Saturday Evening Mail, Volume 19, Number 29, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 12 January 1889 — Page 6

WOMAN AND HOME.

^ES AND TRICKS TO AMUSE THE YOUNG, AND OLD, TOO.

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A Wife'* Five Rules—Decorations for Home and Person—A Woman Detcctlrc—The Beauties of tbo llmeratil title—Something About the Cliildrea. •,

A very popular trick with magicians, says The Pittsburg Dispatch, is performed in this •way: Provide a book plain paper, of whatever thickness you please. Turn over seven leaves from the beginning, and paint a group of flowers then turn over seven more leaves and paint tho some again, and so on until you have turned tho book through to tho end. Then paste a slip of paper to each of the painted leaves. Turn tho book over again and paint on overy sistb leaf a parrot, and then paste slips upon them as yon did upon the first. Proceed in thfa manner until you have painted the oook full of pictures of various sorts, taking earn one uid« cf tbo leaves is left white. In giving the exhibition, run tho leaves through with the thumb, and it will appear full flowers blow on it for effect and run through again, and it will appear full of parrots, and so on until tbo book seems to change into tho different pictures you have painted then, quickly reversing tho book, it will appear all blank pages. It takes a little time to mako one, but tho effect, is really wonderful and beautiful

Cover the tnouthof a wine glows with a thin sheet of paper, over which scatter a layer cf fine Gand. Tho vibrations excited in the ail* by tho sound of a musical instrument held within a few inches of tho paper will cauM* the sand on tho surface to form beautiful nnrl realistic figures as the music change*.

To find a number a person thinks of use the'following method: Let a person think of a number, say 0. Tell him to multiply it by 8. Ask him then to add 1 then multiply by 8. then, add to this tbo number thought of. The result will bo G& After he informs you of tho ontire amount, you strike off the last number, which will leave 6, the original nnmbnr. Another way is this: Suppose the number thought of bo 0 let him double it then add 4 multiply by 6 add 12 multiply by 10. He then informs you the amount produc ed. You must in every case subtract 820. The remainder is, in this example, 000. Strike oil tho two ciphers and announce that the number bo thought of was 0.

By taking along piece of wood, such as the handlo of a broom, and placing a watch at ono ond, tho ticking will bo heard very distinctly.

By placing a garden snail upon a piece of gloss it will produce, by drawing itself along, a very sweet music, similar to tho musical glasses often heard. This sounds rather queer, but just iry it, and you have music equal to tho guitar.

Provido a glass goblet about two-thirds filled with ivater, draw a fiddle bow across its odgo, and tho surface of tho water will exhibit pleasing figuro composed of fans, four, six or eight in number, dependent on tho dimensions of tho vessol, but chiefly on the pitch if the now produced. It makes a pretty effect.

If a person has an electric stool handy, a very «mmring trick can be performed. Let any one challenge a gentleman not acquainted with tho experiment to favor her with a salute. The lady mounts tho glass stool and takes bold of a chair connected with tho prime conductor. Tho gentleman approaches and attempts to imprint tho seal of soft affection upon her coral lips. Then a spark will fly in his face, which generally deters him from his rash and wicked intention.

If a person stands on tho same stool tho electricity will pass from tho conductor to him, and if a person touches him on tho nose, sparks of fire will issue from it to the great amusement of tho audience.

Mix a grain or two of potassium with an equal quanity of sodium, add a globulo of quicksilver, and tho threo metals, when shaken, will take fire and burn vividly.

She Earned a Happy Honnr. Women must loarn to preach. Thoy must learn that whilo men have hearts as soft as their own, thoy carry them between shells as an oyster does his wholo incorporation, and that shell closes as surely upon a sermon as tho other kind does on a stick. Wo all kuow how women aro bound to marry men that they do not really approve of. Somo women do this out of an ovangelical missionary spirit others do so for lack of anything moro angelic. Tho ones who marry tho last man, tho only man, aro apt to got along better in reformatory work than tho missionaries. Why 1 Because they preach leas.

