DECEMBER
For and About Women Folks
THE OMAHA SUNDAY
BEE: PECi-JMBER !. 1W6.
Wamea la he Ilelne Field.
,N INSTRUCTIVE Fid' light on the
trrnii of the t ?nif"i In furnished
In a recent report of the. Mns
rhuftl bureau of labor on tin
decline of nvirriago In Hint state.
The number of tingle women In ISSi waa
I 1.070,111. In VfG the number win l.friS.lSJ.
There wan an Increase in the number of
married women frotn 7.19.."Sfi to 1,1.14.315. Ten
ynm ago there were a,T,5fij more single
than married women In the, Jurisdiction.
Now the sIhkIo women outnumber the mar
ried by ra.VH. The head of tho bureau
characterises the disparity as startling. Ho
attributes It chiefly to the fact that women
re. entering tho business field, end tire
therefore not AO dependent on marriage
for a livelihood a formerly. The, official
also ventures the statement that the Inde
pendence which Is becoming more and more
prevalent among women la one of the
causes of the great Increase of divorce.
In Massachusetts divorces Increased from
2,906 In 1S85 to 7,800 in 1906.
lif?at-fhop Women.
At a meeting of the New York Slate
Charities conference the other day, Dr.
Iee K. Frankel. mnnuger of the Hebrew
charities of New York. Raid that two-thirds
of the eases coining before the societies
of which lie Is the head are due to Illness
which Is caused by long hours of labor.
Insufficient nourishment and dlseuse. Out
of 100 cases of families seeking aid, sixty
were due to sickness on the part of the
wage earners, caused by the conditions
under which they worked. And yet of the
many women who prefer these conditions
rather than to work In comfortable homes
as domestics, the majority are soon ren
dered unable to work and are likely to be
come a charge upon the community. The
sweat shops do not have to Improve the
conditions under which their people work,
for there Is plenty of competition, and
many are willing to work under such con
ditions who would scorn to work under
such conditions 100 per cent better in every
way In the homos of thoxe willing to pas'
good prices for the work. Deliberately
choosing the woist of two evils, if domestic
work can be so called, It would seem merits
little pity for the woman who breaks down
under the load she has put upon herself.
The scarcity of good household help Is due
to the fact that so many competent women
are choosing between the factory and sweat
hop on one hand and the position they
would occupy In a domestic capacity In the
homes of those able to pay for It on tho
other. It la a question of fujse pride to
ay the least, and instead of making so
much effort In behnlf of the young women
who work under such unhealthy conditions,
the best thing for them would be to refuse
them By n i path y or help as long us they are
doing such work. The preservation of the
Ideals of family life Is no longer an excuse,
because thousands of families wanting help
In their homes are perfectly willing that
the women whom they seek to do It rhould
go to their homes at night If they so
wished and the wages paid would Justify
the extra expense even more certainly than
that paid In the factory or sweat shop.
Victory for Woman.
The Inalienable' right of woman to pursue
happiness In whatever manner her sweet
will directs hus ugaln been vindicated, re
lates tho Philadelphia North American.
Rash. Indeed, is the man who attempts
to gainsay this sue red principle, rash or
o Ingenious that only the sweet simplicity
of his soul can excuse his meddlesomeness.
This Is undoubtedly tho case of good
Paator Sonne of Green Castle, Ind., who
got himself Into a peck of trouble by try
ing to dlstate to one of his flock what kind
of clothes she might wear.
Calling at her home In the course of his
pastoral rounds he found good Sister Cam
mack attired In a set of aesthetic bloom
ers. Pastor Sonne demurred. He opined
that the bifurcated garment was not a fit
ting habiliment for a member of the La
dles' Aid receiving her spiritual director.
Good, 'simple man! His untenable posi
tion cost him his church. It Is not a mat
ter of Importance that the governing board
accepted his apology and agreed to con
tinue him In charge If he refrained from
further criticism of the surtorlul taste of
his lady sheep. But It Is of tho highest
importance that the American woman has
"gain been confirmed in her right to do
Just as she pleases.
Making; the t.rest Refusal.
