BILLOWY LACE AND LINEN.
For a pretty fluffy petticoat a novel
Idea Is to make the entire rutlle of nar
row, tlliuy insertion. This ruflle should
be one-third the length of the shirt,
t and the laee insertion should be set
together and garnished with satin rib
bon ruehiug. The foundation of the
shirt lies, of course, under this flounce.
4 A narrow under rulile or two gives the
/ fluffy effect that all femininity loves.
A NEW ROAD TO BEAUTY.
Here is a new pathway to health and
beauty by which you may amuse your
self and incidentally the wee folks
at the same time. All you have to do
is to blow soap bubbles. Nothing
rounds out hollow cheeks and Improves
a scrawny neck like blowing bubbles.
Tlie reason is that one is obliged to
take deep breaths and that is the most
necessary item in obtaining and retain
ing beauty.
POWDER OR NO POWDER.
Many xoersons aver that powder Is
ruinous to the complexion. You will
occasionally meet old ladies with skins
of baby texture and fairness who will
tell you that they have used powder
•w'all their lives.
But their powder was the simplest
preparation, just a little magnesia and
zinc, perfumed with orris root. If the
skin needs additional care, a quarter
of a lemon squeezed in a little milk will
be found very beneficial. The face
should be bathed in It morning and
evening. If possible, the face should
never be washed in water. S'oap should
only be used at night. It is a good
plan, after washing tho face with
soap, to use the curd of lemon and
milk, letting it dry on the skin.
Steaming Is a good cure for a bad
complexion, but after the steaming
process the face should be thoroughly
massaged with cold cream. The cream
can be removed by apply rose water
and wiping with a soft towel,
. GRACE IN WALKING. ~
J If you want to walk gracefully don't
at your feet, but hold your head
well up in the air. Don't.shuffle. A
little thoughtfulness and practice in
liigh-stepplng will soon break you of
this ugly hnblt Don't bend back at
the waist, under the Impression that
•you are thereby walking erectly. It
/throws the stomach forward and is al
most as Inimical to grace as round
shoulders. Finally, don't allow your
self to walk "pigeon-toed"—that Is,
with the toes turned in or straight.
You can never be graceful in move
ment while you do.
It Is always hard to tell what to do
with tlie hands. The natural way, to
have them hanging at the sides, or
loosely clasped in front, is not beauti
ful. And to have them glued to the
sides as far as the waist line, and then
bent In at the elbow, Is not only awk
ward in Itself, but elevates the shoul
ders in a quite unlovely way. Therc-
Ufore, most women try to obviate tho
wlifliculty by carrying something—such
as a portemonnaie, or a parasol.
Those who carry parcels and babies
are actuated by other motives.—New
Y'ork News.
LITTLE PRINCESS MAFALDA.
"The little Princess Mafalda, tho
baby daughter of the King and Queen
of Italy, is rousing, perhaps, more curi
osity among the people than did even
her elder sister," says the London Daily
Telegraph. "This may possibly arise
from the fact that less is known of
the royal arrangements this time, as
nothing was quite ready for her recep
tion. With the family, however, she
runs the risk, like most repetitions, of
having very little attention paid to her
except by her father and mother.
Queen Margherita has been contented
to send her love by post aud by tele
graph, and has not moved from Rac
, "conigi to Rome, where It is the rainy
The Princess of Montenegro
has also in her turn stayed comforta
bly at home, deferring the pleasure of
seeing her grandchild until a later In
definite period, and so on aud so on.
The princess is growing and flourish
ing. and promises to be fair, while her
sister is dark. Princess Yolanda, al
though bright and alert, and excep
tionally Intelligent, cannot be called
ti pretty child. She has inherited too
much of her grandfather, King Hum
bert, for that; notably his least at
tractive feature, which was his eyes.
Princess Mafalda, on the contrary, has
large blue eyes, which are long and al
mond shaped."
THE BREATHING FAD.
I An enterprising woman, with an eye
*to novelty as well as business, has In
augurated a new fad which is fast de
veloping into a fashionable ladles'
craze. It is a new form of physical
culture. Last year It was ping-pong
which took all the spare time of ladies.
