The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1891-03-18

he meets, doesn't know what he is doing.
1t may not be sweet; there may be thorns
on il, and it may soon fade. The wise
man is the one who goes all through the
garden, and seeing them all selects the
sweetest, and, most important of all, the
one that will last longest. Curiously
enough, the orchid, which is the typical
flower of civilized woman, will outlast ell
the violets, roses and even the great pure
white lilies. To my mind, more mar
riages would be successes il women were
more loving, more afectionate, more con-
siderate and more patient; but | firmly
believe-you see by this l am an ultra
conservative woman-that the man should
have the more brain of the two. don I
want a woman to be a fool, but / think
she should be more loving than intellectual
and more gracious than learned. That's
the end of my sermon on matrimony.
The spring is coming, and with it the
numerous ills that flesh is heir to, espe-
cially freckles. Tue girl who is going to
keep herself from getting ireckled by
wearing a veil must wear one of the thick
kind, that really gives one a vapor bath.
1t has a decidedly undesirable way of get
ting in your mouth; but as you have to
suffer to be beautiful and get rid of freck-
les, you have to chew the cud of thick
veil and not complain. Neiis are the CO.
quetry OF the young and the charity OF
the old, and prove that charms concealed
attract the most. 1t is very funny, but
the veil that is said to be as old as the
vanity of woman or the curiosity OF man,
cannot be traced TO its birth. There was
time when men wore it; but that was a
very long time ago, and evidently the
women objected, and forced them to give
up the coquettish bit Of dress that really
belonged to them.
An English woman regards veil as
something TO put on to keep out the sun
or the cold and consequently she assumes
it in a very sovenly fashion. The Ameri-
can and the French woman know that
it is beautifier, consequently they take
great care in getting becoming wells and
arranging them so that the beauty spot is
just in the right place, while the veil it,
self does not seem to drag the hat or to be
put out of harmony with it. The Spanish
woman knows that her mantilla and hel
fan are her weapons of warfare and she is
an adept in their use.
The veil most in vogue Just now is the
fine Russian mesh without a spot upon it
the beauty spot, having been discovered
to have been ridiculous at times. has gone
out of favor. The bright scarlet veil is tC
the fore again, but it can only be worn by
women who are very pale, inasmuch as II
makes every other woman look as if she
had violent attack of scarlet fever. A
plain blue veil-one of the thin ones
will make you look pale, and a gray one
gives you rather a CHASTITY look. Brown is
generally becoming; and the fine tulle in
black, with very small dots upon it is al
ways in good taste and usually makes the
complexion look better.
Speaking of red wells reminds me that
the rainy weather has brought out the
red umbrella. and made it bit of bright
ness on a gloomy day. Personally / ap.
prove of the red umbrella. 1t is cheer.
full and encouraging, after series Of
black ones, though | don't know as il
would look we'll to zee q judge of the
supreme court carrying one. Still think
most women under fifty look decidedly
attractive under it. The healthy liking
for red should be encouraged; and l don't
see why red silk can't be as good O way
of protection as black. don't see why
everything that takes care of you mayn't
be cheerful.
Don't you believe in protection?
do.
Protection from colds by good open
fires, quinine pills, porous plasters and
warm clothes.
Protection from bores by swords, daggers
and pistols.
Protection from impudence by police
men, clubs and the society for the proven
ton OF cruelty to women.
Protection from looking ugly by pretty
frocks, pretty shoes and pretty tempers.
Protection from dudes by the Y. NJ
G. A.
Protection from bad books by your own
good taste.
Protection from ignorance by the estab-
lishment of shoots where reading, writing
and arithmetic are taught.
l am believer in protection all around.
Goodness gracious do you suppose any
body will want to be protected from
Bah?