aS&g3H22H2gQ& afijjeauaasBB W "5793 -t-Tfl F ! THE PITTSBURG DISPATCH, SUNDAY. APRIL 10. 1892. 13 GUDINGJITWHEELS. "o fieason "Why the Gentler Set Slionld Not Enjoy the Exqui site Joys of the Bicycle. IT IS FASHIONABLE IK PAI1IS. Ignorance in the rnlpit and Press and Injudicious Eiders L'esponsibla for Its III Repute. stretch of country road, von will miss the t best part of it The cycle" was invented for the beneht of the independent traveler who wants to see not only big towns, but the country that lies between, and who does not cnre to have bis goings and comings regu lated br time table. I will be honest and confess that on every long cycle tour there are moments, or in deed hours, and sometimes days of complete misery, when you would like to pitch your machine into the nearest ditch or river and never see It again; the road is atrocious, the it ind blows in your lace, the rain drenches vou and your luggage. But then comes the hour of perfect pleasure, when between the firs and chestnuts you coast down the mountain side, or in the cool of the late afternoon as the sun sets you follow the THE CORRECT THING IN C0STQME3. lloaalir and Dismounting Cos Be Accomplished Wllh Grace and Esse. rWTtlTTEjr TOK THE DISPATCH.! Consumptive heroines long since went out of fashion. Freckles are more in favor than delicate pallor. "Women play lawn tennis instead of croquet; they row and drive instead of being rowed and driven; thy nalfc, they climb mountains, and a few cycle. But of all their outdoor sports none is healthier, more delighttul than cycling. French m omen know this and have had he courage to make it fashionable; in the l?ois de Boulogne you may see the mother n her brougham, and just behind the two diughtcrs, elegantly cloved and bonneted, riding on satety bicycles; this is going to ex Teme perhaps, but is better than if they ad not cycle at all. American women tnotr the same fact, but in the United States cycling has never become the "cor rect thing" for them. In England com paratively few women hae learned to ap preciate the bicycle. Tne reason for this is not fai to seek. In both America and England the women who have been the THE TABLE, THE BOUDOIR, HOME DECORATIONS AND HYGIENE, jJn ( I ' U-j- WmtegM wii I1 The Proper Way to Mount The Adjustable Skirt. pioneers in cvclins have done much jnite unconsciously at times to make it unpopu lar. ?Cot alL There are plenty of women who ride, about whom one never bears. Why Wornrn Arc Backward. Bat unfortunately many women cyclers liae gained a notoriety which has preju diced the majority of women acainst the si heel. As long as few women cycle, those Jew, especially if thev ride near London or any bis townj are apt to be talked about, i-ome deliberately challenge this talk by the nbmr 1 inappropnateuess of their costume, fome by riding on the racing path and some ride as an advertisement Thus It is this eiorcise tor women has come into ill repute and been denounced in the pulpit and the l.res bv men who know nothing of their subject at first hand but, though they may rever have seen a woman on a machine, are readv to deplore the impropriety of "such an exhibition " And their denunciations have not been without due influence. It is really public opinion, not physical in capacity, which keeps most women from riding. Some have questioned honestly whether crcling is halthy lor women. Their doubts are based on ignorance. The work is not so hard as it looks. Given a good road and no head wind, a bicycle, alter a certain point, goes almost bv itself. Even hiil-clinibing, when jou understand how to take your hill, need not mean over-exertion. If the road is inuddv or saudv then you must exert j ourscif1, but the labor is nothing compared to that of dancing all night, or of shopping nil day. If there is a wind against you then my adx ice is" "stay at home;" lor a head wind is the cycle's enemy. o Doubt a to tlio Hrattnfalness. Of course, 'cycling carried to excess is bad for women, just as it is for men, but this ar gues nothing, bread and butter eaten in ex cess becomes an evil. I have 'cycled from if I if The Skirt Shortened cne end of England to the other; I have rid den on a tandem tricycle from Florence to Jiotne and from Calais to Geneva: on asafety bicvclc from Cologne to Vienna and all through the mountains of Transylvania; I flatter myself there are few women health, ler or stronger than I. Moreover, I am al ways better after a long tour than when I am living in London and do not use my ma chine for months. Such medical authorities as Dr. Benjamin Ward. Dr. Itichardson and Dr. Jennings warmly recommended the sport for women, and I was immensely interested two or three jears ago to receive from an American woman puvs cian, personally unknown to me, long letters, telling me that she was an mthusiastic cycler herself, and that she be lieved cycling to be one of the best tonics :n the "world for nervous and busy women alike. As for the pleasure of cycling, it cannot be exaggerated. I know of nothing like it That tense of rapid motion over a good hard road in the clean fresh air is among what Browning calls "the mild joys of liv ing," the very work adds to your enjov ment. After "you have cycled, you will never again be quite content to lit in