A FEW USEFUL HINTS. Of I'nrtletilfir Value tii Women Who Like to llri-MN llccominuiy on a Small Income, The rich is not always the only girl who is the w.ell-dressed one. The young woman who has to make over, furbish up and remodel her hats and frocks is frequently as niodislily attired as her better-oil sis ters. Of course, it takes lots of time anil skill, as well as cleverness, to make old things look as well as new; but then it pays to curl feathers and clean ribbons when the hat is finished and the gown is donned, .and it just looks lovely. For the maid who has to make over and yet wants to look nice here are a few useful hints to help her on her economical ways: Feathers which have become soiled may be washed in hot water and soap. Soft water should be used. Ivinse thoroughly to get. the soap out. Brush quills with a nail brush or hair brush. Wash ostrich feathers in the same way, and after rinsing thoroughly pass them through a warm solution of oxalic acid. After this they should he starched in plain starch. The fillers of ostrich may lie curled with a curling iron that is not very hot. Steam the fibers before curling. Feathers are also curled with a dull knife, drawing the fibers between the thumb and edge of the knife. Hold lightly and do not curl too tight. Do not curl the entire length, but only at the end of each fiber. Light-colored feathers may be washed in benzine without detriment to their curl or color. Wings and fancy feathers are very satisfactorily cleaned by washing in benzine. After drying and pluming with a brush, white wings should be Tubbed with magnesia. Some all-silk ribbons and pieces of silk may be washed in soft water, using a pure white laundry soap. It is well to try small pieces first, for all dyes will not stand the process. Wash gently and rinse thoroughly. 801 l in a towel and iron under tissue paper when partially dry. Do not wring the ribbon or silk, but squeeze the water out. by running through a wringer with a towel or squeeze be tween the palms of the hands, liib bons and silks should be ironed while damp. Silks are often satisfactorily cleaned in gasoline or benzine. In using either of these a sufficient quan tity must be used to cover entirely the piece being cleaned, otherwise the result will not be satisfactory. It hardly seems necessary to repeat the caution about not using either of these inflammable liquids near fire; but it must be remembered they are very dangerous.—Chicago Tribune. MRS. ANNIE YEAMANS. For Fifty-Six Veam She lla.s Enter tained AuilieneeH in TIIIA CIIIIII try mul Europe. There is hardly a tlieater-goer in the United States who does not know Mrs. Annie Veamans, who has now been on the stage for 56 years. She has played almost every line of char acter in the drama, from a picka ninny, when she was a child, to the MRS. ANNIE YEAMANS. queen in Richard 111. in her mntnrer years. She is perhaps best known fur her impersonations in the Ilarri gan plays. The* were all her own creations, for the author furnished her but a skeleton of her parts, and Khe developed those remarkable old women who were the features of the dhows. Of late years she has been associated with farce-comedy. Her art is literal. She i- realism itself. Plie has the rare gift for » woman of losing all -e|f eolisrioil-I i ill eollilt ncting. OIT the Uige Mr . Yi.imnnv Is II genuinely amiable old lady who lias given welcome encouragement to aeoren of y Oil II ■: players who have lilnce become famoii . Her eompan ni miv that she Is entirely free from the vice of jenhiii s; anil it greater "onipliment than tin n• < pi y actor eo.ild pay to another. Wlml « l.lllle Horn* Mae*. A little born* In th> h ' rili*lli|.» wn ♦er will make handkerchief* easier to Iron uud look befttr when done. MRS. JOSEPH CHOATE. \\ Ife of the American AinhnNMitlor tc (■rent llrltiiin Un Mont Ad mirable W Kill 1111. If Joseph Hodges Choate, ambassa dor from tlie United States to Eng land. is a man fitted for his position, I Mrs. Joseph Choate is a woman quite ! capable of holding' her own as the wife of one of the proudest diplomats j living. The post of ambassador to the i court of St. James is a purely honor- MRS. JOSEPH IX. CHOATE. ary one, for its emolument is wholly inadequate to meet the demands that are made upon it. At the same time it is one of such pride that states men and warriors have long consid ered it the plum of presidential ap pointments. A poor man is never appointed to such a post. First, the poor man i would never have the money to enter i tain sufficiently; second, he would ! hardly have had the necessary train ing; third, the wife of a poor man would not have received a sufficient ! amount of polite education to enable | her to fill the position well. Mrs. Joseph Choate began life as a rich girl. She was well educated in the schools of 00 years ago and re ceived a training according to the standards of those days. When she married Mr. Choate in ISGI it was said in Boston that she could pour tea better than any other young mat ron at the hub. Mrs. Choate