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^mWi b"P JI S fnclosed {ittle, ^'T all this talk about 'trial marriages' ab- Surd!" remarked the widow, laying her newspaper on the tabouret and depositing two small red kid toes on the edge of the fender. "It is," agreed the bachelor, cheerfully, with his eyes on the red kid toes, "considering that all mar riages aretrials "Just fancy," went on the widow, scornfully, Ignoring the flippancy, "being leased to a husband or wife for a period of years, like a flat or a yaeht or or "A second-hand piano," suggested the bachelors "And knowing," continued the widow, gazing contemplatively into the fire, "that when the lease or the contract or whatever it is expired, unless the ether party cared to renew it, you would be on the market again "And probably in need^ of all sorts of repairs," added the bachelor, reflectively, "in your temper and your complexion and your ideas." "Yes," sighed the widow, "ten years ot married life will rub all the varnish off your manners, and all the color off your illusions and all the finish off your conversation.'' "And the hinges of your lovemaklng and your pretty speeches are likely to creak every time you open your mouth," affixed the bachelor gloomily. "And you are bound to be old fashioned," con cluded the widow, with conviction, "and to compare badly with brand new wives and husbands with all the modern improvements Besides," she continued, thoughtfully, "even if you should be lucky enough to find anotheranother "Tenantfor your heart!" suggested the bache lor, helpfully. The widow nodded. "There would be the agony," she went on, "of getting used to him or her." "And the torture," added the bachelor, with It faint shudder, "of going thru with the wedding cere mony again and of walking up a green and yellow ehurch aisle with a green and yellow feeling and a stiff new coat, and the gaping multitude gazing at you as if you were anew specimen of crocodile ox a curio or "It takes nearly all of one lifetime," interrupted the widow, impatiently, "to get used to one wife or husband but, according to the 'trial marriage' idea, just as you had gotten somebody nicely trained into all your little ways and discovered how to manage him "And to bluff him," interpolated the bachelor. PUT CHRISTMAS GIFTS IN SURPRISE PACKAGES Suppose instead of doing up your Christmas par cels in the regulation white tissue paper and red ritf bon this year, you have a little fun with your friends and get up a series of surprise packages. The exterior of the package must give ohint of the interior Last year a jolly little lady who is de voted to the family Christmas tree received a book she had beon longing for during the past six months, but so dainty and pretty was the package in which it was enclosed thafc she uttered a cry of delight when it was given to her, tho she had no idea it contained her wished for book. The package consisted of an oblong box, just the length of the book, and about twice as high. This was neatly covered with bright holly red crepe paper put on with photograph paste, and the cover was treated in exactly the same way. But the beauty of the box consisted of a little Christmas tree mounted on the top of the cover. This was made of a tiny branch of spruce (any evergreen could be used instead) pushed thru a little hole in the center of the cover, the end then split with a pen knife and the two portions fastened securely with a needle and stout thread. The little tree was then decorated with stars, cres cents and diamonds cut out of tissue paper. These Christmas tree boxes can be easily made to contain any kind of presents, and give great delight both to children and grown people. An amusing Christmas package is three or four handkerchiefs done up in the mottled brown paper that comes from hardware stores and some butcher shops, and made to resemble a String of link sausages. Handkerchiefs Can also be wrapped to look like the snapping crackers that are used at children's parties by rolling them in oblong bits of tissue paper fringed at both ends. Of a man's four-in-hand tie you can make a doll baby by giving it a face drawn on note paper, putting on a bonnet or white tissue or crepe paper and making a dress of the same convenient material. A walking stick will make the most comical paper doggy the eye of man ever chanced to light upon. First twist some heavy wire around the stick near each end, and'turn the extremities up for paws. Put another yece of wire on the bottom of the cane for the tail, and cover the whole with brown crepe paper, using the handle for the head and supplying eyes of white pins stuck the paper and long drooping ears, and behold, you have a veritable German dachshund. Small articles can be done up to look yke snow balls in cotton batting, with just a sprinkling of silver dust, or they can be concealed beneath the