Evening Star Newspaper, February 17, 1894, Page 18

18 THE EVENING STAR, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1894—TWENTY PAGES. DAYS OF FASTING How Society Young Ladies Recuper- ate During Lent. EFFECTS OF A SOCIAL SEASON Good Looks and Indigestion are Irreconcilable. DOROTHY’S VIEW OF THINGS Written Exclusively for The Evening Star. Y¥, WHAT A LUCKY escape! Lent didn’t come a minute too soon,” and Dorothy, flourishing her hand- glass, rushed across the room, leaving a trail of trash behind | her from my upset | Paper - basket, and/ planted herself before the window “What mare’s nest | have you discovered | now?” I asked her, as I set about gather-— ing up the debris she left in her wake. | “Two great big pimples. One on the end of my nose and one on my chin,” she re- plied, pathetically, almost on the verge of increasing the humidity by a burst of tears. | You see, Dorothy has a remarkably fine complexion, and she is rather vain of it. | “Well, for conscience sake, what has the | beginning of Lent got to do with pimples on your nose?” queried Dick, in astonish- | ment. Dick is our brother, and a very) good sort of a brother, too, only he has all @ man’s capability for asking embarrassing questions. He could not see the analogy between pimples and penance, being a man. Dorothy ‘sighed and laid the hand-glass down where the next comer would be sure to sit on it, and opened her prayerbook at the morning lesson. She either did not hear or did not care to hear Dick’s ques- tion, so he left off trying to make Jonah stand on his head and came over to Dorothy's side. he began, “what—in the mischief have you done to your head?” he meant to ask about the pimples again, but Dorothy's remarkable coiffure side-tracked him. “Oh, Dick,” she replied, resignedly, “you certainly know It's Lent.” “What! your head or only your—bangs, I believe you call them. If I were you I'd get ‘em right back again, because you krow you look like—weH, you don’t look as nice without them as you do with them. Did you get much on them?” “But, Dick, no well-regulated girl goes around with her hair all curled and crimp- ed during Lent, it's-it's part of the self- denial, you see,” sie reterted, ignoring the last bint. “Well, Dorothy, you are a trump, if that’s what you are making a guy of your- self for. It must take a lot of courage for & girl to do It, it's part of the program, is it? But about the pimples—,” suggest- ively as though afraid of the subject. “Well, I must confess that they are not a Part of the program. They are like two- thirds of the people at the White House re- ceptions —they c»me without invitation. Whey are a sure s:gn that late suppers, in- A Traveling D~:. gumerable luncheons, en. dinners and the general round of -o Cuties have! ‘worn out my vitality and cha: 51 in for a Spell of stomach trouble fro:a » igestion.” “And is Lent supposed to exer’ a salutary influence over—weil, pimples 24 w..'« nose, for instance?” Dorothy lifted ‘+r Gespair. “Dick, 7» vy res I'm no key to the catechism, 3 +i*.e- «:* —u my father confessor. If you are thirstrz for informa- ton on Lenten otwerrarces zo 1sult Senator ‘Voorhees; as he se-ms to know less, he can Probably tell you m»s> abvet it’s ‘salutary influence’ than anybody now ‘iving, since he geems to have got the senate committed to @ reversal of its fast days. But I don't tind telling you that if Lent had not come ‘until tomorrow and the handsomest man in Congress were to want me to go to a so- ciety function tonight, 1 couldn't go, with horrid pimples on my face, though I did see a woman at one of the last state receptions with a round-necked dress and a boil on her shoulder blad But now that Lent is here I can ret: 1 invitations on the plea of self-den‘ ul ‘atth 1 get tonag up Dick gave a long whist! Ching in the Senator, ma!» another note on the vagaries of American w men. “And how Jong is this particular phase -f self denial to last,” he finally questioned. “Two or three weeks longer anyhow,” said Dorothy as she smoothed back the burned broken remnants of ner front hair. ‘ou see, the very first thing we society Girls do when Lent comes is to ‘tone up.’ and, like Ling = Gown. Now, just as soon as I this morning. | s' pooner, and have ead the lesson for to Madame Sham- y clean- idert exp essive of |_ oiled, rubbed and massaged, and have my face especially treated. Then I shall come home, throw off all my tight, heavy cicthe: get into a loose house gown ana send for Dr. Clever.” “Should think you'd need him after such a round up as that. I'd want an undertaker, and yet they call you the weaker scx. Wouldn't it be a lot cheaper now to leave off the Turkish bath and the other !nisiness than to wear yourself out just for the pur- pose of sending for the doctor? He is mar- ried, I believe. “Ob, Dick,” wailed Dorothy, “I don’t seem to be able to make you un‘lerstan-J inat the Turkish bath, massage unl shampoo are all helps to getting ready for the doctor. I've often heard Dr. Clever say that he would like to prescribe for some of his up- per ten patients an application of soap aid water, and that in many instances that wes all he thought they would need. Of course, I'm not sick, but I am run down. and I must begin at once if I hope to get toned up in time for after Easter gaieties. Lent is truly an intervention of Providence in te- half of society women. You see, it cuts the season right in half, and if it were not for the six weeks of comparative rest we get then we never in the world could get! Now, Dick, when you | through with it all. go out please call up Dr. Clever and tell him I will be ready to see him at 4 o'clock. “And I shall say of the ailment ‘that my a