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TOUITG GIEL'S EASIER TOILET.
FASHION JOTTINGS.
Miroir vel"ets !n cream, iEroKl. pale
turquoiso an-i ntoue. lKrh 'lain and
etanipej. f ti m the ft)undatins t'f many
lovely toques, -".ine are studd -d with
jeveis rtn-1 are almost invariably suf
terifl with feathers or wreaths of pink
roses and I'arma violets.
How attractive are the numerous ac-
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W N THE year 2f'01 women will not i
1 have to clean house. When the re- j
Ij currence of the vernal equinox I
arouses in the breasts of women j
m that vague unrest which now finds j
energetic expression in the papering, j
calcimininjf. dusting, souring, sweep-
ing saturnalia now- popularly known as -
house., leaning, their activities will be ,
happily diverted into other channels. !
and household economics will have
been reuueed to such a system that the
dread season will have lost its horrors.
After the new woman has thoroughly
Investigated and reinvested the sphere
of man she will have time to devote
pome thought to those moss grown ob-st.-rvanees
which are now classified by
the unenpghrened as sweetly feminine
functions. Houseeleaning is one of
these. Then shall the world know how
Mrs. Xoah cleaned the ark, if at all;
whether the ancient Fgyptian ladies
used hard or soft soap, and if. per
chance, the Fompeiian's housemaids
swabbed down their mosaic lined wails
with alcohol or ammonia. With these
momentous and scholarly points no
mere male intellect could successfully
pr'ipple. but by the year 200 1 women,
after reviewing every other question in
tha universe, will find time to devote
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eessoris of the fashionable toilet of
the moment! Take, for instance, the
delightful little jabots, pins and belts.
A f afhii na.ble woman possesses a
dress of beautiful. Sine, silky black gui
pure over mousseline de soie. In thi3
the is wise enough to have the yoke
and sleeves quite transparent, and with
it she veara only a rope of costly
pearls.
SFRIHG
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CLSAKIKG
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a little attention to these points.
When the name of the superior sex is
spelled with a capital W. each city w ill
have its brigades of cleaners organized
for the care of houses on much the
same principle as the present street
cleaning brigades. White capped, while
t lad squads of these, hired at so much
per day from the city department, will
make their appearance at patrons'
houses armed with ms. brooms, pails.
soaps, calcimining brushes and all the
r ara; hernah'a that now strikes terror
to the s:ui of helpless man when femi
nine intuition discovers it Is time to
take up the tacks and hang the carpets
over the hack yard fence. Systemat
ica, iy and persevc-ringly, the brigaie
vi!l toil for six hours (then the legal
working day), and at twi'ight peace
will reign, with the mansion cleansed
and in order. Bridgets will then be no
more, or. rather, they will all be at the
universities taking higher courses in
psychology or analyzing the elements
of the cosmic ether, and man will be
happily employed doing all the domes
tic hard work, about which he now- the
orizes so prettily, but at which he so
seldom takes a hand.
For those still struggling with pres
ent day conditions a few suggestions
may be timely: In renovating the house
besln with the rooms least used end
gradca'iv approach these constantly
occupied. As each room is finished 1:
should be closed and left so until- the
rest of the house Is put in order. Thus
mud and dust wili be shut off from the
swept and garnished portions of the
hoiis-?.
To clean a room It is always best be
fore beginning work to remove all the
Oil paintings which are cov
ered with varhish are al
ways carefully and thorough
ly cleansed each spring with
soft cloths which have teen
well wrur.g out in perfectly
clean water. The pictures
should never be scrubbed, a
gentle though protracted rub
bing being all that is neces
sary. Be careful to stand at
the side of the picture while
cleaning it, as in that position
there is less danger of injury
than when one is directly in
front. The cord or wire should
be inspected carefully each
season to see that it is neither
frayed in the middle nor loose
t the ends.
ARIS, March 23. With the ap
proach of Easter every one in
terested in young people about
to take their first communion i3
anxiously shopping-. No season is
M.
fraught with greater importance
than that when "ia petite demoiselle"
is formally united with the church. In
deed, next to her wedding day, it is the
most important of ail days to the
"jeune temme" of France. For a fear
weeks shop windows and dressmakers'
showrooms literally overflow with the
uniform of the seasons. To France the
spring communion is a time of as great
interest as the commencement period
that in America is the last formality
divorcing young womanhood from the
schoolroom.
