The evening times., 1896-02-06
WOMEN THE WORLD OVER.

| Iv best dressed women in France
4 I This is the way visitor describes
gown the great lady wore at a
reception not long ago:
1T looked a simple pale blue satin, with
panel OF white rose embroidery down the
left side. When it came MY turn TO ap-
| proach her found that the plain little white
rose panel was exquisite embroidery In dia-
| montis. pearls and rhinestones, and that the
blue satin was literally standing alone with
rie.,ness.''
| SUSAN b. ANTHONY. when she calls
| President Eliot. of Harvard, an arch
| traitor" shows how difficult it is for
! even the advanced woman to get over the
| feminine habit OF regarding mole-hills as
! mountains.
THE empress OF Austria is leading a
| painfully simple and severe life at present.
| She is never allowed to eat later than :.
| O'Clock in the evening A couple OF eggs
| milk In some light and wholesome form and
single plate of plainly cooked meat form
the simple meal. Eight hours sleep every
night is insisted upon. She appears at "a
state banquet when necessity requires it,
but without partaking Of a single dish. her
frugal repast. ordered by her physician,
having been previously eaten in her pri-
vate apartments.
IN Troy, Ala, there is a woman who isa
more than ordinarily successful farmer. She
is Mrs. Buck Hathaway. Her husband died
leaving her in debt.
The first thing She did was to sell a sur
plus mule for $50: OF this she used $40 i'm
making her crop. She used two piows and
had bat two children and one hired man to
make the crop. She kept her hand on the
throttle and her eye on the rail. In winding
up the year she finds that she has made
twenty-four bales Of cotton, one hundred
bushels of corn and one hundred bushels of
potatoes. She has plenty OF meat to spare,
besides having plenty TO run her place an
other year. She has paid nearly $500 ON her
debts. and now She is one OF the happiest
women to he found.
THERE is a little girl over in Brooklyn.
says the New York Evening Sun, who prom
ises to become a shining light among the
new women. She has never had any
love for dolls and other things that little
girls usually care for, having always been
4 tomboy pure and simple. Her latest
freak is an unconquerabie desire to wear
boys clothing. When her mother goes out
she returns to find that the child has taken
the Opportunity to array herself in Il pair of
her small brothers trousers. Every schemc
of correction tried so far has failed to cure
the little girl of her unfortunate and unfemi- |
nine prediction. But after all. the child's |
conduct is only natural. rs the mother spends |
l.r n Df
clubs and in other fields OF organized |
effort" The little girl is but a chip fTGfn !
the new" block; in other words. new
child.
THERE is n general opinion that few |
people. especially among the young have |
enough sleep. A fauious German ply siciln |
says that everyone up TO the age of twenty |
Dne should s.eep for nine hours out of the |
wcniyfour. In middle life people who
eln perform ordinary routine wOrl: when |
hey are half awake may suffer no harm |
for Il time with six honrs' sleep. but oil |
who use their brains should have at least |
eight hours.
EXCELLENT waterproof paper for pack |
ing may be made Of old newspapers. A |
shAtuEe Is VI fODdt btiitti
nseed oil and turpcntine in equal parts. |
II is painted on the paper with a fiat var
lish brush and the sheets are laid one side
until dry This paper has been very sue
,essfulIy used for packing plants for send
ng long distances
SATCRATE thealr;h around house plants
very day with the coffee left over from
hat have a red or purple blossom will he
.endcred extremely brilliant in color by
'overing the earth in their pots with about
lalf an inch OF pulverized charcoal. A |
fellow flower will not be affected il any
way by the use OF charcoal.
TO make n good hard soap. dissolve one
,vund of potash in twelve quarts of water
n kettle in which the soap IL to be boiled
Add 10 the potash five pounds of grease.
Boil slowly. adding u little boiling water
II il is cooking. Stir with stick and boil
wo or three hours. When the mixture ad
Ieres and strings from the stick it is
'oiled enough. Pour into old pans or
nolds- The following day cut into bars
nd dry for use.
THERE is scarcely any ache 10 which
hidren are subject so hard TO bear as
arache. Almost instantaneous relief may
e obtained by making funnel Of writing
aper. saturating small piece of cotton
attng in ch.orOform and dropping ii in
he funnel. Put the small end OF the
unnel into the ear and, Placing the mouth
lose to the other end. blow into it. The
Iunes of the chiOroform will quickly re-
eve the pain. and il the head is kept
overed the patient will soon b. at ease.