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Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-11-28
LATEST FLOWER LAMPS.
THEY ARE Low, BROAD-BOWLED,
BEAUTIFUL AND EXPENSIVE.
Exquisite Creations In English Wall
Paper and Other Marvellous
Shades Made of Rare Bro
cades and Fringe.

One of this winters specialties in house
decoration Is the new, broad-bowled. round
Elobed flower lamps. The handsomest OF
the specimens stand not more than three
feet high at most, and the oil bowl is
dish or boat shaped, supported on four
bronze balls, or short gilt feet. slender.
clear glass tube chimney fits over the
flame of the powerful burner and then the
light is again filtered, with delicious soft
ness. through a perfect sphere of thinnest
porcelain. white inside, but glorious on The
exterior. with close art painted clusters
of highly colored flowers. Bowl and globe
are both decorated alike and are first COW
cred with a background of russet red,
gray. green. Prussian blue. or golden
brown, and against one of these rich tones
bouquets of red and yellow chrysanthe-
NUNS, autumn leaves, scattered roses. IN
coEventionalized tints, dahlias. goldanrod,
or passion flowers are painted, daringly
commingled and SO thickly strewn as to
all but completely cover the porcelain sur
face.
So almost emphatic is the present taste
for low lamps with perfectly round globes
| that standing lamps and tissue paper
shades have all but disappeared from
adeiphia Inquirer. Paper Shades, 1t is true,
are still used to a great extent. but MT
of creped japanese material. They are
wrought out Of the heaviest English wall;
| paper. with a cream laid or rich fintshe
surface, and decorated on cream. ivory
white. pearl pink, or ash gray ground, with
scarlet roses, douhis daffodils and hibiscus
| or pelargoniums. The paper is fan plated
dropped over tent-shaped wire frame
and edged with bead fringe or ribbon
| are very lovely.
The most costly of the new shades are
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-11-28

becomes too hard to handle, gather it up
in soft handfuls and mold into shape.
Here is az chance to show your artistic
skill. Form the dough into cats and dogs.
and II you doubt how they look bring the
family pets into the kitchen to serve as
models.
When you have made your animals,
place them on oiled paper and set them
outside the window a few minutes to hard
en-. Now bring them in and dip in melted
sweet chocolate. Use a big grain of sugar
for the eyes and a strip of orange peel for
the mouth. If you want a very fancy bon
bon, tie ribbon around the dogs tail and
put strip of light-colored candy arouno
the neck for a collar.
You can make a candy dough of any
color by the use of extracts. When you
have mixed the egg and water, and be-
fore you have added the sugar, you can
turn the mixture a delicate green with a
drop of pistachio. If you want pink candy
use a few drops of raspberry preserve. or
plum juice for purple. 1t is easy at this
stage to color the dough. II you want i.
very pink substitute cold raspberry Juice
for ice water.
You can make q roomful of bric-a-brac
IN this way or you can give a bonbon
party, which is quite the latest thing. For
supper you serve dishes of candy animals
maoe py yourself. The game is to guess
what kind Of an animal 1t is
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-11-28
THE JARDINIERE LAMP.
in Artistic ways-yAn Econom-
fcal Fad.


A fancy that is becoming in mild man
ner q fad, and which has the unusual fea-
ture of being useful, is the changing of
jardinieres and large vases into fancy
lamps. Many a housekeeper has looked
with mournful eyes at a cracked vase or
has had a jardiniere thrown out of ser
vice by the dying of a palm. Or she may
have tired of them In their original form
and wished she might have the money they
cost in a lamp as handsome as that of her
neighbor across the way.
About a year ago it was discovered that
into lamps at comparatively slight eX-
pense, and that in most cases without inn
pairing their usefulness for their original
purpose. 1t is done by the simple expedient
ceptacle for oil, which can be set into the
top. Most of the large lamps in use are so
constructed that the oil receptacle can be
lifted out for cleaning or filling. When
once it was thought of 1t was not difficult
to fit a lamp or vase with n small tank for
oil which will fit into the top:
shallow. while others are more the shape
of turnip. From 50 to IS is the usual
price for the work, although much higher
prices have been paid in particular cases,
iron vase that cost originally $50 was
brought in. The price paid for changing II
into a lamp was $40. but the result was
beautiful enough to warrant the cost.
In many cases the top of the vase or
jardiniere may be too broad for an oil re-
ceptacle. without making it too large. and
| the difficulty is surmounted by fitting the
tank with collar to support it. Often the
ornamental fiuting around the top of the
vase may have been broken. The vase may
| then be cut and equipped with the collar
and tank converting 1t into an Ornamental
and useful article of furniture.
The use of oil. instead of declining, SAYS
lilies burn both gas and oil, while MANY 9th.
ers still depend wholly on Oil for light.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-11-28

