Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1883-12-26
WOMAN AND HOME.
Fashions, Fur, Furniture.--Hats.
Bornets and Hair.Dressing
Health Hints, Home Gossip and
STRAY Bits Graduating In
College and Kitchen.
F,orspco r Hallowell in The Household.

College and Kitchen.
Florence B. Hallowell in The Household.
l have seen one instance where the problem
was solved satisfactorily. This young girl,
from the time she was years old, was
occupied with her studies during nine months
of the year, and at the age OF 81 had
received the degree of bachelor of phllos-
op!Iy and master Of arts from one of our
largest universities, yet was the posSessor OF
magnificent health, and was perfect mistress
OF the culinary art.
| During her vacations instead Of making
rick-rack, crotcheting tides, OF reading
novels, she put her shoulder to the wheel OF
her household machinery, and learned by
experience how to make it revolve smoothly
and without extravaganza
| Of course this experiment was hard on the
| mother, who saw waste occasionally, and
| frequent failures, and was much disturbed by
the carelessness and heedlessness of tho divln-
| ity in the kitchen; but it was good for the
| girl, and gave her knowledge of practical
| housekeeping which size found very useful
indeed when she went to home Of her own.
| But it takes q, great deal of patience and
| wisdom to train daughter in the principles
of domestic economy, and the majority of
mothers would rather do the work themselves
than see it half done by their inexperienced
daughters.
But whatever corrections are necessary,
whatever mistakes the daughtsr may make,
she must never be discouraged or scolded.
Her button holes must never be called pigs
eyes," or her coffee ''slops." The young are
sensitive, and feel their failures deeply enough
without being laughed at for them.
EVERY wise father, no matter what his cir
cunistlnces, teaches his son some business by
which he can earn a livelihood. The same
principle should be applied to girls. But in
nine cases out Of ten a girls education ceases
when she leaves school, and she frequently
| graduates at 16 Then she sits down at home
| and waits for the happy man to come along.
| If he never comes, or comes only to pass by,
she settles herself to old maidenhood with a
sigh that she has missed a woman's natural
destiny, but with no thought for the oppor-
tunities of another sort which she has neg
! lected, and which, had she cultivated them,
might have given her place among the busy
bees of life where she would have no time for
sigling over sentimental disappointments. or
for counting the gray hairs i'll her head, or
lamenting the crows feet by her eyes.
School Dress For Girls.
Demorest's Monthly.
The best schools are now agreed upon one
point-the exclusion Of jewelry and the
| adoption of "simple" dress; but the latter is
| a wide term, and means anything or moth
ing, according to different ways Of looking
at it, In one of the very highest class
schools of New York city definition has
been arrived at, and is rigidly laid down by
the principal; it is, that the school dress of
pupils shall be only wool or cotton; silk or
velvet are not allowed, and are not liked
even in combination with wool. Ornaments
| at this school are prohibited. The severity
of the rule in regard to material bears hardly
on thrifty mothers, who wish to utilize last
years best for this years school use, but is
justified from the teachers point of view.
The school-room, she remarks, is a workshop,
not place for cast off finery; and while silk
as trimming soon wears and becomes shabby,
an all-wool dress remains presentable much
longer is more easily kept clean, and presents
neat and uniform appearance to the last.
Velvet and velvetine in the school-room catch
and retain chalk and other marks, and OBJ
jectionable because they are costly and are
unslited to the uses of school dress.
Speaking of the school dress of girls, g.
teacher of elocution and light gymnastics in
large school in Massachusetts, said. not long
since: parents write that they want the
health Of their daughters attended to, and
are very particular to inquire if there are
regular exercises for the training of the
voice, and STYLE and manner, and develop
ment of the body; yet, at the same time, the
mother will clothes that are so inadequate
that they will make a we'll girl sick, or so
tightly made that she can not move her arms
or expand her lungs, or SO fussy and trimmed
that the girl is kept in perpetual anxiety
about them, and has literally nothing to wear
when she wants to run, jump, skate, row,
cook, exercise her voice, or use her arms.
A Growing FOndDesS for Fur.
Interview in Philadelphia Paper.
think the fashion this. year will tend
largely to fur trimmings for both sexes.
There has been q growing fondness for fur
for several years, and this season | believe
fur will play leading part in all outof-door
costumes. Cloaks lined with squirrel fur
came into great favor last season, and will
doubtless be the rage this winter. They are
not dear, and are certainly warm and com
Portable. There is new twilled silk OF great
strength and pliability that is being extern
sively used. Lined with squirrel fur and
trimmed with seal, it is beautiful and
tasteful garment. Once we tried trimming
cloaks with the natural seal of a silvery gray
color, but they did not takes Ladies seem to
admire nothing so much as the dark sealskin
Il suppose because the gray looked cheaper.
Beaver blended with sealskin-the colors be-
ing almost identical-form favorite combi-
nation, but the silvery-gray fuis arc not ca
gerly sought. The Persaner-from the Fer
sian goats going to be a stylish wear this
winter. This fur is deep black, and is fan
tastically kinked. It will he fashionable for
inuffs, collars, and trimming. The fur of the
Carcoul lamb, from Germany, that is as close
woven and kinky as darky's hair, is also
apt to be i'll vogue
The Mystery OF the Bang.
Coney Island Cor New York Journal.
81 wore Langtry the first part of the
season, and can. tell you how cut mine. ]
took the old bang, cut in the ordinary way.
and parted it horizontally. Then ] took the
upper half and tied it down on my head by
piece of string. The lower part was ready
for cutting, and / did it evenly to reach
three-quarters of an inch above my eye
brows. When that was done took piece
of muslin and tied the under bang down
close to my forehead. Then l united the
string, let down the upper bang, and cut it
across straight to reach within three quarters