The National tribune., 1897-06-24

A frock Of lawn trimmed across the front
with ruffles of satin, lace-edged ribbon, with
fne tucks between the rufles, is pretty, elab-
crate, aud unwashable. However, ones hest
organdy or lawn can he made up in this way.
and worn for Il season without needing to visit
the Laundry. white orsandy trimmed with
Valenciennes lace and white ribbon, or flower
ed lawn with ribbons Of the flower color is pretty
for this fashion.
Some women frill Japanese paper napkins
into lamp shades.
Four years ago the blue serge coat and shirt
costume was SO popular that it was almost a
uniform for our womenfolk Last year and
this, tan color has taken the place of the blue,
but there are still wise women who know how
neat and serviceable blue serge is.
One Of the chief virtues of shirtwaist is
its cleanliness and freshness. AS it is not in
the first place particularly artistic, nor yet be-
coming, but is popular because it is convenient
aud inexpensive. this prettiness of eleanli-
ness must be secured, clse the shirtwaist is an
aholnination. To do it up properly it is we'll
first to sbaks the dust out of it, then let it soak
for half-heur unless the colors be too deli.
cate. in which case salt water must be used, or
the soaking may be omitted, although it max es
the washing easier for both laundress and
shirtwaist. Wash it in warm soapsuds, and
rinse it we'll. All good laundresses say that
half the battle of laundry work is done if the
rinsing be thorough. Make the starch by dis.
solving tablespoonful of dry starch in quart
OF water, adding to it a teaspoonful of gum
arabic dissolved in water with little borax
Most shirtwaists are starched stiffiy only in
the collars, cuffs, and front hem. The proper
order for ironing is first the yoke. then the
collar, inside and out; back, front, sleeves,
cuffs A sleeve-board is an invaluable aid.
narrow piece of webbing, such az uphol.
sterers often use to case furniture springs,
sewed to the end edges of rugs, will not only
strengthen them there. where they specially
need to be firm, but will keep the ends from
curling up in unsightly fashion as ordi-
nary rugs have habit of doing.
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Florence Nightingale is i'll, and it is feared
will not recover. She has been an invalid for
many years, but has not been idle. but has
urged and encouraged to splendid success the
building OF a home for nurses At tho close of
the Crimean war Florence Nightingale came
home heroine. Thousands of men called her
one of Gods angels. and tho grateful people of
England subscribed 100000 for her. This sum
she used to found nurses home. She ia in
her 18th year. and has witnessed the progress
in training nurses and organizing hospital
woodwork in which she was a pioneer.
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VI course. now there is much gossip about
Queen Victoria, ranging from overland trib.
utes to the most unpleasant of insinuations.
and much of it is entirely unfounded. One nm.
happy statement that seems to be true, although
the English papers are chivalrously hiding it.
that the Jubilee may not be marred, is that the
Queens eyesight is seriously impaired, and
blindness threatens her. OF course there ia
talk OF abdication. as there has been ever since
the Queens feebleness became apparent.
ELSIE PoMERoY McELRoY