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No. XIII
By Dorothy Tuke
FEW hems today have oo mnny
Blttlng-rooma. Moat of them hava
too faw. Oftan wa can maka
tiny hall or landing an at
tractive little rendeivoua for one or two
peoiil, by making- the moat of everv
Inch of apace. If you have a wjndow In
the hall, or on the landing, we can
build a window aaat for It, making a
ahelf or two below the aeat for booka
or magaiina. This aeat could have a
fitted cuahlon. and one or two looae
onea. 8uoh a desk aa that ahown takea
up little room, and could, perhapa, be
uaed aa a acreen aa well aa a desk, by
hanging; a little curtain on the back of
It, and letting it atand out eomewhere.
Book ehelvea could be put upon the
wall, high enough to allow a chair with
a peraon on It to be beneath It. A
pretty book rack, and one that la
easily made, la ahown in the Illustra
tion. Thla rack takea up very little
room and furnlahaa nicely.
One of the accompanying Illustration
howa a well-designed hall and stair
way. There are three little atepa which
lead to a dear little der under the
atalra. Above the den la a landing
which la uaed aa a room.
One cannot fall to be Impressed on
entering thla hall. To the right la a
beautifully appointed dining room, with
handsome hand-carved French furni
ture. On the left la a comfortable liv
ing room. The deo beyond, with Ita
THE LITTLE BELONGINGS
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HAT piece of ruchlna; isn't
the girl, as she put the fin
ishing touches to her toilet.
"but I believe I'll wear It once more,"
and ahe went down town in an Immac
ulate linen suit, a daintily laundered
blouse, a hat whose cost bad pricked
her conscience for a week, shoes and
elove that were In harmony, and the
half aolled piece Of ruching.
At nightfall ah drew the offending
dreaa appurtenance from Ita place at tne
neck of her blouae and toesed itm
the waste basket with a algh of
1 11 never, never do auch '""'
again." h aald to her M.,Lr1?"
who watched tht final move, with eyea
full of Interested speculation. It tne
little things that count, after .
It I with thoae of u who
monev enough to buy really nice big
onea.' aaid the boaom "d0",",
WUh people like yuu It doean't aeera to
matter ao much." .,.
t)oesn-t It. though?" replijd th other
neigetlcally. , Just you wait till I te
umi i went In town on the train n
you. l ... behind a woman
were nut In got on my neryea. unce i
Jaught myael" actually tann forward
" straighten them, and I o"f h"
that the woman had a tiny hole in her
iloVe: lh was beautifully
Stherwlae, and I thought. Jbat a
ihame! All these pretty cloth... and
"haThol. and tho.e pin, and thn-I re
membered th beam in my own eye
rn.alilng my .oiled ruchlnj, and my
whol trip wa polleL
From the train 1 went directly to
Mr A . becauee I had to aee her on
lome little matter, and-you know how
fame he la for her taste In dressT
My dear, she aent for me to come up to
ber room, and h wa wearing the noil
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FAB 1 8. '01
THE aubtUtla f dresa are well
Illustrated by the new sleeve,
looking upon th apparently
aiuipie, easy Bttlng affair that U
faahlon' demand thla year, you won
der at auch an assertion. For th sleeve
Seem to follow th line of th arm in a
way that look easy of accomplishment,
and ends at th ahoulder In a little puff
carelessly (or ao it seems) caught la
lilac
All of that Beaming la true until you
corns to that puff, which, lnataad of be
ing treated "oareleealy," la one of th
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brick mantel, and ita brick red denim
portlerea, with the Wall of Troy dealgn
In heavy white embroidery cotton,
makes a delightful little vista, aa does
also the gUmpee of the landing above.
The portlerea leading to the living
room are tan, with a almple design In
green and red, and are moat decorative.
The While of thla hall are left In the
rough plaster and tinted a aoft buff,
and the woodwork ia weathered oak
with the Flemish finish. The colors
are all well balanced, and the effect la
delightfully harmonloua.
Another view of the landing Is taken
from the top step of the atalra. This
ahows the little window seats, the desk
with the telephone on It, a table and
a chair. Having the telephone here has
proved a great convenience, as it can
easily be heard both upatairs and down,
and la readily answered from either
place. The young bride tlnds she apenda
must of her time on this little landing.
