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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 18, 1906)
ItDDefjp Qtockin&p wrow wior& M r am f&2 cf fiteoZ Stoccins Are. JVewest y A7f THE woman who docs not feci an ecstatic thrill at the endless and bewildering array of stockings which an accommodating fashion Is giving her to choose from this year, most lack the truly feminine soul! There are embroidered stockings, lace stockings, hand - painted stockings, stockings that are modest In hue, stock ings that are gaudy; and she has a chance to gratify her individual tastes whether her pocket limits her to a mod est tlfty-cent purchase or allows her to Indulge In English thread lace affair at the trilling cost of one hundred dol lars a pair. Ulack stockings will, of course, never die. There are plenty of women too con servative to wear anything else, and after all there Is nothing prettier than a fine black stocking of silk or lisle, either self-embroidered (that Is the sea eon's word and means very much the lame thing ns "all-over" In blouse ma terials) or lightly covered with a con ventional floral design In colors, when it Is worn with a patent leather slipper. Hund-palnted stockings are usually ' Mnck. by the way, though of course you may have them In colors If you like, and the painting is done In oils. These stockings are not guaranteed washable, but an optimistically disposed purveyor of such wares expresses the belief that the decoration will stand Beveral care ful washings. In passing, It la perhnps well to sug gest that a hand-painted stocking Is something that the artistic girl may make for herself or her friends at real ly a trilling cost. She can buy an 01 dlnary black Bilk stocking and follow her own sweet will In the matter of decoration, since no special kinds of silk or paint are employed. "CHIFFON" SILK STOCKINGS For brides there are white Bilk stockings, fine enough in texture and exquisite enough In design to suggest a fairy spun cobweb tipped with morning dew. The self -embroidered white stockings are visions, and those of diaphanous chiffon silk em broidered in heavy white silk dots are beautiful enough to have tempted Hlucen Elizabeth (who, so savs his toiv, was the first woman to wear silk stockings) to forsake her vow of splnsterliood, for the Joy of wearing tlieni to the nuptial altar. Colored stockings in silk and lisle are shown ig gfeater profusion than ever, before. There are stockings In tan (for fashion has decreed that tan pumps shall be wo mi nil winter), in green, in purple, in gray and in all the varying shades of brown, includ ing the fascinating bronze that the French call "tonne," to accompany "spats" of a harmonizing shade for the woman who affects such acces sories to her dress. Then there are stockinsrs In pale blue and pink to go with evening slippers of the same color, of scarlet for the woman who is during enough to come forth in scarlet shoes, of silver gray (very pale) and pale gold for the slippers of silver and guld cloth which a few women are order ing for special occasions. These last mentioned are apt to be of fleeting popularity, however, since the gold and silver cloth slippers tarnish very easily and the stockings built special ly for them are unsuitable with any thing else. ROSETTES ARE POPULAR Women who cling to silk stockings for street wear during the winter months are apt to suffer with cold feet, and for their sole comfort are ottered this winter a "storking pro tector." which covers the foot, and may be worn either under or over the stocking, and "anklet les," u tine woolen covet for the ankles, which are worn with low shoes, anil are far less bulky and more satisfactory to the eonservall ve women thuu "spats." The cost of these novelties is trilling, and they are a protection against colds and rheumatism in our' uncer tain climate. If you boast descent from some bold Highland chieftain you have a chance to air your clannish spirit bv wearing stockings of your own particular plaid (iortlon, Campbell, McGregor, whatever it may be. lint unless you can afford to Indulge in fads, puss them by. liy them selves, as bits of color, or as counter decorations, pluids are all very well, but as articles of wearing apparel for the average American womun their vogue Is apt to be very short. This ap plies also to the smaller plaids which are really nothing but checks, and to the sehra-like hosiery which temptingly confronts the novelty-hunting bhopper uf this fall. From stockings to slippers is but a little way. but here the fashion are by no mean diversified. To be sure, a well known actress has appeared In slippers whose heels are of silver, stud ded all around with rhinestones. liul we ordinary mortals rest content with a choice between French and Cuban heels, patent and gun-metal leathers, or pink, white or blue ratin, if wt wish to match our gowns and our stockings. If the Vnapes of sllpneis havt changed Very little, however, the variety of trim ming is endless. A pia ordinary slip per of the home species may be s changed and covered and decorated that the last upon which it was made would (all to recognize it, and of course th B tjm !; mi m xmstfc 1 l l ! 