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THE SUNNY SOUTH
SEVENTH TAGE
Of Special Interest to
Womankind
shaving cylinder of hair, but a tress three
and a half to four Inches long, full and
loose, and twisting up only at the tip llko
a grape tendril. Seme of these tresses,
by the way, are enormously expensive,
and are worn as carefully as Jeweled
ornaments. A case In point Is that of a
ringlet worn by a' pretty, wealthy New
York girl, whose hair Is a peculiar rich
red gold In color, but not sufficiently
abundant to guarantee the sacrifice of a
third of it to the making of a Lady Teazle
curl. No ha'rdresser in New 1'ork or
Chicago could match the young lady’s
stunningly colored locks, but by sending
to Italy, to the province where Titian
, us ed to find his beautiful models, a su-
mo.sture with fearless i rerb curl was cut from the head of a vit-
belle. Bv the time the lock had been
T Is to be hoped that Ju
piter Pluvlua realizes
that this Is to be a mus-
Un-clad spring, and
that he will display
proper consideration for
the many exquisite
filmy toilets that are to
be exploited on Easter
day In the morning and
thereafter.
Some of the muslins,
those that possess a
backbone of alpaca
threadR, can take the
has known for years, that one can travel,
drive or yacht In one’s most exquisite
gown, and it will come to no harm from
dust or dampness, If only the proper sort
of top coat is worn over it.
It Is a question, however, whether we
would ever have taken any interest at all
in these wraps if their designers had not
diacovered how to build them at once
light of weight and becoming of cut. We
know all the insufferable ugliness of the
pongee duster and the clumsiness of the
so-called summer ulster, but long mooted
prejudice gives way before the long tail
ed coats that are making their debut this
week. To the owner of a thrifty mind and
a light purse they strongly appeal for the
very good reason that with their fancy
sleeves and sweeping trains they require
only the finish of a smart hat and fresh
gloves to compose, in themselves, cos
tumes of no small pretentions to elegance.
Satin regence, poplineite, feather weight
ladies’ cloth in pastel tints, wool grena
dine and satin faced taffeta are some of
the materials of which they are made.
Though they all have lofty wing collars,
elaborate sleeves and extensive trains,
they are as light in the hand and on the
shoulders as spring wraps should be.
Some Famous Southern Beauties
grace, but the newer
and more beautiful embroidered lawns
and llfrht cotton veilings that bear the
poetic name of Italia Rookhs show no
stamina whatever when the air is heavy
and damp. They are soft and languid
by nature and a shower will undoubtedly
destory their beauty as effectually as a
sea fog takes the pride out of an ostrich
feather Viewed, as many of them were
last week, in the safe, dry atmosphere
Of the dressmaker’s fitting rooms, they
proved charming beyond description.
Those that were not embroidered were
printed in bouquets of shadowy flowers
and trimmed with a perfectly new' ap
plique lace.
For muslins only this lace has been
designed, and its foundation is a coarse
cream cotton net of Fedora or Brussels
weave. On the net is applied, in wreaths,
garlands or bouquets a design of flowers
cut from printed lawn or organdie.
Sometimes a few stitches of embroidery
are added here and there, or a scrap of
lace is woven in to complete a desired
effect. With a little skill any woman can
herself make deep flounces, panels, re-
vers or sleeves of this exquisite material
by cutting out the roses, fuchsias, pop
ples or pompadour baskets from a yard
or two of muslin and by the aid of tine
stitching distribute them on white cotton
point esprit. It is a very fragile decora
tion, this princess lace, but it lasts the
lifetime of a muslin and is the most sym
pathetic decoration yet found for the
filmy gowns.
One or two Easter week brides have or
dered colored sprigged muslin frocks for
their attendant maids. One of the sweet
est of these little wedding toilets is a pale
yellow muslin embroidered in single
sprays of forget-me-nots. Darker blue
panne than the forget-me-not blossoms
Is employed In the finish of the waist, and
a bouquet of forget-me-nots and Marshal
Neil roses will be carried by every one of
the bridesmaids, the dressmaker explain
ed. For another wedding the maid of
honor is to wear an adorable blue organ
die, besprent with very shadowy wild
roses. Her hat of blue straw is heaped
with eglantine foliage and blossom, and
her bouquet is to be of pink roses wrapped
in a flaring holder of white moire paper.
