Indiana State Sentinel, Indianapolis, Marion County, 7 February 1894 — Page 10

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THE INDIANA STATE SENTINEL, "WEDNESDAY MORNING, i FEBRUARY 7, 189i-TT7ELY PAGES.

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HOUSEWORK A SUBSTITUTE'. A DOCTOR'S OriW OF "WHAT IS IDEAL KVERCISK FOR WOM EX. rirkine Out m. Honhiiod V Merlons Proposal to ladles Kp the Rattles Warm A Uonlil Bsby's Passive! TearJilnfr Children A HmnrknMr Little State. "The ideal exercise for women who haven't time for pymnaslum?" The doctor repea.te.1 the question thoughtfully. Then she smiled. "Housework la not a bad ?ubf ltute." ph ?aM. "Anns and lejrs are exerrisei in weepin;?; the mn.rle" of the back are strengthened by the slieht bendiner and rising In bedmaking; th- chest is expanded by the broadening- motion of the arms in ducting. And. as the windows should all be wide ojen in the bed -rooms and rooms where cleaning is in propres?, the worker hs plenty of fresh ai. Ye?, housework is an excellent ext-rcise. "Of course there are women who haven't time fr either pymnatdums or housework women who sit at desks all day or ov-r typewriters or sewinsr machines, women who stand in stores and work in factories. There are a great many of them. I wish they cuM be made to know the value of walking. Of coune that will nl develop their arms or necessarily expand their chests. Hut walking and drawing in deep, Ion.? breaths, expelling lh air slowly after each inspiration, will do more fr their Jungs and dn-sts than quarts of oil and mustard piasters paler". It will give them appetites fr dinner; it will in vigorate and strengthen them; it will help to rend-T them imiervius to cold; it is absolutely necessary for the preservation of their health to walk briskly, with shoulders well thrown bark and head erect, after their long day's imprisonment. "For something which will develop all the muscles well, the evening walk plus the morning swinging of dumbbells or Indian clubs will be enough. An exercise which seems to take some of the stiffness out of the lxly is this: Just before one gets into bed let her hold her hands, the fingers touching, as high above her head as she can. Then let her rise slowly on her toes to the greatest possible night, and then bend forward from the waist, not moving the knees, to see how nearly she can touch the floor with her hands as she swings them forward. Arms, legs, chest and back all get some slight exercise from this, and that detestable aged feeling which creeps on after the day's work is banished. Sometimes one's muscles f"em stiffened. That means the beginning of decrepitude. Keep them limlr. That's the secret of eternal youth." X. Y. World. l'icUine Out Hunhniifl. Girls, you don't want a man who Is afraid of erood. honest work, and there are lots of them who are. You don't want to have to spend the very best of your youth in living to reform a man or shield him. so that you will not become a claimant for the pity of your friends. You don't want a man who is stingy, and what girl withttwo grains of sense is not sharp enough to discover this trait In the lovers? Neither do you want a spendthrift. You don't want a jealous husband, for he about fe-s dangerous to live with as a. lunatic You don't want a dandy, who curls his hair, has his nails manicured and uses a face bleach, and you wouldn't believe how many such specimens are floating around in good society. You want a whole-souled, lovabl- gentleman. ' He