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The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-05-23
Away with the PiIIowsham.

Big square day pillows. with ruffied
covers. supersede the old-fashioned stiff,
slippery pillowshams which suggested
any conceivable degree of discomfort.
and which more than one masculine
guest. in the innocence of his heart and
ignorance of domestic usages, has tried
to sleep upon TO his own misery and
that of his hostess. The ruffied pillows
are removed at night and replaced by
smaller ones. While many people will
always prefer plain white bed cover
-ings, there are some very charming limo
vations in delicate tintS and other ma
terials than the conventional marseilles.
Heavy linen covers daintily embroidered
in the same or in a contrasting tint are
pleasing TO the eye, and the popular lib
erty silks, which wash beautifully, come
in the most delicate shades and are es-
pecially attractive for such purpose as
well as for draperies Dotted swiss mus
lin is perennially liked for window dra-
peries. toilet tables and bed coverings
st. Louis Cilobe-Democrat.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-05-23
SICILIENNE COAT

in spite of the rivalry of black spangles.
which are lighter and more brilliant, but
less rich looking.
Thin tailor-made cloth jackets in
mode colorS are the accepted thing for
informal wear on cool days and for
travelling. More elaborate ones are made
of thin silk. satin or MORE profusely
trimmed. These may be worn with a
MORE or other silk skirt. and over a
thin blouse they will not add greatly
to the weight and uncomfortable warmth
Of the gown. They are usually tight
fitting and may be in the double
breasted Elton jacket style or may have
it is flaring in the back. Wide revers
decorate the front, often outlined with
fine jet. and large jet buttons are used.
A few medium length winged garments
are seen, but the plain dolman shape
has an antiquated look now, and the
wings are customarily so full as to give
the fashionable cape effect. Where the
dignified for an elderly woman, the
fronts are often heightened into long
plain tabs that reach half way down the
skirt or are arranged in full points of
the same length.
The illustration shows a half length
tight coat made of iron gray sicilienne.
1t is cut with faring basque, the full
ness of which is increased by plaits laid
at the back of the waist Each seam Of
the basque is covered with Jet galloon,
and the middle seam of the back of the
bodice is likewise covered. The gigOt
sleeves are trimmed with bands Of jet.
A hounce of wide, black lace extends
over the shoulders. and a fiaring collar
edged with Jet surrounds the neck, at
the back of whichsis placed a large bow
of black MORE and satin ribbon.
JUDO CHOLLET.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-05-23
Growing Small Salads.

Annie Thomas OI1s. Pender-Cudlip),
the novelist, observes: Though l live
in the country and have gardens, I have
not given up my old London-taught
habit Of growing small salads on the
dining-table. Any dishes or plates an
swer the purpose. but for preference L
grow them in old, quaint-shaped delf
and china dishes, and this makes them
exceptionally ornamental The mode of
growing them is simplicity itself. Lay
a piece of white flannel or fiannelet cut
TO the shape at the bottom of the dish
or plate Wet it well and sow on it
rather longer to spring. but mustard and
curled cress seed. The water cress takes
rather longer to spring. but mustard and
cress are fit to cut in a week Besides
being pretty and convenient. this is a
very clean way of growing these small
salads. 1t entirely disposes of the gritty
difficulty we labor under when they are
grown in earth. The supply even of
water cress can be kept up with little
management all the year round. Always
water freely
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-05-23
WOMAN AND HER HOME.
HOW 1T Is POSSIBLE FOR ALL WON
EN- TO BE DAINTY.
woman's Life Insurnnce-How to
Fumingate housekeeping Re-
form The Battle of Fork and
spoon-The Ever Popular Widow.

