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Bracelet
PROPRIETORS of antique .hoo.
are betnf beslered dally by faiih
lonable women In eearch of old
bracelet. The older and quaint
er the bracelets the better la my lady
pleaaed, and If the craze continues. It
will not be long before civilized Ameri
can maids and matron will bid fair to
rival their sisters In Zululand in the
(luantlty and variety of the bauble,
thi'y wear.
"I have sold STO of the unusual styles
during the last three months," one
U'-uler remarked complacently, "and I
have Just ordered a new supply from
I lie other side. When they are1 gone,"
he uiMed, Bhrugglng his nhoulders, "well,
we must invent new kinds on the 'old
lines, that Is all."
Antique bracelets are for the most
part s wide aa the ordinary napkin
ring, and those that are of silver fili
gree, either plain or glided, are particu
lar y popular. There was. a rage for
Jewelry built after this fashion a few
ear ago, and-many women who had
neck chains or other ornaments of this
style are having them made over Into
I i aceletH Just now.
One of the prettiest of theM antique
silver bracelets Is composed of a deli
cate Mllirree of Ivy leaves, bounded on
BRINGING UP A
IT MAT not be so vital a matter to
humanity at large as bringing up a
boy In the same manner, but itais
vastly more Important to the dog
himself. Dogs brought up by hand
hav. their misfortunes, though not of
the sort usually Investigated by th. 8.
P. C. A.
Th. puppy who first opens wondering
yes on a world that la populated prin
cipally by children, could supply m ar
terial for a volume on th. trial, that
can b meted out to a small dog by
the people who lov. him beat.
He doesn't quite understand why
ueer two-footed beings should delight
in turning his ears tnsld. out to see how
long It will take him to wriggle them
back Into place; or hold him up by the
tall In order to test the reliability of his
pedlgre, but In due time he learn, to
oonaider snoh things of minor Impor
tunes, for there Is worse In store.
H. discovers that he Is an excellent
fit for the biggest doll's cloak and
bonnet (being pliable, he Is made to fit
them, not they to fit him). H. finds
that If his tall Is clipped off square
his owners think It far more to their
liking than when It was pointed, as
nature Intended. He see. no reason
why he should have to go up and
down stairs hampered by the clutch of
i-nnill fingers upon that same tall, but
It's all in the day's work, and this, too,
in time, he accepts philosophically.
True Canine Dignity
What a dog never ceasaa to resent
ta being made ridiculous. He will learn
to take his bath with becoming meek
ness, for he realizes It has certain after
compensations In his freedom from
fleas, and the possibility of getting the
bath towel between his teeth and shak
ing It to bits. He grows resigned to
the diet that his mistress and her ad
visers deem suitable for him, and can
he left in the room for hours with the
most tempting morsel within sight ami
reach, and never make a move toward
It, for -dogs are by nature horest crea
tures. Hut when he is forced to do
komething, or wear something that he
knows will make him. an object of
Si orn to the most disreputable mongrel
on the block, then. Indeed, does jus
diiRKlxh soul revolt.
PROMPTNESS AND POLITENESS
Tin
llKHK was once a great man
(whose name 1 have forgotten.
nit it is not important to this
till of mum I advice "Answer a dinner
invitation within twenty-four hours
fftcr ou receive It. if you accept, let
nothing sti.lit of your death prevent
niir going, and if you die. arrange for a
uLutllute In your will. Whatever you
:.i for heaven's sake be, prompt In
the dolus-!" v -
Along the same lines was a note re
ceived by a ceilaln Washington hofetea
ti om the valet of an attache of one of
the legations. "M. regrets that ho
tan not come to Mrs. U s dinner but ho
died last niglit !"
Now a funeral in the family is usually
accepted us a very good reason for not
doii.g anything: but little short of one
can excuse a l.u k of punctuality In mat
ters social. Whatever you are, be
prompt!
