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HOSTESS WEARS WHITE.
MODISH RECEPTION AND AT HOME
TOILETS THIS WINTER AVOID
COLOH.
Valois Stylos Have Hern Enthusias
tically Received by Fashionable
Women—Gold Has I tterly Disap
peared From Well Selected Ward
robes—Bold Button Are Once More
Used to Advantage on Velvet and
Corduroy Coat*.
New York, Dee. 6.—White is not
only for brides this winter, but it is,
by virtue of its very' charm, the most
approved choice for indoor reception
gowns The hostess at a luncheon, at
an afternoon at home, at a musical
morning, or an afternoon committee
meeting, shines in snowy and effective
contras: among her gaily and various
ly costumed guests. "We can hardly
keep our counters supplied with white
materials.” was the pleased confession
of one of the leading dry goods mer
chants, "and while the richest white
moire silk is first on the list of effec
tive fabrics for house dresses, there
le not any greater demand for It than
for soft and inexpensive white wopls,
•ach as albatross cloth, nuns’ veiling.
A RENOVATION IN BLACK AND GREEN.
loose woven homespun and all the
qualities of cashmere.”
Seen in the Show Room*.
An appreciative review of a whole
show room full of white reception *ol
-ets proved that the soft woods were
in the majority, that simplicity of line
wm the rule in their make up, and
that while flat applications of white
lace on white goods is modish in the
extreme, there were plenty of white
reception toilets daintily relieved with
lines of black and an occasional touch
of soft color. The color is touched in
by means of a bow, a belt, a rever,
or a collar, but often enough even that
single point of contrast Is missing.
The advantages of the black and
■white reception dress are showed in
the illustration of a white nuns' veil
ing printed in a black vermicelli pat
tern. Both skirt and waist are va
riegated with treatments of white
peau de sole and lacings of black bebe
velvet ribbon. Two large brilliant
buttons ornament the silk belt and the
points of the Jacket.
Skirts and waists that are slashed
open and then laced with ribbon are a
trifle in advance of those that are only
14 ORE* AND GREEN RUNABOVi iiVXLii V* SCOTCH MIXTURE.
stitched or strapped. It Is not consid
ered in the best taste to use this means
of decoration, save on gowns meant
for somewhat ceremonious occasions.
There is portrayed,for example, a black
cloth calling dress that has been Ideal
ized and reincarnated from a ward
robe of last year by the discreet and
inexpensive introduction of slashings
and lacings that reveal pleatings of
clear Canton blue crepe. The skirt is
altered not at all from its last year
lines, with the exception of the fans of
pleated crepe introduced at the bases
of the front seams. These openings
give the foot of the skirt just that pret
ty flare that has crept In this season,
and the lacings are done with black vel
vet ribbons.
Only such remnants of last winter’s
black waist were retained as were nec
essary to supply the requisite strap
pings for a smart tucked blue crepe
bodice that hooks up in the rear. With
a knot of velvet heather blossoms
pinned on the left breast this captivat
ing gown has easily passed under the
most critical eyes as an entirely new
creation from Paris.
Ynlol* Coat.
What's become of all the gold that
used to glitter last winter from the tips
of her braided slippers to the
bow In the hair of the
well dressed woman? You can
walk the shops and Investigate the
dressmakers’ establishments and not
find enough gold braid to loop once
round your little finger. Gold specked
velveteens and gold threaded gauzes
have disappeared, too, and the only
possible successor showed to the days
of gilt and glitter we knew twelve
months ago is a taffeta decorated with
dots, dashes and weed designs done
with a brush dipped in copper paint.
This is a true nouveaute de Paris,
but a little of it goes a long way, and
the conservative women are using
touches of it on the vests, cuffs and
collars of their renovated fur and cloth
coats. There is still another purpose
to which it may more strikingly be
devoted, and that is to the construc
tion of a Valois coat. The dressmak
ers who are endowed with a mysterious
and precious foreknowledge of fashion
events to be, hint darkly at the ap
proach of a mild rage for everything
of the Valois period. Perfectly true
it is that in the days of the fair Mar
guerite of Valois and famous Francis
the First fashions first became mat
ters of great pith and moment, and
these copper painted taffetas were then
invented. If you take these warnings
into consideration, and if you are hes
itating over the mode of some sort of
dressy garment to wear with a plain
cloth skirt, both for the theater and
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generation and use a little painted
taffeta in the make-up of a Valois
coat.