is impaired.” He wiil under- stand.” “I hope he will, for I'm blessed if I do. You danced every number on the card | last night and ate as much supper as any- body,” and Dick went off hopelessly be- wildered. Dorothy was talking excellent sense, how- ever, if she did mix things a little. She knows, as every woman does, that a beauty may be as capricious as she likes, but the minute her stomach gets capricious she ceases to be a beauty. Good looks and in- digestion are irreconcilable, and the sooner girls learn that the better. The day has long since passed when a young lady desir- ed to be thought delicate. One of the healthiest fads of the present day is to de- sire to have a robust appearance. Red cheeks, broad shoulders and a springing step are considered things to be desired above rubies, and in the woman he intends to marry a man will find them an invest- ment that will pay a premium to life's end. If, however, the department of the interior is badly managed everything will go wrong —temper, health, teeth, complexion, morals and manners. A woman who is habitually snarling over a sour stomach becomes a perfect fiend. Bad digestion breeds pessi- mists, misanthropes and cynics. It tills the A New Blouse Waist. world with a growling, whining, complain- ing lot of cranks, who incline one to think that the Creator must have struck a bad streak of dirt when He made them. I don’t think a dyspeptic needs a doctor, at le not very often. Proper attention to diet, exercise and fresh air will often work a cure. I am not much of a believer in dosing the stomach, either. It stands to reason that if there is an irritation and disturbance and food is not easily assimilated a lot of bitter drastic iron and quinine is not going to make it feel much better. But if you give it less work to do and make that work light it will recover its normal tone with- out artificial aid. This is true of men as well as women. I believe, too, stomach and sweeth breath you must that very often cases of severe indigestion were cured within a few days after bad teeth were removed or filled. The reason for this, he said, is that people who have tender teeth protect them as much as possible and get to bolting their food al- | most whole, rather than chew it and set their teeth to aching. So it is plain to be seen that you must attend to the teeth and stomach at the same time, the health of one depends upon the health of the other. This is how my dentist would care for his teeth. In the first place there should be a soft brush, and the water used should be just about blood heat. The brush should be used the first thing in the morni the last thing at night and immediately following each meal. He cautions against the use of tooth pastes that foam in the mouth, because that means that there is soap in the stuff, and he says soap is bad for the gums, and does not cleanse the teeth. He considers precipitated chalk the best dentrifice there is, as it is absolutely harmless and | will clean the enamel without affecting the gums. After brushing the teeth at least a pint of luke warm water should be used in i | ¥ i | Dick's Smoking Gown. rinsing the mouth. If a few drops of tinc- ture of myrrh are added to the rinsing it will sweeten the mouth. Above all things he warns people who wear false teeth to clean them at least twice a day. There is a peculiar odor attached to the wearing of false teeth which is extremely objection- able, and can only be overcome by eternal vigilance. Of course, it goes without say- ing that every speck on the teeth should be attended to as soon as it appears. The blouse waist effect will enter into the making of almost all spring dresses. It is comfortable and it is pretty. Even the fat | woman looks well in a properly made | blouse, because instead of revealing every | line of her adiposity it covers up a great deal of it. A pretty society girl who is preparing for a trip immediately after Easter has all the details about her dresses arranged, and, though not so sumptuous as some, the gowns are very pretty. The | traveling dress is one of those soft reddish browns, flecked with blue and red, in changeable effect. It is made with’ the apron overskirt effect, pointed front and a trimmed with blue silk braid. | The cuffs and epaulettes are of blue velvet. One of her visiting gowns is soft gray wool crepon, made up with knife plaited ruffles, crush belt, collar and vest of old | Pose liberty silk. An elegant blouse waist is made of black bengaline, with shoulder ruffies of cream surah, trimmed with two rows of black velvet ribbon. The belt is heavy corded white silk, fastened with buckles of Whitby jet. She will wear this waist oftenest with a perfectly plain black bengaline skirt, but for more ceremonious occasions it will be worn with a double skirt, the under one of black satin and the over one white satin, brocaded with black ed, the ends cl bed in a_ palm leaf design. The effect is With an invi » to the | actually startling. and I'm not sure that I ehiropodist Tve like ft at all. The blouse, however, is @anced corn he will also m o to the Tu: » of them: ure my 5 hen I will ‘Kish bath und be steamed aud pretty enough for anybody to wear, day or night. | “Sara,” said Dick the other night, “did that to have a healthy | Keep your teeth clean. A dentist told me | because © you ever read a ‘Tailor-made Love Story?’ | I had to confess my shortcomings in ihat direction, and he drew a periodical from his pocket and flung it in my jap. “it reads as though it might have been blocked out with chalk and tape line and then scis- sored to fit,” he added as he tied the cords of his smoking gown and settled himself to scent up my curtains and carpets with his Perfectos. We never could make Dick stay up in the library to smoke, and he will insist on bringing his books and pa- pers into my room to “read in peace,’ he says. I rather like it, however, because he brings me lots of breezy stories, and then when a young man clings to the society of his sisters one can feel pretty sure that he isn't getting very far off wrong. For a Christmas present I gave Dick a smoking gown, of which he is very proud. It is of soft dark red serge, with linings and cord- ing of dark blue silk. It comes nearly to his heels and effectually prevents the smoke from settling on his waistcoat or trousers, and the fumes that cling to it soon evap- orate under the fresh air and sunshine. The tailor-made story was funny enough. One gets used to reading stories that are simply paragraph pegs to hang a woman’s gowns, wraps, hair or hats on, but that men need or desire such helps does sound a little odd. This story has for its plot an impecunious young dude, who knows how to dress, a rich young woman, who seems to think that the clothes make the man—as they did in this case—and the tailor who made the clothes. The dude resolved to win the heiress, so he enlisted the aid of his tailor. “One morning he were a business suit of three-button single- breasted sack design, in fine pattern of Scotch fancy cheviot. The next morning he would be seen walking at her side ar- rayed in a double-breasted three-button sack suit of a blue-gray cheviot. The same afternoon he would be noticed driving with Miss Mehetable adorned for the occasion | in a double-breasted driving overcoat of a | Very light shade of a box coating material, | but in a double-breasted skck style, closin, with extra large mother-ot-pearl buttons.” When the relatives of the infatuated Mehetable remonstrated with her that the man was not w he seemed she insisted that she recognized in him her ideal mon “from the varnished shoes to the soft dove- colored texture of the immaculately creas- ed trousers, the shape and symmetry of the money waistcoat and the molded grace of the three-button cutaway coat, which completed the perfection of a summer suit.” When she took occasion to exhibit her perfect man to her friends in an after- noon call “‘Mehetable was rewarded by her lover's correct appearance in a three-but- ton cutaway of black vicuna of a hop sack weave, with @ waistcoat to match and neat, small, fancy striped trousers to harmonize. Then she exhibited him at an afternoon re- ception, and was delighted when a woman reporter described him along with the other buds as having appeared in “excel- lent form, clad in a long double-breasted frock suit of Oxford gray undressed worsted,” though the infatuated Miss Me- hetable declared that the description failed to do her kingly David's clothes justice. On New Year day David called “wearing a three-button cutaway of an Oxford mix- ture, undressed worsted, and a double- breasted waistcoat of dark genteel fancy pattern, closed with four buttons, and trousers of a gray, with narrow stripes.” His top coat is described as “‘single- breasted fly fromt of Venetian cloth, silk lined to the edge, all of a handsome shade of drab and cut medium length.” At other times when the weather had been extreme- ly cold he had delighted her heart by ap- pearing in a rich fur beaver overcoat of a lovely shade of brown, which probably harmonized with his As to hats, neckties, shirts and gloves, he does not seem to have worn them, or perhaps the heads of the other branches of the “gen- tlemen’s outfitters” were not up to the mark as litterateurs. It was on New Year evening, however, that he “touched the highest point of ali his greatness” and “fell like a bright ex- halation.”” Of course he got “full” on that day—not too full, but full enough to make him forget his part. He called to take Me- hetable to the german, | usually well-shaped full }sers to match of a blac white silk fancy embroidered double-breast- " Mehetable was not yet gowned,alas; so her brother enticed “David” to the billlard room, for, like all tailors’ dummies, the fashion plate could not talk a “little bit.” It was warm in the billiard room and he was light headed, so David removed his “unusually well-shaped dress | coat,” and there was where he “fell down. He had a lump on his back! And when | Menetable appeared, attired for the germ: | her lover was doubled up over the bil | table, “looking for all the world like a fi One look suffi he fled. David fled e been no contr. y put on that dr coat, which was the acme of elegance, and got out of the house. He knew that ex- planations were not in order. He knew as | well as Mehetable that she had fallen in love with him because he looked square broad-shouldered, and that when she him tn his shirt sleeves, with his op ing shoulders and deformed back, the play was played out. He managed, how- ever, so the story runs, to lose out of his pocket, the tailor’s bill for all the clothes he had been wearing for the six months. This bill the wicked brother carried to his sister. “I worshiped and idealized his clothes,” she said in tearful dreariness. “Now I'm going to atone for my idiocy by paying for | them.” | _ The tailor, who was a handsome young | fellow, would not let her settle the bill, and during the days of controversy over it they fell in love with each other. All of which goes to show that if a man wishes to make himself irresistible to women he must put himself in the hands of his tailor. I asked Dick if the appareling thus de- scribed was the proper caper and he said it was “out of sight.” Dick sometimes gets so epigrammatic as to be unintelligi- ble. It seems to me, though, that