must now take out your memorandum book be courteous to the aged and kind to the little folks, the sort of a fellow who knows that a girl loves flowers an 1 sweetmeats, but who is not such a fool that he would pawn his overcoat to get them the kind of a chap who disdains to fall into rhapsodies over every' pretty woman he meets, who realizes that life is not a joke, but who in his seriousness i3 never depressing. He must be gentle, sympathetic, honorable, just, with enough romance about his makeup to nave him from being prosaic, and. above all. he must be so situated in life that he can attempt the role of homemaker without fear of being a dismal failure. "Xyjiere will such a paragon be found? Keep your eyes wide open. If you do not meet him, take my advice and join the sisters who prefer single bliss to wedded wretchedness. Philadelphia Inquirer. A ffriotn Proposal to Ladles. Really there is nothing new under the sun. Even the doctrine of woman's rights is not at all a nineteenth century idea, as the reformers would have it appear. Two centuries ago there lived the woman who was the first advocate of woman's rights. This g.,o,l lady's name was Mrs. Mary Astell. and she published her theories in a little book called "A Serious Proposal to the Ladits For the Advancemnt of Their True and Greatest Interest, by a Lover of Her Sex." Thi3 took was printed in 1C94, and therein the good lady implores women "not to be content to be in the world like tulips in a garden, to make a fine show and be good for nothing." She also says that wemen value men too much and themselves too little, and that they "should be capable of nobler things than the pitiful conquest of some poor human heart, for a woman should always remember that Fhe has no mighty obligation to the man who makes love to her, she has no reason to be fond cf being a wife or to reckon it a prieeC) cf preferment when she is taken to be a. rnaji's upper servant." Ye gods and little fishes, to think that radical sentiment was written 200 years ago! And what a glorious woman's club president Dame Astell would have made if she were alive today! And still the foolish mind of woman seems ever bent on "the pitiful conquest of pome poor human heart," for whieh the gods be thanked, else how would there be any woman born to prate nd prattle of the rights of their sex? X. Y. Sun. Keep the Halden Wurm. A professional nurse of many years' experience tells me that she finds more babies suffering from insufficient clothing amng the rich than among the Ior. For example, she was summoned by a physician to a vealthy family where the five-months-old baby was suffMng from some mysterious trouble that had baffled everylody. He could live only a few days, the doctor said, if something was n done. He could keep nothing on his stomach and was starving to death. The nure found a dis-trai-td mother and a pinched and moaning baby. His flesh was blue, and there ma a settled took of anguish on his face. The nurse picked him up from the silk and lace of his costly crib and found Just what she expected dress and fkirt of linen as fine aa gnwaitwr and about as warm, shirts and pocks like lacp. flannel skirts of the regulation number, but so fine and thin as to give little warmth. "Is this th way you have dressed your baby from the first?" asked the nurse. "Oh. yes; I've always had the beyt of everything for him." answered the moth er. '. "Yrell. It's no wonder he Is sick. He 'Hasn't enough on to keep a fly warm lit

