Saturday Evening Mail, Volume 19, Number 35, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 23 February 1889 — Page 6
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CONVERSATION, AND NOT THE MENU, MAKES A GOOD DINNER.
American Women Do Not Smoke, but Some of Them Tipple on the Oulet—A Pleaeant Party Without Any Talklnjf.
The Trial* of Boarding—Thin and That-
I nave, for instance, heard erf a cultivated and excellent woman who actually went abroad because she ehher could not or would Hot indulge in the costty modes of entertaining -adopted by aoqse othfr social leaders of the jmmo ctt^ ifcvf th» fe to say tl| lotet* a •cry narrow ft"d perverted view to take of the true province of entertainments.
In what does the brilliancy of an entertainment consist! Assuredly not in the flash of electric or gas light, mingling with the softer rays of waxen candles and modulated illumination, in terrapin and champagne, in .immense suits of e}abocately decorated* apartments, oi' in t«D she£n of satlnand sparkle of diamonds. Does our intellectual civilization e«H this brilliancy 1 God forbid 1 These things are mere accessories, effects produced by a respectable army of workingmen and 'women who havo united their labor to produce this result and are thankful that by so doing they have gained an honest livelihood.
If the effect is not glaring and is devoid of a seeming display, then It is to the credit and the good taste of the person who has made the outlay. But for all this, the entortainer and the entertained may be—I do not say they are, but I do say that they may very readily be—very commonplace it not absolutely unrefined people. The making of money is not one of the fine arts, and the people who havo the knack of making it jaoet rapidly are apt to come out of the trying ordeal—supposing them to be nature's diamonds —very rudo, jagged and uncut. They need deal of polishing before they know how to shino as brilliants of the first water.
Whiio on the other hand the vast body of our respoctablo families, who have been satisfied with moderate means, have lived in an atmosphere of truo refinement. We have only to collect our senses and turn asido from were glitter as meretricious, and disassociate the idea of money spouding from our social life, to regain the old standards.
Now, tho first cardinal rulo as to the real eloganeo of an ontertainment must bo that it is tho selection of the guests, the character of tho pooplo who assemble, which will go to make it brilliant or tho reverse. One may -waste a fortune in giving a dinner, as the pagans havo done bofore us, and it will be hut a vulgar affair at best if tho guests are not tho chief attraction. Happily, it is conversation, and not simply what one eats or drinks, or has to offer, or display, that makes a dinnor a banquot (It for tho gods.
If tho people who have brain and culture will only bo steadfast and "fight it out on this lino" and combine their forces, and lot it be understood that the canons of good taste will not tolorato mere display, then tho owners of millions who assume to dictate modes and manners as social leaders, because they aro millionaires, will soon be made to understand that after all they have nothing to offor that is specially desirable to engraft upon our social customs.—Madeline V. Dahlgren in New York World.
Do Amorlcan Women Smoke? Somebody asked the other day, "Is cigar* etto smoking on tho incroaso among womenr* Most emphatically—it is not. American women—I mean tho well bred ones—do not «ni never havo smoked cigarettes occasionally, to bo larky and among very intimate friends, a young woman has taken up a cigarette, smoked it porhapn for a few minutes, perhaps for longer, that she might have the extreme felicity of making indignant some man who especially admired her. Be very sure if American women wanted to smoke they would, but they have sense enough to know, as they look at some of the callow youths, that cigarette smoking would only make their complexions pale, their eyes luster loss, and take all tho life and chic out of them. No matter how much romance may surround tho Spanish or Cuban women when smoking, it will never be transplanted to an TCngHch speaking country, and only the aroma of fastness will hover about tho woman who thinks it's fetching to indulge in wch a potty vice. Old women have smoked
fipes,
and certainly that's hot a protty sight. boliovo Mrs. Carlyle did this, but one can scarcely blame her, for a woman married to Thomas Carlyle had aright to find solace in anything and it would be forgiven her. Thero is no such thing in this country as Bohemia—tho fact that everybody Uvos before tho public makes it impossible but ovary now and then one hears of a dinner party or an at home given among the people who chooso to call themselves the Bohemian set, and it will bo announced that the ladies smoked cigarettes with the osse of Russian women. One often wonders in reading this if thoy roaiize that the Russian woman is noted tho wide world over for the need that her hands have for soap so that when th$y talk about tho ease th«y might as well
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bino with it tho dirt, for the tiro go togethar. •—Philadelphia Times,
Hoarding and Boanlon.