a carriage aud let someone drive you. Sol an Unmixed Flrasnrr. But if your cycling is limited to an after noon rid in the park "or along the some windings of n little stream over a good road: and vou feel that for another such interval of delight you would again gladly put up with rain, wind, mud. How a word about machine. I took my first ride on a safety last summer, and I do not believe that I ever again would be will ing to use a thcycle. Still the tricycle has itsgood points, especially for the beginner. It is easier to learn to manage it; there is no uuucuuy auuui mounting ana nismounung, you can come to a standstill whenever vou want to without being fcrced to jump off at occe; if you care to linger by the wavside you have a seat ready-made, while, owing to your position on the machine, that dread ful dress problem is more easily solved. Another consideration for tourists' is that there is far more room for luggage. Mounting a safety has been thought an impossibility by some women. It is really very simple, though not to be mastered at once. I would advise beginners to do as I did and learn to ride on the road, letting someone hold the machine while you get on, until you thoroughly understand steer ing and managing it it yourself. Half the difficulty of mounting is in the steering. How to Mount a Machine. Once you cm really ride, you mount al most automatically the only thing to re member is to have the pedals in the neces sary position. Stand to the left of your safety, let the right pedal be at the top just about to come down; step on it with your right foot; this lifts you into the saddle and starts the machine, and as the left pedal comes up, you catch it with your left foot "What could be simpler until you have tried it! There is one safety which is so low that you can balance and steady yourself with your left foot on the ground while you get in the saddle and start the machine with the right. Dismounting is as easy. Tou must slow np a little, then when the left pedal is down, step off on the left side with your right foot first: if von have to inmn off suddenly, put on the brake a little, not too much, or the sudden shock will jerk you the leading manufacturers turn out excellent safeties for women. You must be careful to see that there is enough spase be tween the saddle and the handle bar or else mounting becomes a genuine difficulty; and it is well to remember that the tube, or tubes, of the framework should make a curve, not an angle, lrom the pedals toward the front wheel. Any projecting points on the pedals, or mounting steps between them, as I saw it placed on one machine, mean torn dresses, dangerous accidents, as I know to my cost Between Cologne and Berlin, owing to such points on my pedals, I wore one dress to tatters. Insist on a Dress Gnard. Above all, insist on having a dress guard that covers the entire upper half of the back or driving wheel, and not merelv the one miserable little section with which al most all'makers, not being women, are con tent The wind at all times will blow vour skirts further back than the average dress guard extends, and then they catch in the the tpokes and you can imagine the rest I speak feelingly, for mv only serious tumble was from this cause. It is, after all, less trouble to have a new dress guard made than to fall on the back of your head on a stone pavement The guard, moreover, should not be of leather. In bad weather it gets clogged with mud, which acts as a brake, and to clean it there is nothing to do but to turn the machine upside down and loosen the mud with a stick. To speak ol the dress-guard suggests the "dress question," as important for the cvcler as torthegay society girl. Iusedtothink'that the ordinary tailor-made dress would serve all cycling purposes. And so it did as long ns I rode a tandem tricycle, where there is next to no danger of skirts catching in the wheels. But on a bicycle I found it was another matter. The rags in which I ar rived at Berlin forced me to have a new gown made, and mv husband, who was tired of seeing me tumble, set his wits to work and invented what I think a perfect cycling dress. There have been other in ventions declared perfect by their inventors for example, one marvelous skirt, closed around tne bottom with a wide piece of cloth in which there are incipient knicker bockers; but what, I wonder, becomes of that piece of cloth when you sit on the machine. 'Ihen there are skirts closed around the feet like a bag, and a number of other ingenious devices. Tho Costume lor Blcycllne;. But mine is the simplest of all. My skirt was of bine serge this was a mistake, gray tweed would have been better it was made without foundation, and with a deep nem turneu up on mu uiusiue and well se cured by rows of stitching, so that there was absolutely nothing on the inside to catch. It was the ordinary walking length, for I dislike, when I am in a large town, to have on an eccentric costume. But by a clever arrangement of hooks and eyes "the hooks around the waist I could loop it up so that it just reached my ankles when I was on the machine, and, as there was no unnecessary fullness in the back, there was small,' if any, danger of its getting wound up in the wheel. After I left Berlin, 1 bad