The history of a famous phrase Is re
called In the frllowlng. which Is part of a
letter written by her aunt to a girl who la
considering the rejection of the attentions
ft a suitable young man whom she loves:
"Your vehement statement that you will
never make a step toward your lover, lest
he think you are bold, Is too vain to re
ceive a moment s serious attention. This Is
a much graver matter than In your youth
and Inexperience you can perceive. You are
making 'the great refusal.' I don't sup
pose you know what that means. Girls
nowadays are so busy studying angleworms
and dissecting frogs that they don't know
their Dante. It menns 'the great refusal
and Dante applied it to a certain pope who.
at a crucial moment, lost his courage, re
fused his high office, and returned to the
safe and Ignoble life of a cabbage. Ever
since the time that Dante characterised his
action he has been scorned by nil Burope
Any one who lacks a generous spirit and
courage at a turning point In life-he makes
the great refusal.' I know all about it
I speak from experience. You are sur
prised, possibly, but there Is a memory In
my life which I never have shared with
any one. It has come up with singular
vividness In my anxiety about you and I
have resolved to break n.y long reserve
and make you. If possible. live through my
own experience. I've set It all down here
mther than to try and tell you, for I've
wished to make It clear and to leave out
r.o detail so that you may for a moment
feel with me. Try. Margaret, dear, to for
get me as a white-haired old woman and
think of me as a girl ahout your age, for
It happened more than forty-five yesrs ajro
when I was a young lady 19 or like yourl
elf. that I made 'the great refusal "
Dorothy Caulfleld In American Magazine.
Forgets to Fat Hlai In.
Mrs. Maud Miller Hippie, whose advocacy
of a course In "motherhood" for young
matrons already has begun to bear fruit
was talking of the duties of young moth
ers. "And no young mother." she said, "no
matter how many her millions nor how
high her station, should trust her little
ne entirely to a nurse's care. A nurse miy
be most Intelligent, most conscientious; but
to rear a baby properly Is a difficult task,
and only one person Is sufficiently Inter'-
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Mrs. Hippie smiled "A young mother."
slio said, "wns walking with her husliand
on the Atlantic City board walk. Suddenly
she gave a little cry of pleasure.
"'Oh!' she said; 'there Is nurse nurse
wheeling baby."
"And she ran lightly to the luxurious
coach Of leather, with its swan shaped
carriage and Its rubber tired wheels, and
she pushed back the parasol that shaded
the occupant from the sun. Then she gave
a grcit start.
" 'Why nurse." she cried. 'Where Is baby?'
"The nure gasped. 'Goodness graclou,
ma'am! I forgot to put him. In.' "
Women Orators In eir York.
Sixteen years ago, writes Mrs. Clarence
Burns in Hie New York World, when I
started In New York club life, It was quite
difficult to get women speakers. Today
women speakers are plentiful. Many of
them are Interesting and effective, and not
a few are eloquent.
Not only do women speak at their own
meetings, but no meeting or convention of
men where matters pertaining to educa
tion, sociology and medicine are discussed
Is now considered complete unless women
speakers take part In the proceedings.
Mrs. Mnry Elizabeth Lease is the llourke
Cockran of New York. Mrs. Iase Is
the speaker par excellence on political,
educational and literary subjects. Sho Is
forceful, easy and graceful, with remark
able resource and sharp sense of humor.
The woman whom President Roosevelt
has Just appointed to look Into children's
and women's Industrial conditions, Mrs. J.
Kllen Foster, Is one of the most forceful
political speakers In the country. Mrs.
Foster ha spoken on the same platform
with many of the best men speakers In
the country, and has been the means of
getting a large number of votes for the re
publican party, especially in the woman
suffrage states.
No patriotic gathering Is complete without
Mrs. Ionalil McLean, nutlonal president of
the Daughters of the American Revolution.
Mrs. Mcl-ean can weavo the mofct beauti
ful sentences about the flag and the duties
of American citizenship that I have ever
heard.
Mrs. Frederick Nathan, president of the
Consumers' league, Is not only one of the
finest speakers In this country? but one
whom London paid a high tribute to when
she addressed the big meetings of the
woman's council there.
Mrs. Carrie Chapman Catt, one of the
leaders of the suffrage movement, has made
thousands of suffragists by her persuasive
oratory, and is In great demand as an
after dinner speaker.
Mrs. Stanton Blatch, daughter of Eliza
beth Cady Stanton, Is a very able speaker.
There are many women known In club
life for their wit, among whom are Mrs.
Philip Carpenter, president of the state fed
eration, and Mrs. Dore Lyon, Mrs. Belle
Devereaux, Miss Helen Boswell and Mrs.