It cannot bo asked of those who takapeeple to board in order to make their own living that they shall oxaraise any power of selection among those who apply to them, eroyt so far as their social respectability and Qaaar cial solvency are secure nor can the ocxfta&ry boarder always pontine herself to her ohsmr ber in order to avoid others of the iaoaogruous family whom she does not approve er liko, In this, as In most other things, the burden of lite Calls more heavily on women than on men for a man is whsnnt all day at his bosinaas, a«d the evening offers to him a thousand amusements which are never open to singly women, nor to the married oajoas their husbands choaes to indulge them in such rocrvations.
Another argument in favor of boarding is that it allows women more leisure and relieves them from the cares of Bat is leisure the best thing for woman? do they employ it in such a life! I know there are many and honorable exceptions, bat the average woman of tho period has nothing to but to dress, gossip, visit or devote herself to that trivial amusement called shopping, which too often means westing the time and destroying the paticnce of employes in shops by looking at goods these quasi customers never mean to buy, and inqwrting brio-o-brac they cannot purchase, merely as a pastime.
And aro not the cares and duties of home the legitimate business of a married woman I Where is her lite mora fall, mor* appropriate, more ooctantod, if she be a genuine woman, than when, liko the Shunamite, she "dwells among ber own peopitf
Then the most vital qosstfcm of all, Is a h^» life or the lite of bocrding bocses and is best for children! Wbo uoce not recall with bom* the pert, 01 bred, nofay children they have too often encountered at «oh w1«am with nothing modest* sen tie at about thunifTftiey have been deprived of all the sweet socaribts of borne, the training ot family lite, the tiuiknw and strength of family association they have besn nnwekooas Cram their birth, tolerated
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of eherirfied na&Wwr tffen itatranks of coming *nfailcy twfrWn t*efr©«a» decimated that the wives who evade motherhood may enjoy their languor and leisure, and "take their ease in their innl"—Rose
Cfoktf in New York Journal.
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Women and Stimulants.
On Br&uiw^y, not far- from Twenty-third street, there is an exqdMte shop where delicious confections and ices are served in the style imaginable. One of oar healthy and commanding New York girls dragged the writer in there recently after the matinee, and he improved the opportunity to examine an elaborate portion of oui^ feminine population^ ..with its curb ^jit, &o to ispAak, removed. The gir&sat i|t prmtling clusters of^ brijhqbeas? afboui ljhe fables, laughing immoderately over flothing, and seeming as innocent as butterflies in a clover patch. It was a pretty scene. The place wss luxuriously planned, the air was sweet with the smell of crnidiw and violets, and the
Immaculate waiters slid along the carpeted floor with a soothing celerity that was entirely admirable. Presently-'every table was occupied bjr bev4ee of giro and gossiping girls. All was indeed lovely and joyous.
But suddenly I was struck by a remarkable feature of "this impromptu symposium. The waiters-were bringing in to these .young women a many colored assortment of drinks {not/wH of the pretty little ices I had thought they were there for. Moreovor the hard quhlity of the liquids composing these drinks was unmistakable. This was indeed a surprise. I inquired of my companion if it was a custom of the latest style of girls, and she acknowledged with.a blush that it was. The place we were in, she sa^d, b&d become kndwn to a great part of feminine New York as the one resort where ladies without escorts could go and secure their "wee nippy," and she was afraid that several of the younger and giddy members of hor fiex were taking an unwise advantage of the convenience. The trade in cocktails had become vecy extensive and is still growing. I left that sweet scented place with anew lesson learned. A slender, pale, childish looking young woman, who was just entering, remarked to her friend as I passed out that she intended ordering an absinthe frappe, for she felt the nedd of it so.—New York Sun.
