The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1893-04-21

is russet tinted. Her chief drinks re
milk and lemonade, and she declares
that with hot water she can cure any
bodily ailment; she bathes in it, drinks
i 1t, and goes to bed with bag Of it for
the seat Of pain
Guests and Their Habits.
A woman Of tact will have little
difficulty in learning the likes and dis
likes Of guest, as to food, entertain
ment, sleeping customs and the like
Many of these things are in fact proper
subjects for mutual confidence, the in
itiative of which should be taken by the
hostess, in a spirit and manner to in
| vlte free communication on the part
of the visitor. This is especially appli-
| cable to games and diversions, whether
| Of cards, dOminOes, lawn tennis, thea
! ter, church Or prayer-meeting. The
habits and preferences of a visitor
1 should always be respected to such Il
degree as not to place her in an en-
| barraSSing position. Given conscientious
| scruples against the playing cards, it
| would be very discOurteOus for the
members of the family to insist upon
playing in her presence; and scarcely
1
| diversions in which the visitor had no
| interest.
! Yet the wife and mother who chances
| to temporarily fill also the position Of
| hostess should not forget that the
claims of her family are not. in any
manner diverted by the presence of Il
stranger within the gates" and that
these claims upon her must be met
| and discharged. first Of all. This con-
slderatiOn may sometimes bring SEEM.
ing conflict but should that be the
case, the path of duty is the path to- be
followed.-Good Housekeeping.
The Hoop Skirt War.
The talk about the hoop skirt increa-
es rather than diminishes, and it is.
likely to be discussed until the matter
is settled one way or the other Never
IN all its history has the odiOus thing
ever received such an amount of an
tagonlsm or brought on such a blood
less war. IT nothing elese could be,
urged against it, the utter discomfort
and hlseOuSneSs Of the forward fitting.
| backward pitching cage ought to kill
1t forever. 1t is so obviously diSad-
vatageous, so utterly unbecoming. 1t
puts women at the mercy of the four
| winds of heaven. 1t makes them ridic-
ulous, for it is absolutely grOtesQue.
| 1t is dangerous, SenSeless and immOd-
est. Heretofore the inevitable in this
regard has been accepted after a slight
contest, but in these modern times
it takes more than a decree from the
powers that be to settle a question Of
dress. OF course. there are women
who are entirely willing to accept the
hoop skirt. Like many other absurd or
foolish fashions, it has it's champions.
Some would adopt it merely to be con-
spicuOus. others would don it simply
because it differs entirely from existing
modes.-New York Evening Post.
Choosing u Husband.
''best possible husbands" A girl takes
the man who Offers if he appears to be
upright, honorable and earnest. If she
does not she runs a risk of going to
seed, with a red nose, 4 canary bird
and a lap dog. The chief trouble with
her is not to know whether he has got
her is not to know whether she has
got the best article in the market, but
whether the man who says he loves
her means what he says. 1t is easy for
| IL HILL ~ acquire tlC AT VI 1ONc-
making, and, with a little practice,
some men can do it quite Skilfully.
! How to know when they are acting
and when they are obeying an irresist-
ible and ungOvernable impulse is the
thing a girl wants to be able to deter
mine. Better learn that than make
herself connoisseur in men. A
wOman's happiness is in large degree
dependent on the quality of him to
whom she has given herself. body. soul
and heart; but if he really loves her,
she can mould him to her will. Then
considering that all women believe they
know how to manage" q husband
she can make good husband out Of
him, for he will be like clay in the
hands Of the potter.
To Promote Matrimony.
Everybody in big city knows how
difficult it is for what may be called
the lower middle class to make ac-
| quaintances. Young men might marry
young women if they knew any, and
young women might make good wives
if they knew where suitable husbands
could be found. With that practical in
stinct characteristic of the British it
is proposed now to bring those eligible
people together. For the young man
and the maiden there is at present no
common meeting ground. The scheme
is to take most of the large boarding
school building, which in America
would be called public schools, and turn
them into meeting places for those anX-
ious to marry-to let the children have
possession of the schools by day and
the older people take possession of
them at night. Now the buildings
stand idle after dark 1t would be
easy to have dances, meetings and
lectures there, let every one attend
who care to, and in this way bring
about a union of loving hearts. The
plan is feasible, and lie chances are
that it will be carried Oft here. If it
should be, New York will doubtless
follow in the same line.
Told of Famous Women.
Queen Victoria, during her youth, WIS.,
fond of archery.
| Mary Stewart had q Ian dog that fol-