A few years hack it was considered
rather a nice thing to come In Just a llt
i.c late, tiltis going to halls spoke with
In Ide f being among the laat arrivals.
Novelists who would chronicle the tin
Inus of the smart set, got into the fasli
l"ii of opening their choicest chapter,
w ill a vision of the hostess, and those
vt lur guests who were underbred or
ft
either side by a narrow band of solid
silver; another attractive one is com
posed of a series of solid silver links,
each one decorated with an engraved de
sign. Still another is very wide and
boasts of a large buckle above the
clasp. All of these old bracelets clasp,
by the way.
From Russia, the land of so many
mysteries, romances and tragedies,
comes a heavy, round, silver brace
let that could perhaps tell a won-
DOG BY HAND
Some well-known humorist has held
up to ridicule th. two old ladles who
were so devoted to their dog that they
bought him the choicest mutton chops
very day, and took turns staying home
from church with him. on Sundays.
Now some people expend all their pity
on the old ladle, for being so foolish
doesn't It seem as If the dog were de
serving of a little, for being made a
fool of?
Probably Felt HiDegradation
Of course he got used to It In time,
for the noblest Inclinations perish from
lack of use, and there may even have
been occasions when be lay on his
cushion, and rejoiced In his .own degra
dation; but it Is mora than probable
that he never looked out th. window at
th. neighbor's dogs, who were brought
up with a proper spirit of Independence,
without feeling a bit resentful toward
his benefactors, and ashamed of him
self! There are dogs who wear gay ribbon
bows and glittering harness around the
members of their human families, and
look almost as If they liked it, but Just
give those berufded canines a chance to
slip around tbe corner to an enticing
mud puddle, and see how much they
really love their frills!
A case came up In court not long
since. In which a dog was the defend
ant, and a small boy, who had taken
away his bone, the plaintiff. The dog
had objected to the forcible removing
of his property, and growled. The
father of the boy Insisted that It was a
dangerous animal, and must be shot
to Insure public safety, but the owner
objected, and appealed to a higher pow
er The Judge gave as his decision that a
hungry man has a right to make him
self disagreeable If his dinner Is stolen
by another and larger man, while he Is
In the process of enjoying it, and he
considered that a dog should have sim
ilar right, under similar circumstances.
The case was dlamlssed, and the four
footed defendant went on his way re
joicing. It looks at last, as If the day
of the dog, when he Is no longer a kick
ed and cuffed bunch of anatomy, or a
stuffed and pampered plaything, but a
respectable and respected member of so
ciety, was at hand!
unfortunate enough to have arrived on
time, sitting in dejected state, awaiting
the honored guest of the evening, who
always made it a point to appear Just
fifteen minutes after the hour sot In the
card of invitation but "we have chang
ed all that!"
i'unctuality, the politeness of kings,
Is once more to the fore, if you want
to be popular with those who entertain,
answer your Invitations aa soon as you
receive them. Personally I think a tele
phone Invitation a twentieth-century
species of inquisition. How can you think
of fitting excuses for not going, r prop
erly enthusiastic reasons for golug.when
you are confronted wkh a gaping bit of
metal In the shape of a transmitter?
but the telephone has had Its use, aa
well as its abuse, in that it has obliged
the otherwise tardy to come up to time.
The more Informal and personal the
invitation the prompter should the an
swer be. If you are going to be merely
an atom In a vast assemblage, then you
may be pardoned for letting your reply
to your bidding dally, but If you are to
be one of a chosen few. such hesitancy
Is one of the blunders that Is worse than
a crime.
Decline If you will accept If you see
tit, bui whatever you do, "for heaven s
sake be prompt in the doing!"
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drous tale of th. loves and longings
of some bygon. Muscovite beauty.
This bracelet has no clasp, but there
Is a space between the two ends to
enable the wearer to slip it over her
hand. It is then pushed along until
It His snugly and the opening Is turned
toward the Inner part of the forearm.