She is not born. but made, that most
charming woman who may not have the
grace Of dancing nymph or the color
Of a picture of spring idealized. but who
is sweet with cleanliness plus an in
defnable something more. Women who
do not impress the observer as she does,
women who look unkeTnpt when they
have tumbled out of bed and punched
up their hair. women who are nothing
less than untidy when the wind has done
it's work with their hair and the dust
with their compilations, attribute to the
dainty woman an Unborn daintiness.
"She always looks like May morning,
they say, whether she's been sleeping
six hours in an upper berth or nine in
her own big, we'll aired room. It's gift
like voice or an artistic eye"
They are all wrong. It's an acquire
ment The dainty woman Is wholesome,
sweet and charming on the trying Occa-
sions. like shipwrecks and preserving
days, because on the ordinary occasions
she has acquired the habit. She al
ways has the pleasant consciousness of
neatly mended stockings. Of fresh, whole
linen, of buttons where buttons should
be, and bindings that really bind, TO
cheer and sustain her. She brushes her
hair religiously every night, not
spasmodically for a week or two, and
so it acquires a glossiness and smooth
ness that one night in sleeping car
cannot destroy. Her hot bath at night
is a regular affair. dating back years
TO its beginning, and consequently her
complexion preserves its freshness dur
ing two days journey when hot water
is not tc be obtained. Her clothes al
ways lie in sweet smelling sachets, so
that the faint. elusive fragrance which
seems part Of her personality can no
more be missing when she appears in
a dressing gown than when she comes
out robed for a reception.
In some women this habit of daintiness
is inherited. In others ii is fixed by
early education, but there is no one,
even the hopelessly untidy, who may
not acquire it if she will but be persever-
ing in all her toilet operations and all
her mending. 1t is the brief two days
vacation in each week which makes the
difference between the perfection Of
daintiness and a sort of apologize I'M
tidinees.-St. Louis Post Dispatch.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-05-23
IT HAS A FLYAWAY LOOK.
Lace Effect in Summer Wraps That
Is Very Fetching.

The time for the consideration of
wraps and coats as protective garments
is past for the season, but they still
form an important part Of the wardrobe,
being now made of the thinnest possible
stuffs and worn a finish to formal
costumes. VOluminOus capes Of sheer
net. figured lace or jetted tulle are seen
i'm great variety and are a very pleas
ing addition to outdoor attire, especial
~ for carriage wear. They are some
times formed of horizontal bands of rib
bon mounted on net or alternating with
strips of insertion, or have a fitted yoke
much trimmed. the lace being accordion
plated and set around the edge of it
in a founce that flares suddenly out
with a flyaway effect very taking in hot
weather. In all cases they are of light
weight. except when loaded down with
jet, which remains a favorite garniture
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-05-23
The Ever PouuIar Widow.

There is no gainsaying the fact that
the widow is the most popular woman
who fits across the maelstrom of social
life But the law of compensation sets
the price on all the favors of fate, and
the widow. however gloomy or shining
her environments, is 10 exception to the
rule. Are you a loved and loving wife,
with the strong right arm of the best of
men to shield and protect you from the
world and its calumny? Then know
that the removal of that arm means
your transformation in the eyes of the
world to a person answering 10 an en-
tirely different description. The world
steps up higher in order to obtain bet
ter point of view, and it ferrets out mo-
tive for action where no motive exists,
and it regards you with suspicion
where there is no cause. The world has
an evil eye. and the lens through, which
it observes distorts the objects passing
before it. The world keeps an eye on
widows, and their every action is fraught
with interest. In the environment OF
widowhOod woman must needs pay the
price
George Washington and Napoleon
BOnaparte both married widows. each Of
whom had two children. a boy and
girl, and it is also a coincidence in his
tory that neither of them bore children
to their illustrious lords.-N. Y. Adver-
tiSer.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-05-23
How TO Fumigate a Room.

The proper way TO fumigate a room
is to close the doors windows, fireplace
etc. pasting strips of paper over all the
cracks Fumigation by burning sulphur
is most easily accomplished.
Two pounds of sulphur should be al
lowed for every room from 10 to II feet
square.
1t is better to divide it up and put il
in several pans rather than burn the en-
tire quantity of sulphur used in one pan
To avoid the danger Of fire these pans
should be set on bricks or in other and
larger pans filled with water or with
sand.
After pouring a little alcohol on the
sulphur and properly placing the pans
about the room the farthest from the
door Of exit should be lighted first, the
others in order.
The operator will need to move quick
ly, for no one can breathe sulphurous
fumes with safety.
After closing the door the cracks
around it should be pasted up, as was
done within the room.
Six hours al least are generally neces-
sary to fumigate a room properly Al
the end of that time IL may be entered
and the windows opened, and they should
be left open as long as convenient, even
for a week If possible
After fumigation. a thorough process OF
cleansing should be instituted. At least
the walls and ceiling should be rubbed
dry. Much the better way is to white
wash and repaper.
The floor, and the woodwork, and the
furniture should be scrubbed with a So
luton Of carbolic acid or some other dis
infectant.-Journal Of Health.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-05-23
THE RICE PAPER TREE.
This Chinese Plant Has Been Trans
ferred to Florida.