Black velvet ribbon, in graduated
Widths. is one of the very approved modes
of decoration for transparent flowered
materials, and later on flounces will be
ao employed in the composition of the
skirts that an effect <as bouffante and ex
tensive as that lent by the old-fashioned
hoop will be given these fragile costumes.
This at least is what the most authorita
tive dressmakers are saying, and. fo»*
the spring trousseau of a southern belle, a
radiant pink muslin, that is in process of
making, illustrates this possibility very
convincingly.
The skirt of the grown is encir?jcd with
Beginning » *Uh one
mounted, paid for, and safely brought .
through the custom house, it had erst the
fair American nearly a hundred dollars.
To preserve its luster it is kept in a
wooden box lined with black silk and
curled about * spool-shaped piecs of wood
that is also covered with silk.
The w'lred skeleton bow that has been j
worn season after season is now igno-
minously degraded to the scrap basket.
The bow that in its place flaunts its satin
loops from well coiffured beads is a broad
black or white Liberty, satin ornament,
pinned usually at the back of the head.
For women whose hair is painfully scant
these bows are an undisguised blessing,
and, what is even more to the point, they
are universally becoming.
Ospreys have had to retire, along with
the skeleton Louis XV topknots, knd
while jeweled files, irridescent beetles and
other strange creeping things flaunt their
gay colors with evening toilets, the smart,
full dress evening hair ornament is a
poppy of black panne with a heart of
gold. To heighten the brilliancy of the
strange blossoms a few spangles are
sometimes sprinkled on the petals, to sug
gest dewdrops, and against blonde or dark
hair that is combed high two of these
flowers appear to more dazzling effect
than a tiara of diamonds.
Strictly against the biblical Injunction
though it be, women are beginning again
to wind ropes of pearls in their hair.
This must be done, however, by an ex
pert hairdresser or an amateur possessed
of good taste and deft fingers, or the
effect will prove theatric. A pretty novel
ty in jewels for the coiffure is the small
gilt or silver wire hairpin, on the top of
which five small tinted fresh water pearls
are strung. The pins themselves are jus-t
the size of those made of common black
painted wire, and when they are thrust
Into a coil the half hoops of colored pearls
they appear as if they W'erc portions of a
rope of pearls wound through the tresses.
The artificial entomological specimen
that now waves its rainbow tinted pin
ions from well combed locks is butterfly,
made of spun silver. The silver tissue in
sect is painted with acids that reflect the
most gorgeous colors, and it Is fastened
by fine invisible wires, and a band ot
black velvet, run through tiny jeweled
slides, that clasps the tali puffs of hair.
IRGINIA TATNELL
PEACOCK In her book,
"Famous Belles of the
Nineteenth Century.”
writes interestingly of a
number of southern
beauties who were fa
mous throughout the
world. First among
these Is Elizabeth Pat
terson, the wife of Je
rome Bonaparte.
It will be remembered
that In a recent issue
of The Sunny South a
complete history of
Madame Bonaparte and
her unfortunate mar-
riage was given by Judson Carlisle, who
twenty-five flounces.
of considerable width aj. the foot!/ley d
one, that
crease In breadth untlr the last
Is ‘gathered into the waistband, measures
but one inch and a half in width. Every
flounce is edged with’ a boulllone of white
chiffon, and this skirt, that cad almost
stand alone in ts crispness, more nearly
resembles a giant pink rose than any
thing else. Under this skirt a full flounced
petticoat of white book muslin Is made to
be worn as the foundation. The dress
maker who fashioned this cloud of rosy
muslin says that she has many orders for
gowns of the same style, to be worn in
July and August at the fashionable north
ern watering places.
Lad-y Teazle Curl
There is proof positive, afforded by the
Easter fashions, that the cut of the gowns
Is affecting the arrangement of the hair.
The coiffure that accords with an even
ing gown opening low upon the shoulders
Is a fluffy oudule. rippling from brow to
nape, and finished by a large, loose roll of
heir pinned very low at the back of the
neck. From this roil one long Dady
Teazle curl flows out upon the left
shoulder. Sometimes this curl is real, but
there is no reason why it should not be
boldly purchased at the hairdresser's
shop, where beautiful, long, rich love-
iceks arc for sale.
