The record-union., 1896-03-29

on mahogany dining tables and for
mats under handsome lamps. 1t is
used to border teacloths both of white
and colored linen.
Miss Ella Cohen of Atlanta holds the
position of Register of Vital Statistics
and Clerk for the Board of Health with
credit 10 herself and her sex She is
declared prompt and polite at the same
time, a combination keenly appreciated
by those with whom she is thrown in
contact. In addition to her popularity
as woman of business, Miss Cohen is
bright and attractive, and claims hosts
of friends
Mrs. Althia Hultz of Artimus, KY,
has built a church through her own ef-
forts alone. A year ago she made up
her mind that church was need She
asked help from the miners, but they
We're poor to a man. Nothing daunted
she set to work. She gathered berries,
tramped across the mountains and sold
them. Size raised pig and a calf and
donated them both In every way in
her power she toiled for the good end.
Last fall she begged of the miners
again. but this time for work She met
with ready response A tract of land
was bequeathed. Lumber was given.
The little store of savings did the rest.
The church is now under roof Little
more has been done, but it is a church
which enc day will be complete, and
Mrs. Hultz has her reward.
Hats and bonnets made of zephyr
straw coarsely plated and in many col
ors are very much in evidence. The
self-coiored straws are less vivid in tone
than they were last year. Indeed, few
self-colors are seen save those in black,
the majority of the fancy plaits being
composed of straws dyed in various
dainty colors, and the effect of such
plating in mingled tones is bright and
pretty without being the least aggres-
sive.
Some of the new glace crepons have
more the effect of a silk brocade than
crepon as we know 1t, and most of the
designs are in very gay colorings and
effects. 1t is almost transparent and is
intended only for blouses and other
fancy waists, and is meant to take the
place for summer of the heavier Marie
Antoinette brocades, Dresden silks,
chine taffetas, etc. These crepons are
dainty in effect, but not rich-looking,
and the goods are marked at very low
price.
The latest device in hair dressing is to
make use of a coil Of jute or curled hair
lin other days called "rat'D. This coil
Il
Ter, and it is pinned exactly in the center
Of the head, ones own hair being first
drawn through the opening in the CEN
ter of the ring, and gives the effect of a
very large coil of hair. In case the
wearer's hair is not luxuriant, the crul-
ler-shaped piece is first lightly covered
with hair the exact shade of these mea-
ger tresseS.
Instead of waning in popularity, the
fashion for waists entirely different
from the skirts is more than ever the
rage, and the fancy for these dainty,
dressy and economical garments ex-
tends from the simple, inexpensive
shirt-Waist to the most elaborate crea-
ton from Paris, costing anywhere from
$50 to $50, and even more, if real laces
are used for garniture; and whatever
may be the result III months to come,
the spring season is charmingly and
lavishly supplied with Unique and beau
tiful models which it will be entirely
safe to duplicate for summer wear in
more airy textiles.
A still young and beautiful woman
has a. delightful souvenir of her girl
hood in the form of a large book that
contains, first, the pictures of the
friends of her childhood and young
womanhood, her own pictures at the
time of her coming-out party, with
description of the event in blank verse.
1t also contains theater and opera pro-
grammes, invitations, photographs or
her room and of places visited before
her marriage.
A very good oyster pie is made in the
following way: Break four ounces OF
macaroni into pieces two or three inches
long and cook until tender. Drain, then
arrange in a buttered baking dish in
LAYERS with alternate layers of oysters.
Put macaroni at the bottom of the dish,
season it with a little salt, dash OF
paprika bits of butter, and sift over it
a little cracker dust. Make the top
LAYER of the pie of macaroni, and pour
over the top the liquor from your oys-
ters and half a cup Of rich milk. Cover
the top with Drowned crumbs. Bake
in a hot oven over half an hour. Cover
the dish for the first fifteen minutes.
A rich-looking pillow of pale olive is
only a figured denim that has design
of interlacing circles in an all-over
pattern. The design is outlined with
black rope silk, and then with a small
cord of Japanese gold. Some of the
circles are entirely covered with the
geld cord couched in place and forming
a solid disk of gilt
The pure gold threads used in the
finest needlework are very expensive,
costing from forty to sixty cents
skein, according to the size of the
threads A Japanese thread that is
used in applique work is imported by
way of England. II is known as Eng
lish Japanese gold, and is much used
for ecclesiastical embroideries.
When one considers that so much OF
a childs first knowledge of the world
he lives in must come through contact
with objects around him, it seems a
pity to retard it by teaching it that it
is not right to lift and pinch and pound
its surroundings. How does it know that
china will break? One mother who be-
lieves she has the right method has
surrounded her babies in their play
room by things that are not easily in
jured The playthings are of rubber
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