111 Vsd f n a , i. i , , ' 1 - "V" s i,r i " - v-x t t & u ' i S -J J , $ t. -- " . ;i ; MM vMw m3Imm MMM,HkM : I Are 2 7i2rorfe G-ombimstiorx Clever Girls and Capable Women T Sir t tons more pretentious the slipper the better are these decorations set off. Kosettes are very popular. They are fluffy, they are frilly, they are femi nine, anil they shorten the appearance of the toe visible in front of them. They are mr.de of tulle, of chiffon, of ribbon whose loops are knotted, thus giving a liower-like effect to the rosette, and the centre of these dainty concoc tions is adoif.ed with a rhinestone but ton or buckle. As for the buckles their name is le gion! und all of them glitter. The day of the sombre gun-metal affair is done, and in its place gleam crowns and but terflies and fieur-de-lys and love knots, in cut steel and rhlnestone. There are gilt buckles, too and silver ones for her who dreads being conspicuous but these, too, shine! Hows are not nearly so popular as In Beasons past, and when one is used it Is generally in the form of a sailor knot, fastening the sllpier that has a single pair of eyelets. Thes.? eyelets, or a tiny strap with a button at either end. con cealed by the buckle or rosette, are among the features t this year's slip pers. While women who have money enough to indulge in fads will often buy or or der slippers of various colors, and while a bridal costume is supposed to be in complete without while satin slippers, there are very few occasions upon which the patent leather is not appiopriate. The girl who can afford but one pair of slippers for her drtss will make no mistake If she buys that one pair of patent leather, with French heels, and a dainty rosette finish. For afternoon wear slippers of soft gun-metal leather, with Cuban heels and a rosette or fancy buckle, are liked by many well-dressed women. And these slippers are cut low enough to allow a glimpse of the beautiful em broidered or painted stockings, and the effect Is adorably feminine and wholly charming. The l!ti woman will wear shoes that are little different from those affected by her last year sisters, but she will Incline more to buttons than laces for dress occasions, and for her there has been Invented something specially new in cloth tops. "Spats" at the best are clumsy, and the reudy-made tops of the gaiter cloth which were used in former seasons were stiff and unsatisfactory, but this year my lady takes a bit of the cloth from her new tailored gown, gives it to her shoemaner, and he (if be is a strictly up-to-date person) straightway builds her a pair of shoes with tops that seem nearly a blending into, or a con tinuation of, her skirts, to the bewilder ment of an uninitiated onlooker. Using Plucked Feathers THE country housewife, who never likes to see anything go to waste, can put her poultry feathers to many different uses. Turkey wings were a very important factor In old-fashioned Southern houses, and In many localities of Maryland and Virginia now, every heanli has Its special wing (bound at the end with red flannel), which the mistress considers vastly superior to any machine-made dust brush. Small, soft feathers can be used for Cross ssfczfrijj making pillows and quilts If they are stripped from their quills and properly cleansed. The cleaning process may be accomplished by putting the stripped feathers in a tub, and covering them with cold water In which quicklime has been Blacked (using a gallon of water to a pound of lime). Keep the feathers in the tub two or three days, stirring them now and then. Squeeze them, put them In thick paper bags and set them In a warm place to dry. Feathers that are to be made Into quilts should be put into heavy ticking first, ami then the ticking covered with sl!k, sateen, or whatever is to be used for the outside. If this ticking is thor oughly soaped over with a piece of soap that has been dipped Into water often, the feathers stana less chance of work ing out. tHEY aren't one and the same, by any manner of means, and the first doesn't always develop Into the second. Brilliancy Is mien only a species of moonshine or froth delightful to look upon, not bad to taste, but apt to be disappointing 'when used as an article of steady diet; while capability well, who among us hasn't admired the capable woman and mad,e irse of her, and held her up as a model to the rising generation, and never once envied her? The clever girl Is the one who, in the language of the gutter, "gets there." She has a wonderful knack for doing things, and as a bluffer she Is an all around success. She Is the girl who shines in her little world, who leads, who Is sought after and admired, and In eight cases out of ten she is the one least to be depended upon In an emer