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WOMANS
WORLD.
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Every man when he marries, lie lie
ever so hard-headed, indulges in some
sort of dream regarding the home that
is to be his, with something in his dream
of an ideal sort, if he allows the word
ideal. He is out and about in a stormy
world of effort, of strife, of attainment;
he is breathless from the struggle, so to
say, and tired of the turmoil, and when
he opens his door, in his fancy, it is to
go into the chamber called Peace.
Not a care is to flutter its dark wings
there; all is to be sanity and sweetness
and gentle grace and gnvety. His wife,
in that dream, always wears a calm and
trustful smile; she always wears pretty
clothes, too; he does not know what, but
of pleasing effect; she is always as she
should be. spotless and soignee.
There is no disorder anywhere in her
region, no loud or sharp tone marks the
silver of her voice; all the wheels of her
housekeeping move noiselessly and
smoothly; all her ways are pleasantness
and all bev paths are peace. When he
wishes to go out with her she is ready
on the moment; when he wishes to staj
at homo he sees her in the low chair op
posite with the pretty work basket, or
she goes to the piano for the new song,
never having suffered herself to fall out
of practice in her music.
She never grows old: she never grows
unlovely, in his thought: sorrows may
come, and trouble, and years will pass,
but she is to be always the beautifully
developing flower of the girl he loves.
What would he say to himself, then,
if he could look into futurity with any
prescience and aee her at the breakfast
table, in her slatternly morning gown
and with het~hair twisted up carelessly,
while she could write her autograph in
the dost on every plain surface in the
house, and' two of them on the piano,
irnich she has long since ceased to open?
What, when he sees the breakfast la
de itself with soiled cloth awry, dishes
Tacked and nicked, napkins forgotten to
he changed, salt cellars just as they were
last dipped into, silver dull, knives stain
ed. the coffee thick, the bread heavy, the
steak burned and nothing hot or inviting!
It may be his own fault, to some ex
tent. that the piano is unopened, but it
is not his fault that her hair is un
dressed. for in sheer self-respect she
should have found the instant to arrange
a neat toilette, and to snatch some dainty
neekgear from that upper drawer of hers,
which is nsually in no more confusion
than he mind; and it is not his fault that
the food he has provided is made unfit to
eat and the house unfit to eat it in.
Is there not a kind of dishonesty in
such stewardship of the good, intrusted to
her? Is there not a trait of dishonor in
the appearance of this untidy and un
lovely creature in the place of the char
mer who once charmed him so wisely?
There are countries inhabited by bar
barians. and by the semi-civilized, where
such conduct as that of this indolent wo
man would give her husband the right to
put her away forever. Here it acts in a
precisely opposite way. as it has the pow
er to send him away to scenes that are
more to his mind. And the woman who
then finds herself in a neglected home
has no one to thank for it but herself.
There is an old Scotch song that portrays
the joy a wife feels in the return of her
husband (rom a long illness:—
“Oh. hand me down my biggonet,
My bishop’s satin gown,”
she cries; and also that the whole house
shall bo festal:
“Gie little Kate her cotton gown,
And Jock bis Sunday slioon,”
nnd the poor fish wife of the blithe
song knew more of the effect of what
the boys call “glad rags” than the slov
enly wife ever thinks best to put in prac
tice: for as nothing but death excuses
one from a dinner engagement, nothing
but sickness unto death excuses a wom
an from breaking her engagement to
make herself and her house pleasant and
attractive to her husband.
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The busniess of draping the hat must j
not be forgotten in a forecast of fail i
styles. All the Paris hats have this
touch of drapery and the newly trimmed
American hats show it also.
The drapery is managed, in an ama
teurish way, by purchasing one and a
half yards of veiling. Get, if you can,
the plain blue or plain green, with velvet
dots the size of a five-cent piece. These
dots should be of different colors on op
posite sides.
Take this veiling and drape it around
the brim of your hat. In the back do not
let it meet, within two inches, but fasten
, the sides with fancy pins to the hat
brim. The ends will now fall upon the
hair in approved fashion. This is the
way of draping a hut brim as explained
by a milliner who makes a business of
this work.
The new fall hats show the veil
drapery around the hat and very often
the lace finish. Nothing so softeps the
hair and face as this little fall of lace,
and the deeper it is, up to a finger in
width, the prettier. Real lace scarfs are
taken in hand by the milliner and used
for the draping .of the dark straw hats
which will be worn through September.
