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sister. The thin woman has only to
arrange tucks, folds, pleats, in such
a way as to conceal her “bones,”
while the stout woman has a number
of vexing questions to settle, the
style of blouse, the cut of skirt, the
location of the waist line, all to
serve one end, to give height to the
figure.
The Stout Woman’s Problems,
One or two general rules may be
observed in designing a garment
* for a stout figure First, the ar
rangement of the mecessary fullness
of the blouse either in a large tuck
or group of tucks at the shoulder
seam, at a point nearest the arm
hole, the tuck or group of tucks fall
ing into fullness at a distance of
three to five inches, as the figure re
quires. The woman with a full fig
ure should never attempt the severe
tailored blouse. The same advice
may be given to the thin woman as
well, for severe lines are likely to
exaggerate certain lines ef the figure.
The stout woman should avoid
blouses with yokes or trimming ar
ranged to simulate a yoke. She must
adhere to groups of lengthwise tucks
and the arrangement of all trimming
to emphasize length of lines. A
second general rule demands an un
broken line from the shoulder to the
hem of the skirt. This means that
neither tucks, trimmings nor decor
ations ef any kind should run around
tie skirt, and more emphatic than all
else, that the waist line should not be
broken by a belt of a contrasting
color. I have seen numbers of dainty
artistic, well-made garments utterly
ruined by poorly chosen belts. The
woman of middle age who wears a
neat white dress thinks to add digni
1 ty to her costume by donning a black
belt, an irreparable violation of taste
in dress. The belt should always
match the costume. With only the
daintiest of girlish figures is the vio
lation of this rule permissable.
Decorations Should Serve a Purpose.
Simplicity is the thing the home
dressmaker should aim at. Designs
that leek well on paper are often
unpractical and unbeautiful when
transferred to materials. This is
more often true in the application of
trimming or the decoration of the
garment. Decoration does not mean
merely embellishing or adding to, but
begins with the material itself, the
planning and utilization of the whole
to produce a pleasing result. Instead
of buying cheap material and cheap
trimming, the same money put into
good material with little or no trim
ming, neatly and plainly made, gives
a much more pleasing as well as more
durable effect. Trimming should
mean something. Bands that bind
nothing or serve no purpose, are out
of place. Bands at the botton of the
rriim haHv onH rvrr»tckot 1 nn ThprA
is a certain dignity and restfulness
about plain materials and plain col
ors that mark the well-dressed
woman.
Dress the Children Simply.
In this matter of misapplied deco
ration, the home dressmaker is not
so often guilty in respect to her
own dresses, but is likely to over
step all bounds of prudence, beauty
and economy in the dress of the
children of the household. I have
sometimes felt that the more limited
the family purse the more surely is
this true. Not long ago I met a tired
little mother, accompanied by two
sturdy boys of seven and nine, who
were much the worse in disposition
and comfort for the starched, be
ruffled “Sunday” blouses they wore.
I made a mental estimate of the cost
of these blouses in time and money,
and I found that there had been
spent for the unnecessary, unwise and
unbecoming ornamentation, at least
BE TENDER WITH THE LITTLE ONES
By ALAMANCE
flYthisI do not mean to be over-indulgent or to gratify |j
every whim of a child. A mother ought never to give a
command to a child without requiring obedience, and it re
quires patience and endurance to be firm without being
cross.
I have had Monday morning to come with all its extra
wcrk—two churnings to do, fix five children off to school,
hunt for caps and pencils, etc., and have the next-to-the
baby cover himself with blacking, carelessly left in reach by
an older brother, then go up stairs and leave finger prints
on every step and baluster; and it would take all the self
control I had to keep from “going to pieces." But it pays.
When my baby was dying, and his eyes locked straight in
to mine for nine long hours, except the knowledge that he
went from my arms right into the arms of a more loving
Saviour, nothing comforted me so much as the thought that
I had never spoktn an impatient word to him.
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sixty cents In money and added la
bor to the amount of at least three
hours of time. The money expended,
with a trifle more added, would have
bought a year’s subscription to a
good magazine, and the extra time
involved spent in rest or recreation,
would have resulted in two happier
well-dressed boys, and a mother with
a year’s good reading matter, and at
least three hours hedlthful recrea
tion to her credit.
This is the day of campaigns; cam
paigns for health, for education, and
for all kinds of reforms. I should
like to see still another inaugurated,
and that is, a movement for sanity
and simplicity in the clothing of
children. Garments that seem to
have required great effort in their
making are neither pleasing, sensible
nor useful. Simplicity should be the
keynote in all clothing both for child
ren and “grown ups.”
