The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, November 27, 1898, Page 27

! LU FRENCH COAT WITH THE NEW BIG WATTEAU PLAITS. 2066660000068 0606600090000000000000000000000060000060660060600000 I luminum 57‘({5/ Cre Latest Paris Fad., PO OOLOOPOOOOOOOSOBE Special to The Sunday Call bel to But winter ng for with spularti price of furs - have e up; for instance, take thing as a muff and boa. h a simple t d get & very good set \ff and five for the £ a nondeseript of dark ) chinchilla could also obtained for that pri his year you need for a muff and g to sult your- that is it you n the selection. rs are absolutely bewitching; no will express their loveliness. Iso, as the marriage notes say ymerous and costly,” and irresistible. of the shop windows of New e other day I found a silver fox muff and boa, which, ia spite of the h: E ! vhich the editor of t paper pays me for writing th 1 unable to buy, although I gladly have worked all winter for ad there been nothing eise to buy. The: boa consisted of a great, round oll of fur, which might have been, to lliant fancy, the body of a blue fox stretched out, delighted at the prospect of encircling some fair neck. The head of the fox formed one end of the boa, the ail completed the other. The latter was ng and silver; with the blue of the it was so deep that you could bury in it, yet so soft that it could through your hands. It was length, long enough to reach tened just to the waist, with the ling over the muff. what a pretty thing nd mass, fully an arm- h a blue fox's head at great sweeping tail at r the fox's head there which a small handker- st and a dime for car- of the muff was a love- when I carry that muff, I shall wear with fare. 1y scarlet, a if the time ever it a coat lined wi rlet. I saw another handsome cape, and as my fancy is fickle I may really choose it instead of the other. made of er- mine, with the longest * upon it that you ever saw. Around the edge of the ermine cape were three ruffles of silk over silk, one falling over the other, and €éach one edged with black stitching. The muff was simply immense; nothin else would describe it, and 1 hope the girl who carries it will not lift it to her face, for it will cover it. Such lovely hats are to be this worn winter. They are tip-tilted either far over the face or far back; you can wear ur hat just as you ple » not wear it in e over the eyes. newest hats have still the pudding tops made of spotted velvet, bro- silk, cloth, beads and gold and sil- The latter can be taken almost lit- erally, for there were actually exhibited in one of the shop windows of New York the other day some sterling silver tops for the hats. The); were of filigree, and were intended to be sewed upon velvet. “One sees a great many of these tops about se, provided you conventional style— 4y LR and are all 4 are crown of oad, long bri which h g i3 any now gayly sin breast of swa and—told as a secr duck also. These thiek, so ished with plumes which uch like the bird-of-paradise and the most brilliant bird in the world is thus combined with the prosaic wad- dling duck. ; The newest capes have fur °com- rchasing them it he ver bined with silk, but in p tned is 1 to be a little careful. a few this fashion may go out and you be archaic in appearance. or example, there was exhibited in a elegant shop window in days sted of of purple s in t puff and a band of se ot in between, as a satin Iskin, then a puff and another band of scalskin until the cape reached to the hips. a nov- eity quite pretty and expen- i but the questic er was, “How I hion?" in On the other ha a cape which "is edged with silk ruffles, or which k trimmings around the neck and and set in the front, will always be onable, for it can be very eas re- odeled. ¢ In buying a fur garment, of nice artic it is v into the qu or any kind v’ well to look tion of remodeling to be sure that it will “make over. r it is a bur- den to wear the same garment year after year world without end with positively no hope of a resurrection. Hats are not quite bizarre, although they are ly so; they are becoming, and thém from being gro- e hard to describe them. beautiful hats seen at in New very handsome, the tiniest green velvet toque worn far back on the head. At one side t or ten feathery plumes, which ry gracefully over the back of tesque, Yet One of the the conv York, where hats were vas “most tion of women’s clubs were e waved the head Mrs. William Tod Heluth, the president, wore a toque so small that it could not be seen from the audience except for its wav- ing plumage. Mrs. Theodore Sutro, the woman lawyer, musical composer, society woman and wife of a millionaire, wore a picture hat ell on one side caught with a beautiful t. Thewhole was of velvet except the t, which might have been that of a Sevaral of the women wore whole birds, head, feet, tail feathers and all upon one side of the hat. Incident- ally there wasa velvet crown and the plece of a brim tipped over the ear. These odd little hats are soft and becoming and you