Harry Wallersteln.
Nearly all the best women speakers talk
without notes.
I'nconsclous Irony.
A New Kngland man relates in Harper's
Weekly that one night last winter when
the thermometer fell below zero, his wife
expressed her concern for the new Swedish
maid who had an un heated room.
"Elza," said she to the girl, remembering
the good old custom of her youth, "as It Is
bitterly cold tonight you'd better take a
flatlron to bed with you. '
"Yes m'm," said Klza, in mild and ex
pressionless assent.
In the morning the girl was asked how
she passed the night. With a sigh she
replied:
"Wall, m'm, I gat the lrron most varm
before morning."
Kenr Collars Are Smart.
"Have you seen the new linen colors?'
said the girl In the gray plaid suit to the
girl In the braided blue cheviot as they
topped for a moment to look In the shop
wlnuow. "There's one now on that green
plaid waist. Isn't It Just the smartest
thing yet to wear In the morning with a
simple silk or woolen shirtwaist?"
And It really seems as If the great ma
jority of women were In thorough agree
ment with the girl In gray, for tnese col
lars are selling so fast that If one has
anything like an average-size neck thai
number Is always "Just out."
These collars are In the stiff laundered
stylo, but are beautifully embroidered in
the front, sometimes In designs of tiny
flowers In high French embroidery; some
times there Is one big blossom In eaun
corner or perhaps a cutout eftect strtilla,
to eyelet work. Very elaborate one even
have a cut-out design filled in with heavy
lace atltches, while simpler forms are
decorated only with rows of ornamental
hemstitching and a few French knots.
A most dainty little collar ,1s of pique,
mounted on a high collar band of linen tnat
la entirely cot ceaied and scalloped all
ground and buttonhole stitched In heavy
linen thread. The two ends In the from,
are decorated with a conventional vine
with high raised berries like tiny polkn
dots. Of course all this embroidery Is
done with white.
The shape of these collars Is the same as
the linen turnover collar of last summer,
but as the new models are intended for
winter they are much higher, but are per
fectly comfortable and do not cut the
neck, u they are much softer than a
msu's linen collar.
The proper Ue with this neckgear Is either
the new shaped string tie or pluid or plain
silk thu former is the smartest the Wind
sor tie arranged In a soft four-in-hand
knot or the l. arrow four-lti-hand Itself.
But whatever the necktie chosen It must
be one that can be tied by the wearer
makeup ties are very bad style for women.
The well dressed girl with a small In
come has a cltver, trick of making these
collars at home and thereby saving a
pretty penny. She buys one that suits her
fancy In the shops and uses It for a pattern
for a future stock.
To) a
Thirteen More Shopping Days of Our
??t vtt DISCOUNTS, OFFERS OPPORTUNITIES NOT TO BE FOUND ELSEWHERE. THIS STORE IS
S JWaVlS:1"11 F0R CHRISTMAS GIFTS. WE HAVE BUT lHIRTEEN MORE DAYS AT OUR FARNAM
KKSfn a SSJII Crr ?SJL.T UR MAGNIFICENT STOCK OF FURNITURE, CARPETb, RUGS. LACE CURTAINS AND DRAPERIES.
?nRA?" DISCOUNTS ON VARIOUS ARTICLES, RANGING FROM VLx"o TO
50yf IS THE INDUCEMENT WE OFFER.
n 13 THE TIME T0 BUY Y0UR GIFTS AND GET THE ST CHOICE OF THESE BAR.
vvlvn t SA?i2J?iS?RKED IN PLAIN FIGURES AT PRICES AS LOW AND IN MANY CASES LOWER THAN OF
FERED ELSEWHERE, AND FROM THESE PRICES YOU WILL RECEIVE A DISCOUNT RANGING FROM 12; TO 50'(, AS QUOTED HERE.
' 33 Discount
WORK TABLES Xo more trouble to keep
needles and thread and fancy work in order
buy one of our beautiful mahogany work tables
and make somebody happy. No better appre
ciated gift REMOVAL SALE DISCOUNT.
33is.
Way Sororities Cost.
The recent excitement In regard to high
school "frats" and sororities recalls to cer
talu amused students of Chicago educa
tional conditions the remark last year made
by the b'llliant young daughter of a well
kuown Cl.Jcug',- writer.
