TECH JP11THBIJKG. DISPATCH, SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 1891. 13 A WOMMII AFRICA, Mrs. French Sheldon Tellsthe Storp of Her Expedition to a Dis patch Correspondent, WENT TO STUDY THE 5ATIYES. -LiVr Stanley She Wm Compelled to Show Personal BraTerj and Enforce Eigid Discipline. BUT, SWAM THE 8TRE11TS OTAIDED. Fcrjdja st the Dtlicicr ef Fteliii? end fjmpithy Krlneed fcy the Black Women. rOOBSKSrOXDZKCE Or TtlZ DISPATCH.! Loxdos", Not. 20. KSTEKDAV" I had the pleasure of call ing on Mrs. French Sheldon, whose in trepidity and courage in carrying out an ex pedition into the very heart of darkest Africa, alono and un aided, hat created such widespread in terest. She was such an important person age at the meeting of the British Associa tion at Cardiff that I anxiously sought a chat with her in order to hear from her own lip something of her adventures. I found the lady traveler in her lovely old-fashioned garden, which is situated on the very hanks of old Father Thames, enjoying the oVin".ous cool breezes wafted from the nvpr. A nobk tree overhangs the stream, and in tills Mrc Trench has ingeniously constructed two most comfortable seals, ac ross to which was gained by a wooden stair rase artinicalU covered with grass matting. ll looked sc delightfully cool ana comfort able thi-re that 1 readily responded to my hote-s" invitation to clamber up, and I was ploned to notice that, in spite of her severe accident, Mrs. Sheldon was able to follow me "I am ordered to be out in the open air as much as possible," she said. "It is quite as good up here as on the river; indeed, I prefer it." "I should like my sez to feel proud of me." she said when the subject of her work was mentioned, "and I can assure you I r"ave done everything, and more than I ever hoped to accomplish. "Why Slie Made the Journey. "Many motives have been ascribed to me which I never dreamt of in undertaking my expedition. I never professed any scientific purpose. I had no wish for geographical ex ploration; I simply wanted to study the native habits and customs free from tbe In fluence of civilization in their primitive condition, more especially among the women. I started on my journey without any companionship; not even 3 medical man accompanied me; my English stewardess, too. the only white woman in my expedition was taken seriously ill at the outset and had to be carried three-fourths of the way in a very dangerous condition. In the expedition were 130 men, all personally d.sciplined, directed and led by myself" A great deal of fuss has been made about this same discipline. It must be remembered that the majority of mv caravan party were untrained and unreliable; there was also a disposition to be rebellious. 2fot only had I to protect myself but the lives and prop erty of thoe dependent upon me. I had to gain absolute control over these savages, nnd I had to gain it by the discipline which seemed most tuitable. "Would tike to Hjito Shot Them. "I visite J a portion of the country which was solely inhabited by natives who had never seen the face of a white man, much less a white woman. Dav after day, in the solitude of these deserts I encountered diffi culties which were almost more than human being could overcome. There were time's when I really think, had I followed my im pulse, I should have shot more than one of these savages. I lay auake night after night trying to solve tbe problem of justice withmero. Patience is essential in deal ing with these na'ives, also absolut; truth. I never broke a promise I made 10 them, but the Englishman has established a bad same for waut of goodaith. The white man, they would say to me. promises much when here, but he forgets all about it when he is gone. "I never shirked dangers or difficulties myself I was alu ays the leader. If a ford had to be crossed, I always swam across the first: if a mountain had to be climbed,I took the lead. I never sked them to do any thing more than I did myself, and I shared every hardship with them equally. Thus I established a reputation for courage and truth, whiie, if punishment had to be meted out, it was done with justice, and I waited patiently for the execution of orders. They saw I had absolutely no fear, and they gave me the name of the 'Fearless On.' A Descendant of wlon. "Mr education as a child was a help to rae. i was brought up like a boy to swim, ride, shoot, fish, etc, and I led a free life. I have always been a great traveler; I have read most books of travel and have met nearly all the great travelers. I spent two years in Cuba, and I have known Du Chaillu. Garibaldi and other noted men. I blons to .1 Quaker family; my great-greatgrandfather was Sir Isaac jsewton; perhaps I inherited my perseverance and patience from him." "Did you meet with opposition from the various chiefs through whose districts you passed?" "On the contrary, I may say without egotism that I was treated like a queen. The natives could .not understand a woman in charge of a carman; the called me in their language 'the woman-man.' They nee shewed me any rudeness; I received nothing but deference and homage from the natives. The chiefs would constantly send messensiers and couriers ahead to findout if 1 intended to pass through their teiritorv, either going or returning. I went straight ahead to Kiliraa-Xjaro, completed the round and returned to the German side. I frequently received as many as ten oxen as a mark of homage, and the natives would come down to meet