cannot wonder that they remain popular, In the midst sat the Audubon sisters, grave and sedate in velvet hats—feather- i br o bird of paradise. Winter coats are still hesitating between the tightfitting and the loose. e close fitting are very close indeed, suggesting the tailor-made. The loose ones are very loose and some of them have the Watteau plait, which falls from the back of the neck. The plait In this case is lined with the brightest of silk and is intended to show. Kid yokes are the very latest things for those who have the money with which to buy them, and it may be said that they are not so very expensive after all; and {f vou treat them after the modern fashion they will last for years. The kid yokes are almost covered with tiny cut-steel or- naments which are sewad on sometimes in close des; and fometimes in scattered pattern, These yokes are especlally pretty upon Persian lamb capes. The hat to wear with the kid yoke is also made of kid. It is trimmed with fan- POPPCO2000060066¢ LPOIROOCOPOPVIPOPOOOPS0000 ¢ cy feathers and has a crawn of beaded or cit steel ornamented velvet. Fancy feathers are not as much worn as t were at_the beginning of the season n their stead come the favorite long, ostrich plumes. The spotted velyet is quite the rage and will undoubtedly run throughout the winter as velvet is the foundation of So many hats. There is a mirror velvet showing black spotted with red, gray spotted with small black dots, brown dotted with steel color, and so on throughout the new color com- binations. Winter s the season for velvet and this year the glossy, silky material has not been slighted. HELEN WARD. TeEATER Hasslous. HE absorbing question: What shall we hear at the theaters? has been answered. Grand opera is an assured fact. The more ab- sorbing question, What shall we wear? naturally arises. For ’tis sald that if the theater-going women were given their choice of two imperative afflictions—of becoming either deaf or blind during the opera season—they would promptly glive their preference to deaf- ness. The origin of dress 1s usually wrongly assigned to the ingenuity of the first woman. Not at all. She may have pro- pounded the first essentials of clothes, but it was an astute man who hit upon the evolution of dress. He was trying to baffle the curiosity of his wife, which he found inconvenient, after the manner of man sometimes. “If I could only head her off on some other idea! Happy thought. I'll try to put together a new fabric for a dress.” So he expounded the pros and cons, the whys and wherefores, the raisen d’etre of dress, till the feminine attention was thoroughly aroused. The instinct once implanted soon became second nature In her sex. The modern man finds little difficulty in his way when he wishes his wife’s mind to turn to the subject of clothes. Some beautiful gowns and opera cloaks are ready to shed their wrappings and de- light the eyes of the public as soon as the proper time arrives. Unless all signs and auguries go for naught we are to have a very dressy season at the theaters. The heraldings of La Mode are even more comforting than the advance notices of the press agents. Buds, belles and mat- rons have all sl(fnlfied their willingness to don purple and fine linen for the thea- ters. The matinee girl who is absolutely good form will still wear a simple but elegant taflor-made gown. An elaborate robe at an afternoon performance is in poor taste. There is always a large sprinkling of gowns of this sort, but the wearers never belong_ to the sacred inner circle. I counted over a dozen society girls last Saturday afternoon. They one and all wore tallor gowns. For the evening there are gowns and wraps gorgeous enough to please the most fastidious. For the opera season there are some semi-decollete gowns that will delight the eyes of the beholders. The very low-necked gowns have never found fa- vor with San Francisco theater-goers. A beautiful gown which will be worn for a theater party in the near future is mad in a semi-decollete fltllfn with a dog-co! lar of pearls. The bodice is made with a terminating in long narrow lace yoke THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 1898. 27 oints of lace, the points upturned, and ga.u ht under the pearl collar. The effect of the flesh tints sho: x;,u between the strips of lace is wonderfully attractive. The gown {s in turquoise blue taffetd, showing to advantage the blonde beauty of the wearer. The theater {nckeu are newer and bid fair to be equally as popular as the opera capes. The only objection to them is that they are more likely to crush the bodice underneath. They are all made in Louls XVI style, finished in tabs around the iower edge of the jacket. In fact, every- thing must be tailed, whether it be coat, mantle or skirt. A striking little theater jacket in this Louis XVI mode has been brought over from Paris by one of our beautiful socety women. It is made of yellow and white brocade. A wired lace collar flares up at the back of the neck and terminates