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cracked on top, but shows that cracks
are imminent then 1 take out the dough
and mold it slightly and knead it into
loaves
The shape of the loaf depends upon your
fancy. Does one wish to eat the bread at
once the French twist or the Vienna Loaf
are good shapes and easily managed. A
found at most tinsmiths or furnishing shops.
For bread that is to keep, the so-called
brick loaf pan has pleased me best. raise
my loaves in their pans an hour or little
less. An hour in most cases is quite long
enough. I always brush the surface with
butter as scrupulously as I butter the tins.
The common, but very fair, test for suffi-
cient rising in this case is whether the dough
rebounds if pressed by the finger. An edu-
Gated eye will soon learn the exact moment
that is best to stop the raising.
The Rules of Baking.
Now comes the baking attended BY
divers perils The oven can spoil the most
carefully reared and beautiful dough- It
should be a very moderate oven at the
first, increasing in heat until the bread has
risen to its full proportions. 1t should rise
gradually and symmetrically. Bread too
stiff with -four or bread too slowly baked, will
crack. Bread too soft. invariably spreads
property Udhcu, WILL AoNO INC,
firm, but not too thick crust on all four
sides. If you cannot attain such crust
in the pan, take the fully cooked loaf out
of the pan and brown one side after an
other. The value to the keeping qualities
of the bread, is great enough to warrant
the trouble that it may cost you.
After bread to all intents and purpose is
baked, open the oven door, halfway, and
let it (the bread) bake five minutes or so,
longer. Old-fashioned cooks call this
soaking" 1t adds a final touch to the
complete condition of bread. I may add
that it is especially important and that the
five minutes may be doubled without harm.
1 now finish my vanishing the loaf with
milk or water: I paint it all ever with
large, fiat brush. G use the same kind of
brush to paint the dough with butter,)
1t should come out of the oven slightly
loaf, snowy white within, a delectable, even
brown without; and it should taste better
even than it looks. OCTAVE TKANEE
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A GEN FROM OLE vrRe1HHY.
Tribute OF . Grateful Mistress TO Q servan
From the Sunny South