me. If ever they avoided me or held aloof, I would go frankly up to them with extended hands and oiler them attractive gifts. Fill tbe Trees TTlth Skulls. "I particularly wished to get acquainted with th" women and children in their home life, such as it is, and they freely admitted me. I witnessed their marriage feasts and even their sacred burial ceremonies. When a name dies the friends burn the body and char it with manv secret rites. They cut olf the head and place it with others of the family in a tree trunk, burying the body el'p'rhprc. Hence the tree trunks are full of skulls, which travellers often find. It must not be forgotten that these natives are, at the best, savages. They were interested in what I showed them, but I question if they will ever be civilized; certainly not until better communication lias been opened up. Thev do not care to adopt our manners and ouvtoms, but prefer their own. "Many of their customs would seem stranro to u, perhaps repulsive; but I will saytlns: I have sfcn far greater indecency in London among civilized men and women than 1 evir saw among these poor savages. Their marriage customs are very strange, but I cannot well enter into particulars now. I would like very much to give a se ries of lectures upon the African woman to m owe ecxj they would be full of interest. rIl $ I went to Africa prepared to accept things as they were; I found great delicacy of feeling. Once a band of warriors visited me at my camp in the usual state of nudity. I insiste I upon roy own expedition wearing clothes, and these war riors, seeing them, divined by instinct that their own appearance might be distasteful to me, and the next day they reappeared clothed. I can give another instance of kindly feeling and sympathy. A young girl noticed oac day I had not any rings on; 1 had merelv left them oS. She felt so sorrv for me that she immmediately drew off the ring on her own finger and placed it on mine. Mysterious Mnrninr of the 'Waves. "I started to explore Lake Chela on April 20. The descent is so precipitous we had to slide down rocks, crawl over prns trate trees and force our way through the forests, swinging from tree to tree like monkeys. The high cliffs entirely surround the lake, and there is a strange, weird still ness, only broken by the murmur of the waves; 'although how the waves were caused I cannot discover, there being no current, neither inlet or outlet. "We con structed a kind of raft, and thu circum navigated the lake, n distance of about six miles. The lake is infested with crocodiles, and is evidently Terv deep, as we failed to touch the botton. The heavy rains con siderably impeded our progress unfortu nately it was the commencement of the rainy season when I set out; we were often up to our armpits in the water and marshes!" "How did you meet with your accident?" "I was being carried in my palanquin across a swollen torrent. The porters stum bled, and, seeing a fall was inevitable, they let me go. and I was thrown into the water fiom a height of 40 feet. Had itrnot been for the palanquin 1 must hav e been killed; as it was, I greatly injured my spine. Then the carriers dropp'ed me again", with further injury, and this was the sole cause of my illness. 1 never had a touch 01 lever even, but I suffered terrible agony from my fall, and the forced marches in that state utterly prostrated me, 1 am still suffering and ill, though much better. I attended the meet ing of the association at Cardiff, and read a paper before them wh'ch was very well re ceived, but I suffered greatly from the strain in my weak state" A Bare Collection of Curios. Upon the lawn the famous tent has been erected, which was occupied "by Mrs. Shel don during the whole of the expedition Here she slept and received her audiences. Inside was the palanquin which so fortu nately saved her life in the terrible fall The photographs which Mrs. French Shel pon has tacen are marvelouslr faithful in reproducing the effects. The difficulties of photography were very great, owing to the enveloping clouds. The portraits of the natives must have been instantaneous, the exact expressions have been caught, even the attitudes and actions. They have in telligent faces, full of life and expression, while some are even handsome. Her collection of native ornaments, jewels, necklaces, bracelet, earrings, skins, spears, baskets, cups and decorations of all sorts are extremely fine. They are all neatly labelled with the date and occasion of pre sentation or purchase, and may havo inter esting histories attached. The whole, when arranged, will form one of the most complete and unique collections ever collected to gether. The enormous weight of jewelry worn by native women would very seriously impede, if it did not altogether weigh down, an English woman. F. C. G. CHAK0IB SKIN H0TELTIM. Some Xeaf Utile Gifts That Xeed Cost but a Trifle of Money. rXmDT TOR TIIE DISr-ATOH.1 HE most economical remembrance, perhaps, for some maiden fair to see at Christmas is a chamois skin with which to dab the last hurried fluff of powder on her face and wipe it away again, as every woman- does. Place a medium-sized tea-plate upon a skin anddraw a line nround the plate upon the skin with a penciL Next cut the circle out Finish the edge by scallops, pinking, or needle work, and with pen and indelible ink letter the chamois "Mislike me not for my com plexion." A small round powder bag, the size of a butterdish, made of batting-cloth, with a narrow lace