The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1882-10-12
HOME, SWEET HOME.
Something About WOman'S Work Above
and Below Stairs.
Tho Woman's Institute of Technical Design

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| prints wood carving embroidery &c. linn
| tied number OF free scholarships have been
provided for applicants of moral worth who
show evidences of adaptation to artistic design
| ing and are in need of benefit. The circular
of the institution sets forth: THE demand in
every branch of industry is greater than the
! supply, not because the supply is not offered,
but because it is bad. What is needed is good
work and good work, work that has practi-
! cal value, can only result from acquired
knowledge and training. II women will recog-
nize this truth, we shall hear little more of the
difficulty of obtaining work, for the correspond
ing difficulty OF obtaining good work will no
| longer exist. New designs, original cOncep-
tons technically conveyed, and perfectly
adapted to the purpose for which they were
intended, are always welcomed by manufac-
turers, and the demand for them never dies
out, because one design is no sooner upon the
market until another is called for"
Mrs. General Lew Wallace has been permit
ted to see the greatest beauty Of Prince Fera-
morris harem in Turkey. Two wonderfully
ugly black eunuChs met the visitor at the iron
| gate of beautiful garden and conducted her
to a large room, rather barren OF furniture, but
hung with fine Eastern draperies. Here she
found the Princes latest acquisition, whom
she thus describes in the Independent: " Among
the bilowy cushions and vaporous veilings
rose the young face Oh! what revelation of
beauty! uplifted in curious, questioning way
to see what manner Of women these are who
come from the ends of the earth with unveiled
faces, and go about the world alone, and have
to think for themseves-poor things! The
expression was that of lovely child waking
from summer slumber in the happest humor
ready for play. A sensitive, exquisite face,
fair as the first of women while the angel was
yet unfallen. perfect oval, the lips scarlet
thread, and oh those wonderful Asiatic eyes !
-lustrous, coal-black, long rather than round,
beaming under joined eyebrows"
A house in the country without trees is hap
PLY a very rare sight. Few people, where the
opportunity exists for tree planting, will at
the present time, live in house not orna-
mented in some manner with trees and shrubs
The mistake, however is too often made of
planting large-g growing trees too near the
dwelling, so that in a few years the building is
overshadowed, the sanitary influence of sun
and wind are excluded, the walls become damp,
and general gloomy aspect prevails all hav
ing tendency to endanger health. No large
growing tree should be planted nearer than
sixty feet to a country dwelling. The best
aspect for a house is to front in southeasterly
direction, and no large trees placed directly in
front. group Of evergreens, or rather de-
tached groups, may be placed at proper dis
tanccs from northeast to northwest, and groups
of deciduous trees similarly disposed towards
the south and west background of ever
greens gives cheerful appearance to house
during the winter, and has the effect of modi-
flying the wintry storms No large evergreen
tree should be planted near the front of dwell
ings for if planted in masses their influence
will be felt although hundred feet from the
house.
There is more to be learned about pour
ing out tea and coffee than most ladies are
willing to believe. If these decoctions are
made at the table-which is by far the best
way-they require experience, judgment, and
exactness; if they are brought on the table
ready made it still requires judgment so to
apportion them that they shall prove sufficient
in quantity for the family party, and that the
elder members shall have the stronger Cups.
Often persons pour out tea who, not being at
all aware that the first cup is the weakest, and
that the tea grows stronger as you proceed, be-
stow the poorest cup upon the greatest stranger
and give the strongest to a very young mem
Der of the family, who would have been better
without any. Where several cups of equal
strength are wanted, you should pour little
into each, and then the strength will be appor-
toned properly.
At the recent beauty show at Buda Pesth the
first trophy was carried off by local nonpareil.
The second prize fell to a paragon from the
United States. The two next in merit were a
fair Spanard from CASTLE and German belle
from Dresden. Two of the English profess
sional beauties presented themselves as claim
ants for prizes, but one was marked eleven,
with certificate, and the other was not placed.
This was so Notifying that she created
scene, and in her rage she struck the mayor of
Buda, who was one of the judges.
The London Truth says that an American girl
wears a gown with a flight Of embroidered
swallows, beginning on her left shoulder and
ending at her right foot More swallows fly
about her parasol.
Among the premiums offered at fair in
Texas pair Of smoothing irons to the
ugliest woman present. They will, indeed, be
sad irons to the winner.
Adelaide Phillips, the American contralto,
died at Carlsbad, Germany, October 8.
Annie Fields and Sara Jewett are at Inter
lallen.
Emma Abbotts mother refuses to tell her
age
THE CONSERVATORY.
Although the best winter-f Towering plants
not obtained by lifting and potting the
plants which have furnished the f0wer-beds
all the summer, yet for coming in later, during
the early weeks of spring, plants taken up
before freezing weather Injuries them, and
properly cared for will be a great addition to
the blooms in the parlor window or house con-
servatory. Foremost of these may be placed
the varieties of double geraniums, of which
there are numerous colors, from pure white to
deep scarlet; these are even more perfect in
the house than when out in the heat and
droughts of summer. Tea roses are also not
difficult to manage and flower well after they
recover from the check of removal Hello
tropes, abutillons, Chinese hibiscus rose and
other fragrant-leaved geraniums, and now that
they are popular, the varieties of Chrysanthe-
mum frutescens, or Marguerites of the French,
can be removed and ported with more or less
of success the last-named easiest of all