The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-03-21
SOMETIMES.
Kate JOrdnn's Bright. Breezy and
Timely Observations.

Sometimes dainty little dinner is
completely married by a weak or taste
less dessert. To make Siberian punch at
home. pour a. little of the best Jamaica
rum over the platter of ice cream, and
as an appetizing decoration cover 1t
with the clear. preserved cherries.
Sometimes the feminine detective is a
nuisance in the large shops of our big
cities. When competition sets in be-
tween a few of them, then let the most
innocent shopper beware. If sharp
lacepin or a gauzy handkerchief happens
to adhere to her fuzzy sleeve while pass
ing "A counter, she runs chances of being
arrested. searched and is perhaps forced
to spend at least a bad quarter Of an
hour trying to prove her innocence.
Sometimes women are charged with
being hard hearted. In affairs of the
heart they may at times be a little
cruel. but their sensitiVenesS to suffering
IN dumb animals is particularly acute.
A small club has been started in New
York by little woman who is a bundle
of nerves and sympathies. One of the
rules is worth recording: NO member
shall decorate her hat with any part of
a bird. She shall not eat Holsters, crabs.
pate de fOis gras nor any food supplied
through unnecessary torture 10 an ami
NAL" HOLSTERS, crabs. etc. are boiled
alive. The delicious, imported pates are
made from the liVers Of unhappy geese
who are stuffed 10 repletion until the
liver is abnormally swollen and the bird
on the verge of apcpleXy; hence the in
terdict.
Sometimes a dead. pale skin. despite
the fact that novelists continually give
their heroines a clear, soft pallor," is
exceedingly annoying As a remedy try
iron in some form just after eating,
glass of undiluted claret or port at
luncheon and dinner and regular walk
ing in the open air. no matter what the
weather may be.
Sometimes fashion revenges herself
cruelty upon her devOtees. The present
style Of couture is exceedingly trying
to plain women. When the face is too
long. che hair should not be parted in
the middle, even though TO arrange il
otherwise marks one as not quite up to
date" \ woman who looks older than
her years should not wear the old-fasb-
toned banded style minus a bang. This
will add a settled look anything but
attractive. 1t is peculiarly adapted to
the baby Style of face.
Sometimes "A cherries dining-room or
one not quite in good taste interreres
with that atmosphere of convivialitv
that should prevail around the friendly
board. The very happieSt ones for a
dining-rOOm are to be found in dark
polished wood, warmly tinted but not
glaring rugs, green things growing near
a swiss draped window, the blue and
white of old delft on artistic shelving
that can easily be put up. and over it
all. in winter, the irregular pickering OF
an open fire.
Sometimes an artist has to select the
good points of many models to make one
perfect figure. / understand that Mr..
George Wade, the English sculptor is
authority for the fact that few women
possess really beautiful arms The bone
is usually TOO prominent at the wrist and
elbow. Pretty women as a rule have
ugly arms, and the only perfect ones be
has ever seen have belonged TO women
whose faces were hOpelessly plain. The
law Of compensation is plainly inevitable.
Sometimes sleep cannot De woOed by
the most arduouS coaxing. y good rem
edy is TO be found in a bowl Of warm
milk before retiring. Kittens invariably
sleep after warm milk. 1t has a sooth-
ing effect upon the nerves and sends
delicious warmth through the veins.
Sometimes we are almost inclined to
defy fashion, but women are initiative
and have the sheeplike instincts Of going
with the crowd. A year or so ago we
wore skirts that swept the muddy pave
ments. Now the decree comes from Paris
that skirts this spring will be fully four
inches above the ground. Fancy the big
woman whose feet match her inches in
such an abbreviation and shudder. But
she'll wear it if the fashion books carry
out the rumOr.
Sometimes woman's interesting age is
a matter for argument and speculation.
The gallant novelist Of our grandmoth-
er's day would not write Of a. heroine
over sixteen. She has steadily grown
older and now the French novelists. the
masters Of the craft. scott at a heroine
under thirty and fix woman's most inter
esting age at thrty-three. How charm
ing If this keeps on. the term old
KATE JORDAN