This winter the "breathing cure" seems
to be destined to monopolize their at
tention. The inventor says we breathe
all wrong, we sit all wrong, we stand
all wrong, and that the most simple
actions of our daily life are utterly
misguided. Having dispensed with
your stays, you attire yourself in blue
satin knickerbockers and a loose skirt,
and, either alone or in company with
several other ladies of varying ages
and decrees of physical degeneration,
you place your hands on your hips,
throwing your shoulders well back,
and you draw a deep breath, which ex
pands your lungs and imparts strength
to the muscles of your body. Of course
the exercise you perform depends on
velop. There "are no weight liftings,
the muscles or organs j"ou wish to de
no dumb-bells, no gymnastic fittings.
All that is necessary is a floor to lie
on, and the full complement of arms
and legs to move and kick. You feel
supremely ridiculous, aud you look it;
but those who have been cured of out
ward physical disfigurement and in
ternal weakness testify to the effect
of the treatment.—New York Amer
ican.
figKf! WIEN AT® S
Women are gradually obtaining a
foothold in government offices in Paris,
France.
Miss Duchemin, of Boston, owns a
set of china over 200 years old, given
to her great-grandmother by a daugh
ter of one of Queen Anne's maids of
honor.
Miss Daisy Brazier hae, together
with Miss Annie Myers, been decorat
ed with the Koyal Ited Cross, in recog
nition of services rendered the wound
ed and sick at Peltin.
Miss Nora Stanton Blatcli. grand
daughter of the late Elizabeth Cs.dy
Stanton, was the only woman to take
up civil engineering at Cornell Uni
versity. She will carry on her grand
mother's life work.
According to an authority, the first
decollete gown of which mention is
made in the history of costume was
that worn by Queen Isabeau of Ba
viere. The fashion was at its height
In the time of the Valois Kings and
flourished again during the reigns of
Louis XIV. and his successors.
Two young women have a flourish
ing coal business in Indlanola, lowa.
One of them was for some time em
ployed in a coal-dealer's office in Dcs
Moines, and learned to like the busi
ness so well that she induced her sister
to go into partnership with her in their
home village. They erected coal-sheds
aud opened an attractive office, and
are said to be doing well.
The first woman admitted by King
Edward to the imperial service order
Is Miss M. C. Smith, who superintends
the women's branch of the savings
bank in the general office. Miss Smith
has been in the service for nearly
thirty years, having been a pioneer In
the movement for employing women
in the postofflcc. She began with a
staff of about twenty girls, and now
has 900.
Russian jackets are revived.
Modish muffs and collars are of os
trich feathers.
Yokes of lace edged with fur are
much in vogue.
Lace weave stockings are shown for
house and evening wear.
Shaded plumes will be a telling feat
ure of millinery throughout the winter.
. Light gowns are trimmed with a
dash of color either on bodice or skirt.
Rubelite or pink tourmaline is among
the latest effects shown by the jew
elers.
New French cheviots are silk-dotted
and barred in white, red, black or
golden-brown.
Velvet ribbons made into old-fash
ioned quiltings and ruches arc popular
trimmings on the new hats.
A touch of some of the new silks
and velvets is all that is needed to
give a smart air to a plain gown.
Cleopatra's asp is the latest in but
tons. It is a small round button of
dull dead silver in the shape of a ser
pent, aud in tho centre a round blue
turquoise.
Velvet chiffon is one new material
that, in the light shades, is admirable
for evening. It lias the appearance of
weight that genuine velvet has, but
really is very light.
The lace cravat is a pretty finish to
the tailor-made frock, while the old
fashioned jabot must of necessity be
in vogue with anything approaching
the swallowtail or cutaway jacket.
A new ulster for shooting is of
checked Scotch goods in red and deep
blue. The high collar is of velvet.
The triple capes and triple cuffs are
smartly stitched. The buttons are of
simple bone.
TOMATO HONEY.
This honey, If well made, will take
the place of the ordinary syrups. It Is,
of course, by far more wholesome and
pure. To each pound of ripe tomatoes
allow the grated yellow rind of one
lemon and six fresh peach leaves; cut
the tomatoes Into pieces, add lemon
rind and peach leaves, and cook slowly
until they are soft and well done, then
strain tliem through a bag, pressing
hard. To each pint of this liquor allow
one pound of loaf sugar and the juice
of one lemon. Boil for a half-hour or
until it becomes thick like syrup. Bot
tle and seal.
SHRIMP SALAD.
