Rensselaer Republican, Volume 27, Number 49, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 August 1896 — WOMEN HOME [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

WOMEN HOME

LADY BEATRICE BUTLER. Lady Beatrice francis Elizabeth Butler is not only one of tiie most beautiful girls iu Grfcit Britain, but iu the matter of ancestors she can make pretty nearly any boast she likes and back it up with the’ records in Burke's peerage. Lady Beatrice is just passing out of her teens. She was bom on March 25, 1870: ner father is Marquis of Oriiionde, Earl of Ormonde and Ossory and Viscount Thurlcs of Th ml os in the County Tipperary. Her mother was Lady Elizabeth Harriet Grovosnor. eldest daughter of the Duke of Westminster. The house of Butler of Ormonde is one of the noblest in Ireland-and the oldest in Irish history. The Butlers apd Geraldines, rivals in power and equals in

renown, have been at the head, of the fine nobility of ’lreland ever since the Anglo-Norman infusion. The first of the family to arrive on Irish soil and set up a castle was old Theobald FitzWalter in the reign of Henry 11. He was chief butler of Ireland, whence the surname. His father was Hervey Walter, who married in 115<i. That seems to have been tiie foundation of tiie house and the descent has b“en pretty clear since then. Little Lady Beatrice may, therefore, be truly said to be tiie daughter of a hundred earls, but she is one that may be admired. She has a

Very pretty little sister, Coustance Mary, who is just 10. Get Tlieir Shoes Blackened. The spectacle of a woman availing herself <’ f tiie services of a bootblack on the streets has become so common as to attract no more attention than that of a woman reading a daily newspaper in a street car or “L” train, says the Chicago Chronicle. It was not so long ago that a woman with a newspaper was considered to be doing something very “mannish," and she was stared at in consequence. Women, have dared to brave public inspection by sitting in the chair of the street corner bootblack and reading a paper yvlple the industrious bootblack gives them a “patent leather” or a “russet polish." yV’oriien require the cleaning of their shoes as often and with as much reason as men do theirs, and the "ladies’ bootblaeking parlors” that have been opened in tiie shopping districts have proved decided successes. It is next to impossible to polish a rus-

set shoe unless the foot is in it. as the friction of the cloths must be violent. •It was because of this that the young women mustered up courage to put their dainty feet upon the box. Rc*lilt« of Open Air I.ife. Women will have to organize a now crusade against wrinkles and the loatherlike, growing-old sort of look of the skin if they persist in following up all the open-air pursuits which belong to man's kingdom. Freeh air in alhkinds of weather may lie conducive to health, but It is very trying to delicate skins. Women who row and ride bicycles should substitute oatmeal or boiled bread and milk for soap. The dry skin is especially sensitlvo-to the effects of smi and air and needs all the precautions It is possible to find to keep it smooth nnd white. Potatoes lioiled In milk are said to he very effective in whitening and softening the skjn, and olinond meal should be on every toilet , table. The Demands of Society. Society demands that you should look well. Not that you should be a beauty,'but that you should, on occasion. put on your l>est bib anil tucker and help up the picture that, all in all, constitutes society. You .speak of the social world os selfish; so it is. for It demands from all its votaries absolute unselfishness. You must learn to have

,no ill-feeling toward anybodyV If a chatterbox tells ( you that Madame Malice has made you the subject of her ridicule you must make yourself smile: go forward and meet Madame Malice with a pleasant word, a courteous bow, and you must entirely forget that she has iigyer said anything but that which was pleasftnt. Society ceases to be good when malicious sayings are recognized.— Iluth Ashmore, in Ladies’ Home Journal. Quaker City Jealousies. There is no Tovc- lost between the Philadelphia members of tile Society of Colonial Dairies of America and the members of the organization called the Daughters of the Revolution. The dairies are credited with a novel scheme for venting their spite upon the daughters. The story is that the former have unearthed a mimlHir of people eligible for admission to the/rival organization and are scheming to have them proposed for membership. One of these is the woman who keeps an apple stand in front of the old ({lrani Hank Building oh 3d street, She can prove her ancestry. Another is an eminently respectable woman who makes skirrs at the uniform price of 49^ cents per dozen delivered, . Still another is tlie daughter of a man whose employer hires teams to tlie present members of the organization, and one other •'eligible" is a trusted employe of a liquor house. • Mrs. Hryap an Expert Swimmer. Mrs. William Jennings Bryan, wife of tlie Democratic presidential candi-. date, is up to date in many ways. For one thing she is a firm believer in the wheel, although as yet she is not an expert rider. Being comparatively a novice, she lias not yet reached the stage of wearing a short skirt, bur freely acknowledges the advantages of such a garment to the fast-riding bicyclienne. She is also a splendid swimmer and rather prides herself on her natatorial ability. She is also proud of her membership in the Sorosis of Lincoln, Neb. It does not belong to the federation of clubs, but is in tlie Nebraska State Federation. The Lincoln Sorosis lias a membership of twonfy-flvp, to which number it is strictly or four names are always on the waiting list. No one is admitted who has not some claim to membership through interest in current events or some special excellence in other directions. Mrs.

Bryan lays no great stress on her admission to the bar. Site regards is as an ordinary matter in view of the large number of women now practicing law. There is no dress reform in her creed, only an idea that sensible attention to the first laws of health should be considered; also that dress should be distinctly feminine, not extravagant, but as becoming as possible and suitable to the occasion She wears evening dress when the event requires it. but not decollete gowns. Evidently superstition doesn’t count with her, for on the finger with the gold wedding baud she wears a large opal. Useless Kric-a-Brac. The folly of excessive accumulation iu the way of bric-a-brac, ornaments and the thousand and one trifles scattered through the modern home is never more forcibly impressed than when packing away household goods and gods, previous to the summer exodus. Each article has some association that renders it in a degree precious, and yet half .of them disfigure rathe? than adorn the apartment to which they belong. How much wiser is the mistress of the Japanese home, who, while keeping it exquisitely 1 heat, never cumbers and litters it with cheap or excessive ornamentation. She understands the rest to eye and brain in frequent change of surroundings. Today she hangs up a piece of rare embroidery, and in front of it places a little table, with some one choice vase holding a few carefully arranged flower sprays. Across the .corner a screen with richly painted or embroidered panels is set, and everywhere the eye looks upon some object worthy of study and admiration, and so few are they ns to admit of genuine enjoyment and appreciation. After a few weeks a complete change is made, one set of art treasures removed and another put In their place. By this method a succession of charming Interiors are secured far more educating and refining In influence than the crowded tables, cabinets and mantels found iu the American drawing-room.

Announcing the Baby’a Birth. Iu sending announcement cards of a busy’s birth the baby's name is printed iu full on a small card which is iuclosed with the parents’ card. If desired it may be attached to the larger card by a bow of very nnrrcw white satin ribbon, or silver cord. The date qjfdfirth is added, but not the weight of the baby, nor any other particulars of any Sort wua’eycf.—Ladles’ Home Journal

LADY BEATRICE BUTLER.

MRS. BRYAN AT HOME IN THE WATER.

WOMEN HAVE BECOME PATRONS.