Saturday Evening Mail, Volume 18, Number 32, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 28 January 1888 — Page 6

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WOMAN AND HOME.

MRS. SHERWOOD WRITES CONCERNING A CHAPERONE'S DUTIES.

Society at the Capital—Comfort for Weak Heart*—Cur* lor Frosted Feet—Cold 8tareh—Femininity Economy—Stray ''Slu Uo«ful Information.

But if a girl enters the world of fashion die Imost accept its laws and limitations. They ,' mre inexorable, and she most accept them if V- tlie would succeed. American women ami* ably possess a strong sense of propriety. They have a truly healtly love for virtue, an abseace of morbid suspicion of wrong, as Amerlf' wn men have a natural loveof law and order and a propensity to obey the law. Let us hope that it is the natural outcome of a young republic and owing to the exceptionally respectful and chivalrous nature of American men that an American woman is safe any where. Bret Harte and all the playwrights have treated us to the spectacle of the sight of one young schoolmistress who charmed a whole colony of wild miners into submission and clean linen.

But we are ceasing to be the fresh and primitive young republic. We are becoming one of the richest and most powerful and luxurious people on the face of the earth. We can afford to care little for the opinion of foreigners. But we do not wish to place oar young girls in a false position in their ayes. We do not wish them to grow up oblivious of good manners.

The duties of a chaperone are tiresome. They call for great unselfishness. She must accompany her young chArge into society. She must sit in the parlor when gentlemen -are calling. She must, especially after the young lady is "engaged," go everywhere with her.

A chaperone should be an intelligent woman. Society requires a certain amount of handling, which only the social expert understands. Some women have this tact, and a great many more have it not. It is a sort of genius.

No very young flirtatious married woman, bent on amusing herself, should be selected for a chaperone for young girls. She is no protection to tho charge, and she lacks the first requisite of a care taker, a sense of propriety, and tho second requisite, which is unselfishness. If any woman should have a spotless record it should be the chaperone. Much of the loudness and fastness of a certain set in American society is due to this adoption of young chaperonea, A girl married yesterday is in no wise fitted for the post. In Europe, if she were a princess or a grand duchess she would still bo chaperoned herself. It is amusing for an American to see always noble ladies, royal ladies, dragooned by an elderly, watchful Lady Sophia or Charlotte something, who never leaves them.

Although we have thrown off the slavery of pomp and rank, although our young women come as near to tho Juste miliu of liberty and propriety as any women in the world, although they aro vastly the most to be envied of any pretty young thing in the universe, this question of chaperonage is one •which should be more considered than it is.

It would go far to silence gossip, to promote respectability. We cannot, perhaps, Immediately educate the daughters of people who have suddenly stepped from the responsibilities of crude prosperity into the etiquette of the quiet elegaqt, educated, thoughtful people who have constituted for a century what we may «m»11 our American blue blood. The two classes, however, have always been living side by side, and gradually they amalgamate. It mems impossible that any American woman, with her quiet intelligence and her imitative faculty, can bo so oblivious of the proprieties Which she shocks as are some of those who travel or stay at home, oblivious of chaiwrone, or careless of good manners. We can only refer as an oxplanation to this mis-' take to the lack of reverence, and to the imitative idea that it is clever and indepen4ent to outrage the recognized etiquette of the best society all the world over. We Americans are very sensitive to ridicule. I Lot us first see that we do not deserve it. I

We may as well accuse ourselves of our national sins, and take the bitter pill at once. It is a foolish begging of the question, to prefer to appear badly, rather than be told that we do. No harm will come to a girl from tfee companionship of a nice and good chaperone. Her mother, if possible, if not her mother, then tho next best thing.—M. E. W. Sherwood in New York Mail and Express,

ladies

have their day for receiving callers, and nuv respectable person is permitted to present himself and is cordially welcomed, pasted along the lino of ladies who are re-, oeiving and turned over to the courtesy of one or two pretty girls, who preside at the

There is a burlesque side to the picture. A hostess feels that she is in a position, more or less, of art actress, and she does not wish to play to empty benches. The highest compliment that can be paid to her is a full house. This often sets the ladies to contrive to draw great auditmccs at it might be called. Now a star is popular on the stage—-sometimes because of tho setting of the piece, sometimes beoauso of the strength of the support* A Washington hostess who is ambitious to exoil often resorts to the devices of the actress to make her show a success. She must have strong' *up wt, and rite is anxious to have the pretty girls of the capital receive with her to I* I to Attract the crowd her way. A pretty g.a am oftentimes lead a company of young icn from one bouse to another with her, and, o? course, a prise of this kind is much sought for by ladles who receive— Washington Cor. San Francisco Chronicle. _———.

