Saturday Evening Mail, Volume 24, Number 27, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 30 December 1893 — Page 6

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THE USEFUL APRON.

The white apron is a relic of sweet, old fashioned days, when a woman's sphere was home and the babies at her knee represented her miss on. There is something symbolic of neatness, parity and womanliness in a,white apron, and, paradoxical AS it may seem, it is also the most CO-

TWO VIEWS OF FICHU APRON,

quettish article of attire which a woman can wear. The woman of fashion who has an eye for artistic effect dons a ridiculous little bit of ruffled swiss or chiffon and ties it about her waist with a satin ribbon. It is the piece de resistance of her toilet. The men for whom she pours tea may whisper compliments about her eyes, her hair, her little hands, but they regard her apron with masculine awe and reverence. The lace ruffle is very full, and the "bib" isformed entirely Of points. The material used is finelawn.

The dotted swiss apron has become identified with the church fair, but it is nevertheless one of the prettiest kinds. The New York Herald tells that in the round and square designs, with wide lace ruffles or narrow edge, it is a becoming and useful article, either for afternoon tea or vvhilo embroidering, as it will protect tho dress from the crumbs and threuds which follow in the wake of these occupations. Novel sewing aprons are made from embroidered bedticking, with pockets for the scissors, thimble and the various implements of sewing. Another curious apron seen at a fair was made from a fringed linen towel with a colored bordor. One end of the towel was cut off, and the remaining portion, apron length, was gathered to a band. Tho remaining piece of towel—border and fringe—was "herring boned" across the front of tho apron with thread of the samo color as tho towel border. Sewirj pockets were formed by this odd ornamentation.

There is nothing prettier or more dainty for little girls than white aprons, and when worn over dark dresses the contrast is pleasing. This season brings a revival of the fashion, especially for Bchool wear—even for misses of 12 and 18 years. Tho Household illustrates and describes some quaint shapes for girls from 4 to 10 years of age. One of these lias fichu ties crossed in front and tied in the back, as shown by the sketch. The

APRONS FOR HOME WEAR, FOR FAIRS AND FOR CHILDREN AT SCHOOL

The Plain White Apron Symbolic Of \eatne»H ami Womanliness—Lace Baffled Affairs Become Coquettish Article# of Attire—Quaint Shapes For XJttle Girl*.

WITH SHOULDER CAPS. WIT1I COLLAR, body of this apron is a plain yoke, with the skirt gathered on in Mother Hubbard style. The fichu is confined to the yoke in the back, and half way from th^shoulder to the middle of "the yoke in front, forming a gathered cape. Prom here the fronts are left unconfined and are crossed to tie at the back. This is a dainty little apron for school or house wear.

Another pretty style is made with a full front and back,with plain side pieces which are shaped somewhat at the waist. The shoulder caps are made very fall of the material, trimmed with embroidery, and are sewed into the plain side seam.

A quaint style for misses' aprons shows a biblike front without back, and upon this is fitted a wide sailor collar, low and pointed in front, that it may be slipped over the head. The skirt is full and plain, and a wide belt of the same is tied with bow and ends at the back.

lUTtmli In Fancy Work.

There ia a decided return in the art embroidery shops to the canvas work, cross and overstitch work of onr grandmothers' samplers. The revivals come, too, with all modern improvements. The garish red, green and blue wools combined without any other idea than to get a variety, after the manner of the beginning of the century work, have vanished, and the pale tones of the art worker of today are in their place. Banners, sofa pillows, screen panels aud the like are shown in the canvas and will be welcomed by many women who have never attained the Kensington stitch and to whom the mysteries of brn?h and color are still a sealed book.

ls»X)WMltr» Toy*.

An ingenious father has amused his children by building houses, fences, trees, etc., of red and white gnmdrops, held together by wooden toothpicks. It fc «vn better than an expensive toy introduced some years ago, which consisted of corks and bite erf «t©el, Uke hairpins, broke© in half.

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GOWNS FOR NIGHTL,Y/EA??. -if 25 These May Be Dmiy or Very Plain and

Very Durable.

Night robes admit of an infinite variety of styles and materials. These may be as dainty as any article of wearing apjmrel, and-a frequent problem is how to make them pretty and at the same time sufficiently durable to withstand the wear and, tear of the laundry. The most popular material is muslin, and brands that* afford satisfaction are those known as "English long cloth" and "Lonsdale muslin." The dimities also are employed, as are the nainsooks and other lawns. Elegant affairs are made of washing silks and are embroidered or trimmed with lace. Then there is a useful material used for summer wear which is a combination of silk and linen. For winter gowns tl,e heavy muslins, white albatross, cashmere and flannels are all employed.

