Evening Star Newspaper, October 20, 1894, Page 14

FOR YOUNG GIRLS Sensible but Stylish Garments for Fall. —_>—__—_ PRETTY COLORS AND How Mothers Should Clothe Their Children. MATERIALS PICTURESQUE COSTUMES Written Exclusively for The Evening Star. Sensibly indeed are the children of our ed. They can enjoy life. They arched and befrilled until exist- ence is a burden; and, thank goodness, they are clad warmly enough to make it possible for chem to play in the clear, cold air with- out any danger of taking cold. The little brains that have gotten overheated in the close school room have an opportunity to shen up ix the cool air, and the healthy romping makes the small bodies grow bet- ter and stronger, and all because they are sensibly as well as prettily clothed. The picturesque element still holds its place for diminutive wraps and head cov- erings, and while the tiny frocks are quaint enough mands, t to satisfy the most exacting de- re is but little change in general mothers having discovered a le and pretty designs, are clinging No one likes to see the little ones sac- tificed to their clothes, and while the small t intentionally soil or muss her it is a little hard for her to be by the consciousness that her her first consideration. Dame m has offered us suitable styles and sensible materials for the children’s wear, and if they ar: not dressed properly no one will be to blame but ourselves. Two of the most elaborate wraps I have eason are shown in the first illus- While exceedingly rich and are essentially children's is nothing to indicate that been borrowed from their sisters. Pwo Pretty Wraps. The little wrap ts of pale gray camel's hair, with capes of black velvet and trim- mings of coney fur. The coat dts tightly in the back, but bas straight seamiess tronts. The cay © arranged in a decidedly odd and quite new fashion. ‘The two upper edges are joined and placed on the coat so as to leave a deep V-shaped opening—back and front—of the gray cloth. The lower cape measures just as wide again as the upper one, the latter being edged with fur. ‘The lower one ts left with @ plain edge, and toth are lined with palest violet surah. The sleeves, while full, are not extremely so, the puff reaching midway between el- bow and wrist, while the band of fur covers the upper half of that space. With this dainty thing was worn a broad-rimmed hat of pale gray felt, faced with black velvet, and trimmed with a mass of soft, fluffy black feathers over the crown, This was somewhat elaborate, but the other is still more so, the material being satin marveilieux and silk velvet, with trammings of shaggy bear fur. The original coat has been very recently imported, and while the materials are anything but de- sirable for other than millionaires’ daugh- ters, there is no reason in the world why less Juxurious materials should not be used and very charming results obtained. Take, for instance, dark brown veivet at $1.25 yard; for a girl of eight or nine years not more than four and a half--or at most five ~yards would be required. Then, with gathered front and cape ruffles of golden brown surah, and narrow borderings of ¢einnamon bear fur, what could possibly be richer or more elegant? Much more lati- tude in the way of rich materials is al lowed for “dressy” cold weather wraps than for cold weather dresses; that is, for the little folks whose ages range from one to nine years. When older than this such elaborate dressing {s considered in ex- tremely bad form. ad Wor Every-Day Wear. For the dear little every-day girl, who the woman of the future, but just now child of your heart, nothimg in the way @ wrap can be prettier or more suitable for general wear than that worn by Secks of crimson. tightly in the back, with in just below wai double pleats set The fronts are double breasted and without seams, while the only attempt at decoration is made by of dark the notehed coilar and deep c brown astrakhan cloth. A style which was started the jatter part of last winter, and which will undoubtedly be revived this season, is the tom of edging the boots with fur. this ts done, cloth mppers are usua with the fur tacked about the upper edge. Leather ‘eggins wili also be worn by little girls. In consequence of which the hosiery and undercicthing can be much lighter in quality than that worn when the limbs are more expored. A Searlet Cloak. The next little woman wears a cloak, the style of which promises to be extremely popular. The material is scarlet cloaking, with trimmings of fuzzy bear fur and smoked pearl buttons. The general style ig extremely chic and altogether new. The back fits Into the mgure closeiy, with dou- ble pleats set in just below the waist. The fronts are seamless, but have two small Jarts on each side to draw the wrap snugly about the figure. From shoulder and side seams come the cute little jacket froats with cheir