The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-09-27

teTial 70 trim detracts from its appear
ance. so any device to use its own ma
terial for trimming is welcome for that
purpose
The short puff, finished with a band
or bow Of ribbon, and the butterfly sleeve
Will be the ones most used for evening
dresses The butterfly is sometimes used
for dressy theater wraps.
Lace, jewels, velvet roses and tulle
are seen on dressy toques, and it is said
that piece velvets and moires will be in
vogue before the winter sets in.
Never be afraid to wear a rational cos
tune on your wheel. Have the skirt short
enough to escape the chain guard and
scant enough not to catch in the spokes.
About min inches shorter than your dress
skirt and from three and one-half to three
and three-quarta-s wide. Do not shape it
to suddenly in tho back; have it full
enough in the back to fall in a straight
line from the waist and hide the seat. 1t
is a good plan, if 1t is possible, to hava
your cycling gown fitted while seated in
the saddle then the effect on and off can
be obtained. Soon a bicycle will be as
necessary to the high-class tailor or mod
iste as the WCCden-horse used for httlng
riding habits. The divided skirt with the
detachable apron piece will be found TO
be the most comfortable skirt. 1t gives
the effect of an ordinary cycling skirt
when walking and the freedom OF the
boomer when awheel.
Trimmed skirts are lin" again, and the
old-fashioned fiounces which run away
with yards and yards of material, are
seen on some of the latest importations.
Narrow valencennes lace will be just
as popular as it has been all summer.
Indeed, the bodice to be modish must be
garnished with lace or frills of accordion
plated chiffon.
A house gown should first of all sug-
gest comfort, and as clinging effects are
not graceful, soft crepons foule cloths
and merinoes are most suitable for the
informal indoor toilet.
Lace and braided bolero jackets will be
worn extensively over the smoothly fit
ting bodice, while embroideries edged with
gold cord or braid will garnish that which
suggests the full blouse effect.
A zouave jacket of black satin with APP
plications of ivory lace, worn over a full
vest of white grass linen, and finished
with black satin cuffs and a black satin
tie. is a Partisan novelty designed for
early autumn functions.
The princess gown bids fair to be ex-
ceedingly popular for outdoor wear, but
none but the woman who has implicit
faith in her dressmaker and confidence
in the lines of her own figure should
adopt this graceful but trying style.
Do not press a sleeve or dress waist
seam on a. fiat surface. Keep a board for
UIle purpose UndQc from d IOllluS pm,
sawed in half lengthwise, so that it will
rest firmly on a table beneath the weight
of the iron, and then cover it as you
would an ironing board 1t supplies just
what is needed a curved smooth sur
face.
One of the minor uses which women
have recently found for ribbons is to
employ the narrow widths as shoe-laces,
instead of the regulation silk tape.
A stunning tailor gown is built of army
blue ladies' cloth. The skirt is a simple
godet, with strapped seams, that is quite
moderate in its flare at the bottom. At
the under arm seam the bodice opens and
instead of being darted to fit the figure
the front is slashed to show two narrow
VS. of bright tartan plaid.
Remember that rustling skirts are no
longer in vogue; that instead all petit
coats must be soft and nosiless.
Household Hints.
If a pinch of powdered alum is stirred
into the batter of which ginger snaps are
to be made the snaps will be more crisp
and brittle.
Table linen, the napkins particularly,
should be carefully looked over before
! they are put into water to see if it is
stained with fruit. BY rubbing peach
stains in alcohol before the linen is put
into water the stain may be readily re-
moved.
When a decanter becomes so discolored
inside that shot or fine coal will not
cleanse it, fill the bottle with finely chop
ped potatoe Feelings, cork tightly, and
let the bottle remain for three days when
the Feelings will ferment. At the end
of that time rinse the decanter out with
warm water and the stains will be found
to have disappeared.
Hot lard can be tested to see If it is az
the right heat by putting in a small piece
of bread. If 1t browns Immediately the
lard is hot enough for frying.
An fashioned but a good way of test
ing the heat of an oven for baking cake
is to put a piece Of white paper on The
oven CRATE, close the door, and let it re
main five minutes. The paper will be a
! light brown in color if the oven is moder-
ately hot, but If the paper is yellow the
oven is cool. Most cakes require a mod
erately hot oven, and some such as
sponge cake or cake without butter, re-
quire cool oven at first.
In the fall cleaning of closets and store
rooms the best thing to wash the walls
and shelves with is a strong, hot soiu-
ton of alum water. brush should be
used for the purpose. as that will reach
every crack and crevice Hot alum water
is a good eradicator for all sorts of pests
and will also kill the eggs, while hot
water and soap seem to aid in Matching
them.
In making a salad of fish, If you add a
little cucumber pickle, chopped very fine
to the dish before the dressing is poured
over you will greatly improve it.
In blanching nut meats pour over them
boiling water and let 1t stand few mo-
ments. Throw over them cold water and
rub them between the fingers, and the
skins will readily come off
Flat-irons that have become rough from
rust or starch should be rubbed with vel
low beeswax Have a cake of the wax
tied in a piece of coarse cheesecioth Hear
the iron until il is very warm, but nor
hot, rub the iron briskly with the bees
wax, and then quickly rub with a clean
coarse cloth until the surface is smooth.
If corned beef, tongue or ham is lef.
to cool in the water in which ii is boiled
the meat will be much better and more
moist. All boiled meats should be cooked
slowly, and never be allowed to boil
rapidly.
Anything with meringue over ii should
be put In cool oven and allowed to
brown slowly If you wish to have it light.
A strong heat toughens meringues.
When the whites of eggs are used, and
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