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WOMAN’S
WORLD.
One of the Incomprehensible things of
life, says Dorothy Dix in the New Or
leans Picayune, Is that the mothers, who
themselvea have been along this rough
pathway, do not try to protect their
daughters from Its thorna, but they do
net. You would think, from the way the
average girl is raised, that her mother
never expected her to marry, or have a
home of her own, yet matrimony and
housekeeping are the natural destiny for
ninety-nine women out of a hundred, and
■what we would choose for the hundreth
if we could. To send a young woman
into it, fully equipped with an expert
knowledge of how to run a house, Is to
Insure her success and happiness. To
plunge her into it without one Idea of
how to manage It. is just as certainly to
doom her to failure and misery. If you
■tart two ships out to sail the seas, and
one ia piloted by a skillful navigator and
the other is run by an ignorant land lub
ber who has never seen salt water before,
the dullest person alive must know which
■hip will go to pieces on the rocks. Yet
this Is what millions of mothers are do
ing all over the country. It Is almost
■unbelievable that any woman can be
reckless enough to take such chances
With her daughter's happiness.
I heard a woman say once: "I never
Intend to teach my daughters anything
•bout cooking. They will learn when they
have to. I wasn't taught, and I learned.”
“Yes.” replied her husband, “but you
gave me dyspepsia for life while you
were learning.” We have all listened hun
dred of times while women related funny
Btdfles of their experiences with serv
ants and marketmen In the early days of
their housekeeping—stories that are
•musing enough in retrospect, but that
were tragedies to the poor, little, ignor
ant brides—but these very women are not
trying to protect their daughters from
elmilar disasters. The first disillusion
many—nay, most —husbands get Is from
the bad housekeeping of their wives. It
Is unromantic, but it is a fact, that you
can drown love in muddy coffee, and
choke It to death on tough sttak, nd
kill It beyond the power of resurrection
■with soggy biscuit. Be sure that It Is
wt a bad breakfast table that the young
husband begins to suspeet he has made
• mistake In marrying and mlseed his
affinity, and that If there were no bad
breakfast tables he would go through
life without finding it out.
There's no use in saying this Is putting
things on a low plane. It Is simply tak
ing human nature as It Is. Plain living
and high thinking may be enough for a
philosopher. People In novels can even
exist on sentiment alone, but In real life
we cannot rise much above our surround
ings. We are never critical of those who
make us comfortable, but there’s precious
little affection that will stand the wear
and tear of bad meals and slovenly house
keeping. The woman who understands the
fine art of making a comfortable home
doesn't have to sue for our love. She
can command it.
This is the practical side of the school
for wives, but the institution will fall
short of its duty if it stops at that. A
clean hearth and a good dinner are a great
deal, but they are not all, and inasmuch
as most women are fairly intelligent it
does teem like they might be taught to
avoid some of the other pitfalls of mar
ried life. I have often thought that If
the average wife would give as much
thought and study to trying to under
stand her husband’s peculiarities as she
does to attempting to find out what
Browning thought Ire thought, the world
would be a lot more cheerful to live in.
In the first place I think somebody
ought to endow in the school for wives
a chair of "perennial fascination." Cupid
ts always painted with wings. This 19 to
show that because a man loves them
once he will go on doing it from the
cradle to the grave. It is a cheering and
comfortable faith, and they taks liber
ties with it. Many a man who falls in
love with a girl because of her dainti
nee* and charm and wit and amiability,
never sees that side of her character
again after they are married. She wears
her dowdy clothes for him, ehe saves
her amiability for strangers, and her
brightness for chance visitors. I hum
bly maintain that the man who pays a
woman’s bills has a right to the best she
can give, and I have never yet known
a single wife who persisted in regarding
her husband as company who was worth
fixing up for and entertaining and pleas
ing, who had to complain of his defection
from his own hearth and home. The
arts that caught a husband will hold
him. but a woman ceases to exercise
them at her peril.
I should also suggest a thorough and
exhaustive course In the science of tact.
There are some women who enjoy bump
ing against things they might Just as
well walk around. They are hopeless.
But surely it is merely ignorance that
makes so many wives run up against
all the angles In their husbands’ char
acters. Couldn't women be taught not to
bring up dieagreeable subjects and sub
pects on which they know beforehand
they are going to differ? Couldn’t wife
make a cast-iron resolution and stick to
It. not to argue? Couldn't she be instruct
ed in the art of rubbing the fur the
tight way, instead of the wrong?