A Silence Party.
We were invited to a silence party simply to spend the evening by an informal note as follows:
My Dhab Miss Rookbs—I intend having a few friends to pass the evening on Tuesday next to meet my sister, Miss Aldrich, and hope you will be able to be one of the number. I am yours sincerely,
Abby E. White.
You will notice in the invitation nothing was said about what wo were to do we were simply invited for the evening. One of the elements of success of such a party is to have it a surprise.
As the entertainment vras given in the country, we had all assembled by 8 o'clock. When wo arrived our host opened the door, and instead of the merry good evening wo had expected to hear, all ho did was to put his finger on his lips and say "hush" and pointed to a sign on the wall, which said in largo letters, printed on a piece of cardboard, "Be quiet, don't wake the babies." As thero were quite a number of children in the family, I thought at first it literally meant what it said. So we were very quiet while removing our wraps.
After this we were all presented with a card prettily painted a flower and having a motto on it that had something to do with silence. Mine said, "Put a seal upon thy lips," and another, "Speech is silver, silence golden." We each also had a pad of paper and a nicely sharpened pencil. The host introduced those who were not acquainted by writing on his pad the usual form of introduction, and then would begin a written conversation. Of course any one could write to any one else in the room, simply passing the pad to the one they wished to converse with.
On the sides of the room wore signs in large letters such as: "Be Quiet." "Don't Talk." "Keep Still."
At the end of the hour the host said: "Now you have all been so talkative that by thb tima you must be well acquainted, so wo will end the silance party with some games."
You might think this form of entertainment would be oppressive. For from it. Try it and see if your guests dont talk more and laugh more after an hour or an hour and a half of this amusenwinfc lima they ever did before.—Good Housekeeping^
A Slower Old.
I sell flowers every afteraoon and evening down town. I am & years old and work for a lady on Mark* street, who hires me and another girl to do this work. Sho pays us 2S oents for every dollar's worth we sell. Every day she looks about for'flowers that can be bought aheap and sands us to get them. We often go out into the suburbs for our day's supply. We make these into bouquets and start out on our round. I've got regular places to go to now and regular customers. I visit hotels, theatres and sometimes go to a bar—welL wherever I find men oollected togethar. 1 sail buttonhole bouquets for 5 cents or 10 oents, but men often give me a quarter or 60 oents. This is extra money, for all that I sell above the price of the flowers I take out belongs to me. I frequently take ia $4 or $& in ana night, I stay out until I sail my flowers, er until theohaace of setting them has eaae. I sometimes sell out as early as 9 o'clock, and again I have not gpne home until after midnight. Oh, Pm not afraid. 1 never go to places where I could not call for a There are bad men, bat a girl eaa he careful enough if she will only go to the most frequented pubtio places. I have never had any troabl* *ad the work is no* hard. Indent^ everybody is kind, and I seldom get across word. I go hoaie and sleep late the next d&y, so that it ia just tho same as if I weat to bed early. I support my tether with the manqy 1 ma try, Ho is very old and blind, and wa live on Cass aveuue. We can live comfortably on whaVj^paka^— Si Louie Glob-Damocrat.
Party Calls.