There Is also an old Indian bracelet,
which Is not unlike the Russian,
since it is thick and round and has
also an open space Instead of a clasp.
The decorations upon the silver are
, naturally of a different character,
having the Swastika design. Yet an
other round bracelet has a tiny key
hole at the clasp, and locks In the
most approved fashion. This brace
let would make a very pretty en
gagement token, the lover locking It
upon his sweetheart's arm and keep
ing the key himself.
Probably your grandmother owned
a pair of wide, thick, gold bracelets
that were enameUrl In black in the
once popular "Walls of Troy" or some'
other conventional design, and which
had a finish in the shape of a tiny
fine gold chain. If she did, and you
have these treasures stowed away
among the ornaments of the last cen
tury that you have long considered
absurd, get one of them out and wear
it. Or, better still, she may have pos
By Dorothy Tuke ,
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,ORTIKRK8 were first brought Into
use to exclude draughts, mil in
the well-heated houses of today
they are selUsin used for that pur
pose. However they have litten round to
be very useful from a decorative point
of view. They are largely taking the
place of doors, and are certainly artistic
when they are hung In beautiful folds In
order to soften the hard lines of a door
way. In England, where the houses are not
so well heated, and where privacy is
reverenced, no one would think for an
Instant of letting a portiere take the
place of a door; but Instead portieres'
are fastened to the doors themselves.
Knglish children are early taught to
shut all doors alter them, and when
thy come to thi country they marvel
at the free and easy way we live, with
all doors open.
There Is a large ranne of prices In
portieres. Handsome silk tapestry por
tieres lined and fnieilined are cosily,
but artistic e eels can le had for very
little money If the liomemaker is clever
with her fingers.
Applique curlulns, which are the rsge
just now, are undeniably pretty. Inex
pensive and give a laria- siope for va
riety. They are especially attracts e
made of madias cloth, which costs $1 U-'i
a yard, but when this cannot be afforded
burlap Is a gotHi sulniute. To make
the design, a flower and leaves, or w hat
ever the design may be, should be cut
out of heavy paper or cardboard, and
these used as a pattern to cut out the
resuired number of (lowers and leaes
from linen. These should be basted on
the curtains and the edges either tinish
ed off with the button-hole milch worked
wlth'heavy linen thread, with couching
or with braid eiine. This craftsman
style of curtain goes particularly well
Willi mission furniture
Another style of portieres much In
vgue are the hand-woven ones, like our
grandmothers made. These are heavy
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sessed a cameo bracelet, composed of
a series of fine cameos, Joined to
gether with heavy gold links; or in
stead It may have been a wide, flat,
chain-like affair. with one huge
cameo for the clasp. In either case,
she has left behind something well
worth possessing. Hunt It up and
slip It on your arm.
It Is not to be supposed that the
dealer in modern Jewelry will sit
quietly by and let the-vender of an
tiques have things all his own way.
Since women want old bracelets, or,
at any rate, bracelets that look old,
he will do his best to meet her de
sires. His showcases are filled with
bracelets of every sort and degree.
He has Imitated the old designs and
he has Improved on them. He has
given us bracelets In silver touched
with gold and In gold of several dif
ferent colors.
The rose tlnlsh Is tremendously popu
lar, and many of the flat, thick or
round bands are tinted this way and or
namented In elaborate embossed floral
designs. The Roman finish Is liked for
the heavier, quainter bracelets, and a
great many shown In this tint look like
huge firfner rings with an Immense ame
thyst, carbuncle or aquamarine embed
ded In one side.
Chain bracelets an shewn in an end
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less variety fine link., coarse llnlrs,
sometimes In a delicate, net-like mesh.
These are anywhere from three-quarter,
of an Inch to an Inch and a half wide,
and sometimes have iargj clasps of gold
engraved In rose or Roman tinting or
clasps of Jewels. Perhaps the prettiest
of these chain bracelets have a series of
precious stones diamonds and rubles al
ternating, or diamonds and amethysts
set at regular interval, all the way
round.