Hints for Cherry Time.
Cherry Pie.—A deep tin should
be used for cherry pie, the deeper the
better. Many housekeepers complain
that their cherry pies run over in the
oven and much of the juice is lost.
To prevent this waste of nectar, a
strip of cotton cloth may be wet and
pressed about the rim after the pie is
all ready to go into the oven, or a
paper funnel may be inserted in the
opening in the center of the top crust
to allow for the escape of steam, thus
relieving the crust from pressure.
When the under crust is spread on
the plate, sprinkle lightly with flour
or brush over with white of egg. This
last the Germans always do in mak
ing fruit pies. Pack full of the cher
ries sweetened to taste, dredge a
little flour over the top, then put on
the upper crust and seal.
• * •
Cherry Butter Pudding.—Beat to
a cream a half-cupful butter and
3 tablespoonfuls of sugar. Then
add little by little, stirring constant
ly, 4 beaten eggs, a quart of flour
that has been sifted with 3 tea
spoonfuls baking powder and a half
teaspoonful of salt. Add a pint of
milk, and lastly a quart of pitted
cherries. Boil two hours in a butter
ed mold, not allowing the water to
stop a moment from its belling.
Serve with hard sauce or cherry
sauce.
* # *
Cherry Dumpling6.—These made
like apple dumplings and served with
a sauce made of the juice of the fruit
are delicious. An old-time method
is to make a thick batter, using 2
cupfuls of flour, 2 eggs, 2 teaspoon
fuls butter, 1 tablespoonful sugar, 2
teaspoonfula baking powder sifted,
with flour, 1 cupful water and 1 cup
ful stoned cherries. Drop the mixture
by tablespoonfuls, into boiling salted
water (and but a few at a time, as
the water must not stop boiling). Cov
er closely and cook 12 minutes with
out uncovering. Take from the water
and serve at once on hot plates. To
make the sauce, cream together a
cupful powdered sugar and a table
spoonful butter. Add gradually 1
beaten egg and a half cupful of
cherry-juice, beating constantly.—
Delineator.
Malaria a Fatal Disease. '
We are accustomed to look upon
malaria as a disagreeable, persistent,
but rarely fatal disease. The facts
do not bear out this impression.
Malaria kills 15,000 people in the
United States every year, and with
one exception is the most severe
scourgo of the South. The malaria
bearing mosquito cannot fly great dis
tances: in fact, is not likely to fly
more than 200 yards. Therefore, if
we look to the drainage in the im
mediate vicinity of the home, see to
the rain barrels, the pails, tin cans
and other collectors of rain about
the back premises, we shall probably
[ prevent the visit of this unwelcome
| guest during the summer.
Maxims of Mark Twain.
Mark Twain selected this one to
adorn the page following the title of
one of his books:
“These wisdoms are for the luring
of youth toward high moral altitudes.
The author did not gather them from
practice, but from observation. To
be good is to be noble; but to show
others how to be good is nobler and
no trouble.”
Some of his other maxims read:
"Noise proves nothing. Often a hen
who has merely laid an egg cackles
as if she had laid an asteroid.”
“Training is everything. The peach
was once a bitter almond; cauliflower
is nothing but a cabbage with a col
lege education.”
“The autocrat of Russia possesses
more power than any other man in
the earth; but he can not stop a
sneeze.”
“Habit is ha'bit, and it is not to be
flung out of the window by any man, ‘
but coaxed down stairs a step at a i
time.”
"One of the most striking differ
ences between a cat and a lie is that
a cat has only nine lives.”
“ ‘Classic.’ A book which people
praise and don’t read.”
“The man with a new idea is a
crank until the idea succeeds."
"Be good and you will be lone
some."
"Few things are harder to put up
with than the annoyance of a good
example."
“April 1. This is the day upon
which we are reminded of what we
are on the other 364."
“The English are mentioned in the
Bible: Blessed are the meek, for
they shall inherit the earth.”
"Adam and Eve had many advan
tages, but the principal one was, that
they escaped teething.”
The fact that the War Depart
ment has decided to abolish the use
of the feather duster is a fact of In
terest both to housekeepers and to
those birds which have supplied the
feathers. The reason for this change
Is that the duster merely scatters
dirt, instead of removing It.—
Youth’s Companion.
Temper’s a good, honest fault,
oncet git it in hand.—Rath McEnery
Stuart.
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