Couldn’t she learn to praise him
for the things he does well. Instead
of forever harping on the things
he does wrong? Kvery one of us know we
can lead, where no power on earth would
drive us. We know that half the lime,
whether we agree to a proposition or dis
agree. depends altogether on the way It is
presented to us—the very words In which
It to couched.
I have never heard a domestic' spat—
•nd it has been my ill-fortune to hgar a
good many—where I didn’t feel like go
ing up and givng the wife a good shak
ing for being such a chump as to spring
that particular subject, at that particu
lar time, in that particular way. I don’t
say the woman is always to blame. Far
from it. Men are often very pig-headed
and unreasonable, but if you have gol a
pig-headed person to deal with the art of
the thing consists In not treating him as
If he were reasonable, and when you find
you have stirred him up in an ugly tem
per, to give away without a fight, for the
tlmo being. The secret of great general
ship Is knowing when to attack, and when
to withdraw.
To my mind, though,lhe most Important
thing that the school for wives can teach
is to imbue women with a respect for per
sonal liberty. The rock on which more
domestic happiness is wrecked then any
other is the idea that there has to be a
boss In every family. It i what makes
the marriage tie the tie that blinds and
chafes, and the home a Jail that every
body wants to escape. The desire for
freedom la the one unquenchable passion
of Che human heart, and I think a wo
man never makes so fatal a mistake as
when she tried to Interfere with all her
husband's outside interests and amuse
ments. There are wives who wage an un
ceasing war against their husband’s clubs
and lodge meetings, and who make a
scene every time a latch key U mentioned.
Whether the club is the enemy to the
home it it represented. I do not know, but
1 do know there is no other way so fatally
sure to drive a man Into one as to oppose
It.
There are too many women who, when
they marry a man, want to henceforth
pick out his ciothea and his friends, and
dictate to him what he shall eat. and
what ticket he shall vota. It never oc
curs to them that by the time we have
reached 25 or 20 years of age we have
all hit upon a plan of life we tike best,
that the person who tries to upset
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that runs a tremendous risk. The wisest
woman Is she who recognises her hus
band's right to his own tastes and prej
udices, end who makes him feel that she
wants to merely add to hi* pleasures, not
curtail them. Having liberty to do as he
pleases, he generally pleases to be bound
to her, hand and foot. It Is worth while
for women to remember that we seldom
love our Jailors.
There are a couple of girls in town who
have been looking forward to the warm
days of spring with a great and unuaual
longing. Spring days are always to be
desired, but there was a particular reason
for this special desire. There wßk no aes
thetic desire to see bursting buds and
fresh green leaves in the souls of these
two young women as they watched the
thermometer. It all came from a super
stitious desire on Jan. 1 to begin the year
properly. It was In this way, says the
New York Times: Those who are familiar
with the lore know well if one puts on
new stockings on the first day of the new
year and remembers upon doing so to go
up stairs befora going down It Is an effort
aure to be rewarded. Duck will be above
par the year through. The two young
women knew this sure road to luck and
resolved to follow It. But It was after
dinner on Dec. 31. and neither had an ab
solutely brand-new pair of stockings to
her name. It did not make much differ
ence what kind of stockings they were
If they were only new, so they dispatched
a uiald forthwith to get the necessary
good-luck producers. The larger shops
were closed, but the maid was equal to
the emergency, and returned to the house
triumphantly with a pair of stockings for
each young woman. Beauties! She held
them up triumphantly. And so nice and
warm! Warm? It would eeem eo, heavy
woollen stockings, and there were two
screams of dire dismay.
However, It would be a foolish girl who
would allow a small thing like that to
affect her, and sach damsel womanfully
strove with her new stockings next morn
ing, put them on, went up stairs before
going down, and was happy to a. certain
degree. Not entirely happy, for those un
accustomed woollen stockings were most
uncomfortable. And then, being prudent
damsels a sudden thought occurred to
them. Would It be safe putting on any
thing eo warm In the middle of winter
to take It off again Immediately. No:
they decided not, and mournfully started
out to purchase a supply of those awful
woollen stockings, which neither one dar
ed to leave off until the first really warm
day. Every tulip In park flower beds,
every bud on a treq has meant to them
not the beauties of spring, but one more
link loosened In the chain which has
bound them to the thralldom of woollen
stockings.
