The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-12-29
OF INTEREST TO WOMEN.

OF INTEREST TO WOMEN.
Chronicle Of Facts and Fancies For tn.
Economical and Extr2vagant.
NEW YORK, Dec 2f.-Never wash YOU
shoes. Clean them with oil. Any oil viii
do. II you want them to wear we'll, don 7
wear one pair constantly. If they are of
only when you are asleep, they don't bav,
! time to air and dry thoroughly. Two pair.
/ worn alternately will wear four times a.
long.
Mary Wilkins, the story writer, Is so shy
and reserved that the general remark o.
| all who meet her casually is that theJ
don't feel acquainted" with her.
! If you want to make the fashionable
J expensive, soft caramel at home, just az
by your ordinary caramel recipe, only
varying it by beating your candy thor
oughly for two minutes just after taking
It OF the fire. That keeps it from sugar
{ ing or being sticky, and tho result is ths
: most coveted soft caramel. If You want
I to do something to brighten up an even
ing party and to show of your own pretty
( dishes and cups at the same time, turn al
| your fine bits Of china and glass into bon
bonnieres, fill them with candy and scatter
them about the place with pleasing irreg
ularity.
New York cooks at big restaurants and
hotels have been interviewed as to what
they cook by, and though electricity and
gas play parts in their kitchens they all
but unanimously agree that charcoal is
the only thing fit to broil over.
Old fashioned blue jeans has come to be
recognized as an artistic material. 1t j:
not for clothes, but for upholstery and
bangings that it is in favor. Chairs are
covered with it and curtains made of it.
If you want TO keep candy and keep il
fresh, put it in tin box.
The best thing in the world for polish.
ing glass Is the japanese paper napkin. II
is for eyeglasses and spectacles that they
arc especially invaluable. They are better
than any chamois skin except as the skin
Is quite new.
Hero is the recipe for the finest sachet
powder in the world-that is, for the most
aristocratic in smell: One part white rose,
one part heliotrope, one part violet, one part
orris root. A tiny pinch of musk added to
an ounce of thiI mixture increases its at
traction without bctraying its presence.
It is wise to select your potted plants for
parlor decoration with reference to the
temperature you like yourself. One man
who does not like cold rooms is vowing
that his wife shall have palms this year.
Last winter she had as his chief vegetable
feature some Kind Of a fancy arctic pine
that could not support a temperature
above 65 degrees, and hepine's preference
was always consulted, and the family had
rheumatism and doctors bills.
If your instep is not high enough TO suit
you, did you know you could have it pad
ded; Any fashionable shoemaker can do it,
fastening the pad in the shoe SO that you
have no trouble and small risk of exposure
before your prying feminine friends.
New things in visiting cards should be
adopted with caution. Novelty is usually
vulgar, but one new feature is out that
has the best social backing. 1t is especial
~ used by single women, but also by mar
ried ones when they do not carry the name
of mother or sister on their pasteboard.
1t is like mans, y by 21s inches, and
bears both name and address.
A new way OF mourning people you
don't want to mourn too much is to have
your card with black edge, but not the
smallest black border. That means two
or three weeks Of grief for an acquaintance
not intimate enough to desolate you for
six months.
Picture gallery parties are coming to be
as accepted form OF hospitality as is the
theater party. They have the novel charm
of being both sweller and cheaper.
Lillian Russell is playing Tho Grand
Duchess" and she winks at the house
with peculiar and new vivacity now when
-, - . at he
care what the newspapers say. And the
house laughs and applauds.
The best place for the .nnumerable
photographs of modern society is not an
album, nor tie wall, nor a portfolio.
These things are out What is wanted is
a big open, pretty basket. You can find
just the thing among japanese goods.
Dump bushel OF pictures in that if you
like and thcc set il under a table or On
stand in corner. where you like, and
your friends portraits are accessible with
out being obtrusiTe.
Remember in buying flowers that the
big white lilies are the flowers that last
longest, and that the buds will blossom in
close rooms as no other buds will
The most famous set of dishes In the
world is in the White House. The first
dish toward this famous set was selected
By Martha Washington and i an old fash
ioned family soup turoen. Every lady Of
the White House has made additions
Some which will be greatly appreciated in
years to come were contributed by Mrs
Harrison and are decorated By herself
During her first term as first lady ia the
land Mrs. Cleveland presented TO the
White House a few very large pieces,
which were given To her as wedding sifss
THO. HOLLAND.
One half the quantity Of Dr. Prices
Cream Baking Powder will 20 farther
and give better results than a like