To remodel your rose trimmed sum
mer hat take off the roses and put on
leaves and berries. Select the glowing
sumach colors and the deep golden rod.
Select wood brown, forest green and the
dark tones that come in the autumn with
a touch of the autumn leaf hues. Over
| this brilliancy of color drape your veil
I and let its ciufs trail. The finest and
[ best hats have the “lace drape,” as it
is called, in black and in white, while
the colored veilings are left for the ama
teur and her every day hat.
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For a woman who, of necessity^ reads
or works at night, a cup of hot milk and
a toasted cracker or two are soothing; oi.
if she is inclined to dyspepsia, a little
pulled or toasted bread will be better
than the crackers. Another nerve-quieter
is a hot bath; not too warm, however.
In' a bathtub partially filled with water
it is well to put a tablespoonful of al
mond meal and three tablespoonfuls of
orange flower water; this gives a milky
looking water that is very soothing.
Nothing is more apt to bring sleep than
bodily exhaustion, and to this end before
the bath the woman who would sleep
the sleep of the just will, if she is wise,
spend half an hour taking some of the
most violent exercises that physical cul
ture teaches. This last suggestion is not
for the woman who has spent her day on
her bicycle, or has walked ten or fifteen
miles; she can usually sleep without an
extra effort. It is the women who do
housework or mental labor that need re
laxation.
She should court the first feeliug of
drowsiness, and to do this she should lie
on the right side with the hands down,
and not stretched upon the pillows. The
knees should never be higher than the
head, and the bed should be level, with
only a slight rising at the head. As a
last injunction, the woman who is trou
bled with insomnia should never take a
nap in the daytime. >y
* * *
The double chin is a hard thing to re
move by home treatment, but it can cer
tainly be modified by persistent, daily
application of the following treatment:
Grasp as much of the chin as can be
held between the thumb and forefinger,
and twist until it slips out. Do this
many times, on both sides of the chin.
One can form the habit of doing it when
reading. Placing the hands on the
checks, let the thumbs meet under the
chin, and draw them backward, pressing
hard, and flattening the chin. One must
not press against the windpipe, hut only
against the under part of the jaw.
Past of all, clasp the hands upon the
forehead and bend the head slowly for
ward. resisting it all the time with the
hands. Bend till chin rests on chest.
When this motion is first used a painful
sensation will be felt in the cords of the
neck. This is oiiiy because unused mus
cles are being exercised, and will soon
pass away. Relax thoroughly after each
morion: do it four or five times, then go
to something else, and come hack to it.
Five minutes daily given to these three
motions will begin to show results in six
weeks. The flesh will leave the lower
edges of the cheeks first, removing the
old, heavy look which it always gives the
face. Though the obstinate double chin
may not be removed entirely, it will be
modified and kept down.
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A smart touch this season.is a poppy
collar which a certain New York girl
recently designed in an emergency, when
a somewhat worn badiee was in sore
need of being brightened up a bit, Says
the “Woman’s Home Companion.” It
was made not of lace or ribbon, like the
usual collar, but of small, exquisitely,
shaded green leaves. They are artificial
leaves of silk, such as the best milliners
use, and were mounted on green chiffon,
which formed a stock stiffened here and
there by silk-covered featherbone. At
the back came the dash of cqlor—a clus
ter of small, briliant .red poppies. They
were fastened to the collar, standing up
very straight and showing their stems in
stead of being grouped to form a ehou.
One or two of the poppies were taller
than the others, and reached Well up into ^
the hair. As poppy-red was this young
woman’s particular color, the color prov
ed most becoming, and gave the waist
with which it was worn a surprising new
charm.
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One who desires a neat way to trim a
walking suit made of a mixture should
give broadcloth a thought. In a hand
some quality, it is aiwnys rich, and in
many instances it is much smarter than
velvet. Better yet, no matter how it
wears, or is worn, it can never get to
look as shabby 1 as velvet, and there’s
nothing looks thinner than a velvet col-;
lar facing worn at the edge. |
A good scheme suggests itself for near
ly every mixture. Either brown or cream
is admirable for a brown mixture—most
of these have some cream white intro
duced. Mixtures in the Scotch plaid
colors are made even more attractive
by facings of deep blue or green. Tan
or white faces green-effectively, and for
a very smart black rig or one of a black
and white mixture nothing is more fetch
ing than white in the rich moleskin
finish.