quite as essential as perfectly fitting clothes is a knowledge of how to wear them. The manner in which some men sit down in an evenipg coat is a real object lesson, quite as difficult of acquirement as the treat- ment of a trained dress. It is said that comparatively few men know how to sit down gracefully in a frock or an evening coat, and creases in the tails of either are an abomination. Another thing that so few men can do gracefully is to adjust a flower in the button hole. Now, there is Mr. Springer of Illinois and his red carna- tion. Mr. Springer is not as much of a “dresser” as he might be; there are a hundred or more Congressmen who could give him points, but he does know how to wear that red carnation. For a score of years he has never been without one in in the left-hand lapel of his coat, sum- mer or winter. It is put in carefully; the short stem pinned on the under side with a black pin. There is no straggly stem sticking awkwardly out on the side, or tickling him under the ear. He is always pointed out by the guides, and spoken of by male reporters as the “man who wears the red rose,” which goes to prove that the very pink of dressers, the new don’t know much about flowers, Springer never wore a rose in’ his life. Men should wear only a single flower. It should not be conspicuously large, and par- ticular pains should be taken to fasten it firmly, so that if it is a lilly of the valley, fcr instance, the poor thing will not pre- sent the appearance of tipsily standing on its head. A leaf of its own foliage may be worn, but is not necessary. A woman al- ways likes to see a man wearing flowers, because she knows then that her pretty clothes are not wasted when worn for him. SENORA SARA, and wore sted, and a versy at all. ——____ +e« —-__- FEMININE FRIPPERIES, Pretty Trifles for the Use of Modish Women. From the Philadelphia Times. Pretty feet have now some chance of being seen and appreciated. Neat boots are no longer hidden away unJer more or less muddy or dusty skirts, and it is no longer a work of supererogation to study one’s chaussure as carefully for the street as one docs for the ball or dinner. Small diamonds are never used to more advantage than in the dainty flower- wreathed brooches that are in vogue. For a “notion” useful to a traveler com- mend us to the damp detector. It is made of silver and looks much like a compass. At the back there are small holes in the silver, through which a damp atmosphere passes and moves the needle until it points to the word damp. The detector is placed in the bed, and is a certain tell-tale if sheets are unaired. The Tam O'Shanter is being brought out in several chic styles. This .ov-lty head- gear is frequently fashioned of velvet, black, green or bronze, the brim being fluted all around except at the left side, where a bunch of tips poses or a pouff of lace is secured by a glittering buckle. Some of the new coats are one-sided af- fairs. They have one side rather full; on the other is a single wide -evere, edred with braid or stitching. Straight and sien- der persons can wear these basques to great effect. Three large rings of chased silver set in an ornamented vase hang against the wall and are intended to hold cards and letter: One of the vivid reds is geranium, which is of almost dazzling brightness. None but a brunette with a pale olive complexion should be reckless enough to wear this shade. A_ black hat trimmed with plumes may be brightened by a bow or rosette of pink, blue or yellow ribbon. and will iook quite jaunty with the addition, | THE HOME MILLINER A Number of Pretty Styles for Winter THAT CAN BE EASILY REPRODUCED Great Advantage of a Woman who Has Ingenuity. EASY WAY TO SAVE MONEY ee ee Written Exclusively for The Evening Star. HE CLEVER LIT- tle woman who can make her own hats and bonnets scores several points of vantage over her less accomplished sisters. With a wire frame, a little material and a fair amount of taste, it is perfectly mar- velous what one can turn out in the way of pretty headgear. The toque is so styl- ish just at present that we will consider its possibilities first. If you already have a frame,well and good; | able for general wear. When this hat is | made up in black a bunch of violets or a DISHES FOR LENT Eggs Play a Prominent Part as a Substitute for Meat. WAYS IN WHICH 10 SERVE THEM [9 |Many Good Points That Appeal to Lovers of Good Living. bright velvet flower should an artistic dash of color. A Simple Form. The last model shows the simplest form into which the plateaux can be made. Tne front of the brim is left plain, but droops slightly on the sides where the felt is drawn down by being turned up and looped | against the crown in the back. The trim- | ming is simply arranged in stiff bows and ends. A pretty addition is to cover the bandeaux with bright ribbon and tying it be used to give UTRITIOUS AND TASTEFUL Written Exclusively for The Evening Star. Lent is here and in those households where the strict letter of he law is observed as to Lenten diet the housewife who looks well after her household is casting about for “strong” dishes which will take the place of meat, now come to be the indispeasable | adjunct of the American meal three |in a butterfly bow eee eae ee te ORE EON ROO) As i cae tae ok healt aaah” Rae dred days in the year. What a blood- thirsty lot of carnivora we are, and what a lot of money we spend for flesh food, necessary to our well-being, and in many instances is positively hurtful! part, and it would be much in favor of health if they were to usurp, in a measure at least, the platter of greasy pork which if not, twenty-five cents will buy one. An- ‘ * other quarter will purchase