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Evening star., 1896-12-19
H OU Sc Id HINT S

An excellent restorer for oilcloth that as
losing its first freshness is made of half an
ounce of beeswax dissolved in a saucer Of
turpentine. Rub this over the surface of
the oilcloth with small soft cloth. and
then polish of with piece of flannel.
The hoarseness that comes from cheering
or a long siege of talking. If unconnected
with a cold, can generally be greatly re-
dl ced If not entirely removed. by swallow
ing & raw egg. Glycerine and alcohol in
equal parts thickened with rock candy will
also answer the same good purpose.
Don't expect your children to grow up
models of politeness If they are not taught
to be polite in the home circle. If you have
not taught your little son to rise and bring
forward the easy chair for you or for any
of his elders when they enter the room in
which he is sitting, you certainly cannot
hope that ne will be so thoughtful as to
offer his seat in a crowded street car to an
elderly person If he is permitted to wear
his hat in the house when at home, you
should not be so shocked when he forgets
TO remove IL in the house of your friend.
II you are SO injudicious in your methods of
training a home as to permit your children
to talk back to you when you reprimand
them. do not wonder when some friend
comes to you with tale of their saucinesS
ard ill-breedine when cut from under your
eyes.
An eminent physician says that the
hearty meal of the day should be break
fast. That the system should crave more
food at that meal than at any other, and
that the perfectly healthy creature will eat
more breakfast than at any other meal of
the day. And he Is of the further opinion
that those who do not eat heartily until the
late dinner hour are on the highway to ILL
health and early 'old age
An old paint brush-one of the large size
makes an excellent backing brush Clean
IL by immersing it in a dish of coal OIL
which Will losen the paint, and a second
bath will cleanse 1t entirely.
A delicious dish for breakfast or lunch is
prepared as follows: Two cupfuls of cold
boiled potatoes cut into small dice half q
cupful Of finely grated cheese half a cup
fu! OF cream or milk Of milk use little
butter) and pepper and salt TO taste. But
ter pudding dish and fill with layers of
cheese and potatoes and season as you GO
over the top put thin covering of pound
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one-half long; this is for the back or bot
tom.
To this card sew a piece of unbleached
muslin measuring twelve inches wide and
twelve inches long, with the corners cut
out.
Cut a piece of silk plush and a piece of
figured China silk the same shape and
trine larger all around, turn the edges in
and bind with silk cord.
Before the top and bottom are caught
however. fasten the ends of an elastic In
color to match the lining to the top and
bottom Of the cardboard; this band or strap
VIII hold the photographs in place and pre-
vent them from sliding about when
handled.
When closing the folio. turn short ends
in first, then the long ores.
For Playing Cards.
A bag to hold a pack of cards is an ac-
ceptable present for anybody who plays
To make one, cut a piece of cardboard
the size of the end of pack of cards. cover
it with muslin and then with the material
of which the bag is made.
OF the many materials that can he used
a good quality of silk plush or French ere
tonne will prove very durable and satisfac-
tory.
Line the goods with China silk and of II
form the bag two inches longer than the
pack of cards, allowing room for heading
at least an inch wide. and provide the bag
with draw strings.
On a piece of thin, white celuloid paint
the spots of some cards in the pack and
sew II fast to one side of the bag.
An odd card may be tackled TO the bag
or the spots embroidered on a piece of white
linen.
1t would be advisable to cover a piece of
pasteboard with the embroidered linen, as
1t lends stiffness to il and gives more the
appearance of a genuine card.
To make a pretty blotting pad, cover
stiff niece of cardboard six or seven inches
long and three inches wide with unbleached
muslin, and then with white or unbleached
linen, upon which a pretty design In rio-
lets has been painted or embroidered.
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ed crackers. and then pour the cream over
the top of all. Bake half an hour, letting
the top brown, and serve in the baking
dish.
Many woman would save herself the
back and sideache If she would use a higher
kitchen table and higher ironing board
One should never stoop at ones work If 1t
car be avoided, and ordinarily it can. A
kitchen table Of the right height will per-
init you to stand erect when kneading
bread, washing dishes, or compounding
recipes. The same with the ironing board.
This advice followed will save many round
shoulders and tired backs even after a long
day in the kitchen
A mixture designed to "fx' crayon and
charcoal drawings is made of equal parts
OF shellac and alcohol. Spray with an
artists atomizer.
to renew black ribbons, is to make a strong
borax water. Then lay the silk or ribbon
on a perfectly clean smooth board and with
a soft cloth rub thoroughly with the borax.
quantity of borax. Dry a piece at time on
the table or board, then roll round broom
stick. Ironing ruins silk.
Tie care of ones shoes in a climate such