edge and filled with starch powder, may go with the chamois. Bows of pinkrihb'on may be fastened to both powder bag and chamois to hang them up by. Pretty table mats, to put hot dishes on, mar be'made of chamois skin, fastened to a stiff foundation of pasteboard, cut round. When the mats are soiled they may be taken off the pasteboard and washed in warm soap suds. Quotations may be let tered on the mats with indelible ink if de sired. A pretty watchcase is made of chamois skin painted to represent the front and back of a poppy or daisy, and the two pieces but tonholed together. The same, with a thin layer of cotton and sachet powder inside, makes a pleasing sachet. A monster pansy painted on chamois and cut out in relief, with the back of a pansy for the back of the case, and lined with yel low china silk, makes a pretty handker chief case. One tide must be left open, so the handkerchiefs mar be placed inside the pansy on the yellow silk lining. A pretty book cover is made of chamois skin decorated in brown paint, in conven tional design the brown shading into the tone of the chamois skin and the pamphlet rolled as a scroll and tied with brown cord or ribbon. Maky Maxwell. USE OF VISITING CABDS. The Little Pasteboard Can Be Made to Express Almost Any Sentiment. WEITTEJT FOR THE DISPATCH.; HOWELLS says mewhere, "Most women can express any sentiment under Heaven with cut flowers." And the tame is true of the visiting card joy or grief, congratulation or condolence, gratitude, regret, cordiality, or even of disapproval, and repudiation. To meet all these requirements of courtesy a very large quantity of enrds is re. quired by those to whom the exercise of social amenities is the rule of daily life. It suffices to leave your own card for the lady upon whom you call, if she is out or en gaced, and your husband's for her and for her husband. If there are daughters in the house who are in society leave one card of jour own and one of your husband's for them, collectively. If you cannot be present at an afternoon tea to which you are bidden, send your card on the afternoon of the "at home." It is equivalent to your presence and cancels the social debt. Of course, if voa attend, you leave your card in the hall, or with the servant who announces von. If the men of your family have been invited, and cannot pe present, leave their cards also. If a man is asked and cannot go, he should send his card by messenger or post, if he has no relative to take care of his visiting obligations. Cards of condolence are delicate assur ances of sympathy and a graceful attention. If possible they should be left in person, but may be sent. A card with "congratulations" written upon it may be sent to the parents of a newly-born infant, an engaged friend, or to those newly wed. If the parents only of ttys bride 'are vour friends, send Tour cards to them with "best wishes" inscribed. r IJjfy V TIE HE, THE DETAILS OF THE TOILET. Utile Things That Go to Make Beauty HappInrM Complete Small Acoesslona of Dress Suggestions for Christmas Gilts Gloves, Slipper. Garters, Fans, lite. Seen In the Shops. WBlTXElf FOE THE DHrA.TCK.1 THOUSAND pro rubs tell us to look after the small things, and this mutt cer tainly be done in dress. The charm of ured by the quality of fU its details. They are tne oasn 01 neros 10 the soup. They give the flivor, for somehow or other they take the impress of the owner's individuality in a special way. Also, they indicate faith fully the degree of her taste. The slipper, the glove or the bangle; the handkerchief carelessly dropped, the ribbon any one of these things may give away a whole char acter. At this time of year one buy the small things of the toilet out of a bewildering en vironment of conglomerated gold and silver, patches of delicate color, swinging jeweled lamps and quilted silks, exhaling subtle perfume. But they are worthy of their surroundings. Let us look first at the gloves. A yew GTote and Slipper. The choice for evening wear has the tops vandyked with either white or black wedges. They are of all tints, but th favorite is pearl-gray with black Vandykes. Another fashionable evening glove is em broidered on the back and far up the wrist with steel beads. The first are in the better taste, and have the more beauty. Street gloves are worn of very light tints, except for shopping. "White and pearl-gray are popular for street and ehurch. Those are of glace-kid, heavily stitched with black. Corsage handkerchiefs are shown in the exclusive houses as a feature of the toilette. They are of monsseline de sole in tints of pink, pale blue and lavender, as well as black, and have borders of colored em broidery. An especially beautiful one is of black with the faintest of pink apple blos soms worked into the edge. The newest linen handkerchiefs are finely embroidered and finished with narrow Valenciennes lace. ITewal Home Shoe and Jewel Box. The very newest thing in slippers is the "Billee Taylor." It has Louis Quinze heels and a pointed tongue which flares a little at the instep. It is made of suede orIare-kid, or of satin, and is furnished with either a large rosette, or a tied bow of satin, of color of slippers. They are in colors to match evening gowns. Some of them are embroid ered with gold beads, but the plain ones are in best tate, for it is a mistake to call to the foot the minute study such fine details of ornament make necessary. The Borneo slipper for house wear, thouch not new this season, is too charm