Deming graphic., May 20, 1903, Image 2

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GOOD SUGGESTIONS FOR.
DRAPING BAY WINDOWS
Possibilities For E&ctiTe Interior Decefatioa Are
Too Often Orerlooked Pleasant Nooks Easily Pro
vided For, and at Comparatively Little Expense.
Excellent possibilities are afforded
by a bay window for Interior decora
tion, although It la one of the most
difficult feature of a room to treat
satisfactorily. The light must not be
obstructed and the drapery or other
adornment must not be heavy or cum
bersome. Window leafs may be In
troduced effectively and a pWasant
Í
For the
A dignified method of draping a cir
cular bay window in a library Is shown
here. The shaped valance and the
curtains, which are looped high, are
made of bottle green silk velour and
a metal galloon is sewed on the val
ame to form a decorative design.
This galloon alio forms a border up
nd down the curtains and across the
In a Bed
This figure suggests a method of
treating a bay window with a seat In
a bedroom. The cretonne used la
flowered on a cream white back
ground and matches the chair and
couch coverings In the room, Ruffled
Ixibbinet sash curtains add a touch of
daintiness and are easily kept fresh.
Here ornament ami usefulness com
bine to make a thing of beauty of
A Substitute for Celluloid.
Not many years ago a threatened
Ivory famine brought forth the re
markable composition known as cel
luloid, which ever since has been used
In many cases as substitute for the
more precious material. Recently the
Imitation Itself has been Imitated, and
that by a curious preparation of potato
pulp. The Inventor was a Dutchman
named Knlpers. He treated the waste
P'ilp a residue from the manufacture
(if the artificial potato flour with a
itlon of acid and glycerine. The
remitting compound took the composi
tion of a sort of stlckfaKt. which Is
lrlfd and ground to a powder. With
t lie aid of water the powder Is molded
into blocks, much as plaster of parla
Is molded by moistening to a paste.
However, there is this Important dif
ference etween the celluloid and tha
new substitute the new compound
c:in be cut and turned and bored and
lined for every purpone from buttons
upward. In short, It In a complete
substitute for bone and Ivory.
J; 'it ! I i II f
f 1 1' ilis 1
nook formed la which to read when
the light la failing In other parts of
the room.
The furnishing of these pleasant
nooks Is the superlative la housekeep
ing. The cnslnees and comfort aX
forded by these small touches are of
Inestimable value In the making of
luxurious bome.
Library.
bottom. The popular stores or bonne
fern me curtains are used against the
windows. The seat, which Is oddly
shaped, Is upholstered in bottle green
mohair plush. For comfort and con
venience, when the mind Is attuned
for communion with one's favorite
authors, this contrivance Is of the
best.
Boom.
otherwise wasted spare. A delight to
the eye nd a rest for the tired body
are both provided for.
The cushions for the seat are made
of green denim, the aame shade as
that of the leaves In the cretonne.
They might be made of rose color to
match the flowers If desired. The
valance la made of the cretonne, which
requires no trimming.
A Living Issue With Her.
The small, poorly fed boarding
house family was gathered about the
boarding bouse dining table to fight
over the frugal dinner. There was
one vacant chair that was usually oc
cupied by a struggling young author.
His absence . auggested to the other
boarders a theme for discussion. They
talked of his personal appearance, of
his mannors, and Anally of bis writ
ings. "Do you think he has written any
thing that will liver was the conun
drum offered by one of the boarders,
a clerk In a dry goods storo, wíjo
posed as a literary critic.
"I hope no," hcplled the lady of
the house. J'the gentleman In ques
tion qwes me a large board bill, and
gave mo something on account this
morning. I want the check he wrote
to live until It Is cashed."
And then alienee fell Unon the
group, broken COW tlV tho r1i tía i0
J tha bargain counter knives and fors.
GENIUS IN CONVICT GARB.
Many Uicful Inventions Are Due to
the Inventiveness of Crimínala.
It not Infrequently happens that
men Immured behind lror bars In our
prisons give to the world Inventions
whose value it would be difficult to
estimate. One of the most Impor
tant of recent minor Inventions Is
credited ta the ingenuity of a convict
In the New Jersey state prison
Charles Filer. It Is a blind lockstitch
aewlng machine which will enable one
operator to do the work of many. The
device was Invented by Hlcr while
he was at work In the clothing shop
of the prison. . Outside capital was In
terested In the machino and Filer re
ceived as bis reward a cash payment
of $5,000, a block of stock, his parole
and the promise of a position with
the company at a good salary.
Other convicts have figured In pat
ent office reports as Inventors. One
whose name Is recalled was Melchlor
Farkar, who. while confined In a Hun
garlón penitentiary In 1892. devised
a mechanism for giving a man a clean
shave In twenty-five seconds. The ca
ble report assured us that the gov
ernor of the penitentiary bad tested
the machine and declared it a suc
cess, but what came of It la unknown.
