The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1893-03-29
FOR WOMEN ONLY.


Square decollete necks in crepe de |
chine are outlined with band of vel
vet in darker shade.
Brushing the teeth with the finest |
pulverized willow charcoal will make
them white, without damage to the
enamel.
The women put too much confidence
in pins. All the wearing articles that
are lost belong to women.
Salt extracts the juices from meat in
cooking. Steaks ought not, therefore.
to be salted until they have been
broiled.
A woman often speaks of her own
children as "as the whole tribe" but
she gets mad if any one else refers to
them in that way.
Two Jewish young ladies, Miss
Adele Ellis and Miss Flora Rosen-
baum, have passed the final exemina-
ton for the B. A. degree of the Uni
versity of Melbourne.
A woman can make home unhap-
py for week over strain on mar.
bic center table, and she can smile and
say "no natter when her husband
comes homes to fell her he's ruined.
A stylish long cloak of gray cloth
has large cape finished with an elab
Roman border of black passemterie.
The collar is wide and flaring.
Sensible petticoats are of fine black
silk alpaca, taimmed with deep ruff1e
and edged with lace. They shed the
dust, and are suitble for rainy days as
well as for fair wether.
Attention should be paid to keepsng
the nails in good order. They should
be brushed at least twice day and
the skin around the. lower part rubbed
down by a soft towel. IF the sides of
the nails become stained wash them
well with soap, and after rinsing
brush>them with lemon juice.
A pretty luncheon favor from Paris
is small WATERFALL with mirror to
simulate the water, on the surface of
which floats Parmese violets. This
mock top lifts out. and below are bon
bons.
Sliced beets make lovely pink col
oring matter for any article of food, or
bit of saffron will produce pretty
yellow, and is as harmless as the beets.
Spinach leaves make a very good
green. and the yolks of eggs W ill give
will give gold tint.
A German woman, Frau DR.. Won
Wettstein Adels, spent three months
as common factory hand at Chem
ntiz and in the neighborhood, work
ing in five different factories, gather
ing material for a work on the subject
of woman textile workers.
A woman always has fancy writing
paper, but she never uses it when she
writes notes to her husband asking fol
money; she uses serapes of grocery
wrapping paper, that are more sugges
tive of poverty.
Among the textile dressmakers are
fashoning into elegant evening toilets
are lustrous satins in rose color, silver
gray, magenta and Persian mauve
brocaded with silver thistles. .carnation
and hawthorn sprays in gold and sill
yer embossed work, chrysanth emun
clusters, etc.
A season of brilliant colors seems tt
be the prediction for the comming
summer and spring, The dahiia shades
are the newest and most becoming
when toned by grayish cast. The
magenta hues are revivedi in glace vel
vets in combination with cold, steely
blues or olive green's, and as ground
work for the new trimmings of heavy
silk frosted with blacks and metals
Some of the combinations of color ar
such as only the French would dare t.
intrduce-thus eminence purple il
shaded into pale skyblue, turquois'
. blue into olive green.
The most expensive illustrated bool
yet made is said to be Bible nov
owned bo Theodore Irwin, of Oswego
N. Y. 1t is valued at $4,000.