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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-09-04
BOOK COVERS.

Diaries and calendars may be covered
satisfactorily with turquoise blue linen.
embroidered with cluster OF purple
pansies in one corner and below.
worked i'm irregular lines. one or other
of these quotations, "'Tis a Chronicle
Of Day to Day" "I'll Call For Pen and
Ink and Write My Mind" Fiji Up
Chronicles For Time To Come" lie
Temps Passe, l'Amitie Reste." "C'est
iHeure de Bien Fare" worked i'm stem
stitch with silk of the deepest shade OF
purple, the capitals being accentuated
with an outlining Of gold. A notion
for the cover of one OF the all but in
dispensable cycling record books is To
make ii of stout. hand woven gray linen
and To border IL with row Of tiny
wheels, carefully worked in black flo
selle, with gold thread for tires and
hubs. My Cycling Records is then
embroidered in the center in black out
lined with gold, with or without mon
ogram below, or if the popular fancy
for a motto demands it, something ap-
propriate. such as "A Merry Heart Goes
All the Way" or Ride on, Ride Fast.
Ride Merrily," may take the place of
the title.
Reading cases for popular periodicals
are always acceptable presents A
charming case, for example, might be
made of pale ecru hand woven linen,
with the title at the top, the monogram
OF the owner i'm the center and the quo
tation, Read DER These Articles" be-
low, the whole being worked in pale
green outlined with gold and encircled
by a wreath of roses. shamroCks and
thistes, embroidered in what is known
as half solid style, i'm delicate shades
of their natural coloring, or the ground
might be turquoise blue and the whole
Of the embroidery carried out in two
shades of sepia brown silk and fine gold
thread, the flower outlined only. Pale
green linen with the title Of the journal
i'm tiny irdescent green sequins on a
scroll outlined with gold thread. makes
an exceedingly pretty reading case, or IL
something more elaborate is wanted
nothing is nicer than ivory satin sheet
ing--np which the letters of the title are
formed OF tiny blue forgetmenots in
china ribbon embroidery. with gold
spangles for centers and Louis XVI
knots of blue ribbon occupying the four
corners. on the other hand a palmer,
cheaper, but effective cover may be
made of cream twill cotton sheeting on
which the title of the journal is out
lined with twisted chain stitch in deep
yellow flax, the background being either
darned or powdered with some tiny
motif in a paler shade.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-09-04
copyright. 1871

The country idea of q bed lis strange.
Ii is always taken for granted that you
can sleep anywhere and that what the
bed or its trappings are like makes no
difference TO you. That anybody may
be restless, nnd il difficult TO close ones
eyes and so to dreamland never enters
the heads OF tha wives OF the sons OF
the SOIL
The country bed is high and large.
Sometimes you have steps by which to
reach it. but oftener unless you are
'ong OF limb, you run from one side Of
the room, make jump when you reach
the bed and chance getting on it. If
unfortunate enough 10 miss il, you
scrape your knees and bump your head
and then try getting on by means OF
chair which you realize was what you
ought to have done in the first place.
The most luxurious Of country beds
begins by having a mattress made OF
husks. on top of this comes the feath-
er bed that mother gave me when |
was married and which belonged TO her
grandmother" 1t smells like IL. II has
the odor peculiar TO musty feathers and
makes you think of the dead and gone
grandmother in her tomb. ON this
come new cotton sheets, quilts and
great magnifcence!- !-one OF those hor-
rible heavy marseilles counterpanes.
Everything on this bed is calculated to
keep out the air
The value of blanket is not appre-
ciated in the country. That a blanket
should be at once light and warm and
allow circulation OF the air is not un-
derstood. So. unless you want TO feel
as IL the weight OF ages were resting
upon you, you throw off the quilts and
the coverlid and sleep under your trav-
cling rug. After little while you re-
alize how hot that bed is. You didn't
know that feathers were 50 warm. You
get up, nearly set the house on iire try
ing to light a lamp that's out OF order
and then you pull the feather bed off
and rest your weary bones on the hus1s
Before another hour has elapsed you
wish you had the feathers back. The
husks have a nasty way of getting into
they were hard sticks OF wood, while
each one shoves against your most SEN
sitive bone.
Take the advice Of one who knows,
and when you go To the country pack
IN with the bathtub a decent lamp and
few other necessaries OF life-that is,
OF comfortable life--two pillows. a sum-
mer blanket and a rather heavy but
soft travelling rug. The rug can be laid
over the husks. and a fairly decent bed
will be the result.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-09-04

