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The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1893-10-25
Girl in Her Den.

All this talk about girls looking like
rights when in the seclusion of their
own rooms is base libel, says an ex-
change. Some persons even have the
audacity to insinuate that curl papers
haven't disappeared. A pretty girl
never looks sweeter, prettier, than she
does when she is in her little den, with
its cologne bottle, powder puffs, hair
tonics and curling irons. Instead Of
wearing hideous curling papers she let's
her hair fall in a waving mass.
In place of an inartistic castoff wrapper
she infolds herself in a downy gown that
is soft and silky and covered, nearly
every inch of il, with r1ff1es and lace
and little lovers knots of ribbon. And
her feet? Well, she doesn't wear slippers
that are run down at the heel at all.
She has bright little comfortable ones
that are trimmed with big rosettes or
pOmpons or diamond buckles that aren't
diamonds.
She has sofa cushions till you cannot
rest. They fill every chair and corner,
and when she laces her shoes she dumps
them all in a heap and makes a throne
Of them. When she is moody, she cries
on them too. One Of the greatest won
ders of a girls existence is why she can't
always look as pretty as she does when
she is in her own room.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1893-10-25
Pretty virginia Fair.

Miss Virginia Fair. who is interesting
to the public because of the fact that
she will some time be one of the richest
women in America. is a nineteen-year-
old girl, short. plump. dark, vivacious
and pretty. She is a pious Roman
catholic, and II is aid that few years
ago she was anxious TO join one of the
sisterhoods of that church. BY the
death of her mother she became heiress
to 81 500 .O00 to pass into her control
when she Is twenty-five, and a monthly
income of $500. Her father is one OF
the western multimillionaires, and she
will probably inherit largely from him
also.-Exchange.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1893-10-25
Sunday Dinner and Luncheon.

1--WE don't have Sunday dinners at our
house." said a hOusekeeper the other
day. 1--WE have a hearty luncheon and
a supper, and the result is that Sunday
IS, as it should be, the easiest day my
maid and 1 have. / keep only one. and
every other week I am alone for the
evening meal. but we always have the
supper just the same. We used to do,
as is the practice of many families. to
follow late, hearty breakfast with an
early, hearty dinner at / o'clock. We
were never ready for 1t, but by our
appetites would be sharp enough for
more than the light Sunday tea, which
should complete the trio of meals.
ITO have a o'clock dinner on Sunday
IN our modest establishment meant hard
work for me every other week. and
the difficulty has been solved by this
double compromise.
1.-THE Sunday luncheon is a hearty
affair. with a dessert made the day be-
FORE and the supper is made up of sew
.eral good cold dishes and always one
hot one, with a cup of coffees Corn
fritters or fried or escalloped oysters,
creamed fish, broiled chops, steak and
imushrooms-any OF such easily pre-
pared cooked dishes-make the meal
sufficient and appetizing. We really
only eliminate big joints and gravies,
soup and deliberately prepared vegeta-
bles from the list. And If one is versed
IN chafing-dsh cookery the menu Is
capable OF infinite variety and even less
trouble. For a small household 1 am
positive this is the most satisfactory
settling OF the Sunday meal problem. -
Her Point In n. Y. Times.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1893-10-25
Flowers for the Invalid.

When choosing flowers TO send to an
invalid, select those that have a very
delicate perfume, and that are as sug-
gestive Of life and health as possible.
White flowers. although most beautiful.
lend neither color nor brightness to the
sick-room, and to a mind weakened by
sickness are apt to be suggestive of
death. while those OF bright crimson or
deep yellow will almost always please
and crafty the convalescent When
ordering the flowers, ask your florist TO
send long-stemmed ones: they arrange so
much more prettily than those that are
cut with short stems.-Ladies' Home
Journal.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1893-10-25

ering the whole is the usual outfit. San
dals or low shoes are often worn, but
are frequently dispensed with. The
mantle serves for head covering. 1t may
be of white or light colored muslin, silk,
linen or lace, from three to four yards
square, and the Indian lady knows how
to adjust her head-dress as effectively
her Spanish sister. The clothing is
usually all white, but skirts of red, yell
low, pink or fancifully figured silks are
worn.
All, from the highest to the lowest,
are fond of jewelry. Bracelets almost
covering the lower arm from the wrist
to the elbow, rings without numbers.
anklets and heavy chains are seen in pro-
fusion. The field women aspire to all the
jewelry they can carry even of the COM
monest and cheapest kind. Many of the
young ladies stain their eyelids black
and their lips and teeth a bright red
to add to the brilliancy of their appear
ance. In spite of over-decoration some
of them are pretty and attractive.-N.
Y. Recorder.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1893-10-25
A Household Necessity.

