The National tribune., 1889-05-30
LOYAL WOMBNS WORK
The Household, Conversation Club,
Puzzles. etc.
The Happy Household.
HINTS TO DREsSNAKERs

The Happy Household.
HINTS TO DREssMAKERs
No. II.
Well, girls find you all assembled, and none OF
US have any desire TO lose time over our work. We
ali seem 10 be ia great need Of our new SprHg
suits. Every day the old one is becoming more
worn and scrfied. So let us proceed at once.
Take your siiicia-always Use the besti never
econOmize AZ the expense Of your lining. foid ~
crosswise; never cut waste lining length~ise; II
you do, You VIII fnd iL impossible 10 keep a last
ing and satisfactory fit 10 your basque -
Now Il word about the pattern and cutting. III
you do not use system, ana convinced, by TIE
repeated failure OF Others. yen will achieve more
satisfactory results aud desirable effects If you go
30 some good reliable dressnaker, pay her for cut
ting aud fitting your ilHing, and do not think you
viii offend Madam" by giving few clear and
decided directions about what YOU want " Dress
makers are not the eating kind OF bears and sell
dom ever bite"
First. il your waisf-nleasure is above > inches
and your under arln less than eight inches be very
careful how your back seams are cut; much OF tie
curve and grace OF your hack and shoulders de-
penG upon ths. DO not allow the middle or cen
ter pieces 10 be cut unduly broad at the waist lne
the curved seams to terminate too far under Tie
arm. Guard agaiust the back around the aTnl-eye
beng cut away That the sleeve has 10 replace
portion O! th0uEltless or careless cutting.
Then the shoulder seams must be closely OBJ
served and discretion must be used that they
not pat too high the shoulder. for that pro
dOces a broad square effect that Is very ungfaee-
ful and unbecomiug. feel assured you all admire
grace and beauty enough 10 be very careful about
tails OF dresshltinE bat which. TO practical eye
Is indispensable 10 complete perfect whole. The
front lining has need Of just careful treatment
MADAM VIII ieli you high darts are tie fashion
To be sure they are, bGt not for YOU There Is q
fashion That Is always fashionabie-tiiSt Is, good
taste, good judgment and becomiugusss in dress
BE convinced. girls, these stamp their MARKS
upon yOu rs ladies, more than adherence to all The
fashion plates in the country could do. find we
have spent considerable Time over the lining ques-
lion, consequently VIII be obliged 10 postpone our
padding aud bastng until next week.-Lu IL Wag-
ner.
BEAUTEFIERs AND WASHES.
HAPPY HOUSEHOLD: On one-qnarier of pound
OF hakewhite pour one piut boiling water: STIR
well When dissolved and cold add one ounce OF
piycerine and oDe-half ounce Of rosewater. Tansy
grated hOrseFadish in buterniilk i splendid for
whitening the face and hands VIII someone
kindly send the recipe for a complexion wash tnat
H. clear like water. their address. 10 THE Ma
TIOEAL IRIBUNE.-Asry l.. Seaman.
Editors Chat
Rosa Giileland: Send 81 TO THE NATIONAL TRIB-
UEE for C. C. badge, which is silver shield sus-
pended from bar PIN with the motto Pro Pa
tria and the monogram n 7. c. CT
Thanks, James Grouse, for card, with quotation,
May the recording angel write much good OF
thee"
Grace A. Smith and her sister, Hurlburt, Ind,
viii have the sympathies of the c. in the loss OF
all their c. c. treasures, with the burning of the
family residence. May :. Grace hopes that in the
~A BIT = SNsAiIa VIII DC
50 kind TO duplicate autographs.
Richard C. Watt and others: Do not expect
everything published you send. since if all COM
munications were used two or three pages Of The
TRIBUNE would be filed each week. Competition
is the life OF the c. C, as well as Of trade.
Thanks, Bessie G Race. for the unique card, Ia
the making Of which JOHN Brunny excels.
Conversation cluh.