Of course, there are colors and mix
tures not here mentioned, but by taking
them to the broadcloth counter one will
soon discover their textile affinities.
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The prettiest evening gowns worn by
the smartest women are invariably those
of a picturesque order: even some of the
court trains have become things of beau
ty, gorgeous with embroidery and ex
uisite lac*
High Belts and the Method of
Wearing Them.
WHITE GOWNS ABE THE CBAZE.
A Dressy Driving Coat and a Beauti
' fa) Costume of Gray Veiling—Some
thing Abont the Sen Fancy Collar*
and Tie*.
High belts are still popular, but ex
, perience teaches that they must be
made with care if t-icy are to be worn
with the straight front corset. The
prettiest belts are made high at the
■ back. The material Is cut on the cross
' and is mounted on the bodice. The
i belt slopes gradually toward the front.
1 Often the belt does not meet in front
| by a couple of inches, the intervening
space being hidden by a tie of lace or
1 a portion of the vest. For wearing
with shirt waists a useful belt is made
of crosscut glace or soft satin match
ing the co\or of the skirt. It is folded
and stitched to a bone about four
inches long at the back, and^fhenee on
■ either side the material slopes away
PONGEE DRIVING COAT.
to a point. The belt may be tied in a
knot and the ends pinned up to the
blouse, or it may be fixed with a
buckle.
The shaped belt is far more becom
ing to the figure than the ordinary
straight kind. The object of employing
crosscut material rather than ribbons
is that the former when pulled tight
fits so much closer to the figure.
The three-quarter driving cloak
shown is of pongee, with a double
caped collar and rounded revers of red
silk outlined with ecru applique. The
cuffs are of the crimson silk, also out
lined with the applique.
White Is All the Go.
The fondness for white this season
extends even to tenuis and outing
suits. The white mohair ones are ex
tremely smart and are accompanied
by white shoos and white straw or taf
feta hats. White storm serge is a fa
vorite material with yachtswomen and
trims up well with gold or silver braid
and marine buttons. Anchors embroid
ered on the cuffs or collars add a bit
to the jauntiness.
Touches of black velvet to set off a
hat or gown are becoming almost in
dispensable. A bow tied loosely and
OF WHITE LINEN.
Bet on the side of a hat of the palest
bine or pink, With the ends hanging
slightly over the brim, Is extremely
effective. Another pretty and novel
Idea is to wear one of these velvet
knots at the nape of the neck on the
slightly low neck dresses used for day
wear.
A smart cpstume of white glace linen
which is shown in the picture is made
with an Eton jacket and a plain skirt
trimmed with bands of pale blue linen.
This is worn .with n\ white muslin and
i Insertion blouse Sud an outing bat of
•white linen stitched and trimmed with
a bow and band of blue ribbon.
The Bolero Sechi Permanent.
Filet lace Is much ilsed for summer
gowns. It is frequently trimmed with
bands of pongee or silk. The founda
tion of this luce is a square meshed
lace on which a pattern is worked in
darned fashion. It has rather the ef
fect of an old sampler. Gold or sil
ver tinsel on black or brown is ex
quisite with a touch of color.
The bolero, like the blouse, has appar
ently come to stay. Chiffon and mous
seline are appliqued with heavy tex
tures or bits of silk, and the bolero in
this fashion is fitted loosely und is
t/Si
GUAY VEILING.
fastened with bows of colored velvet
set on In the front.
So far there Is little change in the
fashion of skirts, but short ones are in
the minority and are rarely seen ex
I cept for athletic sports.
| A costume of gray veiling is shown in
! the cut. Both waist and skirt are laid
in wide bias tucks. The skirt has three
tucked ruffles. The waist is collarless
and is trimmed with a yoke and un
dersleeves of white chiffon. Bands of
white silk applique also aid in trim
ming the waist and skirt.
Fancy Collar* and Ties.
Bertha collars of embroidered ba’
tiste appear on very many of the new
gowns. Another fashionable mode for
linen dresses shows a short, oddly
shaped bolero with stole ends of lace
and edged around the sides with nar
row bands of stitched linen. The bo
lero is worn over a tucked blouse of
embroidered batiste.
