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The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-03-07
NInnfcI necnrntinn.

For the decoration of mantcl the fol-
lowing scheme has been recommended:
First cover the wood or marble with
heavy tinfoil. Take light sprays OF smi-
lax and lay over the edge SO that il
drops about eighteen inches. Trim this
even at the ends with pair of shea rs
Purchase several pots Of thrifty lycopo-
dum-the new golden variety is very
handsome for the puTpose-turn the
plants out Of the pots and place them
on the tinfoil. which cover entirely. Fit
the plants together SO that there will
be one solid bed Of lycopOdium. On this
flowers can be laid or vases may be
stood. The bed Of moss alone is very
effective. If sprinkled often it. will re-
main beautiful \ long time. This is
very pretty way to decorate the mantel-
piece for weddings or entertainments.
Vases with coleus. callas and poinsettia
look gorgeous rising from this golden
tipped lycopodium.-Home Journal
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-03-07

One of the most successful additions
for Transforming an ordinary morning
gown into a guise suitable for evening
consists Of a narrow front. reaching to
the waist. Of beautiful fine gauze. with
wide ruffies on either side extending over
the shoulders. The collar IS high stand
ing one. and the whole slightly embrod-
cred. What a comfort this would prove
on q cold evening. when a low bodice,
or even a semilow bodice. necessitates
much moral courage and ends often in
a cold, 1t will be acceptable also, with
out doubt. to many good people who
never wear low dresses. and their name
is legion.
Low necked dresses. with long sleeves,
are a Partisan freak, the effect of which
Is not pretty. besides leading people to
think the wearer's arms are long and
thin.
Thick-ribbed silk or MORE in form of
sleeves, frilled fronts and berthas makes
dressy the day toilet, but IL should be.
II possible. not plain MORE. but MORE
antique. with irregular water marks and
satin spots or shot with shades Of ruby
or green, thus greatly Frightening up a
dress.
AS 10 plated collars, frills and collar
cites. they are numberless. Folds of
velvet in emerald or turquoise blue into
which lace is daintily gathered repre-
sent a simple form of these garnitures.
or they may be i'm peau de sole, satin
lined and tied with ribbon.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-03-07
HeIen GonId,s ChnrItIcs.

Miss Helen Gould, if she lives long
enough and if she does not marry and
get husband and family to spend her
money. will go upon record as the most
charitable woman in the world. As "A
young woman she has already earned
that title, and if there are any among the
older ones to compete with it it is because
circumstances have favored them or
their gifts have grown during the years
they have been giving.
Miss Gould keeps no account of her
gifts. but works secretly as If afraid 10
let her right hand know what her left is
doing II is difficult to find out all the
charities Of a young woman who works
so secretly. One knows of them only
as they come accidentally to light-sOme-
times the little. sometimes the large-or
are told by grateful persons who are ben
Gifted.
There is a story, but it comes from a
good source, that Miss Gould is some
times driven to econOmizing even with
her S15,OOO0OO and her $4,000 a month.
She gives away such colossal sums that
occasionally she has TO choose between
this thing and that.
On one afternoon every week Miss
Gould orders out her carriage and directs
the driver to take her to a certain dry
goods store. where she alights and buys
flannels, dress goods, trimmed hats and
hosiery and bed linen. on other days
she orders supplies of simple household
remedies, which are a hardship 10 do
without for wide distribution. These
trips cost her many hundreds Of dollars
for "A very large check is required 10
cover them.-N. Y. Press.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-03-07

