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Once a week. at bedtime. give them a fifteen minutes bath In hot soap and water, followed by rubbing with a ball of sandstone The nails should be left even with the ends of the toes as a pro- tection and the skin at the base of the nail should be pushed back and kept free just as in the case of the finger nail. Af- ter this bath anoint the feet with olive oil and draw over them a pair of white stockings to protect the bedclothes from grease spots. The oil will soak off the old skin and remove the scaly tissue about the nails, while the soles will be rendered as soft and pliant as a baby's.
 The stockings should be changed every day, and what comfort 1t would be if our shoemakers could be induced to put adjustable Things In our shoes. so that they could be changed when soiled. As it is, they can be kept fresh and sweet by turning down the tops and exposing them to the air in an open window over night and wiping them out with ammonia water once a week.
 Thank fortune the small foot mania is fast disappearing except in China, where it is still customary to break and turn under the toes of the high cast women in order to arrest their growth.
 The feet, to be really beautiful should be in proportion ii the rest of the struct- ure Amelie Rives, in "The Witness of the Sun" describes the incongruity of small hands and feet on women large of stature in this delicious way:
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upper edge and sewed upon the goods or it can be gathered on both edges like a puff It can be edged with lace and can be finished in any way that pleases one. or the frill can be left plain. Frill- ings can be bought by the yard and 1t is a great saving of time to purchase them in this way. But for the woman who likes to use her needle to make a frill is a dainty, delicate task which she
 The tiniest lace edge is used upon ribbon frills. Upon frills Of Organdie and other thin goods there may be very tiny, narrow ribbon edges sewed fast, or edges of light. fluffy silk trimmings or lace The rule for a frill is that it must look dainty. It can never have a heavy appearance, otherwise it will lack it's one essential qualification.
 The ruffle around the foot of the skirt, or as it is often called, the dust ruffle, is so fashionable this summer that its presence is more common than its omission. Almost every X-ray skirt or the skirt of almost every thin dress
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has this ruff1e around the foot. This may be three inches deep, headed with frill. It need not be very full scarcely more than full enough to set around the foot
 Ru1fiing is as popular as it was ten years ago. Then every skirt was trimmed with ruffles around the foot. These have come in again and have taken up their old time popularity. The only difference is in the way that they are put on. Instead of setting straight around the skirt they take a curve. and this gives the overskirt effect which is so much seen upon summer dresses. Ruffles that are put on in curved fash ion should be very carefully set upon the skirt The skirt should be marked into quarters and the ruff1eS should be quartered and pinned in place After they are pinned the skirt should be tried on and if a ruffle stands out in an awkward fashion in any spot it is sure sign that it is not pinned on straight. This should be corrected be- fore the skirt is stitched.
 Another word of caution to the wo- man who makes her own ruffles be sure that they are sewed fast. Noth- ing catches on objects as quickly as the ruffie and nothing is more easily torn off. The sight of half yard of ruffle hanging from a pretty null dress is not inspiring. If the ruff1e is sewed on the machine, care should be taken that the tension is loose enough so that the ruffle will not bind upon the skirt. In fact, hand work is to be preferred to sewing machine work in this mat ter. as the stitch can be a little loose, yet very strong.
 Bicycle skirts are trimmed with braid Frills and lace are out of place upon the wheel but bicycle skirts are trimmed just the same. Braid is sewed upon duck and light cloth goods, and the box plaited skirts are trimmed with narrow rows of soutache. These are sewed on abundantly one by one until the back of the skirt is nicely trimmed while the front has it's narrow rows of braid around the foot. Old bicycle skirts can be brought up-to- date by the addition of a few rows of braid put on in this way.
 It is really remarka ble how the fash ion runs toward skirts that are trimmed in the back. No matter how plain the front, the back is made dec orative with braid. ribbon and other materials.
 Velvet is also used for skirt trim
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without a feeling of uncomfortable press ure anywhere. The heel should be low and broad the sole thick and the instep and ankle firmly held, so that there is no slipping around of the foot
 Above all things, never wear a lop-sided shoe, or one that is run down at the heel, or shabby shoe. A trimTy fitting fresh looking boot is one of the little necessities of the feminine toilet that goes a long way in the general makeup. And, remember, there Is nothing that will so quickly produce a care-worn ex- pression and those distressing lines which pain invariably stamps upon the human countenance, as a shoe that hurts. The feet should always be kept warm particularly at night. If corns come and it is not possible to secure the services of a skilled chiropodist, the following recipe will be found helpful:
 FOR CORNS.
 Borate of sodium. .....1 drachm
 Extract of cannibis.....1 scruple
 Collodion ..................1 ounce Apply daily until growth can easily be scraped away.
 MIME. HYGEIA.