ing to be allowed to fall into disuse. It comes up to the ankle, and is slashed on both sides, and the slashes are bordered all the way round with fur. It is warmly lined and may be that of dressed kid, of suede, or of quilted satin, in any color, but the women of refinement will prefer black or brown. Gfote, Garter and Candle. Stockings are invariably black, except tor evening wear, wnen iney ma ten in color the costume. Black silk stockings are em broidered over the instep with fine lines of strung flowers in colored silks. Black stockings are also beaded over the instep. Tinted evening stockings are ornamented over the instep with open work embroidery. As to carters, there is something to be said not" hygienic, but aesthetic There is no use in reformers advocating the side variety there isn't a side garter to be found in the private furnishing houses in 2ew York. Fashionable women will not wear them. The correct thing at this moment is a circlet or satin embroidered with flowers, and furnished with gilt clasps. There is no doubt that fashion has the right of it as far as beauty is concerned. More over the clasps furnish a legitimate excuse for a new jewel. But what I started out to say is that elegant taste will not choose for a garter-fastening over-rich jewels. Precious stones are not the best choice, no matter how well you can afford them. Choose rather enameled inlays or cairn gorms and such like stones, in "quaint, old fashioned settings someting that is valued for association will give them more worth than money value. Another addition to the jewel box is the tortoise shell, gold and jeweled pins for the hair and hat. Shell hair pins have become a staple necessity, and nothing else so well harmonizes with the hair. The newest bracelet designs are flexible bands or braided or interlaced strands of gold, which mold themselves delightfully to the arm. Bangles do not wane in popu larity. These of silver wire, botn plain ana' twisted, are still the staple. These wire may be set with gems. A novelty shows a jeweled insect, or a tiny bunch of enameled violets set on the wire. Another novelty is a fine gold chain doubled into a slip-noose, with a pendant on the end, which may be a heart with a blood-red ruby at its center, or anvthiez else vou please. Card cases mus. be of elephant, pig or lizard skin. The alligator is getting a rest Lizard skin is beautifully marked, and ttttf 'mam Wmwm uiwJE w too 'ili T jUJI li k 1 jt - 15? 00 HM wears better than any leather ever used for this purpose. ' Ostrich feather fans have a cluster of tips, or pompon laid against one of the outside A Mirror, Fan and Handkerchief. sticks. iBeautiful roques feather fans are of both black and white, with amber sticks. Ada Baciie-Cowk. rBSSH SALADS AIL WIHTB1 Caterer Murrey Suggests Household Plants for Use as Well as Keauty. tinra roa the dispatch. ULTrVATETCnear lythe whole list of edible herbs indoors is no more difficult than cultivating the usual decorative plants. Euskin talks about a man's lying down amid the heath er and studying for hours each beautiful spray, curve and bend of some one plant; all of which is very lovely, but Barnard Phil lips, who is more practical, in a charming dissertation on "A "Weed Salad," adds a thought to Buskin when he says, "think of the two-fold charm of seeing such things and eating them." Why not apply the idea to house plants and produce plants that are not only beautiful but which may at a mo ment's notice be used as a winter salad? For there are times when even in large cities it is almost impossible to obtain proper ingredients for a "fresh salad. Those who have the room and the little knowledge necessary may be armor-proof against such occasions. The more pretentious salads, such as Barbe de Capuchin, dandelion, fet ticus, endive, etc., can be raised in the vault, cellar, or in any spare room, if it is of proper temperature. A window box con taining a few plants each of pimpernel, tarragon, chervil, borage or chives, has often supplied my own winter table with the fragrant herbs so essential in a perfect salad, and without which many salads are incomplete. A box of parsley on a sunlit kitchen shelf and a few water-cress, mus tard, celery, chick-weed plants in hanging baskets will, with but little care, supply the necessary green forgarnishing dainty dishes. Anyone who has successfully raised flowers indoors should have little trouble in raising salad plants. An even tempera ture, fresh air and fairly rich loam are all that is requisite. The flavoring herbs, and those used for garnishing, must have air and sunlight; the more pretentious plants, with the exception of lettuce, require a moder ately warm dark place. Perhaps the window-box of tarragon and other small herbs will yield the most satis factory results. They" are not only orna mental, but a few leaves may be cut from them daily without injuring them; two tar ragon roots supplied me daily with fresh leaves for our salads, and with tarragon vinegar for three months. Thomas J. Muebst. HOW SEE KEPT HEE TTHBBELTJL An Ivory Counterpart of Her Own Head and JFaoe Served Ber Purpose. YOTJNG'woman who had half a dozen times a euner misiaia or Decn i robbed of her best umbrella, finally con cluded to try an orig inal way of identifying herself with the silkin shield against the weather. She had a new one made and mounted on an ivory topped stick. Then she had the heavy piece of ivory carved into an excellent counterpart of her own head and