was once a great beau ty. But 41 years of married life or of life spent in the wide world, in one country and in another, will take ; away one's actual prettiness, though the years will bring something el.se | just as admirable and that is what they have brought to Mrs. Choate. She shows refinement of the lady of society, the repose of the woman of the world, the finesse of the dip lomat and the high polish which 1 comes of rubbing against the best people of all countries. Mrs. Choate's entertainments in j London are as famous as the speeches |of the ambassador. She gave a series; j of dinners last winter, at which the j table decorations were tlie finest ever seen on a diplomat's table. Ueu -1 soiling that the feast must be partly of the eyes, she ordered her tloris: to trim the table with all the flowers that were of the season and to use them with a lavish hand. I An annual event of much interest I in the ambassador's family is that of | the celebration of his birthday. Then a grand dinner is ordered and Mrs. | Choate dresses in a fine new gown which is made in Paris for the event. Although still a young man in ap» ! pea ranee, or at least briskly young, j Mr. Choate will soon be TI years old, | ami when in January the birthday fete takes place Mrs. Choate will need to burn 71 caudles in honor of I 1 he event. Throughout her husband's career Mrs. Choate has been a power, not from the standpoint of assisting him i in his public work, but diplomatically land through her family connect ionic, i hike Mrs. Chauncey M. lie pew, she plays the highbred lady's part and does 11 so extremely well that her i husband is much assisted by her tlior- I oitgli work. Mrs. Choate is the owner of very ] fine emeralds, which are Mr. Choate's ! favorite stones. She obtained theui while on a trip to tlie orient and she wears i hem on important diplomatic occasions. Mrs. t hoate has done a great deal for Americans in London. To the linii.se of the ambassador go all Americans in distreiw, and to the ain ba tailor's wife are turned over all cast- of women requiring aid. Mr . ( hoate has restored runaway girls to lheir Vmeriean hollies. She has supplied luonev to musical student* out of film: . ► lie lias extended her hand, and even her roof, to peliui h SH artists, aml she has put hundred* in eommuiiieiition with their fi ends at home. Mr < hoate in w the ambif- .itlor have always been devoted ami rarely is one seen in public with oul the other. I hey travel together, anil, be iih . affording a noteworthy etlilnpl of diplomatic ev> ellene,*, they fiill>i li one nf extreme matri monial devotion. London l.eltrr in I I hieago t hronleU. CAM 3RON COUNTY PRESS, THURSDAY, DECEMBER n, 1902. j PUTTING AWAY CLOTHES. l'br Woman \\ lio Know* llow to Tuki l of 'l'll i iikn Alua j h liOoktM Well l)rexM4'U. The woman who knows how to put away her belongings is not only neat, but economical and generally smart in appearance. When she comes in from a walk she never hangs up her coat by the loop inside the col lar, if she puts it away in the closet she uses a coat hanger—if she leaves it around the room knowing she may need it soon, she disposes it over the back of the chair that will keep it in shape. The skirts of her gowns never have a stringy look, because they are always hooked and then hung by two folds. For a tailor made skirt she uses a small coal hanger with the ends bent down a little; this keeps the skirt in excel lent, shape and causes it to hang ia ; even folds. The strings of her itu- I derskirt are tied and the garment is i hung by the loops, thus never show ing a hump where it has rested on the hook. For the same reason her shirt waists are always hung by the arniholes, unless they have hanging loops. Handsome waists have both sleeves and body stuffed with tissue paper, and are then laid in drawers or boxes. Shoes are easily kept in shape by slipping a pair of trees into them as soon as they are removed from the feet. If trees are not. available, newspaper will do, if it is stuffed .n tight. It is well to roll each veil on a stitf piece of paper; a single fold will often spoil the set of a veil, and soineiinies even mar the expres sion of a face. Gloves should al ways he removed by turning tliein wrong side out; they should then be turned back again, blown into shape, and each finger smoothed out. Ties, especially four-in-hand or golf ties, should be hung to avoid creasing. Hats, of course, should be kept out of the dust and placed so that the trimming' will not be disarranged. This disposition depends so much on the hat and the available space that each woman must use licr own in genuity. However, it is safe to say that no hat should be laid fiat on a shelf. Furs, also, should be protect ed from dust, and a muff should al ways be stood on end.