A worthy examplo of this reformatory principle of non-preachment now adorns New York «ociety. A very pretty, clovcr woman wa* m-lccxl by a man about town to marry him. Hho wa3 a girl who had had but a scant supply of thoso aids to matrimony which surround a rich girl, and eho had never had a:i offer that was so oligiblo from a worldly point of view. Sho summed tho situation up and accepted him. When asked her reasons by a man who was a closer confidant than any woman could havo been to her curious nature, sho put her summing up in words "That man lias run his race. I believe he is a clear minded man, and that bo has seen enough of bad women and gay life to appreciate a doccnt wife and a tempting home. Ho drinks more or less, I know but it is custom moro than habit. I know he is the soul of honor in business, and I do not bolievo that any man who lives up to his contracts in a business way fe» going to break a contract with tho woman ho loves. Ho lores me I am fond of him and I am going to bo a wife to bo envied by every mother's girl who is trotting off done up in rose color with beardless boys who havo all their 'fun' yet to come."

Sho married hi threo years ago, and sho laid out a tirno table that was worthy of as artist. Sho premised herself fivo things: To be noa-demonstrativo at breakfast, to be bright and jolly ot dinner, to be loving and babyish after dinner not to havo a first squabble, and never to preach at him, but at the things ho did.

Experience has taught every clever woman tho value of those first four rtiolves, tut her interpretation of the preaching elauso was unique. Her treatment of tho drinking question was this: Sho didn't say 'twas wicked, or horrid, or brutal Sho simply laughed at men who liked to havo their mouths nasty in tho morning, end who didn't k:uw it, was as pleasant for a woman to lass a nkv doaa man as it was for a man to kiss a mouthed woman. To this sho would now and ivgain add a wide eyed wonder that a man could find it a pKvuro to make hmtsclf feel dizzy and ill just for tiro sake of saving idiotic things at night and feeling ill and disapwable in them t". tng.

What was the raaaltl was so ekrrcr and ami.ibb alxmI it that tho man never once gave lur the credit of thinking him anything hot perfection. Ho loved her and w*s proud of her, n::d fta kr.ew enough of tho ways of this wicked world to be anxious to bo the ace jnaa bit to ItST. ThO result, frfciids, is that this man is tho raost temperate man who ever stopped this side of being* PnohibitI st he swears by tho goodness of thatwW

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Nonplused by a Woman.

The man was surprised. He looked it. He also became embarrassed, as tho ladies stared at him and laughed. He walked outside and stood for a moment on the porch. Suddenly he turned and looked in tho store, but his eyes almost left their sockets when he saw Mrs. Abbott quietly folding the mufflers she h«H relieved him of. Tho man gave one long look, smiled a sickly smile and dashed down the street.

Mrs. Abbott was very much pleased at the way the thief took his defeat,, but the squire, jver ready for business, was angry, because, said he: "I would have committed that fellow withjut even a hearing."—Trenton Advertiser.

Irish Beauties.

The Irish ladies are perhaps the prettiest in die wide world, always excepting our fair jousins, the Yankee belles. Their features, It is true, are less regular than those of English women, but they triumph over them with their soft creamy complexions, their large, appealing gray blue eyes and long lashes, and a sort of indefinable charm and demure coquetry, yet thoroughly modest manners. "Every third Irish woman," wrote the queen in her diary when last visiting the country, "is beautiful, and some of them remarkably so. Their hair and eyes are simply lovely." Apart from personal charms, it is impossible not to admire the gentle grace and dignity of the wives and daughters of the Emerald Isle. Go where you will, I defy you to find an Irish woman who is otherwise than naturally distinguished —tho very barmaids being superior in bearing and speech to many English duchesses. The list of beauties is a long one, and looking back we can recall histories of the extraordinary loveliness of the three Miss Gunnings, who, when they camo up to London, had actually to be escorted in Hyde park by a guard of soldiers sent by order of tho secretary of state, so overwhelmingly was the crowd pressing upon them. Then there were Lady Denny, Lady Cahir, Lady Clare and many others, to say nothing of the present young Duchess of Leinster, one of the most attractive women of this or any other day.— London Cor. San Francisco Chronicle.

