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THE INDIANA STATE SENTINEL, WEDNESDAY Mt)RNING, JANUAKYN17, 1894-TWELYE PAGES.

THAT nAlinHTFR OF YHIIR INA I UnUUniLn Ur IUUIiGt i A TIMELY WORD AIUU T TJIK HRIGvsa ip ok iai;iiti:us. Chemistry for filrl. A otel llnrie-nman-Mo(hri and Daushters-ln-l,w Ailrrntnroni Wnmrn Efforts in Untertalninic Kitchen Comforts. I am before you today pleading the cause of one whom the generality of mothers seem to neglect. It Is that daughter of yours who is Just entering womanhood. What have you done for her In the way of equipping her to meet this world? yan she hold her "own against the men and women of the world? If you have not clothed her with the armor of enlightenment, you have neglected a duty, and you owe it to your child to make haste to correct the mistake. "Oh," you say, "my daughter knows nothing of th wickedness of this world; her Innocence is her shield. I am not afraid to trust h?r; she comes of a long line of high-toned, virtuous nwn and women. I have no fear that she will ever do anything to compromise her womanhood." My dear sister, you are very wrong; that is no argument, but an oft repeated makeshift. This world holds many wicked men and many mean, jealous women whose delight it is to insinuate themselves Into the good graces and kindly feelings of young girls merely for the fun of ruining their victims. It Is all brought about so gradually that you are not taken Into her confidence, and how sadly you are shocked some day when some genuine friend comes to you and advises you to stop your dauf hter from associating with Mr. Blank, and also to sever her intimacy with Miss So-and-so, because people are already beginning to say unpleasant things about her. Word fall to describe your heartache. All this may ari:-o merely from appearances. She may not intentionally have committed a single indiscretion, and she is terrihly shocked when you reproach her for bringing such sorrow to you and shame to herself as it 1 possible for only a pure mind to b. Where is that shield of innocence? Call it rather the impediment of ignorance. But, asrrUn, does her i'inveni-e of heart and mind prevent the world from remembering that her name has once been handled carelssly? No; yon know and I know that this world never draws the veil of charity over a woman's mistake, she innocent or guilty. Indeed. I have not drawn too largely upon my own imagination. This is all true to life. I have sen thse things, and I am not even a middle-aged woman. Put I am one whose heart is full of love for my sisters. It has not lecn f-o long since my girlhood days, and I dearly love all young and innocent girls. I have seen many girls suffer just as I have described it to you, and I lcg of every mother who sees this to warn her young daughter against the evil snares of the world. Teach her that a kiss, a squeeze of the hand In fact, a touch of the hand, save in greeting from any intimate gentleman friend is fraught with nrt honorable intentions, and tell her how to resent any familiarity from the opposite sex in a quiet, dignified yet very positive manner. Minneapolis Housekeeper. A nted HnrnriTomiin. The most widely known horsewoman in Kentucky, and probably of the whole South, is Mrs. John Clay of Lexington. A manifold interest surrounds her. The fact that she is the daughter-in-law of the great commoner, Henry Clay; that her honu "Old Ashland." was built by him for his son. her husband; that it was here that Mrs. Henry Clay died, and that almost every article of furniture the house contains was bought and used by Henry Clay, is worthy of notice. Pesides that, however, she possesses the usual great personal attraction, and tip to her marriage was a renowned belle. Fh" is a woman of literary ability, having written several well known novels. Put Mrs. Clay's principal point of interest lies in none of these things, but in the fact that throughout the whole lTirth and breadth cf h r native state eha s the onb- woman who conducts entirely alone a blue grass stock farm. Since the death of her husband many years ago she has t?ken complete charge f her estate of more than 2."0 acres, and on the whole of which hardly a weed Is to be seen, and in no place can there be found a single plank missing from the twenty-five rnils of fence upon it. Mrs. Clay cares little for the society of her own kinc. but she is on the most Intimate and .-onfl lential terms with hr mute friends. She knows their names, their histories und even their individual dispositions. M.s. Clay's genuine love for her horses is r-hown in her interest In their future welfare. In her will she has bequeathed to evtry superannuated animal on the pla.