—N. V. Times. MISS ETHEL DICKENS. Grn mliln IIK Ii Ie r nf Fniuonft Novelint IT II IV N Typewri IIIIK Kstnhllwhment of Her Own in London. Probably if Miss Ethel Dickens, Charles Dickens' granddaughter, had | happened to be his daughter instead, the novelist never would have won the reputation which he did for mon strously bad penmanship. This characteristic of the author of "Oliver Twist" might have been re vealed by him in a private letter now and then, but Miss Dickens would have seen to it that his business letters ! and, above all, his manuscripts, were J typewritten just as neatly as possible, j For typewriting is the business of this | particular granddaughter of Charles Dickens, and she presides over an tin commonly busy little establishment |of her own in Travistock street, I Covent garden. Miss Ethel Dickens, who is the daughter of Charles Dickens, Jr.,is an MISS ETHEL DICKENS. , attractive young woman with a de lightful voice, much charm < 112 mac | ner and a rare amount of executive ! ability. She opened her first place of business in the iden! ie:il office in which ; her distinguished progenitor edited | "Household Words." Miss Dickens makes a specialty of copying plays and book manuscripts. Dared she publish the list of famous novelists only who come to her, Lon don would realize perhaps more gen erally wtiat a first-hand knowledge of I current literature is in the possession of "Miss Dickens, Typewriter." Into Miss Dickens' office Inquisitive travelers often penetrate with apol ogies, but - "We were passing nnil saw your sign, and just looked into ask wheth er you were related to Charles Dick i n , who wrote, etc., etc." Miss llick ens spent her childhood in (iad's Hill, her grandfather's house, near Roches ter. Above her desk hangs a signed photograph of Churles Dickens, and her matches repose in an old-fash ioned little receptacle which the ti i t editor of Household Word used un til his death. "Do you think your grandfather would have approved of your tfoing Into bn hie** in this wholesale fash loli'.'" WHS nsl ed Miss Dickens. "Oh, I don't know,"and then laughed, "but I know he would havv» preferred I should earn a living ruth er than not httve one." %l %%*•»• I N Hllli'lt, Never light II laiup with paper, for frnifineiits of it ur« sure to drop off In '<» the burner. I BABY GIRL ATHLETE. I.Utie 111 iit ii lis Tol'i linpplent Mo ment* Are Spent In All Sorts of t* y in IIIIM Iie Exercise. Hana Marie oe Lhorhe is a baby. She is also a little more than that. She is an athlete. Kauri has never been content since the day of her birth to be a mere pink and whits bundle of nothingness, frilled with laces, a toy for big people to make eyes at. liana is strenuous. She is certain to make an impression on the world long before she is 21. At the age of only four months she swung herself on a trapeze, held herself in position as shown in the illustration, and while being photographed showed that she enjoyed the diversion. When she was not yet one day old she raised herself upon her bed on both \ SCSI'ENDED FROM TRAPEZE. hands. She was able to sit up when three weeks old, and at five months of age could swing from a trapeze by one hand. There may be other babies just as smart as this, just as strong, but they had better bring out their rec ords at once, or Bona will claim all the laurels. She is the child of Mr. and Mrs. William de Lliorbe, of Chilli cotlie, 111. Her mother is 21 years old, and her father 27. The latter is an actor and athlete, well known throughout the middle states. Her mother is a little woman, with no special athletic training. In her an cestry, though, she counts direct de scent from Nathaniel Hawthorne and the Giddings, of Puritan fame. The baby came into the world just about the same as other babies have. She was perfectly formed, blessed with a good appetite and a sweet dis position. That she was athletically inclined did not become conspicuous until her own actions indicated that ■she desired to do things most babies do not. She showed that she had a spine of more than ordinary strength, good lungs and strong arms and legs. She made use of them freely, almost from the moment of her birth. Oriental children often show this activity, especially Chinese and Jap anese children and those of India, but in this country tl.e examples are few. liana's case has attracted a great deal of attention, and many of fers have been made to her father to exhibit her, but none has been ac cepted. The home life seems to lie the best for her, and there she is likely to remain. Her father was born on a farm, and is strongly built himself. The mother has always haJ good health. The child seems to have taken the best from both parents.