The curl that is now offered for sale !s
not an abnormal, tightly roiled, wood-
Care of fun
At this time of ;fcar, when muffs and
tippets and other fur goods of the winter
are consigned to rest for the summer
months, the use of a little precaution in
their packing may result in untold sav
ing.
While it is true that most Insects have
strong antipathy to tobacco, camphor and
certain other substances with a strong
smell, nevertheless such precautions often
prove Ineffectual In some degree. Just
why it Is that in some Instances in Which
fur articles are. thoroughly sprinkled with
snuff, tobacco leaves or camphor the moth
is still found In the article when again
taken out for use, while in other cases
these simple precautions prove most ef
fective, is a question which furriers have
been unable to answer.
The fur dealers, however, realize that
it is a fact, and do not use any substance
of the kind, but depend entirely upon
close coverings and frequent whipping
with rattans.
In most of the fur shops and stores
the large fur skins are packed away in
large square pine boxes in March and
once in two or three weeks taken out and
beaten with sticks, by which methods the
moth worms are brought out and fall to
the ground.
Smaller and finer articles, like muffs
and tippets, are wrapped in newspapers
and laid in bandboxes, often with another
newspaper placed over the box, and shut
in by the cover. Every two or three days
they are ail taken out. whipped and re
placed in a different position. They are
turned with the “other” end or ‘‘other’’
side up. to prevent matting down the fur.
Sometimes the corner of the bandbox
is further secured by pasting the paper
tightly around it, but even then It must
be often opened.
Of course, it is unnecessary for the pri
vate individual, with ner one or two or
haif a dozen fur garments, to undertake
such extensive precautions as those of the
furrier withi his store full of perishable
fur goods. Nevertheless, the method he
has adopted to prevent the destruction
of his furs is undoubtedly the best, and,
in a somewhat modified form, can be fol
lowed by the individual in preference to
the o’.d-time method of camphor and to
bacco, which leaves the garment with
such a strong smell when again taken out
for use.
The danger begins in March, and the
war against the moth should now be
taken up in earnest.
New long coot
The fate of the long coat hung In the
balance a little while ago. and though It
Is never discreet to prophesy anything
with regard to the future of a fashion, it
does seem perfectly sife'to say that,
taking all the signs offered by Easter
dressmaking into consideration, these
coats have a long and brilliant career
ahead of them. Heretofore the American
woman has regarded a long coat as a
superfluity in warm weather, and she has
only just learncti what the French woman
•ympathy. through no fault of Mary
Caton's. The event was a welcome one
to William Patterson, who was at the
time the wealthiest merchant In Amer
ica. The wedding ceremony was perform
ed In the private chapel of the Carroll
family by Archbishop Carroll, who four
years previously had samilarly united
Elizabeth Patterson and Jerome Bona
parte. In April, 1811, Robert and his wife, j
accompanied by her sisters, Elizabeth
and Louisa, went abroad, sailing from
Baltimore on one of his father’s ships,
and landing In Lisbon in the latter part i
of May.
While in Spain they met the duke of -
Wellington, who was there at that time
conducting the peninsular war, and Colo
nel Sir Felton Bathurst Hervey, who had
been his aid de camp af Waterloo, and
whom Louisa Caton afterwards married.
The Household
T HE Household Department of The Sunny South is conducted in the in
terest of the women readers, and is especially for their benefit. We will
take pleasure in answering any queries coming under this head, and will
either publish the answers or send them by letter when postage la In
closed. Those possessing recipes or other information of interest to the
readers of this department will confer a favor by sending them.
Addraiz all commtznicztlone to Editor Hoauhold Dmrt*
moat. Si* Jaoar South, Atlanta, Co
Harriett Lane
(Mrs H E Johnston)
Elizabeth Patterson
(Mme Jerome Bonaparte)
lUimittiiffliiitiniHiiiil
TUB tea flown Is of pearl pink crepe de chine trimmed with Russian lace. An Insertion of
the lace encircles the skirt and forms most of the bodice, but the most distinctive featare
of the toilet is a shaped sash falling In double loops to the end of the train.
noted particularly she was one of the first
American women to marry a title.