A Cure for Fiwtod

For years I have suffered so with frosted feet that for days and weeks at a time oottld

not

wear leather boots or shoes at all. And when spring the itrMng was n'nost intolerable. .1 tried every vvedy tc think 1 had Ikvij schooled to beUcvo mm* wa a,-.«Teeti .1 cure hot euaki '1 ii* fvx witli it till I ws cover t.,- n» upwarmatni J* km

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wailing at my lot yet had I not read of this simple remedy: "In gallon of water as hot as can be oorndissolve all the powdered alum you can. In foin lr your feet two hours, adding warm water as the other cools. The next morning draw on your boots in comfort" 1 tried it the same evening. I remember that I wanted to go to a meeting that night a nil could not get my boots on. I went to bed and once more slept the sleep of the just. The next morning I pullad on my boots, without pain and caracoled around in the exce® of my joy. My feet lave rarply troubled me since and trhen they have showed signs of again taking up the old habit, a dose of hot water and alum brings them back to the paths of rectitude.—Detroit Free Presa.

Use of Cold Starch.

The principal objection to the use of cold starch, made by many women, is that it sticks so to the irons. If it is made in the following way, and the irons are smooth, there need be no fear of its sticking. The quantity of starch to be used depends npqn the article to be starched, and, also, on how stiff it is wished to be. For collars and cuffs a teaspoonful of raw starch in a half pint of cold water will make enough for six collars, while for a dress half a cupful of starch to a tiAif pailful of cold water is not a bit too much.

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great

Society at the Capital. s..

Society

at Washington is organised upon

the moat singular principle, mingling excluslvsness, which is a tendency in all society, with a quasi public character, which arises from the official position held by the husbands or fathers of most of the ladies who entertain. Tho kind of society which is most intoxicating to tho women folks here is this half private, half public variety. It is like holding a court or a levee at which homage is paid to the reigning hostess. All official

refreshment table. There is no intimacy in a call of this kind—hardly acquaintanceship, only a deferenco to the hostess and her assist-1 ants, which seems to be sweetincenae to them all

that tur-'•'--^ghl

beac^ufla| :-.i ta- v-rvt:« WWSit to iii.T.AS«* Then Ibath- tl:«m ut :ht r.- or toil, cort! oil,

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TV.- wA in batterruur-..- order,, i-jtitdhf-".': n: away leave m\ I tnod pby* ujl?and drag* gk*a' prescriptions, and wooid probably be

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two trials will convince the

housewife just bow much to use. Put the starch into the water, and after it has dissolved wash the bands clean, then, with some clean, good soap wash them again in the starch, using the soap promiscuously. The washing in the starch is only to make a nice white suds. Take out the soap, and putting in the article to be starched rinse it thoroughly until sure that the starch has reached every part wished. Then ring it out tightly nnri pan through the wringer. The article must have been dried thoroughly outside before being put into the starch. After taking it from the wringer shake it well, roll it up in a dry cloth, let lie for about ten minutes, then iron with hot irons (not hot enough to burn), and there will be no sticking. Clothes done up in this way will look much nicer and iron smoother than if done in the old way.— Boston Budget A

The Charm of Femininity.

As to the question of beauty, one elderly club man says that it used to be a common thing to see people—men and women bothturning around to look at girls on the streets, but that such' a thing rarely happens nowadays. In France that used to be held as a test of real beauty. A great Parisian belle said sadly, after returning home from a walk one morning: "I am getting old the gamins on the street no longer stop to admire me. I urn going home to improve my mind." Another attributes this partly to tailor made gowns.

