The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1883-11-09
WHAT WOMEN WANT TO KNOW
The Open FfrepI.se.

this tribute 10 the open fireplace, which is just
now coming into prominence as an old fashion
revived: Ii there were no other thing in the
asthetic renaissance to be thankful for, it's re-
%stora,ion Of freplaces to our homes would en-
title it to respectful consideration Open fires
have more than an aesthetic influence. As GEN.
ters for the home circle or family semi circle
that forms them, and as disseminators of cheer
fulness and content, it may be claimed that they
serve an ethic purpose. The swapping, fra
grant back log, OF the genial glow Of camel
coal, mantled in limpid lame OF blue, dispose
one to profitable reflections. to generous and
sympathetic feelings aud to u placidity of mind
that was for q time supposed by the
rushing public of. this nineteenth century
to be one of the lost arts. Classy furnaces,
kerosene and gas radiators can never impsrt
more than physical warmth. Mental caloric
and those airy fancies, delicate az the flames
that give them cause, are not TO be evolved by
%hugging stoves and sitting over registers. The
cheerful effect Of visible fire gives it decorative
value, and it is doubtless for this reason that
appropriate settings for andirons and CRATES
have recently invited the attention of arnhitects
and designers. Fires were almost the sole
decorations, II they may be 30 regarded, OF
an old farmhouse would be dismal enough to-
day, but for its cosy hearth, the focus of family
heart warmth. Yet a certain severe beauty
WAS seen in many of these tireplaces Of yore,
and such beauty as they possessedis very just
ly perpetuated. Their brass furnishing was a
more tasteful concession TO the appropriate
than might have been looked for among the
early New Epglanders, for brass approximates
more nearly to fame, in color and brightness
than any other metal The glitter of the flames
was cheerfully repeated also in rows of pictured
tile, tho religious austerity of whose designs
was odd whom seen in contrast with = rousins
fire that ought to mel a%usterity out OF any
company.
Even when it flashes from q rude cavern Of
brick and mortar, a fire may be regarded as
the eye OF an apartment. giving cheer and ami
nation to what might else be cold and ~lifeless.
1t naturally attracts the human eye, and is,
therefore, a fitting spot about which to group
objects of sttractiveness and beauty. Antiquity
of decoration is not amiss, so the designs be
cheerful; but let not admiration for antiquity
betray US into admiring antiquity for its own
sake. Select what ia beautiful and useful in
il. for a catholic spirit is tho spirit of the time;
but do not, as one house owner Of my acquaint,,
ance has done, hang the ancestral pots and
kettles upon a crane over the drawing room
fire. showing them complacently to visitors as
things to respect.
Men DressmAkers. @
Men simply cut after 8 fashion, says a New
York dressmaker. That lie, we have our filters,
and afterthey measure and fit q lady the tailor
cuts the material. You zee they have q system
that is well liked at present, as coatings and
jackets are all the go. We have tried to learn
their system Of cutting, but would you believe
1t, these men cutters will not allow one of us
girls in or near the room where they work, not
even the madam They have combined to
prevent females learning their trade. We
have had dresses here from men's hands to rip
up and make over from very wealthy ladies.
Why, l can tell q dress cut by q man on the
street as soon as | get my eye on it The
shoulders are usually cut too short, . certain
elasticity about the body 10 wanting, and the
bust is always toe tightly drawn. They may
get along with the eoatings now coming in. but
with suitings and dresses they will never sue
coed. Now, for instance, how do you imagine
that young misses or ladies eighty deformed
are to be fitted, or old ladies who are growing
out OF shape? Why. l could go on Broadway
or Fifth avenue any afternoon and point out to
you young women with beautiful shapes who,
when they take OF their dresses and skirts, are
all ona-sided or Informed in some way. Many
have one shoulder or hip broader than the other.
Some have no bust, others are simply like two
sticks held together, while Others still have high
short. These and other little defects in nature
about the figure of customers in our line can
not be improved except by the skill and attend
ance OF women. When l think of it l really
feel as though these men who are coming into
our trade imagine females have no shame at
all in this country. They may think so in
Paris. but here they will find they are mis-
taken. A good many women think because
their dresses have Worth's name upon them
it's a great thing. But that is not now always
the case. There are some places on the Bovery
and Grand street where you can get suits with
the Worth stamp upon them. They make the
dresses themselves and stamp in the name Just
to catch the eye.
"There, you SEQ that young lady going out
the front door?' interrupted the gossipy girl,
as she stopped in her conversation to point to
q handsome, tall young lady about entering her
carriage at the door. ''That is Miss -, the
daughter of a well-known banker. She displays
a.lovely figure, but really she is one Of the
hardest to fit l ever saw. She seems like Mrs.
Langtry, all shoulders and big bones. In fact,
everything abou. that young lady is made up
by us filters and dressmakers, yet when she
walks out you would imagine her figure is per-
feet, but it's all the same, except to the expert
enced eye Of a dressmaker."
Jerseys for October.