The National tribune., 1892-04-28

The Empire gown for evening wear Is very
graceful The back has the Vatican pleat so
dear to the heart of woman. The sleeves are
Just "baby" sleeves caught up In the middle
with a buckle The soft sash ia tied with long
floating ends, and covers the Joining of the waist
and the long skirt.
The Easter bonnets arc very small, but the
Easter hats are large.
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"Posy" at first meant the little verses gent
| with bouquets Of flowers, then it was applied to
the verses written In the brides ring and now
it means the flowers themselves. Posy rings
were once quite "the thing" and many hours
were spent by the husband to-be In composing
verses, suggestive and pretty, to be engraved
inside the little ring that he gave to his chosen
wife. "You never knew heart more true"
vas one of the~-serses. and "Love him who
gives this ring of gold ills he must kiss
thee when thou'rt old" Happy in thee hath
| God made me-" "This is love worth commend
ing, still beginning, never ending" were some
of the others.
Patti denies that she has found the aspiring
of Eternal Youth" She says that the reason
that women get old 30 soon is because they lose
their temper 80 often, and nothing is so fatal to
beauty as the wrinkles thus formed.
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In setting the table, the rules are that knives
should be placed with the sharp edge turned
in, forks with the tines and spoons with the
bowls up; the knives and spoons at the right
and the fork at the left.
sashes and stripes are striking features of the
Spring toilets.
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4 lover of books will always take good care
of them. He never holds the book by the cor
ner of the cover; never turns down leaves !;
never lays the book down open, either with
the face downward or on its back, and never
breaks the binding by opening the book too
forcbly. He turns the leaves one by one,
taking care not to soil or tear them, and uses
the volume gently. It makes no difference If
the book be cheap or worn, always he handles
it gently.
How to be fascinating is q problem that agi-
exactly the same the world over the solutions,
as worked out by the women Of different ma
tions, are various. Now among u5 no woman
would think of being able to fascinate unless
she had a demi- trained gown aud streamers,
whereas the Hottentot damsel has discovered
that black and red paint used on the flesh is
the stylish thing. The women of New Hol-
land evidently take the old French proverb,
that says we must suffer In order to be beauti-
full, very literally, for they cut deeply into
their flesh, and then keep the wounds from
healing for long time, 30 that big scars will
be formed, for to them scars are beautiful.
Although we have an idea that whiteness of
teeth is desirable, the Japanese do not agree
with us, for they have habit of gliding their
teeth and consider the effect enchanting. Some
women think small eyes, others large eyes, are
most beautiful; 1t depends on whether the
woman comes from Africa or America. The
Chinese woman is so afraid that some one will
think that she works, that she has impossible
feet and finger nails.
sides.
The girl of to-day carries or else has 1t pinned
to her jacket q long, leafy and thorny -stemmed
American Beauty rose.
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It is said that the American women are get
ting to be such great walkers that their feet
are getting larger, and that now "threes" are
considered small where Zones" used to be.
Boiling water will remove all stains In table
linen except ink or rust, and for these oxalic
acid is the best thing to use.
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In washing dishes the order should be, first
the glasses then the silver, and then the china.
Dishes, If Of fine decorated china, ought not to
be rinsed with scalding water. II the dishes be
scraped very clean, and the greasiest OF them
and the pans be rubbed with paper before they
are washed, one of the meanest parts of dish.
washing will be done away with-ths greasy
part. 1t is easier to get the work done If the
dishes are arranged regularly, the plates of the
same size together and the knives forks and
spoons with their handles the same way. 1t
saves time in handling them. Dishcloths and