The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1895-05-08

more than a selection of tea and party
dresses.
Crepon is the dominant material of the
present season, but will differ in many
respects from that of last year, for it is
crlmped In a totally different way, holder
and larger in design in some examples,
while In others it is more after the ma
ture Of bubbles.
HINTS FOR EMERGENCIES.
situation requiring great tact and
delicacy in order to prevent a scene is
the one where an engaged girl finds it
necessary to tell q man who has been
encouraged by her that her heart is an
others. A scene is what every well-bred
young woman is anxious to avoid and
she who always escapes it may be sure
that she Is a success and an ornament to
society,"
she is engaged, but her fiance is at
tending to business at the Antipodes for
six months or so. Her daily letters to
MIN do not afford her great excitement,
She finds her solitaire too large and lays
1t aside for awhile. Then she meets the
unfortunate Mr.. X She takes it for
granted that he knows of her engage
ment, which was duly announced at the
proper time; but, strange to say, her lit
tie world has forgotten to talk about it
and Mr.. x regards her as heart whole
and fancy free. He calls on her. He
sends her flowers and books, calling her
attention to little passages of poetry and
the like. She finds that life has the
needed excitement now. She assures
herself loudly that she would be merely
conceited imbecile to imagine that Mr..
x was falling in love with her. She
trusts. she says, that she has little COM
mon sense and is not so vain as to think
that c1vility means alteration.
Ihen one day she has been ill, and
when Mr. x calls to see her she notices
an expression of more than friendly
sollcltude on his face. His tone, too, as
herself seems little tender and inti-
mate. She bushes violently at her fears,
and he, observing the blush, at once
Jumps at the pleasing conclusion that
her heart is his This naturally makes
the expression of his face more tender
still Unless the girl promptly assumes a
casf-irOn expression of countenance and
suddenly recalls that this is the exact
moment when she must take her tonic,
there Will be a scene at once. If she
averts 1t, then, however, there is a
chance that she may succeed in the fu-
ture.
The next time he calls he has probably
made up his mind that he will learn his
fate. He has sent a box of flowers be-
forehand. When he is ushered into the
drawing-room he should see them occu-
plying a prominent place. Beside them
should be large and imposing photo
graph Of the absent one. There should
be other flowers about the room leading
him to suppose that he is not the only
wcrshipper at the shrine. He will feel a
little less sure about his desire to learn
his fate at once.
When she enters her ring should once
more CLEAN in dazzling brilliancy upon
the third finger of her left hand. She
most constantly. She may be little ex-
cited in her manner. This she should
apologize for, alleging as the reason for
her nervousness that she has just heard
that Mr.. Van Buren, will be home by the
end of the week. Then she should blush.
or at least drop her eyes. The unfortun-
ate Mr.. X. will probably, remark in a
stupid manner:
"Mr. Van Buren,"
Yes the girl must answer, blushing
again, It possible. Than she must raise
her eyes and say gratefully:
II shall be so glad to have you and he
meet, Mr.. x. You have been so good to
NE during these horrid. lonely six
months! Frank is so anxious to see you
ana &c thank you for helping me through
his absence
by this simple means she will, avoid the
qfsacn@ scene. But probably Frank and
Nr, u. vii: not his such intimate friends
ar ssas says she expects them to be.
MECH. Hands AND FEET.
Tho fashionable girl is no lcneer salts
fed with a pretty face and fSuYs, ,rha
possession Of these features is all very
wall f.! It's way, but they do not begin to
satisfy her artistic soul. She has studied
about tie curves il the shoulders. the
Nnos Of the neck. the aristocratic hand
and the "Ir;lby sso+," and she Will have
all Of these or pesssh in the attempt, and
unless girl Is actually disfigured thew
can all be gained by the proper kind of
cultivation.
Many girls who possess really beauti-
full faces have necks and threats that
only show to good advantage in the high.
est and thickest of stock collars. To
adapt such neck to the merciless revel-
ations of decollete gown satisfactorily
necessitates careful use OF any or all the
following methods.
The latest system for developing the
muscles OF the throat is vocal culture.
Many girls who have no voices whatever
take singing lessons merely tc make a
low-necked evening bodice possible for
them.
A massage OF cocoa butter is an excl
lent thing to bring flesh and to render
the skin fine and smooth. Exercising
the arms in the following way is also rec.
commended: Push the arms straight out
four times; then sharply up in the air a
few times; then to the side and after
wards as far back as possible. Do this
twice day for Is minutes, all the while
keeping the head erect and the shoulders
thrown back.
In an effort to keep the hands at least
fair and shapely, the kind and size of
gloves worn should come in for a share
Of consideration. It is not generally
known that tight gloves cramp and dis
figure the hand quite as much in their
way as small shoes do the feet. BY a
long course Of tight gloves the joints of a
delicate sensitive hand can be enlarged
and the curves at the sides entirely lost.
To massage the hands with sweet oil
giycerine will keep them flexible, espe-
cially II one has homework to do, and
will also prevent the jofnts from grow
ing conspicuous and wrinkles from form.
ing.
The careful daily manicuring OF the
nails ana the pinching Of the finger-tips
tend to keep the finger tapering and to
prevent the square stubby look so often
noticed IN old hands.
Rubber gloves for dishwashing and old
kid gloves for busting are an inestimable
boon for housekeeQers for nothing SO
ruins the skin as coarse soaps and dust.
Very often redness OF the skin is en-
tirely due to improper circulation, and in
this case, of course, the trouble can onlv
be remedied by a proper course Of ex.
|,ercise. Tennis. dumb-bells and all sports