Evening Republican, Volume 14, Number 16, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 January 1910 — Fads and Fancies in Dress [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

Fads and Fancies in Dress

The army cape and overcoat are fashionable wraps for late fall days. Velveteen Is a fashionable and practical material for the long dressy coat. Prune-colored cloth, with long ties and gold ornaments, make a handsome theater cloak. Black still indicates that it meanß to rule in tailor as well as in afternoon gowns. Stripes prevail in the latest French flannels, and some of them are highly effective. Colors are the same in names as last year, but this season they are of duller hues. I Every well fitted wardrobe will have a black suit or costume of some sort this season. Some lovely oxidized gold, silver and pewter embroideries are available for the adornment of reception and evening gowns. There is a new button for outdoor garments made of wood. It is inlaid, stained an£ polished in beautiful colors and harmonious designs. A curious finish to tailor-made suits for afternoon wear is the lapel of oriental embroidery, with collar of black velvet or moire. New stoles are of chiffon, edged with fur to match the inuff. This is the first season that this type of stole has appeared, and it is expected that it will be fashionable.

Jet fringe which comes in lengths with Vandyke shapes can be cut to good advantage and used as a bodice trimming, with one or two loose points at the front. • Laundering Lace Curtains. When there are no frames on hand large lace curtains may be pinned on a clean carpet and allowed to dry evenly in this way. Curtains that are dried on a clothes line are so pulled out of shape by the process that they can seldom be hung properly. Inexpensive Nottingham and i other lace curtains which do not require ironing, are best dried on frames. Wash them clean and starch them slightly. Pin them on the light wooden frames, which come for this purpose, and on which they may be evenly dried. If they are ironed they are likely to be pulled out of shape. Needlework Notes. •A novelty is the "college robe,” which any girl can make. Braiding done in colored silk cord is a fancy of the moment. A silk crocheted buckle with a ribbon bow is a novelty in neckwear. Bits of old Japanese embroidery are used to cover buttons for evening capes. Currants make an effective bit of color on white linen and are not difficult to embroider. Pin tucks in a Greek key design formed a dainty finish on a child’s white muslin party frock. Of all flowers used in embroidery the wild tfarrot, or Queen Ann’s lace, is the most exquisitely dainty.

Prefer Haakaada to Votea. Elinor Glyn and Wvette Guilbert are announced as recent members of antisuffrage associations. Mrs. Glyn has joined an English society and Mme. Guilbert has been proposed for membership in an association in this country. Both women are said to have declared their inability to understand why any woman should wish to vote when she has health and a good husband.

Girl Meueisen In Berlin. A girl messenger service has been organized In Berlin designed to supplement the service given by boys. In addition to being hired to deliver letters and packages, the girls are called upon in emergencies to do light housework and to look after children while mothers are shopping.—Argus. Cleaalaw Carpet oa Floor. To clean a carpet without taking up, take a cup half full of corn meal mixed with salt and sweep well when spots - are left; theu take oxgsH -orammonia. Both are very good things to make the carpet as bright as a new one. ' “ —-— l ! A Woman'. ( ItlaenaHlp. A case without precedent as to national lektlon Is that of Mrs. Harriet Stanton Blatch. This daughter of Elizabeth Cady Stanton is not an American citizen because she married an Bngllshman. Now she U about to take out naturalization papers, the

I* president of tno n«w York Quality League for Self-Supporting Women, but aho could not vote if women had the franchise. According to the law of nations, a woma** is a citizen of her husband’s country. There is no case on record where a married woman has made an attempt to transfer her citizenship. Wfeea Skirt* Are Loaar. There is confusion in the minds of many concerning skirts. There is so much talk about smart gowns being five Inches from the floor for evening and nearly six Inches for morning that women wonder if there is any hour in which the long, graceful skirt is worn. The strict decree of fashion In New York, says one authority, is this: Skirts five or six Inches from the ground for street wear; skirts that sweep over the floor in a round train for the afternoon, and skirts five inches from the floor for evening. This is the decree! Every one does not have to abide by it, but numbers of women will accept it in part, if not in whole. They may not have every evening gown made short, or every afternoon frock made long, but they will assuredly have one of each kind to show that they know what is being done in the world of fashion. Good Thing Overdone. The fact that a young woman, 5 feet 1 inch in height, was able to frustrate and almost knock out a 6-foot robber, by hitting him over the head with a purse containing her week’s salary, is an’ interesting illustration of the large improvement that has taken place in recent years, both in the force of woman’s muscle and in the size of the woman’s salary. It may also, to the wary, seem a warning that some good things may be carried too far. A woman with money has been one of the legitimate pursuits of aspiring but impecunious youth since the' beginning of time, and it will be sad evidence of the passing of some of the Customs of good old days, should the combination, once so attractive, become in the new civilization a thing to be avoided like the hind leg of a mule—St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Old-Fashioned Furs. The more quaint and old-fashioned our fur garments are this winter the better, It seems. Early Victorian styles are the fad, promoted by the enthusiam which the play, “Helena Ritchie,”

is arousing, and all sorts of quaint (fidtime styles are coming in. This little pelisse—as it would have been called in the days of our grandmothers—ls of white ermine, bordered all around with sealskin and lined with white brocaded satin finished all arotmd with a little pleated ruffle. The pendant cord ornaments add to the (fid-fash' toned look of the cape and muff. To Poliak Glaas. After windows, mirrors, and, in fact, any glass, even cut glass, have been washed, a most beautiful polish can be obtained by Tubbing with tissue paper. Save all the tissue paper that comes into the house and use it for this purpose. Remedy for Barns. For burns and Bcalds nothing Is so effective as lime water and sweet oil. Take equal parts of each, shake well in a bottle, then apply. Old muslin la very good and will not “draw.” Saturate well and tie on. Ckoap Disinfectant. A cheap disinfectant to use in scrubbing or washing utensils in a sickroom is made by adding a teaspoonful of turpentine to every bucket of hot water. Turpentine Is a powerful disinfectant, and will dispel all bad odors. Left-Over Paint. If a can of paint has to be left open, stir it thoroughly, so as to dissolve all of the oil, then fill with water. When it becomes necessary to use the paint pour off the water and you will find It as trestf as when first opened. Polly. v * All men have follies. Those of the wise man are known only to hlmseir; those of the fool te all men but himself.—Smart Bet. Cnrefnl Mary. --.1 Such sweet, red lipel I stoop te My little neighbor, Mary. "Not on tny mouf,” said four-year-old; "Tldn’t sanitary!”

"EARLY VICTORIAN" FUR CAPE.