Thar* ore certain small things ail girls ought to know about—little forms of ctiqnotto, the observance of which is expected among all well bred people. Same,understand by fe«ttoct,ar inheritance, or by observation, but others appear to need a hint A lady onoa told m* that she was mcch chagrined at having bean guilty of not tnxktrg "party calb" in a city where she bod spent psrtof a winter and had bean invited to aeveral booses. 8he was rcAned and cultivated, but bad rwver been mach in aociety in large towns, and actually did not know what was expected of ber until it was too lata She said that jnt before rstarning to be* borne she beard a lady in the boose where ate was boarding another, "Have yoa made your party caW The
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At the first opportunity she asked a friend to whom she was not afraid to betray her ignorance the meaning of the impr nsrkw, and found that by the etiqnetteaf society it was the polite and proper thing for ber tomakaa call at each of the booaee where As had been invited. Imagine bar chagrin an being told wiwta "party caD* waal She did not wish to be considered crude or rods, bat as crude or rode those heetsMS mast regard bar. In tike bn, It is ignoranos and
in others it it negligence bot the lady who bae invited you will be likely to set persons down as tinder bred or ill bred who fail of this small courtesy. A good many instances have come to my knowledge since then of young girls who have been honored by invitations to a choice garden or indoor party, never afterward took tho trouble to calL I have known even a more discreditable thing—it is incredible, but true, that young people havo actually left such a party without taking leave ot-thdr host and hostess hWide Awake s-
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The saddest case that ever came to my notice was in the'Illinois Ltmatic asylum. A woman was confined there owing to insanity induced by brutal mistreatment from and Hnni desertion by her husband. After a number of years she "had'sd far recovered as to be allowed entire liberty. Her afternoons were whiled away in si parlor bverlooking the asylum's approach. Meantime,-her son had become grown, learned of his mother's condition and determined to see and to re^orer her from that institution. Just as the sun was setting one day she was sitting in her favorite seat, with her crocheting, when, chancing to look up, she saw her son in the act of entering the house and but a few feet distant.
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band! the brute!" she cried excitedly, dropped her knitting, seized a gun and fired at him. The ballet crashed through the glass and grazed the young man, apd the shot from the second barrel woupded him slightly. The keepers hastened in, only in time to rescue ber from a desperate attempt on her own life. From that day hence the woman that had almost become sane remained a raving mar
caused from the shock of seeing one whom she thought was her husband.— Louis Globe-Democrat. V/-
Men as Dress Critics. *"*v
Said a woman the other day: "I would rather have a man's opinion about my gowns uny time than a woman's. He does not know once in a hundred times wfiat the material is or what it is worth. He does know, however, whether or not it is becoming. Now a woman will sit up in your room and tell you what a beautiful gown it is. All the while she is looking you over from head to foot, saying to herself that the gown cost so much, the trimming so much and the buttons so much. You can see that she thinks she ormlH have bought the gown for $20 less and have it made up in a much prettier way. If the gown pleases a man he shows it in his looks, and perhaps says something pleasant about it. Whether he says anything or not, if he likos it his look of approbation is more than satisfactory, while if the gown is not pretty or becoming he simply doesn't notice it. That is the way of a man he never sees a thing that is not attractive and is quick to appreciate ono that is."—Boston Gazette. *1
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Fingers Relieving Forks.
The list of things that can be eaten from the fingers is on the increase. It includec all bread, toast, tarts and small cakes, celery and asparagus, when served whole, as it should be either hot or cold lettuce, which, must be crumpled in the fingers and dipped in salt or sauce olives, to which a fork should never be put any more than a knife should bo used on a raw oyster strawberries, when served with the stems on, as they should be, are touched to pulverized sugar cheese in all forms, except Brie or Roquefort or Cumbefort, and fruit of all kinds, except preserves and melons. The latter should be eaten with a spoon or fork. In tho use of the fingers greater indulgence is being shown, and you cannot, if you are well b^ed, make any very bad mistake in this direction, especially when the finger bowl stands by you and the napkin is handy.—Wasn
George's Timely Interruption.
•*210, George," faltered the mkiplen, "I fear it cannot be. I admire you as a gentleman, I respect you as a friend, but"-— "Laura," he exclaimed, "before you pass sentence hear me out. A recent lucky stroke in business has enabled me to buy a beautiful home on Prairie avenue, which sHall be in your name. I will insure my life for $25,000 and" "George," calmly interposed the lovely girl, "you interrupted me. I was about to say that the sentiments of respect and esteem I feel for you, though so strong, are feeble in comparison with the deep love which—which I—which I have long—don't, George, dear!"
