Connecticut western news., 1889-08-28

of lovely flowers for $1 that would trim three or four hats, and then serve for the corsage and coitture or holding skirt draperies.
 You can tell pretty we'll how girl feels toward you by the way she takes your arm. If she doesn't care cent you know it by the indifference of her muscles. If she has great confidence ill you the pressure tells it; and friend ship is as distinct from love in that mode of expression as ill words or looks. A woman can take the arm of a fellow she likes very much with per feet comfort, even if she is six feet high and he is four. But even if the two are just matched, she can make him feel disdain, contempt, discom- fort, dislike, anything she likes, by the way she does not hold on to him.
 There are very few women who keep their top bureau drawer in order. It is the final test of neatness, and girl who keeps her ribbons, hairpins, col lars, cuffs, and the infinitesimal articles in separate boxes will always be neat about everything. Most women, how ever, are dainty about their scented sachets, and lavender bags. There is fancy now for having all linen scent ed with lavender, as our grandmothers did. The sweet stuff is put into little bags of sweet cambric or silk, and placed between the sheets and table, cloths, as we'll as in the drawers where underwear is kept.
 The inquisitive woman is the most objectionable and pcstiferous affliction of summer resort life. She opens her eyes in the morning with a determina- ton to let them look at her neighbors, and when she closes them at night she is certain that they have stared so that they will in the future recognize any gown, are acquainted with the size of the shoe and glove worn by every wo- man, know exactly who have wine for dinner, and have impertinently glared at every human being, as if looking for the missing link. She is oftenest an elderly girl, or a young married woman who has cultivated ill-temper at the expense of her husband, and who begrudges to the other women any of the pleasures of life.
 The woman of Rome in old days wa married at nightfall. She was dressed in white robe, 8 symbol of her vir- gin purity, bound round her waist with a woolen sash; her hair was pleated into six tresses, after those of the Vestal virgins; on her head she wore a flame-colored veil and a fresh wreath of the sacred verbena, for the wife and priestess in her family. Un- der the protection of Juna Domiducs (the home leader) she passed through the streets accompanied by her friends and lighted on her way with torches By her side walked young boy carry ing an open basket, in which lay { hank of wool, distaff and spindle for spinning was the great duty of the Roman matron of the republic. To be good spinner was gem ill her crowl of virtues, by the side of chastity and frugality.
 To keep the skin from wrinkles when powder is daily used, wash the powder carefully off at night, ther apply the whitest vaseine, any good cold cream, or pure sweet cream letting it lie on the face and neck { few minutes and washing with sof cloth. Next morning wash the fact with very hot water, which contracts the skin and wards off wrinkles. Tc soften the complexion and prevent sunburn, use glycerine diluted in this way: Pour four spoonfuls of glycerint into bottle, cut with one-fourth as much best cologne, and fill with sof water. Rub spoonful of this oyer the face before going out. A cosmct | ic, excellent in effect but far iron pleasant, is buttcrmilk and oatnea flakes. Put handful of the flakes
 which are steam-cooked and swell rapidly, into a quart jar filled witf acid buttermilk, stirring well. In tel minutes the mixture will be sof paste, which is spread on face ant hands and left to dry, when it il
 washed off with hot water. The vir tues of this paste in whitening thu skin, removing tan and freckles, art highly praised by ladies who hav'
 tried it. The sourer the buttermill
 the better, as it is the acid which act
 as detergent on the skin.
 | Fashion Notes.
 Plaid woolens are in favor for schoo
 dresses.
 Mohair braid is seen now on autumn