as little trouble with-my dress as if I had, like the French woman, worn knick erbockers. Forthe rest a linen blouse, a jacket to put on when oft the machine, and a felt hat complete my costume. Next to the skin wool should be worn; for riding, combina tions are most comfortable, and I recom mend wool corsets. They absorb the per- spiration; mine has so few bones that it is never too stiff, and does not interfere with my movements. In this attire, with a complete change of underclothing and a woolen night gown (to defy damp sheets) strapped in a knapsack (the larger bag should be sent to a place three or four days ahead by post or express) I and on a good machine, cycling is a Keen joy, and the woman who has once tried it will never again travel by train for pleas ure. Elizabeth Bobins Pennell. THE GOSSIP OF THE HOUR. mm Koand'Tablti Affected by Hostesses Now Koral Dinner Decorations A. Club or " Women 'Over titty Tears Ifew ideas for Entertainments Tho Hungry Toor. IWniTTEN rOK THE PISPATCH. Bonnd tables hare almost entirely super seded long ones in the fashionable dining room. At very large dinners the company is broken up at small tables, bnt up to two dozen guests or thereabouts round tables are used almost entirely. It is the ideal form of a dinner board, so faros the decora tive possibilities go, although its width across is claimed to Interfere with general conversation. The talk literally runs round the table and not much across it. Neces sarily a circle to seat from 25 to 30 persons describes a wide circumference; many 2w York tables are so wide that the attendants in laying them have to walk on them to place the center pieces. What are termed "millinery effects" have been creeping of late into dinner decorations. Judiciously used and with environment in harmonious richness they are very effective. At a dinner given br Mrs. Tan Benssaeler Cruger a striking and gorgeous effect was produced by a cloth of gold scarf which lay through the center of the table, and was flanked at intervals on the polished table with gold filigree baskets filled with glow ing red roses. The center piece was a tall gilded vase rising from a bed of the same bloom. Mrs. Stnyvesant Fish, another so cial magnate, employed pink and block tulle to excellent advantage. From a si her center piece piled with pink roses full folds of the tulle alternately pink and black radiated at intervals toward the covers, finishing before each plate in a bunch of roses. Other bunches tied with Eink ribbons lay about carelessly on the lack tulle strips. Still, a third dinner was a green and white one, where the somewhat new decorative feature of wreaths was em ployed. A large wreath of white tulips and lerns surrounded the tall silver vase in the center which held more of the same flowers and greens. Wreaths encircled the base of the candelabra, the raised bonbons dishes and all permanent table fixtures, and the cluster ot wine glasses at each cover were also wreaths girdled. The ices at this dinner were served in white tulips set in v reaths of fine ferns. A club recently admitted into the Feder ation of "Women's Clubs, of which Mrs. Charlotte Emerson Brown is President, is the Wintcrgreen Club, of Boston, so called because a woman to be eligible for member- in loose folds, ending at the wrist in three regular flat ones, surmounted with a deep pufl at the top; a narrow frill may go down the outer seam if desired. Some occupation for little fingers and a use for the always accumulating Christmas cards is found in the decoration of a doll's house.. The house seen was made by the village carpenter, and had the usual four rooms inside with windows and doors. Two New Sleeves. ihfiMM. Millinery From a Painter's Brush. A Fifth Avntus property, near Market street, or sale at auction. See Ulack & Bali d's act, 11th page- su ship must be SO years of age or over. As the fin du siecle woman has, like literature, no age of limitation to her mental faculties the club loses nothing by its embargo. Mrs. Kate Sancatt "Woods and Mrs. Mary J. Livermore are members and Mrs. Michael Dver Is President Sofa cushions a full yard square when finished are much covered this spring with gingham and gay flowered lawns. A wide gathered frill, hemmed, edges them. The summer cushion is subjected to very hard usage; it is tossed abont piazzas, crumpled in hammocks, taken to the lawn seats and often left there for a summer night's rain it is quite wise to see that it is clothed in washable covers. A young matron who is fitting up her rustic wood cottage in the Uatstills has made dozens ol cushion covers of plain turkey red, of firm, good quality. They are many of them finished with a frill; others have a full rosette in the corners, made of a double bias of the .material, ana their effect on the gnarled and twisted chairs aud divans of gray wool in her wide piazzas looking off into the view will be exceeding ly enlivening. Double portieres arranged in a somewhat novel fashion are being introduced into many New York parlors. The usual por tieres are hung on the hall side ot the single or double doorway, and within on a swinging pole is hung a second drapery, which, when Bwungout into the room, makes an effective cosy corner. Plain hangings of rather dull