made from pieces Of rich old brocaded silk.
scraps OF priests vestments or remnants
Of ancestral coats or petticoats. They are
eitEef fan plated and edged with rich
bullion fringe or faced with white silk
and stretched over a circular wire frame
OF empire shape with frill of yellow.
Revolutionary lady's pointed silk bodice.
It is no secret that these special shades
fetch prices as high as s75 and $50.
brac. the flower lamps. worth from Sis to
go: and the wall paper shades that any
deft-hngered woman can make herself at
in the shops, there are the still popular
and lovely silk-screened lamps Electric
light. 1t has been found, must be filtered
through three thicknesses of silk, to give
dies, and it is important for women who
! use electric bulbs in place of oil in their
70 hSg to baat the had w
| covering a wire frame first with a fail
of pure white chiffon; over this must go
a cover Of pale green liberty silk. and on
the edges Of all three materials and OUT
lining, on the yellow silk, butterflies and
flower sprays. IN silver spangles, the new
est dinner table lamp shades are made.
The tent, pagoda and parasol frames
are the forms now used for building shades
on. almost to the exclusion of the empire
table lamps stil wear silk and tulle petit
coats. The prettiest novelty in these new
| fabrics is shade made all of pink TUT
frills, fastened on a ball-shaped frame
smilax, or honeysuckle, falling through the
thickness Of the tulle down on the white
tablecloth below,
Another closefitting shade. built on ball
frame, Is made OF mauve and gray green
silk to exactly simulate big Scotch thistle
growing close about the long white chim-
ney. Every one Of these designs is, OF
course, copied in miniature for application
as candle shades, while a pretty oddity in
the shape of a candle screen is big pink
wild rose its broad silk petals drawn back
to disclose the yellow heart in which q
fat gold and brown bee is busy at his
| labcrs
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-11-28

prise to be told by a well known lace dealer
recently that the industry Of making the
real lace was practically dead. The sudden
fashion for it has resulted in putting putting n, a
high price on all fiounces. and especially
shawls that may be obtained and one pos
sessng such heirlooms is indeed fortunate; tha;
the few of the old lacemakers left will be
put again at their craft. and with pupils
vive an old and beautiful industry.
This sa season Of revials: We are are
now it is whispered that for the evening We
shall replace our gloves with old-fashionsd ,t,
or cream, unless, perchance, that costume
should call for black It is supposed d,ana that
and that women will welcome the oppor-
tunity Of displaying their pretty hands and and
on this fashion, for they are showing some
extremely lovely rings that are. are far far to- too
der gloves. Chain bracelets with monocle
attached present novelty that they af-
firm has been widely adopted by the smart
set.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-11-28
WATER FOR ONE.
An Authority Tells How Much Il" Re-
Quired by Persons in Yari-

An Authority Tells How Much Ii Hes
auired by Persons in Vari-
Gus Occupations.
From the Journal Of Hygiene.
According to Professor Allen we should
drink from one-third to two-fifths as many
ounces as We weigh pounds. Therefore.
for man weighing 1sS pounds there would
be, required ffty-six to sixty-four ounces
daily. or from one and one-half to four
pints. This is very indefinite answer. The
amount OF water required depends on the
season of the year. the amount Of work
done and the kind of food eaten. In hot
weather We require more than in cold. be-
cause OF the greater loss through the skin.
though this is in part made up by the
lesser amount passed away through the
kidneys. II man labors very hard he
requires more than if his labor is light. A
man working in a foundry, where the tenn
perature Is high and the perspiration pro-
fuse. not infreQuently drinks three or four
gallons daily. IL the food is stimulating
and salty more water is required than il
1t is bland.
+, Vegetarians and those who use much
| fruit require less water than those who eat
salt fish and pork. and often get along on
none except what is In their food. In most
cases our instincts tell US how much wa
ter 10 drink far better than any hard or
quiring knowledge Of how much to drink
and transmitting that knowledge to d.
| scendantS, and II we follow them We shall
not so far out Of the way.
| 1t is Of more use to US to know that
pure water is essential and that impure
! water Is one of the most dangerous drinks
| than to know how much of it is required
daily. II one lives in u region where the
water Is bad 1t should be boiled and put
away In bottles we'll corked in an ice chest.
and in addition one should eat all the
fruit one can IL fruit agrees. Fruit con-
tains not only pure water, but salts which
are needed to carry on healthfully the
| functions of life,
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-11-28
SUNDAY NIGHT sUPPERs.
Mrs. Rorer's Recipes for Some Tasty
Little Dishes-Lobster Loaf,
Jelly Chicken. Etc.