For George had interrupted her again.— Chicago Tribune. V-*.
Pin Cushion Novelties.
Pin cushions with silver trimmings are on every lady's toilet table, and most men own at least ono that is carried in th» pocket. There are acorn cudhldns, the acorn being ot plush or satin, in a silver stalk with oxidized oak leaves. A decided novelty is a swan in silver with a pin cushion between its wings and on its back. Cushions attracting attention are those with modeled figures in silver, a* a bast of a shepherdess, mounted on an inflated skirt of plush or satin, which serves as a cushion. Heart shaped pin enshions, with a silver cover, which latter, on being inverted, becomes a jewel troy, are pretty novtiea in this lino.—Jewelers' Circular.
Woman's Sa&age Statistics.
A phlfl* which startles even tho friends of woman's sa&age is that of "Freedom's Conquests," prepared by Hamilton WQloox, a New York lawyer. His statements show tuat woman's suffrage is accorded to a population of 800,000,000, that is, to five times the papulation of tho United Statea Among the places where suffrage is granted are
Scotland, Wales, Sweden, Russia,
Austria-Hungary, Croatia, Dalmatia, Italy, British Bormah, Madras Presidency, Bombay Presidency, Russian Asia,
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Iceland,
New Zealand, Victoria, New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, and about 3,000 islands.—Boston Herald.
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Introduced by the Bernhardt.
Ber sex owes to 'Sarah'"Bernhardt the thirty-two button glove, the Empire dress, thd Directoire sash and the revival Of the boa, dear to tho hearts of oar
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a The Examination Grind.
Soma of the papers cade a great ado about gie death of a young lady attending the high school, which, it was alleged, was due to ova wwk incident to fliqtninwttons. Prompt danfah of this allegation were sent in. Iam not prepared to aay which was which, bat I do think it is strange that tudf the scholars, and teachers, too, are not killed by the examination grind.—St. Paul Pioneer PWm.'
A Sew Cie for Ladles Bats.
A trade journal states that a new ass is being made cf the high crowns of ladies' hst*. "Ladin who don't mind being coondersd eccentric lift Bp the back of their bats when out shopping, and ritove into the crown soch trifles as hairpins, looe, nwrfks. gloves and thread." The idea may be commended to the lady fceiptocnaniac and the lady muggier.— London Globa
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WHAT SHALL WE WEAR!
FASHIONS IN DRESS THAT ARE APPROVED AT HOME AND ABROAD.?
A Handsome Toilet for an Elderly lady Which May Be Worn With Good Eflfeet at a Dinner, Reception or Other Indoor
Occasion. '|*i A stylish dress for an elderly lady is shown in the cut here presented. It is suited to the various occasions of a dinner, party, a reception or an "at home." Indeed any indoor affair that calls for a stylish, handsome gown.
TOILET 90n KLDBKLT LADY.
The dress in question is of satin and striped moire, in dark and light gray. The front of the skirt is dark gray moire (see first figure in the cut), likewise the panels. The lace jabot is draped. The satin sleeves have a moire point on the shoulder. At each side of the fronts are jet motifs, embroidered on the moire. The back of this gown, shown in the second figure of the same cut, is most gracefully draped. The basque forms points and moire bretelles ornament the bodice.
1 Pleasing Accessories.
Knife plaited silk muslin in white, cream, and tho dark colors, old blue, rosewood or bright scarlet, is sold by the yard to add as a turned over frill to the neck and sleeves of dress waists, also to form the large jabot or cravat now in vogue down the upper part of tho front of tho dress.
A 'New Tea Jacket.