No household should be without a
tightly corlxed bottle Of borio acid In
powder and absorbant cotton. When a
cut. wound. scratch or sore of any kind
is to be attended to, put some cold
boiled water into a cup and add boric
acid until the water will dissolve no
more, and a thick layer remains undis-
solved in the bottom. Wash first your
own hands in hot water and CASTLE soap.
and then the wound, after which sponge
II of with wad of cotton dipped in the
solution and tie up in a clean linen wet
with 1t. This will allay the pain and
throbbing, and unless IL is very severe
will heal it in twenty-four hours.-Ex-
change.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1893-10-25
Better Than sponging.

A great many suppose that ladies' cloth
should be sponged before using in order
to prevent is spotting by water when
made up.
A young man who handles cloths in q
large dry goods house In town tells me
that IL Is by no means necessary.
If the material is hung out in the piece
for eight or ten hours the air will be
better for it than sponging, particularly
if care is used the first few times the
garment is worn.
Some of the large houses will have the
goods prepared and cold pressed for Gus
toners. Almost any process is better
than spongfng, as it takes away all the
freshness.-N. Y. Recorder.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1893-10-25
MANUFACTURE OF NAILS.
Interesting Facts I'm the History of
These Commonplace Articles.

1t is only since 1910 that machinery has
been employed to any extent in the
manufacture of nails. Previous to that
date they were made by hand by forging
on an anvil, and great numbers of men
were employed in the industry, there
having been as many as 80, 600 .,ailers in
the neighborhood of Birmingham alone
1t appears that as early as 1906 a patent
was obtained for cutting nail rods by
water power by Sir Davis Bulmer. An
Improvement on this was patented I'm
1913 and a new invention I'm 1890, which
last was the first nail machine I'm actual
use. IT was patented by Thomas Clifford
and used In Frenchs factory at VIM
burn, Staffordshire, I'm 1892. Toward the
close of the last century many patents
were obtained i'm the United States for
new machines and improvements on old
ones.
Many Of the first inventors spent large
sums OF money on their machines, and
Il has been estimated that IL cost fully
81 100000 TO bring them 10 the perfection
attained I'm 1910, when a machine made
100 nails minute. The machine In
vented by Jesse Reed OF Massachusetts
about 1900 is the one which first came
into general use, and this, with some Inn
provements, is the one most largely used
today. In 1910 Joseph G. Dyer OF Bos-
ton. then "a merchant I'm London. took
out patents I'm England for the nail ma
chinery Invented I'm Massachusetts,. It
was at once widely introduced. and large
manufacturing establishments were soon
established Some factories at Birming-
ham are now capable Of making over 49,
600. 900 nails a week.
The term penny, used TO indicate the
size OF nails, is supposed TO be n corrup-
ton OF pound. Thus. fourpenny nail
was one such that ]. 900 OF them weighed
four pounds; a tenpenny. such that 1000
weighed ten pounds. Originally the
sthupdrQd - when aDDifpd 70 nails meant
six score or 100, consequently the thou
sand was 1900. In France the greater
part of the nails used I'm carpentry work
are made OF soft iron wire, pointed with
the hammer, and the head is formed by
pinching them In n toothed wise.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1893-10-25
John oliver Hobbs.