One bracelet, the very simplicity of
which is, no doubt, the root of Its popu
larity, looks not unlike a large wedding
ring. It Is heavy, round and unchased,
and slips over the hand, having neither
clasp nor lock of any sort. This brace
let comes In either the rose, Roman or
natural gold, and has a place upon the
list of betrothal gifts.
Coral Is In great demand and there I.
yet another revival of the last century's
fashluna in the gold snake bracelet.
Just why the woman who screams at
the sight of a mouse, shudders when she
comes within five feet of a caterpillar,
and fears a live snake more than any
thing ele in the world, should be will
ing to twist this golden semblance of a
serpent about her wrist Is a mystery
beyond the comprehension of the on
looker. But wear It she does, ajid since
she Is satisfied, who shall complain?
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LITTLE vanity. Ilk. a soft vole.
an excellent thins: In woman.
know this7 Is not the theory
usually advanced by Sunday school
books and manual, of right living, but
all the same I am Inclined to the opin
ion that very few men would live with
a woman totally devoid of vanity, if
they could help themaelvea.
To begin with, she Is not ordinarily
an attractive housekeeper. I don't
mean that her rooms are unswept, her
beds made In humps, her bread sour
and her preserve, a failure. Far be it
from m. to suggest that th. arrange
ment of her back balr has anything to
do with her ability to select a Joint of
meat; but If she takes no pride In her
personal appearance, she is apt not to
take It In the serving of her food and
the arrangement of her chairs.
Women who wear pretty clothes gen
erally have pretty dinner tables. The
connection may seem a trifle remote at
first glance, but I suppose th. same
temperament that notes the fall of a
bit of lace or the adjustment of a rib
bon studle. the effect of candle shades,
the blending of flowers, the texture of
linen and the quality of china. And
pretty dinner tables are not usually th.
accompaniment to ugly, comfortless
houses.
"Don't look Into the glass so much,"
said an elderly woman to her small
granddaughter. "It will make you vain!"
"What is vain?" queried Miss Flve-Tear-Old,
standing on tiptoe on a has
sock. In order to catch a better glimpse
of her own plump reflection. "Is it
somefln you catch like my measles?"
Now, out of the mouth of that baba
cam. then a grain of wisdom. Vanity
is something that you catch. Put a
child Into a household where the
small niceties of dress are looked
upon as the prerogative of the un
godly, and It will take Ave years of
boarding scboal (with all the merci
and serviceable, and go well with the
bold treatment of rooms furnished In
mission style.
Ienim Is much used for Inexpensive
portieres, and Is especially pretty when
treeted with an applique design. Some
times pretty hKured denims can be
found. A clever young girl recently
found a good-tigtired denim, and ha
then hrfughl the same design in different
coioriiiKs and put them together, making-
the deidm look reversible.
The Helena tapestries make beautiful
Cortierea. but they are not as well
nown as they desrve to be. They are
reversible, and so need not be lined.
The Burface of the material has a
crinkled effect, and the colors are most
ly two-toned greens, blues, reds, yel
lows and grays. It comes In two grades,
the heavier costing f3 a yard and the
thinner one Iz.
it la necessary In choosing portieres
to see that they do not contrast too
sharply with the walls or the wood
work, nor should the design of the por
tieres conflict with the wall paper, it
It, usually safest to have a plain portiere
with a III; ii red wall and vice versa.
in making up a isirtfere of double
faced material the hems should be turn
ed toward the room that is least used.
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less Innuendo and criticism of th. em
bryo woman, whlc-& It entails) t.
transform that child from a dowd to
a fairly presentable-looking human
being. But In the end she will b.
transformed, and like the measles
her attack of vanity, having com.
late. Is apt to b. most violent.