-e a legacy of $r,0 per annum and no work. Lexington Letter. Effort In KntertninlfiK. Obvious effort in the way of entertaining is considered bad form in the best houses. Any eccentricity in table decoration or studied effects of any kind are, therefore, to be avoided. The finest of damask, the best of cutlery, the most brilliantly polished silver and glass and choice flowers In greater or less profusion, according to the character of the entertainment, are deemed all sufficient by those who are in the habit of receiving their world constantly and as a matter of course. "New people." who are not only willing but eager to go to any amount of trouble and expense in the way of commending themselves to society, not infrequently overreach themselves and begin all wrong (a fatal mistake, by the way, as to begin right is all important) through a want of perception and too much effort. "Mrs. Outeredge will never get on," was the verdict pronounced by a social magnate on a socially ambitious woman of her acquaintance. "I lunched there, ard everything was most effusively rich and studied twenty people at the table . gold threaded damask a present with each bunch of flowers and even to the eatables, everything was a surprise, it was very wearisome, and all a mistake; I really felt like telling her bo." X. Y. Tribune. Kitrhen Comfort. The wise woman makes her kitchen comfortable. If she is her own maid of all work, she linds that the trouble and thought she upends on that humble room are very wis?ly spent. If she has a servant, she will find that the comfort of the kitchen will often te the meamire of the servant's stay and her willingness to work. The floor sh uld be painted. There should be neitly bound mats of carpet here and there, but no tacked or "putdown" rug. The walla, when it is possible, should be covered with linoleum. View or oraethiflg' equally durable and

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ea?y to k"P clean- There rtouw be j lierht colored holland ehades at the win- : dows and short sash curtains of white dotted muslin. There- should be, if rouble, a safe with jrlass doors thrjuph which the blue and yellow crockery, the tin and copper vessels, may be seen without patherinR dust and smoke. There should be at least one shelf where cook-books may repow, and another where bright, hardy, heat-lovinsr flowers may bloom. A kitchen clock should provide the element of accuracy for the culinary experiments, and a big splint bottomed rocker should be one of the prominent furnishings of the room. X. Y. World. Chemistry for Girl. Knowing the chemical composition of flour, meat and potatoes and the effect of various methods of preparation, a housewife can put her learning to economical uses and do her cooking on such a basis as to produce palatable dishes with no loss . of nutriment and at the least expense. As a matter of fact, an educated cook, even though she enjoys the reputation of always "making things taste good," is seldom a saving cook not because she intends to be wasteful, but because she haa not the scientific knowledge regarding food materials and their management, which would enable her to be saving. On the other hand, an intelligent cook has a scientific reason for every direction and every process. She is able not only to produce the most appetizing results, but to do so with the greatest economy of time, labor and mcaiey. The same is true in other departments which come under the care of the housewife. A knowledge of chemistry and the ability to make a few simple tests would enable her to avoid the use of a frreat manv frauds, useless and in jurious articles for example, washing compounds that are utterly woriniess or that will rot the clothes; toilet powders containing bismuth, or arsenic for her own complexion or use in the nursery; expensive baking powders that contain alum or something worse; a wonderful furniture polish at 50 cents a pint that costs about 15 cents a gallon: poisonous hair dyes; dangerous ointments; quack medicines warranted to cure the most severe attack cf something in half an hour, etc.. ad infinitum. Therefore, we say. let the girls study chemistrv in the school, not me.ely for the culture and mental discipline to be derived from it, but for its practical, economic value, and not only "let" them do it. but insist that the school directors furnish the opportunity for them to study at least the elements of the subject. Fhiladelphli Record. flottier nnd With those mothers whos? grown sons are contemplating matrimony we wish to have a little, confidential chat. Of course we know that you think no one in the world is qui'e good enough for that boy of yours, hut just the s,une let the tenderness and the gentle acts of consideration be f r the youthful bride rather than for the new made husband. It is a crucial period In a woman's life when she enters another family, and many an hour of sorrow enn be avoided if at the outset John's mother puts her loving arms around the new daughter and makes her feel she is a welcome addition rather than an intruder in the new home. Love your boy all you want to. but do not make your affection for your son show up in evident contrast to the lukewarm feeling you entertain for his wife. Men are not so easily hurt. The masculine heart is not so easily wounded. Slights that would grieve the woman would never be noticed by the man. Therefore be hypocritical rather than too honest in your expression of feeling. Make