The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1896-01-11
THE HOME.
Tailor Gowns.

Tailor gowns are restored TO much of
their pristine Importance now that dress
makers as well as tailors consider broad
cloth the most fashionable wooden fabric
of the season. And the tailors have
made new and charming adjunct to
cloth gowns in silken petticoat match
ing the silk of which only the waist OF
the dress is made, and also matching tie
silk lining of the coat and skirt OF cloth.
Such pretty petticoats are a positive
comfort to womanly women, who began
to fear that this essentially feminine gar
ment would be gradually ousted by the
much talked Of knickerbookers, riding
tights, etc. But its frou-frou is too at
tractiye to be given up. and, moreover
the new skirt has some new features
such as long shallow sca1lops at the foot
to make it fall in easily with the curved
folds Of the cloth skirt and yet retain
it's straight edge. Altogether the abund-
ance Of the gay silk, usually in contrast
to the color of the cloth, greatly en-
hances the good looks of the severe tailor
made gown. At the top the five breadths
of taffeta are gathered into yoke Of
taffeta about eight or ten inches deep,
doing away with all superfiuous fullness
around the hips, and neatly decorated
with rows of feather sti itching. - The
foot is trimmed with two or three mar
row bias frills, pinked on one edge and
headed by an inoh-wide ruche pinked
on both edges.
For morning and afternoon shopping,
driving, or coaching, nothing can be in
better form than black broadoloth coat
and skirt with waist of light apple
green taffeta, lining of the same in jack
ct and skirt, and green taffeua pettiooat
to match. For this suit Redfern makes
a very short jacket for the street, with
little fan pleatings in the back that dis
close the green lining. The front has
seams are strapped to point just below
the waist line. The skirt of eight or
nine CORES may be strapped down the
seams or in two bands around the foot
The silk waist is very full blouse
with tucked yoke front, turned-over col
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bows of the silk are the only trimming.
The petticoat is made in the way just
described, and the lining OF the cloth
skirt has no balayeuse. -Harper's Bazaar.
Preserving China and Glass.
The cracking of the glaze is commonly
due to exposure to too much heat, FORM
stance, in warming the plates, setting
dishes in the oven to keep their contents
hot. or even plunging them into water
that is near the boiling point to wash
them. This cracking of the glaze, how
ever, fortunately rarely occurs in the
costlier wares because they are subjected
TO greater heat in the process of manu-
facture.
If the yellow bowls, crockery baking
dishes, teapots, etc. are placed in cold
water, which is heated until it boils,
then taken off the fire and allowed to
cool gradually, their power to resist
heat will be very greatly increased, and
the bill for replacing broken cooking
utensils correspondingly diminished.
china is often due to the location of the
closet in which the china is kept; if this
bo damp even the very best gold will tar
nish. Its brilliancy can be restored by
rubbing with little dry whiting and
soft wash leather, but this should be
done as rarely as possible OF the gliding
will be worn off.
Never permit nice plates OF dishes to be
set one upon the other without some
thing beween them. Canton flannel is
the best material for this purpose, but
blotting paper, cut into circles the size
Of the plates is an excellent substitute.
The bottom o all dishes IS liable to be
little rough, and many delicate bit
of china has had its gliding or color dec
Grafton scratched or marred for lack of
the preoaution just mentioned.
The secret of the fading of the colors
of dishes in which pickles and salads are
served is the acid of the vinegar which
sometimes through some almost invisi-
BILE hole in the glaze penetrates beneath.
Cut glass which rivals china in many
g "oASt1A . NslAoopAoAo OIa4A % AOVok pro-
cautions. 1t may be kept in good oon-
dition by simply washing in warm-not
hot-water and drying with soft cloth.
To preserve its full lustre and brilliancy
richly cut glass will need occasionally to
be cleaned and polished with soft brush
and little fine chalk.
Decanters and water bottles can be
cleansed by putting into them potato
parings. chopped fine, filling them with
water and letting them stand three days,
then empty, rinse well and they will be
as bright and clear as the dainties
housewife could desire. Boston Globe.
Medicinal Value of Water. ms
Speaking of the medicinal value of
water, Halls Journal of Health says that
the human body is constantly undergoing
tissue change Worn out PARTICLES are cast
aside and eliminated from the system