The rice paper tree, one of the most
interesting Of the entire flora of China,
has recently been successfully expert
mented with in FL lTida. where it now
flOurishes with other subtrOpiCal and
oriental species of trees and shrubs
When first transplanted in American soil
the experimenters expressed doubts of its
hardness, fearing that it would be I'M
able to stand the winters. All these
fears have vanished. however, says the
st. Louis Republic, and II is now the
universal opinion that 1t is equally as
well adapted to the climate of this coun-
try as to that of the famed Flowery
kingdom.
1t is a small tree. growing to a hight
of less than fifteen feet and with trunk
or stem from three to five inches in
diameter It's canes, which vary in color
according to season, are large, soft and
downy-the form somewhat resembling
that noticed in those of the castor bean
plant.
The celebrated rice paper. the product
of this queer tree. is formed of thin
slices of the pith. which is taken from
the body of the tree in beautiful cylin-
ders several inches in length.
The Chinese worl<men apply the blade
of a sharp, straight knife to these cylin-
ders. and turning them around either by
rude machinery or by hand lin which
latter operation they display much skill
and deXterity), pare the pith from cir
conference to center. This operation
makes a roll of extra quality paper, the
scroll being of equal thickness through
out After cylinder has thus been
pared il is unrolled and weights placed
upon il until the surface is rendered uni
formly smooth throughout its entire
length 1t is altogether probable that
if rice paper making becomes an indus
try i'm the United States these primitive
modes of manufacture will all be done
away with.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-05-23
A Wen Furnished Hall.

If the hall gives a bad impression the
rest of the house will be less likely to
please, be il ever SO artistically fur
nished. when we undertake to fur
nish a house, said a professional dec
orator. I'VE take care that the hall
shall be either a rich glow of color or
a study in soft, cool tones. restful to
the eye, according to It's size and local
ity." For a lark. narrow hall vermil-
lion side walls and a warm. yellow cell
ing will produce a rich effect. Hang
ing portieres wherever there is the least
excuse for them. midway across a long.
narrow hall gives an air of coziness.
Put a bit of fretwork at the top. Dark
oak stain makes the best floor, unless
you have the real wood, which. If waXed
is hard to keep in order. The rugs
should be oriental in coloring, and as
far as possible of rich, dark reds. Even
in a large square hall the furniture
should be simple and there should not
be too much of IL.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-05-23
Furnishing n Hall.

If the hall gives a bad impression. the
rest Of the house will be less likely To
please, be it ever so artistically fur
nished. when we undertake to fur
nish a house." said a professional dec
orator. I'VE take care that the hall shall
be either a rich glow of color or a study
in soft. cool tones, restful TO the eye, ac-
cording to it's size and locality" For a
narrow, dark hall, vermillion side walls
and a warm, yellow ceiling will produce
a rich effect. Hang portieres wherever
there is the least excuse for them; mid
way across a long, narrow hall gives
an air of coZlness. Put a bit of fret
work at the top. Dark oak stain makes
the best floor unless you have the real
wood, which, if waxed is hard to keep
in order. The rugs should be oriental
in coloring, and as far as possible of rich
dark reds Even in a large. square hall
the furniture should be simple, and
there should not be too much of it.-N.
Y Recorder.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-05-23