They are nice to use. FOR they save the
hands I'm many ways-for example, in
gardening and dusting-and indeed If
one moistens the hands with glycerin or
cold cream and draws on pair OF easy
old gloves for an hour the hand is made
astonlshingly white. smooth. soft and
flexible. Another use for old gloves is
TO cut the backs for penwipers and to
keep the fingers for finger stalls.
There is also a proper way to mend
Il glove. Glove needles can be procured
at any shop where ordinary needles are
sold. and unlike the latter, they do not
split the kid If the seams break or rip,
sew up the seam on the right side Of the
glove as much like the rest OF the
stitching as possible. and If the seam
breaks between the thumb and palm
little network made i'm the buttonholo
stitch viii replace the littlc kid hinge. II
ono may 50 call the three cornered piece
Of kid
If the buttonholes break away, it is
easy enough to replace the binding IL
YOU examine the method by which it
was originally put on, Gloves may he
cleaned at home. OF course the white
chamcis skin gloves that are worn In
GUNNER are easy enough 10 wash by
~uhg them on the hands and rubbing
roN i'm mkeWarm water filled with
'7 made from SOAP. White kid and
sdr may bo cleaned by gently rubbing
n all over With pumice stone pow
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-09-04
An Odd Business.

y London firm which rents wcdd'f
gowns To brides also furnishc5
father To give the bride away N',
the marriage takes place too FAR 2T
from home TO admit of parents and r,i
tivcs being present This profession
father. az ne might he appropriatct
called, Is an oX-major i'm the army and
q member OF a fine Old family but he
is poor and willingly gives away bride
for a small money consideration. He
is said to look like a model father. with
snowy hair and kind and lovable ex-
preston. Sometimes ne Is called upon
to manage a wedding breakfast, and
he rs said 60 bc q charming speaker.
Surely this Is one of the oldest profess
sions of advanced days.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-09-04
BICYCLE JEWELRY.

With the ever increasing popularity
of the wheel bicycle jewelry has come
into vogue, says an exchange, and it
promises to be busy fall and winter
with the silver and gold smiths in de-
signing and making up small and dainty
novelties OF adornment for cyclers. In
London and Paris there has been for
some time a considerable demand for
trines in the precious metals that would
indicate from their design that the
wearer was a cyclist. Now the fashion
is beginning to take root here.
Bicycle jewelry had it's beginning in
the fad among well to do -wncelwomen
Of having a silver bell and a silver
name plate upon their machines. While
this plan has never become general,
there are plenty of wheels adorned with
these ornaments, prettily finished and
I'm the name plates often of elaborate
pattern and design. Next came the
whistle bangle, a silver trinket from
London, like the bell and name plate.
useful as well as ornamental yet a dis
tinct piece Of jewelry.
Gradually this bangle has come To he
popular. and II now Is TO he bought i'm
ing To taste. I'm design IL Is a narrow
band that snaps around the wrist, a link
chain To which the whistle is attached
and three rings. These rings fasten on
the hand, and I'm them the whistle is
slipped 10 prevent its dangling. it Is
iha work of only a second tu slip the
histlc out of the rings and raise it to
l, ips with either hand.
From these beginnings cyclists jew
'y has been evolved until now most
,hc novelties on the market are for
uamcnts, pure and simple, and have
use beyond decoration The newest
Sings out are the stickpins for bicycle
.icrs. Though these are chiefly worn
81 girls. they make just as good scarf
ms and are frequently used I'm that
tly by men. The tiny silver OF gold
bicycle set on pin about two inches
lcrC was one Of the first pieces OF jew
,lry devised This new pin is much
more elaborate. ON top O, he tiny
heel the figure OF a rider done In bright
enamel Is placed. Wheel and rider to-
eethcr are so minute that they hardly
cover more than thumb nail yet every
detail Is complete.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-09-04