face. No one looking at the bit of ivory work for an instant could mistake the likeness between the owner and the head of the handle. Her friends predicted that the beauty of the handle would only add to the induce ment to steal for the head and face were exceedingly beautiful, and the shrewd young woman knew perfectly well that they were, when she ordered it But the strange part of it was that it didn't. For six years the owner has carried that umbrella, through rain or shine, having a new cover put on when necessary, and only onee has she missed it That time, she left it stand ing in a shop, and before she had made the rounds of the place a polite floor walker had returned it to her with a smile. XTIQUETTZ AT WASHIKGTO. A Good Deal of the Continental Idea of Bank Has Crept In There. ASHINGTOK society has already begun to discuss matters of offi cial etiquette. Wash ington etiquette is dif rerent from that of any city in the United States,andmany of our most prominent ladies arc at a loss about many conventionalities dur ing their first year in Washington. Strang ers here always make the first call, and the person of lower rank always calls upon those who are above her. The wives of publio officials are expected to return all calls made upon fhem whenever the caller leaves a card. These calls often amount to a thousand on a single reception day, and it is impossible to know who the representarives of the cards are. When Mrs. Senator Sherman was the wife of the Secretary of the Treasury she found herself once calling upon the wife of her butcher, and another Cabinet officer's wife, in mak ing her rounds of return calls, found her self taken up a back stairs over a corner grocery, and recognized the lady whose call she was returning as her maid's dressmaker. CHEISTMA8 FOB THE LADIEt. How a Woman Can Delight Bar Two-Scot of Friends at Small Cost. CWETTTEN TOE THE DISPATCH. Ton have just adonble score of women friends that you would like to give a Christ mas remembrance to. Well, take two ounces each of spermaceti, white wax and olive oil, melted together over hot water. Stir thoroughly, then take the bowl away from the heat and beat until the mixture is quite cold, beating in two ounces of rose water and six drops of attar of roses. The cream, when cold, should be the most glori fied ointment, you ever-saw; soft, fine, without grain, perfectly white and fragrant as the rose gardens of Damascus. Vhen the creamy, soothing compound is done, fill with it half a score of those chubby covered pots or square covered boxes "of porcelain that you can get at any shop for a few cents, tie tha lids on with ribbons, and they are ready to send away with a card anil a jolly little Christmas greeting. Helen Wattkrsoit. fS fo&8BfM J) m 14 kM MaM V&YX ' it 1 n iT tV V tf E DECORATIONS FROM HUMBLE MATERIAL Pretty Things for Homo Decoration Mad of Straw Matting Hints That Will Sng " Best Many Designs to the Intelligent Home Lover Shoe Boxes, Paper Hold ers, Screens, Etc rwniTTIS' fOB THE DISPATCH.! HE finely " woven straw matting which the skillful fingers of the Orientals make for the covering of tea chests or the bales of straw floor-cloths vt m, which every spring K sees sent to our shores C by the thousands, are worthy of a better fate than' to be torn off and cast into the Are. Get from your carpet-man half a dozen of these covers, rip the coarse twine stitches and throw the mat ting into a tub 'of water, letting it lie there 21 hours. Have ready a large pair of tailor's shears, boxes of steel tacks, and other boxes of bright-headed brass tacks, a hammer, some strong glue, some bolts of red tape, strong needles and linen twine, and some yards of fresh manilla rope neither to thin nor too heavy. A Shoe Box for a Bedroom. Let the first experiment be on a foot stool or shoebox. Cover the sides with a strip of the matting precisely as you would cover it with cretonne or chintz; hide the raw edges by tacking over them the gray tape. Before covering the lid, place a thick, even layer of cotton batting over the board, a precaution which will add greatly to the appearance of the box. Take the manilla rope, which, by a little care, can be found in a shade that harmonizes very pleasantly with the matting, and outline all the edges and corners of the box with it, using plenty of brass tacks. At the corners nail on tassels made by sewing the rope into a double upright loop, and raveling the long ends into a handso t e fringe. The shoebox is done, and a very dainty thing it is to stand beside your bedroom grate. A Kewfpaper Holder. Cut a piece of mtting 27 inches by 14 inches. Bind on the sewing machine with very wide gray tape. Outline the tape on botn sides with a strand, or better still, a double strand of rope, vhich is creatly im prove by two coats of bronze paint Double "I oacic one-tnira 01 tne strip, sew nve brass crescents across the top, and with bronze fiaints, using two or three colors, and out ining these with dark brown or olive oil color, paint some large, scattered daisy-like figures. On the pocket paint in large irreg ular letters the name of some favorite pub lication, and you have a secure place for your papers. Everybody must be sick unto death of the be-ribboned plush photograph "holders. Here is an idea, not only for pnotographs, but for the larger plates and engravings that accumulate so fast nowadays. While the matting is very wet, cut ont a piece long enough to be folded in a three-fold case, allowing on all