The girls here, however, emerge only
temporarily from their convent retire
ment to take part in the impressive
communion services whose splendor in
the wealthy families is of a character
to distract the attention from the quiet
pursuit of learning in cloistered suli
tuie. But, then, after all, France is a
land of contradictions and contrasts,
and the Parinienne finds the ruling pas
sion stronsr even in anticipatory
thoughts of graveclothes.
For the celebration of the preat event
in the young girl's life half a dozen
gowns are ordered in fashionable fam
ilies one of these for the services In
the chapel or church, another for the
preliminary service and a third for the
receiving of friends at home after the
event is over. Mademoiselle always
has a new street gown, which she
wears happily back to her seclusion tn
the convent, where for another half
dozen months she is clad in the convent
student's habit. The child comes home
merely because there is generally a sen
timent in regard to having the family
priest, who has probably baptized the
girl, receive her into the church.
For a girl of 12 nothing could hnve
heen prettier than the gown that a
small friend of mine proudly displayed
as her toilette de communinnte. The
material was One white muslin laid
over white silk. The skirt was very
full in fact. I thought it a trifle co
quettish for so solemn an occasion and
so hinted to the little curly haired Ba
Uette. who merely raised the silken
lashes over her deep blue eyes in the
greatest surprise.
"Ah, but it is so chic! Madame, can
aught be too good for the occasion?"
And who can cavil when the communi
cant flaunts her furbelows in this spirit
before the throne of grace?
Over the hips the skirt was laid in
narrow plaits that half flattened the
side applications for three-quarters of
its length. Below the folds undulated
into a. very fair imitation of a shaped
flounce, the surface of this being orna
mented with groups of narrow tucks.
Th front of the skirt, itself a separate
breadth, was covered with groups of
narrow tucks. The upper part of the
waist seemed a mass of tucks inter
pnersed with narrow lace insertion.--:.
The puffed elbow sleeves were headed
by oblong shoulder bands of lace and
stitched muslin. Km-ircling the girlish
waist, a fold of soft white silk matched
the bands that divided the upper and
lower puffs of the sleeves. Eabette de
furniture to some other apartment a
vacant one. if possible where the dif
ferent pieces may be tidied before they
are returned to their places. If the fur
niture must be left in place, cover It
with pieces of muslin to keep eft the
dust.
The pictures, the window shades and
the draperies ought to be next lifted
down and dusted, the carpet taken up
and the walls brushed down if they are
not to be repapered. The calciminir.g
of the ceiling is a hygienic feature n-t
to be omitted, for the application fresh
ens the room and destroys the eggs of
insects found overhead.
The floor must be scrubbed after the
paint has been cleaned and the grate
and fircirons have been biaokleaded
and brightened. In the bedroom the
bed should be taken apart and the un
varnished parts washed in boiling: wa
ter and alum, which will kill Insects'
egg3. The windows may then be pol-
ished, and, when everything has been
aired, cleaned and brightened, the car
pets should be tacked down, the furni
ture returned to its place and pictures
and draperies rehung.
Probably the first work that the care
ful housekeeper w ill do is the taking up
and cleaning of the carpets. Ingrains
are better for being lifted and shak
en every spring and autumn, for the
dust that accumulates on their surfaca
is a great source of wear and tear.
Carpets should be beaten on the wrong
side by the most ablebodied male in the
family, unless he is willing to hire a
competent substitute. Spinster house
holds must hire some one able to wield
a stout cudgel with continuous force
for two hours at a stretch: the most
earnest and athletic of serving maid's
are seldom equal to a satisfactory per
formance of this kind. One of the
wicker carpet beaters manufactured ex
pressly for the purpose is the best,
although a broom is generally used in
unenlightened communities. The flex
ibility of the wicker is one of its merits.
Ftout rattans two or three of them
twisted together also take the dust out
cf the carpet very well.
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scribed everything with precocious ac
curacy: . "For my toilette de' Iendemain" (the
day following communion, which is also
a holiday to the fair communicants) "I
shall wear thi3 frock which mamma
ordered for me. oh, many weeks ago,
from her own modiste on the Rue de la
Paix." And the small bit of vanity
dragged from its tissue paper wrap
pings a dainty frock of fancy salmon
silk. Sweet and girlish it was, with the
incrustations of lace on collar, blouse
and revers. The little rounded coat, a
double one, rather short, opened so that
a great deal of the blouse, which was
striped with narrow black velvet, was
disclosed to the admiring eye. The
skirt fell over a tablier striped with the
velvet and, although laid smoothly over
the hips, flared a good deal below them.