Pretty little silk tnull fichus are
edged with flower passementerie.
OF OLD BOSE LINEN.
Thin white wash goods and net make
equally effective fichus. A flower bor
dered fichu is as dainty a piece of ap
parel as one could wish for.
In the wash ties and neckbands fash
ion still clings to the pique stocks of
white, with narrow colored ties. The
knot seems to be superseding the bow,
and many of the netv stocks have the
ties simply crossed over and fastened
with a fancy pin.
Many collars are made of insertion
and feathqptitching. They fasten in
the back and taper down into points in
the front.
The picture shows a gown of old
rose linen. The blouse waist has a
tucked collar cut in points and edged
with square lace applique. The skirt
is also tucked and has'h wide gored |
ruffle. JUDIO CHOLLET.
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Thomas B. Reed on Fame.
Here is a definition of fame given by
ex-Speaker Reed at the Bowdoin col
lege commencement dinner: “Fame
is largely a matter of accident. Being
in the right place at the right time
and doing the right thing, or, better
still, making people think you are do
ing the right thing, is about all there
is to fame.” This definition gains
much in effectiveness when “fame” is
pronounced with the ex-speaker’s well
known drawl.
\ Quite Likely.
Tarantula Jim—What killed Stinga
rec Bill?
Alkaii Ike—Acute plstolitis. I reckon
that’s what the doctors called. it—
Judge. -
: THREE AND-AN EXTRA
By BUDYARD KIPLING.
When halter and heel ropes are slipped, do
not give chase with sticks, but with gram.—
Punjabi Proverb.
After marriage arrives a reaction,
sometimes a big, sometimes a little, one,
but it comes sooner or later and must
be tided over by both parties if they de
sire the rest of their lives to go with the
current.
In the case of the Cnsack-Bremmils
this reaction did not set in till the third
year after the wedding. Bremmil was
hard to hold at the best of times, but be
was a beautiful husband until the baby
died and Mrs. Bremmil wore black and
grew thin and mourned as if the bot
tom of the universe had fallen out. Per
haps Bremmil ought to have comforted
ber. He tried to do so, I think, bnt the
more he comforted the more Mrs. Brem
mil grieved and consequently the more
uncomfortable Bremmil grew. The fact
was that they both needed a tonic, and
they got it. Mrs. Bremmil can afford to
laugh now, bnt it was no laughing mat
ter to her at the tune.
You see. Mrs. Hauksbee appeared on
the horizon, and where she existed was
fair chance of trouble. At Simla her by
name was the “Stormy Petrel. ” She had
won that title five times to my own cer
tain knowledge. She was a little, brown,
thin, almost skinny woman, with big,
rolling, violet blue eyes and the sweetest
manners in the world. Yon had only to
mention her name at afternoon teas for
every woipan in the room to rise up and
call her—well—not—blessed. She was
clever, witty, brilliant and sparkling
beyond most of her kind, but possessed
of many devils of malice and mischie
vousness. She could be nice, though,
even to her own sex. But that is anoth
er story.
Bremmil went off at score after the
baby’s death and the general discomfort
that followed, and Mrs. Hanksbee an
nexed him. She took no pleasure in
hiding her captives. She annexed him
publicly and saw that the public saw it.
He rode with her and walked-with her
and talked with her and picnicked with
her and tiffined at Peliti’s with her till
people put up their eyebrows and said,
“Shocking!” Mrs. Bremmil staid at
home turning over the dead baby’s
frocks and crying into the empty cradle.
She did not care to do anything else.
But some eight dear, affectionate lady
friends explained the situation at length
to her in case she should miss the cream
of it. Mrs. Bremmil listened quietly
and thanked them for their good offices.
She was not as clever as Mrs. Hauksbee,
but she was no fool. She kept her own
counsel and did not speak to Bremmil
of what she had heard. This is worth
remembering. Speaking to or crying
over a husband never did any good yet.
When Bremmil was at home, which
was not often, he was more affection
ate than usual, and that showed his
hand. The affection was forced partly
to soothe his own conscience and partly
to soothe Mrs. Bremmil. It failed in
both regards.