July." The nurse called for the thickest blanket In the house and a hot water bag and sent the astonished mother down town for the warmest flannel wrappers however ugly they might be. The result was that in a few days the 'child was taking his food perfectly and was thriving as well as could be desired. Babyhood. A Gnnld n.br'i BanlaM. : Mrs. George Gould went all the way to Paris to buy a layette for her first baby. Tt was made of hand loom muslins, convent sewed and trimmed with narrow but fine lace. Mrs. Edwln Gould and her mother, Mrs. Dr. Phrady, went to the women's exchange, and her order give forty American women in reduced circumstances from one to three weeks work. The little garments were as beautiful as they could be, not trimm!, but made, and the needle women were well paid for their cunning skill. English nainsook was useii throughout, and instead of elaborate embroidery the hems and seams were invisibly ' st itched, ami the tucks were hair-like in width. The little lace used on the yokes and cuffs was real Valenciennes and cost 2' cents a yard. About the only piocv of extravagance in which this sensible jriii wife indulged was a shell-shaped bassinet, with a lofty canopy, curtained and flounced with rosecolored silk and point d'esprlt lace. Th little mattress, made by a woman, was tufted with baby ribbons, the pillow w:ls tilled with curled hair, picked until it was as soft as mos, and the cambric sheets and pillow cases were probably tiner than any handkerchief Jay Gould carried in his early manhood. St. Louis Republic. I'mrhlnK Children. The new system of education by which a child's interest is sustained and his ambition awakened has. together with its many obvious advantages, very real dancers, which the old dry-as-dust methods were at least free fron. However wearisome a task tinder the old regime, there was certainly no danger of overstimulation or undue tension of the brain. In these diiys of high pressure, when every jossible effort" is made to excite intelligent interest in the pupil, it is only fo easy by the so-called successful methods of the day to produce a kind of mental excitement which is extremely hurtful, both mentally and physically. Fancy a mother of th-i period actually saying in good faith, in speaking of a well-known teacher: "Miss X. is wonderfully successful with her scholars. They simply love their work, and their procress is something extraordinary. When I remember how I used to hat0 study when I was a child. 1 cannot sufficiently admire the present methods. Wh, my Hlste thinks of nothing but lessons, and she gets so excited over her books that she is unable to sleep, and I have to give her phenacetine to piiet her." St. Louis C; lobe-Democrat. Knniirknlilr l,ltle Xnlc. Among the colonial possession? or flo. pendencies of Holland there is a remarkable little state which, in its constitution and the customs of its inhabitants surpassed the boldest flitrbts of the advocates of women's rishts. In the island of Java, between the cities of Matavia and Samarang. is the kingdom of Bantam, which, although tributary to Holland, is in other resjiects an independent state, politically without importance, yet happy, rich and since time immemorial governed and defended by women. The sovereign is. indeed, a man. but all the rest of the government belonps to women. The king is entirely dependent upon his state counsel, composed of thre? women. The highest authorities, all state officers, court functional ies. military commanders and soldiers are without exception women. The men are agriculturists and merchants. The kind's body-guard is formed of amazims, who ride in the masculine style. The throne is inherited by the eldest son. and in ca-e the- king dies without issue 100 amazons asemble and choose a successor from among their own sons, the chosen one being then proclaimed lawful king. Brooklyn Eagle. A Little I'nn at Home. Do not be afraid of a little fun at home. Do not shut up your house lest the sun should fade your carpets, and your hearts lest a laugh shake down a few of the musty old cobwebs that are hanging there. If you want to ruin your sons, let them think that all mirth and social enjoyment must be left at the threshold without when they come nome at night. When once a home Is regarded as only a place to eat. drink and sleep in, the work is begun that ends in gambling houses and reckless degradation. Young people must have fun -and relaxation. If they do not find It at their own hearthstones, they will seek it at less profitable places. Do not repress the buyoant eptrlts of your children. Half an hour of merriment within doors and merriment of a home blots out the remembrance of many a care and annoyance during the day. and the best safeguard they can take with them into the world Is the influence of a bright home. Christian at Work. A Hint tn American Girls. I am convinced that if some neathanded girls, Instead of becoming ladies maids, were to set up as morning hairdressers in town they would very shortly find the occupation a most lucrative one. In the small French as well as German towns, to say nothing of Paris and Berlin, these hairdressing girls abound. Even women of the poorer bourgeoisie, if not adepts at arranging the hair, are waited ujM.n every morning to have their heads neatly turned out. I am told that in Berlin an ordinary "frisir-madchen" receives 10 or 12 shillings a month for attending on a lady every morning. The more accomplished ones are paid at a higher rate. The very market women and laundresses in Pari3 and Madrid have exquisitely dressed heads, whereas even in the upper classes here a really smart coiffure Is at once remarked upon. London Quetn. Mm. Wallace's Itoinnnce. The. long and happy life of Mrs. Lew Wallace is, it seems, founded upon a pretty romance. Gen. Wallace was but nineteen years old when serving hU country in the Mexican war. A comrade talked much of a certain Susan Elston, who lived in his home town, Crawfordsville. Ind.. and young Lieut. Wallace in consequence became enamored of a girl whom he had never seen. As soon as he Wt Mexico he journeyed to Crawfordsville, made Miss Elston's acquaintance, and three years later they were married. Mrs. Wallace is described as slight and of medium hlght, with regular features and beautiful brown hair, which is now tinged with gray. She hHS ben all her life an omnivorous reader, and at her best is a witty and brilliant conversationist. N. Y. Letter. Warminar the llonnr. The hot air heater Is superior to other methods of warming the house in that all th air conveyed Into the room Is fresh, the air. as it becomes eoolo1, finding an exit through the doors and windows, or if there are open fireplaces they do excellent service In drawing off th chilled air from the floor level. But there, are so many poorly constructed heaters admitting gas to the rooms, or of such thin iron that they soon burn out, that they are somewhat in disfavor. Very frequently, too, the heaters are too small for th house they are intended to heat, in which case they are forced far beyond their capacity, the air being burned before reaching the rooms. It is