big revers. The sleeves are large puffs, reaching Just a trifle below the el- bow, with moderately tight “cuffs” edged with tawny fur. This little garment makes of its wearer a itching bit of color on a cloudy day, and the added attraction of beings extremely stylish and generally becoming. For School Wear. The next cut shows a graceful as well as serviceable wrap, and one which I think must have been especially designed for school wear. The pattern is a princess, with what was known last season as the “um- brella skirt.” that is, without pleats, but with the skirt so gored that the back falls in deep ripples. The front is double-breast- ed, with a notched coilar of astrakhan cloth and a deep ripple cape attached underneath, The sleeves are cut after a new pattern and have what modistes term “the umbrella ef- fect." It ts with: fullness on the shoulder, but of enormeus breadth at the elbow, where it is gathered up into the lower sleeve or cuff, which has an applied cuff of the material from which the cojlar is same ma these short ment of it. For crimson are fashionable bright is year; Blouse Waist and Straight Skirts. For school wear blouse waists and straight skirts are liked for dresses better than any her style. They are easily made, and very inexpensive, and until they become opelessl abby always look graceful and jaunty. The accompanying sketch shows this pretty gown in its most attractive guise. The original material was fawn-col- ored covert suiting, with silver-buckled belt of black silk, and with horizontal rows of k silk braid covering the vest or shield. Nowadays staal girls are turning their hair into perfect mops of ringlets, then combing it out and gathering it into a saucy topknot, with a bow of becoming color to hoid It in place. For Little Tots. The very tiny maids are too cute and winsome for anything in the world. Quaint Uttle Gretchen caps, grandmother pokes, short waists, big sleeves and enormous sashes make of the little folks perfect pic- tures of kissable loveliness. Two of the prettiest outfits I have seen this season are shown In the last cuts. The first one, worn by a golden-haired lit- tle beauty, was of fawn-colored surah, trim- med with bands of cinnamon bear fur, fas- tened with big pearl buttons and lined with soft white silk. The last little woman has her wrap of white cashmere, with linings of white silk. The shawl-like cape makes the coat seem exquisitely quaint, and the big poke bonnet carries out the picturesque effect. B.V. K. > — MEAT IN DAMP WEATHER, A Housekeeper's Method When the Ice Box is Full. Housekeepers should remember that it is not in the hottest weather that food spoils the most quickly. If the atmosphere is dry food will keey much better than in damp, muggy weather, even with the mercury showing much lower temperature. A gentle house mother, who 1s almost afraid to have any of her little economies printed lest they fail to do for others what they do for her, says that for years she has used the fol- lowing to keep meat sweet in damp weather, when it would have spoiled in & very short time otherwise, as her Ice- box would not accommodate it. Have a barrel balf-filled with charcoal, and lay over the top a strip of joist, to which meat hooks are attached. Put the barrel in as cool a place as can be found, and hang from the meat hook the meat to be pre- served. Throw a plece of netting over the barrel to keep insects out. charcoal will keep the atmosphere inside the barrel ary, and thus preserve the meat. The char- coal should be changed as often as once a month, and it cun be used for lighting fires or for broiling meat, as the use to which it has been put does not hurt it in the least. If the charcoal is hard to procure put the old in the stove and light it with some chips. When it looks to be red hot open the doors and windows, take off the lids of the stove and let it cool off. When it is cold you can use it again, HINTS ABOUT CHILDREN. ‘The Importance of Keeping Their Feet Dry and Warm. Keep the feet of the children dry, and you will have less trouble with coughs and colds. When a child’s extremities are warmly and dryly clad, those children will be found to suffer but little with throat and ear trorbles. You can still dress them in thin white {€ you will cover their legs, arms and bodies with woolen undergar- ments. Never permit the children to sleep with their arms above the head, especially the baby. It is 4 very unhealthy position, and often causes severe pain and suffering if long continued. ‘Try sleeping that way your- self for an hour, and you will find that ft is almost impossible to get your arms down by your sides, while the pain and numbness are quite severe. —_—-.