Rensselaer Journal, Volume 11, Number 27, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 December 1901 — FOR WOMEN AND HOME [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

FOR WOMEN AND HOME

ITEMS OF INTEREST FOR MAIDS AND MATRONS. Vnlqne Parisian Pad —KffectWn Table Corere —The Care of Cat QlaM —Kven,n C Headdraaaea Cooking Beelpea and Household Hints. OF TIOUST CHEVIOT. This neat little costume of violet Cheviot is elaborately stitched and trimmed with insertions of violet Panne velvet, hand embroidered. Corticelli silk Is used for the stitching and embroidery. The Elton coat is made with broad, turn-over collar and revers of panne velvet, covered with stitching and. embroidery. A novel idea is the closing of the Eton by a vest of embroidered panne extending only half

iot and Panne "Velvet. From S. Pauli, 127 East 57th Street, N. Y. Way up the front. By means of this fastening the Eton fits snugly and is made warmer for winter wear. CNIQCE PARISIAN FAD. For some time Parisian women have been wearing ankle bracelets. They are clasped just a little above the shoe

top and are about as rational as the Jewel-trimmed garters which some women pride themselves on hiding from public view. French women Joy in the touch- of coquetry to be found In thus wearing where it ought not to be displayed a piece of costly jewelry that would arouse the curiosity of spectators aware of its existence. There is a selfconscious strut about the owner of jewelled anklets that almost invariably betrays the delicate secret and stirs speculation in regard to Its kind and quality. It is not likely that sensible American women will take up the fad. It savors too much of the odalisque and the Orient. Its novoKy gives It charm in France. Were it not for the fact that most French women fear to call attention to the proportion of thir noses they would probably try the wearing of nose rings. Earrings have been popular for some time. They clasp over the flesh, and so the ear need not be pierced. The wearftlg of many finger rings is a la mode, and so, too, is that of bracelets. There must he an individuality •bout the contents of the jewel box

Fall Costume of Violet Cher-