The outing flannels make pretty gowns. It is suggested in The Household that where a stripe in two contrasting colors is used a plain yoke may be had by folding over one stripe in a plait (and it may be feather stitched with silk), using as many plaits as are necessary to get the width of the yoke. It is best not to use any trimming on these, except what is made from the material itself, such as ruffles, which must be scant, and bias folds.

Another winter gown described was made of white albatross, which was first washed to shrink it. It was in the Mother Hubbard shape, but the front was gathered onto a small, round yoke that did not reach the armholes. The side seams were bias, and the tleeves full and gathered at the wrist to form a frill. A ruffle finished the neck, and a circular ruffle fell around the armhole, the frill and

30 WN WITH RUSSIAN SLEEVES. ruffles being edged with a row of tatting done in silk and not more than a quarter of an inch wide. The hem on the bottom was finished with a narrow silk ribbon on the right side, which was fastened to the goods by fancy stitches in groups of three with cream silk. The back was laid in plaits at the top, and the fullness made the width for the skirt.

A pretty cambric gown was made with two ruffles down the front, with a bias strip about half an inch wide between the ruffles, edged with very narrow lace. The ruffle came to the bottom of the opening. A single ruffle, edged in the same manner, trimmed the neck and sleeves. Tatting or any of the narrow fancy braid trimmings make a very pretty edge for ruffles, and this is perhaps the most serviceable way of trimming. A pretty gown for a convalescing invalid may be made of any suitable wool fabric and trimmed with lace and ribbon. Let it be made with Russian (full) sleeves and a turnover collar. The front may be gathered in at the neck to give the required fullness. The back may be laid in little box plaits.

Baked Indian Pudding.

Baked Indian pudding is the recognized dessert to serve with a "boiled dinner." Here is one recipe for making it:

Take 2 quarts of milk, a large teacup of meal, half a teacup of white flour, 2 eggs, half a teacup of molasses, a large teaspoonful of salt, half a teaspoonful of ginger and the same of cinnamon. To mix it boil 8 pints of the milk and set it off the fire beat all the other ingredients with the pint of milk not boiled, then stir them into the hot milk. Butter a Btone or earthenware dish, and when the mixture is a little cold pour it into this dish, put it into a moderate oven, cover with a plate and bake four or five hours, basting every little while with cold milk. This pudding is eaten hot and requires no sauce. Butter is generally eaten

Pocket Handkerehlefs.

White linen handkerchiefs are the kind carried by men and women who dress well. There are handkerchiefs with colored borders, bat these are chiefly patronized by children and adults with a taste for«how rather than elegance. The popular handkerchief is one with a hem-

FOCR STYLSS OF HANDKERCHIEFS, stitched bofder. Pure linen handkerchiefs with a hemstitched border and initial in one comer are, when the work is done by machinery, cheap enough to be in the pockets of every well to do man or woman. When one wants something better, there is a bewildering variety in the way of handmade goods with opea work hems and patterns more or less elaborate in drawn work or dainty embroidery. Jf a

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REPRESENTATIVE CHAIRS FOR THE HALL, PARLOR AND LIBRARY.

Severe Lines and Tall, Straight Backs Characterize Hall and -Dining Chairs. Ixjnis XVI and Empire Types For Parlor.

Woman's Kocber and Han's Armchair.

The multiplicity of' changes in construction that have taken place in chairs dates from the beginning of the sixteenth century, the time of their modern creation. France took the lead in artistic

FOR PARLOR, HALL AND DINING ROOM, ohairs, and the white and gilded chairs of the time of Louis XVI, as well as those of the empire period, form a type of finishing which has never been lost sight of. Carving has had a great sway in Chair decoration throughout all the changes of style, and popular taste may be said to have been educated in the chair, for every possible requirement of fancy as regards appearance and con}fort is readily met with in this useful article of furniture.

The quaint hall chair, usually in oak, possesses Jacobean features. The severe lines, tall, straight back and .flat wood seat make it more an object of curiosity' than of comfort. But so long as a chair of this description suggests hospitality and good taste in the owner it is much sought after and universally admired, according to The Decorator and Furnisher, from which the following is reproduced:

The Louis XVI style, a trifle Americanized, furnishes in mahogany a popular parlor chair, especially as its fine upholstery and yielding springs insure a comfortable seat.

