Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-08-09

Home Journal, and addresses herself to
| girls, in recent number of this magazine
tells her youthful clieutelles what girl will
need to take with her 10 boarding school.
The scholarship contest now running il
! The GAZETTE has directed the thoughts of
mothers and daughters to q going away to
! school, and perhaps led TO pulling thought
| as to what ought TO be packed in the promised
| trunk. Miss Woods first counsel is to have
| d good-sized trunk, with compartments for
| the various belongings. Then the ordinary
| furnishings of work-basket, a toilet case
and a writing desk, including calendar ard
al the appliances for writing. II dress,
she enJoins simplicity and warmth. which
means a good supply of warm fannels,
plenty of substantial underwear, thick
shoes. and u few neat dresses. After de-
failing further minor needs, she sums up
her advice most worthily by counseling
girls to take 10 school that which is needed.
wherever one is, 4 good supply of common
sense. 1t IS rare article, and the packing
will be very unsatisfactory if this is omitted.
1t will be needed at every turn, needed in
saving mo-" needed in regulating
dress and expense, and needed
in daily intercourse with schooImates. The
closing injunction is to carry plenty of
a-recability which VIII enable the pos
SCISSOR TO overlook faults, condone offences
and win friends. The last precaution given
IS to forbcar al gossip and AVOID as far as
possible whatever might prove 10 be evil
II is pleasant 10 note that the little seed
sowing done in this department last week
has already began to repay the doing.
Reference is made 10 the suggestion that
before the hard winter comes the prominent
women Of this town, young and old, should
organize for charitable work. II was fur
ther suggested that as "The Kings Daugh-
tcrs- was already Il perfected organization
doing most excellent work in many large
cities it would be well to organize here =
branch society to work under its auspices.
The hints have been acted upon in SO far as
calling the ladies together. They have had
several very pleasant meetings, and there
is every prospect that before the wintry
blasts bgina suffering there will be in this
city body Of willing workers who VIII be
equipped and ready to do the work the
king" cnioined.
Organization Is necessary to efficient
work, and once the noble hearted women of
Fort Worth are in line, as they viii be,
there viii be not only no more misdirected
charity. but there will be an increase of
true philanthropy, which Will broaden and
beautiry the character OF these devoted
women, and also lift up the dOwnhearted
ana stimulate 10 effort those TO whom
hope has been well-nigh 4 stranger. Sun
light dispensed foods the soul Of the dis
pensins one as well as the souls of those
over whom it sheds lis genial influences"
A lady who writes kind things Of this de-
partmcnt asks by letter if there is any re-
storative for graz hair.
Whatever may be claimed for nostrums
there IS no preparation that will restore
hair TO It's original color even though, as in
her case, it is prematmely gray.
a young woman can only exercise 4 sub
mission 10 the inevitable which sometimes
poses rs cheerful resignation. IL this in
stance, however, the submitting ought to
be made easier by the knowledge that gray
hair is fashionable, and 50 desirable that
many ladies have recourse 10 the bleaching
process that they may nave lint-white locks.
Only few days ago 4 lady scarcely thirty
five years Of age said to the writer I'm
proud Of my gray hair; / would not have it
brown again if could. The hymn is right,
gray hairs DO the temples adOrn, and every
woman as she ages looks younger if her
hair IS white.
Gray hair IS thought to give the wearcr
a distingue air, and certainly if to be in
fashion is TO be stylish this lady friend
ought to be satisfied with an adomment
nature has given and fashion sanctioned.
Dr. Holmes INDUCED in 4 sly laugh at his
maiden aunt who he said would twirl her
wiutry curl in a spring-lIle way, but in
later times we who have wintry curls are
allowed by fashion to twirl them as spring
like as is becoming.