He says that severe style robs women of their feminine charms. It began in the plain habits for hunting in England, and on horseback it is appropriate and pretty once in a while it is very piquant to see a woman in a masculine sort of dress, but now they have allowed plainness to creep into even their ball toilets, and

the street a well dressed

New York woman is as severe in her style of raiment as her brother. Hair must be as smooth as silk, with only a stiff, rigid little bang, a rim of stiff white linen about the throat and wrists, and every garment as neat and simple as it is possible to make it. It makes the New York girl a model of fresh cleanliness, but

she

doesn't look as pretty as

she used to when more flowing and graceful lines were allowed, and she made no attempt to look anything but,strictly feminine.—St. Louis Post-Dispatch. yV!

Comfort for Weak Hearts.

When a young man is down in the valley of humiliation because he has failed in some cherished undertaking and in despair argues the likelihood of becoming a failure altogether. I would suggest to him to look away from himself for awhile to other lives and study their successes and failures.

When a young woman with her first great heartache and disappointment wishes she was dead because all future life will be of no acacount to her, let her do the same. When I see theso dear, brave young hearts struggling with their disappointments I long to take them by the hand and assure them out of my larger, older experience that it is not so bad as they think—that it will not last forever, that life"is only the sum of a succession of experiments, successes and failures, and that all this experience meaniMomething to them of

importance in the end that the terrible agony of the present suffering may tte, if we will it *6, the birth pains of a greater suocess than we have dreamed of yet.

Dear blind young eyes, without the power to see what results will follow upon your impulses of passion, try to see that half the world suffers as you do at times and still manages in time to be happy again.—Lucy Holbrook in Herald of Healttu^

Waste of American Families.

We waste at the store, at the market, and in the house enough to make us wealthy if we would only save. The fathers and tho mothers do not understand ho littlo arts of economizing, and the sons and the daughters do not learn them. We think it incompatible with our dignity as free born and well to do Americans to devote our attention to them. This is especially true as regards our food. The common saying that "the average American family wastes as much food as a French family would live upon" is a great exaggeration, but I can cite statistics to show that there is a deal of truth in it We endeavor to make our diet suit our palates by paying high prices in the market rather than by skillful cooking and tasteful serving at home. We buy much more than we need, use part of the excess to the detriment of our health, and throw the rest away. And, what makes the matter worse, it is generally those who most need to save that are the most wasteful —Prof. W. O. Atwater in The Century.

BjuKfaged Children's KyM.

"I must go and bandage Hanft eyes,n said a young Detroit mother who was entertaining evening company. "Do her eyes trouble herf* asked one of the friends sympathetically. "No, but they trouble me," said the mother "Just as long as she can see a glimmer of light she will lie awake and ask questions, but as soon as bandage them she goes to sleep.*

Sure enough, not another word was beard after the little girl's even were tied up. "I never heard of uch a thing," said the friend, "is it a punishmeotr "Not at alL The child likes it The sensation gives her something toMink about and in a moment she falls asleep* "Is it an original ideaf "It is an Indian custom," said the handsome brunette mother, "and descended to me from my grandmother, who was an Indian princess. When I travel I always bandage children's «gf» when I want them to It MM

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troit Free Press.

jiicli? with thsr

Boomthins

a charm.""—De

Worth Scaaeaaberlag.

flatting buttons, beads: and similar objects fnfeo the nose it a vick*s habit, which is by

means rare among children. When it ii done Up mother or aojp{ tfficfcxp ndgUNf

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TERKE HAUTE SATURDAY EVENING MAIL

almost alway* attempts the removal, and the effort much oftener fails than succeeds, the object being pressed deeply into the nose. A very young child, after such an accident, can rarely be persuaded to forcibly blow its nose if it could the foreign body would in nearly all cases be expelled. When it is too young to do that, his nose shoqjd be blown for him in this manner: Have an assistant hold the head steadily between his or her knees, then let the mother apply her lips closely over the mouth of the child and blow suddenly and forcibly into it. It is surprising with what ease the trouble can be removed by this means. The child will very likely cry when the operation is attempted if it does so much the better. If the simple procedure advised fails, the services of a physician will generally be needed to accomplish the rempval of the foreign body.— Boston Journal of Health.