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F F ow many of you wear shoes Tx that are perfectly comfortable
 and that felt easy the first time J l you put them on? Honest, now!
 'Fess up. How many of you buy shoes that you know are a size too small for you, but which make your feet look so much prettier than do the others, which are really the proper size? The vanity of woman is colossal, for who do you suppose Is going to notice that one sizes difference for the sake of which you are hobbling around with an ugly little quicker on your brow and an ag- onized expression in your eye? For the pain arising from a corn or bunion which which is the direct result of an lily fitting shoe is often more intense than that at tending severe attack of illness. As the transcription of a very old saying goes, ''Big aches from little toe corns grow. ,"
 Of course, it is exceedingly nice to have pretty feet, but if Dame Nature has not given them to you you won't remedy matters by pinching the toes, ruining the gait and causing yourself the most in- tense anguish.
 The same care should be given to the feet that one gives to the hands. They should be washed every night and morn ing
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quently it comes from high living-in- dulging In rich, greasy foods, or it is inherited from those whose blood was made of too rich materials. So you see, 1t would be rather difficult to remove the cause. It certainly is annoying, but, really, unless the fuzz is something aw- ful, not one person in twenty will ever notice it. for no one looks at us in so strong light or with the same search ing eyes as we do ourselves.
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N A@ " OA+ANt QIy - All
 N skirts are trimmed this sum-
 mer," said my friend, the
 modiste, the other day, when
 l dropped in to make her a little summer call At first the fashion was undecided and the styles wavered little between the plain skirt and the ru ed one, but it has settled down steadily in favor of the latter. So much SC. indeed, that I am kept busy during this hot weather ruffiing. frilling and trimming in various ways the skirts which early In the season built or plain lines"
 There are as many ways to trim a skirt as there are ways to kill a cat. Select your style" might be given as advice 60 a young woman about to trim skirt Select your material whatever 1t may be and make trimming out of it. Any one who doubts this fact has only to take a glimpse of the skirts to be seen now at any fashionable water ing place. They are made of light ma terialS trimmed with everything under the sun
 The heaviest summer skirts are those of duck, which is. in point of weight. a strong, substantial, heavy goods. The ldCt mat IL IS nOL DneQ makes IL nSnt and cool. Duck skirts are trimmed with bands of ribbon and with rows of braid. Ribbon is used in all widths from baby to the three-inch width. It is generally put on in bands that slope from point low in the front to a curve high in the back, thus giving a decidedly overskirt effect Another ad- mirable way to use ribbon is in the form of a frill, but the straight band is the easier to manage.
 Braid is put on in the same way. It is sloped suddenly from the front to the sides and again up to the back. so that it comes almost to the waist line. A very nice trimming is made of braid one inch wide sloping in this way. Three rows of the braid are put on three inches apart and the skirt is trimmed.
 But frills are the dressiest trimming skirt can have Frills are made out of any thin material, null being prefer able to all others, and out of ribbon. 4 frill. as very one knows. is a strip of null or silk or lace gathered upon the
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MOLLIE BAWN.-To fatten the hands, take equal parts of cocoa butter, oil of sweet almonds and refined white wax. Melt and stir until cold. Rub well into the hands at night. White spots can usually be removed from the nails by a paste made of refined pitch and myrrh mixed together. Apply the paste at night and
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Noel Little-Smallma doesn't seem to amount to much, does he?
 Bryton EarIy-No; he's of no more con- sequence than thermometer on a pleas ant day.-Puck
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"Why is it." asked the philosopher, that misfortunes never come singly?''
 Cant say replied the other man, unless it is that on account of the re- ception they get they're afraid to travel alone'
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they may be next year or fifty years from
 now Cod liver oil is good to fatten up on, but it is not pleasant dose, and is too heavy for some stomachs. Massaging the neck with a good skin food will fatten 1t. It Is next to impossible to get rid of the fuzz on the arms, so l should just forget that 1t is there.
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If your hat blows off in the street, fol- low it placidly and with gentle dignity Somebody else will chase 1t for you Tid Bits.
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LOTTA-Almonds are very soothing to the skin, and the meal made from them is said to soften and whten it. The meal can be used in place of soap, or you can make a paste of 1t by moistening with water. If used as a paste apply at night and cover with soft linen or gloves.
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The ribbon sash is tied exactly in the back, and the long, straight lines which it gives to the figure are highly desira- ble. The girl who wears a skirt of lawn unreIieved except by the dust ruffle un- der the feet, and a long double sash tied at the back of her waist, is almost classic in the lines of her figure
 HELEN WARD.
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TIGHT SHOES H SOURCE OF WRINKLES.
By Mme. Hygeio.

