The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1895-04-25


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To fully appreciate the dignity of the opera
ton of combing ones hair, it is necessary to
read the description of hair dressing as. an art
by the famous hair dresser. Lefebre, who spoke
thus in 1875: "To modify into agreeable forms
the long flaments which nature seems to in
tend rather "a vail than as q crown; to Sc
cure for these forms a stability Of which the
tresses which compose them do not seom suscep-
tible; to give to abundant locks regular dispo-
sition which banishes confusion, and to supple
ment scanty ones in way to defy detection;
to adapt tho arrangement to the countenance
which it is to soften mphasiZe; to set off del
icate faces by light couture and to increase the
effect of majestic features by suitably grave
one; to conceal defects of facial form by skill
full contrast or harmony-to perform all these
wonders with no other resources than a comb
and tinted powders is to be an artist" As we
are all at least amateur hair dressers We can
partake of this Importance surely.
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One of the unhappy things in modern flower
culture is the disappearance of the Marechal
Neil, rose with its daintness, its exquisite fra.
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is another rose-also pale yellow with fra
GRANGE something like and with the same
pretty touches of dark red brown along the
stems and backs Of the leaves, but it is not the
same exquisite rose as our old friend-neither
in fragrance nor in daintiness. We have to
thank the fad for long-stemmed roses for the
disappearance of the Marechal Neil. This rose
cannot be grown with a stem more than six
inches long, and 80 it has fallen from favor. If
you ask for Marechal Neil roses these substitutes
are offered to you, and you can't get real ones
for any price. Six or eight years ago Mare
chal Neil rose plant was very vauable-one
florist claimed his to be worth 81, 500 Now they
are grown only by a few devoted amateur rose
growers who still love the sweet scented, dainty
blossoms more than long, bushy stems.
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The new French President, Felix Faure, is
proving himself TO be very much like the princes
in fairy stories who go around showering pleas
ures on the unhappy and helping the wrongsd.
He has a fancy for visiting the hospitals-not
on official, hurried visits of inspection. but with
time for word or so with the sick ones. For
the little children he has an especial tender
the usual answer is "a dolle," so he sends them
dollies, and Partisan dolls are the most beau
tiful of all in the world; SO the little ones
will always bless the name of their friendly
President,
useful apron to wear while washing up lot
of dishes or scrubbing shelves or floors or
doing washing. is one of white oil or rubber
cloth. The apron can be made sleeveless, cut
out at the throat and tied in the back like a
butchers apron, as the material is too clumsy
to be fitted or gathered. Sometimes an old
macintosh can be made into an apron that will
save the worker from damp skirts and heavy
colds.
One of the new devices in silver is a violet
holder. Two little silver clasps are arranged
with aspiring connecting them, SO that they may
be opened wide to admit the stems of bunch
of flowers. They clasp together again, hold
ing the flowers securely. Itself is held to the
bodice by firm pin.
Figured denim may now be had for the pur-
chasing; it is inexpensive and pretty for cur
tains, cushions, table-covers. and for covering
all sorts of boxes. The patterns are usually in
darker or lighter shade than the background,
in graceful scrolls or flower designs, and as the
denim takes the soft-coor dyes well-ths old
blue, rose and mignonet.green-the material is
artistic.