The following extract concerning Mad
ame Bonaparte and other famous south
ern beauties are taken from Miss Pea
cocks' book:
On Christmas eve. 1803, Jerome Bona
parte, brother of the man who five
months later declared himself emperor
of France, and Elizabeth Patterson,
daughter of an American merchant at
Baltimore, Md. t entered jnto that union
whose subsequent rending was to echo
throughout Christendom. The ceremony
was performed in the home of Elizabeth’s
father, according to the rites of the Cath
olic church by the Right Rev. John Car-
roll, first archbishop of America. It was
witnessed by the French consul at Balti
more. M. Sotln, Alexander le Camus, who
was Jerome's secretary, and the mayor
of Baltimore.
In February this bride and groom of the
early century went to Washington, whith
er since have wended their way so many
happy bridal couples. While in Washing
ton they were the'guest3 of the French
minister. General ,,Tureau. Aaron Burr,
then vice president of the United States,
meeting Elizabethan thts time, wrote to
his daughter Theddosta whom he thought
Elizabeth much Resembled, and referred
to her as “a charging Jlttle woman with
sense, spirit and ,'sprightliness.
Jerome’s thoughts were already turning
toward France where every effort was
being made to bring a bout , his return-
alone. While in New York during the fol
lowing summer he was made acquainted
with the annulment of his marriage as
follows: “By an act of the eleventh ven-
tose, all the civil officers of the empire
are prohibited from receiving on their reg
isters the transcription of the act of cel
ebration of a. pretended marriage that Je
rome Bonaparte has contracted in a for
eign country during the age of minority
without the consent of his mother, and
without the publication in the pluce of
his nativity.”
In February following the marriage
William Patterson had written to our
minister at Paris, Robert Livingston, in
closing him letters from the president and
secretary of state to be represented to
Napoleon with the hope of obtaining his
approval, or at least mitigating any dis
pleasure the marriage might have caused.
“I can assure you,” he wrote to Liv
ingston. “that I never directly or indi-
rectnly countenanced or gave Mr. Bona
parte the smallest encouragement to ad
dress my daughter, but. on the contrary,
resisted his pretensions by every means
in my power consistent with discretion.
Finding, however, that the mutual at
tachment they had formed for each other
was such that nothing short of force or
violence could prevent their union, 1 with
much reluctance consented to their
wishes.”
Jerome and his wife
On March 11, 1805. Jerome Bonaparte
and his wife finally made their depart
ure from Baltimore in the Erin, a ship
belonging to Mr. Patterson. The Erin
reached Lisbon on April 2d, whence
Jerome wrote in English to his father in
law of their safe arrival, and took the
opportunity to express his affection for
and gratitude toward his second family.
Napoleon's ambassador met the ship
upon its arrival, and called upon Eliza
beth to a»k what he could do for her,
addressing her as Miss Patterson.
“Tell your master,” she replied, "that
Madame Bonaparte is ambitious, and de
mands her rights as a member of the im
perial family.”
She was forbidden to land, and Jerome,
taking that farewell of her which fate
had destined should be his last, went
overland to Paris, while the Erin sailed
for Amsterdam. On his way to Paris
Jerome met General and Madame Junot
en route for their new post' in Spain. He
breakfasted with them and opened an
anxious young heart to them, showing
them a miniature of Elizabeth, from
whom, he declared, nothing should ever
separate him. Upon reaching Paris he
went at once to Malmaison, and sought an
audience with Napoleon, who refused to
see him, bidding him write what he
wished to say. He wrote, simply an
nouncing his arrival, and received the fol
lowing reply:
“I have received vonr letter this morn
ing. There are no faults you have com
mitted which may not be effaced in my
eyes by a sincere repentance. Your mar
riage is null and void, both from a re
ligious and legal point of view. I will
never acknowledge it. Write Miss Pat
terson to return to the United States,
and tell her it is not possible to give
things another turn. On condition of her
return to America, I will allow her a
pension of sixty thousand francs a year,
providing she does not take the name of
my family, to which she has no right, her
marriage having no existence.”