leaves of iaper roses, put in paper pies or hidden in tiny boxes in half a dozen others put in papier mache apples, oranges, Christmas turkeys, etc, of which the' hops are full. Dozens of other ways in which presents can be disguised are sure to suggest themselves to any one who giveB the subject a few moments' thought Do not be afraid that the parcels will look silly." Remember that above all other times of the rear should be a season of merriment, and if your gift causes the recipient to laugh it has fulfilled its object. GROOMING THE COMPLEXION "If more women knew the importance of grooming the complexion there would be more professional beau- ties," said the beauty specialist. "The skin should be steamed until the pores all be come very open Steaming the face is most admirable for all facial ills. I steam the faces of my patrons very often, using plenty of hot cloths, and taking care that I do not burn the skin. "While the pores are open I spread quantities of good home made soap jelly upon the face. This I leave on for a few minutes. "Then I wash the complexion well, putting borax in the water. In a little while the skin is white and clear. I then dash it with spirits of cologne, which eloses the pores so that they do not fill up with foreign substances again. Closing the pores is most important when one is steaming the face, for if they are left open they will make the skin rough. The wind will blow into them and the face will break out, and as for street dusts and the floating microbes they will settle freely in these open pores,. Always close the pores of the skin after you have treated the face. "I have a trick of perfuming the skin. It Is not at all difficult. I take the Skin when it is moist and when all the pores are open, and I wash it with the very best of cologne, taking Care to get none in the eyes. Sometimes I use a tiny cologne sponge, which I keep for the purpose. It makes the complexion very fragrant. "When I am grooming I also perfume the hair by means of a little cap filled with sachet powder." Concealing Onion in Salad. Onion is indispensable to a good salad, but its presence should never be suspected. The best way to w ^UA^M/^^ig^i^1 "And what to have for dinner when you were going to show him the bill for anew hat," proceeded the widow," and how to keep him at home nights "And to separate him from his money," remarked the bachelor, sarcastically. "And to make him see things your way," con eluded the widow, "it would be time to pack up yourv trunks and leave. Any two people," she continued/ meditatively, "can live together fairly comfortable after they have discovered the path around one an other's nervesthe little things not to say and ndt to do in order to avoid friction, and the little things to say and to do that will oil the matrimonial wheels. But it would take all the 'trial' period to get the domestic machine running, and then "You'd be running after another soul-mate," fin ished the bachflor, sympathetically. "Yes The widow crossed the red kid toes and then drew them quickly under the ruffles of her skirts as she caught the bachelor staring at them. "And I'veforgotten what I was going to say,*' she fin ished, turning the color of her slippers. "Oh, it doesn't matter," said the bachelor, con solingly. "What'" "It doesn't matter what yon say," explained the bachelor, "it's the way yon say it, and "About soul-mates," broke in the widow, collect ing herself, "there^d always be the chance," she pur sued hurriedly, "that you'd have to take a second hand one." "Sometimes," remarked the bachelor, blowing a smoke ring and gazing thru it at the place where the widow's toes had been, "second-hand goods are more attractive than cheap, new articles. For instance, widows" "Oh, widows:" Interrupted the widow impatiently, "they're different. They're like heirloomsonly parted with at death. But it would be different with a wife who was relinquished because she wasn't wanted. If anybody is anxious to get rid of some thing it is a pretty sure sign that it isn't worth hav ing. It's nearly always got a flaw somewhere and it's seldom what it is represented to be. Besides, I've noticed that the woman who can't get along with one husband, usually finds it just as difficult to get along with another." There would always tested the bachelor,, who had 'done the "And who might the widow triumphantly. beo IMt THE the chance." pro- Out of the Christmas Jar. Christmas postcard has become a most help ful factor in spreading "the glad tidings* of great joy," and this season's productions ate a delight. The ones especially for children with "Santa Claus" descending the chimney and speeding over snowclad hills with his eight tiny reindeer are really fascinating. 