the young girl fiel at home. You never will know the awful longing she may experience for words of love and comfort. You perhaps deem her -oM when she is doing her best to keep back the tears of lonliness. Kven though she docs not live under your roof, you can show in many ways that you regard her as a daughter rather than that dignified individual, your son's wife. If she is far away from her own home try to make up to her for its loss, and though at first your own heart may cry out against the division of an affection that has always been yours entirely, in time you will reap the reward of a greater love both from the son and the daughter-in-law. Philadelphia Times. .Idrrnlaroni Women. Miss Menie Muriel Dowi has sketched the lives of several wm-n who went forth to seek fortune dressed In men's garments. The first in the list is Mine. Velasquez, who served all through the war of the rebellion Lieut. Harry liuford of the Independent scouts, C. S. A. The second is a much older character, no le.-s than Hannah Snell, who, under the name of James Cray, served as a soldier and saiior in the Hritish army and merchant marine from the 27th day of November. 17-T,. to the tnh day of June. 17"0. She was at the siege of Pondicherry and all other siege during that expedition and received twelve wounds, some of thc-m dangerous, but completed hr career without the discovery of her sex. as was set forth in various narratives from which the present sketch is taken, which was published in 11Z0 by It. Walker, London. The third is Mary Anne Talbot, who, under the name of John Taylor, ran a career of many years as a footboy, drummer, cabin boy und sailor, and had her adventures published In London in ISO. The fourth Is Mrs. Christian Davis, commonly called Mother Itoss, who. according to the title page of her biography, published in London In 1740, "in several campaigns under King William and the late duke of Marlborough, in the quality of foot soldier and dragon, gave many signal proofs of an unparalleled courage and bravery." . Hnir nnd Hand Iloth Rent. The Ruffalo Express tells the following story: A fluffy haired woman and a man were walking in the railway suction when a young man. nudged his companion and exclaimed, "I wonder if that hair's real." The woman walked up to him and asked, "What did you say, sir?" The young man stammered and blushed, and finally managed to ay, "I'm sure I meant no offense, but I waa wondering if that hair was real." The woman reached over and took his hand and lifted it to her hair. "Pull it." she said. The young man gave a gentle tug. He smiled sheepishly and said, "I guess it's real." Then the woman squared her shoulders and hit him a resounding slap in the face. "That's a real hand, tco," she said. And as she walked back to her seat the young man slunk out of the door, and her companion said, "Pshaw, you hit me a good deal harder than that when we do our boxing act." DrntTlnnc Iloonu of the Itallitn Queen. In Rome the exclusive English circle is tailed the "black" set All English people desiring to enter this set send tholr names to the embassador, and If they have been presented at the court of St. James and attended a drawing room within the last few years they have no difficulty In being received by the queen of Italy. On the night for which they are Invited they repair to the Quirinal palace, ladies wearing lownecked dresses and Jewels, but no plumes, veils or court trains. Married people and fathers with daughters are fhown into one room, but bachelors are relegated to another. 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a "few words to each person as he or she Is presented by the lady of honor. Then her majesty goes on to the bachelors, refreshments are handed round, and the ceremony of a drawing room is over. Home Letter. Plants in the Home. There are some homes which distinctively Impress themselves on the mind of the visitor as being abodes of artistic refinement and comfortable elegance. They need not be extravagantly furnished, and yet there is something about them that appeals to the nicest sense as soon as the front door is opened. When called upon to analyze this peculiar beauty, it resolves itself into the conclusion that such a place Is sweeter and better than others because at every turn one meets with bits of living green that serve to make it peculiarly attractive Though rigid economy must needs be practiced, the introduction of a single plant will give an air of luxury, and if to this 13 added a blithe little canary In Its cage there will com that "homy" feeling that cannot be defined, but which make itself so keenly felt. Chicago Tribune. Weather Bracelets. The well-known effect in lessening or increasing the temperature of the body by cooling or warming the wrists has been applied by a Philadelphia woman in an ornamental and at the same time efficacious way. In winter she wears an inch wide strip of asbestus, a noted nonconductor of heat, folded in gold embossed velvet and buckled with a jeweled loop. For summer use her p-jlse coolers are spheroids of rose