Training of Children.

It seems almost a satire to speak of the government of children, thcro is so little of it. No ono can more deeply sympathize with the trials of a mother than does the writer. She understands every tired look, every impatient gesture, every discouraged expression, but alas! sho realizes also the terrible failure iriartn by so many mothers to manage their children in a wise and judicious manner. Wh^t a majority of children need is to be saved from their mothers. Especially is this true of young mothers. It makes one heart sick to seo a girl scarcely arrived at maturity intrusted with the moral, mental and physical training of that most wonderful creation, a child. Tho possibilities of good and evil that lie enfolded within that tiny form should make tho responsibility of a parent the most sacred on earth. But lest this sense of responsibility may not bq sufficiently great, thero comes into tho hearts of parents whon a child is born, tho purest and strongest and most enduring love possible to humanity. But thero is no ono virtue that is ablo to meet the requirements of lifo unless it is re-enforced by others, and unless this parent love bo accompanied by wisdom and firmness and good sense, tho child, in many instances, might be moro properly brought up by strangers.—Ida Harper in Fireman's Magazine.

White Furs and Furniture.

With tho Verestchagin Russian revival has como a mania for furnishing with furs. A high novelty is an entiro floor covering of whito rugs, with white enameled furniture and brass ornaments, lamps, plaques and tables. "It takes ono back so close to a state of nature, don't you know it's so simple and primitive, and puts one en rapport with the huntsman," says a youthful person of the femalo persuasion, who buries her face in a polar bear skin, hiding her hands in tho sheeny fur. "Fur and animal skin rugs aro company. I couldn't sleep unless I lay on ono," and sho tilts her blonde head with a pensive droop of her snowy lids. The silky fur of the Arctic fox is tho favorite for tho parlor, though goat and wolf skins may bo wen thrown over couehcs and masking tho hall settee. Mrs. W hi tela Reid leads in fur furnishings. Sho has thousands of dollars in black boar and grir.ily bear ond tiger skins thrown on tho marblo pavements of tho great hall in tho Villard mansion in which sho lives, and over which tho members of the Architectural league wero conducted some days ago. Fur carpets even aro devised. Ssscotli fawn skins make the body, with a broad border of white lambs' wooL—New York Cor. Albany Express.

Mr*. Browning's Style.

literataro than some of those wo como across in Mrs. Browning's poems. But her ruggednofis was never tho result of carelessness. It was deliberate, as her letters to Mr. Horne show very clearly. Sho refused to sandpaper her muaa. Sho disliked facile smoothness and artificial polish. In ha* very rejection of art die was an artist. She intended to produce a certain effect by certain means, and sho suocccJ i, and her indifference to compleft) as anco rhyme often gives a splendid richness to her verse, and brings into it a

hair fall down on the nape and not to wear it high oc" tho head as formerly. Bnt I think tho a"-—-*- will p—e abortive. "V™mg ladies*. ettT n« like to show and rebel at this decree There is unqw anably intellect and a thousand other on dtoplajod in the high droving of tho hair,

During the auction sale at Squire Abbott's uw «u«» on Clinton street, a well dressed man en- undeniably reveoled tbe Delilah, father them tared tho storoand after watching the bidders up and the woman is reformed. OtfTbis acawhile began to edge along the wall to a win- count the loose, flowing hair is only suitable dow that contained somo expensive silk muf flers. Ho cautiously raised the sash and with his h«nHg behind him began to pull from the window two fine mufflers. Mrs. Abbott all this timo was watching the strange movements of the man, and saw him fjtkA the mufflers and put them in his pocket. Without a word to any one, Mrs. Abbott came from behind tho counter, where she was doing duty, and edged around to where the man with the stolen mufflers was standing. When sho got near enough to him, Mrs. Abbott deftly put her hand in the man's pocket and drew forth the mufflers. The lady friend, seeing the act, began laughing, and tho stranger looked around and prepared to move off. Before going he once more put his hand in his pocket, but this time to discover that tho mufflers.wero gone—most mysteriously gone.