gency. The two clever girls out of ten who develop capability are the two who are unwilling, or unable through force of circumstances, to drop Into ojscurlty after youth's scintillating period Is past, and so turn their talents to the use of other people rather than themselves. Next to the unselfish woman, the capable woman Is more often "done" than any other of her sex. and when, as is often the case, she combines ihe two qualities of capacity and unselfish ness, may heaven help her! Otueruise, she Is the packhorse of her family : nd friends. Capable women seldom hftve time to look after themselves; they are too busy lending a helping hand to their weaker fellows. They are the unpaid nurses and housekeepers and teachers of their neighborhoods, the tried counselors ol those 111 doubt, the familiar friends of tile otherwise friendless. "If ever I get to heaven," remaiked whimsically a woman of this type once, "1 am going to ask St. J-eter to give me a steady Job. 1 am tired ,"f being called upon by every one I know to do anything that happens to need doing, and I think perhaps If my work is reg ular, I'll have my off hours to myself." "Don't yni believe It," retorttd the friend to whom she made her plaint. "If St. l'etcr put you to work, sweeping the golden paths clean, 1 guarantee all the little cherubim would be running after you to set their hulos snaihl, and keep their harps in tune. Women like you always have to look out for other people." Now the clever girl isn't constructed upon these lines. To begin with, she is rarely unselfish, for a superfluity of admit atlon from her cradle up doetn't foster the quality. Then she Is too apt to take her place In this world frr granted, too prone to count on her pklll In avoiding pitfalls to be provoked with the apparatus for digging her'lf or others out of them. No, my friends, if you want to find the capable w mian In embryo, don't look for her amonir the clever girls of your acquaintance. Go instead into the ranks of the quiet and unassuming, who nfe likewise the observant, the chink lillers. the per formers of small duties. They early learn the needs that are little, yet ltal; they take responsibilities upon th-lr young shoulders, and In time become the angels of light to those with whom their iot is cast. k: llff : Oil'-! v. 1 -.-r y SooJcs vno'e.r GS&ss ., .L S X Favorite. fIace. for c5eVe zs2&er the. Window by Dorothy TuK.e N small houses there seems verv I little room lor bookcases. The walls are so broken up uiih doors and windows that the few feet of all space remaining is needed for the neces sary pieces of furniture, such as tables, pianos, sofas or desks. And yet, with Just a little careful planning and con triving, room could probably be made for a hundred books. First, consider the mantelpiece. This often affords great opportunity for lit tle hook shelves, to be built on either side, and also above It. And how cozy this is. for what Is more homuiike ami inviting than books and a lire? He sides, an ugly maniel can often be com pletely transformed In this way. Now turn your attention to the win dow. If the window sill is not less than two or three feet from the ground, the ledge can be extended and bookshelves built beneath if. One of the accompany ing illustrations shows u window dotie in this way. Sometimes til v shelves can be built with great effect about u door or win dow. They should not be more than nine or ten inches wale. H ams should be put on the shelves on either side of the door or window, und pottery placed on the shelf across the top. A cozy corner call have shelves built above it, but take care that they are high enough, so that you will not bump our lead aiwinsl them, and also inal they are firmly put up ami cannot top ple down on some iMisusoccting person. The old-fashioned hanging shelves are pretty and also economizers of space. These look particularly well Just above n desk or writing table. Some of the prettiest effects can be had with little bookcases that stand out in the room. A bookcase like the sketch shown is adorable Just beside a big, easy chair, and. with some well-chosen books on its shelves and a plant or vase of flowers on the top, gives a delightful touch of color to the room. A valuable Collection of books should, of course, be kept In bookcases with glass doors to protect them from the dust; but, unless they are particularly good ones, shelves without doors are the most decorative, as the colors of the books show up better. If the shelves have little curtains on them, which cun be drawn together when the room Is not being ued or at sweeping time, the books will keep fresh and clean for a long time. Curtains can Improve a room very much if they are of soft material, which hangs in pretty folds, and of rich, harmonious colorings. There are lots of delightful things to bo had in the shops, anil at ridiculously small prices. Cotton pongee, cotton crepe, mercerized cotton, sateen and eolienne are all pret ty and