quartz about an inch in diameter, linked together with filigree silver, these possessing to a remarkable degree the quality of absorbing cold. The woman claims proof against suffering from weather variations while thus braceleted. Her Point of View in N. Y. Times. Potent Elements In Home Life. "Do you know what are the three most potent elements in home life?" said a snowy-haired mother to U9 one day. "They are music, flowers and looks." she went on in answer to her own query before we had even a chance to hazard a reply. "The home that is bright with his strong triumvirate will be able to hold its own against the attractions of the outside world, and Its brightness will live in memory long after the advancing years have wrought changes In the criminal circle that knew and recognized its charms." Home Journal. fie I ui purl In I. Paxents should lear In mind that partiality in dealiiif: with children never fails to bring discord into the family circle, creatng 1ca louses that sometimes rankle as long as life lats. The only claim that can be accepted as an excuse for favoring ne most is in case of affliction or natural deficiencies. Then justice demands that we make a distinction In favor of the unfortunate. Discipline each according to the individual requirements, but have no pets or favorites unless justice demands it. Philadelphia Times. Eqnnlllj- in Spnln. In Spain little is heard of women's congresses, and so forth, because the sex competes on equal terms with the men, the culture of both being measured by equal standards. Women pursue their studies with the men, discuss scientific question with the men later on and continue always to l-o their companions, without asking lilerties which they cli not wed' Ii,- fore the law woman is ! treated as the equal of man, and she Is free to do many things debarred her in more "enlightened" America. Madrid Journal. Me(1il ami llcsriilnrHy-. Many young housekeepers are diaei hi rage and repining because they have not been taught before marriage to woik methodically. Nothing can lighten labor like method and regularity. Let this lesson be well understood and faithfully practiced, and there are very few that cannot find leisure for a little reading and some recreation, certainly all they need if in a position where the hardest work can, under suitable supervision, 1 left to a servant. Mrs. Henry Ward Peecher. rrinrrmrs nnd tltorn. Princesses Victoria and Maude of Wales Improve rather than lose in appearance as years go by. Although, says the Gentlewoman, rumors are seldom afloat as to their probable engagement with reigning or pretty princes. It is a fa et that both princesses have been sought in marriage on more than one occasion. Princess Maude not so very long ago once more refused to leave her father and mother's side for a home of her own. nuliv'x Pally Ylnth. When you give baby her daily bath, do not break your back by leaning over a small tub placed on the floor, and do not have the water slopped over carpets and hall with much carrying and emptying, but use a simple little contrivance in your bath-room. Place two slats about six inches wide across the regular tub and on that platform put baby's bath, using the rubber shower bath as a means of filling the tub. N. Y. Itecorder. Iter Brother's Sinter. A very charming society girl says laughingly that she is sometimes tempted to wish that her brother was not so far famed as a foot ball player. "I am always introduced," she complains, "as his sister. I never stand upon my own merits. The introducer invariably says, 'You know Miss So-and-so is related to the celebrated half-back. And then I must look becomingly modest as I listen to his praise." X. Y. Journal. Complexion ( r n inn. An English analyst has spent much care in the examination of various face nostrums to prove their injury to the skin. Almost all show more or less corrosive sublimate and in some cases to a very large degree. He has exposed some of the frauds and begs women to use exercise, fresh air, good food, sound Bleep and frequent bathing Instead of lotions to give the bloom of health and freshness. iirmanilr Maidens. Quaint methods of encouraging matrimony are among the customs of Normandy and Albania. In Normandy marriageable maidens wear skirts with stripes that indicate the amount of the dowry they possess. Albanian girls mount what money they have upon their caps, so that any one looking at the coins can tell the exact extent of the dowry. AVnhD(f Fralhrr I'll low. Feather pillows should be washed on a bright, windy day. Fill the washtubs with hot suds and plunge the pillows (with the feathers) in it. Put them through several waters and then hang on the line in the open air. When perfectly dry. shake weil, and they will be light, fresh and sweet. N. Y. News. Chinme AVitfovtn. Widows seldom remarry in China, and widowhood Is esteemed as a condition of the highest respectability. When a widow attains her fiftieth year, the government supplies her with a tablet on which her virtues are emblazoned. This la displayed over the door of her house.