two Mercury ouacnil tabla hake aecoaere oe ta wings, and the preliminary shopping is Irishman put it, “both bafe and butter.” In over, taking it for granted, of course, that | this connection a doctor's story will fit. He the family piece-bag will provide the other requisites. A Stylish Effect. The first ilustration shows an extremely Stylish effect. The crown of the toque, which should fit the head perfectly, is cov- ered with silk, either iaid in tiny pleats or drawn in soft folds from front to back. Then with a band of velvet cover the rim, being careful to tack it so there will be no undue puckerings or awkward wrinkles. Next find the exact center of the front, and there arrange two or three knots of. silk | and velvet, with the Mercury wing slightly “an un- | coat and trou- bent outward on either side. The little milliner can then put the result of her half hour's work on her pretty head and feel confident that her chapeau is emi- | nently becoming and stylish, and that she | 1s Several rs richer than if she had pa- tronized a professional modiste. This hat is | pretty when made in black silk and velvet, with black wings just tipped with white. A Changeable Crown. In the second sketch the silk is drawn over the crown in a full puff, and should be arranged so that a large triangular piece will remain without being cut in front. Af- ter the velvet puffing has been tacked over the rim and the bonnet otherwise finished make this piece into a large loop, tying it into a secure knot; then twist the loop around until the open sides point front and back, and pull the silk out until it can be secured one end to the rim, the other to the crown. This is very pretty, but the princi- pal beauty lies in the fact that the crown may be easily and quickly changed should another color than the original one be de- sired. Here is One of Velvet. The third design is entirely of velvet, | which material is drawn over the frame in scant folds. A generous bow of velvet is tied into two loops,which, afier being piaced in fropt, are drawn cut at the top and pulled together tat the bottom in order to product the pretty butterfly effect. the center, and another artistic chapeau is completed. Easy to Make. ‘The fourth model requires merely a piece of milliner’s braid, which is wired and about one inch wide. If this cannot be procured crinoline or buckram will answer the purpose. After the band has been ex- actly fitted to the head wrap it over with inch-wide ribbon. Then with ribbon a trifle wider wire the bow and ends into place, the latter being made very stiff and up- right and cut into sharp points. When this little piece of frivolity is worn the hair must be piled in a fluffy mass on top of the head, as it has to answer the purpose of a more substantial hat crown. A Becoming Arrangement. Felt plateaux in high favor just now, and modistes, professional or ‘amateur, create their own styles by blending the soft fabric into innumerable style of the weare: a pretty and genet ment, liy becoming arrange- the front being ‘d into three deep seallops and t ‘K cut, bent and turned sharply beck in the illus- tration. A mass of fea’ crown is the prettiest but mbbon is equally fashionable and far more service- was quite eminent in his profession, and withal something of a philanthropist, going often among the poor to use his great skill. His stableman had two little chil- half of which, to put it mildly, is not at all | In Lenten menus eggs play a prominent | shapes to suit the | The next sketch shows | ed over the | | destroys the point of a hom | the trousers,’ for in jing this newly A _ro- | lamps, all sh: Hl sette of satin, which may match or contrast | of different shape—one pagoda shape, like| on a dish and in each one arrange a little | with the velvet in color, is then placed in| an old world lantern; one dome-like, with | hollow nest of chopped whites, and little | soft, frayei-out frills’ round the edge, and|ce:ter put one yolk. Over.each nes’ | another square, with each corner raised to|r-de put _a tablespoonful®of ma: Cockades of feathers are very much worn | Stableman’s meals. He gave strict orders and give the stylish military air which is being affected just now by the younger generation. Wings and birds have become @ positive craze, and the Viking and Mer- cury wings are used indiscriminately upon everything, from the largest round hat to the tiniest capote. Alsatian bows of lace velvet or ribbon are much used upon the fronts of evening bon- nets. Velvet hat and bonnet strings are again seen, and must be fastened with a velvet rosette, on the left side, midway between chin and ear. It is a pretty fashion and does much to enhance a beautiful or im- prove an uncertain complexion, —————— TROUSERS FOR BOTH SEXES. They Have Been Adopted by the Cana- dian Women for Winter Use. A fashionable woman who followed the New York Sun's correspondent from Quebec during that city’s carnival uttered an ex- clamation of surprise when she read that thousands, perhaps tens of thousands, of Canadian women now wear trousers dur- ing the Canadian winters. “Well.” said she, “that tends to show that trousers may be going to become a common general garment peculiar to neither sex. It| y old saying | that credits a masterful wife with ‘wearing these days what wife does not wear them at some part of the day or the week, or in at least some one season?” With that prelude this woman went on to say that she was the proud possessor of sof these garments, and that her daughter also wore a pair at'times. One of her two pairs were those she uses for horse- the others were part of her fencing costume. Her daughter's trousers worn by the little girl in