If one wero asked tho chief qualities of Mrs. Browning's work, ono would say as Mr. Swinburne said of Byron's, its sincerity and its strength. Faults it, of course, possesses. "She would rhyme moon to table," used to be mid of her in jest, and certainly no more i^due solely totho work and euterprisoof the monstrous rhymes are to be found in all Duchess do Galhera. By means of herinflu-

to net* verse, ana onngs uiu out uiLWi«au uwi pi .rr.h^ done by girls who work by tho piece, earn I. about $1 to $L25 a day, and seem to like the employr nt.

Whenever the upward line of tho forehead is -•wtinued, it is felt that mental dignity given. Of all the weapons a woman possesses either for good or evil, their expression lies in her hair. It is the low head, with loose wandering tresses which, from tho days of tho sirens to those of Louis XIV, has most

for children or very young girls. A woman with her hair over her shoulders looks untidy or something worse. The high style of dressing has the advantage of bringing out the forehead, not protruding it bare and bold, as when the hair was drawn tightly back from it, the fashion some years ago.— American Hairdresser.

Mn. Seott-Siddons.

Mrs! Scott-Siddons has been a beautiful woman and is still such, notwithstanding the fact that the dewy freshness of her first youth passed away. Her large, brilliant black eyes are wonderful, and will always give an appearance of youth to her face. Their fires will light her beauty so long as she has life. Native grace of expression is her birthright. She is an animated, natural talker, and is easily drawn into interesting conversation, which she is quite able to conduct without any assistance. As she walked leisurely into the parlor at the Albapy hotel, she was attired in a little plum colored silk gown, with a cloak of the same material trimmed with gray fur, and a low English turban which sat squarely down over her arched brows, and was as becoming as ever hat was to fair lady. Although in easy traveling costuino. one could see that her taste ia dress is for striking and odd effects. Under her cloak she wore a red jackets A great brooch of dead gold In an antique design oincpwH her collar. She wore several bracelets of serpentine design, and from her watch chain depended a group of curious trinkets and a red seal. —Denver Republican.

Bernhardt'* Curiosity.

A well known ex-inspector of lodging houses in London, who knows every nook and corner of the east end, and who has now retired on a well earned pension, tells the following story of Mine. Sarah Bernhardt. Some time ago her husband, Damala, applied for an order to visit these lodging houses and Chinese and Lascar opium dens, and the permission was granted. To tho officer's-sur-prise Mme. Bernhardt wanted to accompany the party, but this the inspector had never bargained for. Madame insisted, and, after changing her clothes, explored the principal of these slums. When visitors of distinction go down east the denizens expect a scramble for "coppers" in the kitchens. On the occasion of the visit of the great French actress, who, by the way, was not in the least afraid, not only were there scrambles for coppers, but for small silver coins.—Boston Herald.

Tho Day of the Violet.

"Violets, sweet violets," are the rage of the hour any other flower seen on the street Is considered by high authorities, who have received the latest advice, as in bad taste. If some one were to send a lady a bunch of roses, should she throw them away, or decline them with thanks, because roses are out of style? My informant, who has just returned from the east, says white violets are succeeding lilies of the valley for bridal bouquets, and in this case the bridesmaids carry dark blue Parma violets. In one case that oj»m« under her observation all the flowers used about the house for tho wedding decorations were violets. The cost of the display was fabulous. Great bunches of maiden hair ferns are also used for bridesmaids. Fashionable women are usin£ violet perfume, and no other, and with good reason, for tho odor is delicious.—Louisville Courier-Journal, .*41 ....... "ISf* ,v The Way Women Propose.