The, young la.iy was In attendance at the
Hyde Park High school, relates the Kecord
Herald, and htr sorority due, dances, etc..
in the course of the school year attained
such a surprising total tnat her father felt
co.npelltd to remonstrate.
"Do you know, my dear." he said,
gravely, that your sorority has coat me
more this winter than your Aunt Grace
has paid for her membership In the
Oman's club?"
"1 know it auems a lot of money, father "
was tho girl's deprecating rtply, "but you
must remember that we have to keep quite
a surplus on hand, because we never know
when we may te calltd upon to fight the
Board of lCducstion!"
(atckluar Lobsters (or Market.
VP On the bloak nh...
Island In Hancock county. Maltie, works
Mrs. Kate Wilson, lobster catcher.
eince that drealful div in o.. ,..
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fS aao When aha
the waves close aver her huiu.,.,i
hl little schoui.aj- unosi within Lai
knd
lug
$16.50
count
$28.00
count
$15.00
count
$12.50
count
$10.00
count
$22.50
count
$30.00
count
per
Mahogany Work Table, less 33 M
Mahogany Work Table, less 33 V3
Mahogany Work Table, letts 33 per
Mahogany Work Table, less 33
Mahogany Work Table, less 33 Vs
Mahogany Work Table, letss 33
cent dls-
811.00
cent dls
$18.70 cent dls
$10.00 cent dls
$8.33 rent dls-
$6.70
rent dls-
815.00
Mahogany Work Table, leas 33 per cent dls-
$20.00
per
per
per
per
33 Discount
MAGAZINE RACKS All in solid mahogany,
beautifully finished, would be a welcomed
a''
k Rocker, less
i discount
VsJ4-"5 Mahogany
f - 20 per cent dlsi
present to any
COUNT, 3313.
one, REMOVAL SALE DIS-
$20.00 Solid Mahogany Magazine Kack
discount
less 33 per cent
sin ts
$18.00 Solid Mahogany Magazine Rack, less 33 per cent
discount $12 00
$12.75 Solid Mahogany Magazine Rack, less 33 per cent
discount.
$14.00 Solid Mahogany Magazine Rack
discount
$8.50
less 33 per cent
SRft.S
$21.50 Solid Mahogany Magazine Rack, less 33 per cent
discount $14 35
$16.25 Solid Mahogany Magazine Rack, less 33 per cent
discount $10 85
$13.50 Solid Mahogany Magazine Rack, less 33 per cent
dl8COunt 1 $9.00
33 Discount
PARLOR STANDS-We still have a fine as
sortment of Parlor Stands, in popular
woods and their various finishes, all to go at RE
MOVAL SALE DISCOUNT OF 33y3.
$4.00 Quarter Oak Parlor Stand, less 33 per cent dis
count QO QQ
$3.00 Imitation Mahogany Parlor Stand, less 33 per cent
discount ; .go "
$2.25 Imitation Mahogany Parlor Stand, less 33 per cent
discount . kq
$7.50 Mahogany Parlor Stand, less 33 ' per cent 'dis
count nBj pr
$11.75 Curly Birch Parlor Stand, less 33 per 'cnt df
count dq an
$10.00 Mahogany Parlor Stand, less '33 per "cent dis-
tUUlll
20 Discount
ROCKERS - We have a fine assortment of
Koekers, in all the popular finishes and a
wide range of prices. Those will be closed out at
REMOVAL SALE DISCOUNT OF 20.
$4.50 Golden Oak Polished
Rocker, less 25 per cent
discount $3.40
$0.25 Golden Oak Polished
Rocker, less 20 per cent
discount $5.00
$7.25 Golden Oak Polished
Rocker, less 20 per cent
discount $5.80
$9.00 Golden Oak Polished
Rocker, less 20 per cent
discount $7.20
10.00 Golden Oak Polished
20 per cent
$8.00
Rockers, Ihss
iscount.S3.80
6.25 Mahogany Rockers, less
20 per cent discount. S5. 00
$7.25 Mahogany Rockers, less 20 discount $5.80
$8.50 Mahogany Rockers, less 20 discount $6.80
$9.50 Mahogany Rockers, less 20 discount $7.60
$10.00 Mahogany Rockers, less 20 discount $8.00
$12.50 Mahogany Rockers, less 20 discount. . .$10. 00
$18.00 Mahogany Rockers, less 20TC discount. . . $14.40
$19.50 Mahogany Rockers, less 20 discount ... $15.60
25 Discount
ADIES' DESKS The largest and most
SljI complete selection in the citv, all to be
closed out at REMOVAL SALE DISCOUNTS OF
25.