send a woman running over the country
10 get you pardoned, but you are against
a wall when you are alongside of me.
Pleading innocence! You are guilty and
you know it. but shut up there and don't
say word
II was not going to say a word, sir ="
Hush. tell YOU or I'll wear you out"
Another week passed and the girl came
home. The convict was in the kitchen
washing dishes. and he heard the old
man scolding her. He stole away as
soon as his work was done, stole out to
the summer-house. He had not much
time to wait. The sun was sinking and
the prison bell would soon ring She
came. He sat leaning over, afraid to
look up. She sat down near him.
Il had the awfulest time she said.
"Oh, men are so cruel. That cid judge
wouldn't do a thing, and the jurymen
We're as mean as they could be. and /
couldn't get one of them interested in
you, so | came back. Then what did
1 do?" She was softly laughing. He did
not look up. Il went to the governor
and told him that I knew you were in
nocent and"
There's the bell"' he cried.
"Sit down. You must sit down. Wait
just Il moment. Waltz She took hold
of his striped coat. L went to the gov
ernor and told him that he must pardon
you; that If he didn't l would hate him,
and he did pardon you. Now let the bell
ring"
He sat down, leaning over. his face in
his hands. The bell tolled and in his
fancy he saw the men standing about
the pump. II begged him, hung to him
and cried" she went on, land he had TO
pardon you; and now you are free. In
the cottage yonder there is a suit of
clothes. Go and take off those disgrace
full stripes. Go now, ! want to see how
you look. Why don't you go?''
He got up, the tears streaming down
his face, but he did not go; he stood near
her. Il am not worthy to take off the
stripes" he hoarsely said. Il am
guilty"
please don't say that"
Il must say it; am guilty lied.
commit forgery will tell you about
it." He sat down and she looked at him.
grief-stricken II thought 1 loved a
girl he went on. 'She wanted dia-
mond. got it for her-I forged check" >
But did you love her?" the girl asked,
with her eyes blazing at him.
II thought did, but know now that
1 did not hate her now. l was a fool.
not really a thief. but fool. But
don't want my liberty; would rather be
your slave l love you"
She caught her breath with a gasp.
''If you did not love her" she said, you
are innocent-tO me-"
He put his arm around her this con-
Wet. He heard the cell doors opening
and shutting not far away. Then all
was silent and in that silence his heart
beat a prayer and his soul warmed at
the thought of an honest life away off
somewhere. far from the scenes of his
disgrace-Opie Read
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-05-23
Sweeping Reform.

For the sake Of the sweeper. the car
pet and the general health of the house
hold, the weekly dry broom stirring up
OF dust should go. After ii should go
the feather buster, whose only use is
an artistic one, for II mas its picturesque
use i'm the hands OF the pretty soubrette.
who has done much to endear 1t to the
heart OF the average maid. Stage dust
ing cannot be successfully done with a
dustcloth, but that in the apartments
OF real folks Is never well done with
out It,
There should be an abundance Of
hemmed dustcloths Of cheesecloth of the
slazy cotton that looks like chamois or
of old silk handkerchiefs. These should
always be clean, and a maid should be
made as responsible for their care as
for the care of bed linen or towels. The
dust of sweeping may be avoided by
keeping a pail Of clean water at hand
and dipping the room occasionally
draining II well from water before using
IL again. Or the carpet may dc scat
tered with damp bits of paper or tea
leaves. The necessity for gathering up
every particle OF either is quite sure 10
insure thorough sweeping.
All the light ane dust in a room is
quite sure finally to find its place on the
rough surface OF a carpet. and when
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-05-23
The Age of Wine.

The increase of the strength of wine
by keeping depends upon whether IL Is
kent in cask or bottle. If stored in cask
there Is a constant increase of alcohol
The anclents knew that wine improved
II kept in leathern bottles, and the same
result is obtained by keeping it in wood
en- vessels. for both leather and wood
are more easily penetrated by water than
by alcohol; evaporation ensues from
both. but more freely from water. and
the wine consequently becomes richer in
alcohol. On the other hand, the opinion
that wine has grown old In bottles and
has. therefore, become stronger, is thor
oughly false. Evaporation is very much
hindered by the cork,even when this is
not covered by rosin and sealing wax.
The simple explanation Of our finding
old bottled wine rich in alcohol is that
only the stronger wines can be preserved
and the weaker ones cannot resist the eff
fects of time. At the same time al
though all wine must eventually be
spoiled and weakened by keeping Il in
bottles. yet some kinds acquire, as a
first consequence of that cause which
afterward destroys them and which Is
neither more nor less than the chemical
alteration in their constituents, proper
ties which render them more agreeab BILE
both to smell and taste. = Brooklyn
Pa gle
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-05-23
The Kitchen Floor.

