The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1883-08-31
WHAT WOMEN WANT TO KNOW.
The Ideal Housewife,

range. The best housewife in the world has q
bounded horizon of cuisine, says the White
hall Review. So much for the defeot: now for
the remedy. 1t is sufficiently simple. It is
put TO- add at least one dish to the family pos
sibiiities every week, and strictly to carry out
the resolution. This must be q plat CT utter
newness, some secret lately learned by a Buck
master or a Francatelli Were every chate-
lame to carry out such a resolution,
what a rich result of added charm
What worlds to conquer lie aroud us, undis
covered, unexplored! The immediate results
may be slightly uncertain, as was the plung-
ing OF the fesh-forks of the priests of old into
both cases practice breeds dexterity, and,
while the more inexperi need of the priests
servants may occasionally have fetched up a
very insufficient meal, no such accident was
likely to occur to the adroit experimentalist
whom former disappointment had rendered
cautious. Invite some insignificant per-
son to lunch, some poor relative. say.
and take his opinion. Only be care
fnl To- rob his appetite Of sits outer
edge before setting before him the dish
on whose merits you wish him to be critically
judicial. Hunger is such excellent sauce that
IL lncllnes q man to approve occasionally Of
quite = faulty dish. Not many women possess
that cultivated refinement OF the palate which
Manufacture of q plat THIS is partly a gift Of
nature, partly the result of cultivation. The
undue preponderance of one ingredient over
another is discovered Immediately, and, if the
necessary revision can be suggested before the
dish appears at the dinner table, it is well.
Men have hitherto carried away all the honors
of the Gordon bleu. They seem to be gifted
with an extra gustatory sense. This may
result from the fact that they seldom neglect
their opportunities, as women do. Who ever
heard of a man preferring high tea to dinner?
Many women do. Breathes there a man who
can lind q word in defense Of dining early on
sundays? The majority of women not only
countenanoe, but foster and cherish the prac-
tice. This disregard of opportunities for cul-
tivatlng the subtler sensations of the palate is,
IN view Of a life partnership, at least unwise.
Every possible bond of sympathy should
be studied, and the education Of the sense
of taste may be productive Of effects more i'm
portant than might be generally supposed. To
regard with scorn so humble a factor in the
grand total of domestic bliss Is no proof of su-
periority, but rather of the Incidence which
folds calm hands and lets things slide. The
wife who can sympathize with a mans litera-
ry or political aspirations, and yetdoes not dis
dain to h earthly echo his approval of some re-
fined form Of serving his food. NAV be de-
scribed, in the words of the genial Autocrat
o! the Breakfast-table, as a harp Of a thou
sand strings. 4
beauty by Contrasts.
By q popularity in costuming, Worth has
created beauty whore none was realized to
exist before his genius developed latent lowell
ness. 30 the story goes. Neither social posi-
ton, wealth nor intellect can give physical
beauty, and in many cases the daughters of
rich parents are not noted for their attractions,
millionaire's only child was no exception to
this rule. She was well educated, rather
bright, but exceedingly shy, and 80 impressed
with her sense of inferiority in appearance
that she seemed stupid Her eyes were large
and full, but of no particular color, and her
complexion was horrid; neither black nor colors
became her. She. however. had a good but
undeveloped form, and her wealth Of
hair was magnificent Her parents realized
that style alone could save her from absolute
ugliness. and that she failed to assume after
unprecedented efforts of New ,York's most pop
ular modistes. Therefore she was taken TO
Paris, and placed in Worth's hands with
with carte blanche for her becoming apparel
Worth never had so unsatisfactory q subject
In vain he tried color after color, shade after
shade, tint after tint There she stood, in
different in her Encouragement Black in
creased the pallor of her white skin and colors
brought out no attractive tints. A huge pile
OF pure white tulle was lying near, and Worth,
angry and impatient, grasped the folds. with
the exclamation: There is nothing elss to try
but his and he literally enveloped the
The poor child. standing before the glass,
sought to hide the hateful reflection from her
self, and covered her face with her hands, but
they were rude!y withdrawn by the astonished
aitist, II saw uiOu HECK huu Hhlu6 q clear,
pure tint. "Mademoiselle, look ~ he exclaimed
The girl grasped the Inspiration, aud like q
flash she withdrew the pins that secured the
waving masses of her glorious hair, and seiz-
ing some of frosted silver lying on
a table near, she placed them like a coronetabove
her forehead. Her eyes grew brilliant with
the light of newly awakened pride, aud over
her checks passed q pink flush that had never
before rested there. Worth was exalted and
triumphant He had, indeed, wrought a
miracle, and for weeks his assistants were en-
ployed in executing toilets in pure white, after
his most artistic designs. Z.
9 Fashionable Ladies Hammering Brass.
A number of ladies who were studying the
latest fashionable handicraft of brass-beating
at one of the private schools in Philadelphia
have made {. new and practical departure by
giving up the theories of books and book
learned teachers and placing themselves as
apprentices under a regular brsss-beater in an
establishment where tits carried on as a bust
ness. They had been getting their hammers
and tracing tools for a long time from u psacti-
cal workman, who has been tracing and
modelling brass for over forty years. In WIS.,
iting the place, getting tools and brass and
BLOCK, some OF the ladies' veto struck with tho
thorough and practical way things were done
and very soon found ont that the school was, u
great deal of it, child's play, and that il they
wanted to make beautiful and lasting work
they would have to take up the methods of the
factory. Accordingly, for nearly a year the
hercnlean and sardonic brass-beater has had
under his care g class comprising some O; the
best known ladies of Philadelphia, and has 80
instructed them in the way of using and hold
ing their tools, and in the proper kindo of stroke
to make upon the steel dies, that some
Of them, who have had a good deal of
| practice, are enabled to mako articles in
repousse brass of which they are justly proud.
Tho method is very simple and primitive. A
sheet or plate of brass is fastened on q block
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