A new tea jacket in soft silk has a high Morftola collar of semi-transparent French lace and sleeves of the same, gathered into a hftnd way between wrist and elbow, and a full front of lace. There are long, loose sleeves of silk filing from the shoulder to theedgetof the skirt, which givoa the cachet to the whole. In red silk with black lace the effect is good.
Empire Under linen.
The empire erase is at its height. We now have empire bonnets and gowns, empire jewelry empire furniture. Hot content with a revival of the dresses of the period which bqgpfrf the name, are adopting the empire styles in their under linen, and the
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mothers. She has set the fashion for Theodora hairpins and Tosca hats, and has, in fact, wielded an influence over the world of £rees beyond that exercised by any other woman ia the world since the days of the Empress Eogenie.—Now York Telegram.
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tho cat here given is shown an empire nightgown of fine French nainsook, with embroidered cambric insertions and Valenciennes lace frills. The illustration shows the fashion of the garment and the placing of the insertion and the lace so plainly that additianal dw|*iption is unnecessary.
Softening Water for Washing Wooleaa.
To soften water far washing wool sad woolen goods, one authority says that the refined carbonate of potash is nrach to be preferred to anything elsa. Soda in aay form, when used with wool, has a tendency to make it bard and brittle sad give it a yellowish color. Potash renders wool soft and rflky to lbs touch, and has also a slight hkarhtng artfru: therefore, potash for softentng water and potash soap only rixxrid invariably, and without exception, be used for washing wool or woolens. This is claimed to be the experience of hundreds of the largest wool waoMrs and woolan manafacttam.^
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Crimping instead of fluting is used by French modistes for the frills on dresses that have accordion plaited skirts.
Shirred ribbon passed around the neck outside the collar of the dress gives a pretty finish to a plain gown, and is a good plan for renewing.or concealing a partly worn collar. For this purpose take gros grain ribbon two and a half inches wide, the color of the dress or of its trimming then put seven rows of gathers very near together along the middle, leaving a little ruffle at top and bottom. Havo this collar lapped to the loft side and fastened with a small bow. Ribbon with a satin edge or corded edge is most used. Waistbands can be made the same wp.y.
An economical and dressy way of using ribbons inside the neck of the dress is to get gros grain ribbon that is only half an inch wide, and gathering its lowest edge, sew it just inside tho drees collar, leaving scarcely more than a fourth of an inch showing above tho edge this should bo very full to look well, and at each end is left a piece of tho ribbon, four or fivo inches long, to bo tied in a small bow just in front.—Harper's Bazar.
Fashion* In Bonnet*.
The variety in bonnets is greater, if possible, than in hats. English bonnets, guiltless of French inspiration, are still very high. Those which hail from the Parisian capital are low, and, even when on, scarcely have the appearance of height, though they certainly look higher on than off. The newest notion in millinery is that the strings, which are sufficiently wide and important looking, ahAnld come from the back, just from the center. Embroidered cloth and felt are introduced with felt into many of tho shapes, which aro very Quaker like in their soft folds, but the coloring and the trimmings savor but little of Puritan primnea* 'f- -C.W
AROUND THE HOUSE.
A Dismal Room Pleasantly Transformed Through Appropriate Decoration. There are many dismal rooms, defective in their light and with unattractive outside views, which only require the art of the decorator to render them pleasant. Decorator and Furnisher tells of a dining room which was lately taken in hand by an expert. The wood work of grained oak and the brown paper on the walls absorbed much of the very indifferent light, the gloom being increased by various combinations qf. color. A greenish yellow paper with flowering damask pattern was selected for the frieze. The paper was a conventionalized rose, cloeely interwoven, tho coloring golden emerald green dolled work, ground of varied cream tints with warm touches of cream color. This, neither yellow nor green, provided for the reflection of light.
