Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-02-03
POINTERSFORWOMEN
Notes and Comments on Topics of
the Season.
FLOWERS AND DRESSES
Some Good Advice About the Lamp
and Other Things.
ECONOMICAL SUGGESTIONS
Written Exclusively for The Evening Star.

Written Exclusively for The Evening Star.
Bad teeth undoubtedly cause Indigestion
and ultimately dyspepsia If children were
taught from the first to take care of their
teeth much suffering would be saved them.
Children should be made to brush the
teeth at least twice day. and IL kept per-
fectly clean they have no opportunity to de-
cay.
The Danes have some very excellent in
situations. not the least of which are the
reform" associations. One of these has for
its motto. Let US honor the dead by our
charities" When their friends pay the debt
and go the way of all nature. the members
Of the reform society do not send funeral
flowers. but they do send their cards. on
which they inscribe the name of the friend
who lies dead. and below it the name of
some benevolent institution to which they
wish to make a gift in token of respect
to the dead. Certainly a noble idea worthy
Of much emulation.
The prettiest flowers soonest fade. but
you can keep the frailest cut flowers sew
eral days If you exercise little care Put
fresh water on them every day and clip
the stems. This is as much for sanitary
reasons as anything else. Drop a pinch of
salt in the water and few bits of char
coal. that is to feed the remaining vitality.
AT night, and during the day when You
are not around to enjoy them. put the vase
Of blooms outside on the window ledge to
keep them cool
Some people have queer ideas about wear
ing mourning. When Grape is worn there
should not be q suspicion Of any trimming
about the dress. except folds Of me same
mn tori oil nr To .,,f fns nj 80
cious. and even dull jet is in bad taste. A
recent widow. done up in yards of Grape
and "bombazine," with the shelf crease yet
in 1T, stuck to her diamonds. wearing two
carat stones In her ears and live of the
same kind at her throat Through the
folds Of her enveloping vail they shone
like glow worms. Grief like that is a
shrieking sham.
There never was a fountain pen made
that wouldn't aggravatingly stick just at
the wrong time. But when you know how
ii is easy enough to overcome iss refractor-
rapidly around the top. 1t viii slip CT rs
though charmed.
II you get fruit or ink stains on your
in water. and while 1t is dripping rub the
stained flesh, and the spots will sooI DIS
appear. If quite obdurate II may take two
or three matches; the efficacy lies IN keep
Ing them wet
And now they say that water cress is an
excellent tonic for the hair and complexion,
because it has lots of sulphur in it. Ii may
be eaten plain or with salad dressing.
The housewife who wants to whiten her
clothes and expedite the removal of the
dirt uses two or three tablespoonfuls OF
tnrpentine or coal Oil in the boiling suds.
Be very careful not to pour IT into the
boiler while 1t is over the stove. The fumes
ere liable to catch fire. but there is not a
perticle Of danger IL you remove the boiler
from the flames before putting the fluid in
the water.
Skirts are fun. but nt the figure trinity
In front and on the Sides the fullness be-
ing raised behind where it is laid in box
plaits at the waist, and hangs in rounded
godets or organ-pipe flutes. These are held
In place by tapes or steels inside.
The young man who is in good form
does not now buy cut a florist when ne
chooses to remind his lady friend that she
is honored in his thoughts. no. indeed. He
selects three or four OF the finest long
stenmed roses from the smartest shop in
town or a few perfect Roman hyacinths or
tiny bunch Of violets. which he sends her.
II he is DESTROYS of making an impression
he sends one magnificent American beauty
though it had been made fo- the purpose.
1t is costly fad.
For an obstinate cough associated with a
colo equal parts OF strip Of sQuills, sweet
spirits of inter and paragoric Is an excel
lent remedy.
Most every woman has in her scrap bag
yards and yards Of soiled light ribbons that
she has no idea what to do with. Now is
the time to use them. One of the very
prettiest effects in dress trimmings is made
by putting rows OF bright colored ribbons
en- dress skirts and bodices, and overlap
ing them with black or white lace inser-
ton. Take the soiled ribbons and nut them
in borax water. after they have been in it
five minutes, pick up by the end and alter
nately strip smoothly through the fingers
and dip in the water until all grease spots
are taken out, then rinse in the same way
and hang up to dry. There are plenty of
dye stuffs that you can use yourself: select
the color you like and follow directions.
1t is such a cheap way of securing pretty
results. for new ribbon costs a lot of money.
as much or more than the dress very often.
Some women, through motives OF econo-
my. turn the flame in a kerosene lamp low.
when necessary to leave IL burning yet not
needed to read or work by. a thing they
would not do IL they were aware that the
oil consumes just as fast. but the gas does
not burn, hence Is thrown off into the room
giving the horrible odor, which is not only
offensive to smell, but poisonous to human
life The gas thus thrown OFF is capable
of causing diphtheria and some conta gious
fevers. If the lamp must burn, leave n we'll
turned up and put a big shade around n
1t is said that Madame Carnot is the
best dressed woman in France 1t Is GER
tain that she wears the costliest clothes
All this she believes to be due her position.
She is learned without affectation ard a
politician. 1t Is said that not many men
in France understand the political situa-
ton in Europe any better than she does
In connection with this information that
comes from over the water is another item
of interest to those who were followers Of
French fashions when Empress Eugene
set the pace. This once beautiful woman
is now fat and slow Of motion She has
changed the color of her hair several times
and now what there is left Of II is a red
dish auburn. Her face is pathetic in the
careworn lines which have obliterated ths
last trace Of her once glorious beauty, but
she has left In her heart many traces O,
coQuetry. She has laid aside her mourn.
| ing. and at a recent dinner. where she wa.
| the guest Of the Queen of England, sh,
wore a magnificent violet velvet She ha.
| not many gems left, and perhaps she doe.
not mourn them, for they would but mocl
| the dullness Of her sorrow-dimmed eyes
A large number OF the Jewels that once be
longed to Eugene and the French crown
are now owned by Americans
Among female Moors birthday celebra
lions are unknown. A Moorish woman