There is a sketch of such a coat
gtven-^or—the err&oUFagement -of -any
woman toward the new material and
the new design. It Is not by any means
a radical garment in shape, and It Is
wrought of bronze green taffeta, dot
ted In metallic coppery spots, garnish
ed with motifs of ecru Russian lace,
and still further brightened with a full
front and high drawn collar of ge
ranium red Japanese crepe. The full
gathered sleeve drawn into the close
fitting, transparent lace cuffs, and the
loose cape-like jacket of decorated taf
fta, over the close fitting foundation
body of plain silk, are both, In the
construction of this ornamental full
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BLACK AND WHITE RECEPTION
DRESS, SHOWING EFFECTIVE
LACINGS ON SKIRT AND BODICE.
dress waist, new features copied from
a portrait of Valois times.
Decidedly we are going back to the
use of bold buttons, but only as deco
rative elements in tailors' as well as
dressmakers' gowns. On some of the
prettiest velveteen and corduroy suits
large wood button molds covered with
intensely gay brocade have advantage
ously appeared. These buttons are as
big as a half dollar, are slightly con
vex in form and the bit of brocade
that covers each mold shows a very
Frenchy basket of Bowers, a blossom
wreathed shepherd’s crook, a flute, pipe
and tambourine bound with ribbons.
There is no gainsaying the charm of
these or the brilliancy of those that
have velvet rims and cut steel or strass
centers. Again we hear the title Va
lois applied to these, and if a gay bit
of brocade is used in the decoration of
j
A VALOIS COAT DESTINED TO BE
POPUJLAR.
a dark gown a Mt of brocade buttons
completes the color study, without add
ing greatly to the expense.
The tailors show a marked preference
for pierced sliver buttons that are
frank and not costly copies of those
worn a century and a half ago.. When
It is the case of a smart morning walk
ing or traveling dress the man of
stitches unhesitatingly suggests a
double row of sliver buttons down the
front of the high buttoned waistcoat.
If the suit under consideration is be
ing built for a young and slender wo
man the tailor's argument Is all in
favor of a skirt clearing the ground
ind cloth of any cheerful color. Black
•tnd sober Oxford greys be used to ad
vise for what are now called runabout
suits, and a mode that was simple to
the verge of severity pleased both
tailor and customer best. If black Is
need this winter in the construction of
a short skirted suit it is adorned with
such liberal decorations in red or green
that the gaiety of the costume Is Its
'most striking characteristic.
The very best of these dresses, how
ever, follow with almost unvarying
fidelity the lines laid down by the
sketch of a traveler. This Is a grey
and green Scotch mixture, rough of
surface and treated with black stitch
ed bands of Itself both at
the foot and where the pockets
are Introduced. Black ladies’ cloth
is used on the cuffs and revers of the
coat, but the waistcoat is smooth grey
cloth. dotted In green and fastened with
twelve pretty silver buttons. At the
top of the waistcoat, a green silk tie.
folded In the Regent knot, appears,
and the rolled colonial toque of stitch
ed grey felt and green satin bands is
decorated with a big rear bow of green
ribbon fastened with a steel buckle.
Among the toilet details that seem
to retain their hold on feminine fancy
are the back hair combs studded with
turquoise or solidly topped with a
broad band of clear turquoise blue en
amel. Lower down on the back hair,
which, by the way, is as tempting as
a pin cushion as a receptacle for or
namental brooches of all sorts, the
short locks, that threaten untidyness
unless controlled, are often and neat
ly caught by a hit of black bebe rib
bon tied In a small bow knot.
Mary Dean.