rich colorings arc most used. A variation of the Circulating Library party, in which the men and women repre sent books and are drawn out each by one of the opposite sex, and promenaded with for fire minutes to guess one another's iden tity before being exchanged, is that of a re ceut hostess of a small company. To each guest five books are given for her to illus trate, and in addition she was to imperson ate a sixth suggested by herself. The guests assembled talked, had music and were vari ously entertained until the end of the even ing, when all were provided with pencil and paper and asked to write out the number of identifications each had been able to make. Prizes were given to the highest and lowest list furnished re spectively by each sex, as in all prize par ties. Some ot the illustrations were very clever. It was not desired that they should be elaborate, merely small designs to be pinned or otherwise lostenea on the dress. "A Tale of Two Cities" was shown by a small cat tail with Boston and Chicago af fixed; "A Bow of Orange Kibbon" by the necessary bow; "We Two" by a wee figure 2 on a plain white card; "The Scarlet Let ter" by a.brillantly red envelope stamped and addressed; Kipling's "iliac Own People" by a genealogical tree of the wearer's name; "Boots and Saddles" by a bootblack plying his trade before a butch er's shop where saddles of mutton were dis played, such as could not be actually pro duced being sketched on Cards. A woman "In Silk Attire" hod also'Three Feathers" bunched at her corsage and a clever man bore as a breast plate, a large placard show ing two typical pugilists, fighting lustily on a large box packed with strands of silk. Only one woman knew enough of prize ring slang to guess that this was "The Mill on the Floss," but all the men saw the design at once. A new sauce, an object lesson ot which was recently given at a New York cooking class, is one to be served with any sort of broiled fowl. A teospoonfut of dry mustard is thoroughly beaten into a glassful of cur rant jelly, imparting an undistingnishable but very agreeable flavor. Some new sleeves are illustrated, No. 1, arranged In loose puffs banded wth velvet ribbon. The model is of gray crepe banded with pink ribbon; this, however, 'can be varied indefinitely. No. 2 is especially pretty in nun's veiling, surah or any soft silk and is gathered around the lower arm Every window and door was bordered with cards of a floral design; long narrow cards hod been selected and the lit tle doors themselves were artistic card patchwork with small cards. The floors, walls and ceilings ot the room were very cleverly done in set designs managed with the cards, which included advertising us well as Christmas cards. Often when needed the design of a card would be cut out and applied, rather than the entire square or oblong. The work can be done on a smaller scale to begin with; a doll's house of a single room offering excellent opportunity, and the arranging, cutting and adapting the cards proves a boon ot em ployment for rainy days. The cards are pasted on, and a cost of colorless varnish, when all are set, gives a very polished look to the floors. The picture galleries often furnish bright women with good ideas for dress. The other day a young woman, who is noted for the striking costumes she wears, told me that in London a few weeks ago she visited Stacey's gallery on Bond street and noticed there a studv in pastel by Mrs. Earnshaw, one of the cleverest ot the'English portrait painters, which pleased her so much that she made a mental memorandum of it, and as soon as she reached home adapted to her self the red hat which was- the principal feature of the picture. The picture, called "Le Chflpeau Bouge," was a portrait of a girl wearing a red felt hat trimmed with black cock's feathers, and around her neck a boa of cock's feathers also. The ac companying sketch may enable some one among my fair readers to repeat this adapta tion of a clever painter's idea. Glass screens with one and two panels shaped like harps set into wooden frames are novel. They are intended for painting on. The glass' only is harp shaped, the wood standing straight and firm. A notion suggested in Paris among fash ionables is the payment by guests at dinners of a small coin to the hostess, who turns it over to the hungry poor. The coin must be of fixed value to prevent any comparisons of generosity, and the attempt is being made to make the custom so universal as to admit of no thought of evasion or non-compliance. There is certainly a philosophv in it, and its adoption would mean a great rev enue iot cnaruy. in lierraauy no gen tleman 'bites his cigar: he fakes out a tiny knife kept for the purpose and cuts off the end, placing the morsel of tobacco thus obtained in a little metal box which he invariably carries. In many public places, :aloons,clubs and the like, are receptacles into which the boxes are emptied and from which bv persons regularly employed the deposit is collected. The tobacco is sold for the benefit of the orphans and its yearly ac cumulation amounts to many thousands of pounds. Cards, vases and prayer books show deli cate tints and exquisite designs. Many have silver and gold binding on corners and clasps. A beautiful