Indiana State Sentinel, Indianapolis, Marion County, 11 April 1894 — Page 10

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TUE INDIANA STATE SENTINEL. "WEDNESDAY MORNING, APRIL 11, 189 i TWELVE PAGES.

The human body is the rnojt beautiful of rreated obJe:.. I; I strong, delic.ite, purple Jin ' graceful. Thi applies preeminently t th.' ferrule form, tut while vinuii srns t) be Mtlsfied with the way Ood made the trees, flowers and animals, she is cvot satisfied with the way (he made her body, so he seeks to improve perfection. S.le trusts Iod to shape f nd plan the universe, lut not her body, for while he put a suf'icient number of bones inside her body to hold it erect she forsooth must supplement them with a layer of bones outside to change and Srr-prov the outside of the figure. So we have that abomination known as the corset. Hietory teil us that as nations have gTowrn wealthy and extravagant, the people giving themselves up to excesses of all kinds, the corset has been laced , Ugtot and even tighter as the climax of frivolity approached. The consumption of corsets in America, not Including , tthese imported, is said to be 60,000 yearly. What does thl3 argue for the state cf morals in our country? It is said nhat national dress keeps pace with national history. Both begin in simplicity end end in voluptuousness. .. Tight lacing has keen one of the hlph j water marks of the self-Indulgent period, i The body, when Incased in stiff bones or tight lacing of any kind, Ls incapable of 1 graceful motion, healthful exercise and ability to perform th work of life. The "Venus of Mi!n," the acknowledged standard of beauty of form, has a waist about twice the girth of the modern belle, and the undulating lines and curves of the statue flow Into each other, revealing gTeat refinement of curvature and imperceptible gradation. How different is the corset-made form, with high, square sftiouldcrp. waist like an hour-glass, hips extremely prominent, an artificial and ungainly attire. If your horses, cattle and dags were subjected to the cruel treatment youmg women inflict upon themselves the newspapers and the officers for the prevenIon of cruelty to animals would be on the tracks of the guilty parties. Dut why should women exhaust their vitality by injurious modes of dreeing? "Oh, it's the fashion!" comes the reply. Eut what Is f:;hion that her laws should be obeyed in defiance of all the laws of beauty, fitness, true grace and health? If she declares that woman shall wear a hump at her back, wide crinoline skirts trailing in the du?t or a waist like a wap. there seems to b- no resistance. The plates and fashion papers of the day represent only caricatures of the female form. The cor.-t curse among wcmen Is more insidious than th" drink curse among men. Both sins reek to extenuate themselves on the plea of mod-ration. A woman can no more b trusted with a corset than a drunkard with a glass of whisky. More harm to th? health and vitality, of our race as a whole is done- byronFets than by rum. This article of clothjng violates the laws of good health. It weakens the body, enf?cblv the mind and. dwarfs the soul. Mrs. O. II. Hulzlnga, Yonntc Women In Inrl. Over twenty years ago the home for British and American young women was founded in Paris. Misa Leigh, whose name is known throughout the world in conneotic-n with the institution, has been the wife of a Canadian archbishop for some years, but h:ts never lost her Interest in nr stopped her labors in behalf of the work. Since its establishment the home has befriended over seven thousand young women, taking care of them in a city Where unprotected young women are in much danger and providing many- of them with employment through its registration bureau. It is open to all respectable English-sjK'aking girls in every class of life without distinction to creed. The work is branched as follows: 1. A home for daily and unemployed' governesses. 2. For young women apprenticed in shops. 3. For ladies' nut ids, nurses, etc.. seeking situati ms. 4. Sanitarium. 5. A free registry for those who are seeking situations. The home is situated at 77 Avenue Wafrram in Paris, and a letter to this address announcing a young woman's arrival by a certain train will insure her being mot at the railroad station and taken to the home. branches are governesses and artists' institute. 