—• Chicago ltecord-Herald. THE BABY'S FLANNELS. Their Comfort nml lln rn 1» 11 iI y lie pe nd Very Ijnritely on the \\ ay in Which They Are W nmlied. The baby's underwear should be of flannel, as soft and fine as the purse can buy, and kept in the best possi ble condition by washing it proper ly. A careless laundress can ruin the best woolen garments in two or three washings, making them so shrunken ami rough that they irritate the ten der flesh almost beyond endurance. The following method has been used for years with unvarying success, (lie little garments retaining their soft, fleecy look until worn out. I'sc water that is as hot as you can bear your hand in comfortably, for flannel cannot lie boiled and hot water cleanses and purifies it. Dis solve a little borax in it, and add enough soap to make a strong stub, wash the flannel through two waters prepared iu this way, plunging them up and down and rubbing gently be tween the hands. Hough usage thickens the texture. Soap should never be applied directly to the flan nel. Borax softens the water, mak ing very little soap or rubbing neces sary. llliise through clear water of the same temperature us that used for washing and press through a rubber wringer. Then just before hanging them out pull and stretch every piece iu shn|ie, for if this is neglected, the tiny wool fibers inter lace, causing it to become badly shrunken. I'lace them smoothly on the line in the sunshine where a gen tle breeze will blow through tliein. Every part of the work should b* done as speedily as possible.- New Hampshire Kariner. How to Hulk Hllk I'M II s. Wli h Ve - id* which have Contained milk in cold water tii -1. and after ward scour I lie lit vvilh hot water uud soihi. The use of cold water first in sure greater cleanliness, for plung ing ut mice into hoi water Is apt to el the milk and cause it to huu|f about the can* and pans to thv det riment of the milk which ia after ward placed iu it. MRS. ANNIE BESANT. F,im 1 IIMH I'rophetemi of Thenaoiiliy Hum .Not Yet I.iiml Her Hold on Her London Kulluneri. The end of Annie 15esunt is not yet. '■' his seeiiis to be the feeling 1 which has ■jecn created in England, where the most famous of living- thcosophists lias been making a three months' visit. Mrs. J'esant h»ft England a few days ago, on her way to India, where mat ters connected with the school for natives which she founded at Renarcs several years ago claim her attention. She is going by way of the continent and will hold theosophical meetings in Germany, Switzerland and Italy— evidently sailing from a southern port. Mrs. Besant will return to Eng land in June and pursue her calling as a latter day Blavatsky in the vicinity | of London. A few years ago it was prophesied ] fully that Annie Besant was about to ! be ignored by the world at large and ! England in particular. But this proph ecy has not been fulfilled, in fact, | the little part of the universe repre- I sented by this island, at least, thinks | more kindly of Airs. Besant than it | ever did before. She seems to have | lived down much of the antagonism | her earlier life aroused and to have I inspired a kindlier feeling among her | countrymen than they were wont to i show her. While in England Mrs. | Besant held many lectures and it was j only a few days before her departure that she spoke to great audience in London. She retains her marvelous charm and while she does so she will not cease to affect multitudes visibly; while she pursues her present discreet and intelligent educational methods in India she will not cease to win the approbation of a large portion of the J English people. It is now Mrs. Besant's annual pro- I gramme to spend nine months of the j year in India and the other three in ' England strengthening the theosophi cal society with the learning she I brings fresh from the birthplace of j theosophy. Mrs. Besant is the power of her cult in England, to-day, say | what else people may of her. She it ' is who arranged for the various j courses of theosophical lectures which I leading English thcosophists are this winter delivering in America. In fact, every missionary influence the society I is exerting emanated primarily from | her. Mrs. Besant thinks theosophy ought to be assimilated rapidly by the Amer icans, because she considers Ameri cans "a very psychic people." She says, however, in the same breath: "Your materialism is against you. Too many of your religions seek the support of the spirit to enrich the MRS. ANNIE BESANT. (High PrlestesF of Theofophy in Her Lec turing Robe.) body, rather than the body to enrich the spirit." "Mrs. Besant is undeniably clever," he said, "and her theories on the sub ject of education are sane and schol arly. Moreover, I think her object in founding colleges in India is the single one of giving the Indians what she considers England owes them, namely, assistance in developing their method j of study." This last summer in England has proved Annie Besant to lie more than ever the friend of the London poor. These same poor always have and, I believe, always will, love her. Her ' charity has been too practical, her i sympathy too frequently put to the | test bv the needy, to permit of their doubting her. A matter of minor importance to a hungry man or rag { ged beggar girl is the changing relig ' ious beliefs of the woman who lie j friends him or her. No one denies j that Mrs. Besant has tried nearly I every religion from strict evangelical | doctrines to her present liberal faith in theosophy. No one forgets her brilliant defense in court against the slanderer which sought to rob her of her good