far better to pla.ee a laxsrer heater than is actually required in the house and secure the desired amount of hot air with a low fire. Household News. A Sure Care. It is told of Hannah More that she had a good way of managing tale-bearers. It Is said that whenever she was told anything derogatory to another her invariable reply was, "Come, we will go and ask if this be true." The effect was sometimes ludicrously painful. The talebearer was taken aback, stammered out a qualification or begged that no notice might be taken of the statement. But the good lady was inexorable. Off she took the scandal-monger to the scadalized to make inquiry and compare accounts. It is not iikely that anybody ever a second time ventured to repeat a gossipy story to Hannah More. One would think her meshod of treatment would be a sure cure for scandal. Harper's Bazar. Children's Slinei. Shoes for children should be selected with more regard for comfort than service. A good fif does not imply largeness. There should be an excess of sole leather In length but sufficient snugness in the quarters to prevent slipping. The toes neerj und must have room, but y having the heel, ankle and arch snugly dressed the foot gts support and power to resist fatigue. Athletes insist on these points in starting for a walk or race. Parents make a mistake in ordering wider when longer shoes are required. I'ntil they stop growing children need a half size longer, every time they get a pair of .hoes. Shoe and Leather Journal. Ilrm in I (nniplrilnn. Every woman who is ambitious to look her best should have a list for private consultation of Irving colors. Each complexion has its best and its worst possibilities. Most persons an wear dark blue or green, for i.isunce. hut very few can wear da-k red. It Is wise to accept one's limitations and dress within th-nii. If peacock blue is unbecoming, and it usually is. why should women make guvs of themselves by donning it? If white is t lie kindest ally, why not choose whit" whenever It is possible to have it? N. Y. Telegram. 1.1 i n II !.. Do not keep the alabaster locs of your love and tenderness sealed up until your friends are dead, but fill their lives with sweetness. Spak approving and cheering words while their cars can hear them and their he-trts can be thrilled and made happier by tlum. The kind things you will say after they are gone say before they go. The flowers you mean to semi for their coffins be-stow now. and so brighten and sweeten their ! homes before they leave them. Ameri can Woman's Journal. nnllet ;irl. In France the Vwillet iirl begins her career usually at seven years old. Shis then jmid at the rate of 40 cents for each appearance in public, as a demoiselle de quadrille $1'0 to $10 a month, as a coryphee f.V, to $'.0. and as a suj t $'. to $lo. A dancer of the first clas.-; will get from $120 to $:;oo a month and a star from $."..inhi to JlO)f) a car. The average English girl will not work hard enough to attain the highest excellence as a dancer. Paris Herald. Croii p. For croup the best thing to do while : waiting for the doctor and it will often make his arrival merely a formality is to put lard on a cloth and sprinkle wi'lh mustard and apply quickly to the chest. This will not blister and acts promptly. Dose; of sirup of ipecac used with this will relieve almost any cas of plain spasmodic croup, and the physician will tell you how to look afler the bai y the next day. X. Y. Times. i ; I ron I n it )ll Silk. ! Tn ironing old silk do not damp it at the moment, but at least an hour before. Sprinkle it thoroughly and roll it up as i tightly es possible in a towel. The iron I should be tried on a scrap of the silk i fust. Silk varies in quality and thick- ' ness, ami an iron which is too hot for one cloth is just right for another. Exchange. She Invented a firldlmn. Mrs. Monachesi. who won the second I nHre of the Nw York society of Cera mic arts for figures, and whose porcelain pictures are attracting much admiration, has Invented a gridiron which, it is said, will broil steak and chops more satisfactorily and economically than any t other gridiron made. X. Y. Advertiser. A Woman Srrmmiikrr. New York has a woman screw manufacturer. Her nin is Mary Cleary. She lives in a cozy Bleecker-st. flat and j would f ather prowl around a big hard ware stock than go to the grandest opera that ever was sung or the finest collection of pictures that ever was hung. X. Y. News. How to Make Rerin. One of the rules impressed upon the mind of the chamttermaid brought up in France is, in making leds, the under i sheet must be well turned in at the j head of the bed and the upjier sheet well I tucked in at the foot. This rule is thor oughly sensible. X. i. Mail and Express. ote. Chinese women are said to regard the hairpin much as American women do the ring. To the child his play is an experiment that leads to knowledge, and by playing the child may acquire habits of industry, perseverance, order and regularity. Moorish women have one custom that commends itself to womankind in enI lightened lands. It is a iint of honor among them never to know their own ages. They have no Lirthday celebrations. Do you live in a room that has a window only two feet from a cheerless brick wall? Have .that wall painted white. In the summer have window boxes with vines on the outer 111. In winter have a few blooming; plants on the inside. Miss Dittweiler, who was for many years one of Queen Victoria's personal attendants, is always invited over to spend her Christinas at court. She retired a few years ago to Carlsbad, her native place, but is ne ver overlooked as the season of Christmas comes around. Mimical Kitten. Tt is an age of progress, and it remain i u , 1. 1.. ... nat.-v ' mam in i nur i to our readers. The musical kitten whow IM Uiiu vr in i., mi i lie tosence or nep musical mistress, giving a vocal and int3r--' U!"Kjl v-' atrumenta! recital, the sei andiene being a grave, sedate tortoise shell, whose amazement at the evolution of v wonderful C rreoare us for the future succc6 of thl wonderful young debutante.GenUewoman.