The silken belt was clasped with a
charming buckle of gold enamel in
shades of green and touches of black
and white. The bolero sleeves, modish
to the dainty upturned cuff of lace,
were underset by soft sleeves of white
'chiffon, whose narrow bands were
clasped by enameled gold buttons. To
cap the child's curly locks the milliner
had pro-Ided the most picturesque wide
brimmed hat trimmed with spring flow
ers. "Mamma has ordered for herself a
beautiful gown," chattered . the little
one, and when her ridiculously young
looking mother came into the room
nothing wculd do the minx but that I
pronounce upon the mater's gown.
When Mme. la Mere arrayed herself
! In the gown and hat and paced sedately
tip and down before us in charming
mimicry of the Rue de la Paix dress-
I makers' models, I could not but make
wy verdict a neutral one, for, in its
way, the delicate pastel blue cloth, with
its beautifully molded skirt falling in
a graceful square train, was a sight to
charm the crustiest critic of feminine
apparel. Of course, the costume was
fitted with a bolero. What gown now
adays is seen minus the coat? But thia
special specimen of the genus was
pointed even to long, narrow' angles
crossed in front, which gave a peculiar
touch of originality to the garment.
The band of bias white cloth that trim
med the lower part of the skirt was du
plicated as a jacket border and again
made Its appearance on the deep col
lar, cut in sloping lines that reminded
one a bit of a b'-y's sailor. The skews
opened at the sides to the elbow, th.e
zigzag line of blue contrasting sharply
with the white cloth, undersieeve which
showed at the wrist sufficiently to sug
gest a cuff. The skirt and bodice were
"la princesse," the odd, embroidered
vest of white, silk being brought well to
th waist line, but cut quite short in
the bark. Abov this, in sharp con
trast, the collar nd tie of black satin
brought out to "perfection the dainty
shades of pink and white in the silk
embroidered vest and in the fair com
plexion of the wearer. In harmony i
with the wide rimmed chapeau of the
tiny girl was a wide rimmed hat (it re- i
minded one of the miilinery of the sec- j
end empire, although its proportions l
were more modest) oddly trimmed over
its spreading eaves by a full flounce of ;
chantilly lace. The underbrim trim-
ming of black satin spread out in fold3 j
and knots. The fiat crown itself won a t
Brussels or velvet carpets need no
be taken up oftener than once in two or
three years. Their surfaces are so com
pact that the dust does not easily pene
trate. To wash off thick carpets make
A broom wrapped with several thick
nesses of cloth is best for cleaning the
wall paper.
a solution consisting of two ounces of
carbonate of ammonia to one gallon of
water, and, wringing a clean cloth out
In the water, cleanse the surface of the
carpet, taking care to wipe the
breadths off at once with a dry rag.
When the water looks dirty, get a fresh
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note of Individuality from the lined
trimming of black satin set In four par
allel roxvs around the elevation.
All this show was most entertaining,
and when a pretty visitor came in and
they began to discuss appropriate gifts
and little Babette announced what ehe
hoped to receive from her admiring rel
atives I was much amused. The oider
folk, it seemed, wished to bestow pres
ents of a useful character, and Babette
disapproved of this as decidedly as the
little American girl whose thrifty par
ents consider new shoes or a new hat
or frock the most desirable gift for high
holidays. Babette yearned for trinkets
end baubles and actually prayed that a
great-aunt whose intention it was to
present a handsome prayer book should
be turned from the error of her way and
be convinced that a more acceptable
gift would be a tiny watch, preferably
one of the new doll's watches, set in. the
heart of an enameled flower which ping
to the corsage.
' But, ma cherie, you could not enjoy
It, you know. The good sisters at the
convent would not allow you to wear
the watch. You are too young for such
trinkets."
"Oui, oui, maman, but then I could
look at it sometimes. Just think! Tante
Adrienne, here, who was complaining
that she did not know what to buy for
me, could get for me a jewel case on
of those pretty enameled ones with
my monogram on the lid."
When Babette had been silenced,
though by no means convinced that a
book would be far from appropriate
for her, the conversation wandered to
other trifles, and Mile. Adrienne showed
me her new chain a pretty, narrow
ribhon glittering with quaint motifs In
brilliants. This was useful as well as
ornamental, for it was attached to the
miniature timepiece snugly stowed
away in the girdle of her new biege
serge gown.