the gym- nsium at the school she attends. Had she counted the trousers that form part of her bathing dress for use at the seaside, she would be able to say she owned three pairs of these things, which not long.ago were only thought of as masculine, like suspen- ders and razors. When she called to mind in how many ways and in what important parts of Christendom the women are wear- y adapted addition to their at- tire, the recountal grew interesting. In Switzerland, she said, within the past two } i ' or more years, full trousers, like the Tur- kish ones, are worn for mountain exercise by glish, French and German women. ‘The same trousers are worn in the Scotch highlands by the English, and of late a movement has begun for the adoption of trousers and long-tailed coats for eques- trianism in London. This fashion has been introduced by women of standing who wish their sex to adopt the masculine manner of riding horses. It is true that we have no news that the new idea has proven popular, but, on the other hand, no news of its abandonment has been sent over. The lead- ing English fashion papers have published pictures of the dress worn by these new votartes of the bifurcated garment of the master sex, and the costume has been seen to be pretty. As many as half a dozen women have appeared simultaneously in Hyde Park in this new dress. so ENTERTAINING DINNER GUESTS. Arrangement, Decoration a: versation Are the Hostess’ Cares. Not so very many years ago all that was required of a hostess was to provide her guests with a good substantial dinner and plenty of it. Now that is but the smallest portion of her duty, for beyond the ordering of the menu the cook or the caterer attends to it all with comparatively little of her supervision. But the meal must be served |amid the prettiest possible surroundings, and these must differ as often almost as the gowns she wears, for in this day of change there is no toleration for monotony. Individuality and originality are the key- notes of success, and this was achieved not long ago by an arrangement of palest mauve orchids, trails of smilax and aspara- gus, fern fronds with green orchids. It was lighted by four small silver lamps placed at each corner, and as many candles in silver sticks. The lamps were shaded by two square and two round shades in pale mauve silk, with delicate frills of lace over them, nd the candie shades were of foli- age-shaped sections of pale mauve crepe paper. In the room were several standard aded with pale mauve and each | give the frill a pretty fall. —00- In Shadow Land. From the Independent. The pennon at his prow to float No breeze aloaz the islet sweeps; But round and round the swsying boat ‘the indolent, slow eddy ereeps. {_yester eve or vester year He drifted on this idle strand Who ki Time has no measure here dow Land. For one perpetual season flowers, And knows no change of sun of moon To mark the never varying hours From dawn to dusk, from night to noon; Nor song of bird, nor breath of rose, But still and far, on either hand, The lily blows, the water flows, In Shadow Land. wv In Shay That soft, unceasing ripple ro-ks The keel that with it seoms to glide, And to his dreaming fancy mocks ‘The motion of an onward tide. Dim shapes his half sbut eyelids fill. He hears the waves wash on the sand, Nor guesses that he lingers still In Shadow Land Awake, © dallier, with a dream ‘That only in thy fancy dwells! Push out into the open stream Beyond these poisoned honey bells! Let the strong wind asunder rift ‘The drowsy fragrance round thee fanred, Or perish of its deadly drift In Shadow Land! --K. P. OSGOOD. mano tten Needed Assistance. From Harper's Bazar. Billy Baredues—“I've made a bet of $100 with Jack Chummles that if I propose to you, you'll refuse me. Now, if you do re- fuse me, I'll divide with you.” Miss Bondstock—“And supposing I should accept you?” Billy Baredues—“Then I'm afraid 1 shall have to call on you to help me pay the bet.” oo Woman's the weaker vessel, On that ‘tis safe to bet, But she’s by far the tri When all her sails are set rT craft dren who were half covered with scrofulous sores, and for some time the ailment had baffied him. He found at the start that pork in some shape or another, but usually fried, was the staple dish at his that the children were not to have a mouthful of the meat, and the mother de- clared that she had enforced the instruc- tions. The doctor entered the cottage at the dinner hour one day, to find the hus- ———————=_== ereen savory “yarbs” around it. | Pickled eggs are very nice. Boll in the | ghell twenty-live minutes. To a pint of Bo cider vinegar use one teaspoonful each of cinnamon, cloves and in mace. Put these in a little the vinegar, and boil half an hour. If the egar is very strong add | vin A delicious breakfast relish is made eses and stale bread crumbs. Take | cupfuls of dry bread crumbs, the dryer the | better; one-half a cupf: and six eges. Dampen the brealf trumoe wink the cream and season well with salt and pep- per. Beat the eggs torg/froth and stir with the bread. Some celery salt or 4 ped parsley or celery may be thought desirable. Drop a tablespoon a time on a well-buttered griddie ani = sr would batter cakes. Serve on ish. A very rich dish which will be sure make you wish you had let it alone, which you will be equally sure again as soon as possible, is made and cheese. Put a tablespoonful of in @ pan over the fire. Beat to a froth eses, and salt them, add also a little | per. Pour the eggs into the pan and | at once half a cup of grated cheese. | until all is well set. Turn into a hot | and serve at once. | These are only a few of the m tizing ways of cooking ezgs. 1 is qf ue 28 