in front in two long points. The small sleeves reach only to the elbow, where they are finished with upturned lace cuffs. frill of lace falls from under the tabs that are cut around the lower edge of the jacket. Two wide revers fold back from the front and each ends at the walst line. - The style of wearing odd walsts and skirts has been revived and pleads its own cause, not only from a point of usefulness, but because some beautiful combinations are really possible. A creamy tan skirt, with a bodice in rose has just left the modiste’s hands and is really a thing of beauty. The combination of color used this season is far more harmonious than heretofore. Glaring effects are no longer sought. Whether the skirt be of the like color or Is designed for an odd walst, it is cut on the same pattern. The craze for lines that writhe and cling about the body grows apace. Every self-respecting skirt must have an appallingly tight aspect. The flounced skirt is dead and in its place is the eelskin sheath of twenty years ago. fitting the hips without a wrinkle. From below the knee it widens out into volumin- ous clinging folds. This necessitates a great deal of attention to one's steps when walking. If not properly handied the be- holder is very likely to think that infirm old age has suddenly descended on the victim to Fashion. Since theater no longer consists of two solid hours of millinery, large picture hats are seldom worn, for they are too cumbersome to hold. They are only seen at the matinee in the boxes, where they can enjoy the proud distinction of adorn- ing the wearer's head throughout the play. Picturs toques are affected by girls who have not r;l:ms attained the age of ofera bonnets. The hair is arranged In some pretty, fluffy manner that will look well with the togue removed. 41-HoME OR at-home dancing parties young ladies are expected to be suitably E gowned,which meansin thin gowns of organdy, net, chiffon, etc., over silk linings, or light silk gowns with belts and sash ends of velvet edged with tiny frills-of black or white mousseline. Silk at 75 cents a yard is pretty and would be economical as it would answer another season for a lining. 225 e0000200000c00000L0020000 000 @o0oceeccccoroscoa 20930070 8" OO BO DD DY @ ® ® ® @ @® [C] @ @ (O] [C] ool el rclorcc o i Ie o R RoR YR ok R RoR SRR AR OROR R oo RojooXo R RORORORCRCR RO ORONO) 'BEST WAY GO @ARE FOR GHE FACE. “Beauty Talks” by Mme. Hygela. ool lorroro oo rororeIooroYolotoXololofolofof logofoRofofolofofofooYo [oXoYoYoRONOROTOYO O [OJOYOJOXOKO] This department is for the benefit of all those who are- interested in ihe science of cosmetics and the hy- giene of proper living. If any one desires information on eith er of these subjects their questions will be cheer- fully answered in these columns. Write as often n!,yuh tike, ask as many questions as you please and sign any name that you choose. Address all communications to Mme. Hygeia, The Sunday Call, San Francisco. MONG the mottoes In my old copy book over which I used to curve my spine and eramp my fingers in the' dear, dead days of my inexperienced youth be- fore the cares and responsibil- ities of life—such as telling you girls how to be beautiful—had laid their devastat- ing fingers upon me was one which read in this fashion: ‘‘No excellence without great labor.” And this i{s as true avout personal improvement as anything else. If we would keep the colors of the lilles and the rose in our cheeks ‘we must labor unceasingly. We must see to it that the diet is what it should be; that our bodies are kept clean; that the creams and lo- tlons that we put upon our faces are of the purest; that our sleeping rooms are well ventilated; that we take sufficient exercise to keep the blood from getting sluggish; and last, but not least, that the water with which we wash our faces is as soft as it is possible to get it. There is no sort of doubt but that the water wuich comes to us through the hydrants and faucets of a city residence is respon- sible for many of the complexion ills. The secret of a beautiful complexion is said by those who ought to know to lie in the exclusive use of rain water for washing purposes. Ninon de I clos never used anything upon her face but rain water, and she was s0 beautiful that at the age of eighty she was still capable of inspiring the ten- der passion. Of Dicne de Poitiers and Madame Re- camier the same may be sald. In the days of our grandmothers dew water was considered the best cosmetic in the world, but, although the vanity of woman is colossal, I doubt if it would carry her to the extreme point of crawl- ing out of her warm bed in the early hours of the morning, particularly the winter morning, and groping around in the grass for sufficient moisture to bathe her face in. As it is almost impossible to catch the elusive raindrops in quantity sufficlent to last for any length of time the next best thing Is distilled water. This is said to be the very best whitener of the skin, but if purchased it s expen- sive. A