'r *$ A young woman who has a desire to do far more than her purse will permit confided to me this scheme for remembering a large number of individuals Who are obliged to live in '*nomes" and other institutions. She said she thought it must be most disheartening to have the postman pass by with no\mail for them on Christmas day, so she has obtained the names of the very friendless ones and addressed a souvenir card to be delivered On the 25th. This is sureljf a delightful thing to do. Let us endeavor to make this holiday season more Of a real pleasure and less of what Hopkinson Smith says it has become, asocial clearing house for the swapping of gifts." A Christmas Card Party.' This affair promises to be unique and the hostess is endeavoring to observe all the Christmas symbols. Of Course the decorations are to consist of wreaths of evergreen and holly, festoons of roped greens, clusters of mistletoe suspended by red ribbon, and quantities of red candles with red and white frosted shades. The invitations are to be ornamented with holly sprays, the red berries cut out across the top- of the sheet. A small lad dressed as Santa Glaus will deliver these missives. In a large bay window there is to be a tree lighted by electricity with the Stocking-shaped score cards, red pencils, tiny candy canes and hundreds of little favoTS. for keeping the secret "Santa Glaus" will be on duty all the evening distributing the coun ters after each game. To facilitate things, these trinkets are tied to the tree in bunches, and as many bunches as there will be games played. Over the head table there is to be a large bell hung ornamented with holly and the table will have a baton with which the bell is io be struek. The prizes are all to be done Up in holly paper with red and green ribbons. The refreshments to be served at the small tables will Consist of tomato soup in cups with a spoonful of whipped cream, tiny biscuit, scalloped oysters in ramakins with a sprig of holly. Waldorf salad in red cases, cheese wafers individual plum pudding brought in a blaze with brandy and sur rounded by a wreath of holly. On each little red frosted cake there is to be a white frosting star. Dur ing the game Christmas egg-nog will be served from the great family punchbowl. Effective Table Decorations. A five-pointed star made from holly or evergreen is a table centerpiece always satisfactory. From this IT conceal it is to rub the sides of the dish with a sec tion of an onion, and not to put any onion in the salad at all. Another way is to use half a teaspoonful of onion juice in the salad dressing. This is for the French dressing, of oil and vinegar, salt and pepper. The juice is obtained by grating the onion. It is well to set aside a small grater for this purpose, as the onion will cling to it. Grate the juice into a saucer and use no more than a half teaspoonful to a small salad. Chives, chopped very fine and sprinkled in the salad, are an excellent substitute for onions. A Christmas Tree Fairy. A pretty ornament for the crowning branch of the Christmas tree is a doll fairy representing the Spirit of Yule. Crepe paper printed in a holly design is used to make her long robes, the girdle is made of silver tinsel, and a wreath of miniature artificial holly, with a star made of silver paper in the center, crowns her flowing hair. Long, graceful wings are made of wired gause edged with Silver tinsel, and a slender wand, which is wired to the right hand, is made of a length of picture wire covered with Silver paper and surmounted by a silver star. If desired a silver heart, made of paper, may be wired to the left hand, to signify "peace and good will." To keep the fairy securely in place the apex of the tree should be stiffened with wire and the limbs of the doll fastened to it with the isame material, the robes being drawn down over it so as to conceal the fastenings. If, however, a hovering effect is preferred, a wire hoop covered with silver tinsel may be affixed to the top of the tree and the fairy suspended from it by an invisible wire passed arOUnd her waist. Silver belle may also be attached to the hoop, from the top of which should radiate festoons of silver tinsel, these being looped to the lower branches. MWAJT *a caanoo.- pro easily it's the reeling that a painful operation "that you might get the party won't last long that makes it possible to grin and discarding." bear it. Besides, it would do aWay with all sorts want"Jusdo to it again,"shobjected ot crimes, likeoffee. divorcKnowinwife mt 4* & Woman's SeclioiL-T^^^TM^ THE MINNEAPOLIS JOURNAL/ Sunday, December 16, zgo6. A Widow Mferd.a.lQg Bj^ Helen Ro wlaxicL irrelevantly, "living wita a person whom somebody else had trained!" "Oh. that would hare its advantage*," declared the bachelor. "A horse broken to harness if always easier to handle." "Perhaps," agreed the widow, leaning back and thoughtlessly putting her red kid toes on the fender again, "but when two horses are going to travel together it id always best for them to get