The ceiling was tinted creamy yellow, a few lines of deeper color in the cornice, this ceiling giving a golden glow contrasted with adjutant tones. The middle wall course or picturo space .was changed from brown to a plain citron olive distemper color tho molding above and small molding below were painted gray blue. The skirting and doors ilso were of gray blue, giving contrast to tho wall. The dado was of russet olive. Warmth of effect was secured by painting the gray mantels a deep crimson toned Venetian red, the over mantel the same relieved by brass adornments and colored bric-a-brac. Curtains were supplied of deep coral red wooL rhe windows introduced to hide exterior news were of rolled cathedral glass. The change was that of enchantment, securing a quiet, reposeful, rich cffect, the upper portion of the room full of a softened light, appearing equally well in the glow of artificial light and the ruddy flame of the fire.
French Furnishings.
With the Empire fashions in dress have come new fashions in furniture. The dark hangings and dusky tints of the (esthetic period havo vanished. Early English has given place to late French. The gloom has given placo to a flood of white and gold and the tints of spring, the crocus, tho violet and the daffodil. White and gold are the favorite colors for furnishing bedroom and boudoir, or white and silver, with faint and delicate tints. A charming suit done for one of this season's fair debutantes is in the softest of dull green and whites. Tho bed and all the furniture is in white enameled wood, with delicate little white railings as a finish to each piece, and fine lines and touches of gold as a relief. The floor is of polished white wood, with a rug as thick and palely green as wood moss.
All the white furniture is upholstered with pale gray green velours. The walls aro in tho samo shade of cartridge paper, with a broad frieze of narcissi above, and the mantel, over which hangs a white framed mirror, is hung with pale green China silk, printed with tho same flowers which are also embroidered on tho fringed white linen bed spread. Little whito screens are hung with this silk and all tho furnishing of the dressing table and escretoire are of ivory. Another ono is hung with white China silk and lace, tho furnishings being in brass and gilt. A third has all its hangings and upholstery in old pink, tho furniture being in light colored oak.
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seqaenoe is numerous bands of insertion, ribbon trimmings and lace frilla
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The heavy black oak has given way to lighter color and forms with delicate braes ornaments, in both drawing rooms and bed chambers. One of these last has a threequarter bed in oak, with a littlo brass inlaying. Tho cover is of tan colored satin, flowered with pink roses and trailing leavea Tho walls aro old pink, with a frieze of looped rose garlands with fluttering ribbons. The curtains and portieres are of pale green, with fnii( shadowy pink lilies and iris flowers mingled upon them. There is
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with along oval mirror and an embroidered scarf flung acroes it, with the toilet fittings of silver. The pale brown carpet is strewn with roses and all the furniture is upholrtwed in old pink.
In tho cut is shown a French drawing table in Pompadour style, the foundation of whits wood, entirely covered with lacs floanees and frilling*, draperies ia pink silk, sod phieh pnni^
Drawing rooms sit having their walls done in charming Watteaa and Boucher designs, and the scrolled gilt fornitareis upholstered in soft tinted tapestries where poaaiered ladies and silk stockinged gentlsmen are making beautiful oourtesies to each other. 1
Crtua Paflk.
Cream puffs madoas follows aro recommended by
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prafeesional confectioners: In
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ono teacup of water and one half teacup of butter. Place on the stove to heat, while hniiing add one and one-half teacups of flenr. Remove froth stove and beat until all lamps disappear. When cold add five whole eggs at once and a little salt. No baking powder nor extract. Beat all well and bake in well greased gem p""" in quick oven for twenty minnfa*. Thoy will rise, leaving a cavity in center to be filled with tho following cream. If not baked long enough they may falL For cream, stir one half teacup
sugar,
Beat
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toocup flour and ono beaten egg into one pint of scalding milk flavor to suit,.
Oyster Oaselette. ,#•
Heat one quart of oysters to the boiling TKvjnt in their own liquor. Stir in one large tablaspoonful of butter, mixed with one even tablespooaful of flonr. Season with salt and pepper.
six eggs and season with salt
and pepper add to them three tableepoonfals of water. Pat a tablaspoonful of batter in a hot omelet pan and, when it becomes white frothy, poor the eggs into it. Shake over a hot flre until the eggs begin to thicken then pour in the oyster*. Roll up the omelet, turn oat an a hot dish and servo immediately.