ONE DAY REST pURES.
A Perfect Repair Shop for Irritable
Nerve*.
New York. Dec. 6. —The one day rest
cure was first recommended and ex
perimented with in New York city last
winter. Such a boon and salve to over
excited feminine nerves did this method
of short and frequent relaxations prove
that the proprietress of Rest House, as
it. is called, has been obliged to increase
her accommodations. The proprietress,
who also proudly regards herself as
the originator of an entirely new sys
tem for conserving nerve force, began
professional life as a trained nurse,
whose specialty was the care of pa
tients suffering frtmr nerv-mr; prostra
tion. Trained nursing,in her experience,
was an interesting and successful call
ing, but for an ambitious woman it
had its limitations, and when she had
reached the top notch as a high priced
and expert professional she decided to
go into a bigger business.
She advocates the establishment of
Institutions, modeled on her own, in
every big city In the country, not only
as successful business ventures for
enterprising members of her own sex,
but also as sorely needed repair shops
for women who are overtaxed by the
demands of the hyper-exhilarating and
strenuous modern city life
Rest House.
The beginnings of Rest House were
made by the choice of a plain but
ample old mansion, selected in that
quarter of New York city where the
roar of traffic is almost unheard. Be
fore the proprietress signed her leae
she made careful investigations as to
the surroundings. On one side of the
property she wished to rent stood a
Quaker meeting house, a library build
ing occupied the rear and an institution
for the shelter of aged ladies was her
left hand neighbor.
When the lease was signed the house
was uniquely and beautifully decorated
under the lessee’s personal supervision.
Upstairs and down the space was di
vided into suits of bedroom, sitting
room and bath, and the walls were
washed with the softest and most rest
ful tints, or hung with pleasing green,
dull red or quiet blue cartridge papers.
In her experience with nervous folk
the head of the establishment had
learned the value of surroundings that
do not excite the imagination.
A figured wall paper is one of the
trifles she had found that can often
drive a tired mind into a shockingly
irritable state. Flowers or geometrio
patterns can become distorted under
an exalted gaze into teasing likenesses
of people and things and sharp con
trast® of color are almost as trying.
Dark walls or those colored a cloudy
grey blue are not finished with light
woodwork in that house. Door and
window facings, mop boards and pic
ture moldings are all painted the ex
act color of the wails. Curtains and
carpets, shades and furniture are al
so equally plain, and where pictures
hang in a room they are carefully se
lected photographs or engravings of
land or sea-scrapers.
Ot<l Fnsuioned Simplicity.
From garret to cellar there is not
one evidence of superfluous modern
luxury or decoration, and the only bric
a-brac allowed are bowls and vases of
flowers, palms, ferns, potted plants in
bloom and occasionally a bowl of fish.
There are ojien fires in every room.
On the center-table of each sitting
room is a green shaded students' lamp
and a few magazines; the guest goes
to bed by candle light, and the only
gas jets is in the bath. Electricity is
introduced only in the basement and
cellar, and in that latter subterranean
apartment the telephone, messenger
call and various bells, of the front door,
trades men’s entrance and guests'
rooms, are located. In the cellar also
is a furnace that warms the halls by
heating pipes, over which fresh air
from the street passes before it rises
through the flues, and all the servants,
who minister in person to the wants
of the guests, are trained to speak in
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and don’t grip or gripe; the kind they like themselves.
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after our children. as good a * CascM-Fts. Save to Keep them hid
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with bleeding piles. We began to give him ‘‘l shall never be without Cascarets. My
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was sound and well,” a portion of a tablet, and cry for more. They
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well and began to romit and became very sick. use Cascarets in our family and they
A half Caacarefc tablet was given her and in less '•b'ldren g friend.
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Cascarets are a household necessity.” “I always keep Cascarets in the house for th
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“My little girl was greatly troubled with —Mrs. Chas. Root, 6U2 Lorain St., Cleveland, O.
worms, but after giving her a 25c box of Cas- “For months I have used Cascarets. and mr
carets, she is entirely well.”—Mrs. John F. Bliey, little ones require no other medicine.” ’
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modulated tones and step as lightly
as Hebe herself.