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TEST OF. GRACEFULNESS. CHARACTEn AS SKKX iy THE GAIT Of WOMKX. They WohMe nnd Hobble nnd Totter) They Tumble and thorn and Mince; They Plunge and Poll nnd Stride Fannie Edgar Thomas on Walking. Sit In a ptore window, on a bench in a park, in any position that commands a view of unconscious promenaders. how many womeu please by their form and carriage? Setting aside the forms that are badly born, undersized, meager, deformed, how many well proportioned people are distressing through personal neglect! Women who by height, figure and fares might be strikingly effective, by clumsiness, untrained gaucheries and affectations are unattractive, unimpressive, distressing. The universal fault Is that of position the sagging shoulders, craned neck, retreating back, prominent stomach, arms hanging limp and aimless, wildly swinging like those of a windmill, braced out from the side like triangular iron supports, crossed in front, clutching the pocketbook with unconscious fierceness or one arm "steering" in stiff rhythmic paddles. Some who imagine they are walking with great dignity and elegance look stiff, strained and awkward. Son.e are plunging along as though going to a fire, bodies pitched forward, out of step with their comrades one with a heavy rolling motion, the other with a straight up and down churnstafC motion, the result of undue tension or stiffening of the ankle joints. The frivolous woman is known by her "niddling." tottering way, the termagant by her martial tread, th3 high heeled by her "hobble" scarce anything easy meets the eye. One allows the knees to bend excessively and continuously, producing a generally tumbledown flabbiness of personal expression, while the upper portion of the tody is disproportionately stiffened. Some thud down with the whole force of the heel, producing a jar upon the earth and the brain, at the same time, also upon the eyes of the beholder. I have seen a woman weighing ninety-five pounds who would make the glasses clank in the room ac-rops which she walked and another of !." pounds slip around noiselessly as a cat it is all in "the way." There is a mincing gait that is very unpleasant to look uioii also a broken unevenness of motion as though the mind were wand'Ting and the font catching in the braid of the dress. There is a certain dignity of mentality that produces a steady, even, rhymie pace which, even when not exactly graceful, is impressive. Some walk with an undue roll of the hips, produced by an alternate pushing forward of each hip an extremely ungainly effect, supposed by the owners to be particularly voluptuous and fascinating. Others again walk with an overstraight strain, making an tinly hoilow in the back, which milliners describe as "stylish." Kxcossive relaxation of the neck, pitching the head forward with th strain of the lower body, is a common expression of fatigue. As for the third, nlii) cannot walk in step with the other two may she never be in our company! . The mass of -care-battered shopping women, upon whom time and want of money press ha id, huddle along in miserable fashion, shoulders to ears, heads stretched out, wobbling from, side to side, hands wildly clutching. The poor minds are three or four -blocks ahead of the body and scattered in different directions. Faces are drawn into knotted cords and creases, eyes are starting in eager Indecision between show window r.nd pocketbook contents. Nail dints may be found in the hands from the struggle, poor souls! On wet days there is the added burden of a load of flapping wet skirts, loose packages, umbrellas. Fnder the excessive nerve and muscle strain there is a total disregard of personal appearance which is expression. One longs to hear some authoritative voice call out: Stop! stop! All stand still! Fhake yourselves loose! Relax muscles! Cather back your scattered thoughts and steer them into direct channels! Let go the pressure! and then start thm all over again placid and sane looking. J'7 T" ' A CORRECT CARRIAGE. The rhythmic, swinging, poetic motion of an absolutely perfect gait is one of the greatest charms in the world. It is seldom seen in women, frequently in soldiers, but could be had in all. It Is almost impossible to give rules for graceful walking indeed, with some this would be idle, as before obeying any rule it would be necessary to pass through a regular course of "limbering xiv," for without suppleness and pliability of limb it Is Impossible to swing naturally. It would be necessary also to make some lmi rtant changes in attire. It may be possible for a woman to assume a certain grace for a short time while wearing a corset and high-heeled shoes -or laden with a dry goods counter, but It is not easy. Yet the matter of correct street costume is one of slow evolution. It vill right itself