From the Sunny South.
WRITTEN FOR THE prsPATcH.l
Twenty-seven years ago she came to me
in blue-checked sun bonnet. A very dark
cloud that turned into sunshine, and a
white turban in the early autumn. In
answer to my half-dozen questions, she said
in the quaintest manner, 'I is dun called
Raspberry, Gaze dat is my name, and when
I wakes up at rooster CROWN time, ebery
mawnin' now, sez to myself, sez I-git up
niggah-git up-bress de Lawd yo is free!
Ole Virginny is dun sole yo TO de last timel
My ole missus dun treat me like her own
sho nuf child'n! Yes miss, we wus twins
Two OBJ us bawn, boff OBJ us at one birf
One OBJ us, dat's me, had a raspberry mark
on its back, an de odder one. dat ain't me,
had strawberry mark on it. When we
wus bouter ten days ole, one OBJ US died,
dat amt me! Nanny, she cum in an dun
turned US boff oberl Den she dun grunted
toted Strawberry off 10 de grabeyaTd an
put her in de yawnin' grabe, an Raspberry,
dat 8 me, dun crowd up.'
The magic spell around Raspberry's cradle
left an indelible imprint that have not been
effaced in the years that have gone by.
Sometimes there has been a glitter in her
eye, but never a sting in her voice.
The stateliness and pride that always e1-
listed in he old slave servant has now left
her. She has always been proud of her
Virginia mistress. Proud Of having been
the property of a master who could afford
to own her, and of a mistress who knew
that white was white and black, black.
She came to me with the swift, warm blood
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of health in ever vein. No cruel exact
ness, because of her great knowledge of an
art of which was plainly so ignorant.
My home was located on a busy corner in
q large city. Soon there was garden of
rio.ous color and perfume. had given her
a parcel of ground overlooking the thronged
street, at the side, to take the place of what
I knew she must long for. Early in the
spring it was alive. Later on it was bloom
ing and NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
elor buttons-beets-swe williams-par
-bouncingbets, and Raspberry could be
seen altogether peering through the iron
fence paling 'just wunderin' if the judg-
ment day had sho'nough come"
Years of joy and years of sorrow dawned
and died. Raspberry was II years in ad-
vance of me. Now and then she would say:
'Missis, I is CROWN old-bery old" But
when she noticed threads of gray gathering
about my temples, she never mentioned it,
even in the remotest way.
RASPBERRY'S MISTRESS
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sors or knife. 1t hardens the nail to cut
them; makes them brittle.
Her Finger Nails Are Limbsr.
The little files speak of are about five
inches long and very thin and fine. They
are not to be had in this country, being an
exclusive manufacture of the little mani
cure In the Rue ST. Honore. Burnish your
nails with ,chamois skin; 1t keeps them
healthy, and never use any hard substance
in cleaning them. ALWAYS add the small
quantity of cotton, and they will remain
both delicate in appearance and so Timber
that they can be bent backward without
breaking.
'sToo much water for the hands, without
other ingredients; is in urious. Most skins
take well to oils or ungents. A good thing
for the hands is equal parts of lemon, gly-
cerine, a small quantity of borax and triple
extract of violet, to sweeten the whole
Use this occasionally, but not for all times
and seasons. Vary it-learn to know what
suits you best.
Nine Bernhardt prefers not to name
manufacturers of essences, as she uses
many, but would still have to leave out
some and advertise unduly others. But
she has a strong penchant for odors manu-
factured from roses She has an overwean-
ing fondness for rose leaf perfumes, both as
sachets, i. e., the dried leaves salted and
the oil essences-like otter of roses.
Never Uses a Marketed Perfume.
Just now she has prediction for what
is in reality an old fashioned rose geranium.
It is so penetrating that the impress of her
hand on your glove or shoulder inevitably
leaves the trace of this perfume. She also
uses it through a spray on throat, hair and
gown.
You may always be fairly certain Of one
thing in regard to her perfumes-that they
are something distinctly her own-when
placed upon the market she chooses some
thing else. For she is continually having
early productions of all sorts sent for her
approval or rejection.
You would hardly think of comparing the
divine Sarah to a Dresden shepherdess, now
would you-candidly-and yet you see she
is as dainty as bit of Sa1omy, though as
healthy as Diana VIKING.
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vigor Exercisel Walking out of doors in
the sunshine invariably. There is no such
thing as genuine health without it. But in
travel, everywhere, even 'tat home" look
ont for draughts.
with ne goes everywhere a robe-dur-
ing rehearsals in driving in sitting still
where the limbs are inactive, they have to
be covered. Women are not careful enough
about their ankles. Gauze stockings, slip
pers, low shoes, and the dress falling this
way and that, they are sure to get cold.
Ttev cannot be too careful about draughts
and covering warmly the ankles. And
your countrymen say it is Teutonic' to do
with as little soap and water as possible.
Ban. The very first thing L do after re-
turning at nigh: from the theater is to take
ny bath.
The Miracle of Madame's Bath.
Before visits, before eating, before any,
thing {. tia: hour l hathe The maid has
IT IN preparation, ell. First goes as a cover
ing over the tub 4 large white sheet, into
that blood warm water is poured. Small
saeheis containing finely grated soap in
small quantities Of bran, or fine meal, per-
Tuned with little orris root, are used in
place O a sponge. They are covered with
fine cheesecloth, and when their contents
filter into TIE water it gives it milk-white
whlteness, delicious odor and softens the
skin like a haby's Only a few moments in
the bath, ou- morning and night. The first
thing In TIE morning and late at night
When reaHy 10 step out, the maid has
peignsotr ready, which in reality is a bath
robe made Of crash toweling. This is
heated and the body enveloped in it. Then
gently rubbed to get up 8 friction of the
Bkiu.
Sometimes at rehearsals have moist
rub down with the following prescription,
which is very refreshing: Tepid water,
small quantity OF ammonia, borax, dash
OF bay rum, and tha whole sweetened with
good cologne, sometimes violet. sometimes
either things, so many essences are sent to
ne 10 trv. It is a simple bath, but restfuI.
Change is what constitutes rest, you see,
nv rest. | am never absolutely idle. If
signs of ennui, fatigue appear, at one oc-
cupation, turn 10 some other 1t is not
necessary simply to do nothing in orIer to
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FOR EVENING WEAR.