18 Rue de Milan. "Washington house, formerly 153 Faubourg, St. Honore; Young Women's Christian association and home. 2$ Faubourg St. Honore. Most of the young women aided by the poclety are well-connected orphans, often cf military and naval officers, or cf professional English-speaking men. This faot should encourage any gentlewoman of slender means going to Paris to pursue anj- vocation to copy these addresses for popsible reference and refuge in a day of ned. Paris Letter. Women Miners In Indln. The women. In spite of their marriages at fourteen and fifteen years of age, were strong and well set up and in manner perfectly gentle and modest. Kach was dressed exactly as she would have been for any other occupation, though her cloth and sari were perhaps a little dirtier than they would have been in a less grimy calling, and each wore a mass of bangles and anklets, ome f t them very Interesting specimens of barbaric silver and bell -metal work. Save for a little pause 0f curiosity to look at me and my clothes, they worked steadily on, pushing forward the heavy trollies, which, when laden, weigh about eight hundredweight. One or two had requests to make of the foreman as he went by in general these being trifling things, such as taking half a day's leave or some little point about the land they held but the general quiet, good order, discipline and respect were all points that Impressed me much. The few questions which I put to them about their hours, which are only eight a day, their fo d and anruementF. which seamed largely to center In the big bazaar of Sunday, were straight forward ly and frankly answered. Bengal Cor. London Graphic. Seen Thronnh London Spectacle. Women cling to the idea that they are all born saints and angels, and that men hold a monopoly of evil, from which it Is the proud duty of their mothers, fdsters and wives to rescue them. They do not chooee to believe that really bad women can exist ki their own class cf life. They only recognize the fact of their presence on earth at all as belonging to quite another sphere, upon which It is easy and best to turn one's back entirely. It la time that this cuckoo cry of the fcoodness and purity of woman should cease. Women are no better and not so very much purer than men that Is. If you take them en masse, for the very degraded are Just as much types as the very noblest and best. The goodness of man Is Just as Important as the goodness of woman, only somehow the world has lost sight of that fact lately, and the goodness of both tau only be at

tained by a cleaj- and aceurat knowledge of their faults and potentialities for evil. Therefore It is tim that we should erase to strain at a gnat and swallow a camel. We must learn to judjje fairly and behave without prejudice; t.- condemn a vice and be tender to the sinner; above all, to have patience with those5 who preach a new reform, even. If, In their zeal, they overstep the precise bounds of speech which we ourselves may consider correct and self-controlled. Such an impetuosity should surely be f rglven more readily than a deliberate fin, yet It Is often visited with much graver displeasure. But then sinners can hit out and defend themselve, while the promulgator of a new theory has no weapon of defense available against the dicta dictums f outraged hypersensitlveness. London Queen. An IS.". Itall I) rem. Here Is a description of a girl's first ball dress, taken from a letter written in 1S39 by a young woman of fifteen to her maiden aunt: "I went to the ball and enjoyed myself very much. Perhaps you would like to know how I was dressed. I bought me a bishop's lawn dress at 70 cents a yard (it was a very nice piece) and got .Miss Almira Bradley to make it. She made It Grecian bodist and leg of mutton sleeves plaited down. She said that ruffled sleeve3 were entirely out of fashion. I had a piece of pink gauze ribbon tied in a bow at the bottom of the plait3. and a piece of the same, tied around my waist and tied in a bow at the point. "I had a pink Donna Maria scarf, with a tassel at each end and fastened on th? left shoulder with a very small bouquet. I had a new pair of white klJ and a newpair of French slippers and a lace uulerhandkerchief trimmed with a narrow lace edging. I wore a thin flannel pettictat and a thick one. with another cambric muslin one over that. I had on a pair of worsted stockings and silk ones ever them. I had my hair curled at the barber's. I had to elt still two hours to have It done. I went to the bail at 7 o'clock and got home at 2. Miss Sarah Hildreth was the belle. She looked very beautiful. She had on a satin dress, Wh a figured blond over that, and a black mantilla. Her Llond dress was so lonjf that it dragged seen or tight inches." San Francisco Argonaut.

