The National tribune., 1897-05-27
The Bdtep-HaE::

For I'm going TO bake pie mamma,
Pm going to bake pie
For John will DO hungry and tired. ma,
And his tissues will decompose;
So give me n gramme OF phosphate.
And the car bon and cellulose.
Now give me chunk Of caseine. ma,
To shorten the theTmic fat,
And hand me the oxygen bottle. ma
And look at the thermostat;
And If the electric ovens cold
Just turn IL on half ohm,
For / want TO have supper ready
As soon John comes home.
Now pass me the neutral DOPE mamma.
And rotate the mixing machine.
But give me the sieriiized water first,
And the oeomargarine;
And the phosphate. too, for now, think,
The new typewriter's quit,
And John will need more phosphate food
To help his brain Il bit.
New England Magazine
The President and Mrs. Mckinley gave their
first formal reception on May 10, in honor of
the delegates to the Postal Congress. 1t was
very handsome affair. the Cabinet families
assisting tho President and his wife in receiy-
ing their distinguished guests. The rooms
were gay with flowers, the Marine Band con-
tributed music, aud delightful supper was
served With SO many pretty women of
course there was no dearth of pretty gowns.
Mrs. Mckinley remained seated during the re-
ception, but greeted every guest cordially.
She wore handsome frock of white brocade
made with high necked, long.seeved bodice
deliberately trimmed with rare lace and jewels.
Ch, TO-, ~
away from her face with side-coinbs. Mrs.
Hobart also wore white silk brocade with a
low-cut bodice, collar of diamonds, neck
lace of pearls, and violets dropping from the
shoulders. Madame Patenotre, wife of the
French Minister. wore artistic frock OF
black lace over pale blue. with lilacs for the
trimming. Almost all of the Cabinet ladies
wore white frocks and roses, except Mrs.
Sherman, who wore black MORE with lace
and diamonds.
Wilhelmina, the girl Queen of Holland. at
tended her first ball not long ago, and is de-
scribed as behaving and looking very well.
She wore gown Of white silk, with two rod
roses for her only ornament.
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There is an old superstition that declares May
an unlucky month for a wedding. There are
plenty Of girls who dub superstitons "non-
sense" and SO there are many weddings in
May; nevertheless, June is the favorite sea-
son. Farther north, where June is truly the
month of roses, it is the prettest season; but
here and farther south June is apt to be too
warm for roses or girls to be their freshest and
prettiest.
The following is clipped from an Atlanta
paper: Mrs. w. d. Ellis, jr., will entertain
Chapter A of the Order of Old.Fashioned
Women at an elegant luncheon to-day" !
wonder what woman does when sine deliber-
ately sets out to be old-fashioned. 1t seems as
though the very effort would make being truly
old fashioned Impossible.
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Tho chiffon. lace and feather frills for the
neck so much in vogue, are a great aid to q
woman who is trying to grow old gracefully.
According to the best authorities the first ugly
lines Of age that come to bother pretty woman,
are the lines Of the throat and chin; they
usually show too much flesh or too little. Many
woman would be as pretty or prettier at 80
than she was 10 years before, if she would only
may be in her neck, and for this purpose there
could be nothing moro satisfactory than the
ruches and soft folded collars.
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Many bicycle women arc planning to dis
card leggins and high boots this Summer,
and to heavy stockings and low.cut
shoes instead; highly sensible fashion, and
ono that will in nowise be startling nor con-
spicuous.
Velvet and velveteen waists having become
common, aud, besides, being exceedingly warm,
it is now the fashion to have blouses Of satin.
They made with the shocked yoke that
gives an exceedingly graceful putting fullness
for the front. Alas and alack the day! the
tale ends unhappy, for it is also the fashion
TO wear white linen collars with these biouses,
and a shocked satin blouse does seem too gay,
soft, and festive to suit the severe business.like
linen. However, the girls will have it that way.
and that settles it.
black grenadinc frock made up over black
gay-coorcd velvet satin, is serviceable
frock, aud may be very becoming.
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The new grass-linen suits are made with an
Elton jacket and moderately wide unlined
skirt finished with wide hem The cuffs and
lapels are usually pret,ily braided with white
linen braid in small scroll patterns, OF in knots
and military frogs and loops.
most startling frock that is heralded as the
latest and most fashionable of styles consists of
black satin skirt ACCORDION or sun pleated. -
a short jacket of fno chalk-white broadcloth
lined with heavy black satin and a blouse of
black satin with q wide white stock.
Pique embroidered with jet is another of the
extreme Styles and ono that finds little favor
with sober-minded women.
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Cording is one of tho fads for trimming
Silk blouses are corded across the woke linz
and slim women frequently have five or six
rows of cOrding about their skirts at the bins
An exquisite Paris frock is of some sort Of
thin, transparent, gray stuff, having "a simmer
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