Then “the A. D. C. in waiting was
commanded by their excellencies Lord
and Lady Lytton to invite Mr. and
Mrs. Cusack-Bremmil to Peterlioff on
July 26 at 9:30 p. m. ” “Dancing” was
in the bottom left hand corner.
“I cannot go,” said Mrs. Bremmil.
“It is too soon after poor little Florrie;
but it need not stop you, Tom.”
She meant what she said then, and
Bremmil said that he would go just to
put in an appearance. Here he spoke
the thing which was not, and Mrs.
Bremmil knew it. She guessed—a
woman’s guess is much more accurate
than a man’s certainty—that he had
meant to go from the first, and with
Mrs. Hauksbee. She sat down to think,
and the outcome of her thoughts was
that the memory of a dead child was
worth considerably less than the affec
tions of a living husband. She made
her plan and staked her all upon it. In
that hour she discovered that she knew
Tom Bremmil thoroughly, and this
knowledge she acted on.
“Tom,” said she, “I shall be dining
out at the Longmores’ on the evening
of the 26th. You’d better dine at the
club. ”
This saved Bremmil from making an
excuse to get away and dine with Mrs.
Hauksbee; to he was grateful and felt
small and mean at the same time,
which was wholesome. Bremmil left
the house at 5 for a ride. About half
past 6 in the evening a large leather
covered basket came in from Phelps’
for Mrs. Bremmil. She was a woman
who knew how to dress, and she had
not spent a week on designing that
dress and having it gored and hemmed
and herringboned and tucked and
rucked (or whatever the terms are) for
nothing. It was a gorgeous dress, slight
mourning. I can't describe it, but it
was what The Queen calls “a creation”
—a thing that hit you straight between
the eyes and made you gasp. She had
not much heart for what she was going
to do, but as she glanced at the long
mirror she had the satisfaction of know
ing that she had never looked so well
in her life. She was a large blond, and
when she chose carried herself superbly.
After the dinner at thg^Longmores’
she went on to the dance—a little late
—and encountered Bremmil with Mrs.
Hauksbee on his arm. That made her
flush, and as the men crowded round
her for dances she looked magnificent.
She filled up all her dances except three,
and those ehe left blank. Mrs. Hanks
bee caught her eye once, and she knew
it was war—real war—between them.
She started handicapped in the strug
gle, for she had ordered Bremmil about
just the least little bit in the world too
much, and he was beginning to resent
it. Moreover, he had never seen his
wife look so lovely. He stared at her
from doorways and glared at her from.
passages sb she went about with her
partners, and the more he stared the
morn taken waa he* He could scarcely
believe that this wls the woman with
the red eyes and the black stuff gown
who used to weep over the eggs at
breakfast.
Mrs. Hanksbee did her best to hold
him in play; but, after two dances, he
crossed over to his wife and asked for
a dance. ’
“I’m afraid you ve come too late,
Mr. Bremmil,” she said, with her eyes
twinkling.
Then he begged her to give him a
dance, and as a great favor she allowed
him the fifth waltz. Luckily five stood
vacant on his programme. They danced
it together, and there was a little flut
ter round the- room. 1 Bremmil had a
sort of a notion that his wife could
dance, but he never knew she danced
so divinely. At the end of that waltz
he asked for another—as a favor, not
as a right—and Mrs. Bremmil said,
“Show me your programme, deart”
He shewed it as a naughty little school
boy hands up contraband sweets to a
master. Thera was n fair sprinkling of
“H” on it besides “H” at supper. Mrs.
Bremmil said nothing, but she smiled
contemptuously, ran her pencil through
seven and nine—two “H’s”—and re
turned the card with her own name
written above, a pet name that only
she and her husband used. Then she
shook her finger at him and said, laugh
; ing, “Oh, you silly, silly boy!”
jars. JHauicsDee neara tnat. ana—sne
owned as much—felt she had the worst
of it. Bremmil accented seven and nine
1 gratefully. They danced seven and sat
out nine in one of the little tents. What
Bremmil said and what Mrs. Bremmil
did is no concern of any one.
When the band struck up “The Roast
Beef of Old England,” the two went
out into the vei'anda, and Bremmil be
gan looking for his wife’s dandy (this
was before rickshaw days) while she
went into the cloakroom. Mrs. Hauks
bee came up and said, “You take me
in to supper, I think, Mr. Bremmil!”