From this position Napoleon never
swerved. The annuity was paid to Eliz
abeth after her return to America until
the fall of the empire, and iermed the
basis of the fortune of one and a half
million dollars, accumulated through a
long life of frugality and cautious invest
ment, of which she died possessed.
The reply of Pope Plus, to whom Na
poleon appealed for the annulment of th#
marriage, accompanying his request with
a costly gold tiara, to the effect that
after mature deliberation he had been
able to- discover no grounds on which the
marriage, could be canceled, though it
chagrined the emperor to an extent which
he never forgave, did not yet alter the
stand he had taken. When Jerome was
finally admitted to his presence, he greet
ed him with that magnetic smile whose
potency swayed men and women alike.
“So. sir, you are the first of the fam
ily,” he said, ‘who has shamefully aban
doned his post. It will require many
splendid actions to wipe, off that stain
from your reputation. As to your love
affair with your little girl, I pay no atten
tion to it.”
Won Napoleon’s fav-or
At Camberwell, near London, her son
was born on the 7th of July, 1805, and
named Napoleon.
On August 12, 1807, Jerome married Prin
cess Frederika Catherine, daughter of
the king of Wurtemberg. As king of
Westphalia he offered Elizabeth a home
within his dominions, with the title of
princess of Smalcalden, and a pension ot
200,000 francs per year. In regard to the
former, she replied that Westphalia was
a large kingdom, but not quite large
enough for two queens, and with regard
to the pension, having already accepted
Napoleon's annuity of 60,000 francs, she
made the oft-quoted response that she
preferred “being sheltered under the wing
of an eagle to being suspended from the
bill of a goose.”
Napoleon, with his high appreciation of
a bon mot, desired to know what favor
he could bestow upon a woman capable
of thts witticism. Elizabeth replied
through the French minister at Wash
ington that she was ambitious and would
like to be a duchess. The emperor prom
ised the gift, but never conferred it. Not
withstanding her unremitting yet futile
struggle for recognition, Madame Bona
parte cherished always the most enthusi
astic admiration ' <r tile genius of the
man who had brf!%twi~her life.
From her lefties there seem to have been
frequent rumors afloat in regard to her
marrying again, both in this country and
in Europe, where she was greatly ad
mired. In one letter to her father, writ
ten in 1823. she says that while the Amer
ican newspapers were marrying her she
was making her will.
Though she obtained from the Mary
land legislature a divorce, after the fall
of Napoleon, it seems to have been rath
er as a precautionary measure against
any demands Jerome might make upon
her financially than with a view to mar
rying again. Tom Moore, whom Lady,
Morgan sent to her with a letter of in
troduction, afterwards described her as a
beautiful woman, but destitute of all sen
timent, and with a total disbelief in love,
on which she bestowed only ridicule.
Mary Caton, of Baltimore
Foremost among the beautiful women
whose presence lent piquancy to life in
the early eighties were the Catons. In 1807
Mary, who was at the time nineteen
years old, was married to Robert Patter
son. the eldest son of William Patterson,
of Baltimore. She thus became the sis
ter in law of the unhappy Madame Je
rome Bonaparte, between whom and her
self there seems to have existed no great
HE proper demeanor of
woman on the street
car when a seat Is va
cated for her has fre
quently been the sub
ject of discussion, says
an exchange. Whether
she should plump her
self into It without a
word, as If she had
merely received what
was due her, whether
she should thank the
man graciously -o r
whether she should}
protest that she had!
only a short distance)
to ride and that she
deprive him of his seat
SaUie Ward
(Mrs Geo F Doans)
This exquisite costume is or mastic batiste
fine as a spider’s web and richly decorated
with lace of the same color The batiste Is
huno over a foundation of tafTeta in alter
nate strips cf rose and black. A waist coat
and skirt ruffle and undersieewe* of the silk
show very effectively. The black mohair
bat is dressed with red roses.
Charles Carroll, writing of Hervey after
his marriage to Louisa, which occurred
on the 1st of March, 1817, said, “All who
know him love him.” He was a' gallant
soldier and had lost his right arm at
Vittoria.
The duke of Wellington's ardent admi- ,
ration for Mrs. Patterson drew him with- |
in the wake of the little American party
as they progressed in their travels over
Europe, lending them the prestige which
opened for them the most exclusive
houses in England. . Apparent as his ad
miration was. not the least breath of
scandal ever touched the name of this
beautiful young matron. The prince re
gent, to whom Wellington presented her,
spoke later to Richard Rush, the Ameri
can minister, of her unusual beauty.
