Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-09-24

That's plenty for the minister and moving
and some 10 spare for neektie or something
for You to stand up in. Well?"
We'll. Nary
Go ahead. can't do every thing, you know.
You've got TO ask me-"
THE BsNJo AND THE FINGER NAILS
Before Won take to the banjo or the guitar
remember that your carefully tended finger
nails must suffer. You cannot finger the frets
unless Your nails are cut a. close as YOU can
cut them Nor can you pick the strings il your
nail are long. All the artists pictures of girls
GOING music on guitars with their long hands
white and the ringer tips pink and finished
with almond nails all polished. are big stories
The end Of The fingers will be calloused and
horrid IN less than no time at the guitar or the
Ia11o. The nails. rs | say, must be entirely
sacrificed. still. il is worth while. and the new
girl with her clInsing skirts and dropping hair
and tender grace Is just the one to recline
aIloag roses aud softly touch the guitar while
she crones soft melody. She will get credit for
having pretty hands if she can make music
with them, even if the nails are not long and
pink.
THE ENVY OF WOMEN.
great philosopher has said that men envy
each other their power. while women envy each
other ;heir fine clothes | believe this to be
true. 1t il difficult thing for a plainly clad
woman TO iooa upon her elegantly attired sister
aud not have hard thoughts about the matter.
Men want TO be talked about; women want to
be looked at. to be the cynOsure OF grace and
elegance. 20 be carer cd with admiring eyes, to
be followed with -ofteued giances The plain
woman cannot reconcile herself to her fate.
She cant look pleasant, because nature has
Teleggisd her 10 back sea- in life s JOYOUS
Vanity Fair. condemned he- 20 be- wall flower in
the great dance OF humanity and don blame
l. tvpe n
which cannot be too severely cor demned.
! refer to that phase of il which takes on
vicious and morbid characie and is evidenced
now and then BY an overt act in public place.
At a crowded reception have seen one woman
deliberately ruin a handsome gown next to her
by Cvey.urniEg a saucer of cream on ii. On
anO- her occasion saw a mother with malice
a!orc thought send a child with candv-smeared
fingers to hang upon visitor wearing an ele-
CANT velvet wrap. / saw one woman reach over
and dehbera ely pluck out several feathers from
"A costly boa worn by lady in front OF her. L
a lady In a dressing room purposely sit
down on the jer fringe of an. expensive velvet
cloak which some wealthy sister had laid on the
back OF The chair. In a car one rainy day | saw
a girl take particular pains to bring her wet
umbrella in contact with - delicate putty-col-
ored dress next to her. But why pursue the
dsaGreeable subject further? We may pray to
be delivered from envy. hatred and maii"e and
all unkind thoughts, but the flesh is weak and
one might well expect the little foxes to sniff
at the ripe grafes and pass them by as to
psot pretty cir! with pretty figure TO look
:. N fine clothes and not banker after them
Il Diogcnes had been a woman and Alexander
queen the former would have answered; Ives,
send me fifty of YOUR finest gowns out Of the
ROYAL wardrobe. with bonnets. shoes. gloves and
plrI-ols to match: m tired of living in this
circular cottage and wearing homespunr'
SAMPLE CHRISTMAS BOX.
am little early for Christmas. but You
some empty boxes. any shape, any size. Crimp
three .heets of tissue paper and draw them
through your hands ill the paper is all like
crepe. Paste the three sheets together into one
big ~hee; first. Now cover the box part up to
where the cover comes. Leave little extra to
turn back in Il rufte. Cover the cover now
starting at tine edges. Use a piece of paper
mach wider han Is needed to- just go over the
cover. Draw the fullnesr together in the mid
die Of the box cover and tie it. This leaves a
lot Of the paper standing straight up from the
center of the top Of the box cover. Now make
rol of paper quite thick for its length. Cut
the top and bottom edges even. Insert this
end 80 that il makes the roll stand up straight
inside OF the ru1fie that already stands on the
box cover. Paste il % il viii stick firm to the
top of the box and pull the string around il.
Now draw down the edges of the paper in the
roll, crimping and pressing with your fingers
till it ali looks like a beautiful poppy or rose
Put some Inning on the inside of the cover.
Fill the box with candy. Color? Oh. any color
o. course you make a little ruifle on the edge
OF the cover to match that on the edge of tho
boz part. Pend these ruifles back at right
angles to the box and crimp them with Your
fingers so that thew look Ike one full ruffle
when the cover is on the box.