need to one another's gait from the first. Don't yon look at it that way!" "(Which wayf" asked the bacfcelor, squinting at the fender with his head on one side. "Fancy," said the widow, not noticing the de flection, "marrying a man who had been encouraged to take an interest in the household affairs and hav ing him following you about picking np things after you: or one, whose first wife had trained him to sit by the fire in the evening, and whom it took a der rick to get to the theater or a dinner party} or one who had been permitted to smoke a pipe and pat his feet all over the furniture and growl about the meals and boss the cook!" "Or to a wife," interpolated the bachelor,"who had always handled the funds and monopolized the conversation aid chosen "her husband's collars and who threw all her past husbands at you eroiy time you did something she wasn't used to or objected to something she waji used to." "Yes,'* agreed the widow with a little shiver, "what horrid things two people could say to one another.'' "Such as 'Just wait until the lea* is op/" suggested the bachelor. The widow nodded. "Or, 'The next time I marry, 111 be careful not to take anybody with red hair,' or, 'Thank good ness, it won't last forever!'" she added. "That's the beauty of it!'' broke in the bach elor enthusiastically. "It wouldn't last forever! And the knowledge that it wouldn't would be such an anesthetic" imagine, added glass in the that the marriage was I I ii il irllr it it Novel Ways to Give Money. There are occasions when it is best to give money instead of articles, even then there may be a pleasant mystery about receiving it. One son who always re members his mother by the coin of the realm, has very original methods of doing it. Once the green* backs were folded in narrow strips seWed on a fan. which, when opened, disclosed the peculiar manner of construction. A bow of gay holly ribbon was tied to the handle and a little note accompanying the fanbox "hoped that she would enjoy a few weeks in southern lands wafted there by the fan." Last year he wove his banknotes into a pretty Oonventional pattern, bor dered it With re* and green ribbon, thereby making a small mat. He sent ft with the tag of well known rug dealers attached, and "hoped that the design on the inclosed rug would soften the pathway of life." A father who was obliged to be away from home on Christmas sent word to his wife to hide twelve silver dollars thruout the house, and every time the clock struck beginning at 8 in the morning until S at night his little 10-year-old daughter was to hunt for another gift from father. Be could not buy the pres ents, but she was to make her own selections. In this IDEAS FOR FANCY DRESSES THpreparing E principal reason for the lack of enthusiasm in fancy dress parties is the trouble entailed in costumes, but really it is possible to make up most attractive masks for a remarkably small outlay in time and money. In the first place, it is not necessary to purchase Very expensive materials, if, they must be bought, and vety often some little alteration of ordinary clothes makes a most satisfactory costume without buying anything but a mask. By the way, these new paper masks, covering but the hair and the upper half of the face, are excellent disguises and have the double ad vantage of low price and coolness. Both animal heads and comic heads are to be had, as well as some very pretty coquettish faces topped by pretty hats. For the small boy one of the easiest makeups is a "Koosevelf bear" with One of these paper bear masks and long trousers and a brown sweater well Stuffed out. t* "i* For the girl, empire and 1830 costumes are right at hand in thisreason's fashions, and all she needs is a proper arrangement Of her hair with a high old fashioned comb. A scarf falling off her shoulders and lace mitts, and, behold! she is transported back to he/ great-grandmother *s time with little trouble. The face should always be rouged a little when the hair is powdered or the white coiffure is unbecoming unless the wearer has an unusually high eolot ot her own. A harmless theatrical rouge may be purchased which will easily come off when the party is ov&r. The powder should never be left in the hair overnight, but be carefully shaken out and then brushed before retir ing. The powdered hair is so becoming that colonial costumes are always popular. Where a hostess knows that her guests will not care to we*ar fancy costumes let her try a "bal poudre," at which the hair is powdered while the ordinary evening dresses are worn. Defective Page !he that both toes slipped from the fender and her heels used to and fond of landed indignantly on the floor. "It would the lump ofaway sugar," explained the bachelor, "thatbe would take the bitter taste and make you able to swallow all the trials more easily. It's the feeling that a painful operation and