Here from the London Queen is por-
trait of John Oliver Hobbs. otherwise
Mrs. Cragie, the author of "Some Emo
lions and a Moral 1.-The Sinners Com
edy'' and "a Study in Temptations. -
who is by birth an American. She is the
eldest daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. John
Morgan Richards of Boston, who have
lived in England for the past twenty
five years.
Mrs. Cragie is a slender woman of
medium hight, she has dark. speaking
eyes. and her dark hair is drawn care
lessly away from wide, low forehead.
She is a clever talker, and while of a
strong and ambitious character. she is
unselfish and kindly.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1893-10-25
Dust settlers.

With a little care the dlrtiest carpet
can be swept without raising much dust
by placing outside the door Of the room
to be swept a pail OF clear, cold water.
Wet your broom, knock Il against the
side OF the bucket TO get out all the
drops, sweep a couple of yards and
rinse off the broom again. Continue this
until you have gone over the entire sur
face. If the carpet Is very much solled
the water should be changed several
times. Slightly moistened Indian meal
is also used by the oldest housewives
Snow, If not allowed TO melt. Is also ex-
cellent as a dust settler.--Exchange
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1893-10-25
An Extempor,rea p.ao.

A capital way OF making a hastily
constructed frieze or dado for any ex-
temporized ballroom at holiday time is
10 run a rope around the top OF the wall
II for a frieze. or about four and one
half feet from the floor III for a wainscot
effect. Then with turkey red or gayly
colored paper muslin gather a couple
OF folds together and hold them to the
rope at regular intervals with clothes
pins that have previously been .gilded.
The effect OF this Arrangement is very
easy to put up and take DOWN.. Y.
Tribune.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1893-10-25

such tools as were required to do duty
as brushes were devised by the ingenuity
of the worker. but the Art Interchange
saws that regularly made tools are now
to be had in the shops-neat little sets
of pol1ers. some small for fine work, 9TH
ers large for shading and bold outline,
with larger ones still for backgrounds
and masses. small gas stove or spirit
lamp supplies the necessary heat.
A number of leaders in this kind Of
work have adopted instruments en-
ployed by surgeons. A little experience
in handling the heated tools will enable
the amateur to produce most creditable
and satisfactory results.
The cut represents a portion Of a work.
ing design found in the journal men,
toned. 1t gives good idea of the style
of the work. and If enlarged will be suit
able for a panel, for cutting on leather,
or may be used a design for pen and
ink decoration on blotter.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1893-10-25
Disadvantage of Being a Woman.

A woman must be at home to bores.
while her brother has the absolute right
to avoid dull women. She must wait for
a partner in the dance, while her brother
may seek one. She must smile on old
Stumbleover and accept his moist hand
for the dance. although she knows that
bruised ankles will be The penalty. A
woman equally clumsy, old and unat-
tractive. has the right to put herself in
bold relief against the wall as a part of
its human dado. Why should not Stun
bleover take his place beside her? Also.
as If life were a mere cotilion, must our
daughter watch and wait the coming Of
her lord and master ?-Washington Post
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1893-10-25
A Partisan within.

A vogue in Paris is to drape pictures
and screens and ornament the table
with heavy ropes of flowers. Not only
does this coil go on the table, but the
floral rope is sometimes attached across
the backs of the chairs about a round
table, so that when the guests are seated
they have the appearance of being united
by chain Of blossoms and foliage. A
brilliant effect was produced at a din
ner recently by the use of scarlet geran-
iums twined in this way with smilax
and fern leaf asparagus.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1893-10-25
A sub-titute For Soup.

The Mexican Indians have substitute
for soap that I'M some respects Is quite as
useful as the article itself. says The In
dustrial World. IL is the espinosiila, or
thorn plant. which grows everywhere in
Il gives the impression of touching a
bough covered with thorns. A branch OF
a root of IL crushed together I'm the
hands and used as scrub-brush makes a
1ather equal to the best soap. and will
cleanse clothing, domestic utensils or the
floor quite as well.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1893-10-25
Dress Waist Holders.

An ordinary barrel hoop will make
four holders for dress waists by cutting
1t into as many pieces and covering
each piece with strips of silesia, with a
long loop to hang each holder up by
Dress waists keep their shape better
when hung up in this way than when
suspended by the loops usually sewed
in the armholes for the purpose.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1893-10-25
Beauty and Dress.