When she came, later in life, into contact
with William IV as first lady' in waiting
at Windsor, she won the sincere admira
tion of that sovereign on account of the
high standard of morality which she
maintained.
After the marriage of Hervey and
Louisa Caton they were entertained by
the duke of Wellington at Walmer castle.
The duchess of Rutland gave them a ball,
and bestowed upon the sisters on that
memorable night the title under which
they became famous—the "American
Gracca." Hervey’s death occurred in 1819,
and Robert Patterson’s at Baltimore in
the fall of 1822. The widow of the latter
shortly afterwards rejoined her sisters
In England, where they were again enter
tained at Wellington's country seat.
While there they met. for the first time,
his eldest brother, Richard Wellesley,
earl of Morpington, and like himself a
soldier and statesman. In 1797 he had been
made governor cf India by George III,
who. In return for the services he ren
dered there, and created him marquis of
Wellesley. At the time he met Mrs. Pat
terson and her sisters he was lord lieu
tenant of Ireland. Two years later, when
Mrs. Patterson and Elizabeth Caton vis
ited Dublin, he entertained them royally,
bestowing the. most devoted attentions
upon the former, to whom he subsequent •
Sy offered himself. After a brief engage
ment they were married at the viceregal
■castle, the ceremony bring performed
twice, to accord with the religious con
victions of both the bride and the groom,
the archbishop of Dublin marrying them
according to the rites of the Catholic
church nnd the lord primate of Ireland
according to those of the Church of Eng
land.
It was rather a strange coincidence that
two daughters of the little American town
of Baltimore, Elizabeth Patterson and
Mary Caton, neighbors and contempora
ries. should have married brothers of two
of the most "formidable characters In
modern history—Napoleon Bonaparte, the
self-styled conqueror of the world, and
the duke of Wellington, his conqueror.
Louisa Caton was married for the sec
ond time in 1828 to the eldest son of the
duke of Leeds, Francis Godolphin D’Arcy
Osborne, marpuis of Carmarthen, who
came into his title and estates ten years
later. This marriage called forth another
letter from Madame Jerome Bonaparte to
her father: “Louisa has made a great
match. He is very handsome, not more
than thirty-eight, and will be a duke with
£30,000 a year.”
gallic Ward, of Kentucky
Sallie Ward was the daughter of Robert
J. Ward, a man of considerable wealth
and of that distinction of manner and
bearing which is commonly designated ns
of the old school. Like many another
gifted young Kentuckian, similarly placed
in life, he began liis career with political
aspirations, and before he had reatfhel
his thirtieth year he had been elected
speaker of the state assembly. He mar
ried the heiress of a large fortune. Miss
Flournoy, of Georgetown, Ky., the de
scendant of an old Huguenot family. Bai
lie Ward, one of the eldest of a taige
family of children, was bern on her grand
father’s estate in Scott county, Ken
tucky.
She had Innumerable lovers and suitors
all her life, and never, even in its closing
vears, entered any assemblage, small or
great, private or public, that her name
did not pass from mouth to mouth till
all were aware of her presence. The re
markable popularity of Sal Me Ward has
been compared to that of a feudal princess
in her hereditary domain. It was confined
to no class, but entered into all grades of
Eociety. parents in all walks of life nam
ing their children after her, and children
in turn naming their pets after her. Many
a product of the far-famed stock farms
cf the Blue Grass state was likewise hor.
Oied with a name that came to be a
synonym for ai! excellence. "It Is a per
fect Sallife Ward.” was the proud boast
of many a man who owned anylnmg
whatsoever that he esteemed of superla
tive quality.