one Is always curious TO know how
the bedrooms of we'll known women look.
Gossip says that "A fashionable Divorce
who has remarked has a bed that looks
like a huge hearse IT is of some Won
derful wood and stands in the center OF
the room on raised platform, and you
walk up four steps 60 get into it, When
this was bought in Paris. the interior
was entirely lined with enormous plate
glass mirrors. The purchaser did not
know and had not been told that French
ladies did not use this style of bed, that
il was dedicated TO the ladies of the
lake, but her mistake was discovered,
and rose colored satin took the place Of
The various rehectors. This room Is said
10 be bare and cold looking notwith-
standing it's costly furniture, all that it
suggests being the opinion given by
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-09-04

effect from an artistic standpoint is de-
cidedly good.
Apropos of furs, the news is reaching
US, even in midsummer. that fur viii
reign supreme as a decoration next win
ter. Have you heard OF the latest thing
i'm the jewelry line? 1t is intended 10
be worn by some one who objects TO the
ordinary garter, the regular "eVil TO
him that evil thinks" garter. and elects
to keep her stockings smooth by sus-
penders. The dainty pair shown at
big jeWelry shop is Of white silk elastic,
the clasps being emerald hearts framed
in diamonds. | could not but wonder
who would buy them. What fool and
his money would part for such trifles as
these? And what girl getting them,
would not remove the clasps and utilize
them as brooches or hair ornaments?
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-09-04

The emerald has just now great
vogue given To IT, and as it is said to
bring good health 1t would seem worth
while for one To save up ones ducats
that one might possess the beautiful
green gem. After all, since we can look
at them, we possess them, for she who
owns them can get no greater pleasure
out of them. Oftentimes we don't re-
aliZe that. We let the mean desire OF
possession control us. and we make
ourselves unhappy because we can't
own everything. Think what a bother
it would be to have TO take care Of
everything,
The weGlthiest woman | know is the
most unhappy. She is always expect
ing something to happen TO her house
or her yacht or her diamonds or her
fine pictures. Her bonds trouble her,
because tomorrow they may go down in
value. Bonds, yachts, wonderful brlc-
a-brac, great pictures and fine Jewels
don't trouble you or me. but we can en-
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-09-04
WHERE MY LADY SLEEPETH.
Bah Tells About the Luxury OF Beds and the Beauty
OF Bedrooms Lillian RuSS0llS SWanlik0 Couch.
Mrs. Langtry'S DOWny Bed and Mrs. Vanderbilt'S
Gorgeous Bedroom.

] am told that i'm some parts Of the
world, even IN summer, there are people
who sleep between feather beds. l Won
der what those people look like. Prob
ably that was the way queen Elizabeth
slept Whenever ! think OF her I re-
member that her favorte nightgoWn
was Of purple velvet with gold lace!
How, i'm case OF fire. the laddles would
guy her in these days Thank good
ness the sensible bed is at the fore
nowadays, II is commanded that your
bed must Doe OF brass for health. and il
must bc properly draped with whatever
YOU can afford though the inexpensive
is the most costly. That sounds like a
bull" but It's the truth. The reason
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-09-04

| have never been able TO understand
the type Of woman who didn't care how
her bedroom looked. who was satisfied
10 have a bare, cold, uninviting room,
lacking any individuality Most women,
certainly all nice women, long TO have
their bedrooms look as pretty as posi-
BILE. and now. when so many dainty
things can be made by oneself, so many
good results achieved by oneself, she is
TO blame who does not arrange her
room so that it is bower II beauty.
1t may be taken for granted that either
i'm the winter or the summer ono cannot
have too many fancy cushions or too
many fur rugs.
4 most artistic effect is achieved by
having the floor covered with mating
and white or brown fur rugs thrown
here and there upon 1t. During the win
ter few women cast aside their pretty
blankets or dainty silk quilts and sleep
under sable or eiminc skins I'm
healthy? l suppose they are, but the
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-09-04
How to Wash Chintz.

