The National tribune., 1894-07-05

in his dressiDg-gow at the door of his wife S
room, l find that you have borrowed all my
four-in-hands, my cheviot shorts, my collar
buttons, and my sleeve-Iinks. Would you
mind, under the circumstances, lending me a
muslin bodice and silk sash fer the after
noon7"
The craze for rugs has caused an excellent
thing to be abused. A rug, not multitude of
rugs, is more desirable than a carpet in q bed
room from sanitary point Of view, in the din
ing-room the waxed floor and the larger cen ter
rug are dc rigeur, but in the drawing room,
where there is much passing back and forth, a
well-chosen carpet, with one or two rugs dis
better teste, says Tribant.
We are apt to overload our houses with rugs
just as we overload them with tables and
chairs and meaningless pieces of furniture.
Bits of silk dignifed by the name of hangings
seem to drop from the nowhere into here" /"
and alight on the edges OF holdings, the cor
ners of the mantel, and droop over the paint
ings like foolish butterflies without the wit to
go about their business, and yet rich. warm
toned drapery, either as a back ground for a
piece of bronze or as covering for ungainly
mantel, is one of the most potent factors in the
artistic finish Of an apartment.
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The women of New York in their recent
suffrage campaign left no stone unturned that
could further the movement. mammoth
petition of more than 100000 names was pre-
pared. It was the intention of the women to
obtain 100000 names, but so popular was the
movement that the number was considerably
more than doubled. Among ether telling argu-
ments prepared and presented by the campaign
committee was the carefully gathered statistics
concerning the woman property owners of the
State, which showed that outside of the city of
New York 5000, 0O0 600 worth of property be-
longs to women.
Wellesley is not the only institution Of learn
ing for girls where rowing is favorite pur-
suit Lasell Seminary, at Auburndaie, Mass,
although only high-grade finishing school"
sconced in these days of degree e-giving colleges,
has boat crew and any number Of small clubs.
The Charles is conveniently near. and for a
good many years the girls have been accus-
toned to row. but the boats which were con-
sidered "safe for young ladies" were the wide
and heavy ones, which demand the greatest
amount of labor for the least pleasure.
Accordingly swimming tank was intro
duced aud swimming lessons given as pre-
paratory step toward the more dangerous, and,
therefore, more delightful boat work. Now,
when girl is an accomplished swimmer, and
shows as rauch ease in diving to the rescue of
her companions as wharf gamin; when she
cannot only swim but kick off shoes. skirts, and
tight bodies as she swims, she is candidate
for admission to the Canoe Club, the first of
it's kind in the country. Already there are
two crews-the "club" crew and the ''senior !"
crew. There is a long line of candidates wait
ing admission also, aud it is expected that by
Fall there will be two or three more crews on
the river.
Before a girl is accepted as a member Of one
of the crews she must pass the various physical
tests. No girl who cannot swim may become a
member; the strength Of the back must be 100,
lung capacity 10, arms 45, grip 25, and so on.
+ The attire of the Lasell csnoeists is striking.
They wear blue serge skirts, ankle length,
"real" sweaters of white with large light
blue III" embroidered on the bosom and white
Tam 0Sbanters. Individually they may not
be surprisingly attractive-sweaters are not
grace-giying garments-but taken as whole
they form very attractive feature on the
Charles.
For seaside wear white will be largely used,
suits of cream serge, pique, grass linen and
swivel silk all being popular. For these the
styles of making are extremely simple, the
blouse waist, big sailor collar and esthetic sash
. forming the principal feature.
A sailor suit may be- made Of white flannel
(non -shrinkable Of course1. The neck is left
open, being cut in the approved French style.
The collar is very wide, with graceful curving
edges in front, but the back conforms to the
approved box shape. The bodice fits snugly
across the bust and upper Sides without the
slightest suspicion of that slouchiness which SO
often characterizes these loose waists.
Great sleeve putfs reach to the elbow, and a
well-ftted skirt, which must measure Just four
yards around the bottom, finishes the dress
the accessories are a snugly-ftting belt OF
crimson silk, with ends hanging from the left
side, generous bow of the same bright stuff to
asten the collar and white straw sailor deco
rated with a crimson band.
TIE gloves and shoes may be either red or
white, as the wearer may fancy; whichavar
they are the costume is charming and slmost
sure to be becoming. Should the throat be too
slender for the fow-cut bodice, just fill up the
open space with striped material matching the
dress combinations. letting the bars run hori-
zontally.
When woman finds on consulting the mirror
that she is worn, wrinkled, and haggard lock-
ing Let her first take hot wafer and pure SOAP
and thoroughly wash her face and neck, then
rub the skin hard with Turkish towel until
it is all agIow, then rub cold cream carefully
| into all the pores, holding the skin smooth and
rubbing out the wrinkles. After this thorough
rubbing, take heavy Turkish towel dip it in
the water as hot as can possibly be borne to
wiring the towel out. Unfold quickly and hold
close to the face, touching, il not too hot Re.
peat this eight or nine times, until the face and
neck are thoroughly steamed. Then lie down
and 60 to sleep for the night, and guarantee
that one nights work like this will make 8
vast improvement, and fve nights of the same
| treatment will mako one look 10 years younger
80
+ When Jon are packing your trunk try and
I put in it everything you will need. so that you
will not have to borrow from your hostess You
will require the silk or cotton matching your