Little Dfshes-LObster Loaf,
Jelly Chicken, Etc.
Very timely was Mrs. Rorer's lecture on
Sunday Night Suppers.'' for the Sunday
night supper is often puzzle which sore
ly tries Mrs. Housekeeper. especially If she
has but a maid of-all-work, and allows her
the evening as well as the afternoon out.
The point resolves itself into having the
principal dish prepared before hand, and
one dish is fairly more than enough, for
eas is
a heavy affair that makes one feel like
resting. However, the dishes expatiated
upon would oE tb be egoa nne
take place at 10 or II o'clock, and which IS
usually a company affair. be it to ever so
Madame MAZDA i Hostess % is G never g caught Matching
up these little schemes for her own sole
benefit, says the Philadelphia Record.
think to admit on this score; were it not
for him and his openly expressed weakness
for gastronomic perfection, it's question
Lobster I ri loaf was t irst st on the programme.
Remove the meat from two good sized
boiled Holsters; chop rather fine with
of pound of almonds cut into slices, a
teaspoonful of onion juice, d Glove Of gar
lie, a tablespoonful of chopped parsley, a
of salt s of pgpPer
pack into email molds. Stand in a baking
pan of water. put them in the oven for
twenty minutes, and serve cold on lettuce
leaves, with mayonnaise dressing.
Another suggestion was jelly chicken
with white sauce. Boil one chicken until
very tender. using as little water as pos
sible. When done and cold take the meat
from the bones. rejecting also the skin.
Chop the meat into small pieces; add a
quarter of a pound of almonds cut into
slices a half cup of pine nuts. four hard
boiled eggs chopped, tablespoonful of
parsley. teaspoonful of salt, the same of
onion juice and n saltspoon of pepper.
Strain the liquor in which the chicken
was boiled Ut should not measure over
one pinO and add to it a quarter of a box
OF gelatine that has been soaked for fif-
teen or twenty minutes. Mix this with
the chicken and pack into a mold and
stand on the ice.
For the white sauce rub one tablespoon
full of butter and one of flour together: add
a half pint of milk and stir until boiling.
Take from the fire and stir in a quarter
of box of gelatine that has been soaked
ten minutes: add a half teaspoonful of
| salt, teaspoonful of onion juice, a dash
of pepper and a half teaspoonful of pap
| rica. When partially cold add n teaspoon
full of lemon juice and teaspoonful of
| tarragon vinegar and stand away until
serving time.
Jellied beef is simple and inexpensive
| dish. For 1t take two pounds of beef; boil
until tender: quarter of a box of gela-
tine; half pint of strained tomatoes: tea
spoonful of salt: half cup of chopped eel
cry, salt, pepper and one small onion.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-11-28
Not Another Like Him,

From the Blandinsyille Qli.) Star.
Contrary to existing belief and the news
paper paragraphers, neither Arkansas nor
Georgia has corner on all the rustic SIM
plicity and blissful ignorance in Uncle
Sans domain. Squire James Higgins, of
Brooklyn township. Schuyler county, is
Go years of age. He lives on the farm en-
which he was born, and has never been
hearthstone. He never rode on a railroad
train, never saw a steamboat. a theatrical
performance nor a game of baseball.
Mr.. Higgins has been justice Of the
peace for Brooklyn township without a
break in the consecutive links Of time since
1861. No decision handed down from his
bench has ever been reversed by a higher
court. He has married more than SO
couples, and points with pride to the fact
that none OF them ever appealed to a di-
vorce court for a severance Of the matri-
monial bond. Squire Higgins Is a bachelor.
and says that he cannot remember that
he ever paid court to any young woman.
He also says that he Is one OF the few
Andrew jackson Democrats in the coun-
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-11-28
WOMEN WILL HAVE FREEDOM.
They Elect to Keep Their Summer
NegliEe for Cold Weather
Wear as Well.