Chintz may bc washed I'm the same
way a. any good print. only adding a
little ammonia about a teaspoonful to
the gallon Of Water-to The last rinsing
water Dry ia The open air. I'm good
wind if possible. Then when quite dry
put 81 into rather thick hot water starch
ana hang 90 up again indoors til nearly
dr. when BE- must %, uell stretched laid
out very smoothly uu the ironing table
ana iruned ou th. rilht side with a hot
iron. TO insure the uroper glaze either
add halt am ounce of White wax to each
quarter pound uf starch when making
the starch or else iub the hot iron on
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-09-04

eager to be a woman of the world is
a poor ambition, but ii is not. 1t Is a
good one. since she Is the woman who
makes most happy the greatest number
of people. The woman of the world Is
the one who considers what you like
and attempts for her own comfort as
we'll as for yours, to give it TO you.
She is the one whose manners are al
ways perfect and who does not offend
you by gushing over you one day ana
by freezing you the next
She is the o.e whose gowns attract
no notice unless by their absolute suita-
bility.
She is the one who can be friendly
without being familiar and who can re-
pei without being rude.
She is the one who refrains from say
ing malicious things not only because it
will ruin the shape of her mouth, but
because they are i'm as bad taste as
swearing.
She is the one who always makes you
feel at ease with yourself and the rest
of the world.
She Is the one who If stewed puppy
We're served at your dipner table would
praise its favor and talk of the civiliza-
tiur of the Chinese
She is the one who can make order
come where disorder has reigned and
who can put everything just where 1t
should be.
she is the one with whom 1t is "A de-
light to associate and who, after all,
may he governed not only by her own
desire 10 make life smoother and easier.
but by greater and higher beliefs than
are credited TO her.
She is the one whom it would be well
for all women TO initiate.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-09-04

Carlyies maid of Raphael's Madonna"
ITS expensive"
Mrs Frederick Nanderbilt's bed is
said TO be OF dainty whtewood, with
drapeIies Of fine real lace and faint rose
brocades about il until it looks like
great pink rose inviting you to slumber
i'm it's heart Her room has q delightful
individuality, the favorite pictures. the
loved books and the thousand and one
little belongings thA a woman likes be-
ing here, there and everywhere about it.
The room tells of the popularity of the
woman. for Mrs. Frederick Vanderbilt
is undoubtedly the best liked cf any of
the women Of the Vanderbilt family
a beautiful bed Of most artistic white
rattan. swan shaped, is that of Lillian
Russell. Its coverid is magnificent
point lace over blue satin, while pale
blue satin draperios are at each side of
the head. The room Itself Is in blue
and white, with here and there "A touch
OF pink, looking like the proper abode
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-09-04

for a beautiful woman who Is as deli
cate i'm her tints as any Dresden statu-
ette
Mrs. Langtry's bed is wonderful
one. The draperies. which were made
i'm New York by a famous woman dec
orator. are of pale dove colored brocade.
The upper curtains are of fine boiling
cloth, those at the top being embro!d-
cred in poppies, as If 10 induce sleep,
ana those at the foot i'm morning glo-
ries. as if 10 welcome wakefulness. The
dressing table is draped with boiling
cloth, embroidered in many delicate
hued flowers, and the curtains on each
side Of the mirror have, after the
French fashion, "A trailing vine Of arti-
fetal lilies so that when the beauty
looks into her mirror she sees one Lily
framed by many more.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-09-04

glove its set. First shake some powder
into each finger of the glove Then
place your elbow firmly on a table. with
the hand upright and the thumb ex-
tended toward the palm. Draw the
body OF the glove over the fingers and
after seeing that each seam of the glove
Is straight with the line of the finger
coax each finger into the finger of the
glove. BE sure in the meantime that
the stitching on the back OF the glove
is also straight Now insert the thumb
and look once again to see If the seams
are all straight. II not, pull the glove
off and begin again The seam at the
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-09-04

tin OF the thumb should be in line with
the middle of the thumb nail Smooth
Ga" wrist neatly ana fasten the second
button first
All of this NAV seem tircsomc. but an
expensive and well fitting glove Is worth
the trouble of putting ~ on carefully.
for 70 viii wear twice a. long I'm re-
moving a glove skin u on quickly. turn
The fingers. put a little powder in them.
smooth them neatly and place them i'm a
glove case. They will keep much nicer
in thir way than " tossed I'm drawer.
Never throw old Md gloves away.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-09-04
Wrap For Cool Evenings.