suitable for bookcase curtains, and not one of them costs more than 25 cents a yard. IMPROVISED BOOKCASES It Is often prettier and cheaper to have bookcases with curtains, because when curtains are used very cheap shelves cun be put up. In fact, an old crate, with three or four shelves put in it, when stained, answers the purpose beautifully. Or several soap boxes can be plied lege l her, in one way or an other, and stained. When curtained, they look most Imposing, so much so that no one would dare, to breathe of their humble origin. Theie la much that can tie said on the arrangement of books, regarding their contents, size and coloring, but I shall only touch on this subject, and suggest that when arranging a shelf of books you take cure not to put one bright yellow one among a row of deep reds or browns. It would be loo glaring and conspicuous. We should not be able to notice any one book more than another. They should all be a background. And so if there must be a bright yellow one In the row, lead up to It with soft (,n i ns ami tana, su that It cannot pro claim itself above all the others. Few realize what a factor books can be to a room In their coloring as well aa their practical value. Carrying Good Breeding Into Business ty WONDER why It Is," said the I woman who thinks about things, I pensively, "that so few people 4 think if worth while to carry good breeding Into their business r- I t lions? 1 know plenty of women who pride themselves on always doing anil saying the correct thinsr in their own or other people's houses who make you think of Fiji islanders off on a vacation whin they are let loose in an ofilce or store." "They haven't time to be polite," said the woman who works for a living, tersely. "It takes longer to get Into your clothes when you wear frills than it does when your wardrobe consists of the Scriptural sackcloth, and, naturally, it takts longer to put trimmings on your manners." The woman who thluKS about things shook her head. "Some women put more energy and time Into one nasty speech than lliey would need for n whole manual of po ateness," she answered, "so it Isn't nec essarily becuuse they are hurried. It sldes, I am not confining my observa tion to women who are hustling iirounil getting their bread and butter, though, heaven knows, there is room enough for Improvement with them, too! Did vou never notice the woman of leisure when she goes shopping or has business deal ings with any oncv-especlnlly a fellow woman? You'd think she couldn't car ry her politeness and her pockelboolt around ut the same time!" "Some women do act as if thev had to get eve.y 'please' and 'thank you' through the custom house, they're so sparing of them," admitted the woman who works tor a living, thoughtfully; "but, all the same, I stick to my old opinion, that hurry Is at the root of most rudeness. If you are busy, and In a rtifh, you are naturally much mi re absorbed in your work than n other people's feelings, and, 4f one or the ether has to be given the go-by. it Is apt to be In the feelings. The same rule works with the woman of leisure. Sue goes on a shopping expedition, fir. d with the detei mlnatlon to buy every thing on a half-yard list within lour hours; and sad as It is, I must con fess the truth experience teaches that other people are more apt to uphold their end of the line, If thev know their failure means your turning nasty." T,o other woman still looked unconvinced "That's no reason for being disagree able in advance," she said, "and 1 don't Uku the principle. Jt seems to me if every woman would Just start out wiMi the idea that she was going to be con siderate and well bred in her business dealings, we might" "Suppose you lead off." Interrupted tlie woman who works for her llvlni' with a twinkle in her eve. "The ctusU seems to be a good one, bufr!io open ed her desk energetically "I am afra 1 you will find the way llf the .vf.frm'r. nJrd" transgressor, pretty Laundering Handker chiefs WHO among us has not mourned the spoiling of fine handker chiefs In the laundering'.' They are pulled out f shape, streaked at una corner und t()rn ubout ' at o a Initial or embroidery, and we have .1 to look tor the reason The average laundress hangs a bund a of handke, chiefs, by one "u! them ,,, . OI, her )roM ul h -uMinlL" :'V"'" Xhe,n rou" hod, t.h sublime disregard for any su It trivial matters as embroidery or lace. iJn.'W, """kerchiefs are a very Impor tant toilet accessory, and should be treated with due consideration. Spread them on the line, and fasten the very fine ones with black toilet pins (which do not rust like the white ones) instead of clothes pins. Sprinkle very wi t be fore folding down for ironing and fold them smooth. Iron them singly, first the hem, treat ing whatever form of decoration tl.i-v may boast, with extreme care; then Iron the centre, and Iron perfectly rlrv A" Initial Ironed on the wrong side will do better service snd lovk better than If Ironed on the right.