murder and ground CHRISTMAS ENTERTAINMENT HINTS By Madame Merri. red ribbons may run to each plate and be attached to bell-shaped cards. Over the, table suspend by red rib bons red tissue paper bells which may be purchased Or a Chime of gilt and silver bells of home manufact ure gold and silver paint are easily applied \fcd are always convenient to have on hand. They color walnut shells for' tree decorations, and are useful in a thous and and one ways, A toy "Santa Clans" with sleigh and reindeer (to a mad career down the center of the table will delight the younger members of the household, a realistic chimney may be made of brick building blocks. In his pack, which may be red stocking shaped bag, put the table favors, generally consisting of red snap ping motto eaps and candy boxes in Christmas shapes* The Christmas Barrel 1A a family where there are no children and none to be borrowed from near relatives, they devised thlg method of distributing these gifts. The day before Christmas a barrel Covered with crepe paper waS placed in the reception hall. It was tied around with red ribbon and greens, and each member of the family placed his parcels within. At breakfast it was rolled into the dining room and the contents disclosed by the one whose lot it was to perform the pleasant task. This honor was determined by two candy canes, one long, one short, the man who drew the long otte Offi ciating as "Santa Glaus." This is not much trouble, and infinitely better than just the ordinary gitin| things. it^wi **w*a. a Hi ll| {s MARRIAGES" only temporary and that Ire Were Only sort of house party guests might make ul more polite and agree able and entertaining, so as to leave good las* pression Behind tit." "Or to get invited to stay longer,'* remarked the widow cynically. "That'I it he agreed, polling comfortably 0 his digar. "We always take better care of bor rowed article* than of those that belong to us, any how, and that we can treat aS we please. Having gotten charming wife or a satisfactory husband, the very thought that the desirable person could terminate the affair and escape uS when the contract run out, would make ns more considerate of them and more anxious to please and less liable to nag or to bully, A woman wouldn't take the risk of appearing at breakfast in curl papers or indulging in tantrums, and a man would think twice before he refused his wife money ot stayed 4wn town with the boys nights." "I do believe" cried the widow, sitting up straight and looking at the bachelor accusingly, "that you're arguing in favor Of 'trial marriage.' "I'm net arguing in favor of marriage at all," protested the bachelor plaintively* "But marrying for life is like putting the whole dinner on the table at once. It takes away your appetite. Harrying on trial would be more like serving it in courses." "That might be all right. agreed the wide* doubtfully, "ifthere weren't too many courses. Too many marriages would give you mental indiges tion. "And sentimental dyspepsia," agreed the bachelor reflectively, "but it would give you a variety, too," he added hopefully. "And Changing the course would be such a strain," declared the widow. "Why, when the contract was up how would you know how to divide thingsthe* chit dren, and tit The dog and the eat." "Afid all the little mementos yon had collected to [ether and the things you had shared in common and favorite armchair and the things yon had grown "Oh, Well, in that case," remarked the bachelor, "yon might have grown so used to and fond of one another that when it came to the parting of the ways, you Would not want to part them. After all." he went on Soberly, "if trial marriages were put into effect, they would end nine times out of ten in good old fashioned matrimony. A man ean get as accustomed to a woman as he does te a pipe or a chair" JUxrhotf" What!' way the mother said the interest in the day was keen Until bedtime and the father was by no means for fotten. Putting money in small coins in pill boxes a good stunt, with a physician's prescription blank filled out to "take one daily until gone." Christmas Coffee Cake, This delicious sweet bread would be an addition to the Christmas supper table to be served with a cup of coffee, tea or chocolate. To one pound of raisin bread dough work in one eup of soft butter, three eggs, two cups of brown sugar, a half cup of milk and one teaspoonful each of cinnamon and nutmeg, a half teaspoonful of cloves and allspice. One large half eup of pitted dates and the same of seeded raisins. After mixing put in a shallow buttered pan and let raise in a warm corner) bake in a moderate oven. When taken out have ready a thick sirup made from sugar and water and brush the top of the eake Immediately arrange halved blanched almonds, pecan nut meats and candled orange peel in a design on top and sides, covering closely^ I i i i fitottmenta for the Christmas Place Cards. "At .Christmas time we'll have good cheer, frer Christmas comes but once a year." "Serenely full, the epicure will say, Fate cannot harm me, 1 have dined today.