The Christian Endeavor World tells this
little story: In a school for colored chil
dren there was a little boy who could
persist In saying, “have went."
The teacher kept him in one night and
raid:
"Now, while I am out of the room you
may write ‘have gone' fifty times.
WJien the teacher cam* back he looked
rvt the boy’s paper, and there was "Have
gone fifty times." On the other side was
written, “I have went home.”
The secret of perennial loveliness has
been discovered at last, and now upon
payment of a fee the rich, ripe bloom of
healthy youth can be Indelibly fixed upon
the cheeks of all who desire It ,
Credit for the wonderful discovery, says
the London Mail, mutt be given equally
to an American lady and to Mr. Suther
land Macdonald, a West End tattoolst—
to the fair American for the suggestion,
and to Mr. Macdonald for having carried
out successfully one of the most wonder
ful and interesting operations of modern
times. In his small "studio" Mr. Macdon
ald has for many years pursued the veiv
profitable profession of tattoolst. Beneath
the deft manipulation of his sleotrically
driven needle hundreds of ladles and gen
tlemen. Including representatives of ths
very proudest families in the kingdom,
have been epidemically decorated with
highly artistic designs in every color.
Personages whose names are familiar to
Ihe world have emerged from his room
wilh their backs, arms and cheats em
blazoned with fiery dragons, snakes, but
terflies, birds, armoral bearings, regimen
tal colors,and a hundred other devices.
Until recent the tattoolat’s feminine clien
tele had not got beyond a tiny butterfly
on the shoulder or some small design on
the arm About a month ago, however,
Mr. Macdonald had a visitor, who in the
course of a few minutes' conversation
opened up a marvelous prospect for the
art.
“Bee here." said the lady. "I'm Just
dead tired of putting color on my cheeks.
Don't you think you could tattoo ma a
nice healthy glow that would tay there
all the time?"
Mr. Macdonald was for the moment
staggered by the proposal. "Well," he
said, “I've never tried the experiment,
but of you are willing to risk It I'll ob
serve the effect of it on myself, and If
I am satisfied I’ll undertake the opera
tion.” The lady thanked him, and prom
ised to return in a few days.
Now. as a conscientious tattoolst who
knows that mistakes are Irreparable. Mr.
Macdonald haa in the course of many
years covered himself with what may be
described as “trial trips;" but, having
found a vacant patch near his right an
kle, he proceeded to experiment with a
pigment that closely resembles rouge in
color. For some days he Jabbed away
without getting the desired result, but at
the end of a week of close and careful
observation he, to his great delight, ob
tained the exact tint for facial applica
tion.
He furthermore discovered that It was
necessary to grade the coloring so that
by repeating ths process over the pig
ment already inserted he was able to
make a perfect Imitation of the glow of
health.
Then the American lady returned, and
to her great delight waa Informed that
If she wss still dstsrmlned to go through
with It the tattooing could ba done.
"Even then." said Mr. Macdonald aft
erward to a Dally Mall represantative, "I
was very nervous about It, for I know
that If It waa a failure nothing on earth
could remove the evidences of the blun
der. However, I yielded to persuasion and
sst to work with the finest needle I had
and some carefully prepared color. How
closely I watched the effect of every in
sertion of the pigment and what a state
of anxiety I was In Until the second tat
tooing had been finished I shall always
remembsr. But It was a success beyond
anything that either of ua had expected.
The American lady looked at herself in
the glass and went away delighted be
yond measure with the successful results
of her own bright idea.”
It Is perhaps hardly nteeisary to say
that ths lsdy with the permanent glow
told a close friend about It, and that
within a month three other American la
dles had been similarly treated. Than
came un English lodsy Journalist who had
hoard of the operation from the Amerl
< cans, and afterward two other English
| ladles acquired a perment color by the
same process.
Bo far aeven ladles have purchased
charming complexions that will naver
I fade. and many others bavo written for
THE MORNING NEWS: SUNDAY. MAY 19. 190 U
particulars. But the tattoolst himself Is
not keen on the new craze, and when a
lady wrote the other day to ask If the
color would remain upon her cheeks aft
er death, Mr. Macdonald replied that It
certainly would. Whereupon the lady,
dreading a post mortem discovery, wrote
to say that she would rather go
lng pale than have people say things
about her after death.