Materials Both Ugly and Beautiful. but
Fashionable-The Classic In Shoulder
Outline-The Inartistic Brocades-Ele-
CANT Things for Young and Old.
WRITTEN FOR THE D1srArcH.l
NEW YORK, Jan. 2-Evening gowns this
winter are more classic than French in
shoulder outline. That is to say, the pre-
vailing vogue is rounded or oval outline
of only moderate lowness, leaving enough
width of waist over the shoulders to give the
appearance Of ample support.
Diaphanous fabrics and rounded necks
are for the most part appropriated by the
young. Older women like waist devised
to cover the shoulders at the sides and yet
appear low. For them there is the open
point at back and front; the square front
and high back, or the high back and sur
plice front over 9 low chemisette. These
waists 60 with rich, heavy and stately
fabric. The seasons materials are some Of
them ugly and some beautiful-both equally
fashionable. The perennial brocade is
here, and Is q failure from the point Of
beauty. The reason for brocading cloth
is to enrich the material in its texture and
color. This the brocades now on the mar
ket do not do. They are of satin grounds
with isolated bouquets in colors, or in gold
or silver, and they look precisely like the
same styles in wall paper. The effect is
preposterously bad.
Making Up Brocaded Gown.
But if you must have brocade gown be-
cause it is fashionable, make it up by itself,
or with plain satin with q ground of the
same color As model for the brocade the
following design may be suggested Make
the back of the bodice high and lay it in
plaits on the shoulders Lay the front in
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Garnfture for Ball Skirt.
A fashionable garniture for ball skirt,
here illustrated, has for foundation two
bands of pink watered ribbons, to each of
which is sewed ruff1e of tulle, the upper
one the longer, and overlapping the under.
Over each tulle ruff1e is sewed one of point
lace, the upper one festooned with pink
roses and rosettes. Pink roses are sewed
close together along the upper band.
A fabric that merits description is flow
er-printed mousseline de sole, which looks
as if it came out of an impressionist's
studio. The ground of one is of black.
Over it are strewn crimson flowers that are
gray in the shadows, and are mostly in the
shadow. The crimson shows only here and
there in broken lights and half lights The
shadows are lighter than the ground and
are transparent, as shadows ought to be.
The eye is caught on the surface of the
texture only where the high lights strike
Just as an artist would have it. and where,
here and there, polka dots of black silk are
woven solidly in. It is charming, and it is
Enthusiastically French. This is the high
water mark of French art in this direction
this season. Such material cannot be made
too simply. 1t wants no garnishing but
a sash ribbon. This symphony in color
print costs $3 yard.
ADA BAcHE CoNA
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lutelv methodic, despite all the whirlwind
Inconsistencies laid to her door. Witness
the good, plain sense, as e1emplifed in her
daily private life.
Madame, how would you define repose-
res1?" inquired the writer, in a recent in
terview in madame's bedroom at the
Holman House.
She Must Have her Joke.
The immediate answer was look. Such
look, Of archness and mischief, as only La
Rernhardt can give. The waywardness Of
this unique nature fairly danced into the
ewes, and for al instant she was like a
young kitten with mouse.
"Par example," came next with ripple
of mirth and tun. absence of reporters!
To be miles from that fraternity! VOLTA!
There would be rest indeedr'
But somewhere amid all the wsvwardness,
beats 4 warm heart, and when Sarah had
reiisned her little shot at journalism, she
consented to get right down to business,
aud proceeded to speak of her internal me-
chanlEm.
"fcod. an yes; that should come first
You al Know that in France we breakfast
Ru lit Now nv coffee and rolls come to
my bedside early. When 1 wake, you un-
dcrstand. sometimes an egg-I am fond of
eggs-I eat them frequently. But it must
De alvavs with regalarity-when I waken
when nv mouth and face are freshened
She Breakfasts at Noon.
AT 10 o'clock, always promptly, is my
breakfast. what you call luncheon-a variety,
fruits. meats, veCetables-at o'clock have
q SCUM and chicken, or some small bird
and alwavs the table set for six. 1t is after
the ia:irue Of the theater at night that 1
make Ii hearty n cal to recuperate strength.
This is complete course dinner, invariably
with friends, though you would call it a
supper. Watcher on land or sea, in cities
or il travel, these meals occur with system
sIic rau.ine It is best so, four meals with
regularity, and not much at q time"
"aow long does madame sleep?"
Five hours generally, in cool room
without Light.
Bv the bv, madame carries her own bed
linen with her everywhere plus an elder
down comforter" quilted in pale pink
Batin, and inaumerable small and large pill
lows Of finest linen coverings, lace trimmed
and nonogramed. They are the last things
10 be packed, wherever she goes, and the
first to be unpacked on arrivals.
Keeping the Ankles warmly Covered.
Some one has said that I do not take
much exercise in open air. Please correct
that statement take exercise continually
live au graICe air." From early morning
in travelling madame is up, some DAYS
spending the entire day in hunting or driv-
jrg. TO get glimpses of new country, and
walking. Plenty Of fresh air! That gives
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HELPING THE PHYsIC1AEs