A Hint to the Housewife.

Stewed apples, pears and plums are favorite articles of diet. For breakfast or luncheon, in the dining room or in the nursery, there are few table dishes more wholesome and more delicious than well stewed fruit served up with cream or custard. There are many persons, however, who cannot eat it on account either of the acidity of the fruit or the excess of sugar necessary to make it palatable. Sugar does not, of course, counteract acidity it only disguises it, and its use in large quantities is calculated to retard digestion. The housewife may, therefore, be grateful for the reminder that a pinch—a very small pinch—of bicarbonate of soda, sprinkled over the fruit previously to cooking, will save sugar, and will render the dish at once more palatable and more wholesome. —British Medical Journal.

The Coming Women.

Nothing in the United States struck me more than the fact that the remarkable intellectual progress of that country is very largely due to the efforts of American women, who edit many of the most powerful magazines and newspapers, take part in the discussion of every question of the public interest, and exercise an important influence upon the growth and tendencies of literature and art. Indeed, the women of America are the one class in the community that enjoys that leisure which is so necessary for culture. The men are, as a rule, so absorbed in business, that the task of bringing some element of form into the chaos of daily life is left almost entirely to the opposite sex, and an eminent Bostonian once assured me that in the Twentieth century the whole culture of his country would be in petticoats.—Oscar W in W an W or

To Avoid Taking Cold.

We must "toughen" ourselves to endure cold. We should depend more on exercise and less on clothing to keep our bodies warm. The clothing should be the lighest compatible with comfort. Cold sponge bathing or the air bath is essential to the health of all who can properly employ either. We, as a rule, need less heat in our houses and better ventilation. Personal care and the application of a little common sense "fill out the measure."—Herald of Health.

Belief for Toothache.

Spirits of niter mixed with alum and applied to the cavity of the tooth affected with toothache will usually relieve the pain, even though the nerve be exposed. It is best applied on a little cotton. If the pain extends upward to the eye, or takes the form of neuralgia, procure some horse radish leaves, take out the stems, wet them and apply on the face over the seat of the pain. This will generally bring relief.—Herald of Health.

Cure for Corns.

For corns put a small quantity of strong vinegar into

tea cup and crumble some

bread into it let it stand half an hour, then put a little on a strip of cloth and bind around the toe, with the poultice over the corn it can be taken out the next morning, but if the corn is an obstinate one it will require two or three applications to effect

cure.—Boston Budget.

If you use powder of any kind on the face, never go to bed without washing it off. Sanitary reasons as well as cleanliness require this. To keep your skin from roughening, find by trial what kind of soap suite you best, and use no other.

Frequent changes of soap are bad for the complexion. Beware of those which are highly scented as a general thing, they are of poor quality, the scent being used to destroy the odor of the other ingredients used.

When you boil a cabbage, tie a bit of dry bread in a bag and putlt in the kettle. French cobles say that all the unpleasant odor which makes the house smell like an old drain will be absorbed by the bread.

Often after cooking a meal a person will feel tired and have no appetite for this beat a raw egg until light, stir in a little milk and sugar, and season with nutmeg. Drink half an hour before eating.

To have a clear skin, remember that you must have good health, and to have good health and a rosy complexion you must wear thick soled shoes and spend a part of every day out of doors.

To save both time and temper, never leave a bottle or box on your closet shelf without being plainly labeled. A)1 packages which do not clearly indicate their contents should be marked.

It Is an excellent plan to have a penny bank, to be opened once a year, when a book may be purchased or the contents may be used in any way desired.

A teaspoonful of borax pot in the last water in which clothes are rinsed will whiten them surprisingly. Pound the borax so it will dissolve easily.

Children's feet should be bathed in warm water every night in tho year, rubbed dry and the stockings hung so that they will be well aired.

Warts may be destroyed by being rabbed with alum. Cany a lamp in the pocket and rub on tho wart frequently, wetting it as you do so. _______

Tbe duty of teaching children to be useful and handy in everything cannot he toe strongly impressed upon the minds of parenta.

Do not pot irons on the stove to heat kng before they are wanted, as exposure to high heat will rongfaen and injure them.