small still can be bought at the cost of a few dollars, but if one does not care to go to even that expense a simple substitute for a still is a teakettle, with a close cover and a gutta percha or lead pipe fastened to the spout leading through a pail of cold water into a jar for holding the distilled water. The steam from the bolling water goes off through o6 e ee800a05A 408003508 0y acecoes @ o&so od>an ecdePoonoe Fetching Suit for Winter Wear. ‘White, pink, turquoise, light yellow and lavender are the favorite evening colors in the order named. White forms a con- venient dress, as different accessories may be used with it and the skirt worn with odd walsts. If merely a looker-on a light dress or waist, made high In the neck and long sleeved, in silk or chiffon, or. a light weight veiling trimmed with three gored ruffles to the knees, each edged with velvet ribbon; blouse waist finished with two ruffles around the low neck and a removable yoke of white lace over pink, of pink tucked taffeta, with collar, belt and sash ends of the silk, would be appropriate. Another suitable toilet {s a black silk or nice white wool skirt, with a full gath- ered walst of light-colored chiffon having collar and sash of silk or velvet. One more advanced in years might wear a light waist and black silk skirt, or an en- tire black silk costume with lace yoke or vest. A black silk 1s again the most useful dress for one's wardrobe, and in contem- lating a city visit, with any of its at- endant gayeties, such & gown becomes an absolute necessity. If bent upon a guiet visit without any society one may ress more plainly, but in all cases the osition of the friends who are en- social must be considered. tertaining —_——————— The novelist can give the preacher some good points, and especlally in the matter of the sermon plan. After Zola had col- lected some I pngel of notes and ar- ranged them in order, he writes about “Lourdes”: “My book is finished; ; have only to write it.” George Eliot would make several draughts of her plot before she wrote a line. f Mrs. Henry Wood her blographer says: “The great amount of thought and deliberation be- stowed upon her books was always at the commencement. She would first compose Ler plot—a matter of extreme care and doliberation, where nothing was passed over or hurried. This would take her abcut three weeks of very cloge applica- tion, and until the whole accom- plished not one line was written.” As a rule the more time a preacher spenas over the plans of his sermon the less time will he need to on its composition. the tube, condenges under the cold water and ‘Tuns off pure into- the receiver. In steam-heated houses distilied water may be amply provided by adding a pipe to one of the tubular heaters that will carry steam fnto a cooler, from which pure water may always be obtained. if you do not care ‘to take so much trouble then soften the water with the layender lotlon which I have spoken of repeatedly. tterly refuse to allow. vour face to have gven a bowing acquaintance with hard water. The lime which it contains will crack the epidermis. roughen, redden and chap it out of all’ semblance of beauty. The face must be thoroughly scrubbed once in the twenty-four hours lest the pores become clogged with the smoke and dust of the atmosphere. Bedtime is the best time for this scrubbing and a little castile soap and a camel's hair face- brush will assist the cleansing operation. Then, to keep the skin soft and ylelding, free from harshness and on unpleasant terms with wrinkles, a little pure cold cream should ve used. In the morning it will not be necessary to again wash the face unless the skin has not absorbed all the otls of the cream, In that case merely wipe away with a cloth just slightly moistened. If the face needs washing at other times I would sug- gest that this toilet milk be used: MILK OF ROSES. Cucumber julce, bofled and cooled, 1 our.ce. Spirit of soap, 1 ounce. Rosewater, 4 ounces. This will also be found to be excellent to apply before fluffing powder over the face. - Answers to Correspondents. L. B. R—You, too, I feel certain will forgive me for not having replied to your letter by mail. The alum wash is to be used only in case of flabbiness of the skin, and should be used after massage with a good cold cream or skin food. A piece the size of a bean in a pint of water is plenty. It is not necessary to bind it on over night—just dip a piece of absorbent cotton or a small sponge in the water and dabble it on the chin. AUGUSTA—The condition of your skin is no doubt caused by an impure condi- tion of the blood. Try and remedy this Dby plenty of outdoor exercise, and by eat- ing_good, nourishing food. Avoid all rich and _indigestible foods, such as ?rn\'les. fried foods, pastries, sweets, pickles and all_highly srpl('ed dishes. Eat vegetables and lots of fruit. Sleep in a well ventilat- ed yoom; take a daily tepid sponge bath and a hot bath twice a week, scrubbing the entire body briskly with a flesh brush and a good soap. Then suppose you first drive away the pimples by sponging the blemishes with diluted listerine. When they disappear, go for the blackheads each night with a camelshair face scrub- bing brush, tepid water and castile soap. After thoroughly rinsing and drying the face, rub into the skin cold cream made after the following formula: Spermaceti, one ounce; white wax, one ounce; oil of sweet almonds, flve ounces; rosewater, one and three-fourths ounces, and twenty grains of borax. Melt the first three in- gredients in a porcelain kettle over a slow fire, and be sure not to let the mixture boil. Remove from the heat and add the rosewater in which the borax has been s Fluff up with an egg-beater. .