sooner or later we will not enter upon it here. Meantime a few practical hints. When changing from an ungraceful to a different walk it Is necessary first of all to concentrate upon the ac t. This at tirst will produce stiffness, but stiff correctness ia better than slovenly thoughtlessness. After correct position is taken as described in last letter step lightly forward, resting first upon the ball of the foot. A total alteration is made in the gait by stepping upon the ball Instead of the flat foot or heel, as in the common practice (it is this thudding down upon the heel which "clanks the glasses"). Of course this must not be exaggerated, and It will not be after it b-as become natural, but in the change tils toeing forward is absolutely necessary. Try it see it changes the whole makeup, the feeling even. It is this feature of "torlng out" that makes the minuet the physical expres

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sion of refined mentality that it is, and its frequent practice would be invaluable to one who desired to walk well. Leaning slightly forward, not stooping forward, but directing the mind in a straight line in front of the body, is of aid in making speed. Bending the knees a little apart Is also helpful. The swing of the gait should come from u symmetrized rhythm of the whole body, not through the motion of any part of it. The trunk should be motionless, which will not mean "stiff" if the body is. in control, but there must be no "wobbling." "hunching." "ducking" or affected mincing. Loth arms swinging by the side would product a pedestrian appearance few women would care for in ordinary walking, yet this could be made graceful and would add greatly to speed. One arm should not be made to look like a windmill arm, neither should the triangular shape be made by crossing both hands in front. The length of step must bo thoughtfully regulated, not one short step and one long one. Above all, the mind must be made the engine of the body, keeping in advance of every step, but never breaking away from it at least not till after an unconscioua connection is established. Think where you are going and mind what you are about. Look out for the loose stone, the puddle of water, th curb, the lamppost, the loot brick. Look out for your neighbors. No need of colliding with people so. If one steps on your drew or it is caught in a store door, have poise sufficient to maintain the rhythm of your grace. Turn corners gracefully. What a test of a woman's grace the way in which she turns a corner! Leave space suflicient for your friend to escape the iron grating, the cellar door, the obstruction on the inside. Go early rather than go off on a tangent, trotting, "jamming" and "banging" through space like a clumpy package. Assert your dignity, your grace and spare your eyes the many assaults to which they are now subject through thoughtless, graceless walking. FANNIE EDGAR THOMAS.

HAKV LYXDE CItAKi. The Second Woman to Practice Law in California. The second woman to be admitted to practice in the courts of California is Mrs. Mary Lynde Craig of San Francisco. After teaching for years in the girls' high school of that city she eivtered the law department of the state university at Berkeley, which wa opened to women by the efforts of Mrs. Clara Foltz, the first female lawyer of the Pacific coast. In a class of twenty-seven she stood at the head cf the sixteen who passed the rinal examination, having taken the thrie years' course of study in half the usual time and being the only lady in the department. She was admitted to practice In January, l.SC'3. and makes a specialty of corporation law. Being the possessor of great tact and an engaging manner, she is very successful in settling oases out of court. Mrs. Craig is a chatter member of the Daughters of the American Revolution on account" of services rendered the t 2 -1.- .'r-TX MARY LYNDE CRAIG. country by her grandfather. Lieut. Benjamin Lynde- of Vermont. She is an active member of the Pacific. ouut women's press association. In 12 she was married to Seipio Craig, president of the State editorial association. "The object of all my work." says Mrs. Craig, "is the upbuilding of the platform upon which American manlvvod and womanhood shall stand together." The editor husband and the lawyer wife are daily proving tne possibility of a harmoniou3 union, while each retains the Individuality of single life. CLARA SPAULDING BROWN. Severed. They were part of lifVs flotsam and jetsam, stranded by misfortune on the shore of charity. For fifty years they had drifted together, buffeted by waxen of trouble, tho children born to them wrested away one by one, dragged down in the undertow of poverty, but through all the tie of matrimony bound them fast, and neither cared to sever it. They were old. very old, feeble, battered