The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1893-03-18


large candlesticl. 1t took a German
scientist to discover how to prevent
this very un-handsome and sometimes
dangerous waverlng. He tells one to
hold a lighted candle over the stick,
and let a generous amount Of hot wax
drop inside; then hold the taper to be
inserted in this melted wax, not letting
go until It has cooled a little. The
candelabrum will then be found to be
more rigidly erect than its contents.
The latest caprice in fashionable
handwriting is little queer script
that is as odd and individual as possi-
BILE.
A growing fancy is for national
books. No one is allowed to add his
autograph who is not of the same race
as the owner. The result shows anew
what cosmopolitans we Americans are.
certain somewhat celebrated album
contains the names of many of our
famous people, who are thus discovered
to have some trace Of the, in this case,
reouired Scotch blood. A girl who
longed to join so goodly a company
repeatedly bewailed the fact that she
was. as she expressed it, mot Scotch
the least bit in the world" A Few
days later she reappeared and joy
fully demanded the birthday book
"I've found IT," she said; 1--we looked
ND my ancestry again, and I'm a little
Scotch after ALL"
A suggestion for a pretty homemade
photograph frame is found In the use
for that purpose of the large rings
sold for towel rings. They may be
painted in gold or silver enamel or
ebonlzed. The picture is cut to fit
the round space, and after 1t Is in
place a circular piece of cardboard is
fastened on the back with shade tacks.
A screw-eye and bit of ribbon to hang
II up by, and there It is!
The hats off" leaven Is certainly
working in New York. AT a matinee
performance last week fully twenty
women in the orchestra alone sat with
uncovered heads.
where's my lump of sugar, man.
ma" asked a five-year-old at the end
of his luncheon. From the bowl his
mother took out the biggest cube of
sweetness 1t contained, and the little
fellow joyfully crunched 1t beteen his
white teeth.
"Do you let him eat sugar?" asked a
friend who was present, with an air
Of surprise.
YES" said the mother, Il do
consider 1t preferable to the average
candy. If he could always have bit
of homemade candy, absolutely pure,
I would give him that instead, but in
its default, / let him have the sugar.
The best medical authorities seem to
have reached the conclusion that per-
fectly pure sweets are not Injurious,
unless too freely indulged in; indeed,
they go step farther in saying that
nearly almost all children demand and
need a considerable amount of sac
charlne matter for their healthy de-
velopment."
Hair switches are again to be used
according to the latest dictates of
fashion. Which will be pity, as the
hair and head both, of women have
been greatly benefited by their alb
sence.
| Mrs. Peary, whoes brave sharing OF
ler husbands Greenland expedition
has made her famous, was lately
lsked how she endured the three
months of his absence from her, dur
ng their stay up in the frozen regions
will be remembered that he lift hel
or that length of time In their i'm
lrovised Greenland home, and with {
companion took the long sledge jour
ley over the trackless ice-cap of INLAND
Greenland, which was so Brilliant!
sue cessful:
But how did you stand the anXiet!
md loneliness, with not a word of new
from him?"
And Mrs Peary replied quietly: 81
was better than sixteen months"
Not many wives have the courag
of their devotion up to this degree.