Never teach false modesty. How ex-
quisitely absurd to teach a girl that
beauty is no value, dress of no use!
Beauty is of value. Her whole pros
poets and happiness in life may often
depend upon a new gown or a becom-
ing bonnet. If she has five grains of
common sense, she will find this out.
The great thing is to teach her their
proper value.-Sydney Smith.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1893-10-25
Real and Imitation Lace.

A clear point for woman not versed in
discriminating imitation from real lace,
and the inability is by no means so rep
rehensible as it once was, is to bear in
mind that the meshes of real lace are
never so regular as those in the ma
chine woven. All real lace is hand made
and it follows that it is impossible to
have 1t so perfect as that spun by ma
chinery.-Chicago Post.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1893-10-25

Single Man Ito himself-'I am sure
that darling little angel loves me. She
takes me into her confidence and tells me
all her troubles"
Same Man (some years later)-"Con-
sarn IL all! From morning till night.
and night till morning, when I'm at
home. hear nothing but tales about the
servants, the butcher. the butlers rhe
baker, the candlesticlx maker and all the
rest Of 'em."-N. Y. Weekly.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1893-10-25

Alice Stone Blackwell tells a delicious
little story in a late number of the
Woman's Journal. 1t was town meeting
day in Barton Landing, VT. The ladies
whereabouts had been tainted with the
poison of woman suffrage notions. and
a number of them determined to attend
the meeting to see how the superior sex
conducted itself on dignified public oc-
casions. They accordingly packed the
hall in body. At the same day and
hour the school teacher of the place
marshaled the pupils, male and female.
of the political economy class and took
them to the town hall also, that they
might see how the Sovereigns of this
nation hold ii level. Arrived at the
building. they found their political rulers
in squabble and state of disorder only
eXcelled by the famous scrapping match
in the British parliament. Unpleasant
ness was in the air. plainly. To see how
in the twinkling of an eye the members
of the superior sex snatched their feet
off the desks, threw away their cigars,
Strengthened themselves up, hushed
their angry words and began cooling as
gently as a dove on the arrival of the
visitors was an object lesson both to
those who did and did not believe IN
woman taking part in municipal gov
eminent.
ELIZA ARCHARD CONNER.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1893-10-25
Minor Details.

Do not wear shoddy jewelry or too
much of the real article, for overabun-
dance indicates vulgarity and serves to
detract from an otherwise entirely cor
rect makeup. If you wear veil, have
II adjusted neatly with no flying ends
and be sure that it is not frayed at the
edges or sides. Attention to these minor
details counts for a great deal in the
long run and serves to produce the effect
which all women are so anxious to OBJ
tain.-Pittsburg Post.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1893-10-25
The Female Eye,

A modern writer gives the following
enumeration of the female eye: 1.-THE
glare, the sheer the invitation the de-
fiance. the denial, the consent, the glance
OF love, the fash OF rage, the sparkling
Of hope, the languishing of softness, the
squint OF suspicion. he fire of jealousy
and the luster of pleasure"
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1893-10-25
Our English sisters.

England seems to be quite as pro-
gressive If not more so than America
Professions to which American women
have scarcely turned their eyes are be-
ing rapidly taken possession of by their
English sisters. There are for exam
pie, more than 5000 women gardeners
in England. Six women are said to be
engaged in town drainage service.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1893-10-25
wonan,s Glory.

Vaseline rubbed thoroughly into the
roots of the hair prevents it from fall
ing. 1t is said to preserve it's color.
Brushing the hair with a stiff brush flf-
teen minutes every night then once in
the day makes il soft and glossy Do
not use borax water on the hair as il
fades and Injuries it.-Housekeeper.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1893-10-25
Don't NeeIect the Piano.

Are the pianos upon which your chill
dren practice in good conditions? If
not, see that the necessary repairs are
made at once. Would you cut with dull
scissors or would you attempt to work
with a machine that is out of order2
What would you do with a clock that
fails to keep good time? OF course you
would have your scissors sharpened, your
machine fixed and your clock repaired.
Do the same with your piano, advises
the Musical World.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1893-10-25
Don't Tense Children.