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FOR ST. VALENTINE'S DAY. HOW TO PREPARE sIITABl.K CiirTS AT HOME. Appropriate Tokenn and Sentiment for l'e or for Fun Palntr and Tnlqtie Peslsms A ftrmlnder of the Fourteenth of February. "Dinna forgot" is a plea and a reminder of th approaching day when little tokens of friendship are a recognized feature as they are of Easter and Christmas. The mystery that envelops them adds spice ami flavor to the occasion. Although cards on which appropriate sentiments are expressed can be bought to suit the cae, one misses much pleasure in not preparing trifles at home. With little thought and time expended six or eight article can be manufactured for the price of on stör gift. "A violet sachet" is appropriate for any one. It is made in the form of a heart out of violet colored velvet. For the foundation of one, cut two nicely VIOLET SACHETS. shaped hearts from wignn. Cover th -m with the plush on one side and a double layer of cotton on the other. This should be .sprinkled thickly with sachet powder, the hearts overhanded together, th edge finished with a silver cord and "sveet violets" painted on with liquid silver. Silk or satin can be substituted for the velvet, or in fact any material. Wnite linen will make a dainty one. A bunch of tiny l:art sachets suspened on narrow ribbons finished in a bow or many loops and ends can be mad" of odd bits of silk plush or satin or of brand new material. If of the latter, light pink, blue and green form a very pleasant, combination. The hearts arc filled with scented cotton similar to little pin; ushions. Violet and heliotrope powder in equal parts emit a delightful odor. A little nonsense now and then Is relished ,y the wisest men. Try the crooked hairpin a t and ascertain whether the alove lines prove true. Of course it must I1 sent to uu who is a little ranky. or the application will be lost. To arrange one of these saucy cards, btnd a good-sized hairpin so it is decidedly crooked. Cut little A WATCH CASE. slits In a piece of cardboard and stick it through. Glue six hairpins around it to form a border, two on the top and bottom, one on each end joining them on the corners. Pen this on in fancy lettering: "This is the kind of a hairpin you are." Blotters are a good subject to work on for valentine tokens, not only because they are useful, but the paper comes in such delicate shades it forms a fine background for painting. Very dainty and elaborate designs can be carried out in the form of hearts. They can be made sentimental or touched with sarcasm, as the writer desires. One in the shape of the sole of a walking tioot is a good one. The stitching and lettering are worked out with paint. Four layers of tan colored blotting paper are used for this fastened together with a bow of tan colored ribbon. Another unique design is that of a big lowknot made of true blue pit per. Pansies also have a part whenever i J Füll THE HAPPILY MARRIED. thought, friendship or love is in the case. A large yellow pansy for a cover, with "Pansies stand for thought" expressed or it, can be made very tastily. Suede is the most desirable material for a jewelry case, not only in regard to its adaptability for painting, but its qualities of softness, and it comes in contact with delicate shades and can tie used for the covering of almost any article that plush or velvet is. A soft gray combined with light blue Ls very effective. A watch case of the heart design, made of the suede, will be found to be very dainty. , Two heavy pastel(o&id hearts are first covered on both sides' with a padding of scented cotton,. This can be held in place by a little glue. The suede is drawn smoothly over one side of the hearts and the cadges glued over on the ' Inside. When this is dry the inner side Is glued .on. pressing the edges down smoothly and cutting It to fit the front. The hearts are joined with a double band of light' blue satin ribbon shlrrM and sewed on the pides, graduating toward the bottom. A ruffle of the same ls sewed on the back. Narrow width ribbon the same shade is drawn .through holes in the back to hang it up by. "I'll keep watch for thee" and a wisewiooking Itttle owl deconMe the case. Although this Is. the time to snd tentier and loving messages, (we must vary