II is 10 he egretted-wholly in the
interests Of her sex-that the woman
who thanks a gentleman for surrender
ing 10 her his seat in the cars does not
speak up boldly and cheerfully and as
If she really meant what she said It
has been long maintained by our foreign
critics that the English language lacks
feXibllity, nice shades of meaning. the
quality of expression, compared to other
tongues. But after careful observation
at home and abroad / am satisfied that
the lack of expression is rather in the
English speaker than in the language.
There are an infinite number of shades
of which this little Thank YOU" is sus-
ceptible. as any one about town knows.
1t may be uttered in such way as 10
cause the blood 10 tingle with indigna-
ton. il can be said with such grace and
sweetness that the recipient will carry
the memory Of it as the memory of some
delicious perfume or beautiful picture or
sympathetic strain Of music For such
a reward as this thousands of men have
suffered uncomplainingly. have endured
the fortunes Of the inquistion, have
fought, bled and died upon the battle
field.
1t would seem very simple thing,
but the graces and politeness and gen
tleness of speech which distinguished the
women OF the Chivalric age are now al
most wholly unknown. When women
talk of the decay of chivalry in man,
they forget that men are what women
make them. Men are the exact reflec-
ton of their mothers and sisters and
wives. Through the history Of the men
Of the past we have accurate knowledge
Of the character of the women Of that
time As IL Is impossible for the foun-
tain to rise higher than it's source, so is
Il impossible for men TO rise higher than
their mothers. their sweethearts, wives
and Sisters.-N. Y Herald
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-03-07
Sleeping ARRANGEMENTS

4 French doctor urges that we have
been sleeping in the wrong position in
definitely. The pillow belongs properly
under the feet and not under the head.
To quote him. unless the head be low
the brain is not properly irrigated with
blood"
Then he goes on TO show how the right
habit may be gradually acquired, six
weeks being a good limit for making the
change without discomfort. Discard the
pillow first for a few nights, then do
without the bolster, too. There will still
be a slight rise in the mattress which
soon must be eliminated and level po-
sition secured Finally, put the pillow
at the foot of the bed. and there YOU are.
one Of his arguments is that If nature
had intended the head 10 be raised in
occupying a recumbent position the hui
man body would have been differently
formed.
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English Home management.

An English periodical, Woman, gives,
I'm an article 10 young hOusekeepers, a
daily time table for the arrangement Of
the servants duties in a household con-
sisting Of husband and wife, in which
two servants are kept. \ specimen IS
submitted:
$40 a. might kitchen fire. fill ket-
ties, etc. Brush up dining room and lay
fire Sweep hall, polish door brasses.
7:30-Kitchen breakfast
S@Clean gentleman's boots
S15-prepare dining room breakfast
S:45-Send up breakfast. Wash kitch-
en-, wipe larder shelves.
9:30-Clear dining room breakfast.
Wash up breakfast things
1o-Take orders for the day. Clean
knives
II 10 12-(See table Of special duties.
L to 1 =. m.-Prepare luncheon for
O'Clock.
1:2O-Kitchen dinner.
Wash up. Tidy kitchen.
3:15 to 4:3O-(See table Of special du-
ties).
4:3O-Kitchen tea.
Prepare late dinner.
7:30-Dish up dinner.
s-Wash up dinner things and all
ssucepans, etc, used in the preparation
of dinner
9-Kitchen supper.
10-Go to bed
The special duties" refer 10 sundrv
occupations. such as her own n1ending
cleaning servants rooms, etc, to be done
on different days
Now, has the millennium come over in
London. or is this only a case Of beIling
the cat? II would be the very exoep-
tiOnal American cook who would thus
go through her day with one eye on the
clock. The table is interesting besides
as showing the difference in work in
English and American households.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-03-07

Nine. Jane Harding. that beautiful and
conscientious artistic. does not believe in
pursuing art for gain. She is not rich
ana never expects To he, although she
puts high market value on her talent
and is indefatigable in her work Annie
Pfxley was worth $4,000 when she died.
She had been on the stage about twenty
years. She not only made money, but
she made good investments. lived we'll
supported an entire family, stepfather
and husband included. educated her half
sisters and stepsisters and gave a great
deal 20 the common CaUsc-humanity
The first hing she did when success came
was TO study. She was a child when she
went on the stage. and contact with the
world enabled her to appreciate her de-
feCts She took up English and eth
quettc first She studied grammar, phys
iOlogy AMI literature. and later music
and French. Annie PiXlcy was a self
made woman, and her life, If il is ever
written. Will show what a girl can do
who has pluck and ambiton.-EXchange
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American Women.