Phe has a beautiful view of the garden
from its windows, and she can keep an
eye on her maids; moreover It Is de
lightfully cool there In aummer, though
cosy and warm In winter. She often
has afternoon tea there with her
friends.
The landing above ahe use as a sew
ing landing, and also aa a storeroom,
for ahe has had old packing boxes
made with hinged Uda, and these she
has covered with cretonne and chints,
and they look charming. She not only
storea blanketa, etc., in them, but ah
also uses them as window seats, aa they
have padded tops.
Another Illustration ahows a coay cor-
exquisite neglige of pink silk and lace.
She hadn't taken the trouble to fasten
It, and 1 couldn't help seeing that the
ribbon in her corset cover wa faded and
dingy and frayed at th ends, it both
ered me so that I looked down at her
feet In order not to aee it, and I wished
I hadn't. She had on a pair of cast-off
white aatln party allppera, filthy dirty,
and broken at the heels! It made me
feel alck all over, and th worst of It
wa some little thing Inside of me seem-
Dotted Swiss for Cuffs '
and Collars
FOB th girl who Indulge In plenty of
turnover cuff and collars, nothing
1 much more attractive than the
new way of treating dotted wiss.
Swiss with the tiniest of dot ha
been used fur many a long day, th
hem set by hand, or perhaps briar
stitched with the aoft French cottona.
But the awiss which boasts larger
dots, and has those dots treated In a
doaen different waya, la particularly
?ood for the deep cult which are the
avorite style thl fail.
Certain of the dots are chosen with
Which to form a design, the rest of the
dots carefully ripped out. A row of dots
may be disposed ao that they seem to
march along the hem In Indian die.
Sometimes they are embroidered with
colored cotton, the origuiul embroidery
acting a a padding.
Briar-stitching is often another factor
In the dealgn daisies made, perhapa, by
letting the atltching ray out from a
central dot to other dots and back again,
each return trip completing a petikl. - In
thia case, too, all unnecessary dota may
be ripped out.
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ner of a hall. Vlreslde seat have been
built In on either side of the brick tire
place. These with a desk, a chulr and
a table constitute the furniture of this
attractive retreat, which Is much used
by Ha owners.
Often our halla are long and narrow,
and then they seem almost hopeless. A
bench with a few good cushions la
about the only thing for such a hall,
with perhaps a small table beside It
for a plant or a book or two. A space
ulways looks smallest before It Is fur
nished, ao do nut condemn a corner a
being too small for uny use until you
have tried putting some furniture there.
A clever housekeeper I the one who
make the moat of what she has, and
surely thia applies to our hall and
landing.
OF DRESS
ed to be fairly ye mag. 'You can't ay
anything look at your ruching.' "
"Brother Tom used to say," interposed
the boaom friend, "that half-gentlemen
never blacked the heel of their shoes."
"And brother Tom made a pretty
shrewd observation," said the other.
"But wait, that Isn't all. From Mrs.
A.' I took the car down to the shopping
district, and positively I believe there
waa aomethlng wrong with the dresa
of every woman who got in or out of
that car. Not in big things, for aa far
aa the necessary articles went every
thing whs all right, but the little thing
were out of gear. One woman had her
veil pinned wrong, another wore a
oiled white belt, a third had been
economical of hairpin and treated the
public to a vision of scolding locks
creeping down her neck; a fourth now
don't look disgusted, she didn't reallie
It hadn't been aa thorough In her treat
ment of her neck aa ahe might have
been when she took her bath. There
were women wboae ahoeatrlng ware
frayed, and women whoae handkerchief
seemed a day old, and every time I
looked that voice aeemed to grow loud
er, 'Vou can't any a word look at your
ruching.' ,
"The cl-rk who watted on me at E. s
wa pre'ty and neatly dresaed, but her
lingernalls needed attention. The wait
ress who served my lunch had aullled
something on her apron. I came home
on the train with a girl I know, and
her gloves ought to hav gone to the
cleaner' last week. No. I'll nvr be
careless In little things again it doesn't
leave me any opportunity to criticise my
neighbor."
"It takes co much money to have
them always nice," sighed the bosom
friend.
"And time," added the girl, viciously
nipping a yard of ruching lntu jneck
lengths, "but it pays."
aclc View of
constructed parts of th whole costume,
Th very absence of exaggeration In any
direction adds to this, for the correct set
you must get, and gel su that U will
stay.