Replying to the question, "Shoud women propose^, marriage?" Dr. Talmage answered: "Why you are centuries too late in asking that question. Women always have proposed and always will propose. Words are very weak things compared to woman's affability and loveliness. The most splendid thing oa earth is a good woman, and when, with allher attractiveness, she makes up her mind that it would be well for her to be the wife of some good man, and that it would bo equally well for him, she captures him as easily as a regiment captures one corporal It does not make any difference whether her tongue proposes or not, her eyes propose, her smile proposes. Until a man gets from a woman a proposition of tliat style he had better not mako a proposition of his own unless ho wants to be made to feel ridiculous aJU his lifetime."

A Correct Conclusion.

Tho ability of little folks to arrive at logical conclusions was well illustrated in a Lawrenceville primary school rocently. A teacher in one of the lowest grades had been impressing tho moaning of easy fractional terms upon tho minds of her little pupils. Her statements were clear and so easily comprehended that even their infantile intellects seemed to grasp all that was given them. One little follow, however, was a little slow, nnrl the teacher repeated her explanation for perhaps the fifteenth time. Holding up four panning by way of illustration, she said: "Now, Charlie, if I have 4 cents and give you half," suiting the action to tho word, "how much will I have left?" "The other half," replied the tot, with an an air of deepest conviction.—Pittsburg

Items About Women.

Tho Princesa Maud of Wales spends most of her allowance in charity. Princess Metternich and Princess Reuss, the wife of the German ambassador, are among the best skaters in Viennese society.

Mrs. Reagan, being her husband's private secretary, is entitled on all occasions to the privilege of the floor of the senate, a circumstance enjoyed by no other woman.

Afioiinn Patti'a remarkable preservation of her beauty is leading tho gossipers to compare ber to Ninon do l'Enclos, who at 00 enslaved tho grandsons of the, men who loved her in ber youth.

Ono of tho noblest charities ever established

enco and indefatigable labor this lady has founded an institution for paying the rent of respectable working people in momentary distress. Several hundred families in Naples have thus been kept boused for weeks at a tima

Woman's sphere seems to be constantly enlarging. At Manistee, Mich,, the hoop factory employs women to feed the planersand do other light work of that nature, and finds that they do the work well and at tho dairy salt factories all the sacking and such work is

Intellect In Halr&rMtinc. Another field of nsefnlzMss for medical woTho ladies have been trying to let the men has been indicated bythe English & master general in his appointment of

Shore and Miss Craddock as medical officers to the employes of the London and Liverpool postofflcea. A carrying out of this ideewooM lead to the employment of medical women in charge of female prisoners and of otbBC largo bodies of women.

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WHAT SHALL WE WEAR!

THE MAIN DRIFT OF THfe PRESENT FASHIONS AT HOME AND ABROAD.

Descriptions of tho Modified Empire and Directoire Styles Now in Favor—Paris Gowns Designed by Messrs. Pingot and

Worth for New York Ladles.

Evening, dinner and reception toiletes are, for the most part, made in what Is commonly termed by modistes tho empire and directoire styles. These revivals are, however, in most instances so retouched and modified as hardly to deserve the name. Features of the new gowns are flat fronts, tournures greatly reduced and collars high at the back.

TWO mtW 8TYTJC8 OT BODICB. In the first cut given are Illustrated two new styles of bodice designed by M. Worth One figure introduces the effect of Honiton lace over satin and velvet, and in the second the new Medicis collar of lace and velvet is arranged on the low bodice. The headdresses are also novel. The first consists of roses and feathers, and the second of brilliants and plumes. The front of a bodice is susceptible of a great variety, sometimes having a short vest collar, which may be pointed downward to show the throat, or the fronts igay omit any collar just below the throat and the vest be merely cut high, with rounding corners lapping.

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In the second cut ia shown a dinner dress, designed by M. Pingat, in violet tinted velvet. The sashes are of velvet, shading almost to blue satin, terminating with Honiton jpfft ,Thfe bands ane blue and silver. The bodiob is arranged with folds on tho right and lace on the left side. Honiton lace is used for the epaulettes^

Popular Far Trimmings.

