usually consists of a shovel, two or three moulds and a cup, but the r ore elaborate toys ara com paratively Inexpensive. Bridegroom's Day "KuM tune imniemorlul the wedding Ii day has been regarded entirely as belonging to the bride. We have lots of eupcistitiuiis and omens showing what luck may bciull her, but hut one Word fur the groom. Why not give the poor man a chauce? Tradition bestows upon him Hie day after the wedding as his veiy own, o f.eihap it would be well to trace his uck business, domestic, social flum what that day portends. "iii.ppy la ths bride whom the sun shines uu," runs the old adage. Why Uut "happy the man who meets lair weather Hie day ailur the wedding day?" Ill luck attends the bride who trips uu the threshuld uf her new home, bhall we suggeat that misfortunes will be the lut of the man who trips on his office steps the day ufter the wedding? The bride insures hi r happlm aa In life by Wearing something old. something new, someihint: hurtowed, something blue on her widdlug day. May we Uot suggent that the pattern uf a man's He. the cut of his trousers, the tints of i is hatband worn on the day after the wed ding hall Insuie lor him his meusjre of good or lu? Give the poor bridegroom a chauce. i s i