*4 "May every Christmas grace shine ae an anger* face." "May the spirit of Christmas last all thru the year.'* "In lowly hut or oastle halt Hay each soul keep festival At Christmas time." "Here's to a happy holiday. Health and wealth for all the year.** "Alt joys and jollity wait on thy holiday. Ulay this he ywur best Chrlstmaa, with a bettei better one t* Oome/ A Mistletoe Luncheon. A young woman who wishes to announce her en gagement on Christmas eve is to give a mistletoe luncheon. Over the table there is to be a huge bunch of this mysterious plant tied by Ted end green rib bons. There will be a Spray at each place attached to the place card and a spray over the door leading to the dining room. While at the table the hostess will tell the legend of the first man to enter a door hung with mistletoe being the one to marry a girl in the room, and Just st this stage of the game the young man in the ease is to enter and receive the congratulations of the girls present, who are the bride4 elect's most intimate friends. Questions on any subject pertaining to this de partment will cheerfully be answered. A reply will be sent by mail if stamped and addressed envelope is enclosed. Address Mme. Merri, The Minneapolis Journal. The effect is almost as pretty as a regular fancy dress party. When going to a fancy dress party it is Wf&Uto take along a few of the necessary "makeups" to repair damages, for theatrical rouge wears off, pow dered hair soon loses its whiteness nd patches com* off at a frolic, and the retult is anything but plefcdng, unless the disheveled young woman em remedy hey faults during the evening. For a little girl a very pretty dress if the "red riding hood," where along cloak with a hood made Of red Cambric and a small basket are all that Is nec essary. Paper dresses are always charming, altho not very durable, but the beautiful flowered crepe papers are quite as effective as the more expensive cloths and silks. The French maid is the most1 For Removing Spots. If you spill milk on your clothes wash Out the Spot at once with white soap and warm Water. If candle or other grease falls upon them Use French chalk or benzine, OT take the spot ont with an iron and blotting paper. Tea stains can be removed with plain warm water, paint with turpentine. Ink with salts of lemon, if the color of the frock will not run, otherwise it is best to let it severely alone. If you are so unfortunate as to get your gown mud stained be sure to wait until it is entirely dry and then brush off with a whiskbroom and sponge the marks until they disappear. If the cloth is spotted with rain, iron on the wrong side with apiece of old muslin between the oioth and the iron. M^PM withTiZf easily prepared and most becoming of costumes, particularly ror a piquant brunette. A plain black frock with unen collar and cuffs, with & dainty muslin apron end little cap tied With ted ribbonsand the picture is ioiapletevNew York Press. ?L /l5 "And a woman," pursued the bachelor, "eanVbe-* come ae attached to a man and as fond of him as she! IS of an old umbrella or a pair of old shoes. No mat-] te* how battered or worn they may become, nor how many breaks there are In them, we ean neverfindanv-" thing to quite take their place. Matrimony, after all/*$ is just a habit and husbands and wives become habits T# LAUNDRY SCIENCE: BLUES There are various kinds of bines for use in the law*'1 dry. They may be bought either hi solid or liquid form, but the solid blues are mere generally used. When mixed with water, they break up into very fine particles, Which are held for a time in suspension, but eventually settle as a fine powder on the bottom of the"essel. The liquid blues are usually soluble and chiefly ob tained from aniline dyes, consequently the tint given is more permanent, and if used in excess, the color can not be removed unless by chemicals. The blue in this case acts more as a dye. Ultramarine, azure, Prussian JjUt and indigo are the solid blues chiefly employed in laun dry work. Ultramarine Is the most widely used of the four, and the best. It is cheaper and an alkali has no reaction upon it, and, If properly used, it gives a whiter tint to the,clothes. Blues are used to counteract the yellow tint given to clothes by wearing, or by the action of soaps, during washing. The blues, reduced to fine particles by mix ing it with water, enter the linen in the form of mi nute grains, and give linen and calico a uniform tint, which intensifies the whiteness of the fabric. j^S The blue water for white clothes should be of *}KM very pale shade if made too deep the clothes become* If a pale blue shade, which entirely defeats the object o4rr4$ nsing blue. The