Under that bit of aoft, artistic drapery,
a substantial foundation of crinoline and
whalebone If concealed. Thia is the
main point In the arrangement, for
nothing Is uglier nor more at variance
with the exquisite French Idea of
woman s dress tnsu that there snail be
any sign of the mechanism showing.
To successfully hide the form, a taf
feta aleev lining U necessary, a a
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THOUGHTLESS CRUELTIES TO CHILDREN
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SHORT time ago a celebrated
aurgaon wa called In to ex
amine a litU child whose lege
were curved aad twlatad In the most
bideou manner. Careful question
ing revealed the fact that the baby
had some alight congenital deformity
which prevented ita running about
aa fast as it more fortunate broth
ers and sister, and the mother,
either unable or unwilling to look af
ter Its shaky footsteps, would put It
In a high chair and leave It there er
the greater part of the day.
The little feet could not reach the
floor, there waa no reat board, and In
atlnutlvely the child had curled Ita
lege around the rounds of the chair,
day after day, until they had become
hopelessly malformed. Taken In time
the early disease might have been
cured, but now no skill of th sur
geon's knife could prevent th child
from being a lifelong cripple.
Horrible, we aay, and It la; yet how
many molhera, who would be allocked
at the mere suggestion, ar guilty
dully or thoughtless cruelties to their
children.
Most dreaamakers will tell you that
the average woman has one ahoulder
hither than the other, and the reason
Is In plain sight It Is only necessary
to walk a couple of aquarea to meet
half a doaen women each holding a
little child tightly by the hand, abso
lutely Ignoring the fact that the
baby's arm I being held high enough
bleeve-
Kow the
French;
Ilake It
oft material over a ovtton lining would,
after but a few wearing under a coat,
crush and take on th ahap of the
form. And since the lining fit o close
ly, thla exiravagano 1 pardonably
amall.
The cxaot purpose of the little
"shelf I to set th small puff out
directly at the shoulder. Ruffles of
uuleta have been used aa a aubatltut.
but they ar more clumsy and, at the
am time, less aubstantlaL
for th construction of your form
an eighth of a yar4 of lightweight
ar Inelin aad tweive Inch t waai-
flails and
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almost to wrench It from It socket.
I saw a womun pick a child up by on
arm and carry it across a crowded
street the other day, and I am poaltlv
her Intentions were of th kindest. I
knew a mother who always smacked
her baby's fingers If he touched any
thing on his tray, yet one day when ah
forgot to feed him, and the child, re
membering his lesson, put hie mouth
down and tried to eat, puppy faxhlon.
ahe wept, and wondered why ahe had
savBKe for a child.
Vanity la responsible for some specie
Of cruelty the vanity of the mother for
her child, not herself. There are women
who twlat their hair in hard knota. Ig
nore their waiatlinea and pans a milli
nery opening without the uulver of an
eyelaah; who deck their children out
until they rival the lilies of the field,
and then think the poor babies are hap
ly because they look nice. Short white
aocka are the fashion, and many a tot
thus clad hav 1 aeen on the atreet on a
nippy day, Ita plump little calves poal
tively blue with cold. During a spell of
scorching weather I came down In the
car with a woman and two little girls.
Both children wore etllny starched white
frocke that had "we mustn't be rum
pled" written ail over them. Both wore
wide, napping hats tied under the chin
with big pink bows, and around the two
poor little hut faces hung hair, careful
ly trimmed to the length that can do
the moat maddening amount of tickling,
tied on elthr aide of two moiat little
forcheada with more pink bows !
Sleeve or an
Afternoon. Gown
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Did that woman think ahe waa cruelt
Heaven, no) 8h thought she waa on
of th moat devoted mother on record.
Mother who talk about their chil
dren before them, whether in praia
or blame, cause a tremendou amount
of unnecessary suffering. Children
ar seldom maliciously wilful by na
ture, but If their shortcomings ar
discussed with an audience they ar
soon In a fair way to become so;
while the Injudicious drawing of at
tention to good points Is sure to de
velop aelf-conaciouaness.
Don't leave a little child too long In
on position. You are liable to spoil
its look and Its temper, as well as
develop prematurely that curse of the
American cation nerves.
Don't, if it 1 allowed to com to tht
table, make It sit In a ohair that la
too low for it to reach It plate com
fortably. Don't make It alt unnecessarily any
where where its legs have to dangle.