sides a very wide mar gin. This margin you must fold back and iron into place. When nearly dry, fold into three partsindicated in the figure here, leaving out of mind the figured flaps at the side marked A, which are to be added afterward. Now plade between plenty of old newspapers How to Fold the Matting. and -under heavy weights to dry. When it is done, take some pretty Japanese cotton, stamped with golden figures. Cut a sheet of cotton wadding the exact size of the folded matting and gum over this the crepe, taking care that the gum be very strong and a quick dryer. Attach to the top and A Scrap ScafteL bottom of the centrlfold,neatly-made flaps of the crene. one-third' the width of the portfolio. When these art dried gum in 1 g JW 1 P'llipiiB 4L jfelfp N HYGIENE. the lining, fold and tie with odd-looking gold cords. For a ccrap basket make a box like a huge muff-box of pasteboard. Twine a gilded rope around it at top and bottom, fastening each of these in as intricate a knot as your fingers can fashion and tacking them flatly in place. A Screen of Matting and Bamboo, A last hint! A grata screen. For the frame, 24 by 44 inches, use the bamboo fish ing rod, being careful to have the corre sponding parts in equal sizes. Stay the feet in the odd and pretty way the sketch sug gests, and make free use of short stems as spindles. Fill in the center panel with a sheet of matting, and on it paint some ef fective study a flight of birds, a sheaf of deep-toned chrysanthemums, a bough of dogwood or a cluster of golden-rod. Delaware, QUESTIONS BEAUTY PUTS. Shirley Dare Answers a Number of In quiries From Her Readers Bed Cheeks and White Teeth Impoverishment! of the Blood What to Wear in Balny Weather. TJEKIES of a sensible nature in regard to hygiene, personal cult- ure,domesticaffairs and cosmeticr, will here- y after receive as prompt tv aiteuiiou as pussiuie from Shirley Dare. 3i T,ettpT may be Rent to -tli !... a & f OTnT, ThTO Ci "" "" PATCH, signature and address being given as a guarantee of good faith. Following are some of the queries already in hand, with Shirley Dare's answers to them: Della Kindly tell me something that will make the teeth white. Prepared chalk won't do. No, chalk neutralizes acids about the teeth, but does not whiten them. For this, nse the finest powdered charcoal, and castile soap, rubbing the toothbrush on the soap, wet, and then dipping in the charcoal, which should be kept in a broad, shallow box. "Also something to rid the hair of dandruff and make it grow thicker." Three Treatment for the Hair. Ton may take doctors' advice and rub vaseline fully over the scalp at night, and comb it out with a fine comb in the morn ing. Nothing will make the hair thicker and glossier than such treatment, while it keeps the scalp clean. As the trouble dis appears, the application may be made once a week. Wash the scalp with soap-bark and water, enough to make a good lather, rinse, the hair and at night wet it thoroughly with strong sage tea, a handful of sage to three pmtB of water, boiled down to a quart. This also is excellent to darken the hair. Southernwood boiled in olive oil, strained and perfumed slightly will keep hair from falling. "What will make my cheeks red?" I am very pale, always eat baked apples at nearly every meal or drink the juice of stewed grapes several times a day, and take sweet cider in which rusty nails have been steeped over night, as a morning draught Drink a gill each day before breakfast Keep in the sun and open air, and rub cheeks with flannel several times a day, to direct the circulation of blood to the surface. To Smooth Down the Skin. Cicely Give me some remedy for rough skin. To keep the skin satiny and in good con dition, treat it as grooms care for horses, to give them a fine coat Bub the skin twice a day, thoroughly as if you were grooming yourself. Good rubbing with a brush or hath mitten opens the pores of the skin, circulates the blood to the extremities, pro duces fire and healthy perspiration, and takes the place of other exercise, It actually makes the tissue of the skin finer, as leather grows close in texture by working it with the hands. Bough knit silk is the best for friction to give a fine finish to the skin, and real toilet cerate leaves the face like velvet. Chit What will make my eyelashes grow long and full? Moisten them at night with a drop of purest olive oil. This must be kept up nightly for a longtime and will darken tha lashes'as well as make them grow. Yotrso Mes. Bkown I have several pretty boxes, and other pieces in white, unvarnished wood, but they show handling easily. How can they be kept without soil? By rubbing with fine sandpaper which removes every man;. Getting Dp a Good Breakfast. "Please give something easy and nice for breakfast ' Shape cold boiled wheaten grits or oat meal into round cakes; beat one egg in a large cup of milk, dip the cakes in, drain, pepper and salt each, and fry with a little butter. Very little butter answers when eggs and milk arc used before frying. A dessert spoonful will fry enough cakes for a small family, and it gives a relish nothing else can impart. T'se those wheat cro quettes with meats, as a change from pota toes. Home sausages are made by chopping rare beef over night with plenty of herb seasoning and twice as much boiled cracked wheat This is very savory, wholesome and convenient for a quick breakfrst, and it is better made the day before, with hot cooked wheat and a little richgravy.seasoned