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our effusions and give some of our happily maxrbii friends a dig. The o!d dlttj- of Needles and plu?; iiecdiea and pine. When we get married our trouble begins, prettily lettered, and a few pins and needles scattered on a piece cf cardboard, will make an admirable one. If one cannot draw the pins and needles, use the genuin articles and stick them through the cardboard. ELLA S. WELCH.

FOB WO ME IX GENERAL Isabella Proctor Girr a Fe Kart spiced Tllh Philosophy. Dark blue denim sewed together and tacked down at the edges like ordinary cariieting makes a pretty floor covering, and the color forms an excellent background for nigs. It is said by thoee housekeeprs who have tried it to be durable, economical and clean. The favorite present for the amateur artist' tfi give her friends just now is a tapestry screen painted by herself, if she is wise, she contents herself with fruit or scroll subjects in conventional coloring, leaving the human figure to more experienced painters. Now is the time of year when a tncent Chinese lily bulb placed jn a blue and white bowl of water becomes a thing of beauty and a fragrant reminder of spring that is still so far away. The fact that a thing is fashionable ny no means insures its being in good taste. Witness the appalling combination of sky blue and royal purple lately iu vogue. Since earrings have gon out of fashIon many women are having their small screws and drops made into stickpins. Fine camphor ice is the very best thing to whiten and soften the f.Kin of hands which have t-eeii disfigured by housework or exposure to cold. The majority of" women who say unkind things to or of each other are women who hive no aim in life. There is nothing like an object of interest outside one's own personality, even if it be only a fad. to sweeten the mental atmosphere. Fringed towels have retired from popularity in favor of those having hem-. stitchfI ends. Thin dvapery silk, when used for portieres or large lace curtains, falls in better folds and is nni'-h more durable if it is lined with heesodofh or thin canton flannel. If oii want to induce your favorite girl friend to take dumbbell exercise, go to a dealer in foreign wools and buy two pieces of blai khend or snakewood and have a inrn -r make them info a little j,;ir of dumbbells. When they are oiled and polished to bring out the lovely natural marking of the wood, almost any young woman will agree to use them for the sake of possessing them. Persons who have troublesome feet can sometimes find comfort, without sacrificing appearance, by buying shoes half a size longer and one width nsrrower. Although women have the same moral right to smoke that men have, women of native dUeacy and refinement will not do it, because it is not a dainty habit. ISA BELLA PROCTOR. ' A Fetv Siiiitrentlon. You've no idea how good a tablespoonful of glycerine is in warm water for washing the hair. Avoid borax, alcohol, bay rum and soda. All these have a tendency to make the hair gray and brittle. Clear warm water, with a few drops of violet extract, a small ouantity of glycerine and pure castile soap, coerces every hair of hidden gold into shining. You've no idea how low the bodices are cut this season until you go to the opera. Any of our fashionable Ixautics now might pose for their own grandmothers; the hair is parted in the middle severely and coifed high with an oldfashioned comb, and the gown falls so low that not only arc the neck and shoulders bared, but a part of the arm, as seen often in old portraits. You've no idea, unless you are an inflefatlgable shopper, how varied are the patterns in ihe cxqui.dte organdies, lilmy bntiste'.: and lustrous sateens now lightening the wintry gloom of the big shops. Tf you want summer gowns which your dearest friend cannot duplicate later for the life of her. get them in winter and lay them away. Vou've no idea how refreshing to tired eyes are a few drops of witch hazel in a little warm water. You've no idea how many social debts n:.i ' be iuid by one large afternoon tea. and paid enjoyably, too, for gossip and the cheery samovar are welcome when the slush is on the streets. You've no idea what a useful article the chafing dish is until you want to get up a little supper in a. hurry. Almost anything can be cooked in it. Here is a savory recij-e: Melt a lump of butter in the chafing dish, chop a quarter of a good sized onion fine, brown it in the butter, cut a small veal kidney in thin slices and put it in with the onion, add a little salt and red pepper. Cover the dish tightly and let the kidneys cook until tender. Serve with bits of lemon. KATE JORDAN. THE BEST Your wife will Anticipating the demand, special arrangements to supply

