The National tribune., 1895-10-24

A pretty frock for Autumn and Winter is
made of tweed. velvet, satin. and fur. The
gown is first very simple affair, with yoke
OF brown velvet and good big sleeves, then q
scarf-like arrangement of satin edged with
msrten is folded over the shoulders and brought
down into a narrow velvet belt. The scarf
gives somewhat the effect Of surplice, broad
over the shoulders and very narrow at the
waist. 1t is pretty style to be copied in
black, blue, plum-color, green. or red. Green
trimmed with mink would be pretty. or dark.
blue with soft gray chinchilla. The velvet
satin, and tweed all ought to be Of the same
shade of color.
Green velvet seems to be quite pet fabric
this year. Green is good color always. bu,
green velvet is used for hat-crowns and ribbons
for collars. belts. lapels wraps. and sleeves, and
a bonnie color it is. The makers now have a
true green-neither too yellow nor too blue,
too bright nor too dull.
Green velvet looks so very pretty with fur,
or ostrich feathers, or heavy lace. or violets.
Harper's Round Table: "Hullo, Fatty" said
the Copy book to the Dictionary.
"Hullo Thinnyi" retorted the Dictionary.
You're wordy person, Fatty" said the
Copy book.
You're an empty thing, Thinny," said the
Dictionary.
sneered the Copy-book.
:" Need it i'm my business Thinny." said the
Dictionary, and the Umbrella in the library
corner laughed SO hard that it bent one of its
ribs.
The President has awarded medal OF honor
to William G. Whitney. Captain, Co. B, 11th
Mich, for most distinguished gallantry in ac-
tion at Chickamaugs, Sept. 20, 1863. At the
time the enemy was about to make a charge
Capt. Whitney went outside the Union works
at great risk of his life, aud going among the
dead and wounded OH the field cut off and
secured their cartridge-boxes. He brought this
much-needed ammunition into the Union lines
where it was used with such good effect that
the enemy was repulsed.
In an article OH Manual Training and the
problems of domestic service, in this issue, the
author, G. Vrooman, makes the statement that
the French women are the ideal housekeepers
of the world. as they lead in sewing, millinery
and other feminine handiworks. The state
meut is an oft-heard one that a French family
could live on what an American family throws
away; but there Is another side to the ques-
zion, and that is that undoubtedly food that has
been cooked twice is less nutritious and less
easily digested than that which has been
cooked once, and that three-times cooked food
is decidedly inferior in nutritive value al
though it may be made to tickle the palate
with pleasing spices. in which art the French
certainly excel. Little babies and invalids are
always better off if fed freshly -cooked food, and
doctors often advise particularly against any
other. Food cooked twice may, if eaten in
sufficient quantities, provide as much nourish-
ment AS fresher stuffs, but this means overload
ing the stomach and firing out the digestive
apparatus. which is not desirable. We may
waste good deal OF food, but there is some
times a gain in such waste. though we prob
ably carry our extravagance to as much of an
extreme as the French do their thriftiness.
At any rate, as a result, we have the best-fed
Iab0rerS anu Worklngnen ia the WorIu, ana
also the most extravagaut ones. Just before
awarding tho French the premium for cook
ing, we will insert the thin edge of doubt
which is not very gracious of US, to be sure
and be glad that our grandmothers were more
lavish. That is not saying that We ought not
all learn a little economy from the French
but not too much.
The Marie Antoinette styles, the fchu the
short tight sleeves ruified at the elbow, the gay
hats, the Pompadourcd hair, the tight little