The Future YVomun. Mrs. Theodore Sutro, the well known society woman of New York, has iht following to say about the "woman of the future:" "She will not wear trousers. On the contrary, her garments will, be prettier, and she herself will be, if that is possible, more effeminate, mere gentle and tender than the is ruow Why? Because she will realize, by being ail th.se, that her power will Je Increased in . a, corresponding .ratio,.. Woman's .rights are invariably associated in a : niau'i! mir.d with -the loud oloed woman, the woman without little personal vanities, the woman who is indifferent to her appearance, who wears big b-jots and would like to wear high hats and make other incursions on his wardrobe. "Ii? is the teigni.ig power now, and looking at things from his point of vision can he b-? biamed for not wanting to abdicate in favor of any one so unattractive to him as this person There will b more marriages for love In her day than there are now. for the reason that natural selection will replace convenience. She will be oualified for work, and not fearing it will not marry for support. She will bo able to provide for herself, and when she marries it will be because she loves the man. because he is congenial and sympathetic to her and will not retard htr mental and moral development. She will le fearless and frank .and will have the courage cf her convictions." Drlirloim Way t Conk Slintl. Take a large dripping pan and stand it on the range. Put Into it a heaping tab'.espoonful of well-clarified teef fat or suet Let it melt till the bottom of the pan Is well greased, so thre is no possibility of the fish sticking. Now take a fine roe shad, split fur broiling, dry it well on a coarse linen cloth, sprinkle it generously with salt and lay it out flat In the pan with the skin side of the fish on top. Stand It in a hot oven and let It cook until the skin seems to be puffed up in blisters and is Just a nice brown and crisp, when you may know it is done. Have a platter larger than the ftVh quite hot. Stand It on the kitchen table by the fide of the dripping pan ana quickly turn the shad from th pan onto the platter, Just as you would turn an omelet from a pan. It will come out nice and whole, the ro and the entire fish being as ptrfectly done and quite as delicious as planked shad. Serve with pieces of lemon and garnish with parsley. The advantage of cooking a shad this way is that all the juice and flavor are retained and no odor of cooking fish spread through the house. Try it and you will never cook a shad any other way. It is delicious. X. Y. Herald. Klnor Coverlntt. In using denim for floor coverings lay it rver padded paper, which will make it look much heavier than !t really is and will also deaden the noise that results from too flimsy a floor covering. I saw this material used with excellent effect In a really handsome dining-room as a background for a very large eastern rug that was laid in the center of the room. If one does not choose to put a floor in order by staining or painting a border, use the denim, matting or Ingrain or brussels filling in plain colors. If one large rug Is used. It is quite unnecessary to cover the entire floor with any of these materials, except in the matting. One advantage In using the denim is that it can go Into the washtuh and renew its cleanliness and what beauty It has as often as one chooses. X. Y. News. For the Dnth. A delightful preparation for the bath and one that is grod for softening and whitening the skin is made from oatmeal, pure cast lie soap ajid Italian orris root, powdered. The soap is powdered and mixed with the oatmeal and orris root and put in email bags of cheesecloth to be used In place of a sponge. Enough of the bags to last a long time may . be made from live pounds of meal, half a pound of soap and a pound of orris root. Make as many bags as you' can from a yard of cheesecloth, cutting them about four or five inches square and stitching them tightly. Fill the bag loosely and sew up the end. Dip In warm water when you use one. Chicago News. y I'or Tit one In Mourning;. Visits of condolence are made a week after the funeral. A card Is left, and no effort Is made to see those who ure In sorrow. A number of women hare asked me If It Is proper to send Invitations to friends who are In mourning. Of course one would not do this until a month had passed, but after that time It Is aulte proper, and certainly our friends

who hie had sorrow tome to them do not like to think that they are forgotten. It Is no longer considered in good taste tu have. "K. S. V. P." In the corner, but Instead are the English words. "The favor of an answer is requested." Thia H. however, nevea- written on a. dinner Invitation, for that presupposes a reply. Ladies' Home Journal.