Long furs and short furs aro both used for trimmings this winter, but in most varied ways, the long fleeces forming lengthwise rows and borders on garments, while the shorter furs are inlaid as vests, yokes or plastrons, and are shaped in re vers, in pointed girdles, as caps for sleeves, or as epaulettes, nnd as deep cuffs or inner sleeves, and aro used as side breadths of redingotes or of skirts, where in some French garments applique figures of plush or cloth aro added to decorate the fur, tho narrower band of fur being applied to the selvage of tho cloth for drapery. .!

Brown furs aro again in great favbr, bringing to light the sables which many ladies have had stored for years because fashion did not approve of them, and introducing a novelty in the use of undyed seal fur, which is of light tan color, and is now preferred to the natural plucked beaver that has been so long in vogue. Stone marten is also restored to favor, and mink is again a stylish trimming. The fox furs, especially blue fox and silver fox, aro favorite light furs, also the yellowish badger with its long fleece.

For durablo furs tho black and brown bearskins are much used as borders for heavy cloth or velvet wraps. Tail trimmings with pendants like fringe are fashionable, especially in mink, and there are broad borders of very dark mink from eight to ten inches wide. Wolverino is a very dark fur effective for borders. In the present fancy for applying black to colors, black furs are much used on green, blue and n#i cloth or plush wraps, and on brown garments as well the favorite short black furs aro Persian lfimhalrin and Russian lamb, whilo the long black fleeces most used are black marten, black bear and black fox. Chinchilla is not as popular as formerly. Gray krimmer is tho fashionable gray trimming fur, while stylish and not costly gray borders are made of tho fluffy fur of the Australian opossum. Spotted leopard borders and revers are liked for young ladies' cloth jackets and redingotes.—Harper's Bazar.

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Faahlon Items in a NntthclU Some expanding belts have lately been introduced for wearing with the jersey bodices, composed of rather thick silk cord (of any color), interlaced with gold wire. Tho cord is supposed to match tho bodice they aro between two and three inches wide.

Wide ribbon fichns for adapting to any bodice are new, and can be had in a variety of color.

Tartan for ladies in wool or spun silk appear to be coming into favor for wearing with dark gowns.

The divided muff is novelty and derives its principal merit from that fact, as it Is rinjthw very useful nor very ornamental, resembling two cuffe, gathered at the edge to jfcow a contrasting lining, through which the t«Twk pass, connected with a largo bow and which oTnamsit the center.

Why Toast Suit* a Weak Digestion. Toasting bread destroys the yeast germs and converts the starch into a soluble sobstance which is incapable of fermentation. Dry toast will not sour the stomach or produce any discomfort, and is, therefore, more agreeable to a weak digestion than any other bread.

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ALL AROUND THE HOUSE

Plain Furniture May B« Kaslly Knrlehed by Decorating with Brass Nails. As a means of adding richness to some very plain articles of furniture or bric-a-brac, ornamenting by following a pattern in different sizes of brass headed tacks is suggested by The Home Maker as an easy and successful axploit, that even a child can achieve.

Photograph frames, boxes, chests and door panels can be decorated pleasingly in this way, and plain wooden chairs and small tables can be made to assume quite an imposing appearance by the free use of plain and fanciful nail heads.

As hammering with sufficient force to drive the nails in firmly would be detrimental to their brass heads, a sharp awl or piercer with a wooden handle should be used along the lines of the pattern to prepare a place for each nail so that a gentle tap will drive it in.

A jewel casket and silver boxes to hold the spoons and forks are ornamental in bedroom and dining room and may be covered with cloth or leather before decorating, or may be ebonized. For these, ornamental brass hinges are necessary as well as a broad finely cut shield to surround the keyhole.

Velvet covered shelves or corner brackets may be much improved by nail decoration. No pattern will bo necessary, as there is seldom room for anything but a border, which may bo of small diamonds formed by the smallest nails, or mado with a large plain or fancy nail alternating with across formed of thirteen small nails, the band being continuous.