OF all the gifts which nature has Law
ished upon woman, one Of the most
characteristic is adaptability Few
women in Europe possess in the same
degree as the American woman the
faculty of identifying themselves with
their medium of changing country. eli
mate and surroundings with so wonder
full supplenesS. More perfectly than
others. she accommodates herself to cir
cumstances while she preserves her in
dividuality in a strange surrounding.
Whenever we meet the American woman
and we meet her everywhere. in the
ranks of the English peerage and of the
highest European aristOcraCy as we'll as
in more modest COnditiOns-we are
struck with that marvellous adaptability
in which wise men see the signs of the
superiority of a race or of a Species
Popular Science Monthly.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-03-07
Annie MorinEuc Pudding.

Two cupfuls of stewed apples stewed
ovaporated apples will do-one-half cup
ful of sugar, three eggs. the yolks and
whites separate, teaspoonful bitter
almond, teaspoonfUl Of cinnamon and
nutmeg. mixed If the apples arc not
hot. heat them. add sugar and spice
and butter and the Nolks of eggs slow
". Beat well and pour into buttered
baking dish. bake i'm quick oven ten
minutes. Meanwhile beat the whites Of
the three eggs to a stiff froth add two
tablespoonfuls of sugar, and beat again
with egg-beater. add teaspoonful of Bit
ter almond. draw pudding to oven door,
spread quickly with meringue. bake a
delicate brown Serve hot or cold with
cream-N. Y. World.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-03-07

Any observing parent will testify that
on more than one occasion, his child has
come 10 him with a new interest in a
thought or theme. inspired by the words
or example Of a young companion. TO the
surprise Of the parent-who had before
sought in vain to excite an interest in
that very direction All that the parent
had said on the subject had been of no
value in comparison with that which had
been said or done by the child's compan-
ion. as another self.
Again. there are few parents who have
not found TO their regret that their child
has received lessons and impulses direct
~ opposed 10 all the parental counsel and
purposes through a brief and COMPARE
tivel unnoticed companionship that ought
10 have been guarded against. And
these are but illustrations Of the in
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-03-07
The Love That Kills.

II is not enough that wives must feel
that they have the love of their nus
bands. writes Edward w. Box, in the
Ladies' Home Journal. They should
know il and be told it, Thoughtlessness
and a misunderstanding of the nature of
women are at the bottom Of all this I'M
expressed love. There is plenty Of love
abroad in this world. and a great part
of il lies in the hearts of our American
husbands But it shouldn't lie dormant
When il does. it is the love that kills.
II should reach expression. Tt should he
given voice and as often and as warmly
as the heart dictates. 4 good wife can
stand a tremendous quantity Of love
all that any man can give her. The dan
ger lies rather in not giving enough than
in giving too much
1t is not an unmanly thing for "A man
to love his wife. although one might
readily believe so from the way some
men go about H. Neither is II siCkly,
maudHn nor sentimental for him to show
it, But even if it were all these and
more, what Of it? Who has a prior
claim to a husbands love. and who
better right TO know it2 What is il thai
men do for their wives that is at all an
equivalent for what wives do for their
husbands? Provide for them? That's
duty and nothing more. In some things
II is we'll that we should 60 a little fur
Their than the duty line. The more hus
bands remain lovers the better it will
he for the wives of our land. II is the
expressed love of a husband that makes
wife radiantly happy, and nothing
else can take its place.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-03-07

For several seasons past there has
been a rage among small boys for russell
leather Tam O'Shanters. These caps are
very English and everlasting. They
come i'm black as we'll as brown leather,
TO match the leggings worn with kits
and little breeches, and cost about 1913
The combination is pretty enough. but
the caps have been condemned by the
medical profession and the professional
nursery maid as injurious. Aside from
a tendency To precipitate a race Of bald
headed babies. the head is heated to
degree to which 50 delicate an organ
as child'S brain should not be exposed.
Life is hard enough for the modern man
without using leather Tam O'Shanter
To handicap his childhoOd.-N. Y. Com
11tprria1
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-03-07
Dignity and Pleasure of work.