- —_ SOME KITCHEN HELPS. The Costliness of Young Meats—Paper im Cake Pans. Young meats are never healthy food, and are always higher-priced, because you have to pay for the difference between its im- mature and mature weight. If you are MAKING A HOME Senora Sara Tells How a Department Girl Saved Money. —_}—_ ANESCAPE FROM THE BOARDING HOUSE The Economies i Providing an Artistic and Comfgrtable Room. es THE COMFORTS OF LIFE Written Exclusively for The Evening Star. N A BOOK STORE I the other day I over- heard talking two clerks, one from the census and one from the Treasury Depart- ment. “IL won't have a dol- lar left to pay for a week's board, after my debts are all paid, and what I'm to do I don't kno’ said Miss Census. “If we have to go at the end .of this month, I'll be as bad off as any of the Coxeyites were.” “Of course you couldn’t save anything on $59 a month,” respended the treaeury girl. “I can’t meke both ends meet after five years of trying on $75, and I’m sure I don't see what you poor things could be expect- ed to do, if you lived like white folks.” “Oh, but don’t you know, some of the girls have actually saved money!” cried Miss Census. “There is that Madge Lemar, Why, she actually has $300 saved out of her year's salary of $600, Think of it, will you?” “She never done It. Never!” sald the treasury girl in indignant surprise. Sur- prised people are seldom grammatical. “Indeed she has, though,” was the quick reply. “I've seen her bank book. Say, we will have to fly, or we will be late,” and away they went, My friend, Margaret Lemar, chose to keep the honored name of her dead father honorable, and gave up everything and then faced the world, a gently bred, high ambitioned orphan, with not an idea of how to make a living, with no special gift in any direction, and bereft of most of her fair weather friends. One good woman, who knew her necessity, got her a place in the census office. I met her shortly after- ward, just when she had decided that her housekeeping experiment wouki be a suc- cess. An experiment that came after three months’ vicissitudes in trying to suit board- ing houses to her salary and her tas' “I couldn’t endure it another day, said, when I commented on her strike for liberty. “It was perfectly dreadful. I started out with a determination to accept the world as I found it, but boarding houses were too much for me. The best room 1 could afford cost me $8 a month, and if I had callers I had to sit 6n the bed and give them the two stiff-hacked chairs my room afforded. It is understoud that “roomers” are not to use the “parlor” in the average boarding house. I paid $t a week for my board, and 5 cents a wetk for my washing. Car fare cost me 6Y cents a week, at the least calculation. Theré was nearly $30 of my salary gone, and I had very little to show for it. My poorly ventilated room and boarding house fare were not at all to my liking, so I changed, once, and again, and grew desperate. I was spending for doctor's greater part of what was left of » which was most discouraging. { made up my mind that matters could not be worsted much, so’when I found that I would run behind in another month, unless there was a change, I took the decisive step, and set up a hore of thy own, and— well, you can judge for yourself whether I have acted for the best. How It Was Done, I looked around the dainty room, and then back at the smiling, healthy young face, and concluded that my young hostess had not had much to regret, though I knew that she had to exercise the most rigid economy in every expenditure, in order to lay up, as I knew she did, $25 a month, “Tell me about it,” I said. “I am always interested in learning how girls manage, when thrown entirely upon their own re- sources ?”” “1 don’t think I did any managing,” she returned, brightly. “1 guess all the’ ideas just sprouted, and all I did was to work them as they put themselves forth, I had a time of it finding rooms. They all cost too much, were too far out, or so close in as to be noisy and dirty. I had made up my mind to take an unfurnished room, a pleasant walking distance from office, and furnish it myself, as 1 could, and to do most of my own cooking. At last I found these rooms. The lady of whom I rent them had never put them to any use, ex- cept for lumber rooms, and to store trunks in. I got the bit of a hall bedroom and this room with the big closet for $7, heat and light thrown in. I saw its possibilities at once. It opens to the east, and has so many nice big windows. Bit’ by bit as I could, I furnished it, and now it has grown very dear to me, for it is “home,” and that is what the average boarding house can never be.” The room that she got at such a bargain had a low ceiling—scarcely eight feet—but it was a good size, fourteen by sixteen, and had four niee wide windows, two on the east and two on the south. There was a tiny fireplace, with a plain wooden mantel paint- ed a dark dirty brown when she took the room. A tiny hall, down three steps, led from the newer part of the house to her room, and off