Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-04-23
"AS WE WERE SAYING"
Spring Suggestions For Woman's Instruc-
 tion and lFcn's Ratification.
Especial Correspondence.l

Spring Suggestions For Woman's Instruc-
 tion and IFcn's Publication.
 Special Correspondence.l
 NEW YORK, April 17.-You may fur bish up' your winter gowns and hats to mako them do duty little longer as new clothes bought now should be warm enough for winter, yet fit to wear in spring. Except in tailor made gowns this combi- nation is scarcely possible so for few weeks of raw, carly Ei}:ing brighten up the old winter gowns ana keep tho pretty, new frocks for late May, when the jacket can be discarded Where fun was the trim ming, substitute lace or satin. Discard much of the velvet on the winter hat and trim it instead with a little jet or a touch of white lace. Wear a lace jabot with dark gown and brighten the whole cos tune by wearing light gray suede or white glace kid gloves.
 The pure white or cream white note pa- per which fashion has generally conceded to be in tho best taste has been partially outrivaled of late by the lusterless, crisp paper in venetian blue. A silverCd mon- ogram in a facsimile of tho handwriting, in the left hand corner, is quite tho correct thing.
 If you would driye away all tho little harshnesscs and the dull sallow tone that are apt to pervade the skin at this season, take heed of the following, which well known physician has recommended highly as cures well nigh infallibic:
 For diet, about an hour before break fast drink a glass of hot water-very hot. Squeeze two oranges into a glass, and to this pure juice add the juice of half a lcm- on. After drinking this slowly, let your breakfast consist of the following: Water crosses or lettuce in abundance, one soft boiled egg, a slice of dry toast or crackers and cup of tho best English breakfast tea. You will notice that doughy bread stuff, coffee and fried meats are ignored.
 As spring medicine, before retiring dis solve a teaspoonful of powdered willow charcoal in glass of water and drink it. Do this for three nights and on the fourth morning take seidlitz powder. Walk in the sunlight and at various times through the day rub the face and neck with a dry coarse towel.
 Some one was saying not long ago that eggs, the great spring edible, could become so tiresome. In reality there arc upward of 200 ways of cooking eggs. Here are two: Into a white delft dish place n spoon ful of tomato puree and on this lay q pCached egg. Cover this with an ounce of grated Parmesan cheese to a gill of white sauce and cover with more freshly grated cheese. Place in a hot oven until the cheese is delcately Drowned.
 Poach some eggs in the familiar way and prepare thin slices of toast as many as you havc eggs. Place tho eggs on the toast and cover with tho following sauce: Thick en a half pint of stock with an ounce of butter and flour cooked together until fine ly blended and of q light brown color; add to this |; tlcHscrtspoonful of walnut catchup and N orccstcrshire sauce, the juice of lemon, little mustard, a teaspoonful of essence of anchovies triflo of minced shalOt, a dozen minced capers, a dust of cayenne and a small tcaspoonful of finely grated lemon peel. Stir these into the bat ter and after simmcring for a few moments pour over the poached eggs.
 Blue is to be a fashionable color, as usual for spring and summcr-navy blue in the pretty tailor made gown with jacket and waistcoat, which still holds its own and pale blue in ginghams, lawns and evening fabrics.
 The long pale ccru coat, tight fitting with Tapping skirt, is the most correct and most expensive spring novelty.
 With the arrival of fine days and warm weather a hint may be given of a good way for people in the country to entertain modcstly, but most cnjoyably. Somewhere in your ncighborhoou an ordinary stage coach can be found. Take out party of 10 or 12 in this, havi.., hired it for the day, through the blossoming lane, stopping at noontime, when the sun is Warmcst, to lunch gypsy fashion, on the banks of a stream or hillside, visit any show place in the vicinity and return home through the twilight. A trip of this sort with congcnial spirits can be made as delightful as if the changing prospect of budding country was viewed from tho top of an aristocratic four inland.
 Men arc beginning to wear a worried look nowadays. No wonder! All the wom- ems clubs are discussing them. They havo unanimously decided that man has not his proper lowly position in society. He should be subordinate to that wonderful and paralyzing creature, tho American wo- man of today The husband and father has had hard things said of him-very hard! It's queer, too, for so many of these fair iconoclaSts arc devoted mothers and wives. A bluff old colonel solved the diff culty from his point of view by saying: Lord bless you, tho women must talk! If they want ,o abuse us, let them. Their meetings clear the air and keep their blood in circulation. There's ono consola- tion-man is of some use when unpaid bills arc floating around.
 At housekeeping time men are prepar- ing to drown all knowledge of that season of horror in drink. By cleaning the clos cts and cilpboards first, ono at a time, then the rooms one by one, much of the discom fort may be avoided.
 A complexion specialist said to me tho other day: ''Thcrc arc skins and skins, but the hardest to affect is the 'stipplcd' skin. This looks like the rough surface of a pincushion from which the pins have been drawn. There is just one thing to be donC-to get Ecw skin. Impossible? Not at all If piece of quilted cotton the size of the face is soaked ill rainwater and laid closely over tho face every night | for about six weeks, it will be found to | act as q mild but impcrceptible blister, leaving new skin as soft as an infants. At the same time let small dose of ta | raXacum be taken every other night
 Tho creole walk that so delights travel | CTS in the West Indies and South America | is described by a correspondent i'll this way: "Ihc weight of the figure is thrown | on the loins, and half of tho body moves | at each step, not with a jerk, but with
 vcment of tho shoulders core ]