Unless a woman has a family 10 rear
or property enough to make her indie
pendent the power of earning Il liveli-
hood is essential 10 her dignity IF she
is making "A home and rearing children
she is doing the noblest kind of work.
To think for one moment that she is
being supported does her position great
Injustice But to the ChildlesS or home
less women. Of whatever age, a life Of
inactivity brings melancholy, discomfort
and premature decay. There is nothing.
after disease. disgrace and helpless pow
erty. 50 fatal To the enjoyment of life as
a want of occupation or the lack of a
worthy outlet for the facuties.-Detroit
News
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-03-07

Il suppose" said a clever little wom-
an. that l get TO go to the theater more
than any woman of my acquaintance,
means being equal. You see. it's this
way: One night John wanted me TO go
10 the play, and of course accepted,
for 1 dearly love the play. After the
theater was over John was steering me
straight for the restaurant. No. John,
said 1 firmly: we can't afford it. The
play was treat enough. Let's be sensi-
BILE We had a good dinner, and we are
not starving
''Oh, hang the expenser said Mr.
John. We might as we'll round off with
a bit of supper But 1 wouldn't. As
John says, stood pat We went on
home, for when a man is hungry he
doesn't think much of the virtue of
economy. In fact, he said by my pig
headedness I'd spoiled all the evening.
ana he'd be ding squizzled'-whatever
that may mean-if he'd take me out
again in hurry. I kept my temper.
rs | was grateful for having seen so
beautiful play. and said nothing.
''Well. when we got home. John threw
the bedroom door open with a bang. and
there in the middle of the floor was my
sewing table with as dainty a lunch as
one could Wish. We had had a leg OF
mutton for dinner, and / had shredded
some Of If. chopped up a couple Of shall
lots fine and added two cold potatoes
cut into dice and covered with mayon-
naise made after Catherine Coles prize
recipe Then there We're a few olives
and some dainty slices of bread and but
ter. all on a white cloth. with chairs
drawn up. and as coy as could be. John
was simply delighted. Since then he often
asks me TO go TO the theatey. for he saws
he can stick me for supper that tastes
better than any hot bird and cold bot
tie that he could order down town"
What else do you have for those sup
pers?'' inquired a curious wife who
had never had the happy thought of
playing hostess for only her husband
We'll, one night / made before start
ing-and I never let John know what we
are going 10 have-a nice dish of oyster
soup. / sent for Il cents worth of oys-
ters and . cents worth of milk / took
the juice of the oysters. scalded it,
added the hot milk and finally pumped
the oysters in. l had seasoned it with
plenty of butter. pepper and sauce. Then
set it away That night when we got
home I dOused il all into a saucepan
and heated it up over our CRATE fire
put some broken crackers i'm the bowl
and poured il over them. II made a tip
top supper for poor people. who. in go
ing TO the theater, want To eat their
cake and have it too.'-New Orleans
Picayunc.
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Personal Neatne-. Il. Captivating.

There is a personal cleanliness that
with taste in dress and grace Of manner
rivals and often outshines beauty. Trifes
like glossy hair, white teeth well-kept
hands, a smooth skin. redolent Of health
sweet breath, fresh linen and spotless
garments go a long way toward making
up the sum of personal attractiveness.
All clean people are charming. but
charming people are never more charm
ing than when they are radiant with
good grooming. II is some expense, but
a great deal OF trouble. TO be habitually
and exquisitely neat. II pays, though,
immensely -Health Journal.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-03-07
Celery salad.

Cut the white stalks OF celery into
pieces a half inch long. To every pint of
these pieces allow half pint Of mayor
naise dressing Dust the celery lightly
with salt and pepper, mix it with the
dressing heap it ON a cold plate. gar
nish with white tips OF the celery and
serve Immediately. DO not mix the cell
cry and dressing until you are ready to
use the salad.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-03-07
WOMAN AND HOME -.

trimming about the dress, except folds
of the same material or Grape. To use
cut jet is atrocious. and even dull jet is
i'm bad taste. \ recent widow. done up
i'm yards of Grape and "bombaZine," with
the shelf crease yet in it, stuck to her
diamonds, wearing two-carat stones in
her ears and five Of the same kind at
her throat. Through the folds of ne en-
veloping veil they shone like glow rms
Grief like that is shrieking sham.-N.
". Telegram
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-03-07

\ reign Of popularity is predicted FOR
a new shoe for evening wear; 1t has
pointed toe and deep flap secured by
rounded buckle. 4 pair is shown in
helotrope brocade, the buckle being Of
amethsts which match the color of the
material. Another shoe for evening
wear has a strap over the instep. the
top of the shoe being embroidered i'm
silver into which green-tinted stones
have been introduced. 1t can be made
in any color of satin. that i'm light apple
green being especially attractive.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-03-07
strnin of school on American Girls.