this is a momentous task. A lady IS
known by the manner in which she is shod,
and 1t Is absolutely impossible to keep shoes
In shape till worn enough to cast aside un-
less great care Is exercised. "A DOttle OF
vaseline. two quarts of oats, lots Of new
shoe buttons or laces and a bottle of good
polish. to be frequently used, are the prime
requisites for taking care of the foot COW
ering. OF course the sandals, gums and
"spats' belong to the shoe proper. If the
shoes are a bit damp the proper thing to
do on entering the house Is to take them
eff at once. Rub off all the dust or mud and
apply a little vaseline, well rubbed-in be-
fore the fire Then set the shoes aside fill
with oats. well shaken down, after the shoe
is buttoEed laced up. When you are
ready to put them on twelve hours later
you will find that the oats have absorbed
every bit Of dampness. and left the shoe as
soft as when new. Rub with a bi: Of flan-
mel. and the original shine will return to
the leather. When the blacking comes to
be necessary, apply 1t only two or three
times week, relying mainly on the vase
line rubbed in at night, and polished down
In the morning. Never wear a shoe with a
button gone or with shabby laces, and
patronize your shoemaker at once you dis
cover rundown heel, or crack in the
side. The oats may be kept in a paste
board box, but should be well dried out by
exposure to the air whenever they have
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is ready on the shortest notice to receive or
be received by anybody at any sort of func-
tion-on a pinch! But far be il from this
chronicier to imply that she could exis.
with only one elementary representative OF
each class,
Woman is nothing If not evolutionary in
matters OF dress, and once given a genus.
she Immediately sets 20 work developing
species and families and classes until it IS
almost as difficult to trace it back to the
original as 1t is for scientists TO discover
the missing link.
Take the indoor costume for example
Nothing could be more ambiguous to the
highly developed modiste than this term.
DO you want your robe for receptions
or for your boudoir? To receive ladies'
gentlemen? For morning, noon or night?
are a few of the questions which she ask
in the same tone that the salesgirl assume
when you ask Ito see her ribbons" and sh
responds with a look of resignation, ''wha
color"' and "how wide?"
Among the dresses for indoor wear the.
are gowns which man outside the famil,
never sees. They are the soft, flowing
robes that Bernhardt and Nethersole weaj
In their favorite plays, but which the VIC
man in real life of the present period limits
to the confines of her boudoir-the more.
the pity, since nothing SO nearly approaches
the artistic simplicity of the Grecian maid.
Tea Gowns.
If the flowing robes are made of brocaded
silk of sufficiently heavy texture to stand
out away from the figure, they are adms-
sible as receiving gowns or tea gowns for a
married lady. Even military personages
are received by the ladies of the garrison
In such robes as these. tea gown of Law
ender silk with cascades of white lace down
the front was a great contrast to the =
coats and brass buttons of the British SOL
diers at the garrison, but 1t gave them a
glimpse of home life which must have set
their hearts yearning for their sisters and
their cousins and their auntS, and It was
very evident that this dark-haired hostess
Of forty was greater favorite with the
lonely, homeless soldier than the colonel's
pretty daughter of eighteen summers.
A pretty ) o'clock tea gown for mar
ried hostess is princess robe of glace silk
The gown fits the figure at the back and
sides, but is draped loosely and gracefully
across the 'front.' leaving only a suggested
outline of the figure and fastenS at the left
side with a large chou of wide ribbon from
which hangs a cascade of guipure lace.
EpaIuets of the same guipure are gathered
over the puffs of the sleeves. The yoke and
collar are formed of velvet ribbon radiating
from neck to shoulders, and the sleeves
have a finish of lace at the wrist All tea
gowns should be stiffened up the back of
the skirt, as 1t Is quite as necessary that
they hang properly as any street or ball
gown.
Indoor gowns for young ladies are simple
dresses in which the material Of the waist
may be the same as the skirt-and an af
ternoon dress usually is-or 1t may be a
light silk or mousseline with a dark skirt n
costume which is always appropriate for
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in storage in London and in Paris. For go
where she will, from the Fiji Islands to
the north pole. the woman of leisure takes
along three kinds of clothes. which may be
classified as gowns to wear indoors, those
to wear outdoors and those to wear even
ings.
Just imagine her CONSERVATION when she
is expected 10 appear in court costume be-
fore the Fill chief and discovers at the
last moment that the trunk containing her
evening dresses will not come until the next
steameri
Our millionairess is prepared for every
emergency. She is accustomed to them
and knows how to meet them. There is
one trunk of which she never loses sight
in all her wander!ngs. She has it brought
TO her state room on board ship. and keeps
an eye out for II at stations where baggage
Is transferred. In this she carries at least
one gown of each of the three classes. and
Evening star., 1896-12-19