The enterprising tatoolst ia now mak
ing a aeries of interesting experiments
upon himself In the gentle art of Insert
ing small rose diamonds beneath his
skin to form the glistening eyes of
dragons and other weird creatures.
Red parasols sing such a gay note
along the highways and byways of sum
mer resorts that they are chosen by many
because of their decorative possibilities.
Olivines ere used with charming effect
In brooches made to represent natural
blades of grass which, because of their
seasonable appropriateness, are now very
popular.
A novelty In handkerchief-land is made
of figured linen. It has a kind of damask
finish; the figures are bowknota and fleur
de-lis.
Buttons are a great feature in the dec
oration of the new gowns, particularly
very small pearl buttons.
The new-shaped, low-necked lace bole
ros for evening wear are very smart, and,
worn with long, plain, rather tight-fitting
sleeves of lace to match, lok very chic.
White petticoats of sheer line lawn
have resumed their rightful sway In the
world of fashion this season, and de
veloped great possibilities In the way of
decoration. Exquisite flounces of fine em
broidery are edged with laca; lace inser
tions and motifs are inset In all sorts
of designs, and lace frills fall over each
other quite as generously as If the gar
ment were to be worn on the outside.
In fact, these fancy skirts are worn for
neglige with fancy sacques. Colored lawn
skirts are very pretty Indeed to wear
with wash gowns, and then there are
dainty petticoats of thin wash silk trim
med prettily with lacb.
Gilt crinoline very gauzy In texture
makes a charming toque with a few green
leaves and a black velvet bow for trim
ming. he stylish bow of blackvelvet rib
bon Is the crowning touch on many of the
light fancy straws, even though flowers
are used, and nothing else sets them off
so prettily. The simple hat is the one
which gains distinction Just at present,
as millinery In general Is a bewildering
confusion of materials, blossoms and
feathers. Platted hats of mousseline with
a straw facing and a wreath of flowers
for trimming are charming.
The attitude of the body In sleeping
has a direct influence upon the heart,
lungs and digestive organs. The carriage
of the body while awake is also largely
affected by its position during the third
or more of the day spent in sleep.
One should always sleep on the right
side. The body should be extended to Its
full length and the head thrown way
back The left arm should be thrown as
far back as possible, thus expanding the
chest.
When one lies on the left side an un
usual weight comes Just oyer the heart,
which should, of course, be left as free
as possible.
Never sleep with the arms extended
above the head or the limbs drawn up,
for this interferes with circulation. It
is also a mistake to iie on the stomach,
for this tends to cramp the heart and
digestive organs.
The lower the pillow the better. High
bolsters hold the head at an unusual an
gle. Many people are made round
shouldered by using too high pillows. The
habit of elepeing with the head at such
an angle is soon acquired. To cure one's
self it is well to reduce the hight of the
pillow gradually.
It Is not enough to ventilate the sleep
ing-room at night and in the morning.
Draughts of air should pass through it
freely throughout the day and all night
long. Draperies and hanging about the
bed should be done away with, as being
likely to collect germs, which It is diffi
cult to remove. If one Is afraid of
draughts a high folding screen may be
placed about the head of the bed.
The rule of simplicity should hold for
all the furnishings of the room. The room
should be comparatively cool for a per
son of normal health, but the bed should
be provided with plenty of warm cover
ings.
There, is a dear old lady on North
Charles street, says the Baltimore Sun,
who for years cherished a hope that
some day she might be fortunate enough
to discover the mate to a splendid old
andiron that had been In her possession
for many decades. It was an exquisite
piece of brass and it shaps and carvings
were so unique that its Individuality was
firmly established.
Every one of the old lady’s kith and
kin had searched diligently for the old
andiron's fellow, but without success. The
owner herself had ransacked every Junk
shops and second-hand store In half the
big cities of the East. A few months ago
she reluctantly came to the conclusion,
that the twin andiron must be in the
possession of the missing Charlie Ross,
and hence lost to her forever.
Two weeks ago, on being Invited to
contribute to a “rummage sale.” she sent
the old brass—not without a tear of re
gret at Its departure.