the end of this was the closet-like hall bed room, with one south window. The lady of whom she rented it had it cleaned for her, letting her select her own paper, a plain cream ground for the side wails, and one of clouded cream and blue for the ceiling. The dado and border, because of the low cell had to be narrow and inconspicuous, so Margaret selected a dainty blue scroll work on a dark cream ground. Among the rubbish in the room when Margaret took it was a wire cot with one end broken down, a small kitche1 table in the same condition, and one wooden chair and a rocking chair with the bottom “rushed” out. When she came to take possession of the cleaned-up room she saw from her south windows, which looked out on a nice grassy back yard, that the old furniture was piled up in the yard as though to send away. She asked about it, and was told that it was to be made into kindling wood. She offered to pay kindling wood prices for it, and got the lot for twenty-five cents. Then she went to get a colored man who had done a great deal of mending fér her former landlacy, end for twenty-five ‘cents more she got her new furniture mended. ‘She scoured it up at once and had a bed@ to sleep on, a chair to sit in, a table with a drawer. and a rocking chair with a piece of canvas for a bottom. It was a glorious start, and she siept very sweetly that first night on bedding borrow- ed of her accommodating landlady. On Two Dollars Per Week. Margaret had only $15 to start in upon her experiment after paying her rent, she had to go slowly, as that had to last her for fifteen days. She decided to get her own meals at once, and‘fix up the room as she could. She bought ‘& sthall spirit lamp for I aff } i Lf niet @ suggestion of figures in dark brown. One strip was six yards long and the other two THE EVENING STAR, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1894—TWENTY PAGES. m a second-hand store, found two strips of carpet—a fine body brussels, with a grayish cream ground and yards. She got it for two dollars, and speedily had the two yards matched into a rug, @ little longer than wide, that was almost exactly the right fhape for her room. She painted the rocking chair a pale blue with enamel paint, and put a cotton cushion in it of cream and blue cretonne. The kitchen chair got a coat of the yellow ochre, and so did the legs and side of the table. Of her landlady she bought the mattress and pillows for her cot, and cov- ered them with a ruffied cretonne creation of blue and cream. She got a cracker box in which to keep her coal, and this she covered with a piece of blue denim, lid and all, and when tne ruffied curtain was down it made a nice enough seat for anybody. The mantel she painted cream white with enamel paint, picked out with gold. On this she put the few little trinkets she had, and on the walls she hung half a dozen little water colors and bits of canvas, all her own work, but all unframed. For a long time the only window curtains she had she made of heavy unbleached muslin, which cost her 5 cents a yard, and which she tacked to the window frame at the top, rolling them by hand and pinning them. Finally she got some cream shades that would fit her old-fashioned windows,and then she bought 12-cent cream color cheese cloth to make long curtains for the inside. These she tied back with a band and bow of pale blue satine, and draped a narrow scarf of the same over the top as a finish. Pieces of Bric-a-Brac. Her hall bed room she used as a dressing room and to hang her clothes in, reserving the closet in the larger room for her cook- ing utensils, as there was no fire in the bed room, and she could not cook there in cold weather. She had the door taken off the closet, and curtains of blue denim hung there. She had curtains of the same hung across the narrow entrance to her little hall, which shut her off from the remain- der of the house quite effectually. For her table she made a cover of blue denim,which she feather-stitched in yellow silk. It could be easily removed when she wished to use the table to serve one of her dainty meals to a friend or two, and this became of fre- quent occurrence. She picked up pretty bits of china and crystat here and there. She bought her spoons and other bits of table silver by the piece until she has a service of six, all through, and every bit of it sterling. One day she found, in a second-hand store, two mahogany chairs, that might have belonged to Dolly Madison, so quaint and dilapidated were they. She got them for three dollars, and had her find removed to an upholsterer’s at once. This bit of extravagance—for she had them done up in cream and gold bro- cade—cost her so dear that she had to Jive very close for a month. She followed up this plan until she now has a collection of bric-a-brac that a woman of wealth might envy. She has for a landlady a woman who is not an