 ebene Questions wiue in hclumn and comm niatonst Hvgea. The Sunday San Francisco
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bon as you would need for a single sash. You sew the ribbon carefully to- gether so that it has two sides and be- tween the edges of the ribbon you gather a frill of lace or a frill of chiffon or one of tiny white ribbon. You then make your sash up into a very large bow and it is ready for use. You can wear it with any dress
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ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS

MISS JENNY D.-The coarse hairs can be removed permanently only by the use of the electric needle. And even this is not always successful, for if the base of the follicle is not reached by the needle, the hair will sprout again and another op- eration will be necessary. You were wise not to experiment with any of the adver- tised stuffs DepilatOry powders are usu- ally worthless. as they merely burn the hair off to the surface of the skin, and 1t will certainly return.
 CONSTANT READER.-Apply witch hazel to the red nose; also soak the hands and feet In hot water. If the skin is shiny rub a little rosewater on and then apply pure powder The rosewater makes the powder stick and keeps it from showing Do not use soap on the face, and for the pimples wash the face in water in which there is a dash of ben Zoin. Apply witchhazel every other night and cold cream in between times. Facial eruptions usually denote disordered di gestion and require something more than local treatment.
 CALL SUBSCRIBER = Nevada City. Yes, the preparation you refer to can be analysed. Any competent chemist can do S25. I am quite sure the preparation con- tains corrosive sublimate, which is in itself deadly poison.
 BLOSSOM.-Lemon juice is the simplest and safest thing to use on the face for the water, and be careful when going out to protect the face against wind and sun by wearing chiffon veil. Do not cross any bridges until you come to them As long as the eyebrows are of the proper thick ness now 1 should not worry as to what
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99Pment of of the bust. First of all, then. dergarments do not confine at all. Then massage gently with cocoanut oil. It will
 take at least eight weeks of constant massage before any development will be noticeable, but it will surely come if per sisted in. Exercise with dumbbells or In- dian clubs will help. For the hollows in every night with the oil and go through the following exercises night and morn ing: Throw the head backward and for ward twenty times, not rapidly nor vio- lently, just easily, but as far back and as far front as 1t will go. Then in the same way from side to side twenty times. socket as far as it will go, first one way and then the other, twenty times. If you twist it the same way all the time you
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that reach to the foot of the skirt, and loops that reach half way to the foot. The sash may be made of very broad silk ribbon edged with fine Nalencien- nes lace, or it may be double sash with a frill of chiffon around the edge.
 A double sash is considered by many an economy in the end. To make a double sash you get twice as much rib
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CHARLOTTE M.-For the oily skin try