used to believe that consumption was in
curable. Many doctors still believe il.
DR.. r. v. Pierce of the Invalids' Hotel
and Surgical Institute of Buffalo, y. ".
never believed this theory. The result
was that over thirty years ago by dint of
much concentrated study he discovered a
remedy that will positively aud unfail-
tngly cure oS per cent. of all Gases of con-
sumption.
Consumption is germ disease. but the
germs cannot exist in rich pure blood.
Therefore it has been called blood
disease" People with weak lungs are
likely to produce weak lunged children,
and weak lungs are an invitation to con-
sumption germs. Therefore consumption
has been justly called a hereditary
trouble. No matter what il is called or
why IT comes, Dr. Pierce's Golden Med
ical Discovery will cure it. The Golden
Medical Discovery" is a powerful germ
icide. 1t searches out disease germs and
kills them wherever they be in the body
whatever kind of germs they may be-
1t stimulates digestive action and sup
plies the blood with the properties il
needs to make it pure and rich. II
strengthens inherited weak lungs and
makes them healthy and germ proof. "
is sold by all good druggists.
Staguation breeds impurity Impurity breeds
disease. Constipation is stagnstion Of the bowels
Constipation breeds impurity of the blood and
al manner of rnaladies. trifink and serious.
the result. DR.. Picrces Pleasant Pellets cure con-
9dpation. They never gripe-nouey back IL they
DO. Don't accept some violent purestive as just
- good. !" only to give the dealer bigger pro6S
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the reception of gentlemen in the evening.
To avoid the appearance of elaborateness
some young ladies prefer a dark waist with
light ribbons to brighten it up. The
colonePs daughter at the garrison wore ac-
cordeon- -pleated founces of stiff null on the
shoulders of her dark blue brocade waist.
There were three 1ounces over each
shoulder. with dark blue ribbons running
across the front and back of the bodice,
forming yoke.
Frenchy Evening Dress.
The lady of the seven trunks came out
n Frenchy evening dress the other night.
1t came direct from Paris, and had never
ieen the inside of any of the trunks. The
kirt was accordeon-pleated surah, which
Ter maid informed me was the very newest
hing. The bodice was combination of ac-
'ordeon pleating and fancy velvet. There
vas a short blouse front of the velvet held
n place by wide girdle of the same. The
fleet of an Eton jacket was obtained by a
iraping of the pleating from two scroll-lke
traps Of velvet, each caught with fancy
,utton. She wore a knot of satin ribbon in
her hair. as everybody does of evenings,
lowadays.
A street dress from Paris which is too
heavy for this climate will be very SER
viceable when the traveller takes a little
run north to see Bernhardt in some of her
made suit of dove gray, but 1t isn't a bit
severe. Every loose edge has a double row
OF stitching. There Is box pleat of the
gray cloth running from waist to the bot
tom of the skirt, on the right side, and at
the bottom two three-cornered pieces of
heliotrope velvet are set in. The Jacket
turns back at the edges and is trimmed
with two large buttons on each side. The
collar stands high around the neck and the
whole jacket Is open in front over lace
stock and jabot, and a wide, heliotrope vel
Vet girdle. The hat is made of heliotrope
velvet. having a gray velvet crown banded
with heliotrope. and is trimmed with os-
trich piumes. which are cheaper in this vi
cinity than they were where they were pur-
chased. - The stone marten muff has
founces of lace like those in the jabot.
Just as long the season will permit it.
which, of course, is all the year round
down here. But since capes cannot look
chic without a big sleeve underneath to
support them and since 1t is so hard to
become reconciled to the daily act of strug-
Cling into jacket. with sleeves that have
also grown smaller, woman pads herself
heroically with chamois waists and shivers
along without wrap as late in winter as
Jack Frost will allow.
One sees high collars-high enough for
coat collars-on ordinary dresses, even
those which are worn indoors. This fashion
helps to dispense with the fur collarette or
boa, and Is such good protection that the
wearer is rarely troubled with cold
draughts at her back. But what need to
talk of cold on the bosom of this baImy
sea that smiles placidly as If old Neptune
had never been known to ruff'e her temper
and set her to rolling and frothing in gi-
gant1c wrath? ELLEN OSBORN.
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Give the Tall Man a Chance.