. . ,1Icontent Ill'pellera. How much woman's intrest in everything about her. which is a part of her latter day religion, improves her physically a frequently commented upon fact. The frsh complex Ion ?d. keen-eyed womsn of forty-live, plert and interested. Is a common sight today, but only a short time ago that age was looked upon as almost If not quite hopeless. Say ;eorg? MaoPonald in one of his novels: "I believe that many women go Into consumption just from discontent the righteous discontent of a soul which was meant to sit at the Father's" table and cannot content Itself with the husks that the swine eat." N. Y. Times. At Home Days. If women would only realize how disappointing it is to go a long distance to call upon one and then find the one thy desire to se "just gone out." there would be more who would set aside pome particular day each week upon which they would be at home, have that day understood by all their friends and above all things make it a print to stay in upon the appointed day. And a call seems so much more homelike and cheering If a cup of chocolate, glass of wine or tea and some light cake are In readiness. Try It and see if you and your friends are not both better satisfied with each other. N. Y. Commercial. The l!linful Onion. There can be no successful dinner without the aid of the leek family. Every soup, every meat course and every sauce and dressing, whether for fish, flesh or salad, needs the flavor cf the onion. This blessing is easily disguised, but the professional cook keeps the secret. Two drops of onion Juice in any cream soup Instantly kills the starchy, pastry, nursery taste. One drop will lift a sauce or a cream gravy out of the common. Rub the bowl with a leek or a slice of onion ami the tamest salad, red or green, has sap. N. Y. Telegram. In Itehnlf of Itnby. Do not discourage the baby from using his muscles because of rumpling his clothes or ev?n taking the shine off your furniture. Ills little limbs aTe worth more to him and perhaps to you, too, when, mothers, you are old and have to depend cn them t'nan the polished legs of your table. Little girls have to platan all Important part in their life, especially w hen they come to work f . r another baby life. So do let the girls have some muscular development a3 well as the bovs. Detroit Free Press. l'r!e of Siek Children. In the crying of sick children there are many peculiarities which when differentiated lead to correct conclusions about tht ir aliments. In pneumonia and capillary bronchitis, according to a medical paper, the cry Is moderate and peevish end mui'led. as if the door were shut between child and henrrr. The cry of croup is hearse, bra-sy and metallic, with a crowing inspiration. That cf cerebral dk-eie. pirtl ulariy hydrocephalus, is short, sharp, shrill and solitary. London Tit-bits. Chnt Helps Digestion. Serious, gloomy and cross people should eat alne. A man cr a woman with a scowling face and a savage temper will give every child and sensitive adult about the table indigestion. Deepthinking or preoccupation of mind retirds assimilation and digestion. As a rule, meal times are dull times. Foods are eaten too rapidly, taken Into the stomach cnly pmially masticated and often f reed down with drafts of ice cold water, which weakens the action of the gas tri'" juices. A TIioiiKht for I'nrenfn. Each one of us is bound to make the little circl? in which he lives better and happi-:r. Each of us is bound to see that out of that small circle the widest gorxl may flow. Each of us may have fixed in his mind the thought that out of a single household may flow influences that shall stimulate the whole commonwealth and the whole civilized world. Dean Stanley. ' A Hnlr Itecelver. A hair receiver may be made of white linen, embroidered In some slight design, lined with wash silk and folded to a trianilar shapes then overhanded together. If the maker chooses It can be punched for eyelet holes and laced together with a narrow silk cord. This enables the quite necessary taking apart and frequent washing. Exchange. WOMAN'S HEROISM. FEW PEOPLE REALIZE IT. What Heroic Efforts They mate to Arpear Cheerful and Happj. err. ia(. to on ladt fai ffs How many, think you, have any Mea of the suffering endured by so large a proportion of the women of America ? Very few men have the slightest concept iou of the pain endured by so many women, even those of their own boiisehol or the fieroic efforts they make to appear cheerful and happy. Women ought to be told just where the danger lies, for their whole future may depend upon their knowledge, and how to overcome it. Lydia E. 1'inkhani solved the mystery after years of experience and study. She unerringly traced the cause of nearly all of woman's suffering to the womb. Other years followed and her Vegetable Comjound was given to the world. And now, after ear3 of marvellous Ma d of O'ltari. success, it is acknowledged the unfailing remedy for all forms of female complaints, ovarian troubles, inflammation and ulceration, falling and displacements of the womb, irregularity, suppressed or painful menstruations, leucorrlm-a, bloating, flooding, backache, nervous prostration, kidney trouble, etc., and is found on the Shelves of all respectable druggists. Such cases as this of Mrs. M. F. Fozzy, of Canipe.Ho, Mass., spcaK volumes. She says: I was very sick. I did not ever exjoct to get up again. Menstruations had stooped suddenly. The pains all through my body were terrible. As a last resort I sent for a bottle of Lydia K. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound ami a box of her Liver Pills. I also used a package of her Sanative Wash. " Kelief came at once, and to-day I am a well woman. Menstruations regular, no backache, entirely cured of lcucorrhcra an 1 beiringdown pains. Nothing equals Lydia K. Pinküatu'a Vegetable Compound.