Or. Mitchell deliberately maintains
that. for all the best purposes of female
society. it would be better that American
girls were not educated at all until they
are seventeen than that they were over
wrought as they are at present. They
study seven or eight hours day when
two or three would be sufficient 90 keep
what? To spend their after years on a
sofa or i'm "A sickroom and 10 be a burden
instead Of a help To those who are dear
est 10 them.
II is a tremendous saying, from one
speaking with authority. that as much
domestic unhappiucSs is caused i'm Amer
lea by nervousness among women as by
dram-drinking among men. Yet such is
DIT Weir AlitchellS verdict. He holds
that every girl ought 10 be examined as
10 her nervous temperament when about
10 go TO school. and al frequent inter
walls afterwaTd. that leisure. exercise and
wholesome meals ought to be insisted
upon, and that studies ought to he COM
pulsorily diminished or discontinued al
together, the moment the well-known
signs OF Overstrain appear
II girls are maintained in normal nerv-
GUS condition until they are seventeen
they may study almost as hard as they
please afterward without imperiling their
wOman's life But let there be no mis-
take about IL. OverEOrk and unnatural
worry from eight or nine to seventeen
mean ruin and wretchedneSs from sew
enteen till early death.-McClures Mag
aZine
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DETAILS OF DRESS.
Becoming Accessories That Are Made
TO Serve Most Useful Purpose.

It is just now the trimmings of the
dress and the details of the toilet that
engage attention for the most part rath-
CT than new shapes and cuts. Many are
The ways Of enriching the cOrsage.
Among them figure, Of course, fichus.
bows and sleeves and pIastrons of diff
ferent and rich materials.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-03-07

front seam. The bottom of the skirt is
trimmed with broad bard of the MORE,
and at the neck is close-fittng stand
ing colla~ OF the same a very pretty
effect is produced by three bretteles of
graduated depth, which outline the round
yoke at the back, pass over the shoulders
and are included in the side front seams.
Beautiful reception gowns in velvet.
satin or bTOcade may he made mp after
this model. and Persian lamb, lace in
sertion or braid wrought i'm an elaborate
design will supply suitable decorati ton.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-03-07

Gowns of dfty-ccnt organizes are to
be made up over foundations of taffcta
Glace silk. which sells for about $50
yard. They are overburdcned with
lace and MORE ribbons with long ends
are much in evidence.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-03-07

structive and swayilg power of child
companiOnship Such a power as this
ought not TO be ignored or sighted by
any parent who would do most and best
for his child's wise training.-Sunday
School Times
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-03-07

The ginghams were never more at
tractive. They are fine in texture. per-
feet i'm coloring. with narrow stripes Of
black or white corded lines Some have
tiny embroidered figures between the
stripes. The pinks, light blues hello
tropcs and grays arc especially pretty.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-03-07

Ii you visited the Fair you want Magnificent Panorama
and illustrated Record of what you saw you did
you want Accurate Pictures of what there and
what all your friends who did go talking about Both
wants met by the splendid bound book of 500
massive obong pages with $50 fupage copyrighted
photographs 6xS inches, known as
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-03-07

The sash is again in fashion. It is
broad and it is narrow. II ties in the
back or at the side but it has a place
on every modish gown
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Queer Mourning.

Some people have queer ideas about
wearing mourning. When Grape is worn
there should not be a suspicion Of any
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FASHION NOTES.

This illustrates a princess costume.
than which there is perhaps no style
more suited to the display of rich fab
RIGS. In this instance the material used
is mauve French camers hair and mauve
MORE. The yoke and lower sleeves are
of the MORE. The closing is effected in
visibly along the front edge of the left
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W0MAN'S TRIALS.
SOME LIGHT ON THE SUBJECT.
SO Many Suffer Without Knowing Why.
Much Can BE Avoided.

TsPEcIAL 70 ORR LADY EEApFEs.l
So many feel the very life crushed out
of them, wake up cheerful and happy,