prayer book intended ioran Easter bride is of white kid with a delicate silver rim like a cord and a central ornament of silver set with turquoises. Margaret H. Welch. "WOKEN IN THE SADDLE. Colonel Dodge Gives a Recipe rot a Firm And Graceful Seat. ALF the accidents to women horseriders orig ate in their own fright, anil the object of lessons is to infuse confidence as much as to instruct No woman should ride without a safety stirrup, which will certainly throw out her foot if she falls. She should be able to drop and re gain the stirrup at wilL She might as well be tied to the saddle as stiffly held be tween leaping-horn and stirrup. Some women ride with the loot "home." i. a, thrust fully in; hut this does not give her as elastic a hold against the third pommel as to carrv the stirrup under the ball of the foot Both ways should be familiar. Few women have a perfect seat Manv have a safe but defective seat A woman who rides in the middle of her horse's bock and rises square to a trot, who is both graceful and strong in the saddle and has good hands, is rarely found. Such a seat and hands are attainable if the rider will accept criticism kindly. The seat depends on tho position ot the legs. The right leg, from the knee down, should hang perpen dicularly over the horn; the left leg should rise perpendicularly from stirrup to knee. Many women hang the left leg back and thrust the right foot forward; both are ugly and fatal defects. The left knee should be firm against the saddle flap. The back bone must be perpendicular from the cen ter of the saddle, except when leaning to a trot; the shoulders at right angles to it and equally advanced. There should be no rigidity, but that perfect ease which habit alone yields. Few men or women walk well; fewer ride well. But it is an art to aim. Dismoucting is about as easy as get ting oat of a carriage. It may be done gracefully or Ungracefully. An active wo man can slide to the ground without assist ance Be sure your skirts are clear of your horse, and your feet clear of everything. The rest comes readily. Theodore A, Dodoe. NEW FRENCH MILLINERY. The Stylet are Decided Innovatlons-;What a Parts Beanly Can Accomplish Tho Tiny Straw Pokes How Poor Women Can Get Good ItesdltS. IWMTTXK TOR THI PlSrJLTCH.1 The great French bonnet composers who determine the styles for elegant chapeaux have embodied their ideas for the spring and summer, aud several of these creations are illustrated herewith. Chic is their quality and recherche, and pervading them is a grace peculiarly feminine. It is -won derful that such results are obtained from apparently outrageous ideas. Who but a French woman could, for example, cut straight off the front arc of a brim aud fill its place with an enormous bow; build Up to a four inch height a crown too small for the head, and top it with straw of another color, that flanges over like a pot cover; flounce the rim round with lace, and pro duce something altogether fascinating and lovely. One can only gasp and believe. Our first drawing imperfectly- sets forth the result Note this hat, for it has several es sential features. The cut off front; the Al satian bow; the high narrow crown; the lace frill. . In particulars this hat is ot fine lapped yellow straw, with rough black straw lor the crown top. The bow is of black velvet, the lace white; the flowers, lilies of the valley, with, at their base, a knot of blue violets, giving an exquisite finish of color. This hat is a model lor car riage and dress wear. It becomes my dutv to call attention to the rakish droop of the hat in another pict ure. The appearance is given of being set on the head sidewavs. but this effect is pro duced by the rim which rises as it crosses The other one is of rod straw trimmed in side the front with a wreath of green oats and outside with a iwist of red ribbon which also forms the strings. "As to strings m general the oracles early In the season were reported as saying that streamers must be on all hats, and the Word was heralded abroad, and all the first importations came over with flying pen nons. Time proves now that the oracles were misinterpreted. It is a fashion too easily caught by the Bowery. Nothing in fashion can be quite good form except what is the result of artistic skill. The rarity and costliness of this skill keeps its results exclusive. Women, therefore, with small purses who wish to obtain the results of this skill in their dress must, as I have be fore pointed out, master for themselves the principles of an. It is not enough to ap preciate; they must know why certain com binations of color and form and texture pro duce the, results they admire. They can then direct the half-educated milliner and out of cheap and limited materials hope to realize artistic results. Ada bache-Coke. . WHAT WOMEH WANT 10 KNOW. Shirley Dare's Pointers on Hair, Eyelashes and Complexion. Shirley Dare has found time to answer the following queries from readers of the, Dispatch: Maude How can I tell that olive oil for treatment of the eyelashes as you advise is pure? I bought it in the drug store. If not the purest, can I use it without being injurious? Also can it be applied to the eyebrows to make them thicker? "From the complaints of chemists them selves it appears that the quality and purity of drugs at rdinary Shops cannot be de- Done His Best. Dr. Price has done his best to make his Delicious Flavoring Extracts superior in strength, freshness and fineness of flavof to any flavoring extracts made in the world, and ladies of the best taste, who are now using them, have decided that his intentions have been successfully carried out. Per sons who desire a delicate and natural flavor in their cakes, puddings, or any table delicacy, will obtain it by using Dr. Price's Vanilla, Lemon, or drange Extract. Try them and be convinced the DiMunrrivE stbatv pokes. 