$28.00 Solid Mahogany Desk,
less 25 discount. .$21.00
$31.50 Solid Mahogany Desk,
less 25 discount. .S23.4i5
$30.00 Solid Mahogany Desk,
less 25 discount. .$22.50
$40.00 Solid Mahogany Desk,
less 25 discount. .$30.00
$56.00 Solid Mahogany Desk,
less 25 discount. .$42.00
$130.00 Solid Mahogany Desk,
less 25 discount. .$07.50
25 Discount
LADIES' DESK CHAIRS This is something
not often thought of for a prift, but much
appreciated, REMOVAL SALE DISCOUNT OF
25.
$5.50 Imitation Mahogany Desk Chair,
less 25 discount
$4.15
$6.00 Golden Quarter-sn wed Oak Desk
Chair, less 26 discount
$4.50
$4.)0 Golden Qtiarler-sawed Oak Desk
Chair, less 25 discount-
$3.40
$5.50 Golden Quarter-sawed Oak Desk
Chair, less 25 discount
$4.15
$6.25 Golden Quarter-sawed Oak Desk
Chair, less 25 discount
$4.70
33 Discount
UFFIN STANDS AND TEA TABLES-
We are offering- special price inducements
to close our stock of Muffin Stands and Tea Ta
bles; all of these we offer at REMOVAL DIS
COUNTS OF 3313.
$17.50 Solid Mahogany Muffin Stand, less 33 per cent
$11.70
M
l 1 ilk" a
iJJHJl
1
11 in
discount .
$9.00 Solid
discount .
Mahogany Muffin Stand, less 33
per cent
$6.00
$6.75 Mahogany
discount
Tea Table, less 33
per cent
$4.50
$7.23 Mahogany
discount
Tea Table, less 33
per cent
$4.85
$12.50 Mahogany
discount
Tea Table, less 33
per cent
'$8.35
25 Discount
MUSIC CABINETS Tn solid mahogany, vari
ous styles, latest patterns, REMOVAL
$16.50 Mahogany
count ......
$21.50 Mahogany
count
Parlor Stand, less 33
Parlor Stand, less 33
per
per
$7.50
cent diB-
$12.40
cent dis-
$16.15
QATP nTertniTvtTi rtsrt
$24.50 Solid Mahogany Music Cabinet, less 2
discount
$24.00 Solid
discount . .
per cent
' $18.40
Mahogany Music Cabinet, less 25 per cent
wis nn
$30.00 Solid Mahogany Music Cabinet, less 25 per cent
discount 000 p r
25 Discount
MORRIS CHAIRS-We carry all the desira
ble makes in every style and finish, mak
ing it easy selecting and at REMOVAL SALE
DISCOUNTS OF 25.
iz.uu uoiaen Oak Morris Chair, pol
ished, less 25 discount $9.00
$15.50 Veneered Oak Morris Chair, pol
ished, less 25 discount. . .$11.60
$16.50 Golden Oak Morris Chair, less
25 discount $12 35
$12.00 Weathered Oak Morris Chair,
less 25 discount $0.00
$20.00 Mahogany Morris Chair, less
25 discount $15.00
Medicine Cabinets. Shaving Stands. Butler Trays. Pedestals. Couches. Dressers.
Uni.toniers. Iron and Brass Beds, all go at REMOVAL SALE PRICES
25 Discount Oriental Rugs
collection worthy of your Inspection and ex-
Rare specimens of the weaver's art- a
cellent values at regular price, but a great b
Ne,w Arrivals in Hassocks and Ottomans.
Wilton Ottomans, each $1.50
Wilton Hassocks, each 75
Body Brussels Church Hassocks $1.00
Automobile Husaock, made In Wilton and
Axtnlnster, a new thing, each. . . .$1.25
Children's Hassocks, each. 25
argain at Iteinoval Dlwcount of 23 Ter Cent.
CARPET SWEEPER.