That same day the old lady’s daughter,
acting as one of the patronesses to the
“rummage," beheld an old andiron which
caused her-heart to leap Into her throat.
“It is. it is the very twin of mamma's,"
she cried. "Won't the dear old girl be
pleased!”
The young matron dug down in her
purse, brought up $18.65 and fairly bub
bled with Joy to think that at last, after
all these years, she was the one to find
the missing and long-sought-for andiron.
Do you think she told them to “send it
vjp?" Not she. A cab was ordered and
into It went the old brass and Its fair
purchaser.
At last the andiron was tn the hall
way and the maid was bringing mamma
down to "see something.”
FIELD WORK.
Good for Some Women.
Even people who work out of doors
are troubled with the effects of coffee
drinking. A German woman in Egan, S.
D . Mrs. L. Seng, says that she did not
know what was the cause of her being
sick and miserable as she bud been for
some years past. Her own words are in
teresting.
“I bed no appetite, suffered consider
ably with headache and dizziness, and
was compelled to take tome pills or
medicine regularly for my bowels. In
this condition I lived for many years. It
was poor and dear living as my doctor's
bills win show. I had no Idea that cof
fee was the cau.e of my ill healtk until
1 read In the paper about Poetum Food
Coffee and concluded to leave off the
coffee and take Postum.
•I had only used Poetum a week when
1 began to feel well. My stomach be
gan to work all right, headache left, end
had no more dizziness. I am able to eat
now and sleep and work. During the
last season I have been at work in the
field where before I was not able to
•weep out a room.”
Asa rule people engaged In active
physical work can better stand the toxic
effect of the coffee than brain workers
who have blit little physical exercise.
When a man or woman finds sickness
coming on, such as stomHch trouble,
weak eyes, bowel complaint, kidney
trouble, etc., It le time soma attention Is
given to the subject of beverages.
In practically all eueh cases where
coffee is the drink, one can obtain relief
by leaving off coffee and taking Poetum
Food Coffee, for they leave off a drink
that Is sn active producer of disease and
take in Its place a powerful liquid food
lhat contains elements for rebuilding the
nerve center* that have heretofore been
torn down.
IWESSONj
ODORLESS 4fr
fCOOKIN
Goes Twice as Far
as Lard or Butter!
IT IS EASILY DIGESTED AND
ALWAYS CLEANLY, WHICH
LARD IS NOT.
Wesson’s Salad Oil
ii fir greater vilue thin the finest im
ported olive oil and hu the same flavor.
Aik your friendly grocer for it and uve
good money.
"There, you dear old love, there’* the
mate to your old brass."
"Goodness, gracious, Susan, where did
you ever get it? And to think I’ve parted
with mine.”
“I found It at the rummage, dear.
Wasn’t it lucky that I was there?”
A little water and smelling salts were
so effective that the old lady was able
to sit up within an hour.
Two years ago, says the Cosmopolitan,
when Sir Thomas Dipton's Erin was fol
lowing Columbia and Shamrock around
the course of the International yacht
races, Olga Nethersole was a member of
a party on board.
The Chevalier de Martino, marine paint
er in ordinary to her late Majesty the
Queen, leaned against the rail near her
steamer chair, enthusiastic over the beau
ties of sky and clouds, as they hung over
Sandy Hook. Miss Nethersole turned to
him and said, thoughtfully, still contem
plating the distant horizon: "Do you
know, Chevalier, that's a beautiful bit of
blue sky just ahead of us. I’ve been
studying it, and I've an Idea. I believe
colors Influence temper. That blue, for
instance, makes me feel spiritual; and the
red over there —doesn’t; while the gray
makes me dull and spiritless. I’ve been
wondering why I couldn’t apply it to my
gowns. To Camille, for instance, scarlet
in the first act; blue in the second, re
vealing a more spiritual tendency; pink
In the third, symbolic of the flesh, and
white for the purifying influence.”
The following week, anew set of gowns
was accordingly ordered for "Camille.”
So Ogla Nethersole’s mind never ceases
to work for her art, even when her body
rests.