and inert, but the divine spark of love still glowed In their failing hearts, dimly prefiguring the brighter light of eternity. Stranded on the shore of charity, and separated by the decree of strcte! Only one of these waifs of fate might hope to remain in the haven they had reached together. The man was blind, the woman palsied: but her hands were strong enough to wip the tears from his sightless eyeg and to draw him nearer the portal, her tongue eloquent enough to say with simple pathos, "You've been a good man to me, Ned; if there's any choice, do you take it." And so the lond wa.s severed. Mary B. O'SullIvan in Donahoe's Magazine. Women Should Learn to Converse. There seems to me to be- too little attention given to teaching children to talk. They are taught to read and write, but they "pick up" talking. If a child reads "snatches" of a paragraph ho is rebuked: if he writes disjointedly, he is corrected, but he is allowed to express himself orally in fragmentary phrases, and if we catch his meaning he does not feel that he has gone amiss. We aie in such haste that we do not attend to forms of expression. The telegraph has encouraged condensation, and thoughtlessness has engendered . exaggeration. Between the two conversation has suffered. But the real difficulty is want of thought to express, not lack of power to express it. A current topics class, meeting once a week and talking over the news of the day or the questions which are perplexing wise men and women, would be helpful. Mrs. Lyman Abbott In Ladies' Home Journal." (äoort llreedinR". To be well bred is attainable for every one, and in this democratic country, where there is always a possibility of social promotion, the duty of cultivating fine manners is clear, even from a purely selfish standpoint. But there I? a higher reaeon why every one should possess good manners. Boorlshness lu.s no apology, and "affectation" is next to it in Its utter needlessness and repellant absurdity. Were the art of good manners to be put Into one word, it would be simplicity. Not the simplicity of the Ignorant, though that may be full of true kindliness, but the simplicity of a thoughtful regard for others in short, the . actual application even In little things of the golden rule. Jenness Miller Monthly. The Sleeve of Outside Garments. The sleeves of the new garments are a Ftudy. Some of them are gathered full like a bishop's, and have a shaped cuff which turns down on to the hand. A black satin in this style was embroidered all over with jet In distinct renaissance patterns, composed of jet and velvet applique. The full cape on the Rhoulders had a ruche of feat her, and tho collar, which was not high, had a mulling of black Patin beneath it. All these outdoor garments give Importance to the upper portion of the figure, especially th skoul-

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Wnr SO MAM" AVOMKN PRESKXT AN l ATTRACTIVE APPEARANCE. A Proper Respect for Contour Is Not ShoTrn In the Selection of Raiment -Colors for the Fleshy Woman, Others for the Thin One White Salts All. One sees so many women presenting an unattractive appearance, which inspection shows to be unnecessary, that the wish comes Involuntarily that some one would instruct them as to their good points and, ignoring their vanities, as to their bad points too. For instance, a woman whose 200 pounds of avoirdupois ought to be out of sight as much as may be will be found putting every ounce of her weight in evidence in a big plaid which has taken her fancy, or which she has an idea diminishes distance, but every line of which is in reality liks a chalk mark to fix the Bflance and rest It and let it begin again. And if she has not arrayed herself in a plaid she has encircled and magnified her form with nifties that increase her circumference like halos around the moon. Yet such i woman should preferably wear black or the darkest shade of invisible green, blue or prune color, and should always remember that the cut of her clothes which allows long lines of slow curves is that which will make her seem less unwieldly than any other. Yet, strange contradiction, few things are more becoming to a large woman than a white cambric or muslin or India silk. It acknowledges at once that she is stout, but it gives her stoutness an air of wholesomeness and sweetness that overbalances any disadvantage of superfluous flesh. White indeed is one of the colors that are becoming to almost all women, especially with ribbons or flowers of the colors that suit them best. And next to white a fair and rosy woman seldom looks so well in anything as in pale rink; she may be almost plain, and a white dress and pink ribbons will make her seem lovely. Pink, the delicate pink with a yellow cast in it, is peculiarly suitable to the red-haired woman who has a clear complexion; yet