She wore in her bronze hair a quan
tity of the new jeweled hairpins. Hers
were gold, with brown topaz incrusta
tions glittering like imprisoned sun
beams whenever she turned her head.
At her waist she wore a large gold
hook, handsomely ornamented with
tiny jewels. From this were suspended
purse, pencils, scent bottles and other
fashionable auxiliaries, including even
the silver case in which she carried the
tiny powdered book whose leaves were
convenient for renewing the whiteness
of her complexion in case of emergen
cy. It was a pretty and a convenient
ornament, and you -may be sure that
when the check for this letter reaches
Paris one will be owned by the admir
ing CATHERINE TALBOT.
Hrnidine: and Cj-clitig Snttfl.
There are few prettier or more fash
ionable styles of trimming good cloth
tailor made gowns than with military
braiding, and at one of the fashionable
shops an elegant specimen of the braid
ing is shown. The gown is made of
black cloth, trimmed with inch wide
black braid. It has a strapped collar
and is gracefully braided. Tite vest
is of siik, peau de soie. The skirt
has a very wide and ample flounce: the
length of the basque is indicative of the
fashion of the hour.
Cycling skirts have established them-
supply. Should the carpet seem soiled
ifter this a pint of ox gall (which can
!e bought at the butcher's) dissolved in
hree quarts of cold water and rubbed
iver the surface with a soft scrubbing
biush will thoroughly brighten It. Of
course, the lather must be carefully tak
en off with cold water and the carpet
rubbed dry with clean rags.
When the ceiling has received the at
tention of the caleiminer, the walls are
cleaned down. A soft white cotton
cloth laid in several thicknesses over
the room and tied securely in place re
moves the surface dust completely. The
walls should be cleaned from ceiling to
mopboard in straight, parallel lines. If
the paper is soi'ed. a ha'f loaf of stal
bread, dampened (not wet), rubbed gen
tly over the paper will remove spots
and finger marks. When the bread be
comes soiled, cut off a slice and dampen
the loaf anew. In places where the pa
per is broken aid the plaster has fallen
out make a paste of plaster of paris
and white sand mixed with a little wa
ter. This should be smoothed into the
hole with a knife, and when the surface
has dried paper cut to match the miss
ing piece should be pasted in its place.
Boiled paste made of flour (or starch)
and water is used for papering. Grease
spots on the wall may be removed with
a stiff paste made of fuller's earth and
ox gall. The paste is applied to the
spot and then covered with a piece of
white blotting paper. When the mix
ture has stood, for a few hours, it is
brushed off, and if any grease remains
the process is repeated.
To clean white paint take a little
dampened powdered whiting on a soft
flannel cloth and rub the wood thor
oughly with it. Neither soap nor sand
should be used. To renovate painted
woods of any kind the following mix
ture is useful: Four ounces of potash,
four ounces of powdered quicklime and
three quarts of boiling water. Allow
the stuff to boil in an iron kettle for
half an hour. When It is cold and well
settled, pour off the clear liquid, and
with a stout brush paint the wood. The
coating should be wiped off at once
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selves as undoubted favorites with the
public, and they are now made in many
new cloths, one especially, in a fine
serge, trimmed with closely stitched
bands, the basque of the jacket being
cut somewhat long in front and double
breasted, w as worthy of admiration.
Clever tailors are busy with black
cloth made up as skirts and coats, wi;h
short and long basques. The newest
In 2001 the housecleaning brigade
with wet flannel. This mixture is said
to be destructive to the larvae of in
sects. Tea leaves also are excel
lent for brightening colored paint. The
leaves should be allowed to accumulate
for several days and then boiled in a
quantity of water for half an hour. To
the water strained from the kettle a
tablespoonf ul of powdered borax should
be added. Apply this with a soft flan
nel cloth, equeezed almost dry.
To clean a painted floor use ' weak
soapsuds put on with a mop and then
carefully washed off with clear water.
Unpainted floors are whitened by the
use of fuller's earth and scouring sand
made into a paste and rubbed into the
boards. This paste should be washed
off with lukewarm water. A quarter of
a pound of pearlash in a Pint of hot
water will remove grease spots. They
must be well scrubbed with the pearl
ash and water.