An environment that fairly breathes
of peace is what it has been the effort
to create for the benefit of those who
desire accommodations and rest for
twelve, twenty-four or forty-eight
hours, as the case may be. The pro
prietress does not take in. nervous
wrecks, women who have overtaxed
their vitality and energy until hysteria
or acute exhaustion result, or those
wlio are tottering on the brink of pros
tration. Such cases are outside her
scope and demand more care and time
than she can give. Her house was
opened especially for the convenience
of the woman who is glad to take
the simple precautions that prevent a
collapse or who appreciates the charm
and advantage or resting, but can not
enjoy in her own home, just the peace
and isolation and sympathetic sur
roundings that Rest Hotn-e offers.
The Treatment.
The majority of the patrons of Rest
House are rich, busy society hostesses,
gay belles and debutantes with a
sprinkling of popular authoresses,
musical stars and leading actresses. Of
course, it is a sad commentary on the
luxury of modern living that these
women are obliged to go out of their
home to find rest. In spite of its be
ing a pity, is it true that the larger
and more splendid the city house be
comes and the more complete its scien
tific conveniences, the more is it a
scene of bustile and excitement.
It is all well enough for a doctor to
advise the half hour afternoon nap
or the occasional holiday in bed as a
preventive of nervous depletion, but
this otherwise valuable repose is robbed
of nearly all its efficacy in the aver
age private house when the maid taps
at the door with important telegrams,
notes or messages and the roar of
street traffic and the indoor movement
is woven distressingly into every dream.
To the women who live the nerve rack
ing existence of the popular apart
ment hotel repose is even more em
phatically denied, and it is to these
victims of overcivilized living that the
Idea of a retreat has especially ap
pealed.
Asa Plek-Me-Up.
When a fashionable leader in New
York society has had a peculiarly try
ing week of work or play, and she
can't spare the time or energy for a
few days in the oountry, and her mirror
warns her that the late hours and
combats with domestic problems are
beginning to tell on her damask cheek
she telephones for accommodations in
Rest House. Tn twenty minute® she
and her dressing bag are passing up
the broad easy stairs of the retreat
to her room®, where a skillful, quiet
maid puts her into a lounging robe and
slippers, lets down her hair, wheels
her in a deep wadded napping chair
before the cheerful hearth and rubs her
down from top to toe with aromatics.
The massaging process takes in her
whole scalp and then her face is gently
kneaded with fragrant, fresh cocoanut
ointment. A state of exquisite relaxed
semi-consciousness follows this mani
pulation of her weary limbs, and rolled
in a down coverled she is left to doze
and wake and doze again until four
o’clock. At this hour the maid brings
her a sup of hot, clear broth, for tea
and coffee are not used in Rest House,
and after sipping this and munching
a dry biscuit she is advised to lie
back in her chair until dinner and in
vite her soul.
Every hour spent In a relaxed posi
tion with closed eyes is just so much
added release of the nerve strain. If
she can’t keep her eyes closed and
succeed in divesting her mind of
troublesome thoughts she is advised to
look around that soft hued wall until
some picture or plant or vase of
flowers suggests a pleasant fancy or
recollection.
At half-past six the shaded lamp is
lighted and a veritable dinner of herbs
is served. It is a short, light, but ex
quisitely cooked meal, and then until
nine the visitor can read, crochet or
play solitaire.
Nine o'clock is bedtime, and after an
other light treatment of massage the
patient is tucked into a sweet, warm
bed. At seven the next morning break
fast is served in bed, and by ten the
guest is ready to leave Rest House,
calling down blessings on this home
of peace, refreshed and ready for the
tasks before her.
Sometime®, of course, more radical
treatment is required when the guest
has been suffering from sleeplessness,
indigestion or fatigue. A rest of not
less than three days is then advocated,
a careful diet is given, vapor baths are
administered in a white tiled bath
room aided by the most scientific mas
sage and light, cold water sprays at
least twice a day.