—Take equal parts of red vaseline and cocoanut ofl and mix by meiting in a porcelain kettle. This will do nicely to make the eyebrows grow, but it is rather 2 risky business to put anything on the lashes, as the simplest oil will irritate the To make the neck plump massage every night for ten or fifteen minutes with equal parts of cocoa butter, lgnoline and cocoanut oil melted together. he bfeath- ing exercise given in beauty talk of Sun- day before last will help wonderfully. BEATRICE B.—I am afrald nothing but time will restore the color to your faded locks. For the dry and brittle condition I would advise massaging the scalp with a little pure olive oil which has been heated. The next simplest tonfc is sage tea. Take a small handful of the com- mon dried sage, which can be bought at any drugstore, and place it in a porcelain kettle. Add nearly a quart of water and let simmer until it has boiled down to about a pint. Strain and add one table- spoonful of alcohol. This will darken the hair slightly and may be just what you need. Cutting the ends of the hair is excellent and is surely not the cause of its becoming coarse and dry. MRS. W.—I can tell you of nothing bet- ter in the way of a skin food than the one you are using. Perhaps you have not used it long enough to see its good effects, for it may be that your skin does not re- spond readily to treatment. I am so pleased that the exercises which I recom- mended for reducing the large abdomen have been of so much benefit to you. I consider the rubber toilet brushes too harsh and severe. The camel’s halr brushes are better, but unless there are blackheads or clogged pores the crash wash cloth will do just as well. ETHEL B.—You can get a plece of fine- ly cut pumice stone. and by rubbing it dafly over the superfluous halrs can keep the skin free from the blemishes. This will not destroy them for good, and al- ways, but by constant use will keep the gkin clear of them. Peroxide of hydrogen —the liquid used for bleaching the hair— can be Bflp“ed with perfect safety. It will bleach the hairs to a lighter shade, so that they will be less noticeable. Soap if it is pure should not encourage the §rowth of bair on the face, but it is very ifficult to tell about these things. Where the tendency toward a superfluous {s excessive, almost everything will seem to stimulate it, even friction. A pure and perfectly harmiess powder can be made after the following formula: One ounce Lubin’s rice powder; one ounce best, pur- est oxide of zinc; one-half ounce carbo- nate of magnesia, finely powdered; twen- ty grains boracic acid: ten drops attar of roses. When purchasing your ingredients ask your druggist to powder each separ- ately in a mortar. rst put your rice powder through a fing sieve and then through bolting cloth. Do the same thin with the oxide of zinc, the magnesia nng the boracic acid before adding them to the rice powder. When all are combined put_twice through bolting cloth. After each sifting throw away any particles owth that remain. It is very necessary that all the ingredients be made fine and soft and downy. Add the attar of roses last. MARGARET O.—Try . the following wash on the scar: Boracle acid, one dram; diluted witeh hazel, two ounces; rosewater, two ounces. Mix and rub on the scar night and morning. Systematical massage with a good skin food will also heip.- - « FHECKLESFollowlng is a new cure for freckles, which is as excellent as any- thing ever mixed together. 1f it does not make the little brown horrors disappear hen I fear nothing will: Sulphur, dra borax, one-half dram; gl one-half ounce; spirfts of camph half ounce; rain water, fifteen tincture benzoin, one dram. Rub sulphur, glycerin and borax to a fine te, then the water and the spirits of camphor and the tincture of benzoin in the order, named. Shake well before ap- plying with ‘a’soft sponge or the camel’s- hair ?ar‘fl brush. UNE ECOSSAIBE—It was good to hear from you again, and I feel now that we are quite old friends.’ I was very mueh in- terested in all that you told me about yourseif, and I hope that everything will Soon be stralghtened out to your entire satisfaction. I am quite charmed with the many nice things you say about my recipes. I am certain of one thing—that there are none better. As to your appear- ce. I am quite sure you are not such a add grudunlls‘ Tight” as you picture yourself. At anv rate that a bad thought to carry. Get rid of it. Massage the lines in the cheeks with the skin food. rubbing across the cheeks upward and outward. If the skin is flabby use the alum wash. I am sorry, but I can suggest nothing other than witch _hazel for the scatfered blood ves- sels. I do not think a cure for these has ever been discovered. I do not think that even .eleetricity will remove them, and I do not believe there are any here who can successfully treat them, although they may claim that they can do so. The lettuce cream calls for a teacupful of lettuce, cut very fine. Use only the tender inside leaves of head lettuce. The lemon hair wash is more particularly for blonde hair. 1 wish you would try the egg shampoo that I have many timas given formula for. It is the yolk of one egg, one ounte of rosemary spirits and one pint of distilled water. Beat the egg thorolighly and add it to the rosemary and water. Cleanse the scalp and hair with this, and be sure and rinse thor- oughly in several waters. It will leave the hair silky and glossy and will, I am pretty certain, bring out the golden tints. Here is an excellent tonic for fallin, locks: Four ounces cologne, one-hal; ounce tincture cantharides and one-fourth dram each of oil of lavendar and oil of rosemary. Apply to the roots once or twice a day, using a small sponge for the purpose. Which of the remedies was it }(lhxlat you used with such benefit on the air? “Lait Virginal” i{s made as follows: Take a quart of rosewater and add to it, drop by drop, stirring all the while, an ounce of simple tincture of benzoin. This lotion is thought by some to be improved by the addition of twelve drops of tine- ture of myrrh and a few drops of gly- cerine. Last SBunday’s beauty talk will have an- swered your questions about the hands. Ask your druggist for pure orange flower water and he will give you the proper in- gredient for the skin food. I prefer the camel’s hair complexion brush to any other. Use your judgment about the amount of water to be used for the oat- meal lotion.. I have never made it, but I fancy a quart would be about right. There are two or three of your questions yet unanswered, and I am sure you will not mind very much if I do not answer them until next Sunday. I have already given you conslderable space, and there are so many waiting. So au revoir until next F&lapys_u Tnder no circumstances us the camphor on the eyes. You must zi‘? camphor water as the recipe called for. That, together with the witch hazel, will ;‘J‘rirfl\':nns“\'eerr¥hsooth!n§ wash to the lids. v v e rest o Sg\"fi‘?-"’- our questions next {ITTIE M.—I really do not know w! to suggest in connection with the c?:.l(% cream. I have never known it to act in the way you describe, and could not very well tell what is wrong with it without seeing it. Possibly your skin needs nour- ishment and the orange flower skin food Wwould be better for it. I'm so sorry vou hul\(‘%élud“such a time. . W.—I wouldn’t use precipitated chalk on the skin if I were )'0\?. Ng( that it is particularly injurious to the skin, but it is very apt to roughen it. The cold cream that you mention I have never heard of before, so do not know If it is pure or not, and I do not advise any one to put any preparation upon the face tne ingredients of which they do not know. PSY—I cannot tell you {us! how much of the orange flower skin food it will take to bring about the result ou desire. If the face is very much emaci- ated it will take longer to fill out the hol- lows, of course, and, too, some skins respond more quickly to treatment tnan others. The development when once ac-' quired will remain without further mas- sage, unless one loses one’s health and strength. Just rub the cream lightly over the nose without rubbing it in. The deep lines that you speak of on either side the mouth will sometimes resist all efforts to et rid of them. The only thing that will ave any effect upon them is systematic massage with the skin food, rubbing al- ways across the lines and away from the mouth, upward. Massage must always be gentle, taking care not to stretch the skin. I cannot suggest anything for the daughter's fingers except to put some- thing bitter on them to keep her from putting them In her mouth. It is merely 2 habit and one that should be easily broken. BUTTERCUP—The nose can often be coaxed into smaller proportions by gently stroking and smoothing it. If you wish to reduce the fat cheeks, massage with a pure, home-made coid cream, picking up the flesh with the thumb and forefinger and rolling and rubbing as much as you ¥usslbl}‘ can without injuring or breaking he skin. Then, in order to keep the fles% from gettlns flabby, the cheeks must be bathed in cold water in which is a small Eln(’h of alum—a plece the size of a bean eing plenty for a pint of water. This alum bath {8 only to be applied when you are giving the moyements for reducing facial plumpness. Write again. Two Styles of Gowns in the New Aluminum Gray.