The positive delight which some other
wise very good people take in teasing
children is surprising. az would sooner
discharge a nurse for this fault than for
any other said a wise mother, land
when l find friend who thinks it is
an amusing matter to tease my child 1
reprove him as readily as 1 would a
child for the same offense. / have known
dispositions to be utterly ruined through
this silly practice.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1893-10-25
UnimposIng. but clever.

Miss Jordan. the chief instructor at
Smith college, is physically an unimpos-
ing little woman, who when she is called
upon to address a class. however, makes
mere inches count for little beside
strength and dignity of mind She is
said to have been the most brilliant
member of the most brilliant class that
was ever graduated from Vassar col
lege.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1893-10-25
Let the Girls out.

1t is a noticeable fact that a much
larger number of girls have diphtheria
than boys. A probable cause is that
girls as a rule spend more time indoors
than boys. This should be a note of
warning to mothers and cause them oft
ener to turn the girls out of doors after
school hours than is dOnc-Exchange
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1893-10-25

A physician who was asked to pre-
scribe something for his patients rapid
loss of hair asked her. Aren't you I'm
the habit Of wearing close, tight hats?''
She considered the matter for a moment
and then answered: Now that / think
OF II ! am rather apt to choose turban
shape. They are becoming TO me-"
That. she was told. was the main
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1893-10-25
woMAN,s WORLD IN PARAGRAPHS.
The Faults of Woman as Seen
Through n Mans Blue Glasses.

A man who has apparently just been
left out of his maiden aunt's will size up
the faults of our sex in heroic style. 1
would like to have women read his &C
cusations and then ask each one for her.
self. how much truth there is in them so
far as she herself is personally con-
cerned. This distgrunted male man af-
firms that women are Spiteful to one an
other. Then he declares they are unwtl-
ling to wait till another person has fin
ished speaking before they break in and
take UP the CAB themselves. Moreover,
they presume on their sex in their rela-
tons with men in a way that is alto
gether abominable. and this they do even
in business matters. The typewriter girl
wants ITO have shorter hours and to have
her defects excused because she is
woman. Our critic then charges upon
the sex because of 1.-The indifference with
which woman will contemplate the
fact that the convenience of others has
been sacrificed to her caprice. Very OBJ
servable in young women" Further,
when persons call to see us we keep them
waiting an unaccountable length of time
before we make our appearance. We do
not keep our engagements, and we have
no sense of the Importance of fulfilling
our primises. Then after having knocked
us down he proceeds to walk over us as
follows: what 1 do insist on, however
is thiS-in public the average woman
shows an inconsiderateness, disregard
for the ordinary courtesies of existence
(which amounts sometimes to positive
insolence) to a degree not anywhere
nearly approached by the average man."
l may say that this has not been my ex-
perience in some nine years of travelling
in the elevated cars twice day with the
average New York City man. Still, IL
there is any ground of truth in the mas
culine writer's accusations ii must be
laid to women's unbusiness training and
their having been kept heretofore seclud-
ed from the public in the so-called sa-
credness of home. Thus they take their
home manners with them into public
places. Men do not dare to, or they
would get their heads knocked off,
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1893-10-25

In India the women of the higher
classes are kept pretty well secluded,
and the young and pretty ones are not
on exhibition. Still, one occasionally
catches a glimpse OF pretty face. Their
costumes are simple and invariably be-
coming. A skirt reaching to the ankles,
a close fitting jacket and a mantle COW
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1893-10-25
A Novelty An Furs.

new and striking wrap consists of
three capes-one OF sealskin and two Of
ermine. With IL is to be carried a muff
In ermine to match.
Tippets and collarettes Of ermlne will
be fashionable, but one must have a
first-rate complexion to look well I'm
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1893-10-25
TYPOGRAPHY OR POKER WORK.
Fascinating Pursuit i'm Which the
Beginner Soon Acquires Skill.

Typography is a branch of decorative
art that has been taken up by many
workers. Among the pictures in the
Woman's building at the fair some ex-
amples of this work are shown. For
merly. aside from the ordinary poker,