The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-05-09
Odds and Ends.

OunS anu 11AUS
A small dish of fine charcoal kept upon a
shelf of a dark closet or in the refrigerator
and renewed every week. will absorb all
odors and help to keep things fresh and
sweet.
Red will undoubtedly prove a very fash
ionable color this summer for hats entire,
hat trimmings. whole gowns, inquired or
dotted in white, or dress accessories; car
dinaI. s~enorita, British. Turkish, carnation,
jack rose, Danish lobelia, Mephisto, lobster
and tomato.
The new shoes for day wear in London
have flaps and large buckles; those for
evening wear are cut very low, and orna-
mented with tiny steel buckles. Colored kid
shoes are in high favor-rose tints, hello
trope in many shades, greens of every hue,
and China blue taking the lead. Unless the
colors are wen chosen the effect is strik-
ingly vulgar.
Paris sends word that the ruff is once
more the fashion there. 1t is made general
ly in lisse or chiffon, very wide at the back
and decreasing in size at the front. Some
around. The most gigantic of these rufus
extends to the ears and is finished with, a
1ounce of plated chiffon reaching to the
waist. This ruff is said to be a comfortable
substitute for the fur boa.
Many waists and vests to wear under OPEN
fronted jackets are made with inch wide
ton. d fashion very favorable to slender
figures. but by no means becoming to those
who need nothing to accentuate, width.
Horizontal trimming is most popular, but,
as just stated, it is better suited to tall
shadow women than to those whose inches
are fewer and whose breadth is consider
able.
Steel ornaments promise to become as
popular as they were several years ago.
Fortunate is the woman who has the habit
of saving things, for she can take out her
steel ornaments of any description, don
them, and rest assured that she is doing
the correct thing. Steel combs are much
worn, and look we'll against either dark or
light hair. Velvet bands for the neck,
thickly sewed with steel, are also in high
favor.
The round waist in all its fascinating
guises contests for favor with countless and
constantly varying little boat basques and
Jackets. very short, very smart, and very
much trimmed. Sometimes the BASQUE part
is cut in one with the waist, and sometimes
added on. In other cases, the jacket or
basque is confined to the back only, while
the fronts are pointed or rounded. The
back is in one eamless piece, and is silk
stitched in several fine pleatS just at the
waist line, then allowed to flare in a little
made by leading French couturieres open
on full vests Of any soft material that can
be tucked or arranged in effective surplice
folds.
weather waists prettier or more diversified
than the present exhibit. There are a num-
Der of morning waists of linen, p%ercale,
lawn, and plain Bingham, made with nat
pointed yokes and full fronts, but the great
majority of them have yokes tucked either
diagonally or up and down in clusters, and
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The mutton-leg or bishop sleeves are
shaped with little or no extra fullness from
the elbow down, and the entire sleeve is
small. On sleeves to wear beneath blazers
or other jackets, the sleeve is cut in mar
row regular shirt-sleeve fashion, with only
fulIness enough at the top to give freedom
to the upper arm.
A housekeeper who is noted among her
friends for the ~scrupulous neatness of her
establishment down to the smallest detail
says that she has discovered that the best
sort of dish washer is a whisk broom.
soft di"h cloths, or the twisted cord ones
sold in the housefurnishing shops. Two
such broems, kept, respectfully. one for
dishes, always hang over the sink in her
kitchen, and are in daily use. An especial
they are kept clean, a moments holding
under the running faucet washing away
every scrap which may cling to them, and
an occasional dipping in hot water to which
a little washing soda has been. added keep
ing them perfectly sweet.