Pour cold water over one can of
shrimp; let them stand half an hour;
drain off the water and dry the shrimp
In a towel; remove the Intestinal veins;
reserve eight of the largest shrimp;
break the remainder into halves or
pieces; moisten with a dressing; mix
one teaspoonful of mustard, one tea
spoon of salt, two teaspoonfuls of flour,
one and one-half teaspoonfuls of pow
dered sugar, a dash or two of cayenne
pepper, yolk of one egg, half a cupful
of hot vinegar and one-half cupful of
thick cream; when cold arrange the
salad on lettuce leaves; put one spoon
of dressing on each; garnish with
whole shrimp, caper and olives.
ORANGE MARMALADE.
Choose smooth skinned oranges; al
low the grated rind and juice of half
a lemon for every four oranges; weigh
the fruit before cutting it; cut the
peel, removing it in quarters; put it
into boiling water and cook until it
can be easily pierced with a broom
straw; allow three-quarters of a pound
of sugar to each pound of oranges; re
move the seeds and all the white skin
from the pulp; put the orange pieces
in the preserving kettle; when nearly
boiling add the sugar gradually and
cook one hour; when the rind is cool
take each piece in the hand and with
a spoon remove all the white pithy
part; this will leave only the thin
yellow rind; put two or three sections
together and cut in very thin strips
with scissors; add this rind to the or
ange pulp and cook about an hour
longer, when it should be very thick,
hut not like jelly.
COFFEE CAKE.
The following recipe is one of the
simplest and best for coffee cake. Take
a pint of bread sponge, add one egg
well beaten, half a cup of grnnulated
sugar, two ounces of butter and half a
pint of luke-warm water. Mix these
well together and add sufficient flour
to make a thin dough. Let It rise until
it has doubled its original built. Then
turn It out on a floured board and roll
out an inch in thickness. Butter a
baking tin large enough to hold the
rolled out dough and tit it into the tin.
Cover and let it rise until it doubles its
size, and when ready to place in the
oven brush the top with an egg beaten
up with a teaspoonful of sugar.
Sprinkle this thickly with ganulated
sugar, adding a few blanched and
coarsely chopped almonds. Bake in a
moderately hot oven. If preferred the
dough may be made into little twists
or braids instead of the large cake.
MHITGUSE*-
"OLD.
HINTS
Hot, sharp vinegar will remove paint
spots.
A copper cent rubbed on the window
pane will rid it of paint or plaster
specks.
A pinch of borax in cooked starch
will make the clothes stiffer and
whiter.
Chocolate is greatly improved by add
ing a teaspoonful of strong coffee just
before serving.
To prevent the formation of crust
Inside kettles, put in a small, well
scrubbed oyster-shell.
When matting is soiled, wash it in
a strong solution of salt and warm
water and it will look like new. ,
A delicious omelet can bo made of
chicken livers. Also with the combina
tion of kidney and chicken livers.
Old newspapers are an excellent pro
tection against the cold, and serve in
place of blankets if put between the
quilt and counterpane.
Make your knot on the end of the
thread that first leaves the spool, and
you will sew with a smooth thread
and an unruffled temper.
Many striped effects are appearing
among the latest applique curtains, and
it is rather a relief from the universal
bordered style, with plain net back.
One-half cupful of sweet cream is
added by certain New England house
wives to the baked beans pot about a
half hour before it is taken from the
oven.
Salt water used as a gargle and
mouth wash will strengthen the throat
and harden the gums. It is also an
excellent tonic for the hair as well as
weak eyes.
When using gasoline to clean kid
gloves the result is apt to be more sat
isfactory if the gloves are really
washed in the fluid and not simply left
to soak in it. During the washing pro
cess keep a long way off from the tire
or a light of any kiud.
CAUGHT BY THE GRIP.
RELEASED BY PE-RU-NA.
Congressman Geo. H. White's Case.
A Noted Sculptress Cured.
LA GRIPPE is epidemic catarrh. It
spares no class or nationality. The
cultured and the ignorant, the aris
tocrat and the pauper, the masses and
the classes are alike subject to la grippe.
None are exempt—all are liable.
Have you the grip? Or, rather, has
the grip got you? Grip is well named.
The original French term, la grippe, has
been shortened by the busy American to
read "grip." Without intending to do so
ASK YOUR DRUGGIST FOR A FREE PE-RU-NA ALMANAC.
