Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1889-12-21
N YES FASHION HINTS
WILLIAM DIscouRsxs ON DR1ss Am
ET1QUETTE.

WILLIAM DIeCOURSEs ON DRBss Am
EI1QUETIE.
and Bodices-The Dear Old Hue Arnv
Coat-The Limit Of Propriety In the Uso
Of the Finger-Bowl.
The old blue army overcoat will still be-
worn Dy small wood brokers and vendors
Of straw during the winter months. aiso
LOT street wear among the working classes.
writes Bin Nye In the Chicago Herald. The
puualo oVefcoat. with no hair onto It, will
also be de rigor in the extreme month.
Win single ladies the tight coat-sleeve
Is entirely played out. Some married ladiea
viii still continue to wear them and expeot
their husbands to extricate them froI
same at eventide. but how q young ladv
with plump arms, travelling alone THROUGH
life. ever succeeded in emancipating hers
been to many thinking minds dark and
pleasing mystery.
The great progress in the female dress Ia
the matter OF sense and beauty. noticeable
IN the past half century. is good sign Of
better days in the future. Fifty years ago
tally instead Of on the bias. and SO, at
evening parties. it was no uncommon thing
to see growing girl trying by means Of
passwords. grips and signals to work her
way back into her costume. Skirt and
bodice. we are told. were made OF one piece,
and art could only assert itself by putting
large number of flounces on the dress,
whereas nowadays skirts are draped. &C.
Gordon plated. and made to look frst-rate
even If the material be plain.
A favorite waist has a short. square
Jacket front. opening over full waistcoat
sleeves over leg of mutton or bishop sleeves
with deep cuf1s to the elbow. Be careful
to have the angel sleeves over the bishop
sleeves or you will be criticised.
Asparagus may be mulched about six
inches deep with de oris from the barn. and
thus 1t will be idy with its coat on in
early spring to grow at rapid rate.
Girls should not marry before they are
from twenty-four to twenty-six years old.
unless requested to do so by some one In
whom they have confidence.
A correspondent writes to know what Il
the limit of propriety in the use of the
finger bowl. and this affords me an oppor.
tunity to give purely personal opinion
regarding 1t. do not say that it is q sound
one or absolutely correct. but 1t Is mine
own. as one might say. It seems to me q
little bit depressing. after dinner. to see
opposite me very hairy man not only rinse
of the ends of his fingers. but actually
take of his cuffs and bathe his wrists.
Then If he should also shampoo his whis-
kers and I'LL his mouth from the little per-
fumed goblet of water connected with some
finger bowl layouts. and. after rinsins OF
his tonsils and gargling his massive lungs.
squirts the results into the finger bowl with
a noise like the best efforts of Excelsior
Hose Company No. 1. 1 feel sorry and wish
I could 60 home. When such things be-
come proper and fashionable-and they
may. I presume. in case some titled ass
should decide to do it once or twice.
shall have to follow the custom. I pre-, me.
for "a nh al oy-a Of fna lint III
shall go farther than that. and. at the close
of the NEAL roll into the dining-room q
portable bathing pavilion for each guest.
Two thousand years ago people bathed
each others feet after dinner. but they did
not remove their artificial teeth and play on
them with the garden hose. or shampoo a
large head OF whiskers or manicure their
chilblains, We should draw the line some
where l think. and l draw 1t at the sitz
bath. Cleanliness is reputed to be next to
godliness. but there are some styles of
cleanliness which destroy my faith in al
most everything. 1t is a great cross for me
to speak thus plainly in fashion and
household letter, but I do not see how it
can be avoided.
All waists this winter will have surplices.
bretrelled. plastrons. waistcoats and revers.
I state this so as to show young mon Of this
age what possibilities are almost within
tn sir grasp.
Fine laces may be cleaned by immersing
in acids for q week, rinsing out in benZine.
afterward IN soft rain water and then dry
ing by pressing in copy OF DR.. Gums
Family Physician. between pages 4OS and
400. The dirt will then be found to have
been removed; also the lace.
Among the long mantles sent from Paris
this winter is beautiful one Of royal purple
velvet with pulled sleeves and Queen Anne
collar bordered with black ostrich feathers,
and braid ornaments. It Is first
20 nf N a
of good milch cows.
Bots in horses cannot be removed BY the
use of insect powder. Bots like insect pow
der. So do all other insects. I had con-
gress of cockroaches At my country seat
this summer and tri d Persian powder ON
them. Children are the only mammals or
insects know Of who do not thrive on in
sect powder and rou gh on rats.
The salt cellar on the table Is again trying
to assert itself. but it cannot endure very
long. Ifpeople would avoid missing In the
gravy with their salt spoon all would be
we'll. but the thoughtless are prone to make
this mistake. Just the same as they are also
apt to stir their coffee with the sugar spoon
awhile before returning it. little salt box
with salt in it. for each guest. and holes In
the top which will allow the salt to escape.
will always be en- rapport
The old infantry overcoat Of "a may be
1yed with a decoction OF hazel bark. log
wood and copperas. making q first-rate
opera overcoat for this winter. Cavalry
will be worn this season BY great
nany of the eligible young women Of Stand
ng Rock Agency, who have organized
Delsarte movement and anti corset club.
Since the custom among gentlemen OF
pressing the pantaloons at night between
he mattresses of the bed has obtained, fat
non whose trousers were formerly the
quickest to lose their shape are now In
rood deal the best form.
The custom Of allowing pct dogs to sleep
n the same room with the children at
light is found to be so unheathful that Il
will not be long continued. It soon breaks
lown the strongest dog to breathe the
itiated air required by child.
A good winter mantel Is made by cutting
square in front with brass fender. iron
evers and ashes Of hickory facings.
The covers and tablecloths are no longer
ut en- train. Guests got to surreptitiously
vipinR their patent leather shoes on
hem while distracting the attention Of
he hostess by telling mirth-provo ding
melodies from English Joke books. and 20