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LIKEWISE HOW A WOttW MIOl'I.U . IT STAIKS. lcat Cnllore-for Women at Home F fleet of nrcnthln on the LookHow to Core Hollows In the cck Sensible Talk. of Kannte i:!Äar Thomm. , (Copyright, by American Press As sociation. One thing 's certain, no woman can walk, stand, ride, sit, knel or move attractively while compressed about the waist. By this I do not mean tight lacing"; I mean compression that which does not admit, -of the widest expansion of the entire trunk to its fullest extent without consciousness of covering. Lillian Russell In her corset costumes and Lillian Rutell In an oriental robo are two different types of women. The most beautiful und the most homely woman are both made "more attractive by having a trunk that can curve than one that is straight. This does not relate to health flmply to attractiveness. Real tight lacing well, that is a subject below discussion in this day. and generation. As the professor said: "Let them alone. It is one way the Lord has of ridding the world of fools " Of course some women there are who cannot dispense with the corset without some form of bust supporter why in heaven's name do they not use the Cleopatra corset? But in the name of beauty leave the waist line not only loose, but free. . Aside from the looks, no one can do anything until she can breathe. You Fee, the breathing apparatus of the body is just like a bellows, the throat the pipe, the lower stomach and back the "clappers." Nine women out of ten breathe through the length of the pipe alone. They breathe through the throat. Try it and see. How still the whole trunk is instead of moving regularly up and down! The throat Is but the passage through which the breath may pass after it has been pumped in by the lower body. Every time you hear a singer or reader draw in the breath sharply with a little whiz, she simply draws a little bit of wind into the pipe and pushes it out again. She has no control whatever over her voice. She makes "salt cellars" back of h"r collar bone and another In the curve of her neck, because she draws in and enfeebles the muscles there instead of swelling them out. Every w.ll taught Inger has plump neck and shoulders. Clavicle breathing, cr breathing down as far as the clavicle, only strains and stretches all the delicate muscles that lie cloe to the flesh. Where not heavily Interlaced they cave right In naturally, like lining after the starch Is out. Stand erect, and breathe till you raise the chest and swell out the trunk without pressing the two clappers of your breathing apparatus together in oth.r words, breathing properly. The muscles about the neck. Instead of being drained, are fed by the passing breeze, and th" muscles are being made round and firm by exercise. What should you do? Fasten a light string or a feather In the curtain a little distance from you. Standing property with the hands pressed against the sides to Indicate the expansion, drew in "a full breath through the eniire trunk and almost closing the lips' blow the string or feather till It flutters gently, counting how long a time you can. keep the movement up. A lazy, indolent girl, with hooped shoulders and novel reading eyes, will give out on eight. In a week she can count sixteen, and so on.- No matter -where one legins, the improvement is bound to come, and with it freedom, strength in the lungs, desire to stand straight, longing for the open air, an inclination to smile, to go! Eut you must not fail to walk a little. Increasing the distance each day. Count six steps while raising the chest mouth shut and six while letting it subside. Get in the habit of breathing this way always. To do it you will have to stand straight and feel ambitious. It will make the eyes bright, the face expressive. It will fill out every hollow save the dimples. It. will give you color, change the tcne of your voice, make you sleep an! eat., I firmly believe that half the delicacy of men and women would be. cured, by. 'proper breathing. If you can "afford it, take singing lessons; if not, read, recite aloud, whistle. You should see the chest of Mrs. Alice Shaw, the whistler, since she made her unique art a profession. It Is like that of a .general and solid as It is round and beautiful. The whole plan of physical culture or body beautifying is based on correct breathing. Stair cllmblng is a feature of feminine locomotion as peculiar as it is important. Says a prominent beauty culturlst: "Show me a town of stairs, and I will prophesy a town of thin, eye-circled, cross-looking women." Yet the stairs are made a prominent feature in all gymnasiums for the increase of health and beauty. The prophecy should be reversed. Trained stair climbers are the healthiest, as well as the most graceful, women on earth. New York, with Its artificial elevated road stairs, shows