Something needed in every home. We
carry both "RiuHellV' and the "National"
Sweepers, made In all woods and beautifully
finished.
llissell's "Modern" $2.00
IlisM-H'g "Grand Rapid" $2.50
ItlssHl'n "Prize" $3.00
National "Perfection" $2!00
National "Monarch," nickel plate. . .350
National "Triple Medal," nickel plate. .".$3
Drapery Department
Rope. Valances, to fit doors 5 feet 6 Inches wide, medium, all colors, removal sale discount
of 33',4 per ceut $1.00
20 per cent discount on all Rope Portieres.
12 per cent discount on all Sofa Pillows.
$2.00 each for all Silk Covered Sofa Pillows and Girdles, all colors.
33 V4 per cent discount on all Japanese Screens.
12 Vt per cent discount on Lace Curtains, all new, which were intended for our new
store. We take this method of moving them. Fine values and exclusive patterns not
to be had elsewhere.
60 per cent discount on odd and mussed Lace Curtains.
Miller,
tewart (Si JSeatoo
1315-17-19 Farnam Street
dlstanr of his own home the rising tun
hu found her tolling over her lobiter
poll.
Iters la a labor of love brought on by
tttrvitlnn's specter. In all thut region,
where little regard Is wasted on material
thing, and where the hardy Inhabitants
find only time enough to wrent a modest
living from the tea, ahe has become a
figure of unbounded sympathy and pralae
for the able manner In which ahe haa car
ried on her hushand'a bualneas and brought
up her three little children, a girl of
and two manly boya of t and 6 years of
age.
Mrs. Wilson Is comparatively a new
comer to fisherman's inland, where moat
of the inhabltanta are fairly rooted to the
soil. She la the daughter of Joaepb Har
wooU of Fra.'iklln. N. B.. and her early
life waa apent upon a modest- little farm
juKt near enough to the rolling ocean ao
that she could aee It.
At the age of 22 ahe married John Wilson
and came to live with him In the old Wilson
homestead on the laland.- John waa tha
last of hla family and had Inherited from
his people not only the family roofiree.
but also one of the biggest lobeier schoon
ers on Fisherman's island.
For a time their lives ran amoothly and
the thieo children born to the young couple
ee Jhe best dressed of any In the neigh
borhood. John Wilson was Industrious and
he prospered accordingly. No matter how
bitter the dty or threatening the storm,
long aa the aea wus not running too
high to lift the lobster traps, he waa willing
to breast the waves in his little craft and
to make a haul.
Ills drii.c becunie pruverblal In that
election and it eventually cost his life. On
Pocember 14, 1903, he started to make bis
customary round of the lobster traps, al
thouKh the sky waa murky and the voice
in the sea held a warning. Older men
who had watched the sea and ita iiioods for
many years shook their heads when they
saw him making ready for hla dally trip.
They went to him and warned him, but
he laughed at their fears. Ho was not used
to brooking the fury of the sens, so ha
launched hla boat Into the waves aa soon
us a slight calm showed.
for a time all went well. He worked
within sight of his wife and a number of
others, who peered from their windows
over the sea. Huddenly a squall blew up
and he started to drive hla Utile craft
shoreward. The power of the wind in
creased In fury and he lost control of his
craft, which overturned hlra into the sea,
where be sank before the eyes of his wife
and children.
With the breadwinner of the family
drowned. Mrs. Wliaon did not know where
to turn for aid, for relatives she had none.
There were left to her as asset, however,
her husband'a sloop and the family home
steud. Nothing daunted, she aet to work
for herself.
r knew," she said, "thut It would not
do for me to sell out und move away when
tlnre was a good living right heie, if I
could only contrive to haul those lobster
tr.ips of John's."
ri j she sold her sloop and purchased a
smaller boat. In which she had Installed a
four-horse power rasollnn engine. To this
she added a revolving drum worked by
motor power, bhe hired a competent man
to touch tier to operate the uiathiaery and
then shs set out to catch lobsters for her
self.
Hvaaehold Hints.
To revive the luster of morocco, or any
other leather, spply the white of an egg
with a spongue.
The dimculty In cleaning gaa globea la
largely due to the ornamental rouglirnss
of the glass, and It Is ofleu hard to clean
them with soap and water, even with the
addition of aods. A little salt of lemon
added to the soupauda will muke the task
easy.