Etties olfhe c7ssb.-I Write briefly. .. Write only
on side OF the paper. 5. Write 20 the point 4.
Write on one subject 5. Write your best. 6.
Send answers 10 ali puzzles for use of Editor Each
week the names II those writing The best letters
style, composition spelling, pennailsllip and gem
eTBi merit c0usidercd-WiiI be named al the head
OF this column on the Honor Roll First honor
viii INCLUDE ali Of these requirements. Second
homer VIII include a deficiency IA some one point.
NO others VIII be named.
HONOR RoLL-BEsF LETTERS
First Honor-I1sta Winner. Louisiana No.
Second HOuOr-James II. Grouse, Spring Run,
Pa
sEARCHERs AND soLvERs.
Jennie Ferguson. Seo;tvilIe, Neb., ?; Anna Fox.
epringboEo, o., = Carrie i. Williams, GAINESVILLE.
O.. 2; Arthur q. Sisson. 5 Eta J.. Lane, Newton
Kan, z; j. H. Mullen, Rixford, Pa, i; Evan z.
GTste. 3; ATs. II. l. Drake. Guys Mills Pa &:
Reua GargIn, New Athens, o. ., :. q. Hall Wa
pella, H., ?; Iuez Il. HumberI, Shannon. ILL., g;
Lenah sheldon, Middebury, VI; /. H. Tinkham,
Springfield, Mass, 81 James < A ger Swampscott,
ERss.. 4
OUR ROLL cALL-NEw MEMBERS
THE ietters VS.. mean veterans son. v.d. veter-
ans daughter and Wv. veterans widow members
OF associations viii be marked S.E and D.V.l
Aciiie EosamOu, Somerset, Ind, V.d-; Edith L.
NANNY, Burr Oak, Kan; Edward Owen Knox
City, no; Barton Peel. :. v, 25lh Iowa, Mem
pins. No.; Z. Lou lockwood. Percy, O.; O. b.
Murdoch Huntsville. O.; Ella eating, v.d Co. x
Isl \. \. i. A., Mumnsviiie, NY; Rose Glieland.
Oiean, MO-; Cora Lambson. Hoil do. T.d-; Win
Aewlsnc, PlaiismoUth, Neb, s v, Palmer
Camp Matte Bermetiie, East Arcade, n. Y,
lNelccme, Aaltiei; inez /. Baldwin, y.d. Co. E
10Sd OHIO, Springfield, No; Cora Cartwright.
DOdgeriile WIS; Agnes Hobby, Fort Collins, Colo
Louis IL Staring, Vs. aud Lee r. Deney, Valley
Junction. WIS.
New members who would like letters: Mary E.
Marsh, v-d., Grafton. Aeb-; Mary L. McCreary,
Bo1 s55r llIapoTIa, Kan. Thanks Tor roses. Total,
c. c. MEMORIAL DAY TRIBUTES
Step forth. then. and scatter your flowers,
Tread softly and rererentiy around;
some mothers darling lies sleeping
In each sunken and sOd-coYeTed mound.
-Lu H. Wagner.
OUR HEROES.
HObly did they fight and noby did they fail that
this Union might be preserved No more will they
answer % the cali OF Tie huge, 40 more will they
march along shoulder 10 shoulder: but the sou Z
OF the prlFaies are keeping company with Grant
Sheridan and IIaucOck.-James II. Grouse Spring
Run, Pa.
RING, LILY BELLS
by Maggie l. HoUsrl
Rug. lily bells, your sofiest chimes
O'er the low green lessls day,
King TO tine children voices sweet
" no cc1ne Lieir VOWS 10 pay.
We decorate our heroes graves
With LONELINESS exceeding;
With roses rudy a. their iilOod
Aud sprays of Notwithstanding
With lilies white as their own deeds.
And afnaranLh's crimson hue
Forget-nle-nols and leaves Of oak
Symbols Of red, white, blue.
These flowers fair have meaning sweet
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