wear rs W elIs
The shirt waist girl is here.
It sounds almost as though one were say
Ing Summer is here and that Is just the
reason that the first statement is interest
ing 1t is such a surprise to US all finding
that our most welcome friend, the friend
that was wont to spend half a year with
us, is come to spend the other half, too, is
come for good, to stay. That is the whole
thing in a nutshell, the shirt waist girl is
here to stay.
Every single woman who works should do
so in shirt waist. Men take off their easy
coats in offices and put on still easier filmy
rag ones or go in their shirt waists" inno-
cent of coats altogether, and II they need
more freedom than they find in their clothes.
without bone or a hank to fetter them,
what of you women?
The real thing is made Of wash flannel.
made just as though of percale or duck,
with seamless yoke tapping over the shoul-
der. Columbia" cut, it is called. and the
front pieces are put on full. very full all
the way across, the prettiest effect being
when deep tucks run laterally across down
to the bust line. then it Is drawn in at the
waist with an inch or two to spare in length
in front, to make that bag effect. Thewash
f1annels are the thing because they do wash
SO beautifully and because the manufactur-
ers have laid themselves out to make pretty
designs in them for us. Light plaids are
the proper thing. and one can have adj
Unstable cuffs and stock made of velvet
any one of the shades used in your plaid
being pretty. The linen collar and cuff is
cold-looking for winter, and while just
right in summer it is not half so pretty at
this season as made stock for the neck
and soft roll finish at the sleeve.
There are shirt waists made of uncut vel
vet that are the very latest thing. These
are made in plain colors and have inser-
tion in black laid on under the tucks across
the front. They look positively dressy and
one of them is quite enough in any ward
| robe, while your well equipped young wom-
en- must have from three to four wash tian-
mel tops" as the English put it. Another
material that for a busy bee is most use
full is satin duchesse In black. 1t wears
better than any silk and is far warmer
| It's new look. Then, too it can be varied
by using different neckgear. The Louis
XIV. jabot in violet or mellow pumpkin
yellow "a very modish shade, by the way),
with narrow lace edgings and bands will
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-11-28
FRENCH BoNBoNs.
The American Girl Learns to Make
Them as Soon as She Arrives
In Paris.

in Paris.
! The first thing that an American girl
| does when she gets in Paris is to learn
how to make French candy. Paris Is the
] home of bonbons, and the American girl
feels that she has not done her duty to
herself and her friends until she masters
the secret of their manufacture. writes
somebody from Paris to the Chicago Inter
| Ocean.
She soon learns that the basis Of all
French candies is a candy dough, which
is made out of confectioner's sugar. ice
water and the white Of an egg, without
particle of flour.
The American girl who goes dabbling
| mi French candy finds that she must
have three good. stout wooden spoons
| and three wooden cake dishes. She also
plenty of them. She must have strawberry,
| raspberry, pineapple. orange and lemon
| juice. and she must have big cake of
| chocolate and a whole cocoanut. These
| are only the crude elements of French bon
| bons. The more complicated ones are
| pistachio. banana. pomegranate and celery.
fiavors: but the American girl who is TAX
| ing lessons of a Frenchman is told that
| she should confine her attentions to vanilla
until she gets used to using extracts. 1t
| is very easy to put dash too much flavor
| in the dough.
The egg and the ice water are meas
ured III glasses side by side, and the
girl squints one eye to be sure that they
are exactly even. They are then beaten
| together until they are mixed. though
not frothy: then they are tumbled in a
shallow wooden dish.
| A drop of vanilla is now added and stirred
in. and 1t Is at this point that 1t becomes
necessary to taste the mixture. 1t should
| be quite strong with vanilla. yet not too
| strong. Let the French chef taste 1t the
first time II you are taking lessons. and
then you taste 1t after him. 1t is the
only way you will ever learn how much
is needed.
When you get the proper taste you can
shovel in the sugar. Don't be stingy of it
at first. but pile it in by the cupful, Stirring
all the time. Soon it will be stiff. and
then you will need someone to help YOU
stir it. You must keep on mixing and mix
ing until 1t Is SO stiff that your arms
ache.
Now you have reached the molding
stage. Quickly. before the dough sets and
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-11-28
ENGLISH AND AMERICAN.
A Wide Divergence Between Speech
I'm England and in Our Own
Country.