1 f B the front. This form is sanctioned by the most exclusive house in New York, which by the charm of its own hats is justified. This example is a black straw having the side of the crown covered smoothly and en tirely with green velvet. The ribbon and tips are black. Another charming bat of the same-style, but smaller, is of yellow straw with a large Alsatian bow of straw colored grenadine ribbon placed a little toward the left, and three black tips issuing from under the bow and falling over the edge of the brim. Poetry and fninity form the garland and fall of lace in another picture. Bfphic ) Deddedlv Startling. FBEVEHIISa A DBAFE. An Easy and Simple Way to Promote the Comfort or the Sick Boom. "Very often ventilation and quietness would both be promoted by leaving a door ajar. Yet that occasions a dangerous draft In such a case, do this: Make a frame of light steel two feet wide and something higher than your door. Brace it with lath tacked diagonally across each corner. Then cover both sides with print or 'cambric, or muslin anything smooth, light and dull colored. Oet a pair of cheap door hinges, screw them on eight inches from the ends of your cloth door and hang it to the outer edge of the inner casing in such fashion that it shall quite break the draft when the other door stands ajar. See that the temporary door swings clear at the bottom, and is so hung as to stand flat against the wall when other wise it would be in the way. If a hole be bored in the two outer corners, aud a two inch length Of rubber tubing dipped through it, Slamming will be an Impossibility: measure come to mingle in one's thoughts with the balconies of Seville. May it never wickedly mislead as 'to the virtues of its wearer! Analysis of this confection shows it to be made ot a black Neapolitan braid; a huge bow of black striped grenadine rib bon; black lace, and a wreath of roses that rests directly on the hair and is of a deep migentarcd. In Paris this season, magenta red is said to be "a very good color," which is to say it is fashionable. A perfectly stunning costume of this color worn by Jane Hading illustrates several of the pended on. Olive oil mixed with cotten seed oil or sunflower oil will not be injuri ous; but it will not have the coloring effect of pure oil, or stimulate the growth of lashes and brows when mixed with "dying oils" instead of the "fatty oils." Use v&seline for the eyebrow. Mr. Lamar, Mo. You give the cheering fact, 'there are several harmless hair dyes.' Will you give formula for brown hair? The metallic hoirdyes used in Europe and this country have brought about the opin ion that all dyes for the head are injurious. Eastern nations dye hair as regularly as our people shave, and the glossy black beards of Turk and Persian are frequently due to vegetable dyes. A brown hair dye lately introduced in this country is said to be made from the Persian alkeuna, which may be either the henna used by Orientals largely as a dye and cosmetic, or the alkanet root, sometimes called alkennin. Thejuice of green walnut sheels mixed with olive oil is said to darken the hair safely. The shells of beans are said to have coloring proper ties like those of walnuts. Before using any dye the hair and scalp should be washed with borax to cleanse and remove the oil of the head, which would prevent the dya from "taking" well. When the hair is'dry the dye is to be combed into it, and the head covered with an oil-silk cap for the night Aga What will prevent the hair from coming out? Keeping the scalp clean and well brushed daily, with application ot dark yellow vase line at night. This will also promote new growth. Or you may try vaseline dissolved in hot brandy, applied warm to the hair at .jjlk vt2?&irs : ii' xv N tain too little of the latter to act as a hair tonic. St. Lonis Dark vaseline well brushed into the roots of the hair daily is the best application to make hair grow on a high forehead. But patient use must be made of the vaseline for six months ton yer, and it is well to take hypophosphites and other tonics to improve general health and stimu late the nerves of the scalp. The same thing will increase the growth of the brows and lashes. BREAKING THE LENTEN FAST. A Novel Breakfast for Easter Slonday Apropos Table Decorations What Can Be Done With Eggs Dcl'cacles Suitable for the Time. rwniTTES VOE THE DISPATCH. 