In this way the fame of Sallie Ward
was well established at the south who.
before she had reached her twentieth
year, she married Bigelow Lawrence-, or
Boston, and entered upon her brief career j
at the north. The man who thus won her j
from many southern rivals was many
years her senior, and it was to a woman
of her temperament a most unfortunate
alliance. Transplanted in the very- efful-
itu.ty eou.d
are some phases of the question
There is something to be said In favor
of all the courses and nearly as much
on the other side. . The discourtesy of the
woman who takes a seat as if it be
longed to her Is alleged by some critics
to have led to the present attitude of the
men, who no longer feel themselves
called upon to give up their seats to wo
men. On the other hand, women who ac
cept the proffered seat with too cordial
a smile are sometimes made the object
of unpleasant attention from men who
mistake politeness for the indication of
another moou. This is the justification
of some women who never acknowledge
the courtesy of the man who gives her a
As the man is really the more impor
tant factor in the transaction, it is in
teresting to hear his view:
“No woman ever rewards a man’s po
liteness when he gives her a seat so fully
as the one that quietly takes it wth a
polite recognition of his courtesy and
nothing more,” said a man who still
gives up his seat. “The woman who
really makes him regret that he ever
took the trouble is the argumentative, In
dependent type, who really couldn’t think
of cakin- his seat and couldn’t deprive
him of it, as she hadn’t far to ride and
wasn’t tired, rather preferred to stand
up, in fact, as she had been sitting down
all day. This is the sort of woman who
turns a man’s mind toward thoughts of
murder and leads him to wish he had
the presence of mind to take the seat
again and astonish her by sitting down
Just as she firmly intends to do after she
has finished with this preliminary pro
test. But he usually tries to restrain
himself, although It is difficult when the
entire car is suddenly made conscious
of his presence by the woman's protest.
“It is not the woman who doesn't no
tice his politeness that proves discour
aging on the cable cars, but this effusive
creature who talks so much before she
sits down."
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Blackheads are caused by the pores ot
the skin becoming clogged with sebaceous
matter, this oily substance collecting the
dust of the atmosphere. The cure is in
keeping the face scrupulously clean and
by stimulating the functions of the skin.
Use a complexion brush every night with
warm castile suds, adding a little borax
if the water is hard. Rinse with warm
water, then with cold, dry by gen.tle pat
ting and .-reply cosmetic jelly or creme
marquise. Keep the digestion active, eat
ing very little pastries, ben-bons, salads
1 or greasy, stimulating dishes. Every
morning take a quick bath with.a flesh
brush' and tepid salt water. You will find
this very refreshing and it will not weak
en you at all. Your complexion will soon
show the good results. If blackheads are
very bad use tincture of green soap with
the complexion brush in place of the im
ported castile.
A delicious dessert that can be made at
any season of the year, If the pure grape
juice is used. Is grape sponge, one of the
specialties of the Boston cooking school.
Scak one-fourth of a box of gelatine in
cue-fourth of a cup of cold water; dissolve
by standing cup In hot water. Dissolve
a cupful of sugar in a cupful of grape
juice and the juice of a lemon and strain
the dissolved gelatine into it- Set the
mixture in Ice water to cool, stirring oc
casionally. Beat the whites of three eggs
to a stiff broth, and when the gelatine
mixture begins to thicken, add gradually
to the beaten whites, beating until the
whole Is very light, or stiff enough to
keep its shape. Pile lightly in a glass
serving-dish and serve very cold, with
slightly sweetened cream, beaten or not,
as desired.
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Flowers for the dinner-board should
not be of a heavily scented variety. The
lovely narcissus, attractive as it ts in the
spring, is too fragrant for use in the cen
terpiece. Daffodils are to be preferred,
or tulips, either equally well telling the
story of coming summer. Some varieties
of carnations, as well, carry almost too
rich a perfume. The large double white
and pinkish white veined with red, and
the dark red that is fairly black In some
of its petals, are none too fragrant, and a
bowl of them, assorted or massed in a
single variety, is one of the most effect
ive’ of dinner-pieces.
one for an out-of-town friend, who wished
It for use in suburban driving. Nothing
but so/ibre-tlnted Scotch shawls could be
found, and these In limited assortment,
the next variety being knitted house and
piazza shawls and a few Chudda. squares.
At one or two of the large shops no
ihawls were kept. At all, the word was
offered that there was practically no de
mand for them. Yet It la quite within the
memory of even the youngish rpatron
when a shawl, or rather several of them,
were necessary In the wardrobe, and the
varieties purchasable and worn were suffi
cient to gratify every tastd.
