Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1888-04-27
THE MOUsEMOLD.


There are two certain marks of lady.
mo- matter what hsr circumstances or sur
roundings may he--ueatness and choice
language 1t is hard to say which comes
first but take them in this order because
our speech is largely a matter of imitation,
and frequently through carelessness we fan
into the use Of language that shocks It's
when we realize TO what we have stopped
but neatness is an Unborn quality Of a true
woman, as if often proved in cases whore
hands are burdcncd with cares that would
seem TO be an excuse for untidiness were it
there
Then, TO begin with, girls, he dainty in
your appearance and, as the first step in
this direction is 30 be dainty in your per
son, ! say let your bath be frequent II is,
! am aware, much easier for those whose
homes are fitted up with water-works and
regular bathroom accommodations 20 com
ply with this advice than for those who
must depend upon the ordinary wash-tub
that must be brought out of the cellar, fill
ed and emptied by hand and then replaced
or who must depend upon the more meagte
accommodations afforded by the wash bowl
nevertheless, girls, let your bath be fire.
quent, no matter what accommodations you
have or lack. Water aud soap and a cloth
you can always command, and your health
use of these, whether it is gallons of water
or only pints you have to use.
Next, be dainty in your underwear. 1t
does not need to have an inch of trimming
upon it, but lady's Undertaking will new
err be soiled or ragged Patches and darns
are honorable marks.
Again, let your outward appearance be
dainty. Not with expensive clothes vou
cannot afford, but made dainty in your six
cent calicoes Some of the most sweetly-
dressed girls | know Of are far from the
richest ones | know but those whose sum
mer 'dress-ups' are rarely more than ten
or twelve-cent lawns or pretty calicoes but
their clothes are stylishly made, usually by
their own hands, and then set off with
ribbon here or "a bunch of flowers there In
these days of easily gotten, well fitting pat
terms any girl can and should learn to fit
and make her own dresses as well as other
clothes You cannot afford to hire cheap
dresses made, and many of our cheap sum
mer goods are exceedingly pretty and ser
| viceable. | commend light dresses for
| young girls especially, for they seem to be
| long to them in them you look sweetly
dainty. | know they mean washing and
| ironing and this is hard work where one
must do it herself yet white, or white prints
with pink or black figure are more easily
| washed than are dark caliCOes or lawns for
these can be boiled clean with no rubbing
to speak Of 1t is no harder to iron such a
dress nicely than a dark one, and with care
! they will not need washing much more fire.
! quently-at least my own experience saws
so. But even if YOU must confine yourself
to dark goods there are so many pretty
colors to select from, and so many fancy
combinations that with taste young girl
can hardly fail TO dresS hersef prettily.
Don't overload, girls Don't wear all your
jewelry or ribbons or laces at once Els
pecially be careful not to over-trim your
hats. If you are where you can watch
really elegant women, you will notice that
all their dress, though rich is apparently
plain, their bonnets and hats particularly
so.
Let your shoes and gloves be as good u,
you can buy Cheap shoes or gloves never
pay any more than cheap things generally
they soon betray their quality by loss o
shape, and are not long in wearing out
Pretty gloves and shoes give style to very
humble toilet, and they are unhideable fea
lures of it.
Then, girls, be dainty in your own rooms
Remember this domain of yours, little OF
large, will indicate your natures-tell wha
you are.
Now just few words about your man
uer of speech. Above all, do not allow
yourself, even with your most intimat,
friends, to use one word that borders upon
the coarse and low. From out OF the moutl
Of IL woman such words. such stories, ar
lneNpressibly repulsive and il we accuston
ourselves to the sound Of such words from
our own lips it will not be long before GU
thoughts will dwell upon the impure an,
/. II.