a race of clumsy, drawn-faced, jaded looking women among its neglected ones. Baltimore, with its steep hills (natural stairs), shows in its women, who are taught to mount thein, the most graceful pedestrians In the world. The last thing a woman untrained in the art should do in the presence of her lover Is to mount stairs before him. Yet properly done no species of locomotion could be made a more potent charm. First of all, going upstairs there should be no wadaing. There must be no rolling from side to side none whateverno trudging or thumping, as If the main object were to punch holes in the steps, no leaning forward and iio apparent weariness. Moreover, obeying the directions for correct breathing, there need be no panting at the had of the stairs. Compare these rules with the ordinary stair-climber and see the results. The body should remain perfectly erect, the step should be taken with the toe and the movement to the next step be made with a springing motion a caress of the structure if you will Instead of a kick. This produces a gradual graceful poetic ' elevation instead of a cumbersome hauling of the body up. ward, and places all the strain upon the muscles of the calf oi the leg; instead of the more tender ones of the middle trunk. No wonder women nearly die climbing those stairs! It Is all in the way they do It. This slightly accented springing from step to step leads to the true system of walking; hence the stairway Is made the talker's gymnasium and its correct use u rure. , You have but to observe the different styles cf stair-climbing on th stages of our theaters to realize that natural climbing does not produce either satisfactory or similar results of expression. FANNIE EDO AR THOMAS. TnlntlnK !:e Uly. The mother who decks her debutante daughter with diamonds is more ambitious for fhow than sensible. Youth is a pirl"s highest Jewel and needs no spirkiinf? petting rather than the flash oT clear eyes, the pleam of white teeth, the sweet, sunny smile, with a soul behind It, and diamonds on a younp Kirl feeni to suggest that her claims need enhancing because f-iie Is not In herself satisfying. N. Y. News. Jlnkft'a Tool Xutlon. Winks "Did you ever notice that, during hard times, religious revivals always start up fcnd the long-empty churches are sure to be filled?" Jinks "Yew." "How do you account for it?" "Salvation's free."

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m:adin; a cotillox. Some Xew nnd I'IeaMlns Fi Karen of n Popular Dance. It Is the famous but frivolous Mine, de Montespan we have to thank for our erroneously named german. While riding one day on the outskirts f Paris she saw a crowd of country people celebrating a fete with many quaint dances. Impressed by the originality of some of them, on her return to court she proceeded to teach seme of her ladies. The romping nature of the games pleased the gay women, and as Louis XIV looked with favor on any innovation suggested by his favorite his courtiers werenot long in expressing their admiration. There was only one drawback. The court gowns with their long burdensome train:? retarded the sport of tho dance, so Mme. de Montespan calmly detached her train from her cotillon or pettieoat. It is from this incident the dance received its name. For a drawing-room of ordinary size not morn than twenty-four couples should dance the cotillon. At the end of the room have two tables to place the favors upon. For the "forbidden fruit" figure have a good-sized hoop hung abut six and one-half feet from the Hour. To this different favors may be tied; for the "fool" figure, a wastebasket and eight gfr.d-sized rubber balls. For the "two-in-hand' eight pairs of children's horse reins are necessary. A sheet for "Over the Garden Wall." and eight searfs of gauze for the "scarf figure complete the properties. For the ordinary favor figures, naturally any amount of favor may be supplied. After the twenty-four couples are seated around the sides of the room, the leader wiU bid the first eight couples dance a waltz. At his signal each couple separate, each lady taking a favor for a gentleman, and presenting it to one she desires for a partner. The men do likewise. It is generally best to open with a favor f.frure. The "scarf" figure is danced by eight couples. Kight scarfs an given to as many men, who present them to the ladies they wish to dance with. After a waltz the leader has the toiii form a circle, with a circle of men on the outside, with the scarfs serving a.s links. ejeh circle rotating in an opposite direc tion. At the leader's signal both circles stop, r-aeh man throwing his scarf over the wrman In front of him. securing her as a partner for the two step which follow. The men face the women the distance of the searf. which Is held high above their heads. Kach couple in turn goes tinder the seven remaining scarfs. This