ii: z Ra be8 ost appe- . Ww. Ree seeelcnenastl SECRET OF MANAGEMENT. j dignity. Nobody likes being managed. The | Secret of management is not known to all, | but those who have learned it from the | Sood fairies who preside over domestic | tranquility have attained brevet | among the fortunate of this world. A secret it is, yet an open one, which she who wishes may make her own. The good manager keeps her servants for months | and years, carries out her cherished plans, bends everything to her will, and still is seldom accused of d seldom suffers from the humiliation of defeat, or the inconvenience of ill-considered arrange- ments. Such a woman is businesslike prac- tical. She knows her resources, and fac- knowledges her limitations. She studies the disposition of her husband and chil- rank and band and wife comfortably enjoying fried pork at the table, while the two scabby kids, excluded from the feast because of the meat, sat on the floor with a skillet between them, sopping bread in the greasy’ gravy fried out of the pork! “That tells the story,” exclaimed the doc- Those with delicate digestion, who care to retain a good complexion, will touch pork sparingly. If they must have strong food, eggs are the very best and cheapest substitute. There are no bones, gristle or fat to waste about an egg, yet there is in it everything that enters into the struc- ture of the human body, and one-third of its weight is solid nutriment. An English writer on the subject of eggs says: Eggs are a meal in themselves. Every element that is necessary for the support of man ts contained within the limits of an eggshell in the best propertions and most palatable form. Plain boiled, they are wholesome. The masters of French cookery, however, affirm that it is easy to dress them in five hundred different ways, each method not only economical, but salu- tary in the highest degree. No honest appetite ever rejected an egg in some guise. It ts nutriment in the most portable form, and in the most concentrated shape. Whole nations of mankind rarely touch any other animal food. Kings eat them as readily as do the humble tradesmen. Far more than fish—for that is watery diet— eggs are the scholar’s fare. They contain Phosphorus, which is brain food, and sul- phur, which performs a variety of func- tions in the economy. And they are the best of nutriment for children, for in a! compact form they ¢ontain ‘everything that is necesary to the growth of the youthful frame.” Their Many Good Points. Besides being economically useful as food eggs have excellent medicinal properties. A daintily cooked frest egg will rarely ever disturb impaired digestion, which utterly refuses other stimulus. In cases of diseased bowels, especially among young children and even in chronic cases, eggs beaten to a froth and sweetened—if liked, if not, eaten without seasoning, will often check troublesome bowel compiaints. It is said that they nourish and at the same time form a coating on the inflamed liniags, and thus allay irritation until nature can take hold of the case unobstructed. The Russians have implicit faith in the efficacy of “oil of egg yolk” for cuts and scratches and for bruises and sprains. There are many deadly poisons for which the white of an egg is a swift and sure antidote. For burn or scald the quickly applied white of an egg will exclude the air and bring al- most instant relief. People are, always fussing about hard- boiled eggs being indigestible, but they are not if properly cooked. Miss Juliette Cor- son describes a “hygienic hard-egg’” as one that has been cooked twenty-five minutes— in the shell, of course. And equally a mat- ter of course, no cook will think of boiling an egg until she has washed the shell thoroughly. Here is a pretty way to serve hard-boiled eggs. When taken from the water after twenty-five minutes of boiling drop them into ice-cold water for two minutes. The shell will come off in halves if properly cracked, then drop the hard, firm egg back into a tin of clean boiling water till ready to serve them. Heat small saucers or flat sauce dishes, take the eggs from the boiling water onto a clean napkin, cut each in half with a thin sharp knife, so as not to leave them at all ragged, place three halves in each dish, lay on the top of each a tiny bit of butter and dust lightly with salt. Lastly, to make the dish look pretty, stick in a sprig of cress or parsley. It is not well to pepper eggs on serving, to some people pepper is quite objectionable with egg. Salt care- fully, but always salt. An Ege Salad. To make a pretty and delicious egg salad boil for twenty-five minutes as many eggs as are necessary for your guests. Remove the yolks with a careful hand—for after this long boiling the yolk is exceedingly tender. Either chop or shred the whites very fine. Take a sufficient number of lettuce leaves, having them as nearly of a size as possible, and crinkled and crisp from a bath in ice water. Put the leaves in the t thus yonnaise dressing. You need not be a bit afraid to eat this egg salad, because it wouldn't hurt a baby. Mrs. Rorer, who has been delighting the people of Washington with her dainty dishes, gives two recipes for preparing eggs, which the writer knows by experience to be excellent. The ingredients of the dish—which may be increased or lessened in quantity—are “six eggs, one tablespoon- ful of flour, one tablespoonful of butter, one-half teaspoonful of salt, one-half pint of milk, and pepper to taste.” This dish is called “Eggs a la Creme.” Boil the eggs fifteen minutes, remove the shells and cut them in halves cross wise. Slice a little bit off the bottom to make them stand. Melt the butter and stir the flour