If your kitchen or any other floor that
you do not wish to carpet shows UNI
slightly cracks. try the following recipe
for them: One pound of -four, three
quarts Of water and a teaspoonful of
alum and make a paste Of them, cooking
well together. After removing from the
stove stir into IL a lot of paper that is
torn In small pieces and let 1t soak,
stirring as much as you can. The paper
should be stirred until ii is all in a
pulp and the mass is so thick that IL
is difficult to stir longer. Apply ii to
the cracks-be sure the floor is freshly
cleaned first-and force 1t in. smoothing
IL off even with the surface. Leave 1t
to dry thoroughly and you will find
that 1t is more lasting and great deal
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-05-23
The Curtain QestiOn.

A new way Of solving the curtain
question that is certainly convenient
and by no means ugly is to have two
sets of sash curtains, one for the upper
and one for the lower half Of the win
dow. Both are hung on rods and con-
sist Of two parts, so that they can be
parted in the middle. The upper set
should be made long enough TO fall
about inch over the top of the lower
set. They should be made of muslin,
silk or any other fabric, with edges
hemstitched. frilled or trimmed with
lace. The arrangement is good one for
a small bedroom or for kitchen win
dows.-N. Y. Mail and Express.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-05-23
The woman's Woman.

The so-called woman's woman is by
no means unattractive to men. But she
who is a marked favorite with her own
sex is never a cOquette, nor does her
popularity depend upon her personal
beauty. She is almost always broad
minded and with broad sympathies. She
is in touch with a hundred interests.
Her manner is exactly the same with
both sexes. frank and friendly, inter-
ested in whatever interests others, and.
above all, unselfsh. A man may be
charmed and held in thrall for a long
time by a bright, pretty selfish little
woman, but a woman never is. Conse-
quently the greatest charm of the wom-
ans woman is her forgetfulness of
self, and i'm the long run men do not
fail to appreciate this loveliest of quail
ties. and those who are wise among
them seek it in their companions for
life.-Philadelphia Press.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-05-23
BeIrn Lockwood,s HIT.

When Mrs. Lockwood was admitted tc
practice before the court Of claims, the
late Judge Drake was chief justice Of the
court and a great stickler for the propri-
cites. Having expressed the willingness
of the court to admit the lady to prac-
tice, he directed her to proceed to the
clerks desk and take the customary
oath. Just as she was putting out her
hand to touch the bible, while the clerk
delivered himself of the formula of the
oath, she and every one else in the court
roop was startled by hearing Judge
Drake say in his severest tones, Take
off your hat, sirr'-WaShington Post.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-05-23
wom,n.. Lie INSURANCE.

Is your life insured. and. if not. why
not? Woman now numbers ii among
the rights she had been striving to at
tain that she may be insured in certain
companies. OF course the conditions are
rather severe She will have to pay
more for the privilege than a man does,
for the insurance companies still main
tain that they take a greater risk in in
surfing women-gentie. domestic, early
to bed and early to rise women-than
they do in insuring men, who revel late
o. nights. court delirium tremens, en-
gage in fights with one another, seek
death on the railway and in other ways
endeavor to dispose of their lives.
Insurance Is an admirable investment
for women, despite the discrimination
against them. The woman who has any
one depending upon her will lift load
of anxiety from her mind by having her
life insured. She will know then that
whatever happens she has provided for
her charges. And the woman who has
no one q [ all dependent upon her will
find it equally pleasant to reflect that
she is able 10 leave money to some one
whom ii will benefit.
An ordinary policy is issued for any
sum desired. AS long as the person in
sured lives she must pay the premiums
on that sum. and at her death the sum
will be paid to her beneficiary.
The endowment policies are the most
gratifying TO those selfish beings who
look forward to enjoying money them
selves with almost as much keeness as
they do toward leaving money to their
heirs. These policies are known as the
fifteen or twenty-year endowment poll
cies and are supposed to be particularly
adapted to the needs of women. If q
young woman takes out a twenty-year
endowment policy of 81 600 she payS a
certain premium, and If she dies during
the twenty years the face Of the policy
is payable to her beneficiary. But If she
lives at the end Of the period the COM
pany will pay her $1,000. with accumu-
lated surplus and interest-N. Y. World.