The Americans are as unmistakable In
Paris as they are everywhere else. The
golf-skirted, felt-hatted ones have not
come yet, and it Is hard to decide Just
how you can tell your fellow-countrywo
men so quickly. A friend with whom I
was walking the other days, says Geral
dine Bonner in a Paris Letter, told me
she thought it was the shoes. We were
on the Rue St. Honore, and were at
tracted by a pair of tall, well-framed,
rthletic-looking girls walking on the oth
er side. They had muscular but slender
figures, very long legs, line, broad atioul
ders and large feet. They were dressed,
with a sort of sleek masculine neatness,
in tailor suits and turban hats, dogskin
gloves and heavy patent-leather shoes.
We were speculating upon their nation
ality, knowing in an Instant that they
were not Parisians, when our eyes fell
upon their feeb and my friend exclaimed:
"Americans! Cook at their shoes!” Amer
icans are the only women who wear these
manly looking ties Of an amazing thick
ness and size.
Despite these Idiosyncrasies of hers—
which are regarded as the interesting fol
lies of an eccentric but attractive being
-•the American woman is conceded to be
a very superior creature, both in looks,
mind and character. All over Europe no-v
her attractions are admitted. The points
of beauty which all agree In praising are
her figure, carriage and clothes. But I
do not think It is her appearance that at
tracts so much as her manner. The frank
and natural manner of the American girl,
especially In her converse with men, is
very unusual in a country where the fem
inine half of the population is brought
up in the old, traditional ruts. That a
girl can talk with a man, walk with him,
dance with him, laugh and Joke and per
slflcate with him without consciousness,
or boldness, or arrlere pensee, or senti
mental relations In the background, is
hard for a European to understand; but
when they once get it through their
heads their admiration for the girl's clev
erness and poise are augmented by their
respect for her as a woman who knows
how to use her liberty without ever
dreaming of abusing It. Both in England
and France her capacity to take high
positions creditably Is looked upon as one
of her most remarkable attributes. The
English can never make out how this cu
rious self-possession and aplomb have
come to her. They will often speak to you
of It as of a conundrum that they hove
never been able to solve.
Looking at her from the mathematical
point of view," said the thoughtful man
on the *rear platform, “she is something
worthy the study of all.”
"Huh?” said the conductor. “What did
you say?”
“I was thinking of something," said the
fhoughtful man, dreamily. “Go on col
lecting your fares. Never mind me." The
conductor, says the New York Herald,
stared unutterable things, while the
thoughtful man went on, softly:
"I saw her when she got on. She weighs
probably a hundred pounds net. Her
hight 1 should put at about 5 feet 3
inches. Her width is somewhat problem
atical. Let us say, for the purposes of
argument, that she could naturally occu
py a 12-inch seating space and have an
inch or two left over in case of emer
gency.
"When she got on the car there were
a good many vacant spaces. She took up
her position In one of these. After she
had settled herself down there was no
longer a gap between either of her neigh
bors and herself. Before she sat down
there was sn opening between the two
rfeighbors of the width of two car win
dows, or a total chasm of forty-eight
inches. Neither of the men moved ifter
she sat down. And yet there jwas now no
space In sight.
"The deduction Is simple. Granting the
woman a legitimate width of twelve
inches-* a liberal estimate—and consider
ing the available space prior to her occu
pancy. forty-eight Inohes, It follows that
the woman Is now in possession of an
overplus of thirty-six Inches, which It
would be Interesting to account for. In
behalf of the considerations of research
and examination I shall endeavor to learn
the Inwardness of the phenomenon."
"Huh?" said the cortduotor.
But the thoughtful man was standing
before the woman and politely requesting
her to make room. When she gathered In
about two feet of skirting the thougatful
man smiled peacefully. But the woman's
eyes snapped Are.
I wonder If the Queen will remain the
only Lady of the Garter, or If King Ed
ward will bestow this distinction on any
other lady, says the Lady's Plctoral. If
only for the beauty of the Insignia and
the habit, I think many dames would
oovet lha honor. The Inelglnla consists of
the garter, the collar, and Its pendant,
the George, and the star.
The garter was at first of light blue
■llk, with the motto set In pearlz, rubies
and iamonds. Now It is of dark blue vel
vet about an Inch wide, with the motto
In gold letters. It is worn In the case
of a lady on the left arm, above the el
bow.
The collar, which was Introduced by
Henry VII, is of red and white enamel
and gold, and the pendant is a figure of
Bt. George slaying the dragon. The col
lar and George were appointed to be worn
on all Important occasions, but for minor
functions a lesesr George attached to a
dark blue ribbon could be worn.