If yon get paint on woolen or silk gooda
you can easuy remove it wan aplrita
of turpentine. Hoak the spot In the spirits
nd let It stand lor some hours, then rub
the tabrlo tetween the finurs and the
paint will fall away without injury to the
goods.
Nothing so detracts from the appearajice
of good linen as starch. One s.iould be
careiul to rinse tha piece thoroughly in
good, clean water and then give n plenty
of light and air. It enould be Ironed dinp,
so as to get the fine aneen characteriatiu
of well-laundered lli-ens. If linen is Ironed
dry or nearly so it gets fuszy.
If you are leaving your house for a few
hours, and want the fire to keep, In
stead of throwing a lot of coal on, it Is
much better and safer to put two or three
pieces on, and then throw a handful of
table salt over them. This will insure
a good tire at the end of four or Ave
houis.
Kust must be removed from nickel plating
by covering the spots with mutton tallow
and letting It stand for several days. If
this treatment la followed by a rubbing
Willi a good metal polletier und then by
a thorougn washing wan strong ammonia,
succeeded by clear water and a final pol
isiung with dry whiting, stubborn cu.es
will yield.
Vases and ornaments should be dusted
carefully, particularly those with rouxh
surfaces, as the dust U apt to get Into
the crevices, and. once In, It Is very dim
cult to dinlodge. For the latter work a
stiff tooth bruah will be found to do tha
work w mil u could b wUiicd. and
ought to be always kept for this pur
pose. Kitchen paint Invariably haa a shabby,
dull look from the frequent cleaning that
is necessary In this room. The ue of
soap Increases the dimculty, especially If
the paints are varnished. The best plan
Is to bull a pound of bran In a gallon of
water for an hour, then waah the paint
with bran water, and It will not only be
kept clean, but bright and glossy.
Oilcloth should never be scrubbed; If
this course be followed the lnt will
quickly be worn off. It should first be
carefully swept with a aoft brunh to re
move all the dust and fluff and then wiped
with a large aoft cloth, wrung out In tepid
(not hot) water. If It is very dirty. It
may be necessary to use a little soft soap,
but this should be done rarely, and on
no account must soda be used. When
It la dry wipe over with a cloth or sponge
dinned In eklm milk, which will brighten
und preserve the colors and give It a
polleh. After sponging with the milk dry
with a cloth.
Leaves from Fashlou's Kotebook.
Another faaclnatlna buckle U a Lrr
old crescent, aet with iiearla mil hnl.
lants; this Is attached to a shaned belt of
gray suede, with Jewel points tcatteied
profusely over It.
Characteristic features of the present
fashloni aru the pres.rvuiloii of H:mi'!e
lines through any amount of eluborate d-.
tall, and a tenrtn y toward Kmplre effects.
The Kmplre, slmon pure, hus thus fur been
considered too extreme by American wo.
men, but It la not improbable that our wo
men may become educated up or down
to It before the seatson Is well tindnr way
Aa it Is, however, modifications of the
Umpire ure seen everywhere in coats, suits
fiocks and all the accessories. '
The relKn of the elbow sleeves has made
Klovea an important ltern In the list of
dress accesvorif a. and as long as short
tdceves ure fashionable the gloves are not
likely to be lowered In price; Inde.-d minor
haa It that they are going even higher.
It is well to have some sort of a sun.
render or pinafore waist made with the
sklit suit They have many vuriationa.
none of which require much extra tn.iterlul
und give the effect of ciulte a distinct
toilette when the coat Is removed.
Tor visiting wear, velvet blouses, ponies
end even fitted effects are noted, and It la
the rule to have two coats with one's tailor
suit, If one has to consider economy at all
On of these is. of course, of the suit ma.
terlal and the olhir of velvet.
Ixmg capes are gaining favor every day
over the coats ami with their large, biik
llned hoods are much more picturcbuue, not
to saj- convenient. There Is. too, an en.
tire y new form of wrap which at leant hu
the charm of novelty t recommend It. It
Is rashloned mm h on the order of a Komaii
toa or a Orcclan tunic.
The fitted puny coat Is one of the nowext
and m;t attractive models, and one much
more likely to stay i f,don than the very
loose ones, which depend upon their Jaunil
nees for stvle. PHited skirts ure almoif.
Invariably worn with them, th kilted ef
lects. it la asserted by tl.ose who are sup.
posed tn know, aradui.llv superseding the
n ore complicated designs.
LEMA1RE
PARIS
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