If you are troubled with cramps in the feet, wear a piece of cotton wick aroond tbe ankle constantly.

WHAT SHALL WE WEAR!

NEW DESIGNS IN JEWELRY, INCLUDING A COLLAR ORNAMENT.

Pluih and Velvet Long Cloaks Designed for Evening Wear—A Stylish Gown Made with Dark Bine Drapery Oyer a

The stylish gown shown in the cut is designed lor a morning drees and is appropriately worn on any occasion where a cloth dress is admissible.

DfUESS OF TWO KINDS OF CLOTH. This dress is made of two kinds of doth. The jacket bodice, with its simulated waistcoat fronts, is admirably adapted to the showing off of a good figure. The dark blue cloth drapery which falls in long graceful folds in front and at the back, is looped high on one side to show the dark red skirt underneath, said skirt being quite plain. A passementerie agraffe ornaments one side of the skirt. Tha bodice is made of the same cloth as is tho drapery, while the simulated waistcoat fronts are of the red cloth. Attention is directed to the graceful and becoming arrangement of the hair.

Evening Wraps.

Plush is a favorite fabric for evening cloaks, and comes in all the new pale and dark shades, in apricot, Nile green, gold brown, and peach colors, also in the dull red of Cordova leather, and the ruby red which is so becoming. The shapes are very large, long and full, with the new pointed sling sleeves, or else with merely slits for the arms to pass through. Crystal bead%g*and light furs trim the lighter cloaks, while black passementerie and black fur is placed in lengthwise rows on the red wraps. The linings are rich brocaded, striped, or changeable silks wadded with down, and very lightly quilted Lu parallel bias rows an inch apart. The brocadcd velvets that are now sold so cheaply make handsome evening cloaks in the pale rose, blue, and copper red shades bordered with feather trimming.

New Ornametet for a Lady's Collar.

In the cut is shown anew design for an ornament for

lady's collar vphich origi

nally appeared in Jeweler's Circular.

An "jEollan Harp."

Wax apiece of buttonhole twist about two and a half feet long. Tie each end strongly to a small peg and thrust the pegs down the crevice between the two sashes of your southern or western window, stretching the silk as tight as possible. It will surprise you with the sweetness and variety of the tones the wind will bring from it.—Boston Budget.

COLLAR ORNAKENT—SCARF PINa This ornament, as will be seen, differs from the usual collar button, as well as from tho brooch and lace pin, being quite an original affair. It consists of two small gold buttons of Roman or Latin finish set with diamonds or other gems and connected by a nhain of gold.'from which is suspended a chased gold ball.

The two remaining figures aro merely new designs for the exceedingly popular scarf pin which is worn alike by both sexes, serving

a bonnet and ribbon pin with the ladies, and a scarf pin with men.

Brides at Home and Abroad.

Just what New York brides are wearing may interest our readers. Following are descriptions in brief of toilets that appeared. at weddings occurring one day last week: A bride married in St. George's church, and wearing a Worth gown embroidered with silver threads and pearls, wore a necklace of psaris with a diamond clasp and diamond sun pendant. On her corsage was a beautiful fleur do lis of diamonds, the gift of the groom. In her hair glittered a diamond rose, and on one shoulder reposed a beetle composed of rubies, emeralds and diamonds. This bride carried a prayer book, the cover of which was of silver, enameled in white. A bride married at home on the same day wore a necklace of pearls, and had the old point lace arranged .lxjut her low cut corsage, held in place by a large diamond mn She wore a diamond crescent in her hair and small diamond pins were nsed in tbe arrangement of her bridal veil. The above are not isolated cases, but fair representations of weddings in society.

The shaped and other partially decollete corsages, now fashionable for wedding gowns, have increased the demand for gem necklaces, and the result is an unusually fine assortment of these ornaments. A favorite with brides is one of pearls, with a pendant of diamonds surrounded by pearls, or a diamond son pendant.

At several recent French weddings the brides wore attired in gowns of white cloth, principally the smooth surfaced, glossy Venetian cloth. In one instance the bodice and square train wss of cloth. A full plaiting erf white braid edged the train, acd a rache of white velvet and a band of silver passementerie was laid all around it.