Mothers Often Deficient In the Description
of Child's Symptoms.
WRITTEN FOR THE DIsPATcH.l
A well-known doctor once complained to
the writer that he had the greatest trouble
when treating sick children, in getting any
lucid and helpful resume of their symptoms
from day to day, from the mother. "Here
is case in point, said he. "a few days
ago young mother came to me about her
little boy, who had what she called a
pathetic little cough Now, patnos in a
cough is a symtom of which pathology takes
no note So 1 asked more definite particu-
lars, what kind of cough is it p I asked
again.
"'Oh such q pathetic cough she
answered.
"'But is it loose cough, or q wheezing
cough or tight cough, or bark cough?'
l persisted.
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brocade. # is simply made with seams, and
meets the glove just above the elbow. The
lower edge Of the bodice is slightly pointed
and finished with belt of satin ribbon four
inches wide, folded and fitted on. The rib
bon ties at the back in a knot, without loops,
and hangs to nearly the bottom of the skirt.
The ribbon may be of white, or of the pre-
vailing color in the pattern.
The Amount of Material Required.
The skirt has train of 1S inches Make
the piaits at the back carry the w line of
the waist plaits down, a la princess. The
shirt border may be of lace, laid over rib
bon of the color of the flowers in the bro
cade. Sew two rows of lace along the edge
of four-inch ribbon. Let the under one
hang, and festoon the upper one along the
edge of the ribbon. A dress requires Is
yards of brocade, and 81 yard will buy
good one. Point lace and Irish points are
in use The Irish laces are not expensive.
Perhaps the most beautiful of the heavy
evening fabrics is bengaline. It is heavy
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the same folds, and draw the opening to-
gether at the bottom of the front. In the
shoulder seams, let the front be longer than
the back by the space of the inside fold
Join to this fold detached fold of the bro
cade, which let pass round the back in a
soft roll or collar, which may be high or
low, as becomes one most. There should be
no break in continuity where the folds
join.
The chemisette is of white satin with
white lace laid over it, and may be as high
or low as one pleases; but, whatever other
outline it has, do not make it straight
across; the eye demands to see it curve up
ward toward the shoulder. The sleeve is of
white satin, overlaid with lace, giving the
effect of lace chemisette over a sleeveless
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removed from the sticks,
so that the entire fan
lies fiat and smooth.
Then the two outer
edges are gummed firm
ly together and q rib
bon threaded in the
holes through which
the brass pin passed
and then drawn closely,
giving the fan a conical
form. Ribbons are then
passed in and out be-
tween the sticks and
tied in bows at the ter
minus. Long loops of
ribbon suspend the fan
bag at the top, and in
side of it is set a PASTE
board box lined inside
and out with silver pa
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THE TABLE, THE BOUD0R HOME DECORATIONS AND HYGIENE.

be made simply. White bengaline is superb
for bridal dresses.
Chiffon, tulle and crepe, over satin of the
same tint, are the materials used for young
girls There is required seven yards of
these materials, where the satin is covered.
The garnitures are flowers and narrow rib
bons. A gown from French housefworn
by q debutante at the recent Patriarch's
ball, is of white Grape over white satin.
The satin skirt is bell shaped and the crepe
one is in very full, gathered breadths be-
hind. The crepe is hemmed. At the foot
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Enquire for Them.

