Evening Republican, Volume 14, Number 52, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 March 1910 — DOINGS OF WOMEN [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

DOINGS OF WOMEN

* Limitation*. He had mastered all wisdom abroad and at home. His frontal bone bulged like a capltol dome. He had garnered the world’s choicest fancy and fact, And with things cyclopedic his mem’ry was packed. He chortled with glee at the sight of new lore, He digested each morsel and clamored z .. for matE::- --- . - He knew all the tongues, down to Choctaw and Creek, He lectured in Sanscrit and gossiped in Greek. But they asked him to stand as a godfather once, • And he blundered and failed like the veriest dunce. He was brave as a lion; unconquered, untamed; His hair-breadth escapes were unnumbered, unnamed. A mad dog amuck in the street scared not him. And runaway steeds he had stopped with great vim. He had battled for life on the ocean in storm, He sought gravest perils to keep in good form. While fire and tempest, or pistol and knife— These menaces served as the breath of his life. But his wife sent him shopping, with samples to match, And he fainted— and never came up to the stratch. —L. D.

“Best Dressed” is Defined. If I were laying down only one rule in the matter of dress I should make it this,” said an authority on woman’s dress, “Be inconspicuous.” “I may add. that personally it is a great delight to me to purchase goods over the counter presided over by a tastefully dressed saleswoman. By that I mean one who allows her own sweetness and good looks to shine out regardless of extravagant dress accessories. Jewelry, for example, is much out of place on a working woman, nr, indeed, on any woman when she goes downtown on business. It is exactly the same with the big bows and inordinate high heels and tightly laced waists. My advice is one or at least two dresses a year, well made and of good material, rather than superfluous flashiness. Of course, a girl should go to the theater and to a party occasionally. It is possible for her to be separate waist, which, if she has any ingenuity, she can make valuable herself by handiwork. If she has not the skill, I think it would be far better for her to study sewing in some school for the evening and thus attain this skill. “But let me add that the inconspicuously dressed woman is always the best dressed woman.”’

Men Susceptible to Volee. Very few women realize what an effect a sweet voice has on a man. A woman may be very pretty to look upon, may be faultlessly and bewitchingly attired, and attractive in every why, and yet too often directly she opens her mouth and speaks, the spell is broken, the charm is gone. And this need never be. Very few voices are so naturally bad that they will not succumb to training, and the voice can be trained td be just as sweet and gentle as we please to make it. A woman should speak in a low volee. She should not allow her voice to raise Itself to a high pitch. She should not shout her orders. This shouting and raising of the voice spoils tone and quality, and tends to make it harsh. A pretty voice is a powerful attraction in a woman, and she who would add to her charms a wondrous fascination should cultivate a voice “ever soft, gentle and low.” Rusaian Tailor-Made.

This model has the full pleated skirt so acceptable to the American woman, also the new seamless shoulder, the

pleated, close-fitting coat proper with graduated peplum and straight belt of the material at the natural waistline. The material is a very dark, smothlyflnished French serge, the frogs, cuffs, buttons and collar facing all of black. A Gage hat in the popular tricorne shape is shown with this suit. Fads ana fahcigs Turbans of a military appearance are very fetching with the tailored suit. Elaborate braiding appears on some of the coats of the .dressy tailored suits. The newest coiffure is flat in front and piled heavily over the ears. It is called the Brittany. A brocade of a faint opal gray and pink made a lovely lining for a coat of rich black sealskin. With the season’s double-breasted coats the correct thing is to begin the buttons at the waist line. Light yokes are much more becoming as a rule that the dark material of the gown coming next the face. Corded ribbon is being used as a

trimming on several of the daintiest of the ready-made evening gowns. Coats of material contrasting with the skirt are a good deal seen, velvet being the most used with cloth skirts. Black fur is by far the most attractive pelt for the trimming of the numberless green suits and gowns worn this season. Pretty with coats and colored blouses is the deep cuff of linen with embroidery button-holed scallops and plaited lace frill. Street costumes will be made of pongees and rajahs. The latest patterns in both goods have changeable hues the same as silks. Seed pearls lead in the list of jewels for hair adornment. They are used in combination with fluffy tulle or on the classic bandeau. Petticoats to wear under velvet gowns have an upper part of mousseline de sole, with a flounce and little frills of some heavier silken fabric. First of all, silks will be worn this year, especially changeable taffetas of two tones. This is really the most Important feature as yet developed relative to forthcoming materials. —-iak Stains. > I*resh ink stains may be removed jy the application of sweet milk, anjl this is good in cases of colored fabrics which may be affected by chemicals and acids. Fresh stains should be saturated with cold water and then pressed with clean blotting paper. Repeat until no more stains can be re-

moved and then mo it with the cut side of a lemon and sprinkle thickly with table salt. The ink spots may be removed from white wash fabrics by soaking a few minutes and then washing in a strong solution of oxalic acid, taking case to wash out the acid thoroughly afterward. Melted tallow poured on the Spot while hot and scraped off when cold will also, be found to be safe and often a sure remedy.

Dreumaker. Of course, every one likes to have a new slut each season, but four suits a year soon land one in quite a mess of half-worn clothes that are a burden and a reproach to a conscientious woman. It is often wiser and more satisfactory to remodel a last year’s suit than to buy a new one. A good material should give two or three seasons of hard service if it is handled in the right manner. It can always be cleaned, turned or dyed so that the most fastidious woman can satisfy herself as to its absolute freshness. A new lining, new cuff and collar facings for a coat, and a general overhauling for a skirt, will put a last year’s suit quite in order if one only intends using it for hard hacking and rainy days. But if the suit must make a presentable appearance in good society one will have to go to a little more trouble. It should be recut, the sleeves made up to date and the neck opening, collar, etc., made to answer to the last word on smart tailoring. A Singing Teapot. It is said that the Japanese, so ingenious in making curious and fascinating devices of every kind, manufacture singing teakettles. An iron kettle, otherwise quite ordinary, has the almost lifelike Characteristic of

bursting into song when the water bolls. The sounds, they say. are produced by steam bubbles escaping from sheets of iron fastened across the kettle near the bottom. Skill is required not only in making them, but in regulating the fire under them. These curious kettles have been in use many years. Reciprocity. She sewed a button on my coat. For I was far from.mother. ’Tis such a thing,” she said to me, “As I’d do for my brother." She looked so pretty sitting there I quickly stooped and kissed hen “ 'Tis such a thing,” I said to her, “As I’d do to my sister!”' —Smart Set—— Dainty Rn/Be Condemned. -4-—— The dainty little ruffle that suits so well a pretty head, making it look like a flower rising from its calyx, is condemned by fashion. The wired lace or net collar now stops abruptly, and has a most unfinished look to eyes accustomed to the ruffle. But fashion must have change, even if it be for tha worse. Discovered. , Women always were gentler than men. They say: “O heavens,” while men say just the reverse.—Atchison Globe. Wearing New Shoaa.,'l To prevent shoes from blistering the heel, paste a small piece of felt or velvet in the heel; then they w!U not slip up and dowh.