Two French physicians who have been
making investigations have come forward
with a general denunciation of tall men
as 10 good. They instance the giants OF
the world, who have been preverbially dull
and men of gloomy disposition. and then
they go on to say that the chances are
against phenomenally tall men or even
very tall men being bright
There should, however, be a careful dis
tinction drawn between tall men and gi-
ants Giantism has been demonstrated to
be disease. The victims suffer from a
malady which produces an enlargement of
the joints, and this, more than any other
growth of the bones, produces their ex-
traordinary height. But men within GER
tain limits grow tall without suffering de-
creased or absorbed mentality. 1t will not
do to denounce the tall man when the
world has seen SO many examples of his
being able to hold his own.
The real reason why the tall men do not
come to the front oftener is that they are
modest as they are extended. Little men
usually hustle about to such an extent
that people believe that they make up
in width of views what they lack in stat
ure. In their absorbing ambition not to be
overlooked they simply overdo the thing
and make those whose command of the
horizon is larger believe that they must
will run over them. the tall man is al
ways locking down on some one, but If
any one believes that IL is a comfortable
situation he should get himself into it for
once and discover how unpleasant 1t g to
carry on conversation with the assistance
of a telephone neck. 1t is this excruciat-
ing experience that makes the tall man es
rule reticent. His reticence is mistaken
for pride, pride Is believed to be the evil
dence of doubt Of his own powers, doubt
proves deficiency, deficiency In the tall
man can arise from only one thing-de-
velopment of the body at the expense of
the brain and nervous system. Hence, the
short man easily arrives at the conclusion
that the tall man is a misft and that he is
the only perfect being going. Perfection be-
ing accorded him, he might easily conquer
the orld, but he always spoils mis- chances
by marrying a tall woman, VINO holds him
back. This Is tho only reason why the
men rnder five feet six have not already
exterminated those over five feet nine.
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she came to America we had no direct
trade with any distant ports of the world,
for everybody here was a subject of King
George and no one had ever heard of the
Star Spangled Banner
This little doll. therefore, has looked upon
the most remarkable events of modern
times, and IL has not even aged her. When
the war Of the revolution was inaugurated
she had already passed through the hands
of several generations, and was really en-
titled to all the respect due to a very ven
cradle person. She was much older than
General Washington when he became the
President of the United Colonies and Gen.
eral Lafayette must have seemed a mere
boy to her. The events of the war of 1S12
found her approaching her hundredth year.
and each succeeding decade has added
tremendously to the weight of her expe-
rience.
During all this time the doll was passed
on from one person to another, evidently
receiving the best CT treatment from each
successive owner - unusual beauty and
strange history saving her from the sad
fate Of so many of her sort.
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OLDEST DOLL IN AMERICA.

Brought From China by q Sea Cap
tain III Years Ago.
One of the ouaintest and prettiest dolls
to be seen anywhere is preserved at Read
ing, Mass. and here is where dolls have the
advantage of real human beings-though
she is the oldest doll in America. she does
not show her age at ALL except in the mat
ter Of dress, and is just as charming as
WREN Capt. Gamaliel Hodges brought her
home to his little daughter at Salem. Mass,
when he returned from a voyage to Cam
ton, China.
but history does not record just how this
tiny counterfeit of woman was originally
attired. What We do know is that when
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T A s II / . n ABLE
millionairess, whom
ennui and social re
verses have driven
put CT America to
eek a new realm
where she may yet
lueeh II over her
Gesrs, is now travel
ing along :he south
ern shores of Europe.
s h e carries seven
trunks. and no one
knows how m u C h
raiment she has left
Evening star., 1896-12-19
Christmas Suggestions for the Ben
eft of Masculine Givers.
ARTICLES THAT WOMEN CAN MAKE
Which viii Prove Acceptable to
the Opposite Sex
A I'D TO THE UZZLED
Written for The Evening Star.