No housewife who has used any of DR.. Prices
Delicious Flavoring Extracts but will recon-
mend them as the best articles of their kind in
domestic They the leading favors in
regulated grocery. Enquire for them and do not
take substitutes which if not poisonous will destroy
the incest delicacies. DR.. Prices Vanilla, Lemon,
Orange, ETC.. are just represented.
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A POPULAR WORK TABLR
Pretty Combination of Furniture ant
Needlework for the Snuggery.
WRITTEN FOR THE DISPATCH,

WRITTEN FOR THE DISPATCH,
BY all odds the prettiest combination of
furniture and needlework that has been
made this winter is work table like the
cut. 1t is of pine, enaneled in white and
decorated in pink and gold. Its form is the
popular kidney shape, and it has two
shelves Between the two is suspended the
work bag, which is made of art cretonne,
blue denim or some other substantial stuff.
There are two sticks nailed on the under
side of the upper shelf, meeting at an angle
of about 600. On these two sticks the top
of the work bag is nailed stoutly.
The construction of the bag, by the way,
needs word. Cut the bag in one piece and
fold as for any bag Sew across the bottom
and half way up the side. Then fold the
upper corners slightly back on themselves,
making what would be called 'revers" if
the article were gown instead of bag.
When that is done you will see that the
shape of the bag at the top just fits the
shape of the cleats fastened on the under
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as 1t is just now by the
emblem of the golden
lilIes-the feur de lys
of France. The f1eur de
lys is the iris or blue
flag so well known in
this country, and even
better known in France.
It was Louis VII. who
adopted it as a part of
his own coat of arn,c and
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Now comes peril No. 4-insidious and
wicked. Most cooks raise their bread too
long. Cook is busy and she removes the
dough to cooler place, and it rises to the
rim and bubbles over before she is ready.
Some cooks push their bread back and have
it rise another time Rising SO much takes
the life out of bread. And everyone knows
the tragic end of dough whose yaulting am
bition o'erleaps itself; how it collapses with
a clammy thump into leaden mass that
never hopes again. When dough begins
to look transparent, when it has not
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Our Fame Is Abroad onoe More.

Cothier and Furnisher.l
Winkworth-I have brand new suit Of
clothes that you can have, if you want to.
It's little bit light in color and sha'n't
ar it any more
Spindle-Why not7
:. Winkworth-I am going to Pittsburg to
live.
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A BAG MADE OF FAN-WoRK.

Pretty and Useful Article ANY NImble
Fingered Girl Can Make.
WRITTEN FOR THE DIspArcH.1
1t may be called that because it is made
out of Japanese fan with the brass pin
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to slip about halfway down in the recep-
tacle. Before the box is slipped in, the
bag may or may not have lining of this
china silk drawn to point inside. This
little bag is used for spools and light needle
work.
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held in place by a brooch made for that
purpose in the form of true lovers knot,
or the feur de lis, and pinned up conspicu-
ously on her shoulder, inside her wraps
on her gown? Not bit of it, outside
where any passerby can see the time o'day,
and where it must be excellent prey for the
skillful fingers of thieves.
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side of the upper table. I. would, no doubt,
occur to you to fasten the bag to the cleats
even if you weren't told to do so, because
they look so as if they belonged together.
When that is done gather the bottom of the
bag together with bow of ribbon, and if it
is made right it will be delightful bag
with wide. hospitable mouth, into which
you can slip things easily and where you
will always be able to find things, great
desideratum in bag.
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Yet Strong as Diana, Is the French
Woman Who Is Recognized
Mistress of the Stage
she SLEEPS BUT FIVE HOURS
And Loves the Open Afr, While Her Bath
Is q Rare Combination Of Lux
ury and Hygiena
RysT is A CHANGE OF OCCUPATION.
Her viii Is Master and. Like Napoleon. She Can
Make Morpheus Come at Her Beck
rcozErspoNpxscE or THE prsrA1cuAI

NEW YORK, Jan. 2.
ARAH has gonel And
with her q small world
of confusion. The throb
OF ofsuppressed excitement
at the theater, the whirr
and autter of French
vivacity at the Hoffman
House have given place
to a memory. Nor does
genius and accomplish
ment alone feel the
recollection.
This great Q French
woman is sensible, prac-
tical nethodic ahso-
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LOOK to your interest. You can buy Sal
walton Oil, the great pain cure, for 25 cents.
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A WATCH ON YOUR SHOULDER
Very Pretty, but Also Very Convenient for
the Light-Fingered.
WRITTEN FOR THE D1srAToH.I |

WRITTEN FOR THE D1srAToH.l
Where do you think the swagger young
woman is wearing her watch just nowP On
her shoulder, not on the top Of it, to be
sure, but just in front of the arm The
chatelaine attachment which used to fasten
it to her belt is gone, and the watch is