QUAINT CUSTOMS.
Brides Once on a Time Got Money
From Grooms.
A certain marriage custom has, un
luckily for the brides of to-day. fallen
into disuse. It was once Incumbent on
the bridegroom to place a sum of
money in a purse on the wedding night
and present it to the bride. Afterward
this was done the following morning,
and the gift was called the Dow Purse.
Another phase of the same thing ex
isted In Cumberland, where the bride
groom provided himself with gold and
crown pieces. At the words "With all
my worldly goods I thee endow" be
gave the clergyman his fee and poured
the rest of the money into a handker
chief which the bride held out. In
other places it was the custom on the
day following the marriage for the
bride to ask her husband for a gift of
money or property, and he was bound
in honor to grant her request.
Old-Time Gardens.
In the old time bold and forceful
men delighted to be known as coun
trymen. The great cities had not yet
arisen. Great commercial opportuni
ties were few. Men lived on their es
tates. and they built generously and
broadly. Their homes were homes in
the best and truest sense, with which
the very life and welfare of the fam
ily were interwoven, not mere summer
houses built as adjuncts to city life.
Often these men went into the very
wilderness, "took up" many acres
along water courses or on lakes, and
established places that marked the
very highest intellectual and social at
tainments of the region, and which to
this day remain as landmarks. If the
family was one of culture and means
a home garden was more than a place
in which merely to grow vegetables
and pleasant flowers. It wasi an entity
wholly aside from the plants that it
grew. It was laid out as a permanent
feature, and usually with such a half
presence of formality as* to insure re
spect on the part of the beholder.
Buildings could be moved and repair
ed, but the garden was inviolate.
Foundation of Skeletons.
It has been discovered that the great
city of London, England, rests on a
foundation of skeletons —hundreds of
thousands of skeletons that extend
east and west, north and south, from
boundary to boundary of the world's
metropolis, and beyond. There they
lie, compressed into a compact mass
by the superimposed clay, gravel, sand
and surface structures. These skele
tons wer once the framework of living
being®—beings that were the most
simple of multicellular animals, known
as sponges. Many thousands of years
ago, when the great sea ebbed and
flowed where London now stands,
these metazone organisms, these cities
of cells, these Venices, with their
thousands of canals, lived and did
their unconscious part in the great
plan of evolution. Now, the life has
gone, the cells are crushed, the canals
are closed, and only the frames of
flint, compressed Into a homogeneous
mas 3, remain,
a new word has been coined that exactly
describes the case. As if some hideous
piant with awful GRIP had clutched us in
its fatal clasp. Men, women, children,
whole towns and cities are caught in the
baneful grip of a terrible monster.
Pe-ru-nu For <2rip.
Mrs. Theophile Sehmitt. wife of the Ex-
Secretary of the German Consulate, writes
Christmas In Hawaii.
Before the missionaries and the
American settlers went to Hawaii, the
natives knew nothing about Christ
mas, hut now they all celebrate the
day, and do it, of course, in the same
way as the Americans who live there.
The main difference between Christ
mas in Honolulu and Christmas in
New York is that in Honolulu in De
cember the weather is like June in
New York. Birds are warbling in the
leafy trees; gardens are overflowing
with roses and carnations; fields and
mountain slopes are ablaze with color;
and a sunny sky smiles dreamily upon
the glories of a summer day. In the
morning people go to church, and dur
ing the day there are sports and games
and merrymaking of ail sorts. The
Christmas dinner is eaten out of doors
in the shade of the veranda, and every
body is happy and contented.
Good Year for Coffee.
Statistics which have just been pub
lished by the Society of Colonial Stu
dies show that during the year ended
oil June 30, 1901, the total production
of coffee amounted to 15,500,000 bags,
each containing 60 kilograms. Mocha
does not figure to any extent in these
statistics; Indeed, wo only know that
a few of the 225,000 bags, representing
tlie.entire Arabic and African produc
tion, were filled with it. Brazil fur
nished more coffee than any other j
country, 11,500,000 bags, or nearly i
three-quarters of the total production, |
being exported from it. The remain
ing bags were exported from the other
countries of Central and South Ameri
ca, the Antilles, the Dutch and British
West Indies, and finally from Africa, j
It is estimated that the production for :
this year will amount to 16,500,000 j
bags.