It Is the wis. mother who teaches
her daughter vanity early, and
teaches It In moderation. If the tiny
tot, whose fat fingers are Just becom
ing Intimate with the eccentricities of
a shoe button, could be made to un
derstand that th. proper adjustment
of that button is as much a matter of
course to all "good little girls" a.
having one's face washed before
luncheon, something would be gained.
There Is no more harm in a child
knowing that pink Is becoming to
her and blue Is not than there Is in
her being aware that certain articles
of food are unwholesome. If her
days and nights are given over to the
thought and discussion of that same
becomlngness, she becomes a cutn
berer of the earth, and If she talks
about her digestion and the amount
of nutrition to b. derived from her
diet list, on all occaalons she become,
a nuisance!
Any good thing carried to nn excess
may cease to be a blessing, and van
ity In moderation omes under th.
head of good thing..
When two single-faced material, are
sewn together a cord or binding must
"tr.n,on A the ! the materials
are thick, they will not need an Inner
lining of canton flannel. A hem should
be basted at the bottom of each piece
of material and the tops and sides sewn
together. Then the portiere should be
hur.g to determine the length. It should
Just escape touching the floor. When the
curtain has been hung about a week It
will have had time to adjust Itself, and
the bottom hems can be stitched to
gether. Pretty portieres that are easily mad.
are trimmed with tapestry border,
down the sides and across the bottom.
The border can be bought for as little
as twenty-five cents a yard, and when
of harmonizing colors enriches a Dor.
tiers greatly. '
Velour curtains still hold their own,
the soft lustre of the velour and the
graceful folds Into which It falls being
responsible for Its popularity.
One of the Illustrations shows a beau
tiful band-woven portiere In the horn,
of one of the best artists In the country.
The rones of the portiere are dull pink,
purple and brown, all perfectly blended.
The strips are each thirty Inches wide,
but three strips are laced together with
brown shoestrings. The color scheme
of the room Is carried out In brown,
gray and purple, but Judiciously, in or
der to Insure harmony.
There are various ways of hanging
portieres, but the best wsy Is to have
traverse rings and pulley cords, so that
the portiere Is not pulled out of shape
by careless handling.
Portieres of costly materials made by
an upholsterer are a luxury, but when
made at home are an Inexpensive way
of adding to th. comfort and beauty of
the house.
A Real Stocking Tree
AS THE result of Santa's visit It Is
both easy and' novel to have a real
stocking tree. Stockings ilttlo and
big, stockings everywhere; small ones
made of cotton tarlatan or net sewed
with bright woolen yarns, and filled
with candy and popcorn, and large ones
made of mosquito net tilled Willi all
sorts of larger packages, in fact, mam
moth stockings holding toys, dolls
skates and sleds, even, are just rite
sort to please children. Resides, they
serve as bags for carrying their cou
tents home.
By a little management, bonks can be
Set flat to make the soles, thou uhove
that other gifts may he fitted In so that
the stocking. can stand up all arouial
the base of the tree, looking Just as lat
and full as stockings should.
The upper branches lighted with elec
tricity, If possible, and decorated Willi
tiny socks of every color and fashion
the lower ones loaded with larger ones'
while the floor or base of the tree show
huge socks, revealing almost but not
quite the nature of their conti nls gives
to, expectant children a pretty and In
' teresliug spectacle. f
Distributing Christmas Gifts
A
NOVEL way of dlstrihut ing fcitt i
to hand eaelf child a slip ol p. per,
upon which Is written, i.in..,,..
"Look in tile second drawer of our
own bureau." Expecting to tlnd the de
sired present, th diawer is lianuly
opened. instead of a gift, another
piece of paper says. "It may be on t:ie
lower shelf of revolving bookcase." No
present Is therf only a paper, saying,
"Look further, l'ry your own hat box."
Aficr a dozen similar eplxodea the pres
ent is found. With growti-uiis tin i'1 i
opportunity for clever cpiKrarns ,111.1
Jingles reckoned anionic the most preci
ous treasures of ('iirlMm.isliiie.
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