Rensselaer Republican, Volume 28, Number 17, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 31 December 1896 — WOMAN HOME [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

WOMAN HOME

GOTHAM SOCIETY-LEADER. • » ____________ M ISS DE BARRIL has been elected by the New York Patriarchs to fill the place of Ward McAllister. The Patriarchs decided that there must be some one person selected to attend to'the details of their future functions. Miss de Barril has been their choice. One of Miss de Bar-

El's duties will lie to keep herself informed of tlnf* names of those to be invited, so that there will be no repetitions or omissions. Miss de Barril corner of old Spanish stock and her family was at one time wealthy. Toilet Hints. If one's completion is "muddy,” sallow or covered .with blackheads, the lotion bottle is not the remedy which should be sougliMlrst. instead, the candidate for a complexion of roses and cream should begin to diet. Hot water taken half an hour before breakfast with a little lemon juice in it is better than creams to restore the skin to clearness. Graham and whole wheat bread, fruit, clear tea and coffee, if tea and coffee are used, plenty of green vegetables, lean meat and broiled fish form an admirable complexion diet. Poultry and candies should be avoided. After diet and excreis eh av e paved the way for other treatment, a weekly face steaining may be tried. The woman whose purse does not permit her to gfo to the professional beautiliers should fill a bowl with boiling ,water. Over this she should hold her face, into which a cold cream has been rubbed, for ten minutes or so, covering her head and shoulders, and the bowl with a heavy Turkish towel. After drying the face she should rub more cold cream Into It and she should not venture out Into the air for at least three hours.— American Cultivator. Making: a Wood Box. Following are directions for making a wood box of medium size from that excellent authority, the Ladies’ Home Journals The box should be 36 inches in length and 18 in width, the height from 16 to 18 inches. The interior may be divided into two compartments—one for wood, the other for coal—and treated of dark paint or asphaltum varnish. An ordinary canned goods box can be fixed up and painted to appear like an, ironbound chest. Cover the surface of the box with heavy builders’ paper, gluing it on smoothly, avoiding creases or wrinkles, and paint a rich mahoganj brown. Two or three coats; each thoroughly dried and'afterward varnished and rubbed down, will make a good, durable surface. Strap iron corners and cross bauds, embellished with big

rough-headed, hand-made nails, add to the apparent strength of this chest and give it the character of an antique ‘Strong'box.—* i —— r: — A box of tliis sort may be put to use ns a silver chest, and,, if so, it should be lined with cpnton flannel or felt, whiPli may be tacked or glued fast. Several trays may j>e provided in which to keep spoons, forks and other small articles of plate. , Revolted at the Crinoline. Sometimes the American woman declines to be dictated to even by her dressmaker or tailor, but with the recent advent of smaller sleeves people begin to wonder if the next step may not be in the direction of those*skintight abominations worn some fifteen years ago and from then on for five or six seasons. The American woman has shown herself muth more independent of late tlinn she was on.ee in matters of comfort or convenience or looks. She, for instance, would not adopt the.liideous crinoline recently, although dressmakers and importers tried their best to bully her Into doing It. She stood her ground and so absolutely refused that the threatened fashion died in its tenderest tufancy. But that was a matter of the becoming. The American woman sensfc enough to see that she wouid~ma¥e n'"guy oT'lßd'ScirTn hoops. » Pnddine In the New Gowns. » After a woman has been through the hands of her dresstnnker it will be more than ever difficult this year to determine her physical proportions, or even to make a reasonably nceurate guess as to whether she Is plltmp or scrawny. In the first place, the new sleeves, tight almost to the shoulder, call for pretty good looking arms Inside' of them or t they have about as muchotyle as pump handles. “In the meantime." said a fashionable dressmaker, “we pad. 1

have sent home Jjut two tvaists this month that haven’t had the sleeves plumply interlined to give a good outline. And-then the prjflcess gqwn that is coming back into favor looks a sight unless’the wearer has an ideal figure. It’s an art to pad up to the requirements of Yes,* indeed, it’s a year of figure padding, sure’enough.” * Benefits of a Nippine Air. Women should not be afraid of outdoor -exercise,; even, though the winds may blow fresh and chill from the lake or prairies. The cold aid will do ho injury if they are properly protected and take exercise enough to keep the circulation active. On the contrary, it will do good. It will purify the blood, it will strengthen the lungs, it will improve the digestion. It will afford a healthy, natural stimulus to torpid circulation and strengthen and 1 energize the whole system. The injury which often results from going into a cold -atmosphere is occasioned by a lack of protection to some part of the body, exposure to- strong draughts, or from breathing through the mouth. Avoid these and you are safe. «L Ma-Jee Kendall’s Tea Cloth. “Promptly at 4 o’clock I serve tea in my Efiglislf home,” writes Madge Kendall to an American friend. “My embroidered tea Cloth must be one and one-half yards square, with a plain oval shaped center on which to rest my tray, containing.sugar bowl. teapot, cups and

saucers, etc. 1 chose clover for-ma- design, because when first landing in, America I was presented witli a bunch of the t ffagrant plants, and I have ever since associated them with your country.!’- L - . —Wr —~ i 1 Women Are Good. Women constitute - two-thirds of all the church members of the United Sjtates, but only one-thirteenth of all the criminals. Feminine Fancies. The new neck are more elaborate than ever. Women who own a superfluity of jewels use real diamond ornaments on their bonnets. Leather is being employed in the formation of many dainty fancy articles for tlie boudoir desk. _ ■ 1 , —Facial massage is particularly necessary when wind and cold combine to make the skin rough. A unique combination of colors is a toque with a steel crown, surrounded by a mass of violets from which spring upright loops of cherry red velvet. The tailor-made girl does not bundle up until she looks like an Eskimo baby, but she puts on alleeee-linecf or chamois jacket under the coat and thus gets all the required warmth without disturbing the graceful lines-of her figure.

MISS DE BARRIL.

ARTISTIC WOOD BOX.

MADGE KENDALL’S TEA CLOTH.