name. Iler avowed dislike of her husband, her separation from him and his priesthood in the t hurch of England, are details in her life his tory long since written. Iler children are grown and married, but both of them now yield their mother the loy alty and affection which in youth they were forbidden to nhott her. Sir Walter Besant cordially disliked I his sister-in-law and c.uinged the pro nunciation of Iti -t name that he nut be called by hers. But the has moved on in hep chosen path, solitary and scorned much of lhi- way, but keeping always us her guiding star au abiding trust in the necessity of being i true to herself. I'erhapa Mrs. Besant will live to see her complete \ Indira tioti ami the cordial recognition of the work she hits sincerely attempted to d<< Thn»c <<f us who have seen her tlii. summer, are agreed. 11 I ha»c -.aid lho\c, that the tnil of \niite llniuil j Is not yet. -I'rnwi a I.undou l.cttcr. GIRL CORNET PLAYER. \ iHe - Y ** nr-01 ii Kilnn \Mnt*lla« AV<iih> clerl'ul ( <>■■■ ■■■ mill Ovcr irlllloult I il m t r ti in r 111. Little Edna White, a New England lassie, now residing 1 in Brooklyn, New ork, is considered tlie champion cor netist of the age. Only nine years of age, this mr*~ sieal prodigy has mounted the l»r]de>i of fame several rounds higher that . musicians three times her age; slt«r is queen of the horn and has al ready gained a reputation as a s<»- loist which lias even readied Europe. There is no more sought after lit i tie girl in America than Kdnu White; EDNA PLAYING THE CORNET. | leaders of hands and orchestrats, en tertainment societies and ehurelie® J are bidding for her services. Society | leaders are endeavoring to tempt her j to play at banquets, receptions ami j teas. I It has not been two years since ! Edna first handled a cornet. I'ntil | lh months ago she showed no sigu | whatever of possessing extraordi nary musical talent. Edna worked faithfully for over .in I hour. Coming quietly into the room | Mr. White was astonished to hear | his daughter play '"Yankee Doodle," [ "Home, Sweet Home" and "Nearer, .My God, to Thee." This was the commencement of her ' musical career. She took weekly lessons and was allowed to take her ! own time in learning a selection. At the end of six months she made her | tirst appearance at their home church in Brooklyn, using her father's cor net. She is familiar with most of the j great cornet soloists of the day, j quaintly discussing the merits of j their rendition and of their instru ments. of which she is herself capable of good judgment. Of cornets she i has a decided opinion, formed by ! testing and using the various makes |on the market. Her present instru j ment was purchased with the first S3O earned. She is able to accompany the hu ! man voice in difficult selections and ; but needs to hear a piece once to lie | able to play it. It is marvelous how I readily this little cornetist can trans pose. She can follow at sight a class j ieal select iofl for the voice or any instrument. She is wholly unaffected and child ish. Small, with much dark hair and intellectual brown eyes. She is quite pretty. QUICK AS LIGHTNING. A It up I<l Kec'lpe for Wnkiiiju? Soda Hls cuit, ToKntlier with Other l\it<*!i«*ii Hint*. If hot biscuit are fancied for tea !or luncheon, the following good I recipe saves bringing out pastry board and rolling pin after the kitch en has been cleared up: Grease the I muflln rings slightly and put them on the greased baking pan. Hub into a quart of flour, sifted, with a small teaspoonful of salt and two heaping ones of baking powder, a scant half cup of half-and-half lard and butter, stir to a dough with enough milk to make it just too thin to roll out; if too thin the biscuits will not bi flaky. Drop from a spoon each muf fin ring nearly full; it should li« I double in rising. Stir the dough to i mound >l#i| le with tij) of the spoor. Hy stirring a well-beaten egg into \ this dough and rubbing a generous tablespoon fill of sugar into the f|,our» a nice tea cake, to be cut iu slice* with a hot knife and eaten hot vtith sweet butter, is made. Hake in round pans; a quart one should giv- I eight slices, fluffy within and brown j of crust. llot cake may be cut with impu nity, and even fresh brown bread may be «ent to table in nice sliers if ih. knife is thrust into boiling water <>r otherwise heated before using. When 1 beginning to make orown bread this I season don't fail to insist that your , grocer sells you old-fashioned "mid | dliiign," which now conies to uiuikct iu bags from seven pound* upwarii. if bread made from this is knciide<i as carefully as white and a littlr BUtfar or molasses added (u it enough to be detected), it will at once become a family favorite. \\ he;i a day old it maken delicious "nutty"* sandwiches anil if sprinkled Into I'•« "cy»" of boiling Vaster with tin right hand, while stirring with the left until of proper consistency, tlima cooked for 't> minutes, it l>- u «le|t [ tlmi:, "|H<frid|(e,"— Hn»r 15
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