1 The first possible entertainment after Lent would be an Easter breakfast on Easter Monday. As the decoration which is to give character to your breakfast select, a small limb of a tree, profusely branched and forked, but long and narrow. It should be two or three feet shorter than the table and should not obstruct the view when it Is laid in position on the table. Do not remove the bark. Upon this branch gue egg shells at the crotches and ends of twigs the small ends with the holes up rights until your patience is exhausted. Then remember that "continuance is the price of perfection," and glue still more. After the glue is fully dried, gild the branch and shells several times with hand gilding until the whole is evenly covered. In the majority of the shells place yellow candles. These may be fixed upright by dropping melted wax into each shell, plac ing a candle erect and holding it so until the wax hardens. The shells without candles are to hold tiny bunches ot yellow and white crocus, which is to be the flower of the breakfast on this fresh spring morning. The flower atoms should be wrapped with damp cotton, as you may not put water in your egg shells. Souvenirs Becomlne the Day. When all this is .faithfully done, you have a truly artistic and certainly "origi nal" table decoration. The souvenirs are to yourown ingenuity, snob as forming your butter into tiny egg-shape. Light yonr candles just before your guests enter the dining room. J. H. TAKING CABE 07 PHOTOGRAPHS. A Mew Vf ay or Solving the Problem That Troubles Mearlv Everybody. There is a pretty and handy way to ar range photographs, where one cares for them and does not want the depth of tons faded by exposure to the light First, pre pare any number needed of sheets of rough surfaocd, thick cardboard, allowing two more than the number of pictures. In size the sheets should be four inches longer and two wider than the pho tographs. These sheets can be pur chased of stationers already cut, and with gilded edges, serrated or plain; but kHMISXlSl The Center Decoration. Of Slack Neapolitan Braid. VM m. vx Has a Raldsh Droop. latest fancies ot fashion. The hat is like the one just described; the gown of rtd ladies' cloth is cut en princesse, and has a fiearo jacket, aud jaboted lace filling in the front to the bottom of the waist, where iridescent passementerie in deep points is shaped round for a belt The same passe menterie, with deep points upward, borders the skirt There is to be mentioned also a new turban with low flat crowd, and rolling flare, which has a wreath of roses outside the brim, against the hair, like the hat above. It is a sort of Spanish bolero. - Lay reverent eyes upon the duo the other drawing. These diminutive rough straw pokes represent the last note in French bon nets. The first one of them is made appar ently by placing a doll's black hat over a wider rim of grayish green. Where the black and green meet is laid a wreath of ivy leaves and blackberries, mingling artistic ally the colors of the straw, and these are twisted into a mass in the front. Double faced satin ribbon, yellow green on One side and gray on the other, form the strings. night The extract of witch hazel has nlo virtues for restoring the hair and preserv ing its color. Eva, and others--To remove excessive dandruff, wash the hair thoroughly with borax and "hot water, then as soon as the natural oiliness returns, rub the scalp nigntiy with this lotion: A tablespoontul each of borax, glyoerine, camphor spirit and chlorate of potash in a pint of boiled water. Use this oonstantlv. rubbins it into the scalp rather than the hair, and wash the latter weekly with the yolk of egg rubbed into the hair and rinsed well with warm water. Kenneth desires a certain recipe to be given for a hair curling fluid. Her recom mendation thatshe "has used it and knows it to be good," will commend it to other women: Pour tablespoonfuls of borax, one tablespoonful of powdered gum arabic and dissolved in a cup of hot water, not boiling, and stirred into enough hot water to make up a quart To this, immediately add three tablespoonfuls of strong spirits of camphor. Wet the locks to be curled In this fluid and roll tbem on paper over night Gladys What do the actresses darken their evelashes and eyebrows with so beau tifully? ' Eyebrow pencils of various shades and quality, which are pomaded firm enough to be rolled into sticks, tinted with brown or black pigment; or the little crayon pencils whioh usually go.by the same name. Some pencil artistically with a fine sable brush and India ink. L. L., E. H. and others I can only repeat that eradication of hair on the face calls for the skill of a specialist, and repeated, steady treatment The tweezers, by forcing the blood to the hair follicles, stimulate growth. The easiest treatment is to cut the hair off close to the roots with fine sharp scissors aud keep it cut, covering with a paste of bis muth powder andviolet iellr or other of the Starch and glycerine toilet jellies which con- to be, first, tiny bunches of crocus blossom to serve as boutonniere; and, second, egg sachets. To make these sachets "blow" the eggs, making hole3 in both ends a trifle larger than usual; wash the inside of the shells, by immersing them in water and shaking them thoroughly. Put the names of guests on the eggs in gilding and paint crocuses on the shells (the lettering alone is sufficient adornment if you do not paint). Now make a small, verv double bowknot of crocus, colored daisy ribbon, with one end about a . foot long, and