 CHARLOTTE M.-For the oily skin try the following:
 Dried rose leaves, ounce.
 White wine vinegar, F pint.
 Rose water. F pint. Pour the vinegar upon the rose leaves and let it stand for q week; then strain and add the rose water, throwing the rose leaves away.
 dabbing the face with cloth which has been dampened with it or by putting about a tablespoonful into cupful of distilled water. This lotion must not be used when soap has just been applied, because the acid of the vinegar will de- compose the soap and injury to the skin will result.
 KITTY M.-Charlotte M. also asked for recipe for oily skin. Read what l have said to her. Never use soap upon an oily skin. Here is the recipe for most eX- cellent cold cream:
 Pure white wax.........$ ounce
 Spermaciu ..........-..-1A ounce
 Sweet almond oil.......p4 ounce
 Rose water ..............& ounce
 This will make enough cream to fill four-ounce jar. Insist upon your drug gist using the exact proportions called for. It is rather expensive and can be made at home very much cheaper. Ap- plying a tiny bit of cold cream to the face before powdering is excellent. It keeps the powder from showing, prevents it getting into the pores, and gives the skin that smooth. .velvety appearance which is so sought After.
 c. B. McC-It is difficult to say just what is the cause of superfluous hair. It is natural to some, and will grow, no matter what efforts they make to arrest it's growth With others it is superin- duced by the use of cold creams and ungents containing inferior materials Many of the cold creams bought in the shops are made upon basis of lard, which will often bring forth fine crop of whiskers Some times the extreme growth of hair where it should not be times it is a feak of nature, and very fre-
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BIRDIE Y. Z.-Loose clothing, exercise with the arms, plenty of tepid baths and | diet of good fattening foods such as
 ice, butter, potatoes, cereals, eggs, milk Lnd game are necessary to acquire deveI-
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Special to The Sunday Call.

FEW YORK, July 9. - "An skirts are trimmed this sum-
 mer," said my friend, the modiste, the other day, when
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skirt trilnming and is worn with ends
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-11-15
w. e. STANLEY.
Republican Governor OF Kansas.

ernment saying that the insurrection
is spreading there and has become
very dangerous. He has been instruct
ed to use his utmost endeavors to
quell the insurrection Immediately.
PARIS, Nov. 15.-The insurrection
at Iloilo and the apparent impotence
OF the Spanish arms to resist the Fill
pinos have had their influence on
Spain's peace commissioners and will
tend to make them more ready to con-
cede to the demands of the United
States.
The situation at Iloilo has stronger
effect insomuch as the Spaniards have
not fully abandoned the hope of inter-
national Intervention in their behalf.
LONDON, Nov. 15.-According to the
best information from high sources the
Spanish peace commissioners will SUBJ
nit to the American demand for the
cession of the Philippines, specifically
stating that they do SO only because
forced by the Unite ed States
To offset this retreat the Spauisrds
will insist on q handsome indemnity
for the island. 1t is stated that the ILL
ness of Premier Sagasta is due to his
chagrin that Spain's diplomacy has
accomplished so little and that under
his ministry Spain has lost the last of
her great colonial possessions.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-11-15
CABINET Meeting
This Government Will Certainly An.
mex the phlIippines

WASHINGTON, Nov. 15.-There was
q discussion of the Philippines and the
South Carolina riots by cabinet at the
white house today, but it was stated
after the session that no important &C :
tion had boen taken.
With regard to the Philippines Sec
retary Hay said the administration
was awaiting the result of the next
peace commission meeting which will
be held tomorrow. The commission
ers have been instructed to inform the
Spaniards as an ultfmatum that this
country has decided to annex the is :
lands, and that the only question ope n
TO discussion is the price to be paid.
Nothing will be dcne except to pre-
pare the navy for action until the Span
ish commissioners tell what they think
OF the ultimatum. It is believed they
will not dare to break off negotiations.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-11-15
Shelter Items.