At a recent fashionable English wedding the bridemakls were little girls, each one wearing a frock of white serge braided with dark red, red rashes and hose, and a whit* felt hat braided to match the drees, with large red bows at one side.

Not only are bridemaids expected to make a present to the bride, but the bride In turn gives a souvenir to each maiden this may bearing, a fan, a bonnet pin—in a word, any personal trinket.

Boas ctHupoKd of uncurled ostrich feathers are warn by Parisieunes. Maffs to match these boas have coda* heads attached, combs end alL

ALL AROUND THE HOUSE.

The Latest Novelties In Decoration—A Popular Indoor Game—Tested Recipes.

A novel and pretty fire screen is made of a •quare of plain white matting, raveled about three inches deap and finished around the edges with hempen rope. OnthQ center is painted in oil a genre interior, or, if the amateur cannot manage that, any simple colored lithograph is put in its place and tacked at the four corners with hempen cords ana tassels. Art Interchange describes the above as well as the following novelties:

The newest thing in baskets is the "fisher basket," painted and lined with copper colored India silk, finished on either side with copper and gold colored bows of satin ribbon, and placed on a gilded stand of crossed sticks. Baskets for soiled linen are much beautified by the same treatment, with a finish for the lid of olive and orange ribbon loops.

A cheap cane bottomed chair, to be had at any furniture shop for seventy-five cents, may bu metamorphosed by painting it white and outlining and coloring the front of the wood work with a running vine and a cluster of white flowers. It is then cushioned in yellow satin or gold plush and decorated with bows of ribbon of the same shade.

A quaint picture framo is made of brown denim, with a tri-cornered piece of fish net drawn over the front, and a little basket of fish netting and cord suspended from the upper left hand corner. The picture should be a coast or fishing scene. r*

Bean Bag Parties.

At the now popular bean bag parties a smooth board about three feet long and two wide is provided and placed in an inclined position at one end of a hall or room long enough to give sufficient range. In the board Is a hole about five inches squaro. The bean bags are generally made of colored ticking. There are usually ten bags of one sise, and one quite large called Jumbo. A player pitches toward the hole and if ten bags fall into the hole it counts 100, ten being the number for each bag. Jumbo is double the others in sizQ and counts twenty if he is thrown into the opening. When a bag does not go into the hole but remains on the board it counts five if it falls on tbe floor five points are taken from the player's score. One hundred and twenty is the highest possible score. There is much fun in the game. A regular score is kept and prises are sometimes awarded to the player who makes the greatest number of points.

Hints on Painting China.

The following points will be of interest to ladies in their first attempts at decorating their own china. An amateur advises:

Learn first to^mix the paint to the right consistency. If too thick it will not flow readily from the brush,{but will some off in lumps or streaka. If too thin, the work will look weak and washed out. A penknife is an excellent thing to have at hand. With it abroad or uneven line can be scraped and fined down to suit Bub two pieces of fine sand paper together till much of the roughness is taken off, and with these carefully rub your work after it has been fired this will heighten the polish. Use more flux with colors on earthenware than on 6hina. Greens and browns in china colors can bo niixed very much as in oil colors, but it should be remembered that they brighten with firing. Yellow eats out iron red when fired. ________

Deliefoun Buckwheat Cakes.

Scald one-half cup of cornmeal with three cupfulsof boiling witer when nearly cold add equal parts of buckwheat and whole wheat or white flour to make tho batter a little thicker than required, as it becomes thinner in rising. Add one teaspoonful of Bait, one dessertspoonful of molasses and the proper proportion of whatever yeast is used. Beat well, and let rise in a warm room over night In the morning dissolve one-third teaspoonful of soda and stir into the batter. One well beaten egg added is liked by some. Deliciously tender "buckwheats," which were the rule in our household, were so made, says a correspondent of Good Housekeeping, by placing the vessel containing the foamy batter, ready for baking, in the snow for perhaps an hour.

HarmlffM Dainties for the Canary.