Bremmil turned red and looked fool
ish. “Ah’m! I’m going home with my
wife, Mrs. Hauksbee. I think there has
I been a little mistake!” Being a man,
! he spoke as though Mrs. Hauksbee were
entirely responsible.
Mrs. Bremmil came out of the cloak
room in a swan’s down cloak with a
white “cloud” round her head. She
j looked radiant, and she had a right to.
| The couple went off into the darkness
together, Bremmil riding very close to
1 the dandy.
| Then says Mrs. Hauksbee to me—she
; looked a trifle faded and jaded in the
lamplight—“Take my word for it, the
silliest woman can manage a clever
man, but it needs a very clever woman
to manage a fool.”
Then we went in to supper.
NEW FAD IN FOBS.
How the Smart Woman Wears Her
Watch—Handmade ASalri,
The watch fob has been generally ac
cepted for women’s wear. Now it Is
decreed that the fob shall be made with
special reference to the gown with
which it is to be worn, and of this
fresh fad the New Idea Magazine says:
i The fobs are handmade and need
! ,
! WHITE PIQUE FOB. RIBBON FOB WITH i
SEAL.
have no ornament save a Buckle. Most ,
of the fobs are made of heavy mate- j
rial to match a gown, of velvet or cor- j
duroy or of some fabric which makes
just the bit of contrast needed to set off
the costume. The fob may match the
material of the belt or even of the
stock. A scrap of goods from a suit is
sufficient for a fob.
The fobs which are intended to be
finished with an ornnmeut at the lower I
end are made straight, like a strap.
Those that have the buckle only are
rounded out into a lobe shape at the
bottom. If the material is heavy, all
that is needed is a binding of some
sort around the edge. Some of the fobs
are stitched also, while some materials
look much better without the stitching.
The binding is often of a contrasting
color that gives tone to the fob.
A clever girl made some unique fobs j
from heavy knitting silk, knitting a
close, heavy pattern and bringing the
end to a point or widening into a lobe.
These fobs she bound to keep from
stretching. She also knitted a belt and
stock to make a complete set.
Pretty little fobs of taffeta, cut with
the lobe end and stitched with self
color or one that will contrast prettily
with the silk, are used with stitched
taffeta belts. Belt and fob are buckled j
to match with gun metal, brass, silver
or nickel.
Smart fobs of heavy black silk rib
bon with small seals, made like those
worn by gentlemen, are shown by the
best jewelers. A pretty example is
given in the illustration.
The tiny buckles may be had in plain
styles or more elaborately wrought, and
ornaments for the end of the fob are
shown In a variety of designs. As a
rule, they represent some symbol of the
owner’s taste la the line of ou*loor
sports.
THE WEELITTLES IN LUCERNE.
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FIND THE TWO GUIDES.
PAJAMAS A LA MODE.
Ideal Lounging; Garb For the Slen
der, Svelte Young Woman.
Whether or not men are to be blamed
for suggesting the idea is a difficult
point to settle, but the fact has sud
denly come to light that bifurcated ap
parel is by no means unusual among
up to date youngs women, according to
the New York Herald, which has the
following to say about the fad:
So far it is confined exclusively to
garments intended for the hours de
voted to gentle sleep, and there is no
reason to believe that the fashion 'will
extend beyond the walls of milady’s
dainty boudoir. But feminine paja
mas have met with great success al
ready. ifrue, pajamas cannot be called
particularly attractive looking apparel,
j especially when worn by stout women.
J The jaunty trousers and coats render
j-1
SHE LOOKS AS PEETTY AS SHE CAST,
such creatures far from being visions
of beauty. A slender, svelte figure, on
the contrary, lends rather a chic air
to this somewhat ungraceful style.
For lounging and genuine comfort
there is nothing more fitting that pa
jamas. if they are cool and thin. Of
course there are some fair creatures
' who wouldn’t for the world exchange
! their dainty lace aud ribbon trimmed
! garments for the prettiest pajamas
made, and they nre very sensible to
stick to their feminine fripperies.