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Treatment for freckles: Never use soap
and water on your face directly after
coming In from out of doors or just before
going out. Protect the skin with a veil
and dust well with a pure antiseptic pow
der. At night sponge the face with cu
cumber milk. A good freckle lotion Is
made of 160 grains each -ot borax and best
zinc oxide, one and one-fourth ounces
each of glycerin and bay rum, five ounces
of distilled water. Apply freely three
times a day.
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An authority advises that the ends of
the stems of cut flowers should not rest
on the bottom of the vase, and also that
In the dally cutting of the ends, which
prolongs the life of cut flowers, they
should be snipped at right angles to the
stalk. Cut flowers should never be
placed In a draught or In the direct aun-
ligh.L and If they can be removed from
the room In the evening, when the gas
Is burning, they will keep much longer.
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To make orange fritters, peel and quar
ter the oranges, remove the seeds and all
the extra outside skin. Make a batter of
two eggs, one tablespoonful olive oil,
one teaspoonful sugar, one cupful flour,
about one-half cupful cold water, suffi
cient to make a thin batter. Boll the
quartered oranges In powdered sugar, dip
them immediately In the fritter batter and
fry in hot fat.
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To make peach fritters drain the liquor,
from a can ot halved peaches. Sprinkle
each piece of fruit with sugar and dip It
in a batter made of two beaten eggs, a
teaspoonful of melted butter, a gill ot
milk, a scant cupful of flour and a tea
spoonful of sugar. Fry In deep, boiling
fat to a golden brown; drain in a hot
colander and serve with a hot liquid
sauce.
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In making ‘button holes it is a great
help if a tiny strip of stiff white paper
Is cut just the least bit smaller than the
buttonhole and placed through the hole
so that the sewer has but one at a time to
dead with. If the material be dark. It is
a decided help in more clearly deflnUJ;
the edge and thus saving eyesight as well
as preventing any catching of the threads
on jhe other side of the opening.
f
Exercise is needed to Improve a thin
neck) Walk about your room for a quar
ter of an hour every day balancing a
fairly heavy book on your head. Rub a
little melted cocoa butter well In every
night after washing, wiping off any su
perfluous fat with a soft rag. and soon
those too prominent bones will be more
satisfactorily covered.
f
To make apple puffs peel and grate
enough apples to make two cupfuls. Beat
the whites of five eggs very stiff with
four tablespoonfuls of powdered sugar,
stir in quickly the grated apples and two
teaspoonfuls pf lemon juice. Turn into a
pudding dish and bake for half an hour.
Eat as soon as bakjbd with a hot custard
sauce.
To make apple fritters beat well the
yolks of two eggs, add half a pint of
sweet milk, a pinch of salt and two cup
fuls of sifted flour. Beat until smooth
and light, stir In a pint of peeled and
sliced apples and the whites of the eggs
beaten stiff. Drop a spoonful at a time
in boiling lard and take up with a skim
mer; serve at once with syrup.
f
A hundred years ago a woman and all
her possessions practically belonged to her .
husband. Today a man may not under
any circumstances open his wife’s letters
without her permission. But there are a
multitude of nervy men who do so despite
the law and modern custom.
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Plain reds should be Introduced into
sleeping rooms with great care. Cool
green and deMcato pinks, with light yel
lows, if the room is north, are much more
Indicative of the freshness, daintiness and
repose which these rooms should sug
gest.
A substitute for the old-fashioned hull
ed corn of which many persons ate fond,
may be produced In the following way;
Usa the cracked corn (the yellow variety,
if possible), and soak one cup of It over
night. In the morning add one-quarter
of a teaspoonful of bicarbonate of soda,
and cook till well done. The soda gives
the peculiar flavor which hulled corn
made In the old way has, and is per-
,Vctly harmless. The flavor referred to
was produced, under the old-fashioned
method, by the wood ashes used to free
the corn of the hulls.
The passing of the shawl was empha
sized lately to a woman who made the
round of the shops in an effort to secure
Continued on last pat*
A graceful sown tor an afternoon reception of the new loulsine silk Vrl^B a moire finish
The skirt is elaborately flounced. There is a belt and tiny vest of hedgerow green satin *•
wi’h rhlne stone buttons. •
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Denver