One day, from nine to six o’c’ock,
spent, in a condition of utter relaxa
tion and silence at Rest House, is the
sort of pick-me-up that the fashion
able woman now resorts to when she
Is on the verge of a hig ball or dinner.
The custom is to send a busy debutante
for a twenty-four hours’,silence treat
ment at short intervals, especially if
she is inclined toward nerves. From
the time the girl enters Rest House
until she leaves It not a word is ad
dressed to her or spoken in her pre
sence. While she lies relaxed in the
small, warmed, well aired room, not
the sudden shutting of a door, the
tingle of a bell, or the sound of a voice
breaks the soothing silence that is so
admirably calculated to restore her
poise and serenity and above all pre
vent the early wrinkle and first grey
hair that comes all too soon to the
excitable American woman.
Among the patients at Rest House
are many school girl daughters of rich
women, who are all the better in ntind
as well as body for a day’s Isolation
and rest, both before and after their
examinations and commencement®.
Two of the regular patrons of the es
tablishment are famous women novel
ists, who drop their driven pens every
now and then and take a day off.
Nothing so stimulates them to fresh
achievement, they declare, as the tonic
of frequent brief respites from their
labors, and many are the applicants
for rooms over night who have no other
purpose in view than that of success
fully escaping a bad attack of neural
gia or a threatened influenza by spend
ing a twelve or twenty-four hours
rolled in a sleeping chair with every
limb at ease and the bustle and de
mands of their dally existence tempo
rarily shut out of sight and sound,
Fanny Emlers,
Happy Childhood Knows What’s Best
HOME LIFE A CENTURY AGO.
VIVID DESCRIPTION' OF THE GOOD
OLD TIMES BY A WOMAN OF SB.
Once the Home Was a Great Factory
for Women'* Work—They Were
Spinner*. Weaver*, Knitter*, Tai
lor*. Senui*tres*ea, Cooks anti
Manufacturer* of AH Domestic
Article*—They Had No Opportuni
ties for Education—Their Religi
on* Development Wo* the HigheMt
Consideration—There Were No
Stove* in Those Day*. No Water
Faucet*, No Bathtubs, No Go*—Wo
men Had No Legal or Civil Rights
to Their Property, Their Clothes
*ti* Their Children.
By Elizabeth Cady Stanton.
(Copyright 1901 by Elizabeth Cady
Stanton.)
The contrast between home life now
and a century ago hardly can be imag
ined by those of to-day.
The home in both country and town
was then the great workhouse for all
the industries. Women, as mothers,
wives, daughters and housekeepers,
with all the natural duties that per
tain to these relations, were constantly
engaged in many forms of labor prac
tically unknown in the home at pres
ent. They were dressmakers, tal
loresses, adept in the use of goose and
press board, spinners of yarn, knitters
of stockings, weavers of all the family
clothing, bed and table linen, dyers of
different fabrics and yarn for carpets
and blankets, skilled in all kinds of
cooking, preserving fruit, making
pickles, candles and soap, both for
toilet and laundry.
The spacious kitchens a century ago
differed widely from the little band
boxes in the fashionable homes of to
day. Every autumn there were scenes
of great festivities. Huge pigs were
brought in to be dissected and the diff
erent parts classified according to their
value. The skins had already been sold
to saddle and harnessmakers. The
sides were cut in pieces weighing two
or three pounds each, put into barrels
and covered with brine. Headcheese
and lard were made and packed in Jars,
and the sausage meat, ground fine,
seasoned and stuffed in cases. All these
were carefully stored in the .great
cellar, already filled to overflowing with
a goodly supply of provisions for win
ter’s use.
It was almost impossible to keep the
children, always on a tour of inspec
tion, out of the kitchen during this
hilarious season. Its attractions were
increased by the delighted negro melo
dies, for, as a number of the Northern
states had only recently abolished
slavery, colored help still reigned and
ruled in many families and were the
special favorites of the children.