NJ A n A l. W A Y S
buys his Christmas
presents or commits
sions his wife or sis
ter to buy them for
him. He is very apt
D postpone the pur-
,hase until December
n to do 1t. too. Such
a man may find
some comforting sug-
gest!ons in the fol-
lowing list of things
that are to be seen
on the Christmas
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Poor Brooks.

From Harlem Life.
You say Brooks hasn't been able to
put one foot before the other since he
was caught In that wreck Were his legs
cut off?"
They weren't injured at ALL"
Then It's strange he can't use them"
Not DIT of 1t. His head was cut off,"
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A Definition of Christmas.

From Life.
Sunday School Teacher-"Johnny, what
does Christmas mean?'
Johnny-"My pa says Christmas means
swapping a lot O. things you can't afford
for lot O. things you don't want"
Evening star., 1896-12-19
Had a General Idea.

From the Chicago Tribune.
English Visitor Gin Washington)-'It is
customary. is II not, to refurnish the White
House entirely whenever new President
goes into it?"
Native-"Yes."
English Visitor-'I have observed that
there is always a great deal In your papers
about his selection of a cabinet Is that
what he keeps his state papers inr'
Evening star., 1896-12-19
Any Old Thing.
U ~, ,,,,

From the Minneapolis Journal.
John" said his father to the heir, aged
five. do you want your grandmother to
put you tc bed?''
ANY old thing win do" replied the little
man.
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been used. They can then be used an in
definite length of time
To make box stool. so fashionable now,
get small box. lid and all, at your grocers
Tor dime Fasten the lid on with strong
leather hinges. that may be cut from old
shoes Get roll of the best cotton batting,
at l212 cents, and two or three yards of
Iretty cretonne at Is cents With some
tacks, hammer and a modicum of brains
you can make for about Is cents a box
stool.
Don't let heartache go with your Christ
mas presents. If you are able to give free
ly. do SO; but II the purse is lean and sacri-
flee of comforts must be made To pratifv
your desire to make handsome presents. be
sure that no blessing goes with a present
made that way. A little thing that means
loving remembrance Is far more valuable
to one who will prize your eift than ono
which she knows is far beyond your means
Evening star., 1896-12-19
A Mean Advantage.

From the Chicago Record.
She-"My face freezes In this cold"
He-"Mine used to-
She-"What did you do for it?"
He-"Grew wkiskers.''
Evening star., 1896-12-19
How 1t Worked.

From the Chicago Record.
THAT woman getting her purse snatched
out of her hand saved money for me-"
How was thatY' !,
My wife went shopping and put her
purse in her pocket; when she got down
town she couldn't find her pocket"
Evening star., 1896-12-19
What Women Wear When They Fol-
low the Latest Modes.
new MATERIALS FOR EVENING
Elaborate Silk Skirts and Stylish
Plaid Velvet Jackets.
JEW ELS AS ORN NAMENTS
Written for The Evening Star.

OTHING IS MORE
natural In July or
August than to en-
thuse over a group
of attractive girls,
all dressed either in
a dainty, fluffy same
ness of design, or in
a saucy smartness
that has given rise to
the term summer
GIRL" a creature who
is sure to possess one
or the other of the
above mentioned at
tributes.
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Polite Neishbor..

From Harper's Bazaar.
Our new neighbors are very polite"
said Mrs. Perkasie to her husband when
he came home at night.
Are they?'
Yes; | sent to borrow their stepladder,
and they told me they hadn't one but IL
I'D wait awhile they'd send and buy one
Evening star., 1896-12-19
A Good Business.
From Tid-Bits

From It'd Bits.
Muggins-'Is your son In business?'
Juggins-"He's a contractor
MuggiEs-"What line?''
Juggins-"Debts."
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No Room for Deubt.
From Life.

From Life.
Cumso--"Do you think that the Indians
are really capable of civiiization?"
Cawker-"How can you doubt 1t, when
You consider what stiff game of foot ball
they can put up?'
Evening star., 1896-12-19
The Three Glasses Which the Travel
ing Wealthy Woman Takes.
some STYLES OF Tea TOILETS
Paris Costumes for Street, Indoor
and Evening Wear.
HIGH DRESS COLLARS

Of The Evening Star.
GIBRALTAR, December Z, 1896