The evening world., 1891-04-07

thing nice then try the good material.
In some large dress and mantle making
establishments IN England the workers are
employed nity-nine hours week. Appren-
tices pay premium OF $40 and give two years
time. Ordinary hands are paid from 81. so to
SO n week, the average being about 81, to OBJ
tain which twelve hours day nave to be 0ccu-
pied, with any periods OF overtime, VIII ch Ia
not always paid for. The sewers of this country
fare better as regards wages and time, though
living expenses are much higher; but knowing
how others are paid often sweelens our own
hard lot
| Give your little girl big doll. Give her new,
gay remnants OF silk, cloth, gauze aud wool
anu you give her the best meaus OF becoming
| nice sewer.
A new fad among tho truly exclusive is to
have gloves the color of the gown stitched with
the shade Of the Trimmings.
The latest fashion Ii 10 surround the fruit
dishes with thick wre.ths OF roses OF vlOlets ;
traceries OF Mowers are scattered over the
tableclcth. IIeraidic devices, Goals OF arms.
| ships, baskets, wagons, wrought Ia How era.
are also seen At fas hionaOlv 4. nner tables. The
| menus, surrounded with ribbons, are plnped
on sDrays OF nOwer.. Tuis abundant u.c OF
| blossoms gives an incompatible poetry aud
grace TO the setting Of The feast. The Ducnesso
| de Luynes, when she gives great dinner
| party, places Two large soup iureens OF price,
less old saxony ware at either eud OF the table.
Each Ia nlleJ with roses and orchids. The
covers OF The iureens. lifted by some invisible
apparatus. Is raised above the flowers.
The frooks worn by infants after they leave
of long robes become each season more beau
tiful and more elaborate. The loose shape
which falls from the yoke to the feet, without
any indicator at the waist unless u sash IL
worn, ID made not only IN muslin but in hel o.
trope silk, Tor nothing would now seem TO be
considered too elaborate ior our young people.
Niuty- mine per cent. of all the brides go
away in gray gowns, which gives them away
quicker than their new irunks.
The following recipe for cleaning Breton and
all silver Crnaments was given by o jeweller.
Take some spirits Of ammonia unadulterated,
apply 1t to the ornaments with q small bruAh,
aud brush them well; then dissolve u piece OF
soft soap AZ large a. a walnut In basin Of no,
water, and cleanse the ornaments wel in 1t:
dry them with soft handkerchief, and put
them In lockwood dust. have always found
the best way Of preserving silver was to keep
1t from the air. ] wrap my silver ornaments
In silver paper, and lay them in u tin box nlied
with arrowroot-dry arrowrooL
writer In the Detroit Free Press has made
some new discoveries in the ways OF woman.
She will marry II man to "reforn" him, ant
though clothed in rags declares she Ii happy
with the brute.
| She can't throw q stone because she ISM
built that way, but she can IRE world O
pathos into an appeal for q new dress ina
will burst the toughest purse-slrings asunder.
She is usually more adept at max ing matches
than at striking them. and, while she may no
know how TO sharpen knife. sac oan IN two
minutes hone up her tongue In way that vii
make It sharper than u two-edged sword.
She may not be able to jump four-raileC
fence, but sne jumps to conclusions. and mint
times out OF ten she gets there while man Il
reasoning It all out
She can quicken mans mental faculties BY
giving lin pieces OF her mind Sne doesa'
seem 10 feel the loss, either.
Irue. she SPENDS much OF her time befor,
the glass; but 30 does a man, only his TO,
often has bead on IL.
According TO some. she was called woman
because she brought woe to man. This inter
pretaiion, however. is not ouly not ScTiptural
but Is not horne out Uy the facts.
Size Is also called a conuRdrum; but we will
, never give her up-neverl
With all her faults, we love her still