The legs will "go to sleep" and yoa
know yourself that isn't pleasant.
And don't, whatever you do, hurt a
child's feelings wittingly. Punish
ments are necessary, of course, scold
ings must be given on occasions, but
there are waya and waya of doing
thlnga. When you are dealing with
the youngsters It la well to remembor
Llfe'3 definition of Impudence: "Im
pudence Is when children talk to
grown people the way grown people
talk to children."
arm) ar cut ao that they, lu
ner follow th body's lines, sloping a
little more rapidly towards the baclc
and gradually towards the front The
whalebone In It casing la awd aa
curely about the circular edge extend
ing downwards,
la covering, put th alia flat aa on
Don't be Ashamed of
Sentiment
WE AMKltlCANM ure rather
given, these days, to the culti
vation of IconoclBsm. W
pride ourselvea on our free
dom from Illusions, our sound com
mon sense and our lack of what we
are pleased to call foolish sentiment.
We take pleasure occasionally In shat
tering cherished Ideals; we tulk wisely
about the lack of depths In feeling that
can And expression In words; and w
our self-assured, complacent way,
ttle realising that we are losing eua
of the best things In life.
Once as a schoolgirl 1 spent a week
in the houae of a New England woman,
whoae manner toward her own children
ven waa always marked by formality
and constraint Quite naturally I want
to her with aomo amall problem the
evening of my arrival, and I waa rather
aurprined at th eagerness with which
she came to my old. During the re
mainder of my stay ahe hud me con
stantly with her. She Intereatcd her
aelf In my amall gayctlea and flnerlea,
and encouraged my confidences by word
and look. When the time came for me
to go she broke down over a pile of
ribbons she was folding to put in my
trunk.
"You don't know what.lt has been to
me to do these little things for you,"
he said. "My own daughters never let
me touch their clothes or talk about
their affairs. They think I am silly to
say that I ear for them."
That little word "say" held the key
to tars situation, it was not that those
daughters did not love their mother and
want her love, but they objected to that
love being put Into words, and a year
later that mother died with neither of
her girl beside her, simply because
even In dying she shrank from telling
them that she was 111 and wanted to
see them. . .
Almost daily we pas by opportunities
for giving happiness, almply because we
think It foolish to say the little word of
commendation or appreciation. Often
we appear Indifferent to beauty of sight
or Bound, simply because we are afruld
or ashamed to put our pleasure lntu
worde. , ...
There Is nothing to be ashamed of In
the enjoyment of a beautiful painting, a
rare strain of music, a dainty bit of
vers, a Ood-glven sunset, or an exqui
site human being. There 1 nothing
criminal In th Impute to cares a tiny
dimpled baby, or even a little Huffy kit
ten or puppy. It Isn't a horrible thing
to tell people you care fur them and
like to have them around yuu. It 1
even pardonable if you occasionally
how some slight outward -and active
demonatratlon toward thoae you love.
The time of the Connecticut blue laws,
when "No one shall run upon the Sab
bath, no woman shall klaa har child
upon th Sabbath," ar long sons by,
but we're making a set of blue laws for
ourselves, and we're making a big mis
take in the construction.
Even that bloodless old cynlo Voltaire
said that "All the reasonings of men
are not worth one sentiment of women,
and he meant it. A man who Is always
ashamed of his feelings Is bad enough,
though he usually gets his punishment
In soon ceasing to have any feeling to
b ashamed of, but a woman In th
same plight haa loet one of th greateat
Jewel In the crown of her sex.
Don't Indulge In maudlin sentimental
ity, between which and true sentiment
there la ever a great gulf fixed, but
don't be ashamed to possess the qual
ity that can rive an irresistible charm
to the rudest imagery.
jra Form.
Coverop
aid a thl will do away with th
clumsiness of a double row of pleat.
Your form ia now ready to baste Into
the lining for trying on. All being
correct the outside drapery which
la made up separately may, with the
trimming, be tacked into place.
The season's most popular and
graceful sleeve, as ahowu, is expro
priate for evening a well a after
noon gown. Th model given I
of broadolotn trimmed with Irish lac
and velvet
Bound puff ar built on exactly th
same foundation. Una of the latteV,
made of chllton with a particularly
attractive llnlah, Is pictured.
The elect of the crinoline worn
under one of the latest coat sleevee I
also boa for a coat of melton cloth.
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