Middletown transcript., 1897-08-21

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less chance to
ever explain her
self. So many Of US 60 along laboring
under burden that word, aye, even
q glance, could dispel, but the oppor-
tunity never comes, and friendships are
groand to atoms and the course Of true
love. that started out as smooth as q
mill pond, grows ruffisd and forbidding,
and those who felt they were meant for
each other suddenly discover that they
are horribly mismated. or at least they
think so.
Now, it is just here where the little
morning sermon comes in-reserve
your judgment until you are sure of
q good and absolute reason for the
hasty condemnation. Life is too short
for these arrangements. Gold is good,
but real true affection is better, and q
fancied slight should not be the death
knell Of that which makes the sun
shine of work-aday existence. Of
course, ii can't all be roses and cream,
but dear heart, suffering in stony iso-
lati0n, remember that when illness
comes, or some extraneous annoyance
changes the placid demeanor of 0rdi-
nary existence, that then is the time
to exercise kindly and gentle patience,
reserving judgment and keeping ever
aglow the devotion that it is so easy to
avow and SO hard to prove.
When woman says she loves, she
is rarely trifling, and this should be re-
membered, though she does not, per-
haps, evidence it in just the way the
imperial lord of creation whom she
adores thinks she should. Loyalty
means more than protestation, and sur
face actions should not be taken as
sure tokens Of the undercurrent of feel
ing that can never be estimated. Re-
member this when q breach is immi-
nent and patch it up before the chasm
grows too broad for even the plank of
forgiveness and forgetfulness to
span.
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To clean white straw hats-tnake a
paste Of sulphur and water, cover the
hat and place in the sun to dry, then
brush off the sulphur. This is recon-.
mended by a lady reader Of the TRAN
scRIPT.-ED.)
IS
A DISSERTATION ON PRETTY HOUSE
GOWNS WORN BY AN INVALID
FRIEND.
l never feel 80 thoroughly pleased
with the abounding health that is my
portion as when am brought face to
face with illness in the homes of any
of my friends; think none Of US ever
fully appreciate our blessings in this
direction until on such occasions and ]
also know that very few of us take the
opportunity of another's misfortune to
get few fashion ideas. "Now what
sort of fashion," says someone, ''can
possibly emanate from the environ
ment of q sick roomp' Well, answer
says there are modes even In negligees
that are worthy Of description, and as
this little friend of mine is dainty
creature with delightful amount of
taste, but very little cash, / do not
think it will come amiss to describe
three of her, little robes that are as
pretty as they are cheap. The very
smartest, if that tenn can be applied
to a bedroom costume, is of pale pink
India silk with tremendous cape col
lar formed of pink ribbon and Irish
point insertion, the whole edged by
deep ruffle of Irish point lace. The
sleeves. not full nor yet severely tight,
are gathered into sort of cuff made of
ribbon and insertion and a white rib
bon at the neck and another at the
waist give very chic air to this Gre
alton, which cost already made only
nine dollars.
From this giddy height of extrava-
gance she descends to two dollar ele-
gance in the way of q white lawn
wrapper made with Spanish lace
founce around the bottom and with q
sort OF ruffied epsulette over the shoul-
ders. This epaulette is edged with soft
and really fine lace. The neck is cat
modestly but becomingly square, edged
with beading and the lace. Through
the beading pink ribbon Is run and ties
in dainty bow, the same idea being
carried out as finish for the sleeves.
Still lower in the price scale Is deli
cate violet organdie with ruffies over
the sleeves, edged with white embroid-
cry, the pretty turnover collar being
decorated. This robe cost
only ninety-eight cents and proves
what bargain 1t Is by retaining its
color even after several visits to the
wash tub When my little friend
wants to be particularly swell she
wears white satin ribbon stock with
This and belt to match and the result is
as pleasing as IL she had paid some
great Paris house many hundreds of
francs for her sick room attire. It isn't
always .he great expenditure that
means the best results, and | think
that the little invalid could we'll be
copied by many who waste many dol
lars and never look as well even in
their gorgeous frocks rs she does in
ths cheap little affairs called l6unging
robes.
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