pass this ,end through the decorated egg, which will securely "stop one onhce; insert sachet powder. Make another ribbon bow, similar to the one jnst described and pass the long end through, the egg the other way, thus leaving a bow at each end of the egg. With yellow silk thread fasten the bows and ends so they will not slip; tie the two long ends together, thus making a loop to hang the dainty trifle. The egg may thus be used as a trophy, or may do real service in permming the lair one s handkerchiefs or laces. Yon now have on your tajble the central decorations and your souvenirs. Beneath the branch place a strip ot crocus yellow India silk. Add to these the requisite silver at each place; an amber glass dish of salted almonds, another of yellow bon bdns and your table Is laid. If your taste and purse dictate, your china may be in yellow, with irregularly gilded edges; but lily-white china is always unobjectionable. 5 ha Slenn. First Fruit SeconU (Do not be shocked ye fastidious one). The distinctively-asterdlsh, ham und ?. breid sticks. Third, Ess-shaped fritters, maple syrup. Fonrtli Chicken croquettes, yellow and erg-shaped, with green peas; biscuits, ege s Imped. Fifth Lettuce salad with cress and sliced baid boiled eggs, mavonnaise dressing; salted wafers, toasted j ellow. Sixth Welsh rarebit, coiTce. Seventh Lemon jelly, yellow cakes, lady fingers, vanilla wafers, etc. Accpsiorics of the Breakfast If you can obtain grape fruit, get them of medium or small sizes. Cut in half across the sections and serve each half with an orange spoon and powdered sugar on the elate! If grape fruit is unobtainable, oranges may be served similarly, or yellow bananas and oranges as preferred. Cut paper egg-shaped about three and a half inches by five. Use this for a pattern, and with a very sharp knife, yon will suc ceed in cutting your ham very daintilv. Broil the ham and on each piece place the egg, fried to a turn. This may be served on crimped white papers. Have your tinner make for vou an egg sbaped biscuit cutter, but smaller than an ordinary slice of bread. This is to cut out the crumb of the bread, thus making your "rarebits" egg-shaped. Take your daintiest egg, break a small hole in the shell, empty the contents and thoroughly wash the shell. Fill with lemon jelly by using a funnel. Let the jell hard en 'completely and then carefully break away the shell. Each jelly-egg should be served in a nest of whipped cream. Orange baskets, the handle tied with gilt ribbon, filled with orange jelly, is also, a beautiful decoration. There are many small daintinesses I leave Mounted and Made Up. 6ne con buy the board in large sheets, cut pieces to suit, place tnem closely togetner and brush with liquid gilt once or twice, at half the price. Attach one picture to each card by a touch of good mucilage, top and bottom, leaving equal spaces at the sides, and a little less at the top than below to allow for the name written below the photograph. On one of the extra cards paint an easy design of any favorite flower mine ha3 yellow daisies and their leaves; the other extra card may be left blank like the first Fasten the cards together, the painted card at the front and the plain one at the back, by punching a hole through them all about an inch below the upper edge; tia with a bow of satin ribbon to match the flower. A bunch of blue violets, a spray of cherry or apple blossoms, or ot the lovely white lilac, with dainty blue or rose, or lavendar ribbons, are pretty combinations. If preferred, three holes may be punched and run with narrow ribbons, tied loosely, allowing the collection to open like leaves of a book. A HAMMOCK 70& THE SICE. It Is IJght and Cool nnd a Blessing to the Restless Sufferer. The bed hammock Is a most refreshing betterment when pillows refuse obstinately to "lie easy" or have grown hotly weari some. To make it, take a bit of very stout cloth linen is best a yard deep and four feet long after a double hem has been turned two inches deep across each end. Sew a long length of webbing stoutly to each of the four corners. Sew two light rods, each a yard long a small broom stick makes excellent ones in the hems. The Bed Hammock. Put a stout screw eye in either end of both rods, pass the webbing through the eyes, ana your nammccK is complete. To use this bed hammock, all that is re quired is to fasten the webbing to the bed posts on either side, then the sick person can recline at ease against the cloth. Where the bedstead has high foot posts, the hammock can be slung to them quite as welL On very many accounts it is often desirable to "change the head" of tho couch. This hammock affords almost infin ite variety of position. Its angle can be shifted to any degree. It may be padded with cushions, or left cool and single. By help of an air cushion it will give ease to the aching, burning muscles of back, sides and shoulders. Or' the patient may sit po up--right in it to eat his dinner as almost to give himself a sense of health and well-being. FINE WAIL PAPERS fEMlB & Gos, 541 WOOD STREET 541 BAXK Ol? COMMERCE BUILDING. Telephone ISM. feIS-17-sa m 3 m ...ii ia,. , ..vtes&; . imam LlferiktiftifiTfa -SJAVLjgg m iSIf jiliB, TW .,.M.L&.,Jfi,
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