is followed by a waltz. The sheet figure is danced by eitrht couples. A largo-sizeil sheet is held by the leader and some other man. taken from the eight couples. The eight women g' on one side of the sheet and rut the tiivs of the lingers of one hand above the top of the sheet, which are hastily seen red by the seven men on the opposite sid. The sheet Is then withdrawn, and each man dances with the lady he has secured. The remaining l.adv dances with the man who has held 1 the sheet. it is well to have another favor figure twtween this and the following figure, which is called the fool figure. Eight couples fire needed to dance this. At one end of the room a wastebasket is placed. At the other end eight men stand In front of seven ladies. The eighth lady sits In a chair with a fool's cap in her hand. The eight men, at a signal, try to put the rubber ball they have been provided with into the wastebasket. then rush back and secure a partner from among the ladies. The man who fails to do this has the fool's cap placed upon his head and dances with the lady In the chair. The "two-!n-hand" is danced by four couples, who separate, each lady securing two gentlemen, whom she harnesses with her reins. Kach of the original men does the same, the lady taking a gentleman from one of her pair and the men a lady as a partner for the two step which finishes the figure. Then comes another favor figure. The forbidden fruit i.s danced by eight men, who have to jump for the favors hung on the hoop and then give them to a partner for a waltz. Favors afford an extensive range of choice for the men, boutonnieres, pencils, umbrella clasps, penholders, cigarcutters, etc., and for the women fans. Mowers, bonbons, pins in fact, anything may be given while an inexpensive cotillon may be given by supplying Japanese favors of all sorts. :.IAUI JAMCS CIIKLTOX. What f'niintlliilfM n Homo. First of all, RIKss Parloa urges young housekeepers not to make the great mistake of living beyond their means for the s:;k? of "kf-eplng ut apiearaaees." It destroys all the pleasure of home life, keeiM the mind in constant state of worry and Irritation, dwarfts the lelter Impulses and exhausts vitality. "No young woman," she declares, "hoü a

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In the chapters itevoted' to the Stcfk -Department in Manner's Standard Horse and Stock Book, isrst taken up breeds cf cattle, dairying, an.l feeding, with a large number oFill titrations of the different breeds of cattle. Then follow descriptions and treatment for tho various diseases to rrhich cattle are subject. A great deal of new and important matter is here made accessible to the farmer, which could not he obtained from any other work, as it has not before bo: 3 published; special retrfeuGes and treatment have been used as professior.. ccrct3 by practitioners, and which have been proved to be especially valuill: This one department alone on dairying" and diseases of cattle comprises over 200 pages, with 300 illustrations. TTilliam Larrabee, Er-CoTemor cf lo-wa. says: -I have examined with much care the "Standard Horso and Stock Bock," and desire to acknowledge my higb. appreciation of its merits as a great work, not only for the benefit of owners o.f that class of property, but for tho cause of humanity. It will be inValuable for those interested in horses and cattle, and I wish every person ia Iowa who owns either, could have the book at hand for consultation." " The Leading- Agricultural Taper la the West says: Though constitutionally opposed to personally indorsing books or patents, yet "The- Standard Horse and Stock Book" is a work of such rr.re usefulness that it is entitled to an exception. I hesitate not to give it my full and hearty indorsement. It is not a mass cf unconsidered trifle, huddled together- to make a cheap subscription book, but is a work cf TRUE MERIT, EVERY ITEM being carefully prepared, and before publication, expertly examined, criticised, and corrected by twelvo practical veterinary surgeons. Iso euch work embodying so much reliable and vahuiblo information, and to elaborately embellished, has heretofore been published by any one. Prof. D. JIagner has spent the most of a valuable life in studying and managing horses, and on this subject this werk is inestimable to dock owners and raisers of all classes. As such, I heartily commend it. C. F. CLA.BKS0X, Agricultural Editor Iowa '-Stato Register." HOW YOU MY OBTftlN THIS VALUABLE WORK. The entire Series will ba complete in 13 parts, issued weekly. On receipt of 10 cents we will mail you Part 1. Parts 2 to 13 inclusive may La obtained in like manner, or on receipt of ?1.23 wo will send you tho entiro Series as fast as tho parts are issued. One part to bo issued each week, begmuics tLe first week iu Janunrv.

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