ogre by any means; but be- ing a business woman she exacts her pound, and after that is very kind to Margaret, permitting her to do many things that would ordinarily be considered an imperti- nence to ask, because she realizes that in her quiet, determined girl roomer there is a spirit of independence that should be stimu- lated whenever possible. I have sald nothing of Margaret's ward- robe, because as she is in mourning, she dresses plainly in black, and requires few changes of gowns. Two dresses for office, one for church, and one rather more dressy for evening, are all that she requires, as she has numerous bodices to change with. Her recreation she finds largely in study. What she has accomplished thousands of other girls “in office’ might do, tf they had the courage to dare, the will to do. SENORA SARA. ——— BOWS EVERYWHERE, The Prodigal Manner in Which Dre: makers Distribate Them. Speaking of garniture for gowns, did you ever see anything to equal the prodigal manner in which dressmakers fling bows round over your frocks? They are stuck in the most inconsequent places, &nd with- cut regard to the convenience of the wear- er. They sometimes serve their primitive purpose of fastening something, or hiding a gaping jointure, but more often they are put on just to “look pretty” or to eke out @ bit of trimming made up of odds and ends that will make up into bows better than any other way. On the whole, how- ever, we like bows and are perfectly willing to accept them, with streamers or without; with butterfly ends, or rabbit's ears; Alsatian and bews Byronic, bows Marat, or Marie Antoinette, anything, in fact, just so bows are not stingily designed. The minute you undertake to fashion a bow that looks as though that was all the material you had left and it must do, that moment you ruin the reputation of the bow, and destroy its usefulness, For a bow ornamented gown here is one of the very prettiest I have seen. It is designed for an afternoon reception frock,and is made of rose pink peau de soie, with garniture of black velvet ribbon, satin faced with apple green. The foot trimming is simply a suc- cession of butterfly bows of the velvet, and the body has a French harnais arrange- ment terminating in bows, which edge a bertha effect in biack lace. The sleeves have the usual amount of goods wasted in them, and the fullness is caught down by more bows, while a long double bow in rab- bit ears style finishes the body at the point in front. It would make up very effectively in any of the soft woolens, using ribbon for garniture. In fact, ribbon really makes prettier bows than velvet, because velvet has such a destressing habit of curling up whenever an end is left. ——._—_ Written for The Evening Si Triolet Seq ce. eee eee oe 8 © an age Of limping triclets and tame rondeaus. A PURE GOLD BAR. It Will Serve as = Standard for Mints and Assay Offices. Uncle Sam ts preparing a standard of pure gold. It will take the form of a bar weighing 50 ounces. This bar will be cut Into several pieces, one of which will be given to each of the United States mints and assay offices. A slice will also be sent to England for comparison with the British standard of pure gold. It seems that no absolutely pure gold has ever been produced in this country—at all events none of which there can be certain- ty. The standards now possessed by the various mints differ somewhat; not one of them is surely free from impurity. For the purpose of exactness in assay work it is desired to have a standard that ts se wife should be—beyund sus- icion. Pithe bar that fs to Be is now a liquid. The 50 ounces of gold are in a chemical solution at the mint in Philadelphia. The yellow metal thus dissolved was extra fine to 1 per cent of impurity. The impurity was chiefly silver. This gold was rolled to very aqua regia and hydrochloric 5 The solution of gold made in this way Was diluted with 20 gallons of distilled water. In that condition it now remains, a thin but precious liquor. Under the ac- the bottom of the tank in a white cloud. At the end of a month the clear liquid will be drawn of carefully into flasks, then be passed through the solution, caus- ing it to throw down the pure metallic gold. through before the gold will be chemically pure. Tt will be wai distilled water, boiled with hydrochloric acid, dissolved’ in aqua regia evaporated elmost to dryness, diluted with water and Precipitatec in metatlic form by oxalic acid. All this will then be repeated. Finally, the gold will be collected, melted in a porcelain the bar that is sent to each mint will be compared by chemical tests with the stan- dard of pure gold now used at that mint. Ob = the Coin Gold. with, having only one-tenth of thin ‘sheets ‘and put put into a tank of tion of the acid the silver falls down to without stirring, so as to leave the silver impurity behind. Sulphurous acid gas