The work on new furnace No. 7, is
progressing swiftly. Six men are EN-.
Ployed making the down take pipe for
the f1ue dust and smoke. Furnace No.
2 will shortly be shut down for re-
pairs.
What might have been a serious &C.
cident occurred about 4:3O Saturday
evening. Mrs. Cooney, the wife of Mr..
John Cooney, we'll known in Ell Paso,
was the subject of quite serious acct
dent and runaway. Mrs. Cooney had
just returned from Ell Paso and was in
the act of leading her horse which is q
fine animal, very spirited, up to q hitch
ing post when he broke and ran for
the stable about 40 yards distant
throwing Mrs. CoOney down, tangling
her in the rein and after dragging her
q short way both wheels of the buggy
passed over her body. The buggy was
pretty badly broken up; but Mrs.
Cooney luckily escaped with only few
bruises. Her many friends in Ell Paso
are pleased to learn that she got off
with such few bruises, after passing
through what might haye been q fatal
accident
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-11-15
CABINET MEMBERS
Express Their Views.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 15.-In an inter-
view Secretaries Gage, Wilson and
Smith expressed their views relative
to territorial expansion, currency re-
form, the present war tax, and free
silver.
Mr.. Gage said; "The republican
party will assume full responsibility
for what is to be done on all questions
now confronting the government.
From hostility to territorial
expansion L have changed
NY views. 1 am no longer opposed to
1t, for believe commercial necessity
has compelled territorial expansion. 1
am sure the present war tax will stay
According to Mr.. Wilson, free silver
as an issue is dead beyond resurrection.
though he looks for remedial currency
legislation and reform in tariff as an
outcome of republican supremacy In
both branches of congress.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-11-15
White Oaks Pdrdgrdqhs.


The Boston Boys new shaft is now
down 55 feet.
A large number of strangers visited
the town last week.
A big deal is pending for a lot of
placer claims in the Jlcarillas.
The South Homestake mine is bound.
ed for one hundred thousand dollars.
Mr.. Jenkins,a "a mining man from Col.
orado Springs, Colo, was in town last
week.
Col. Pritchsrd is doing some work
on his properties adjoining the little
Mack
The North Homestake mine still
continues to make preparations to re-
sumo work.
Railroad news is quite scarce and
every one almost is wondering where
the railrc ad people are.
Mr.. Atkinson, vice president and
general manager of the Jicarilla con-
centrating Co. left for Chicago yester-
day.
AS the Pecos Valley and N. E. r. r.
have already Is miles of road in opera
tion some people think they are in.
tending to beat the Eddy road to
White Oaks.
This point will be fine location for
a smelter when the railroad gets here,
as we have an abundance
of all the fluxes and fuel and Mexican
labor is cheap.
WHITE OAKS, N. M,
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-11-15

work on his annual message and indi-
cations are that the document will ex-
ceed SO 900 words.
The president will recommend, first,
the Increase of the regular army to
one hundred thousand men; second,
the increase of the navy to twenty
thousand enlisted men, with more and
better warships and many naval sta
tions; third, the building
OF the Nicaragua canal by
the government; fourth, the revision of
the tariff and banking schedules
in the new colonies; fifth, that each
colony be treated independent of every
other; sixth, arranging for crown
lands to come into possession of the
United States and making new land
laws to apply to all new colonies with
the exception of Hawaii.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-11-15
MILITIA
WITHDRAWN
Out Of Town Companies Who
Have Been Doing Duty
At Wilmington.
MANY NEGROES KILLED
During the Rioting, But 1t Is
Now Said That the Me-
groes Will Get Full
Protection.

WILMINGTON, N. c., Nov. Is. Three
out OF town companies of mi litia who
had been doing patrol duty
here have been Withdrawn
Mayor Waddell sent emissaries to
the woods to tell the negroes who are
still hiding out that they will be
protected if they return home.
Many negroes and white republicans
are still leaving the city.
Several negroes have died of ex-
posure while hiding out in the woods.
1t is now stated that twenty-five
negroes were killed during the rioting
and the bodies were secretly buried.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-11-15
KNIGHTS OF LABOR
Have A Business Meeting.

CHICAGO, ILL.,, Nov. 15.-The twenty
second annual meeting of the general
assembly, Knights of Labor, began
here today with an attendance of dele.
gates representing many districts OF
the organization. The day was oc-
cupied with the discussion of creden-
tials and other business of a rou-
tine nature. No resolutions of
Importance were introduced, and the
reports of the master workman and the
executive committee went over to to-
morrow.
Mr.. Hicks. Secretary Hayes and
other national officers of the organiza-
tion express themselves as being en-
couraged by the present state of the
once.powerfulsbody.