Many pounds of butter and cheese
were made every year; turkeys, geese,
ducks and hens were fed and cared for,
and hundreds of eggs greased with
lard and packed in jars for the winter.
A large amount of mince meat for pies
and puddings, well chopped and sea
soned, was put into small pails amd
hung in a dry place for future use.
You will see these little tin pails, tight
ly covered, hung on hooks in the
kitchens of England to-day, where the
heat is supposed to keep them from
molding.
Over all this and much more the
wives and daughters held the keys and
kept a careful supervision, in addition
to the daily treadmill and the never
ending cares of numerous children.
Now all is changed and most of
these industries are banished from the
home. Bread and all kinds of pastry
are made in public bakeries. Pickles,
Jellies, preserves and canned fruit are
sold by the grocer. Laundries dispose
of the family washing. Butchers sup
ply every variety of meat. Men are
cooks and waiters in the hotels, res
taurants and many private families.
Men are hair dressers, manicures,
chiropodists, milliners and dressmakers
and to men women go for the modern
tailor made suit.
Thus women have been forced into
higher and more profitable occupations.
They now compose the majority of
teachers in private and public schools
and are the faculties of the universi
ties. They give lessons in dancing,
music and all the arts. They have mer
cantile establisments of their own and
go to foreign countries to buy goods
for them and for other firms. They
are found in all the public offices as
clerks, copyists and stenographers.
They are typesetters. reporters,
writers and editors on daily, weekly
and monthly periodicals. They are in
the courts, hospitals and pulpits, and
in the theaters, concerts and on the
lecture platform.
We often hear the complaint that
woman ha® driven man out of his legi
timate employments; but the foots
show that man himself has robbed
woman of her legitimate industries.
In the homes even of the richest
classes in older* times women had few
opportunities for intellectual develop
ment. They read but little, as libraries
were scarce and magazines and jour
nals few. They were supposed neither
to know nor care anything about the
technical questions of government,
religion, science and art.
The holidays were Christmas, New
Year's, Fourth of July. County Militia
Training day, when the troops were
reviewed. For this the farmers from
far and near came Into town with
their barrels of elder, pies, ginger bread
apples and cheese for sale, while the
young people had their sports with a
full band of music.
The contrast in the children’s Christ
mas stocking then and now is marked
indeed. Instead of jewelry, handsome
books, expensive toys, attractive games
and boxes of bon-bons they had a
twenty-five cent piece in the toe, a
few raisins and almonds, a bright red
apple, a fried cake, a catechism and
a long stick. If the owner of the stock
ing had been unruly during the year.
Election day was another marked
event when farmers oame to town
from all the country roundabout to
cast their ballots for men and me a-
sures. Some voters indulged too freely
in what was then cane-, rum, a., a ,t
was not an unusual sight to see one
American citizen held up by two others
while he deposited his vote
Women's relaxations were apple and
quilting bees, school exhibitions, dona
tion parties, church fairs, dinners, teas,
evening parties, concerts and dances!
Horseback riding was the favorite ex
ercise, but all the present day ath
; letics for women were unknown.
Literary clubs had not been thought
of in those days, as women were neither
readers nor students, and were almost
totally ignorant on practically all of
the questions handled by them so
cleverly to-day.
Their religious development was of the
highest consideration. Regular attend
ance at church and diligent reading
of the Bi'i'e were necessities of salva
tion. The catechism for women and
children was considered of immense im
portance, containing such questions as
"What, is Justification?" “What is
Sanctification?" “What is Predestina
tion?” “What is Election?" "What is
the Chief End of Man?"
Walking home from church one day
with one of my sons, a boy of twelve,
after a prolonged silence, he sudden
ly exclaimed, “How tired I do get of
‘Thou shalt not.' ” Fortunately the
Bibile which we were obliged to read
every day and most of the time on
Sundays contained an Apocrypha with
some amusing stories as well as those
scattered through the Old Testament,
such as “Jonah sequestered in the
whale for three days.” "Joshua com
manding the sun to stand still" and
"Joseph with his coat of many color*,’’
all of which in brilliant hues were
illustrated in old fashioned Bibles.