will But many processes have yet to be gone crucible and made into a bar. The piece of NECKWEAR OF THE DAY. It is Not Always Becoming, but Fash- fon Rules. As the Indian said about a pair of oxen he had bought, and found rather etubborn, “They were all haw, or all gee,” #0 it is with women about dressing their necks. It is all haw, or all gee. When they wore their *hroats exposed in treet toilet it got too near the line of immodesty. Now they have taken a turn in the other direction, With Fan-Like Loops. and one’s ears stand no show at all. In fact, the new neck arrangements a’ at throttle one. That they are uncomfortable goes without saying. That they are becom- ing to everybody—well, it ts not one of the Provinces of Fashion to make her fads be- coming; it is for the artistic one to so adapt the fashion to suit her parti needs that Mt is becoming. Alas, it ts only the few who ere artistic! Now, I will tell you about some of the newest things in neck fixings, and you may name and adapt them. One design thy finds favor with those of rather short necks is a medium band of stiffening, covered Rosettes. with a scant fold of thin silk or chiffon, with a small rosette behind where it ts s posed to fasten, and one of the fancy buckles in front with a fan-like loop of the material standing out, just a little in front Uncle Sam maintains many chemical labo- ratories. There aro a dozen in Washing- ton, attached to the various departments. The mints do much chemical work incl- dentally to the assaying and refining of metals for coinage. The gold is refined by melting it with three times its weicht of silver and placing it in kettles with sul- phuric acid. The acid dissolves the silver and other metals that are mixed with the gold, but does not affect the gold itseif, which is left at the bottom of the tank in the shape of a brown powder, The solution of silver, etc., being drawn off the pure gold is washed with water and melted into bars. The silver is recovered from the so- lution by immersing in the latter large in- gots of copper, on which the silver is de- pesited by the acid. The metallic silver is then washed off of the bars and melted into bricks. This is the way in which the gold and silver are got from the raw bullion for making the coins of the realm. At the treasury in Washington is a laboratory where sample coins taken from each batch turned out at the mints are tested for Weight and fineness. They are rolled out into thin strips, and then bits taken from of the shoulders. This arrangement may be made of velvet, silk, chiffon, or silk, or it may be made of lace that is wired to hold its shape. Another design has flat folds with rosettes instead of bows, and ts shaped 80 as to be slightly pointed in front. For an elderly lady, big bows of some soft material like tulle or chiffon or silk are the favorite purities with gold are platinum, copper, neglected. Analyzing Rocks. Some of the most interesting chemical work of the government is performed in the laboratory of the geological survey. There rocks and minerals are analyzed. One way to analyze a rock is to grind it rate the ingredients by different reagents, this work fs to identify minerals and rocks; also to explain the alterations which cet tain rocks undergo in nature. For instance, other mineral. senic and yet others ammonia in inal value. mous chemist, Dr. Clarke. each piece are subjected to analysis. Other metals which commonly are found as im- lead and tron. In order that not a trace £ any of these shall remain in the stan- rd bar no chemical precautions must be fine, pass the powder through a sieve, dis- solve weighed portions of it in acid, sepa- dry them and weigh them. The object of one mineral in the earth’s crust is slowly transformed by percolating water into an- The problem is to find out why. Not long ago the laboratory made an elaborate investigation of the geyser waters of Yellowstone Park, which were found to be very remarkable chemically, scme of them containing borax, others ar- large quantities. None of them has any medic- In charge of this laboratory is the fa- His chief as- sistant is Dr. Hildebrand, who first dis- covered nitrogen in the primitive crust of the globe. It was found in a mineral called For an Elderly Lady. fancy. They are ofter accordion plaited and have three loops to the bow and four ends. A popular favorite is plaited chiffon, or lace, forming a deep ruff, ich is tied close about the throat, and has ribbon bows with ends that come to There ts no “half- r the collar of your gown so that {t saws your ears, or if you elect to have other than the plain col- lar, the frills must hide your ears and bury your chin. Both are unbecoming, but Fas fon has willed it, and her devotees will obey. enh ceenatibomees PRETTY STREET GOWNS, Stylish Costames That May Be Worn Without a Wrap. ‘There are so many pretty new gowns to be