Rensselaer Journal, Volume 11, Number 24, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 November 1901 — FOE WOMEN AND HOME [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

FOE WOMEN AND HOME

ITEMS OF INTEREST FOR MAIDS AND MATRONS. Give the Girls a Chance—Let Them Work In Their Own Way—Experience Is the Best Teacher —Fashions In Fan, FASHIONS IN FUUS. Neckpieces run to long, flowing ends. Boas of flat fur are generally made flat and long; those of black fox, black bear and of white fox are round and very large, as well as long. Innumerable tails are brought into requisition to adorn the various types of neck scarfs. Very novel are the square collars in Persian lamb, ermine and other furs, which are arranged so that they form a V-shaped trimming in front and which are finished at the waist with little tails. The combination of two, and even three, furs will be frequent, even In boas. One of the latter, a variation of the victorine type, has a center of ermine with a wide border of white fox finished by two tails which are extremely ful| and fluffy. accompanying muff suggests a huge snow ball, being of the fluffiest white fur and very large, says the Philadelphia Times. Muffs generallyy are of generous size. They are round, but the flat carriage muff will also serve for street wear. Fur trimmed gowns will not appear before December, but there is promise that they will be seen in larger numbers than for several seasons past. Hats, also, will he fur trimmed. One which is typical of the way fur will be used in the winter millinery is made entirely of white lace over a white satin foundation, with black velvet ribbon caught on and beaded through the lace here and there. A slender band of mink fur on the side gives the finishing touch. The fur hats In vogue are somewhat larger than the toques

of yore, and Paris is trimming them merely with soft scarfs of lace. Another style of chapeau which pleases the chic Parisienne is the ribbon toque, yards and yards of wide silk or satin ribbon gauged Into the shape of leaves placed round the brim. The crown Is cohered with ermine, sable or any omer fui 2 harmonizing in color with the ribbon. A toque in geranium red has an astrachan “little beastie,” the head upon one side, and the tall restinj upon the hair at the back. The little animal Is fixed upon the hat with a large pearl pin in a prominent position.

LACK AND VELVET.

Over white, with yoke of white silk mull embroidered with roses in natural colors. The wide pleated girdle under the lace is of figured silk in colors matching the yoke. CONFETTI AT WEDDINGS, Confetti is known to English travelers on the continent at festive seasons of the year. In Paris, for Instance, they know how to do their confetti-throwing harmlessly, gracefully, and with good humor. It is one of the things they do better In France than in England, into some quarters of which the fete day amusement has been imported. But the sport which Inspired Canon Atkinson of Coventry with a clerical Jokelet-rwhich might.

or might not, have disastrous differs from the pastime of continental streets. He means confetti-throwing at weddings. The canon j»vs there “can be no objection to of wUSte satin shoes.” Shoe-throwing la an ancient custom, and means good luck to you. It depends on how you throw your shoe. We know of an instance in which the throwing of shoes caused the horses in the bride’s carriage to “bolt,” knocking down the bride’s father, who tried to stop them, and seriously injuring him. In this case, the honeymoon took the form of six weeks’ nursing. Accidents of the kind do sometimes happen, says the London News. It i 3 not long since a case of blinding by rice-throwing was reported. The custom which has the canon’s innocent approval is somewhat silly. The canon confesses to having more than once tied a shoe to the "axletree at the back of the carriage,” so that the “spectators along the route might enjoy the fun.” The device is certainly safer than throwing shoes promiscuously; and if it amuses the canon without harming anybody no one will complain. GIVE THEM A CHANCE Don’t discourage the girls when they are learning housework by confining them too closely to the prescribed methods, says a writer in the Philadelphia Times. Let them introduce new systems in the kitchen if they like. Let them do as they will, so long as they do it thoroughly. Don’t think that because you were taught to iron pillow slips on the wrong side they must necessarily do so, too. Often the girls go out more than the mothers do, and in visiting the various homes among their girl friends they have an opportunity of learning how other people work. - Many of our daughters leave home and seek employment in mills and stores —in fact, take any work that is offered at small compensation—rather than stay at home when they must go through the dull routine of housework.

If the home work were managed so as to give each member of the family time for the development of dormant taste and talents, fewer girls would leave the comfortable homes and the privileges which they might enjoy under the parental roof for the monotonous life in store or factory. The girls should be taught very early In their lives that housework is not so unpleasant as it is often pictured, and if they are allowed to experiment and use their own judgment to a certain extent, even when they are quite young, they will soon learn to take satisfaction in the results of their experiments that will make them see the pleasant side of their \<rork. They will discover later that our happy home-makers are those who know how a home must be run; and even If they need not do the actual work they will know how It should be done and how to superintend It.

TASTE OP AUTISTIC DECORATORS. What a feeling of rivalry would exist in the bosoms of our colonial forefathers, the several Louises, Napoleon and other notables for whom the artistic furniture and house decorations of the day are named, could they step together Into an up-to-date 20th century residence and behold the splendor therein. Each would undoubtedly feel that in the reproduced furniture of his day is embodied all that is beautiful and artistic, and each would be justified in this belief, for the house furnishings of the different epochs, as reproduced today, represent art and beauty to a marked degree, says the Pittsburg Dispatch. To those who admire straight, stiff, but withal beautiful effects, the colonial, empire and Napoleon furnishings appeal, while the lover of soft graceful folds in draperies and the furniture whose every line represents grace, turns instinctively to the Louises—the XIV. and XVI. Vespectively. Black silk waists, to be worn with odd skirts of black serge, cloth or cheviot, are much in vogue. Benjamin Russell, Hanby, author of the famous ballad, “Darling Nellie Gray,’’ is buried at Waterville, Q., twelve miles from Columbus. The department of fisheries 1b Introducing In Nova Scotia waters the rainbow trout from British Columbia.