At the opening of Parliament Queen
Alexandra wore only the greater and
lesser George. •
The habit is very handsome, consist
ing of a purple velvet mantle lined with
white taffeta, the surcoat and hood of
crimson velvet. The hat is of black vel
vet ornamented with white ostrich feath
ers, in the center of which is a lofty
plume of black heron’s feathers, the
whole attached to the hat by a clasp of
diamonds.
Every woman, says the New York Tri
bune, when making her half yearly In
spection of her closets and trunks has
probably experienced the great difficulty
of deciding what to keep and what to give
or throw away as useless. Perhaps there
Is no department of housekeeping In which
the natural depravity of inanimate ob
jects Is more exemplified than In such se
lections. Some garment or piece of ma
terial has been kept year after year Just
because it is "too good to throw away.”
It has been taken from the town house to
the country house, and back again from
the dountry house to the town house, and
the expected need 1 for it has never oc
curred. Finally the owner is quite tired
out waiting until It may be useful, and
gives It away with a bundle of old
clothes; whereupon, of course, the long
looked for occasion arrives when its need
Is almost Imperative, and something must
be' bought to fill a necessity for which the
missing object would have been “just the
thing.” Many women get queerly attach
ed to their old clothes, to the various
rich materials that have composed their
dinner gowns and other handsome toilets.
They cannot bear to treat with disrespect
material that has been very costly, and
the consequence is they accumulate a
regular storehouse during years of pros
perous living. “Mary is never happy
without her rags,” laughed the husband
of one of these thrifty dames. “She carts
trunks around with her filled with old
clothes, and yet she is forever getting
new ones. We actually had to build an
addition to our house to accommodate
them.” "Nonsense, James,” interpolated
his wife indignantly. “You know very
well that you yourself suggested Shat we
should copy that lovely wardrobe room in
one of Viollet le Due’s interiors of an old
French chateau. But I do love my
things," she confessed; “my laces, my
brocades and my velvets. All are quite
dear to me, and I do not mean to have
them divided up until I am dead.”
ENGAGINGLY LOVLY HATS.
Every Woman More or Leas a Plun
ger In Millinery.
New York, May 17.-This spring stands
well at the head of Its class for the en
gaging loveliness of its hats. Every wo
man is a plunger In millinery, because
she simply cannot resist Its undisputed
charm and Its capacity for beautifying
any head it adorns. There Is no draw
ing a comparison between the toques and
shepherdesses and Louis XVIII shapes,
because they are all admirable and all
apparently equal In the share they pos
sess of the shoppers' affections.
Perhaps it is safe to say that wide hats
are a trifle more modish than narrow
brimmed ones. This relates, however,
only to dress hats, and the unclassifiable
way In which some of the broad-eaved
straws are pinched and looped and gar
nished, for the undoing of a hitherto care
ful and cautious shopper, Is pretty clear
ly showed in a sketch of two fair girls,
who are in garden party bravery. One
of them wears a white oat straw, so
wired that the brim stands out like gable
ends over both ears, and the crown is
pretty well concealed with wide, open
hedge roses of a becoming pink. A big
sash of black panne is tied right across
the forward brim, and at the rear a huge
bow of this same material shines against
the half.
The companion to this Is a deep cream
leghorn, overlaid with an accordion-pleat
ed flounce of white chiffon. This fluffy
frill is made fast to the small crown by
an embroidered ribbon of gold, while an
irresponsible and coquettish handful of
blue roses, having goolden hearts, is
perched perilously on the very edge of the
left-hand brim. Under the roof of this
leghorn a big black taffeta bow is set
and fastened with many small Jewel-head
ed pins.
Hats With Six Brims.
Hats with as many as six brims are
securing a well-earned notoriety as wel
come novelties. Sometimes the brims are
made of tulle gathered on wire and
their edges are bound with a fine straw
cord; sometimes a thin, crisp straw it
self Is used, but all the brims, save the
first one nearest the face, are required
to stand a trifle apart to convey an Im
pression of delicate and attractive fluffl
ness. Only the crown, then, needs any
off-setting additions In the way of roses
or bows, and usually a tuft of something
is set against the hair.
Traveling and outing hats of all kinds
have showed themselves no less progres
sive In that evolution toward beauty than
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penetrates through the skin carry
ing strength and elasticity with it
It strengthens the whole system and
prevents all of the discomforts of
pregnancy.