A good quality of kitchen chair can be itained to counterfeit cherry or any dark wood, and edged on the seat and back with large plain and embossed brass nails. The middle of tho seat may be slightly stuffed and covered with a velvet or leather square fastened down with gimp and small nails, leaving a wide margin of wood.

Floor for Dancing.

A very simple and economical way to prepare a floor for dancing is the following, often used by thrifty French housewives: Take one or more handfuls of wood ash and tie it up tight to each handful of wood ash put one quart of water, and boil together for a quarter of an hour take the pot off the fire, take out tho bag of wood ash, and put into each quart of water three or four pieces of beeswax about a square inch each place the saucepan near the fire, and boil for another quarto: of an hour. As soon as it is cool enough, spread it over the floor, and when thoroughly dry polish with a hard brush. In a moment the boards (which must be thoroughly clean beforehand) are waxed and well polished with a minimum expenditure of time and trouble.

How|to Clean Ivory.

Ivory ornaments are quickly cleaned by brushing them with a sharp, not very new toothbrush to which a little soap is given: then rinso in lukewarm water. Next dry the ornaments and continue to brush till the luster reappears, which can be increased by pouring a little alcohol upon the brush. Should tho article havo become yellow, dry it in a gentle heat and it will regain its original appearance

Ty .,V' Fino Frosting for Cakes. Totho whito of ono egg add fourtable-spoonfuls-of powdered sugar. Mix sugar and egg without beating tho egg. Then beat together till stiff enough.

A recipe pronounced unfailing by a superior cook is one-fourth pound of sugar to the white of one egg. Beat the white to a froth, add the cugar and beat till stiff.

•,l Chocolate Pie.* To ono pint of boiling milk add one tablespoonful of rice flour tho yolks of five eggs, well beaten^ a little salt, cftio pint of cream, sweeten to taste, quarter of a pound grated chocolate (Baker's) well dried let them boil, stirring, let it cool. Line deep buttered tins, pour in tho mixture and bake.

excellent Hickory Nut Cake. One and a half cups of butter, three cups of sugar, one cup of milk, five cups of flour, two cups of hickory nut meats, six eggs beaten separately and three teaspoonfuls of baking powder.

A Trefoil Table and How to Make It. Ono of tho most popular of tho pretty little "occasional tables" in such favor is the trefoil or clover leaf, so called^from its shape. The handy home cabinet maker can construct a trefoil tablo if he will first have mado at the blacksmith's a tripoint of quarter inch iron lilm the one shown in Fig. 2, with points long enough to reach through the legs which it holdj firmly togetbe-

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Tho plnn of marking out tho table top is also shown in Fig. 2. The inner circlo is one foot in diameter six points equally distant from ono another aro marked out on the circumfcrcnco of this circle around cach alternate point a circlo also ono foot in diameter is drawn. The outlino of tho table As then followed with a compass saw. A strip of wood screwed on the under side of the top prevents warping. Tbo place for each leg is marked oa lha under sido of the top nine Inchec from tto cjntar.

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COPYING PICTURES.

HOW THE OLD MASTERS' GREAT PAINTINGS ARE REPRODUCED.

Scenes In tfii* Art Galleries of the OM World—Artlite at Work—Methods of Copying—Ladles Who Study High Art.

Restrictions.

Whether it is preferable to purchase an original picture for a certain sum, or fie the like money to obtain a good copy of a masterpiece of ancient art, is a question admitting of much debate. To many the word "copy" is held in detestation. There are others to whom the old masters are marvels when seen as originals in the galleries of some large city, but who do not t.hinlr a reproduction of much value. Again, there are a few lovers of art who, unable to have the actual picture they admire, are willing to pay handsomely for a good copy. Occasionally a wealthy tourist, also, is struck by the wonderful correctness with which a certain picture is being reproduced, and offers the artist a good round sum for his work. If not already sold, the money is gladly acceptod and the tourist goes on his way rejoicing, and over afterward tells the tale of how he knew a good picture when he saw it. Besides these two above mentioned buyers, dealer* are the men on whom copyists have mostly to depend.