A Consul's Gallantry.
While ex-Gov. Waller, of Connect!- j
cut, was consul general at London a
prominent society woman of Philadei- j
phia who had married into the Eng- j
lish nobility, with reasons to regret it,
called to seo him about signing papers
necessary for a transfer of property
in this country to raise money to pay
her husband's debts. The bloom of
youth had long been brushed from tho
cheeks of the American woman when
she married the young Britisher. She
was supersensitive about her age, and
was very much distressed when told
that it must be affixed to the docu
ments she wished officially recorded
by the United States government.
"Oh, Mr. Waller, must I?" she pleaded.
The gallant consul general seized a
pen and wrote on the blank: "Of the
age of accountability and upward."
There was no subsequent corres
pondence on the subject with the State
Department at Washington.
Recurrence of Measles.
A physician in Switzerland who has
been studying the recurrence of con
tagious diseases, reports the cases of
three persons who have been attacked
seven times each by measles.
It is reported that large sales of pi
anos are now made to Indians.
{ the following letter from 3417 WabasH
avenue, Chicago, 111.:
j "I suffered this winter with a severe ab
| tack of la grippe. After using three bob
-5 ties of Peruna I found the grip had dia
t appeared."—Mrs. T. Schmitt.
5 Mrs. Celeste Covell writes from 219 N*.
f avenue, Aurora, 111.:
t "Only those who have suffered with la
f f grippe and been cured can appreciate how
grateful I feel that such a splendid medi
cine as Peruna has been placed at the
door of every suffering person."—Mrs. C,
Covell.
Noted Sculptress Cured of Grip.
Mrs. M. C. Cooper, of the Royal Acad
emy of Arts, of London. England, now
residing in Washington, D. C., is one of
the greatest living sculptors and painters
of the world. Sne says:
"I take pleasure in recommending Pe
runa for catarrh and la grippe. I have
suffered for months, and after the use of
one bottle of Peruna I am entirely well."
} —Mrs. M. C. Cooper.
| D. L. Wallace, a charter member of the
International Barbers' Union, writes from
| 15 Western avenue, Minneapolis. Minn.:
> "Following a severe attncK of la grippe
I seemed to be affected badly all over.
"One of my customers who was greatly
• helped by Peruna advised me to try it,
and I procured a bottle the same day.
Now mv head is clear, my nerves are
steady, I enjoy food and rest well. Pe
runa has been worth a dollar a dose to
me."—D. L. Wallace.
Lieutenant Clarice Hunt, of the Salfc
Lake City Baracks of the Salvation Army,
writes from Ogden, Utah:
"Two months ago I was suffering with
{ so severe a cold that I could hardly speak.
► "Our captain advised me to try Peruna
and procured a bottle for me, and truly it
worked wonders. Within two weeks I
was entirely well."—Clarice Ilunt.
Congressman White's Letter.
Tarboro, N. C.
Gentlemen:-! am more than satis
! fled with Peruna and find it to be an
excellent remedy Jor the grip and
catarrh• I have used it in my fam
ily and they all join me in recom
mending It as an excellent remedy.
—George If. White f Member of Con
gress.
Mrs. T. W. Collins. Treasurer Independ
ent Order of Good Templars, of Everett,
Wash., writes:
"After having a severe attack of la
grippe I continued in a feeble condition
even after the doctors called me cured.
My blood seemed poisoned. Peruna cured
me."—Mrs. T. W. Collins.
If you do not derive prompt and satis
factory results from the use of Peruna,
write at once to l)r. liartman, giving a
full statement of your case and he will be
pleased to give you his valuable advice
gratis.
Address Dr. liartman. President of Tho
Hartman Sanitarium, Columbus, Ohio.
There has been recently completed
at Kansas City, Mo., a locomotive de
signed for use in a Mexican mine, in
| which gasoline is used as fuel. The
mine where this engine is destined for
service is 180 miles from the nearest
railway, and the engine had to be de
signed with a view to transportation
to the point of delivery on mule back,
and therefore no individual part was
allowed to weigh more than 200
pounds. To prevent the escape of
fumes in service provision is made for
the purification of the gas escaping
from the engine, which is washed in
the same way as illuminating gas is
passed through scrubbers at the gas
works.
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