The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1883-12-21

French bolster colors are also of the satlu
shceting, and there is one of the round rolls at
the head aud foot alike, the gathered heads
terminating IN a handsome wine- colored orua-
ment with pendants.
Decadence of the Hired Girl,
A wealthy man from the old German coun-
try of Pennsylvania said to Gath recently: lyon
would not think that in cur region it is hard to
get domestic servants, where we have 80 MANY
strong, farm raised native girls to whom work
is the chief education. Yet it Is true, and / at
tribute 1t to The radical change money has
effected to tho real injury of the well.to-do
people; for of what use is our money if We
cannot get reliable cooks, nurses and maids?
Not many years ago we raised the best house
hold servants in the country and there were
plenty OF them at easy wages. Then we were
not 80 pulled up with money and our
girls had a pleasant relation with the family
and when their work was done would come
upstairs and hear what was being talked about.
Now, since some of us have become rich, they
are no longer invited upstairs and must sit in
the Kitchen, and as they are social animals they
will have their company, They say, 'thev
don't care anything about US. We owe them
nothing And " said my friend, cit is rapidly
coming down to a sort of eight or ten hour law
among servants. They will get your breakfast
at a certain hour and stay with you till evening,
have recreation. The fact is," said my &C
quaintance. that they are Americans like
ourselves. and il we want to draw the line on
them they mean to draw it on us. There are
disadvantages about dividing our republican
people into two classes"
Nantes. .
New winter mantles are OF moderate propor-
tions-rather long than short, however. The
two shapes which prevail in mantles are the
redingote and the pelisse. The former is the
less dressy of the two; it is generally made of
fnr-ljnai nlnth hnf without INV frivn ,.,,r a
very short cape completes the redingots, and
all the outlines ara edged with several rows of
stitching. A variety Of the same mantle is the
blouse redingote, which has already been worn
a great deal this autumn, and has been de-
scrlbed. It is the full blouse, gagged upon the
fronts and in the middle of the back aud fast
ened around the waist with a belt pro-
ceeding from the side seams. The
sleeves are finished at the wrists by
a band and deep frilling. lined with silk.
The dressy mantle is the pellisse or long aud
ample vislte with wide sleeves, which is some-
times made of cloth or cashmere, but oftener
of silk material, either plain or figured, or OF
velvet; the trimming is fur. Dark furs are
still to be the most fashionable this winter.
Real sable, left in the shade for some time past
by the insane fondness for new fancy iurs
INDUCED i'll by our clegantes, is coming INTO
fashion again with greater favor than ever.
This beautiful fur no. being, however, within
reach of all purses, others of less value are also
ranked high in fashion-dark Russian furs,
such as black fox, otter and skunks, while
sealskln, which did not become really fashion,
able in Paris until last year, is likely to become
very much more so this winter. ..
Feather Fans.
There being just now . great fancy for
piumage, feather fans are in high fashion.
Very pretty ones are made of the gray doves
plumage. mounted IN gray work, and OF the
blue jays feathers mounted in Burgos mother
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colored marabout fac are decidedly striking.
A fan IN ibis feathers. with mount of white
ivory, is exquisite. and q fan OF owls feathers,
having an owls head with ruby eyes in the
framework, is unique. Women with literary
proclivitles buy plain wooden faus.. prepared
on purpose, ana get all the lions OF their &C.
Quaintance to give them autographs slight
pen and ink sketch from an artist, a verse or q
madrigal from a ~pcet-which serve to suggest
small talk when this commodity is likely to fall
short Amateur as we'll as professional artists
paint heraldic devices, monograms, crests and
notices on parchment leaves, and have them
mounted in ebony by way of contrast. Mottoea
are also wrought in colored beads on the cord
be used as well as parchment to paint upon, If
properly prepared with a warm solution Of
isinglass applied on the wrong side; and being
an inexpensive material does very well for be-
ginners to try their hands.
Winter Walking Dresses.
Tho new winter walking costumes are mostly
composed of q PLAIN skirt, trimmed with q very
deep plated dounce around the foot, or else q
skirt plated all the way down and all around,
and of o tunic draped over this skirt in hori-
zontal plaits. The bodice is a jacket, with a
basque open in front and fastened by two or
three buttons only, over a plain vost buttoned
down the front with very small buttons and
finished into a point Another style of walking
costume, also likely to become very fashion,
able this winter, is as follows. -Four scarfs,
forming panels, compose the skirt. which is
short aud narrow. Oae Of the scarfs forms the
front Of the skirt, two others the sides; lastly,
tho back one is draped into q puff under the
basque of the bodice. These scarfs are cut
! out OF some sort of printed or figured WOODEN
material. The spaces left between them are
filed up by a pleated founce OF plain CASH
mere, over Which the scarfs seem to be laid,
just as they appear to rest over 3 pleated
tiounce, which trims the foot Of the skirt. A
short tunic of the same plain cashmere,
stretched plain in the upper part, disappears
under tho back panel. Five stitched seams,
made with silk to match one Of the prevailing
colors in the scarf, go round the edge Of the
tunie.A The jacket-bodics is made OF the same
material as that Of the scarf; it opens in front
over a vest of plain cashmere, with buttons
covered with the same. This costume is very
elegant, and can be made more or less dressy,
according to the style and colcrs of the mate
rails employed.
Household Hints.
Nice bread cake is made of two cups Of light
bread dough, one and q half cups OF sugar,
half a cup Of butter, three tablespoonfuls OF
sour milk, half a teaspoonful of soda. half 4
grated nutmeg, a tea poonful Of cinngmon, 4
cup Of raisins chopped and with fonr busted
over them. Stir all in but the rais.as, and put
them in tho last thing. It should rise for halt
an hour and then be baked in q moderate
oven.
Alght and puffy icing for the top only OF =