Attending church was a severe ordeal
when the thermometer was twenty
degrees below zero. No stoves or fur
naces were ever offered in the cold
hospitalities of the Lord’s house. Each
attendant carried his own little stove
in a wooden box, perforated with holes
on the top . to keep his feet warm,
whatever might befall the rest of his
personality.
The church, a spacious two-story
edifice, with numberless windows and
no blinds, had a high octagon pulpit,
from which the pastor expounded his
religious theories; and just below hint
in another octagon pulpit stood the
chorister to intone David’s Psalms, line
by line, the congregation following like
a flock of sheep, without rhyme or
rhythm. Choirs, organs and all musical
instruments were then unknown in
country churches and attractive melo
dies were considered unholy.
Around the churches in the villages
were rows of sheds, where farmers left
their vehicles. As there, were two ses
sions, they brought their dinners, and
Sunday, with all its solemnity, was
yet a kind of festive occasion, when
the men met to discuss politics and the
questions of the day and the women
to talk about clothes, children and
household matters. And all took this
opportunity to enjow a drive on Sun
day morning, which was forbidden by
the Puritans for any purpose except
going to church.
CYMRIC SILVER.
II I* a Genuine* Novelty for Christ
mas anil Wedding Gift*.
New York, Dec. 6.—Cymric silver is
one of the artistic novelties that makes
an unusually strong appeal to the
weary seeker after something new as
a Christmas or wedding gift. The
danger of adding to a long suffering
bride's duplicates of candlesticks or
bonbon dishes does not threaten, if
specimens of Cymric silver are present
ed, because every piece of it is made
by hand, and no pattern of anything,
from a salt spoon to a punch bowl, is
copied but twice. After the second re
production of a good desisrn is made
the model is destroyed and the small
force of skilled workmen who originate
and execute each article can only pro
duce a limited number of ornaments
and utensils every month.
Cymric silver was brought out by a
firm of London silversmiths. The first
patterns of it were designed and made
by some clever young men in their em
ploy, who followed the models of a
few ancient bits of Welsh silver they
had seen in a museum. So charming
were the results they elaborated from
their Welsh models, and with such
favor were their specimens of wholly
hand made work received, that now
adays, along with Lalique Jewelry and
opalescent glass, it ranks as an artistic
achievement of the very highest order.
Implements and ornaments for the
table and a few buckles, clasps, chains,
rings and desk furnishings is all that
these accomplished young smiths pro
duce. The silver itself in which they
work is first treated by a secret pro
cess in order to give it the color they
desire for tints of green, or almost
golden yellow, coppery red, or an an
tique luster is but the metal itself and
much of it Is decorated by the insetting
of colored stones, by light etching or
by enamel. The stones are set in the
larger pieces, and moon stones, coral,
agates, pink and white topaz and gar
nets are utilized for this purpose in
the decoration of sugar bowls, Ice
dishes, cake and bread platters, fruit
baskets and in coffee and teapots and
punch bowls. Polished pebbles picked
up on the seashore are oiften freely
employed in the decoration of exquisite
fruit baskets and nut trays. Welsh
onyx and agate taken from the rock
of that rugged little country have been
found especially effective in the orna
mentation of long necked stiver vases,
fat flower bowls and splendid desk
implements.
To the bride who has a pretty taste
in things artistic nothing is more ac
ceptable, for instance, than a set of
Cymric silver soups, dessert or coffee
spoons. Sets of spoons are not highly
regarded by the producers of Cymric
silver, since they complain that In
handcraft it is well nigh impossible to
produce ny two spoons exactly alike.
This very irregularity running through
the half or full dosen spoons is what
adds infinitely to their charm, when,
furthermore, ths donor of the set sends
with them the original design from
which they were made, beautifully
drawn on vellum. The possession of the
design not only Implies s liberal ex
penditure on the part of the friend
who presents the gift, but insures the
bride against any possible duplication
of the splendid contribution to her
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