The most recent addition to the sum.
mer girls OUTFIT is a cape which pos
scsses the additional virtue of having
sleeves when sleeves are wanted. These
sleeves are inside and are entirely hid
den when not in use by the lapels which
decorate the side fronts of the cape.
For driving, fishing, cycling or, in fact,
any out OF door pursuit where one
needs to have the use Of ones arms and
yet have them protected from the ele-
ments this cape would be invaluable.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-09-04

house and buttons them az carefully as
any other article Of dress. She never
would De guilty Of pulling on her gloves
rudely in the street cor IN street ear or
Of squeezing her hands into gloves sew
eral sizes too SIT all and buttoning them
with a hairpin. This would Dee consid-
cred a great improperly. Many people
cram their hands into gloves which are
50 small that the gloves look stuffed
and yellow Kid on a pudgy hand re-
minds one % nothing more poetic than
= ham In its yellow bag. People. yspe-
ciaIIy ladies with large hands, ought TO
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-09-04

color running in the first instance, YOU
viii find 1t a good plan to let the chintz
soak for a little time in cold salted
water, a handful OF salt 10 the gallon OF
water. Then wash il in tepid soapsuds
for which purpose you will find boiled
soap the best, as 1t obviates any rub
bing which, with many colored ma
terial, is pretty safe to he dangerous.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-09-04

masculine. never congresses thcm I'm
tight gloves. uut selects comfortable
Size. which gives her hands ease ana
full play
Now. after selecting Eloves-nlcc
stout loose ones fsr street wear and
others little closer in Gt FOR calling and
Tor evening Wear-therc ia way to put
them or. W there is anything that mars
Womans appearance 70 is glove with
tho seams twisted and all the fingers
awry.
The nrst trying on Of glove g. the
most important, because this gives the
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-09-04
HOW TO BUY AND WEAR GLOVES.

The Frenchwoman's idea OF dress is.
or course, perfect in all its details, but
II she must practice economy she never
neglects her shoes and her gloves.
'Bien chause ct bien gantce" is her
motto. and she lives W to it, Her
gloves are proverbal. She chooses them
wish art, she puts them on with art.
che carries them with art. and she
ncrds them with art.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-09-04

buy gloves which are larger than seems
cessary for tight gloves always make
the hands swell ard increase in size by
years VI such lnjudici0us treatment.
Tight gloves are always responsible
for redness cf The hands and also for
wrinkles. Women who care TO preserve
tac Wilderness and beauty uf their hands
End arms always wear loose gloves.
Ellen Terry for example who has large
bands. so large that thsY arc somewhat
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-09-04

little pure beeswaX each time Of using.
This will Civ. a very nice glaze, especi-
ally II the ironer is generous with elbow
grease Remember, once the material
has been starched II is better TO dry il
indoors. as the wind would take too
much Of the stiffness out of it, though for
the first drying a good high wind is
best. If you are at all afraid of the
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-09-04
Perfumes in Sickroom.

when perfumes are not disagreeabie
10 a patient. it Is well 10 use them
freely In a sickroom. as they arc pro-
lection against ccntagion. 1t is said
that " lavender water Is sprayed
through the living rooms Of houses situ-
atcd ia 4 malarial locality IL will pre-
vent the occupants from contracting the
disease.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-09-04

joy the best OF everything either
through the courtesy of those who pos
sess IL or the civility OF those who have
IL for sale.
We want to learn, every one OF us, to
get the most out Of life in the best
way. That is being woman OF the
world. Most people think that to be
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-09-04

pretty
bug color enag strapped down the eamswhh doubh black Thu
or cyns It's chief attraction Three black buttons sewed
quite closely has rounded basque and decorated likewise with
t
collar forms red IN shaped pason
with frilings thereon
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-09-04

Is that a young girl has her bed draped
with white muslin-this pretty white
dotted muslin. II doesn't cost much by
the yard. but II takes IN immense guam
tity 20 make the draperies, and as they
must he kept as Immaculate as lilies the
laundry adds 20 their expense, so that
in the end they cost more than brocsde
curtains.
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