The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1894-04-27
PARTICULARLY FOR WOMEN.

trimmings.
Frills, hutlngs, fiounces. festoons
and fchus are fashionable.
Very pale note paper, with the
monogram. is the latest fancy.
Velvet blouse waists, having sleeves
of soft satin, plain or shaded, are po-
pular.
Dear girls, the only way to ketch Il
man liz to start and run the other way
~ fast as yu kan.
They do not insist upon the exact
age of thirty. but declare that the age
of attractivcness must fall within
"A margin of two or three years on
either side of thirty.
The colors that are most in vogue
now are the dark yellowgreens, rose
tans and brown. Cardinal and violet
are still popular. But reaction In
favor of mixed colors is coming in.
The French novelists, who profess
to know more about the fair sex than
anybody else, have come to sub.
Stantial agreement upon the PROPOSE
ton that woman is at her most attrac.
tive, and, therefore, most dangerous
age when she has reached thirty.
Cunning little penwlpers are made
of part-colored felt Pieces of dul!
yellow are cut to represent face, hands
and feet. These are marked with I'M;
and attached to several layers that
initiate the smock of a Chinaman.
There need be no attempt to show the
queue, and yet the whole effect Is
simple and clever.
English cotton couch covers are quite
90 60,
in q variety of desirable colorings and
are said to wash as well as counter
nanes of cotton. A covering for Il bed.
room couch of striking red, with Il
border and figures, Is copied from the
Arabic PRAYER rug. Window drapcries
of silkoline are lined with white cheese
cloth and coverings for the bed are
made of the same material in the same
way. They are bordered with ilut-
cd frill.
A pretty fashion is to make tea.
cloth of II large napkin or damask
linen, working the design on the bor-
der in Oriental style in bright colorcd
silks with an outline thread of gilt
which will not tarnish when washed
Trim with Russian lace four inches
wide. Yellow linens are much liked
for tea and lunch cloths. One having
an all-over pattern, worked partly III
outline stitch and partly filled in with
white rope silk, is remarkably rich.
To make a wOolen fringe, crochet
any ordinary Openwork pattern out OF
single zephyr for the foundation, and
fasten to each point or scallop fluffy
balls made by winding the WOO
around n fork, in and out, in the form
of Il figure eight. When it Is sutli
ciently thick pass Il strong thread
around the wool two or three times
where it crosses in the center; tit
firmly and cut off the ends. slip the
wool on each side and the ends vii
spring back and form a round ball.
Trimming n lamp is now Il science
AS some one says that the cake made
by a lady is always better than any
other put on the counters, so laml
trimming needs hands of accuracy ant
refinement. Keep cheese cloth squares
for wiping off the lamps. The wick.
should be trimmed with the sharl
edge of visiting card, or with :
poker, heated red hot and passed oveI
the wick. This last method is Il littl,
troublesome, but it removes the char
red part evenly.
Wicks used for a long time, ever
| when they do not become very short
| grow thick and are apt to give fortl
an unpleasant odor. They should b'
removed once n month at least. II
| duplex burners one wick should b'
| trimmed in the opposite direction from
the other. Round wicks should b.
trimmed toward the center. Burner
should be wiped free from bits o
charred wick and drops of oil ever.
day. Every now and then they shoul'
be boiled in strong soapsuds, to max
! them perfectly clean. When the.
have been used long time they nee
replacing.
They laugh TO scorn the budding
! charms of the young miss, and ar
equally contemptuous of the wiles o
the sirens of forty or thereabouts, bu
pin their faith upon the all-subjuga-
ing power of the woman of thirty
They argue that she is just ut the rigll
| age to claim the homage Of youn
men, who usually find their chief oil
jcct of attraction in a woman olle
than themselves, and are fiattcred Il
being permitted to burn incense 4
her shrine; while at the same time sh
Is near enough to the confines c
youth to be very enchanting to tn
older generation the boys of fifty c
sixty.