A Good Plain Dessert.
l/nSoe plain desnrt is a rice and apple padding. Boil a capful of rice ia a pint of milk or water till quite tender. Half fill a piediA with peeled, cored and cat up apples, and sugar to taste. Put the rice thickly over them to form a crust, and bake one hour.
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.A Plague of Tigers in Java. According to t& administration report
Java redently laid before the- Diitch .chaL bers portions of that island are being depopi lated through tigers. In 1883 the populatk of a village in the southwest of the Ban At province was removed and transferred to island off the coast in consequence of trouble caused to the people by tiger. These animals have now become an intolerr bio peat in parts of the same province. Th total population is about 600,000, and in 1ST sixty-one were killed by tigers, and in consequence of the dread trrigHng among the pec pie it has been proposed to deport the in liub itants of the villages most threatened to ot^ parts of the country where tigers aro not fc common, and where they can pursue thei agricultural occupations with a greater de gree of socurity. At present thoy fear to gi anywhere near the borders of the fomst The people at present seem disinclined, they lack the means and courage, to atta*. and destroy their enemy, although considers ble rewards are offered by tho governmen for the destruction of beasts of prey. In 18? the reward for killing a royal tiger w. raised to 300 florins. It appears also that tl immunity of tho tiger is in part duo to supe. stition, for it is considered wrong to kill on unless he attacks first or otherwise does L. jury. Moreover, guns were always rare ii this particular district, and, since a rising 1 few years ago, have been taken away by th authorities altogether.—London Times.
Smith's Wife.
When the day is o'er, and the evening Is come. The cattle are fed, and the milking done. Smith takes his rest 'neath the old shade
From the labor of
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But his fathful wife, from sun to sun, Takes her burden up that's never done There Is no rest, there in no play, For the good of the house she must wo alway.
And in the end this faithful, overtas. ed woman will break down beneath he. never ending round of work and as she lies upon her couch of pain, Smith wi^l have ample time to bemoan the selfish economy which closed his purse-strings when his patient wife gently in ted that her failing health required a tonio. Why was he so short-sighted? Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription would have given her a new lease of life, and brought the blush of girlhood to hor cheeks again. It is the only remedy for overworked, "worn-out," and feeble women generally. Sold by all druggist* under a positive guarantee of satisfaction in every case, or price, (?1.00) promptly refunded. ___________________
A Lady in Texas Writes:
"My case is of long standing has baffled many physicians have tried every remedy I could hear of, but Bradfleld'f Female Regulator is all that relievet me." Write The Bradfield Regulato. Co., Atlanta, GO. Sold by J. E. Somes, I 6th and Ohio. 34-4t
The Handsomest Lady In Terre H«ute Remarked to a friend the other day that she knew Kemp's Balsam for the Throat and Lungs was a superior remedy, as itl stopped her cough instantly when other cough remedies liad no effect whatever. So to prove this and convince you of its merit any drugg' pie Bottle Free.
merit any druggist will give you a SamLasge size 50c and $1.00." eow-alt.
Dyspepsia
Hakes the lives of many people miserable, I causing distress after eating, sour stomach, etck headache, heartburn, loss of appetite, a faint," all gone" feeling, bod taste, coated tongue, and irregularity ot
Distress the bowels. Dyspepsia doe?, AftOr
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I have been troubled with dyspepsia. I had but little appetite, and what I did eat distressed me, or did mt ,f little good. After eating
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DUrn would have a faint or tired all-gone feeling, as though I had not eatec anything. My trouble was aggravated by my business, painting. Last Sour spring took Hood's BargaparlUa, which did me an wiOmuCn immense amount ot good. It gave me ai appetite, and my food relished and satisfle/ the craving I had previously experienced. Gboboh A. Paob, Watertown, Mass.
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