A convict of a mechanical turn of
mind Is apt to find his confinement
and his Isolation from deterring Influ
ences most helpful In enabling ilm
to acquire greater facility. The exhi
bition by the prison association of ar
ticles made by convicts contained
specimens of big!, v iass work done be
hind the prison bars. Among them
were an elaborate Iron door grill, a
richly carved oak staircase, chairs.
desks, banjoes, cabinets, Iron bed
steads, plaster casts, etc. A piece of
cloth woven at Auburn came In for
the highest praise. Richard Barker, a
life convict at Auburn, made a. box
out of 11,796 separate pieces of wood
which was a marvel of skilful cabinet
work. It require a glass to see where
the different fragments of wood were
Joined together. In the year 1885 the
goods manufactured by the convicts
of the state of New York were. valued
at u.236,2.
House-to-Housa Mllline rv.
A woman will uever throw an old
hat aside, or even give H .. ay, as
long as she believes there Is t chance
of making it over. She Is ashamed
to send It to a millinery store; in fact, ,
a number of milliners discourage such
a custom by charging prices quite out
of proportion with the work done. In
some of the up town residence dis
trlcta and In Brooklyn young women
go from house to house restoring bril
liancy to faded headgear at nominal
prices. Borne of them, with a taste
for millinery, have built up a regular
custom trade and have all the work
tbey want to do. In a few hours they
will transform an old hat or bonnet
Into one that looks "as good as new."
oirls will help along the family In
como In this way, where they can
choose their customers and their time,
when nothing would persuade them to
work In a millinery store or go be
hind a counter. New York Times.
Mother Was Satisfied.
During a little flurry In the senate
over an appointment, some New
Yorl-ers approached Senator Depew
and inquired whether there was any
thing serious In it.
Hardly," replied tho senator. "It
mates me think of an old woman
who had a son in the railroad busi
ness. He left New York without let
ting her know and disappeared en
tirely. She was so very fond oí him
that she called every day to find out
about him. Finally It aroused our
sympathy and we traced him to
South America, and found he bad en
listed In a regiment and was taking
part in a revolution. We told the old
lady and she calmly replied:
" 'So he's In a South Ameriky reyo.
lutHn, ii he? Thank God for that!
I thought he might be rushing Into
some danger.'" New York Times.
I'll Live for tha Uvlng.
A new mound roa near thi- foothills.
And my heart whs underneath:
ly friends wer good, for they strewed
With blomom and clinging wreath: '
A voice came, borne on the sillines:
Though the way seem hard, be true;
On-llve thy life for the living.
As the dead have lived for you."
1 raised my hand unto heaven
And a pledge I made that day,
(Tha Voice had shown me my duty
And a light shone on the way.)
And theaa. the words of the promise.
That my constant guide shall be:
Til live my lire for the living.
As the dead have lived fur me."
Tha dead since the earth was created.
Lived Ihey not for you and me?
They made the world that we live. In
Hui-h a glorious place to be!
Vake mine for your life's motto
It will make you atrong and true;
And Uva 'your life fer the tiring.
As the deu have lived for you.
She Was. Never Quiet
"Do you love me still?" asked the
bride, as the honeymoon began to
wane.
"How can I lJ1" growled the man
who had been elected freight payor of
the matrimonial trust.
It Is difficult to convert a man un
less you practice what you preach.
DINKELSPIELERS.
Der meaning uf vomaa's rights Is a
husband dot Is afraid to talk back at
hor. '
Der meaning uf energy vas two vim
men pudding a lady dey doan'd like
on der griddle.
Der meaning uf labor Is a man mlt
a full reservoir uf hot air trying to tell
It to a deaf chentleman.
Der meaning uf patience Is a man
dot got to a dry gocdo store mlt his
wife mltould taking chloroform.
Der meaning uf self-control la a
man mlt der grip dot doan'd tell his
friends vare his symptoms bite him.
Der meaning uf up to date Is a man
dot only shows up veil ven be Is
mlt peoples dot vas behind der times.
Der meaning uf bitterness Is a man
mlt a inwitatlon to a beefsteak dinner
dot has to stay home because his wife
baa der dyspepsum.
Der meaning of enchoyment Is der
Internal bubbles vlch rise mitin us
ven ve learn dot a rival has fell down
und bumped his ambition.
Der meaning uf misery Is a voman
dot receives a pimple on ber nose der
same efenlng her new dress comes
home from der. harness makers.
Der meaning uf a success In fash
ionable life vas a voman dot knows
how to cut guffernment bonds so dey
will make ber most stylluh dresses.
Der meaning uf infatuation Is ven a
man makes a smash mlt a girl and
der girl smashes him back. George
V. Hobart in Chicago American.
I HAVE NOTICED THAT
A creed merely Is the trademark
that man blows In the clear gloss of
trt'th.