By no means is it essential that pa
jamas should be homely garments. In
their way they may be as quaintly,
pretty as the most elaborate night
robe. The curious little Chinese loops
I and cords that have always been a
j characteristic of men’s pajamas are in
; the latest models dispensed with en
tirely, and in their place are used large
flat pearl buttons. Not even the soft
| neck finish in the form of an ordinary
I collar 1ms been deemed desirable on
the new apparel. Another noticeable
difference is seen in the sides of the
coat. There are no slits, and the nec
essary spring is secured by curving the
i seam.
While the new feminine pajama
I trousers are apparently cut exactly
j like a man’s, they really are sloped in
; over the hips in order to do away with
any unnecessary fullness. A fancy tape
is supplied for drawing them up
around the waist. Quite the quaint
est feature in the new pajamas was
presented in the trim trouser legs.
These are sufficiently loose and long
to be comfortable, and around the ex
treme bottom is a fold of the white
fabric that rolls up in a very piquant, !
mannish fashion.
The jaunty little rolls make the feet
seem all the smaller, and the chic bed
room slippers are much more faseinat- i
ing when peeping from beneath this j
enveloping fold.
Silk garments are very popular for
summer wear, and pale blue, dainty !
blue and soft yellow silken pajama
suits are fetching enough to win over
a prejudicial person.
Pajamas will never be universally
worn, for the reason that all women
do not find the fashion possible. It
promises, nevertheless, to become an
immensely popular fad, and among
those with whom it has already found
favor may be mentioned college girls.
Attractive Window Shades.
Window shades have generally been
regarded as useful but rather ungainly
articles, but even these are now made
beautiful after the manner shown in
SHADE WITH BONNE FEMME FLOUNCE.
the cut, where a “bonne femme"
flounce of muslin edged with ecru lcce,
below an effective border of applique
on net, adds grace to outlines that
would otherwise be severe.
In the Bedroom.
Hemstitched borders are the fashion
for pillowcases.
No pillows in the daytime, but a
round bolster to match the counter
pane, is one of the modes in bedmak
ing.
Blue and white barred gingham
makes pretty and practical bedroom
drapery.
Lavender scented sheets and pillow
slips are an old time delight revived.
Delicately scented bed linen has a
distinctly soporific effect, besides being
soothing to the nervea,
Tennis and Croquet.
It being the fad of the moment to be
domestic is one reason for the revival
of tennis and croquet. Consequently
on all of the country places that have
lately been finished, as well as on the
older places, the croquet lawn and the
tennis court are receiving much atten
tion. Where there Is not a grass court
a dirt court is put up, and many peo
ple prefer this to the former.
But the most attractive courts are
those that are laid out on a lawn, for
the green grass seems a necessary ae
cqmpaniment, especially when women
are playing.
The fad of the moment is to have
the croquet lawn as near the house as
possible, so that spectators can watch
it from the veranda or terrace, as the
case may be.
Cream of Spinach Soup.
Recipe of the Boston Cooking School
Magazine: Cook half a peck of well
washed spinach in the water that
clings to the leaves, sprinkling it light
ly with salt. Chop fine and pass
through a puree sieve. For a cup ol
puree make three cups of white sauce,
using milk or milk and white stock as
the liquid and half the usual quantity
of flour. If the stock has not been
flavored with onion, carrot and pars
ley, cook two slices of these vegetables
with a spray of parsley in the butter or
scald and cool them in the milk used
for the sauce. When ready to serve,
add the spinach to the sauce, and when
reheated stir in one or two yolks of
eggs beaten and diluted with half or a
whole cup of cream.
Eastern Imagery.
The specimen below of Moorish epistol
ary style which comes from Mr. Budgett
Meakin’s recent books, "The Moors," and
is merely an invitation to dinner, is cal
culated to make the imaginative re
sources of the English entertainer, who
writes on a visiting card, “Come and
dine,” look small indeed:
To my gracious majesty, my respected
lord: This evening, please (rod, when the
king of the army of stars, the sun of
the worlds, will turn toward the realm
of shades and place his foot in the stirrup
of speed, thou art besought to lighten
us with the dazzling rays of thy face,
rivalled only by the snn. Thy arrival,
like a spring breee, will dissipate the
dark night of solitude and isolation.
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Milton's “Paradise Lost.”
One of Milton’s 11'craphers says that
nearly twenty years d>»sed between the
sketching out of the plan of "Paradise
Lost," and the completion of that work.
The aetnal labor of composition was
condensed into two or three years.