water for black and dark shades oat^i|J blue should be a deep bluej this preserves the colorf1 the black from turning brown, and the blue front Jm fading. For light blue prints the water must be madf lighter in color, and if they are partly white, it nwil1?4p^ be as pale a shade as for white clothes. Solid blues should always be tied in a bag, prefes ably flannel} by this means the shade of the water can be easily regulated, and it prevents useless waste 3^ blue. Blue water should not be prepared nntfl reqnire^^ If allowed to stand the grains Settle to the bottom am* the clothes when put Into the water become stained br touching the sediment. Clothes must not be left la the Use water, as th blue would settle oft them and make then streaky. The blue bag must be tightly squeezed before ting awayi if left saturated it wastes the bine. EMOTIONAL DINNER SERVICE The "emotional" dinner gown has ranevtctf "emotional" dinner service, ft hna been considered: A that the efforts of a chef win be far more appreciated if his masterpieces are served on plates which Bunessf the flaVor of his dishes. 1 The service may be fasMened of any metal wMcM ean be enameled, but the more expensive patterns are/ carried out in beaten silver, Tne favorite metals ar* pOwter or copper. The olives are served en mtntature dishes to reps* sent an olive leaf carried #*i in tthr green enamels* pewter. A witch's cauldron is the latest novelty in sou? reens. The cauldron hangs between pewter sticks ave* a silver spirit stove, and the ladle represents the witch's stick. Each soup plate of pewter bears an em ameled black cat in its center, but the enamel is pro tected by an upper plate of prepared W thru whicH the design shows. ish is served in a silve* bona. h*M by two me*? aids, whose scales are suggested by mother of pearL* fantastic slabs of which ornament the pewter plates. The haunch of venison reposes on a disk borne of crouching deerhound. Each plate is raised a few inches from the table by a pair of antlers, Dishes and platea for game can be enameled in the gorgeous colors the pheasant's feathers, b*o""** a Fruit plates are of beaten pewter, while each finger bowl represents a different fruit set with enamels. Four Hints for W ndo Cleaning.UseSaturday. only chamois skin.- Wet the chamois, wash the window with it, wringit out thoroly and wipe the window with it. Chamois is expensive, but apiece of chamois which costs 60 cents will last two years. The Kitchen Closets.Put clean paper on the two lower shelves every week. The other higher shelves need be changed only once a month, when the elbseta are thoroly cleaned. The Ice Chests-Wash ont "the icebox erW iwth hot water and washing soda. Pour hot water soda down the drain once a week. And do the sarnier for the kitchen feit.li-, -1 \#r- lea in I d--4 things long as two people can stand* one another, they will cling together anyhow, and if they cant, they won't anyhow and whether it's a run-out lease or a divorce^ or prussio acid that separates them doesn't make much difference. Custom, not the Wedding certificate, is the* tie that binds most of us. The savage doesn't need1 any laws to hold him to the woman of his choice. Habit does it and $f habit doesn't, the woman will!'**. The' widow sighod and leaned back in her chair. "I suppose so," sue aid, "but it seems dreadfully, dreary." "What seem* dreadfully drearyf" inquired the bachelor. "Matrimony," rephed the widow solemnly. "It it like those old chairs and pines and shoes and things Were speaking of it's full of holes and breaks and S spots, and it wont always workbut there'* nothing that will quite take the place of it." "Nothing," said the bachelor, promptly. "ThaHs why I want to" Hie widow rose quickly and shook out her skirts,-* "Now, don't begin that, Billy," she said, trying t* be severe, "you're too old." "Oh, well, I'm still In good repair," protested the bachelor. The widow shook her head. "All the varnish is worn off your ideals," she ob jected, "and the hinges of your enthusiasm creak and you've got a bare spot on the top of your head* and "But I've most of the modern improvements,** broke in the bachelor, desperately, ''and I'm not second-hand, anyway!" "No," said the widow, looking him over critieally| "you're shop-worn. But, originally, you were an at* tractive article, and you're genuine and good style and well preserved, and if "Well?" The bachelor looked up expectantly. "If there Were such a thing as 'trial mar riages' The widow hesitated again, "'You'd give me a trial*" asked the bachelo* eagerly. "Oh," said the widow, studying the toes of her reel kid slippers, "it wouldn't besuch a trial!" a vXr 1 I WBi &/ef.vftm wiish ihe Silver in hot soda water and Suds. It is half the battle. Use clean cloth to Wash and clean towels to dry it. T** polish with a little powder and a piece of duunX Use a brush for crevices and chasing.