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outer edge OF the frame, thus leaving an
inside margin of oak. The corners can
be neatly mitred, or they can be made
with a joint forming an Oxford cross
corner. Bamboo cornice poles are pro-
durable in any lengths, and as these are
sold complete with rings, ends and
brackets, they are not at all difficult to
fix. A recess or a corner may be screen
ed off, or made warm and coy by loose
drapery hung from such a pole. ORR
entail bead curtains are well suited Tor
use in a bamboo room. We have lately
seen some lovely little homemade brack-
cts constructed from the Japanese hand
screens, costing a few cents each, pro-
durable at any fancy shop. Those were
nailed on plain pieces of wood, with mere
and there an edging of bamboo. A
simple hook screwed in the centre pro-
vided the means for suspending an ola
china cup or small plate. Hall benches
hatracks, umbrella stands, ETC., are not
difficult to make. A bamboo pole hung
in the entrance with chain from the cell
ing makes a graceful suspender for a
hall curtain, which adds warmth and
comfort, beside giving the entrance a
better appearance.
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The "Woman's Home Companion says
that the blousy effect follows even the
teagown, and where a full, Russian front
is inserted of soft material, quite low al
the waist-line in front, being held IN
place with ribbon or a belt of jewels run
ming across the front only. Many OF the
tea-gowns have long stole ends that
reach quite to the bottom of the skirt,
and may be of lace, chiffon, net or OF
the material employed in the gown, trim
med with ruchings, insertion or tiny SIX
rl,ffles running across the stole and placed
at intervals the entire length of this tell
ing feature of the gown. They MAJ be
held at the shoulders with rosettes or
BOWS of satin ribbon, or they may be set
in at the shoulder-seam. In some gowns
where this is the principal trimming they
start from the back at the bottom of the
waist-line, crossing the shoulders, Where
they are held in place with a full bow,
and from there fall gracefully to the
lower edge of the skirt. When used TINS
way they are generally made of CHIFFON
wide ribbon or the half width OF some
soft silk. and are laid in soft, nat folos
in the back and tackled to the gown IN
the back, then hung loose in the front
from the shoulder.
The latest tea-gown has a demi-train.
which adds much to the grace ana
elegance of the garment, as well as keep
ing the pace of the fashionable dress
skirt.
If there are any women in the world
who have a right to die of ennui. it IS
those poor creatures of Afghanistan, the
upper-class DANES. They spend their
days doing absolutely nothing, for they
disdain sewing, cooking and general
household duties; they leave the care OF
their children to slaves, and they can
neither read nor write, says the Pnila-
delphia Press"
Generally in a rich house there is one
chief slave, a sort of h~ousekeeper. rather
a grand person, whom it is always wise
to conciliate if you intend having many
dealings with that establishment. IN
summer she is always dressed in purest
white, in winter, velvets and brocades
are not beyond her reach. She is gener-
ally an elderly person, with considerable
influence and a good deal of authority.
Then there is another who is a sort OF
malO 10 Tile ldQy VI liz 49,
other person with whom it is not wise to
quarrel; she is always very much IN EVIL
dence. She it is who prepares everything
for her mistress toilet. as also for her
masters. 1t is the wife's speclal outy
and privilege, however, when the thlngs
are prepared, to wait upon her HUSBAND,
when he is dressing, to pour the water
over his hands and feet, during his re-
ligious w~ashings, to spread his prayer
carpet. to put his favorite dish before
him, and SO on.
1t is difficult to appreciate the exact po-
sition of these Afghan women until one
sees the way in which mothers are treated
by their sons. They may nurse them when
thew are sick, tend them when they are
Young. but let the boys grow to be eleven
or twelve years old, and you will hear
them tell their mother to 'chup sno
(shut up). send them to fetch their caps
and expect to be addressed by the mothers
as "agha gul," or "agha jon," which
means. my precious master" master,
DEAR"
Cabul mothers seldom have much affec-
ton for their children or their children
for them; they do not nurse them as
babies. and their babyhood is a particu-
larly long one, for they are very back
ward. They belong to their nurses more
than to their mothers till they are two
and a half years old, and after that it is
| their father who notices them and not
their mother.
No one likes to be first at a tea or
reception. especially when you are not well
| acouainted with the hostess and must
keep I'D a prolonged conversation with
her. because the other guests have not
vef arrived. Some one has tosbe first,
however. unless the visitors arrive in
sn1ads. Women often arrange to do this
| especially if they are going to teacup en-
tertainments. The route is laid out with
due consideration for the varying hours
of he different teas4, 4 to 6, 5 to Z, as
the case may be. If only one hour is
mentioned. usually the case for a small
| tea. the visitors are expected to come
| then. or. at latest, a quarter of an hour
afterward. 1t is much easier for the
| hostess as well as the guests when all
come together.
If the entertainment is to last two or
| three hours, from 4 to 6, or 5 to Z, and
! YOU nave no other engagement to inf1u-
! ence you in determining the time of your
| call. arrange to arrive at the middle hour
saw 5 o'clock, if the tea is from to Z
At 6 the throng will be great, the college
| bows will be blocking h stairway and
| halls. and the younger set will be having
| a beautiful time. The middle hour is the
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