highly as good pork sausage, 'and left to absorb the flavor over night. When used, it is molded into balls and fried quickly. This sausage meat can be prepared in quantity in cold weather and kept in iars. the wheat beinz added the evening beforehand, and added hot The fat of roast beef or steak, well chopped and blended with the rest in this way, is relished and seems to be perfectly well digested. The fat being very finely divided, the gastric fluid acts more directly upon it, ana tne salt ana neros stimulate digestion. MaeVMat. "lam chilly spite of all the clothes I can wear. How shall I keep warm this winter?" She Must Thicken Her BlroJ. Such morbid chilliness shows poor blood. You want good nourishment and electricity. One of the first observa tions made in the application of static electricity was that it increased the temperature of the body by several degrees. To get the best warmth from clothing, we must wear fine fabrics ne?t the skin, and fluffy material on it. A vest of fine thin "silk next the person, and a soft knit wool vest over will be fouod to have double the warmth of two wool jerseys. Pointed trimmings of fur on the front and back of dress "waists protect the lungs, and with edgings of far at tho wristSj add immeasurably to comfort The little'inch fringes of fur now fashionable, hinder the passage of cold air at neck and wrists, over the arteries, when it can chill all the blood in the body and keep it WtSMm JfEW&Zs9i fira? -i - chilled. If the lower part of the person is cold, in spite of clothing, as often is the case, it calls for protection to the fact Silk fnoted stockings, and fur-edged boots and slippers, the former with very thin cork soles, or wafer-proofed leather will soon dispel the coldness which develops sciatica in time. Genteel Kate "Shall I buy a silk rain-cloak, or an English Mackintosh?" Neither. The odfous .smell of rubber leads susceptible wearers to discard these for the newer cloaks of fine twilled cloth so closely woveu and treated as to he not merely shower-proof but stormproof. In dark cloth colors, in the deep capes, these cloaks are good style for traveling in any weather, and are quite light which i a recommendation. They co;t from ?1G to SIS, and are intended to last at least half a dozen years. Shieley Daee. A MASTER-OF SOCIAL CE2ZHONY. Mrs. Attorney General Miller Favors a Cus tom of Foreign Capitals. Speaking of the social customs of Wash ington Mrs. Attorney General Miller ex plained herself the other day toaDlSPATCH correspondent as follows: "I well remember the embarrassments of my first year at Washington. My entire time was spent in asking questions, and after all my asking I never seemed to get the right view of the situation. The matter of retnrning calls worried me considerably. I had sometimes from 800 to 1,000 calls a day. Some of the cards contained no addresses, and I found, after long searching, that many of them were left by strangers in Washington for only that day. I returned such calls as I could, Wife of the Attorney General. and had to let the rest go. I averaged from 20 to 30 calls every day of the week during the season, and upon my reception days I received hundreds. I can make from 20 to SO calls a day myself, but returning 500 is a different thing. I think we should have here at Washington a master of ceremonies, who should be appointed to decide all ques tions at issue upon social topics and whoe word should be law. Such an officer lives at many of the foreign capitals, and if a proper method could be got of appointing one here, it would be a good thing for all classes." THE H2CZS8ABDZS 0? TBATEL. A. Chicago Woman Starts Around tha World With Only a Handbag. pTBITTEt TOE TDK DISPATC1T.1 HE amount of clothes with which a woman can travel has been re duced to a minimum by Dr. Alice B. Stockham, of Chicago. She sailed from New York, a few days ago, for a six months' trip around the world. She' carried a small square handbag, containing her entire outfit, except what she wore. The sum of these latter garments was this: One union suit of light wool; a di vided skirt of blue serge, lined; a black cloth gown, made in one piece; a long serge traveling coat; a black bonnet and gloves; heavy soft kid boots, and black wool stockings. In her bag she carried a second union suit, like the one she wore, and one a little heavier, a pair of equestrian tights, a second pair of stockings, a black silk princess gown, and a bedroom wrapper, also of silk, one cotton night-gown, two neckhandkerchiefs of black silk, and two of white, to fold inside the necks of her gowns, which she wore low, half a dozen pocket handkerchiefs, and a blacx scan tor headgear in crossing. That was all not even a band-box, not a petticoat, not even a frill. HELES' WATTERSOir. BTEAKINQ OF HUSBANDS. Simple IEnles That May Believe Toung Wives of Embarrassment. rwBiTTEir ron Tim disf vtch.i In speaking of her husband, a woman never makes a mistake if she calls him, "Mr." or "roy husband." It is sometimes difficult to decide when the husband has a title just what the wife should do with it This is the severest rule. In speaking of her husband she should not say "General A.," or "Doctor B.," but "Mr. A.," "Mr. B." "So matter what he is Judge, Gover nor, Captain to her he is and should be, plain "Mr. A." Mrs. Grant never even when her husband was President, spoke of him other than Mr. Grant, though it is the custom of the President's wife to speak of him as "the President." The one exception to this rnle of ignoring her husband's official or professional titles, is when the wife presents him to any one else. Then she says, "my husband, Senator Smith," or simply, "Dr. Jones." The reason for this is evident It gives the proper clew to the stranger who would wish, of course, to address the new acquaintance with the proper title. Last of all, let any wife take heed how she wears her husband's title and allows herself to be spoken of as "Mrs. Governor Jones," or "Mrs. Secretary Smith." 