The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-05-19
CHAT And GOSSIP BY A WOMAN.

get out into the country, and with our
electric cars il is only q question OF a
few moments. East Providence is where
] generally go, and now fruit blossoms
are not entirely gone. Apple blossoms
make a beautiful decoration. The bios
SONS will show off to better advantage il
there is no cloth on the table. large
silver or glass dish filled with twigs and
small branches of the pink should oc-
cupy the centre of the table. sort OF
garland of the twigs caught together with
narrow brownish ribbon which is about
the same hue as the stems should be placed
near the edge, just inside the line of
plates. The candles should be in silver
sticks IL possible; il not, white ones will
do. The shades most appropriate are very
simple ones of crepe paper shading into
pink. Bonbon dishes of silver or white,
filled with pink and white candies are the
proper thing. III you do not happen to
have doilies embroidered with apple
blossoms, use white ones in preference to
any that would clash in color with the
apple blossoms.
Wood violets are very plenty and can be
used in any way that fancy dictates, and
nothing makes more lovely decoration
than masses OF these flowers put in bowls
with plenty of their own leaves.
Ferns are coming back to the woods,
and the lady who gathers the delicate
ones to decorate her luncheon or dinner
table has something beautiful and re-
freshing to look at. Even ordinary leaves
OF the trees in the garden will make the
least attractive table thing of beauty.
Let me tell you of pretty idea for
green and white dinner. Use green bas-
kets filled with Solomon's seal, lilies of
the valley and W hite roses, q green table
cloth, green candies in white dishes.
punches OF green leaves tied with white
ribbons, apd white roses in the finger
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i cannot finish without saying some
thing about the fashions. "railor madsn
suits have been desert bed so much that a
little talk on shoes would be change.
Fancy colored shoes are to be the "fadv
this summer. Red, white and gold and
not forgetting the ever popular patent
leather ties are the thing for house and
piazza wear. Every shade of tan from
pale buff TO bronze, will be worn.
Cloth top shoes are coming into favor.
A new fancy is a buttoned boot, made
lower than the usual style, and fastened
with six large buttons. / noticed in one
OF our shoe stores very stylish pair OF
button boots, foxing of dark brown
leather, with cloth tops to match.
very pointed toes. When you are
on Westminster street again do not fail TO
look at the shoes in our shoe stores, and
suit your fancy, be you a young girl or an
elderly lady who wants comforta BILE shoe,
Even in shoes you can do your own re-
modelling. Ifany girl has pair of white
canvas shoes that have got so soiled that
they are not it TO wear, and are yet whole
she can have a pair OF gold ties, with
little expense. All she needs to do is to
buy bottle OF gold paint for % cents.
and paint her shoes, and tie with a ribbon
to match her dress and she is all o. h. for
the summer.
will finish of with some useful hints
on all subjects.
That bits of white wax used freely when
packing white garments or fabrics, such
as tuile OF silk, choice lace, crepe shawls,
etc, will keep them from turning yellow.
That a comb Of buffalo horn Is much
better for the hair than one OF rubber or
celluloid.
That color taken out by an acid is most
generally restored by the use OF ammonia.
That silver or steel tbimbles are the
safest TO use, for Others contain lead,
brass or pewter, often producing infam-
nation in slight scratch.
TnE WOMAN.