An authority on birds advises that raw spple, cabbage leaf and plaintain should be provided and one or the other given to a canary every day the year round. Occasionally give apiece of bread soaked in milk, but never cake or candy. Once a week give boiled egg mixed with cracker. Never hang any birds in a draft or the wind, and never let them out of their cage. In molting time give a dusting of cayenne pepper to their egg B-nd cracker, or bread and milk.

Parxnip Fritters.

A very nice way to cook parsnips is as fritters. Take three large parsnips boiled till soft, scrape and mash fine, picking out all strings and lumps add two beaten eggs, two tablespoonsfuls of new milk and two of sifted flour, an even teaspoonful of salt and quarter of a teaspoonful of pepper mix thoroughly make into small cakes, flour them and fry brown in butter or oil eat with butter. ________

Fashionable Sash Curtains.

No prettier material for sash curtains has ret been found than the thin Indian silks, almost transparent in texture, soft, delicate and yet rich in their many hues.

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Decorative and Useful Boxes.

Various pretty and convienent bo~ and cases for the dressing table may be cor. rived, by the exercise of a little ingenuity, with but small outlay for materials, as anyone I trested in such work is likely to have on hand much of what is wanted. For the foundation of tbe handkerchief box represented in the cut, a square paste board box that opens in the center is taken, and a fancy letter paper box usually serves the purpose. Make a tufted cushion of satin on tbe top and put an insertion of white lace around it with tbe same edor underneath. The sides can be covered with satin, fastened with a very little white glue (carefully used), and the edges are most attractively finisfaed with silver or gilt cord. Complete tbe box by putting a little perfume sacbet inside.

BAXDKXBcaaxy BOX.

A convenient jewel case may bo made by co ring any box of suitable form (for in* gtanoe one of the long, shallow cigar boxert) with black satin decorated with a design of Sowers, principally in blue and crimson. Around the rides may be pot a finish of antique lace. Tbe inside can be lined with quilted satin or with plain satin. Neat and dexterous work will make these

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Their Business Booming.

Probably no one thing has cause such a general revival of trade at Cai Krietenstein Drug Store as their giviiV away to their customers of so many fn trial bottles of Dr. King's New Discover for Consumption. Theit trade is simpl enormous in this very valuable articli from the fact that it always cures an never disappoints. Coughs, Cold' Asthma, Bronchitis, Croup, and al throat and lung diseases quickly curec You can test it before buying by getting a trial bottle free, large sizd SI. Every bottle warranted. (3)

Brace Up. I

You are feeling depressed, your ajVoe tite is poor, you are bothered wit Headache, you are fidgetty, nervous, ano generally out of sorts, ana want to brace up. Brace up, but not with stimulants, spring medicines, or bitters, which have for their basis very cheap, bad whiskey, and which stimulate you for an hour, and then leaveyou in worse condition than before. What you want is an alternative that will purify your blood, start healthy action of Liver and Kid ney, restore your vitality, and give renewed health and strength, iluch a medicine you will find in Electric Bitters, and only 50 cents a bottle at Carl Krietensteln's Drug Store, s. w. cor. 4th and Ohio. (8)

Bnoklen's Arnica Salve.

The Best Saivein the world for Cuts, Bruises,. Sores. Ulcers, Salt Rheum. Fever Sores, TetA ter, Chapped Hands, Chilblains, Corns, and

Piles, give

refunded. 26c.

per box. For sale by Carl Krietenstein, 8. W. Cor. 4th and Ohio.

Consumption Surely Cured,-

To the Editor Please inform your readers that I have a positive remedy for the above named disease. By its timely use thousands of hopeless casse» have been permanently cured. I shall be glad to send two bottles of my remedy frjck tion P. O. address. Kespectiuny, M. C. 181 Pearl St, New York.

GREAfREMEOlT

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State of Ohio, City ot Toledo, Lucas County, ss. Frank Cheney makes oath that he is the senior partner of the firm of F. J. Cheney & Co, doing business in the City of Toledo, County and Btate aforesaid firm will pay the sum of ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS for each and overy case of Catarrh that can not becured by the use of Hall's Catarrh Cure.

FRANK J. CHENEY.

Sworn to before me and subscribed in my presence, tills0th day of December, A.

A W. GLEASONV Notary Public.

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