such a woman should avoid scarlet and crimson as she would tire. Pale blue suits her, but she will look delicate and perhaps a little pinched in it; in pale green she will be as fresh as Galatea other thing being equal; in dark green, as blooming as a wood nympth; and there are tints of terre cotta and 'brown bronze that will shade tip to her hair and mingle with it as if tdie were a picture. But all women should, bear in mind that the brightest and most striking colors. like yellow and scarlet, are seldom to be used in a muss except for very striking effects and as a luxury, and in the ornament rather than in th body of a toilet. If they are of the blown and blowzy sort, the high colors will only make their defect more noticeable, and if they are of the washed out and gray skinned type then the contract is disagreeable. The former variety can tone themselves down, as we have said; th latter would best accept their fate, and they will lind themselves in the dull blues and soft rose colors much.pleasa titer objects to the eye than in anything abrupt, or even in the grays and browns that make them seem all of a piece and as if they were fading out of sisrht. But. again, the woman who has no avoirdupois at all, whose contours best represent th shortest distance between two points, should put far away from her black and nl the deeper shades, but especially black, as Its own Hverty is reflected on every surface it approaches. She is already thin, and then black makes her like a mere exclamation point, and unless she is of rather extraordinary beauty makes her look much older than she is and now as gray as eld and now as yellow as a lemon. It needs a very fine color indeed in black, not to look sallow. The woman in middle life who wears her widow's weeds delilvratoly places herself a.s an old woman, as she will discover by the chance remarks of the man in the cars who gets up to give the old woman his seat, or of the mother who reproves her boy for running against the old lady. There is, in fact, as much art in the choosing of colors for dress as in any other scheme of decoration. Properly observed, it must not only Increase the charm of good looks, but it can make something like leauty where under other circumstances beauty does not exist. Harper's Bazar. For a "WhlnU Ilrtim. A piece of soft, plain blue silk and some ribbon to match, about one and a half inches wide, together with gold tinsel cord, are all the materials needed for this new whisk broom holder. Cut out of pasteboard two heart-shaped pieces broad enough to hold a whisk broom, cutting the lower ends across straight, as if the lower third of the heart had hen left off. Cover each on both sides with plain blue o" white sileia or cambric and overhand them together with a few stitches down the curving sides. Fasten a small brass ring at the top to hang it up by. The ring can bo covered, if it shows, with crochet stitches of blue knitting silk. Take a piece of the blue silk about 9 by 13 inches and hem the sides narrowly, the ends with an inch-wide hem. With the gold tinsel outline an arabesque pattern across the ends and catch or shir the silk in the center, to have somewhat the appearance of a butterfly bow. fastening it on the heart-shaped holder to nearly or quite cover it. Fasten two ends of ribbon to the lower part of the holder and let them cross and tie about three inches below the silk, to partially conceal the handle. A. I. W. Mng-erei and AVriters. Ordinary mortals are no doubt forgotten soon after they leave this world, but singers and actors are forgotten- as soon as they leave the stage. A newgeneration is born, and the old one forgets or says, a-s it happens to har the name of a retired singer mentioned: "Hirhsea! Is he .live? I thought he had died long ago." Sims Peeves knows this p?culiarity of the public, so he returns to the stage at intervals that he may not be buried beJore he is dead. If Patti should retire from public life, her name would be remembered of course, but I haven't a doubt that, at the end of ten years, people would have forgotten whether she was alive or dead. The singer and actor leave nothing but a memory, and they have to be very great to leave even that. A writer leaves his work behind 1dm and is often better known to posterity than to his own generation. Perhaps when the phonograph Is perfected the singer will have a more enduring monument. Lovers of the sontr tan then have cabinets in their music rooms, with shelves for the famous singers in their most famous roles. For I dare say that before Edison is done with his invention it will give us an entire opera, principles, orchestra and chorus, with the applause of the audience thrown in, so thac we shall know Just what passages to enjoy the most. Springfield Critio.

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