There Is some good In every man,
but It will require Omniscience to find
It In some cases.
Most punishments that we admin
ister to our children sre given because
they resemble us too closely.
Forgiveness Is divine except when
the offender Is a pretty woman; In
that case It is masculine and human.
It la hard enough to be waked by
your own chanticleer at 4 a. ra., but
to be waked by your nelghbor'a chan
ticleer! In keeping a dog. some men appar
ently are actuated by a vague desire
that something about them may be
entitled to respect.
The states' prisons are full of men
who had Intended to be good to-morrow.
Unfortunately, however, they
were caught today.
Noise does not prove as much as
the campaign orator thought; the
bluejay never did succeed In establish
ing his reputation as a logician.
Some children cannot be very
bright. But we should not blame
them severely; the mistake they made
wm In the selection of their parents.
The more one notices things the
more one realizes that many a self
made man ought to be ashamed of the
Job, and Is not. Alfred J. Waterhouse
In New York Times.
LOG CABIN PHILOSOPHY.
Dis ole worl' is des ez bright ei
some er dese bard ole sinners Is will
In' ter bave It.
While dey ain't no use grlevin' over
spilled milk hit's still a good Idea ter
watch out dat you don't spill de milk
ever' day In de year.
De good folks don't always die
young. Some er dem Uvea ter be
gray-headed ole sinners. Atlanta Con
stitution. MUSINGS.
To have striven for some things Is
a great victory.
There Is nothing so beautiful aa that
which is seen through the eyes of one
we love.
A great many men never rallze
tbelr importance until Just before a
municipal election.
It will do no good to plant flowers
in the graves of those you have bit
terly wronged In life.
At most, the best of friends may
travel tho same pathway but a brief
Jme; so, then, let us laugh and love
while we may.
If men loved prayer meetings as
much as they do prize fights the
churches would be as thick as saloons
us Uta "luvee" district.
WiSDOM'3 WHISPERS.
Call a man a donkey sud it's up to
hlra to kick.
Ambition makes men want to do
things they can't.
It Is easier to talk like a fool than
It Is not to be one.
Men are seldom thankful when they
get what they deserve.
Some women seem to think their
husbands are made of gold dust
The less faith a man has In himself
the more explaining be has to de
Some men find It easier to raise
whiskers than th- price of a shave.
If a man has plenty of money his
fool remarks are considered witty.
In visiting places of Interest in a
large city don't overlook the pawn
shop. Most men can stand a disappoint
ment In love better ban the loss of a
dollar.
A diplomat la a man who knows
how to get what he wants without
fighting for It.
When a prety girl stares at a man's
feet he feels as If be had no earthly
use for himself.
WdWn who like to talk about the
equality of the sexes dislike to admit
they have to work for a living.
The man who pays out a lot of good
money for so-called fame la apt to dis
cover later that he baa a gold brlclc
on his hands.
NEXT MORNING PHILOSOPHER.
A rich man Is as good as anybody
else as long as he behaves himself.
It is not the number, but the nature
of the mistakes a man makes that
counts.
The lobbyist teaches a legislator
how to bulp himself and another at
the same time.
Almost anything will do for a po
litical slogan when the prime object
is to fool the voter.
Disinterested friendship Is not a
rare virtue, but It Is not aa extreme
ly cultivated as it should be.
Sometimes a woman marries a mod
el husband only to find out that he is
constituted on the wrong principle.
When a man begins to assert pub
licly that he Is an honest man, It Is a
sign that he feels that the public
doubts It.
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.
Too many keys fit the closets where
the family skeletons arc kept
Any woman can learn to smoke,
but mighty few of them can learn to
like It.
When a woman Isn't Jealous of her
husband It is a sign that he needs to
be Jealous of her.
A man will keep on chasing after a
woman Just as long as she keeps on
running away from him.
When a man Is going home late at
ulght from the club be Is aur he la'
going to buy his wife a peart necklace
the next morning for the fun he had:
when he gets up he has a row with
her because she hasn't got a dollar to
lend him for carfare. New York
Presa
PENCIL POINTS.
Cold facts often make a man hot
under the collar.
Whatever you pray for you might
also try working for.
A girl Isn't ashamed of her old shoes
If she has small feet
No man can ever understand why
women cry at a wedding.
. It la easier to be a philosopher than
It Is to make a living at It.
The average woman has no earthly
o for a bachelor physician.
If women fondle dogs more than
they do men It's because dogs can t
talk.
A man lnn't necessarily a lover of
the boautir.il because he orders fancy
drinks. '
Bomo glrla-seom to think that the
more powder they use the sooner the,
will go off. '
If a woman cast ner first batch if
'read upon the waters It would doubt
ess obstruct navlgatloa