Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-06-05

small rOSettea Inc lace snould De tne
width of the longest length of the "bib''
and graduated in toward the shoulders; the
extra width need not be cut but laid in
neat folds on the inside Of the collar, Lin.
ing of thin white silk nicely finishing the
neck band. Many OF these are laid over q
soft founce of colored chiffon.
What to do with ones purse in wearing
the bell and sheath skirts remains an un-
settled problem except SO far as the chate-
laine bag offers q solution. Many of the
spring and summer costumes, even in the
thinnest materials, have q tailor-made
pocket inserted in the skirt little at the
right of the front and not more than three
inches below the waist line. The pocket is
not deep, and is intended to hold merely
the handkerchief and Q tiny change purse.
A Young woman was lamenting recentlv
that she must put aside her fur cape. 81
shan't know where to carry my purse" she
confessed call winter / have tucked it
under my arm beneath my cape, where it is
safe from a snatching thief, and besides,
have my hands free for my skirt" which
was certainly . novel idea.
In little brochure on the toilet 'by q
professional beauty" short chapter is de-
voted to false hair, the care aud use Of it.
Probably few women who are Obliged to
wear false hair give it any thought after it
is laid on the dressing table. This authority
asserts, however, that it should be as care
fully brushed and combed every night as
natural hair; only in this way can it Be
kept clean and fresh. It Is also suggested
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wood whenever it is not on the head. In q
New York woman's dressing room is q
small box table with . lid. It is of soft
wood, painted with pink enamel paint in
side and out To . curious visitor its owner
disclosed the interior, which is divided into
several compartments of irregular lengths,
at the bottom of each Of which 10 Q silken
satchet filled with Fldfentine orris and violet
powder. Switches, puffs and curls rested
lightly in their proper nests "a notion Of
nv maid" explained the woman whose
hair matched that in the box, with . laugh,
ito preserve and perfume Madame's Golf
fures"
"The resources of . trained nurse are
astonishing" says q suburban woman who
has Just lad one during case of typhoid
fever in her home. "One Sunday during
my husbands illness he begged for ice
cream which the doctor said he might have.
We are q mile from the station and -
rule have our cream sent out from New
York, but there was no getting 1t on Sum-
day. 1 said all this in despair, for to make
ice cream at home was question of hours,
as we had no ice house and merely q daily
ice supply. The nurse left the room smil-
ing confidently.
HsWait,' she said. waited and in less
than 20 minutes she came back with
saucer of delicious strawberry cream. She
then told me the process: She had taken
q small tea cup Of cream to which she had
added two tablespoonfuls of powdered
sugar and little strawberry Juice pressed
from Q half dozen fresh berries; this she had
whipped to froth with an egg beater, and
then poured into pint pail; covered closely
and set in larger pail; the space between
filed with crushed ice and salt After
turning few moments she opened the pail
and scraped off the cream frozen to its sides,
then recovered and continued the process .
few minutes more. The result was the
saucer of pure ice cream; and thereafter the
patient had it morning, noon and midnight
If he asked for it !"
IT never realised how handkerchiefs
could run into money until recently" COM
menced . young man the other day. "A
friend living in small western city was
getting her wedding 6nery, and wrote ask
ing me to get her few pretty, fns hand
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