2To matter what title her husband has, she has no more right to wear it than she has to wear his shoes. Helex Wattebsojt. iff 3mj Differing to Every Respect. Dr. Price's Delicious Flavoring Extracts differ in every respect from all others. They are more uniform, more economical, because it requires but a small quantity to impart the desired flavor. They are true to nature, as they are made- from the fruit Their flavor is most delicate and pleas ing to the taste. They are not the cheapest but they are the best. Try Dr. Price's Vanilla, Lemon, or Orange Extract and we guarantee that they will prove to be all that could be desired by connois seurs, viz.: perfection. warn T& THE LAW. The Charming Toung Lady Who 13 flow Practicing at Bucharest. HEE STUDENT LIFE AT PAEIS. Eemarkable Ground, of the Objections Hade to Est Admission. TniSIS 0IC THE EIGHTS OP MOTHERS fCOEHESrOSDENCI Or TIIE DISPTCH.3 Pakis, Sov. 13. . Z1 I HE admission last year -ua'iemoiseue oar misa D. Bilcesco to practice law in the French courts evoked columns of spirited edi torial from the Parisian press and revolutionized the classic precincts' of JEcole du Droit- Fancy the tall, grace ful figure of a girl of 23, with dark hair brushed f high off an intellectual forehead, sparkling dark eves and rich bru r-r - " nette color onset by a natty gown of brown cloth, with sleeves and trimming of brown velvet shot with gold and a dashing hat garlanded with pink silk hollyhocks, and you have tha portrait of Mile. Bilcesco as she was wont to appear in the boulevards of Parii Only child of a wealthy banker of Bucharest, the, capital of Boumania, it was in obedience to to her father's wishes that she pursued the study of the law. Carefully instructed by private teachers at home, she passed the ex amination with the young men in the col lege of Bucharest, taking, at the age of 17, the degree of Eachelor of Letters and Sci ence. A Tumult Among the Frofesora. She then sought Paris and applied for ad mission to T'EcoIe du Droit so pursue th course with the young men. The applie-v-tion created a tumult in the classic temple. Three professors in the faculty strenuously opposed her admission on a ground that happily could not exist in America, namely, that the young men might be wanting in respect toward her. Madetioitelle BUcesco. From a lycee of 00 men she took tha highest Tank, and this intellectual triumph outweighed tho moral scruples of the lacuity, ana sne was assigned a seat aiooi, but in the same room with the students. At the close of the first year a professor in a public address thanked the young men for the chivalry of their conduct toward Mile. Bilcesco, and warmly praised her indus try, perseverence and womanly dignity. Six years is the apprenticeship of the law student of Prance. During these yean Mile. Bilcesco missed but one day. Her devoted mother was her constant com panion, going daily with her to her college and occupying a seat at her side during all the tedious lectures of six laborious years. The portcullis lifted, it will be interesting to note the generations yet required to obliterate that most crippling institution of the Latin race the chaperon. Controversy Over the Gown. The French advocate wears in court a black gown with angel sleeves and a round black cap. Should Mille. Bilcesco adopt this tradiditional costume, disturbed the faculty no less than her admission. A witty Bayard of the tribune summarily dismissed the dimcmty. ' .an opposition cannot be put upon an opposition," saith the law. "Mademoiselle already wears a gown, and that of the advocate cannot be put over it!" The last year of the course is given to tha preparation of the thesis. Mile. Bilcesco argued the rights of the mother in Boman. and French law. It is the first time the sub ject has been legally treated. Broad, liber al, conservative, tho thesis won the approv al of the most radical connervators, while the suffragists of socialistic tendencies ac cuses Mile. Bilcesco of being nar rowed by the influence of her per ceptora. " From the erratic advocate of woman suffrage, who in their desire to rectify acknowledged injustice, would obliterate at one stroce the tra ditions of centuries, it is refreshing to turn to the calm reasoning of Mile Bilcesco, who from a background of Old World culture and conservatism, confronts the legal emancipator of her sex with the reasoning of a jurist, the delicacy of the refined wo man, and the spirit of Christianity. Mile. Bilcesco is now practicing at tha bar of her native city, Bucharest Aceoxn- master it in time to enjoy the World's Fair." C. L. a Frrs AH fits stopped free by Dr. Kline's Great Nerve Bestorer. So flts after first day's uie. Mar velous curei. Treatise and ?2 00 trial bottle free ta Fit cue. Dr. Kline. 931 Arch st, Fhlla.. Pa. Stoke and office furniture to order. Haugh & Kazsxs,,32 Water street. so 'Ml lirM 1m V4 i 1 I sA i-Si&Li :&& i.. -i&Ls 'ttSgkia.jt'U!
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