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THET ARE THE COI.FMBIA POUVEMfl ISSIK. Tliw In Speculation tn Them Some Interesting Farts Regarding This Issue and. Others That Have fleeti Sent Oat by InrU Sm-Hliti for Collectors. The printing of the Columbus postage stamp has come to an end. but the sale of them has not and will not end for some time to come. They will be f r sale in the larger post offices to those inquiring for them. This may perhaps cause satisfaction to that interesting and constantly increasing class of persons whose hobby lies in the direction of carefully preserving every piece of colored paper that once did duty for tage. It will rnabl. these enthusiastic collectors to lay in a full and complete supply of the Columbus values, if thev have not already done so. The dealers also will have a few days of g;aee wherein to stock up with prodigious quantities of the Columbus stamp, which a few years hence will be retailed over the counter at prices which, if Cnelo Sam were a speculator, would make him feel like kicking somebody for not giving him the tip. : But although Fnele Sam leaves the speculative side of postage stamps to those who make it a part of their business, he manages to make a very neat profit in the sale to tie great army of collet-tors and dealers of thousands of these stamps which will neved le redeemed. A conservative estimate places Ihe government's profits on the Columbus issue at over $1.000.000. The majority of dealers, it is said, hav only begun to stock up heavily for future years. i and some large sales of Columbus stamps are likely to be recorded during the ne.t few weeks, so the profits to the I Mist office department will be considerably increase.!. Mr. Wanamaker, it is tine, thought the figure would be alxmt ?2,.Vio,oijo. The general opinion, howeve;-, among collectors, is that neither Fnc'.e Sam nor anybody else should complain at a profit of $1,000,000 a year on postage stamps. Had Mr. Wanamaker stopjed the sale of the small stamps during the year the sa.ls of the Columbus stamps would have reached and passed the nt-m-ist amount thought of. .1.0K),000.000. for as a. fact about that number of stamps are used during the twelve months. Tt is not generally known that the American bank note company of this city has manufactured 11 Fiiiud States postage stamps since they were first introduce,!. They have continually reduced the cost of production, always giving the government the advantage thus gained, until now postage stamps are the inst economical article that the government consumes. Every new series of stamps means a considerable profit to the government issuing them. By the rapidity with whi h many countries make lnng-s it would siui as though they vook advantage of this fact. Spain, for instance, has for a long time issued a new set of stamps every year. To a collector it becomes a little tiresome when it is done as a regular thing. Put these Spanish stamps, which were in use only a year, have never begun to be as valuable or so eagerly sought after as our own Columbus series. Probably no set of stamps ever issued attracted so much interest and were held at such high prices, during the time they were in ordinary" use, as i the much-abused Columbians. To a per son ignorant of the stamp industry it will cause surprise to learn that dealers in every part of the country, from Maine to ssan Francisco, are willing to pay for the higher values, from one-half to tv.oIhirds of the face value for used specimens. Another singular feature is that should a collector wish to purchase a set of those line stamps canceled he would bo charged all the way from ?1S to V.l. That seems odd when any one could buy the stamps for Ji."i at the postoflioo, and if his preference was for used specimens he could put them on letters addressed to himself and have them canceled in the usual manner. But according to many collectors who have tried this scheme the element of risk enters into it too largely to give general satisfaction. The means that have been adopted to get possession of Columbian stamps are innumerable. Office boys in large business houses have carefully dissected the contents of scrap baskets for the precious Columbus stamps which they have sold to dealers and thereby augmented MACHINE be in want of a n vTi n mn THE SENTINEL has made your wants.

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One Ruffler, with Shirrer Plate, One &et of 4 Plate Hemmers, One Piinder, One Preseer Foot. One Hemmer and Fe'ler,

One Braider l oot. One Tucker, One Quilter, One Plate Gauge, , One Slide for Braider, One Oil Can (with Oil), One Thread Cutter,

