Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-02-19

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wedneaday club In the way Of iutcec-
tual development That society To which /
intelligent. wal-informed wives aud |
mothers lend Inspiration viii be found |
ever % highway to moral. mental aud |
social advance.
Ono Of the most valuable factors In
making up the sum Of domestic huppi |
ness is good mature. second only 10 this /
Is perfect confidence between the mem-
beers of the family II the heads of the |
family aud it's other members are cheer
| fol aud predisposcd to look ON the |
bright side and upon The comic us well, !
| the machinery of daily life Ia that house
hold Is likely to run smooth. When a
burnt steak suggests 90 some one TO say,
| that charcoal aids digestion, If the cot
fee IL on color tonic for Il IS re- COM
monded. or n any of the lesser mishops
/, Of domestic nature elicit fun rather
than illunturrd comment then the day
opens uuspiciouIy despite such uc-
dents n iu addition the members Of
! the family urc mndc 20 realize Toe one
ness aud apurtness of the intuily rela-
| ton aud there Is perfect confidence and
| frnnhncss with complete understand
| ing that the rose of silence Is always
over the door. then IN that home there is
real peace and rest
10 s thoroughly Understood by all
thinking persons that no community
largo or small can dwell Ia harmony
without mutual concessions and also
that one luguhrious person i'm the home,
like tho ny In the ointment of the
upothrcnry, Gun faint the whole otmos-
phcrr. no dwell uuou ones personal
or social grievances, to enlarge upon
aches, pains and bcwnvcmcuts may
crafty self-cstrem, bat 1t cannot brigh-
ten llfe TO the comuaincr nor TO another,
and Hike oyprprursion ana excess of
sccrciycucss, viii always mukc home
undesirable Whatever entail, distrusL
Whatever tends to- sloomincss, what
ever ministers solely to oue's own sense
of importance are not nor ia their nature
can ho ingredients In the cup of human
huppincss.
There * I'm those days quite on amount
Of what the dean OF Windsor colls patty
pan knowledge That rs half kuowl-
edge Of good many things of which
etiquette may he counted one This
lack of fun knowledge often hotrays It,
self ia tho elaborate doing of wrong
THINGS For instance, In the simplr houd-
ling of napkin now almost amy one
win say that the correct thing i'm a
guest 81 TO hulflold the used napkin and
lay Il bcsidc the plutc " no rings are
used This Is right as far as IL goes,
but what " thc visit is prolonged to
days or wccksy then Vt becomes the
. doing of the wrong thing go so dis
pose OF oncs napkin IN family whore
they are not changed Tor every mcnl rs
u reflection ON the dolntincss of the
hostess. by what seems assumption. that
one fears being madr TO use the napkin
Of another person.
3 Many OF the uilos laid down for
3 guidance in matters of etiquette are like
this of the napkin, ouly half read, or else
= followed with such an entire want of
= recognition OF the elasticity OF al rules
g that Il often happens that the rigid oh
q serymcc betmy mistrust Of self aud d
a want Of common SENSE In The one offend
n ing
I, Ii Is s,dd that manufacturers of cloths
have boon asked 10 mako drcsslcugtl
for the spring mnrkot twelve and four
~ teen Yards, ms,rad of SIS and eight az
heretofore This iR an Indication tina
s., dealers may expect skirts 80 expand viii
+, the dowols that bloom Ia the spring
~ The tokens accumulate that the ghosts
n ol former style are TO be rchohihtatcd
I, aud womans Sphere Is TO be restored q
NJ Former dimensions
An Ingenious woman recently fash
a ioncd pretty umbrella holder from nm
II promising material She procured al
4 ordinary nglazed stone jar and put owe
i Il thick coating Of putty, in which sh
Fastened al the bits of decorated chin
/, she could coliect and ofterward
4 touched the edges Of the china wit
i, g,lt. Pots Tor plants can be made, ono
i. mental in this snme way.
ua
~ The death OF Mrs Whitney has bee
y the occaslon tor saying many kin
= things of this estmablc womap. Reu
W ing., us social queen IN New York an
" Washington society only those who wer
ol her personal intimates could suspect IA
y existence Of the many kindly traits sl
oi possessed Those now speak of n,
tact and responsive individuality, Of h,
~ thongbtt,l kindness, frequently show
81 IN entrusting 10 some needy gentl
'st woman the decoration OF her diuiu
" room, Of her faculty 10 interest an
en- omuse little children. and all unite
"a their testimony as to her devotion to h,
Wy husband, whom She almost inyarioh
m' accompanied 70 the station and met thcl
Nr ou his return From what O. said
se her. Mrs Whitney was striking col
OF radiciion of tbe assertion that woma
70 who Is q sociel leader must Of niece
~ siiy be frivolous and heasiless.
th The ways ana mcans committee
ap the Cohnubian exposition hoye grant,
TX Mrs VI. X. Roheson me exclusive phi,
AS lese % selling and dis1Shst.ng at Ii