The morning news., 1897-01-03

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A dress that is well lined is well made.
There are just two kinds of lining-slk
and not silk
Cheap silk is the worst lining there is,
says writer in the New York Journal. II
will hold it's shape for few weeks and
then it will sag and get siimpsy. 1t will
rustic while the new gloss is on it, then it
will crack and be a constant annoyance.
1t costs 60 cents a yard, and it takes nine
yards to line a skirt.
Good silk is the best lining there is
Taffeta is the best silk for lining. Taffeta
costs from 85 cents to 81 a yard. 1t takes
about nine yards to line a skirt. 1t makes
skirt hang well, and it rustles beauti-
fully.
Next to good silk the best skirt lining is
rustleline. 1t is a new kind of percaline.
1t is durable, and it Keeps its shape. 1t is
so stiff that it does not need haircloth as
an assistant. 1t r1stles very well. 1t is
% cents yard, and six yards of 1t will
line a skirt of average length. Percaiine
is a good, serviceable lining 1t is soft
and plable, and it will not crack or pull
out of shape. 1t comes In all colors. 1t
does not rustic. 1t is to be had at 10 cents
a yard.
Moreen is a good winter lining. It is
heavy and reasonably stiff, and it is sold
at 20 cents a yard. French dressmakers
are giving up the use of silk for a bodice
lining. They say silk will not stretch or
mold itself to the figure as it should do to
be good waist lining. Good cambric or
sateen makes the best waist lining. Very
pretty lining cambrics come in figured
colors now. They cost from 12 to 30 cents
yard.
Ribbon is not used for binding seams this
winter. Galloon is a good binding for
seams. 1t is a cross between tape and rib
bon, and it costs a penny a yard Skirt
~ 1t.4a-a IL. 1t. mt
Veiveteen waterproof binding is durable
and convenient.
Women, says the Chicago Tribune. who
are uncomfortable because they fear that
their complexion is becoming hord should
be careful of their diet. One of the worst
things a woman can take for her complex
ion is alcoholic beverages. BY this it is
not meant that only excesses lead to red,
rough faces and illuminated noses. The
women who take a glass of wine with
their dinner and a glass of whisky and
water at night occasionally when they
feel cold or out of sorts soon find that
their noses are becoming red at the end
and that their cheekbones have an un-
pleasant floridity, which may be traced
entirely to the small quantities of liquor
they consume. All alcoholic drinks are
death to the complexion.
A blunt physician said the other day to a
took a glass of whisky and water as a
sleeping draft as a regular thing: leave
out the water and your face will soon be
purple"
Other things that are bad for the COM
plexion are opiates, narcotics, sleeping
draughts other than ordinary alcoholic
beverages, strong tea and coffee and
anything that tends to heat the blood. Hot
blood means an infiamed countenance, and
this many times repeated may make the
Inflammation permanent. 1t is a simple
fact in physiological science that any wo-
man should understand and would If she
stopped to think
If the sensible woman viii use a little
self-denial and substitute plain hot water
for the other stronger drinks she will soon
become used to it and her complexion win
praise her every time she looks in the ml.-
ror.
The wife OF a well known merchant of
this city, says the Philadelphia Record,
who resides In Germantown, adopted a
novel method the other day of making
sure that her husband would not forget
to transact some business for her while
in the city. She gave him a letter on part
ing with him at the door of their home,
begging him not to open it until he reach
ed his office.
Arrived at his office, he opened the letter
and read: 81 am forced to tell you some
thing that I know will trouble you. but il
Is my duty to do so. | am determined that
you shall know 1t, let the result be what
II may. / have known for a week that IL
was coming. but kept II to myself until
to-day, when 1t has reached a crisis, and
/ cannot keep the secret any longer. You
must not censure me too harshly, for you
must reap the result as well as myself.
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