The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-04-07
The Value Of Sewing.

me girl who can sew Is the really indie
pendent wage-earner; she is always sure of
a living. A sensible young girl said to the
writer: II left a business college to learn
millinery, and am glad / did. I'm on pay
now, and my friends who graduated are
still looking for work. The time will come
when bread winners in certain fields of
labor will be driven out by the pin-money
workers.; they are routing them now,
sWarming from business colleges into office
positions, and offering their services at
prices below living rates. Girls with a liv-
ing to make should look this fact in the
ment their business training with a prac-
teal knowledge of plain sewing. Then
when the girl with the picture hat and
much be-curled hair comes in and offers
to take her place for half the money the
real worker can walk out without fear of
Picked Up Here and There.
Three box-plaits in front, two in back, on
Doth skirt and waist, are seen on modish
tailor gowns. Tweeds and cheviots are the
materials in vogue.
The newest lace collars are of Venice,
ARABIAN point, circular and pointed Spach-
tel and feather-stitched braid effects, Nal
tese cross patterns, etc. The Maltese col
lars are exceedingly popular.
An eiderdown quilt rolled up and tied with
a. broad ribbon is now occasionally seen
piled with the other cushions of a divan.
Il is said to have admirable ftting-in quail
tiles, and if the quilt is handsome, as such
usually are, it is highly decorative as well.
Eyelet embroidery run through with baby
ribbon is very stylish this season, and is
seen on all the newest designs in under
wear. Short petticoats of outing flannel
having scalloped edges finished with but
tonhole silk are being displayed in the un-
derwear department.
In making the pretty bits of neckwear
for Easter, light dainty tissues are en-
muslin, net, novelty crepe, delicate Ham
burg edgings, batistes, etc. There are beau
slfu, boas, collars, yokes, vests, etc. and
tailor gowns.
Chemists say that it takes more than
twice as much sugar to sweeten preserves,
begin to cook, as it does to add it after
the process is accomplished. This is a fact
know, or one that she is particularly apt to
forget, or ignore without a frequent re-
hinder.
Severe simplicity, the decorators say.
good pieces of bric-a-brac being sufficient
What can one do. however, with the mon-
with its places arranged like inches in a
mausoleum, one above the other; if any is
coffin, and If all are full it looks Ike a shop
display. Another dictum from the profess
sional decorator is that royal Worcester
longer fashionable. A Bohemian bowl, a
dozen photographs: exquisitely framed, and
a pair of candelabra are in good taste for
parlor
Slightly darkening the eyebrows Gf they
are light or irregular) usually adds spiquan-
cy to the. face. Any oily cosmetic is bad,
for 1t attaches itself to the skin and is dis
tinguished as uncleanly; but the old min
strel adoption Of cork is not half bad
Sharpen the bottle stopper to a point. hold
it over the gas until sooty, then rub the
eyebrows with it, touching the
skin as. lightly as possible. Never darken
under the eyes; it is invariably noticeable,
and in the great percentage of cases lends
a haggard look to the face. Another clever
way of touching up the brows is to heavily
mark a space ON note paper with a soft
lead pencil. CrinIle the paper into pleats
and pass the penciled part back and forth
over the eyebrows