seen on the avenue every day now. The season for donning wraps ts drawing near. and it seems as though the chief aim of every woman's ambition is to have at least one handsome street gown that she can wear without a wrap. This is one of the plainly elegant designs. It was most ef- fective in dark green boucle, the trim short skirt having @ band of velvet three inch uranianite. Previously nitrogen was only known as occurring in secondary preducts, such as deposits of nitrate of soda. The question, where did nitrogen originally come from? is still unanswered. The air is a mixture of oxygen and nitrogen. Do they represent a residuum left over after the solid sphere of the earth was made? If not, where do they come from? People commonly think of the air as one gas, a chemical mixture of oxygen and nitrogen. On the contrary, it is two gases mechani- cally mingled, the molecules of nitrogen floating about among the molecules of oxygen. A chemical mixture of the two, 1. e., oxide of nitrogen, can only be formed in very small quantities by means of the electric spark. EEE Ree ere LINEN FOR THE SPARE ROOM. Some Things Which the Reserve Sup- ply Chest Should Contain. From the New York World. ‘There is a theory in the minds of some badly informed housewives that it is a mark of vulgarity to have “best”things. They say proudly, and quite rightly, for that matter, that nothing is too good for their own peopl¢. They seem to imagine, illogically, that this absolves them from the necessity of having good things for their guests. Nevertheless, it is not true that a warm liking for one’s own household is in- sheets, pillow cases and towels keep as large a supply as possible of spare linen, and it is only common sense to want to save that which is most worth saving. So that a supply of “best” linen does not necessarily imply that the family’s usual supply is poor. The “best” sheets and pillow cases should be of linen. Linen is deliciously smooth to lie upon. It is pleasanter also to the sight than cotton. may buy linen sheeting by the yard and hemstitch it if she has un- limited time, a taste for needlework and re- markably good eyesight. Even then she will save very little. During the linen sales a pair of lnen sheets, hemstitched and laundered, may be bought for $4.50. They range from this price up to very much dearer ones, but those at this cost are of an excellent quality. Pillow cases to match may be bought at the same sales for $2.50 a pair. The upper sheet should have the ini- tial of the owner embroidered just beneath the upper hem in the center, so that when the sheet is folded down the initial shows. bad pillow cases should be similarly mark- All sorts of towels—hemmed, fringed and berdered, damask and huckaback—are used, but the best for general wear are hem- stitched ores of white huckaback. Fringe grows “stringy” and knotted. Gay-colored berders have an unpleasant habit of fading. But white hemstitched towels wear out evenly, which is the great consideration with thrifty housewives. A rathe: \ compatible with keeping a certain ong for guest chamber. Every woman of house- wifely mstincts has a natural desire to wide up the front, and three rows of the velvet extending clear around the skirt. ‘The bodice fastens under the left arm, and has a girdle of the velvet, with a V of the Velvet at the throat, and straps over the shoulders. The velvet is a shade darker — S: ee instead of rib- vet, ing ith dark green satin and stiffencd. The hat is dark green straw, with garniture of green velvet the fame shade as that employed in the dress. —_. A NOONDAY REST. An Institut! for Tired Women That ald Be Established. From the Philadelphia Times. Philadelphia is sadly in need of a new philanthropist who will pattern after Chi- cago and start for the working women a “Noonday Rest.” Let it be @ lunching place where all members pay 25 cents per month dues, They have the privilege of bringing thei own luncheon and only buy- ing a cup of coffee or tea or a glass of goo milk with which to aid digestion, or they tan obtain a simple, well-prepared ilttle vite for the sum of ten or fifteen cents, for which a regular restaurant does not hesl- tate to charge them a quart Here they have the advantage of an hour at noon for real rest. A Mbrary, a lavatory, a reception room and cheerful, pleasant association. At is especially intended to meet the needs of the shopwomen and girls, tired and weary from their long standing behind counters, and to whom an hour’s rest in an easy, comfortable rocker, or @ restful lounge on a couch, would fit them so com- fortably for the long afternoon's work. It would rest the tired cashier and a: countant, who adds figures from morning til! night, to sit and converse with a friend or sister accountant; it would the weary seamstress, who plies her needle in- cessanily in the overcrowded sewing room, to meet ot!