The old Romans reclined at their dinners, but modern taste prescribes a straight back chair for the dining room, which shall take nothing from the feast by its own attractions. There is usually a severity of line about the dining chair Which, coupled with a leather upholster-

UBRARY CHAIR. LADY'S ROCKER, ed back and seat, would make a comfortable seat, while at the same time its solidity naturally allies it to the dignity of the dining table and the other appointments of the room.

The rocking chair is a purely American institution and in England is called the "American chair." Just as the armchair was made for man, the rocker was made for woman. The rocking chair is the natural friend of woman. The rocker fills up all social gaps. A woman, if alone, can rock and build castles in the air, or, if she has company, can rock and talk. Ingenuity has added to it many possibilities, and the patent rocker, movable on casters from place to place, yet firmly fixed when placed in one spot, has gained a lasting popularity. Like the ordinary armchair, it is susceptible to any degree of upholstery and any degree of expense in the manner in which it is covered. The Turkish rocker is the perfection of luxury. It is an unhappy home indeed where the housewife is without her natural solace—the rocking chair.

The modern easy chair of the overstuffed variety is a poem on casters. Man is a lounger, and what he wants is an armchair, with another chair to put his feet on. Such a chair, upholstered in leather, is adapted to the library. It Is equally comfortable and convenient In the sitting room, and, suitably upholstered, appropriate also in the parlor. Such a chair invites contemplation and study. Oak or mahogany, finished dark, are appropriate woods in the construction of these chairs.

Another Pumpkin Pie Recipe.

Choose a nice, firm fleshed pumpkin, wash dean, cut it open and remove the inside. Cut in slices like dice, perhaps an inch square. Fill a kettle with the pumpkin, add a quart or more of water, cover and boil until very tender, keeping watch that it does not scorch. If the water boils off before the pumpkin is tender, add more. When the vegetable is tender, pass it through a colander. Allow one egg for a pie, sweeten to taste, flavor with vanilla and nutmeg, or ginger and cinnamon. Add a piece of batter to the pumpkin also salt to taste. Stir ail together, then poor in rich milk until of the thickness of batter. Bake with one crnsfc. &&&£?

A Homemade Booketw.

A Rural New Yorker correspondent made a bookcase at the low cost of 75 cents. He says: "I painted a shallow dry goods box white, papered the inside back with wall paper of light color and pretty design, put in shelves, pot a brass rod at the top and shirred on it silkoline for curtains. I set it on a stool, ako painted white, whose legs come just under the corners of the bookcase."

A Unique Jewel Case.

Many of the fancy articles especially devised for the* holiday season are made of celluloid, leather and chamois. Not a few of these conceits may be made at home at any season. A jewel case seen and described in the New York Times has as a foundation a circular piece of pasteboard 7 inches in diameter covered with white eiderdown. Three small rings made of inch wide strips of pasteboard covei v.J with the eiderdown were

FOUNDATION FOR JEWEL CASE. sewed to stand upright like muffin rings to the center of the mat, forming separate compartments for the different articles of jewelry.

Fastened to the center space between the three rings and falling over tliem was a full ruffle of white satin edged with lace. Over this again was a second ruffle of wide lace, and a final finish— everything starting from the same central spot—was tall loops of narrow white satin ribbon, with sprays of forgetinenots. The effect is that of a huge rosette, beneath which, in their little round boxes, are hidden rings and trinkets.

Pink, blue or yellow satin under the the lace is equally pretty.

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Hints to Pianists.

These suggestions are offered in The Etude: If you have fallen into some "inveterately bad habit" with a particular phrase, it is often a good plan to change the fingerirg among other things (whether it is necessarily the best fingering or not, changing it temporarily), to break up all '.'old associations." In this way it will be easier to break up the especial wrong habit under consideration.

In certain methods of fingering the chromatic scale, as well as in double thirds and sixths, the art of putting tho fifth finger under the fourth is as essential as that of putting the "thun.b under," and is often nearly as difficult for the advanced pupil as the proper control of the thumb is to a beginner. The methods of overcoming these are very similar. Curve the fourth finger, placing it on a black key, straighten the little finger, and at first merely draw a line with i1 on the keyboard, under* and out and under again, until the mind is ready to hear the tones legato, and with.no movement in the hand—with the wrist high or low, fingers curved or straight.

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A young woman named Horace Greeley Perry is the editor and proprietor of the Bt. Peter (Minn.) Journal. For a longtime she and her sister did all the work on the paper, and did it so successfully that they finally received the contract for the county printing.

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