Country.
Thomas Wentworth Higginson in Harper's
Bazaar.
There Is between England and America,
both as to grammar and pronunciation, an
other difference which goes deeper than
mere language. Ever since the time of
Noah Webster there has been, in this COM
munity, desire to make the English Ian
guage consistent with itself and employ it
accordingly. There is a tendency to speak
land it is spoken and written according to
usage. If this usage meant as in France,
that decided and imposed by learned
England the usage recognized is not even
that of oxford and Cambridge, but of so
ciety'-this being the vague name of a
wholly indeterminate class, eliminating in
a series of princes and princesses whose
parentage was not even wholly English,
but half German. There is a tradition in
rosse (carriage) is masculine instead of
feminine. as analogy would require. is be-
cause little Bourbon prince. wishing to
go out to drive, once called for mon car
rosse. There is no reason to think that
there has been any such direct royal in
fiuence, in England, but there is no doubt
that what is called English society, which
is the recognized standard of speech in its
own country, is responsible for inelegances
and inaceuracies of Of speecht, pet, which, If they
say "it is him. and "differefit to- is as
Inaccurate as to say 'I don't know as" or
"he played some;;" the difference being that
while a thousand teachers in our own coun-
try are trying to eradicate these last i'm
proprieties, there is probably no school in
England where different to- and sit is
him. are not recognized as perfectly le-
gitimate. because somebody in good So
ciety is supposed to use them. And so of
pronunciation, one constantly hears well
"Aouw" and when" into "wen''-the lat
ter being simply a more refined form of
that aversion to the h, which is seen at its
extreme in Mrs. 'Enry 'Awkns.
To sum 1t all up, the besetting sin of
Americans lies In holding a too finical and
little regard to mere usage; while to Eng
lish people usage-meaning social or fash
ionable usage-is everything. and the con-
sistency of the language nothing.
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crimson cloth
make that one shirt waist into three diff

make that one shirt waist into three diff
ferent effects.
Keep the waist" a Shirt" or it has
lost its virtue. 1t must not be dependent
for its fit on any underneath lining that is
tight. 1t must retain its own unmistakable
shirt lines and be belted in at the waist
Either ribbon brought round and knotted at
one side, as in tying stalk, or just a regu-
thing for the shirt waist girl to wear. None
of those dressy chiffon and taffeta crea-
tons are for my lady when she is in her
fatigue coat. The plain, hard effect must
be kept up. even though the materials
used are costly ard rich. 's' l'''
And what about these thinner shirts
Are they all buried in trunks until spring ?
Not at all. Stunning women will wear
white pique shirts with brilliant Roman
sash stocks or plaid ties. under their warm
coats. The tailor only gives us two pieces
to our suits and We must have three, so
the third is to be the wash shirt waist this
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1t was something Of an innovation at a
wedding lately to have the bridesmaids en-
ter four by the right and four by the left
door Of the church. 1t was such a surprise
that the wedding party should thus separ-
ate that the audience did not at first notice
that two professions were simultaneously
making their way to the altar. The bride,
aisle, when her attendants had accom-
plished about half the distance up the right
and left aisles. She was preceded by two
ushers and her maid of honor walking
alone. another pair of ushers closing the
procession. AS the bridesmaids reached the
chancel they formed lane through which
the bride slowly passed. to be met at the
altar steps by the groom.
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why Is IT, in the pictures OF social life
notably those of Gibson, but in the rener-
ality of others. as well-that the women are
drawn, sitting with heads erect and splen-
variably depicted with rounded shouIders
and siouched down in their chairs, fully
half a foot lower than their fair comma n
ions. Certainly the lords of creation do not
appear to advantage in contrast with the
weaker sex. who, with level eyebrows
fronting the world" are fit exponents of
cannot the TYPICAL man also rise equal 10
the occasion? Why is he represented as 20
the beautiful. stately creature beside him?