The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1892-05-07

was scalloped and bound with narrow
brown braid. On the left the skirt
was slashed half way down and seal
Hoped. The coat had smart scalloped
revers and q vest OF Whitley brown
cloth; the hat was OF rough Whitley
gray straw bound with brown velvet
fluted and faced and trimmed with
twigs OF pussy willow.
Our illustration gives the April idea,
it is a rough and ready spring suit OF
creamy brown wool with it's bands OF
reddish brown Hercules braid; her
bodice was belted and had deep
gathered cape trimmed with moro
braid; her puffy sleeves and deep red
dish brown cuffs, and the Jack-in-the-
pulpit ornaments fitted in somehow
with the general woodsiness and,
therefore. thoroughly conventional
nconventionality.
The French novelty in black grena-
dimes is a ribbed or dotted surface, on
which are large disks OF the thinnest
silk mousseline. These are made over
changeable taffeta siks-blue with
black, green with pink, etc.-that
show with admirable effect in the
large moon designs. Spangles OF Jet
tinted the color OF the silk are the
trimmings for these beautiful gowns.
Such a grenadine, made by Folk over
blue and black shot taffeta, has q bell
skirt very wide at the foot, with all the
great moons showing their blue silk
lining. and edged with three rows OF
blue black spangles, each row thickly
set on black satin baby-ribbon. The
taffeta waist lining is joined to the
skirt, aud over this tho grenadine
waist is put on very full, and made 10
look still fuller by ruffles of spangled
black mousseline de sole outlining a
round yoke in front, and falling in q
jabot down the left side. The round
back has corselet of spangles on
satin hanging from shoulder-straps,
and coming narrowly to the front
where it is tied with long ends that
fall almost to the foot. A high collar
is covered with spangles, and the
sleeves are large puffs of grenadine to
the elbow, then close below and cover
ed there with row after row of span
giles.
The Trick In Washing Flanneis.
That there is trick in bringing
wooden garments OF all kinds out OF
the laundry soft and white and I'M
shrunken no one will deny who has
ever in a moment OF blind faith
trusted a specially dear bit OF flannel
wear to the enthusiastic ignorance of
the ordinary laundress. No more
beautiful commentary on the irrepress.
ible bubbling up OF faith in the human
heart is required than the fact that
we keep on trusting our fannels to
after one experience of
the stiffness and soddenness which
can result from her handling.
But the trick really is SO simple. 1t
depends on three things-frst, the
OF the water; second, the
of the garments in the water;
third;the rapid drying OF the garments.
Tho temperature OF the water must
be as high as can comfortably be
borne by the hand, and all the water
that touches the flannel from begin
ming to end OF the performance must
be OF an unchanged temperature.
The flannels should not be rubbed
on a board. but washed gently be-
tween the hands until all the dirt is
In order to facilitate this the
following cleansing should be used to
wash the garments in instead of clear
water and soap: Take one-half of
small bar of ivory soap, cut it into ,
small shavings and put it into two
quarts OF boiling hot water and let it
stand on the stove until the soap is
dissolved. Into this
put two teaspoonfuls of am
monia and one teaspoonful ofturpen-
tine. When removed from the fire
add two quarts more of water, cool
enough to sufficiently reduce the tenn
perature of the mixture. Then wash
the fannels as directed, rinse in water
OF the same temperature, and-here is
a point to note-dry rapidly and iron
while damp. The longer moisture
stays in the fiber OF wool, the more
likely they are to contract.
Common Sense In Toilet Soaps.
There isn't any way OF Judging of
the value OF a toilet soap except by
trial. Because the value OF a soap,
no matter how loudly the advertise
ment may cry it's merits, lies in it's
adaptability TO the skin of the per-
son using it-that is, to yourself.
And toilet soaps are like friends
purely matter OF personal idosyn-
Grassy. Either they agree with your
skin or they do not. II they do they
will leave it clean and white and soft |
and fresh. If they don't they will
either roushen it into points like
sand paper or dry it making it feel
withered and old, or redden it or
make it smart as II with sunburn.
All these latter things may happen,
and yet the soap need not be wicked
soap at all. 1t may be as pure and
concocted as it Is adver-
tiSed to be, and yet it may do your
hands q positive injury. l know
one woman whose hands are
dried by one OF the most famous
and expensive French soaps; one that
is known to all the world as perfectly
pure and even OF an unusually healing
and softening power. And yet the
white soap that she buys at her gro
cor,o for capfo n m l. a l. aa,,a 4 80. l. - a.