their income. Sor-r. fti lus-mlnded, business men have been seen to carefully clip these so-called jubilee t-tampf from their letters and pre rve them for some friend who is a collector. Many persons, after sending packages prepaid with high values, have renuestevl that the stamps h wnt back. A dry good traveler, who is somewhat of a namp enthusiast, told the writer that during his tours over the country he sent everything home by mall that he possibly could, and always used Columbus stamps. A neat nehe'.ne which he said he had worked successfully on Fcvera.1 occasions was to buy quantity of the new stamps from a fourth-class postmaster, put them on packages and hav them canceled, and then receive from the postmaster a bonus or commission for this increase in trade. As the fourthclass postmasters j-.ro paid a percentage over the first ?" on ihe amount of stamps they cancel, collectors say that this plan might be worked weil in certain localities, but they doubted if it could be generally employed from the fact. that thes smaller post offices, as a rule, received a very limited supply of the Columbus series. According to another collector it is cheaper from a sjiecuh.tive roint of view to mail letters with thre-eent stamps than with two-c-nt ones. Dealers are offering $l.0 per p'0 for used thre cent Columbians, while the twocent ones are only worth at the niost ?, cents a hundred. So. if one j vifdtipg home and an have hi.- three-center saved, he can realize 1'2 cents on each stamp, and his postage vill cost him '-cent less than ihe legal rtes. With the Columbian si an-ps the United States entred for the iirst time in the region of high values fr letter postage. Formerly the highest stamp issued for that purpose by our gov ernment was f) cents. That value for uau years has caused intense dissa!i-fa Hon op account, of its awkwardness for computing purj ioscs. The American philatelic so -ieiy, which includes atiimu its members bundled of eolldtois from every sia'e in the union, at its ai.nual me. ting in jietilioii'-d tho postinavt 'r-geficra' to discard the uinrf y-oont stamp and issue a fifty-cent stamp and rrMuIhr stamp. But nothing was done until the Columbus stamp was issued. Th" old scries still has the ninety-cent value. x. Y. Mail and Express.

(,OOI) FOim IN i !ll . Eleu"! Simplicity 1 llie li-inoli" of' All Tnlle Appointment Today. Never have good taste and good form been in closer accord than in the prevailing htyhs of china and glass which th" best city stores snow-. Simple lines and forms are always the most pleasing and graceful, and the Te,-oralrr and Furnishor affirms that fg;hion for once has consented to f'-llow' the dictates of artistic teaching. According to this authority there is an entire absem e of grotesque or eccentric lines in th molding of the varied dishes of the complete service.-. The colorings are, for the most part, very delicate, and the designs in the decorations are characterized by great reset v of ornamentation rather than by the lavish abundance which has been so prevalent hi past -eyrs. For regular family use or for use on stale oee-asinns, where the means are moderate, thtiro can be notning morn correct than a. set of white English, china with a decoration in printed monotone. Dull blu is the must effective coloring in such a design, which merely borders each dish, leaving the centers and sides untouched. No monograms or initials are admissible. White and gold is quite as popular and equally as tateful as in the days of grandmother's best goid-ha tided set. But the gilding is not put on in plain bands and burnished hriglrly. It. is applied in all sorts cf delicate stencil patterns and tracery and in embossed cleig-ris of great richness. In the elaborate patterns the finish of the gilding Is generally dull in tone. Sometimes the decoration in dull gold Is daintily picked out with delicate tracery in, black, and less frequently other colors are sparingly used in the borders, giving a touch like that of Jewels. But. however elaborate the designs in gilding may be. they are rarely allowed anywhere except as borders upon tha dishes and in ornamentation of the handles. Indeed, few dishes which have for decorations printed monotones, gilded, design or color bands have any decorations in the centers of the plates or platter or sides of covered ciiheg. Overdeooration has been recognized as inartistic and has had its day. End of the Century. Father "The teacher says that yo-i don't half learn your lessons." j Little Boy "Yes, sir. You see the ! teacher sair' if I studied hard I might ' grow- up to be a great man." "Of course. Dont y u want to oe a great man?" i "Huh: And get snot at oy an in cranks that's runnin' around looee? Not much." Street & Smithy Hood News. ON EARTH V. V. . -4 " I jr. t . -T- .--- - v.. 'V" I.. I fi. fi-f?';?: I.'. . - 1 ' No. 4. if it is not as advertised. No. be furnished with the STATE

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ATTACHMENTS Accompanying; Each f.lschino ARE AS FOLLOWS:

Attachments in bracket are all interchangeable into hub on preeser bu. Fix Bobbin. Feven' Necci'.e, One Lare Screw Driver, One Small Screw Driver, One Wrench, One Instruction Boo.

WARRANTY. Every Machine is fully warranted for nve years. Anf part proving defective will be replaced free of charge, except ing needles, bobbins and shuttles.