OS COPYING DAY.

It is a very curious sight on a copying day at any of the large European treasure houses to wander about the galleries and observe the numbers engaged at their work. Not less interesting is it to study the characteristics of the crowd. Old men and maidens, young men and a few children, with an occasional old maid or two thrown in, are all to be found there. Here on old man—maybe a disappointed artist—with rusty clothes, is doing bis best to make a telling picture from a Raphael. Before another great work a sprightly young artist has planted his easel and canvas, and by the vigorous work he Is doing shows that his life will not be doomed to a perpetual existence of copying. He probably, like that young girl over there transferring a Velasquez to her canvas, is working two or three dayB a week to make money either to continue his studies or supply models for his own pictures which are to take honors at Burlington house, the Salon or elsewhere. Then there are the regular copyists who make this reproducing of pictures their sole occupation of life, having to sell mostly to the dealers, but ever ready to make a better sale with an outside purchaser. Children, accompanied by adults, are also to be found trying to copy in pencil and occasionally in color, and these, with those who study for pleasure or instruction by copying from the great masters, close the list of the many beings who thus pass some of their time.

A large number of people think that to copy a picture is comparatively an easy thing and requires no great amount of training. To give an idea of color and drawing in one's own style of painting may not be so difficult, but to reproduce a subject in exactly the same manner the original artist painted it means a great deal more. There are two ways of copying. First, by using pigments which will give the color of the picture as it now is and second, by trying to imagine how the subject really looked when it was fresh and new from the painter's hand and treating the copy

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means of glazes and varnishes, etc., making it appear quito as old as the original. In the first instance many colors now in ordinary use have to be discarded and tho few known of in those days used. But knowing, or rather understanding, both these methods means but half the battle. The copyist has to study the technique of the artist whose work hd wishes to i-eproduce, that is, how he got his effects, bandied his brushes and other minutiae. Some few can imbibe so much of the original painter's technique that wero they to paint a portrait or some such picture the finished work might almost be taken as coming from the hand of a man dead long years ago.

FOR LIVELIHOOD.

Among the many copying for their livelihood there area few who spend the greater part of their time in reproducing one or two pictures. They havo acquired tho necessary peculiar brushworfc and color for these pictures, and their work when finished, except for its freshness and being on a smaller canvas, could hardly be distinguished from the original. Generally, these copyists are noted and their productions bring them good prices. But apart from tho monetary side, their lives must be wanting in intorest. Mechanically they draw, working always by squares, mechanically they paint, ever using the same quantity of this or that pigment. As a machine, they take no notice of any one around them, and if they are interrupted or questioned thoy mechanically reply.

As directly opposed to the old stagers, let us glance at tho many ladies who come to these galleries to study and to enjoy themselves. Thero aro a few very regular attendants, grim old maids, with whom, for the present, wo will havo nothing to do. What we want to see are the pretty young girls, well dressed and wearing becoming little aprons, who wrestlo with a Turner or struggle with a Raphael, and between whiles run off to each others' places to havo a little chat, who like to get into difficulties and have charming young artists como and offer to help them out of their troubles, and flirt with them just a littlo to repay them for their trouble. Too much of this sort of thing cannot be indulged in, as thero are guardians always about who have to see that those who make use of the privilege of copying in tho gallery do not abuse it It is undoubtedly a privilege, and not every one can obtain It.

To enabie ono to do so an application bos to be made to the proper authorities, some specimens of previous work submitted, and, if a foreigner, a letter from the embassador or cousul, asking admission on behalf of the applicant. This permission once obtained is available for a whole lifetime, subject, of course,totho strict adherence to all rules and regulations relating to copying. The only one I need draw particular attention to is the one in force all over Europe to provide against any picture being copied on a similar sized canvass to tho original. Many of tb« foreign galleries do not permit of more than one copy being made from a picture, and that being finished the ticket if. of no more use.—London Cor. San Francisco Chronicle.

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