The mother of a plumb babe in
Panama, Mo., says: “ I have used
Mother's Friend and can praise it
highly.”
Get Mother’s Friend at the
Drug Store, $1 per bottle.
The Bradfleld Regulator Cos.,
ATLANTA, GA.
Write for our free illustrated book,
“ Before Baby is Born.”
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their more splendid, rose wreathed, full
dress relations. For the spring that we
are now enjoying a whole tribe of delight
ful wool hats have been brought out. In
thin, water-proof, satiny surfaced felts
they make steamer yaohtlng, boating,
golf, tennis and walking caps and hats
of every color. Some of them are cream
white, stitched in blue, belted about the
crown with blue velveteen scarfs and
fastened with enameled and non-rustable
buckles. Postillion caps are the proper
shape for bicyclists, who wear as often
winged bats of rough water-proof cloth.
Numbers of fair mariners, who propose
to cross the ocean blue, are buying crush
felts In grey or golden brown, or sailor
blue. These fold up, and snuggle in a
mackintosh pocket, and are sometime*
HAT OF WHITE OAT STRAW. DEEP CREAM LEGHORN.
fastened on with three yards of marine
blue chiffon veiling, which Is wound once
about the crown of the hat, crossed at
the back of the head, and the ends,
brought forward under the chin, are tied
in a full and flowing bow knot.
Vogue of the Soft Felt.
To keep pace with the vogue of the
soft felt the hat manufacturers have In
troduced traveling straws so flexible that
they, too, can be mashed or folded flat
without doing any injury to their shape.
By another excellent device the stiff out
ing straws are, as a rule, trimmed with
decorations of their own material, big
straw bows and folds and.prettlly enough,
small and large straw buckles are util
ized In the make up of what In hot
weather Is the ltghest weight, coolest and
most dust-proof hat that has been yet
offered the seeker after an all around
species of headgear.
Under no circumstance* is a cap worn
for traveling or sporting, and the wool
or felt sailors are the only remnants left
of this long popular summer shape. Ordi
narily the new sailors are made of very
pliable felt, with brims slightly diminish
ing at the rear, and a trifle wider in
front than has been the rule. Around the
crown of a sea-going sailor hat goes a
scarf that is fastened at one side In a
soft knot, held fast by a couple of silver
pins, the heads of which represent some
nautical beast or fowl.
With the hats that are now seasonable
it seems almost necessary to wear broad
OUTDOOR AND BPORTINO HAT.
black combs In order to give the head -
gear the proper support, and the hatpins
are more and more aggressively orna
mented. Glittering jeweled pins have had
■t slight setback In popular esteem, and
gold and diver headed pins, that are dis
creetly dappled with turquoise or fresh
water pearls, and that are also designed
under the rulings of the new art move
ment, are distinctly the mode. For exam
ple, a charming hatpin will show a tragta
end comic masque on Its head, and the
eyea and hair of the masque will be set
with small stones. Another popular de
sign is a fat golden cupld with a Jeweled
bow and arrow.
Double veils of white under black have
passed out. In their stead women are
wearing flna meshed white net veils
threaded and dotted with black. To resist
the seaside dampness, veils of fine black
mohair have been put forth. They are
very strong and have constitution enough
to resist even a heavy fog. J>. M.
Census to Settle a Bel.
From the Milwaukee Sentinel.
Kenosha, Wls., May 7.—A special cen
sus of the towns of Selma and Bristol,
rival villages In this county, has been
ordered for the sole purpose of deciding
a wager In which the town having the
larger possible population will be the ben
eficiary.
Borne time ago the report of the last
census was given out and It showed Bris
tol to be the second largest town In the
county. Salem had claimed the honor,
and the residents of the two towns have
been sparring over the matter ever since.
On last Saturday a number of people of
Bristol met a number of Balem people
at another village and a large wsger was
laid on the population. It is stated that
the wager si pul a ted that the losing town
was to pay the expense of an enumeration
and the winning town was to have the
amount of the wager to be applied on
the library fund. The wager wa# sanc
tioned by the leading people of the two
towns, and special census was ordered
taken. The enumerators started their
work this morning.
By the ’nst census Bristol was give* •
population of 189 and Salem 112.