into it. Mix until smooth, add the milk, and stir contin- ually until it bo add the salt and pep- per. Stand the eggs on a heated platter, pour the sauce over and around them and serve red hot. The other recipe she calls “Eggs a ia Bechamel.” Six eggs, one tablespoonful flour, one gill cream, one tablespoonful butter, one gill white or veal stock, one egg yolk, salt and pepper to taste. Boil the eggs twenty-five minutes, drop in cold water, shell and put in boiling her father, and the boy. Regd 5s thy fy older daughter, is n " was ot quiry the person “Yes, Dorothy is the older, but not the particular wiser, in this instance,” said the mother. “Dorothy never conciliates. She asserts, and endeavors to enforce her wishes; the result is strife and bitterness, Phyllis is gentle and patient. She yields in minor matters, and only makes a stand where something worth s1 for is when {eis a Question of droppingtny nants @ question of into the hands of Paynes ee se pease In the control of the kitchen cabinet the a mistress gives the cook and the so pleasantly. She summons the culprit to her presence, instead of standing at one end of a kitchen table, with Bridget on the angry defensive at the other. In her own — . and nae her own easy chair, Tossesses ar vantage which greatly assists her if she is obliged to find fault. Management implies no deceit. Frank Ehret, the son of probably the richest individual brewer in the world, has a fondness for jewelry, which the gibes of his friends and the admonitions of his ily are powerless to check, says the Ni York Sun. There is probably nothing on the western hemisphere quite so gorgeous as Mr. Ehret when he gives way to an overwhelming temptation and puts all the things that he likes best on view. A few nights since he stood smiling complacently in the corridor of an uptown hotel, waiting for his card to be one upon whom he light fell full upon blinked in a shame-faced shirt was pleated, waistcoat with gold ished. Across the of the waistcoat stretched from one small chain dropped if i i i larger one, and at the chatn there was a bunch of things ited like fire. Among other jewelry hanging at the end a huge ball decorated wit and a smaller ball with diamonds. There were a number of things of a gorgeous nature but the diamonds rather eclipsed In the middie of the ample shirt the brewer's son was an assortmen’ monds grouped around “‘cat’ threw back defiantly the glare tric light. A small cl Mr. Ehret’s shirt bosom to anchorage under his left arm. i : 8 F i i KE elit the light of a diamond collar button could be seen glinting impertinently above it. But all these things were as nothing to the infinite satisfaction which sw the face of the owner as he glan down at his gorgeous bits of decoration. An outfit of thirty-seven new suits of clothes for a man who har no particular pretensions to good looks in any direction would seem to be extravagant. Such en crder was given to a tailor a few days ago by some money and who decided would have a completely new wardrobe in | every particular. As the tailor is rather | exorbitant in his prices, the bill will prob- | ably be in the thousands. The tailor re- | marked that it was the largest order he | had ever received, though he had been making clothes for a great many years for men of wealth in New York. A great deal |of care is required in turning out these clothes, because the man was not of ultra- fashionable tendencies, but wanted to have an outfit to last him three or four years, so he would not have to bother with a tailor meanwhile. He ordered a dozen suits of various shades of gray, so that he | could always be dressed for business in the | morning in clothes that pdiynee to be ee ee eee that he wore the | same suit of clothes all the year around. i member : ‘seems rather curious that the largest It seetur clothes of which thefe Je any puthentic record should come from @ man water till the sauce is ready. Melt the butter and stir in the flour, add the stock and the egg yolks, and let it get hot, then add the cream and let it boil up once. Shred the whites of the eggs and cut the yolks in squares. Pile the yolks in the center of a heated dish and put the whites around them. Dash the salt and pepper in- to the waiting sauce, let it boil up once, then pour over the eggs and serve hot. An Ege Omelet. Here ts an egg omelet that is appetiz- ing and easily made. Of course, the number of oysters and eggs must be governed by the people who are to eat them. Remove the hard part from twenty large oysters and chop the remainder fine. Add six well-beaten eggs, season with salt and pepper, and beat well together. Pour the mass into a hot well-buttered pan, and after it browns on one side, flop it over with a cake turner and brown on the other side. You will like it when it comes to the By the time February is well under way most women begin to feel the first symp- toms of what is usually termed spring fever. Lassitude, drowsiness, irritabitity, @ Gisposition to magnify trifies and to mur- mur at ordinary duties, indicate that the man is physically and mentally worn out. It does not matter very much that she has been well all winter. This, in fact, is often the occasion of her falling into ili- ness—or half-iliness, which is almost as | bad—in the spring. Neither does her age materially affect the state of things. The | girl is as weary after her gay season as the matron after her humdrum foutine, and none feel the reaction of the season more | certainly than the farmers’ wives and | daughters, who have had a dull time, with | monotony for perhape | nothing to vary the weeks, Harper's Bazar. | table steaming on a i.o1 platter with some) @ dozen