To clean the windows or any glass
surface soft paper dipped in alco
hol or the preparation of cold tea and
borax recommended for washing paints
Is better than soap and water. Paper is
superior to cloth, which wouid leave
specks of lint upon the glass. The crys
tal must always be wiped dry with dry
paper. Picture glasses may be cleaned
in the same way as windows.
To restore gilt frames dissolve as
much flour of sulphur as will give the
required tinge in about a quart of wa
ter in which half a dozen small onions
have been sliced. Boil the liquid until
the onions are tender, strain, wash the
frames with it and let it dry there.
To keep out moths wash crevices with
a half pound of alum dissolved in boil
ing water. Powdered alum should be
sprinkled about wherever it is suspect
ed that the moths will make their ap
pearance. The winter's superfluous bed
clothing, particularly the blankets,
ought to be wrapped in newspapers and
put away in tight boxes or drawers in
which borax and camphor have been
sprinkled. Red or black pepper, sandal
wood any odorous substance is offen
sive to the insects.
Ftreirons that have become tarnish
ed may be renewed by rubbing with
emery paper or with a paste made of
emery powder in equal parts of turpen
tine and sweet oil. To blacken fenders
! that have become discolored use half a
j pound of asphaltum gum dissolved In
i a pint of turpentine and mixed with a
j pint of linseed oil.
In the cellar the furnace should b
FOE EASTEB. WEAS.
style of ail Is a cutaway coat, like a
man's, and a postilion basque at the
back. It is to be hoped some woman
of fashion will give this the desired
afflatus, for nothing can be more ugly
or ungraceful to the female form divine
than the straight line to the waist and
the plain backs to the skirts now to be
seen in all our fashionable thorough
fares. will be composed colely of men
cleaned out, the refuse removed, tha
pipes brushed and the dust and cob
webs swept from ceiling and walls. Thn
registers in ell the rooms mua, of
course, be closed during this process.
It sweetens a cellar to give It a thor
ough whitewashing, but many peoplu
do not like this because the wash rubs
off so easily. If all the cellar woodwork
is brushed with a solution of ten
pounds of copperas in five or six gallons
of water the atmosphere of the plact
will be considerably improved, and a
stampede of vermin will follow.
BLANCHE IIALU
TlrVi ELY MENUS.
Dr.KAblAST.
Fruit.
Grape Nuts, St.uar and Cream
Freni.h Krh'l I'otaioet.
Yr- H- rnnjf.
buU.T likes.
IViU.h JtIO
totlee. FRESH HERKIXGS. Take a many ftrfc Iv-r-rinits
9 you i-h to usj Cut te fUli cjwn. re
move the lyk!un,; tin n wash an;l dry th r( i.'k-fi-y
in a cl-n ciu' It. Tafc enrh pu-re of tt-n,
bruh over tho ir.i!e with l j :n fez, fi' '-'J -n
with chupp''i oni-m. p pp r ac.'i Kalt ami ri -m
toiiethfr. When ail are itne in this wav. a
pan of boiiintf fat f j'iy, hrubli over -ac t lirrirs;
itb eirtf, dip iiito fine bread cruml-s anJ fry ttJt
cohJ. tierve very hot after drying on yys Lj
lore the fire.
ixnchfon or tea.
Fruit.
Tomato 4' i!y Salad.
Frir-d iters.
C'rt'itrruMi Ccicry.
K"jU ani -J-.-lly. .
J k iiioU-i.
1v or Cocoa.
PJVPvF.lt.
Eoef Croiui-ttrs. Ma-hf! Patc.
Asparagus. Irf-tiuce wiih frrjnth JJreat-in J.
Boilcti lii'-c Parsnip
lx-inun Jolly.
Cofli-e.
TAPIOCA SOUP. Ft this orr frr. Piwf
stock with a, .hk1 dt-.il of a-ajin? is suit tf'i".
For two quarts of Htu-.k take two wnn i of tin
ioca and tnih it fine. Wb"n the Mvk is --."
free of fat, biintf it to tf:e l"i! and ir p iri it
tapioca (ffiitSy. Stir for five niinut-s to prv. nt
the tapioa funni:jr into lump and th,-n l.'t it
cook ttently for t'n rjiiii'iU'H KuiL't r. IJ fre s rv
injj remuvo the t-.Kim which frms vn tiie top
liund grated parmcsan cheese with tliia aoujp.