The record-union., 1898-05-29

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AS warm weather draws near face
powder becomes almost a necessity II
one desires TO appear above and not
under the weather" for a shiny,
greasy complexion Will spoil the fresh
est and prettiest toilet imaginable. Few
women are aware of the value OF SOFT
tissue paper. such as men use When
shaving if used to remove moisture ana
"shine" from the skin before powder is
applied. Soap and warm water, with
thorough rinsing in clear warm water
must of course, be used once day. al
ter that the paper should be applied
whenever the face needs cleaning. Inc
case for holding this paper should De
very like the shaving paper cases We
have been making for years for Droth-
ers and cousins and uncles, but just
s double the size, so that each sEeet may
be as large as a full-siZed handkerchief.
Any woman who tries this paper for
week will wonder how she has ever
done without it.
A pleasing effect was achieved in the
decoration of a MUSHROOM recently OF
the occasion of a wedding, by the use
OF an India shawl. 1t was large and
fine one. with a pink center. This was
spread over the grand piano, and on the
pink. center stood a pink jardlniere
fiued with apple blossoms At the side
of the piano. in a tall Chinese jar OF
l. D1aSSP0
blooms of dogwood and apple blossoms
mingled.
A woman who has taken an old-fash-
toned farmhouse for the summer finds
some of its wall decorations intolera-
bile. To relieve their hdeousness
through her occupancy of the place
and yet save the expense of permanent
decorations. she has provided herself
with large rolls of cheese-cloth, and has
filed the first days of her stay in her
summer home by covering the walls
from ceiling to DASHBOARD with this ma
terial laid on in pleats.
During the reign Of Charles IL, in
England. laws with regard to artificial
aids to beauty were very strict. 1t is
interesting to note this curious Act of
Parliament which was passed in the
wear 1910: That all women. of what
ever age, rank, profession or degree
whether virgins. maids or widows, that
shall. from and after the passing OF
this act. impose upon and betray into
matrimony any of his majesty's male
subjects, by scents, paints, cosmetics
washes, artificial teeth. false hair,
Spanish wool, iron stays. hoops, high
heeled shoes or bolstered hips shall in
cur the penalty of the laws now in
force against witchcraft, sorcery, and
such like misdemeanors. and that the
marriage upon conviction, shall stand
null and void
Whist as it is played nowadays by
the experts has certainly passed out of
the category of amusements, and has
become a serious pursuit. The intent
thoughtful expression seen on the faces
of most of the women gathered togeth-
er in Philadelphia on the occasion of
the first annual congress of the Ma
tional Whist League proved that the
game was hardly a pastime, but rather
an absorbing occupation. 1t proved,
too. that the stock joke of the pro-
fessional hUmorist. which depicts wO-
men carrying on a gossipy conversa-
ton during a game of whist, has lost
its salt. Ninety tables, around each
of which was gathered the necessary
quartet of players all women, in one
large aSsembly-roOm, was the arrange
ment at one session Of the congress;
yet in this apartment during the play
there was not a sound except the light
laying down of the cards and the
slight hustle inseparable from gathered
humanity. Between deals, too, there
was little of the usual holding Of post
mortems." and altogether the congress
was a revelation to the. spectator who
saw whist experts at play for the first
time.
Round sandwiches seem to be more
IN vogue at the moment than the OBJ
long or diamond shape. An ordinary
biscuit-cutter shapes them An ap-
petizing filing for those made of brown
bread is cucumber or watercresses
dipped in mayonnaise A good salad
to alternate with caviare, as an ap-
petizing first course, is shrimp, with
light covering of aspic. a pinch of
Cayenne pepper sprinkled over (.
day after the bath (and, by the way.
when the powder is dainti,y pcrfumed
it is a very subtle method of making
my lady a hower-like presencel it be-
comes. if bought in the ordinary way.
a rather expensive item dime
and very little time and labor will sun
ply a pint boxful. The same amount
ready made would probably cost fifty
cents. Half pound of ordinary starch
is TO be well crushed under the rolling
pin, mixed with two ounces Of fresh
powdered orris root and then put
through an ordinary sitter. and after
ward shaken through a bag of bod,
muslin. The orris root should De boukFt
at reliable wholesale druggists. for if
fresh. the odor Will be almost precisely
that of newly gathered violets.
An English writer who has evidently
suffered inveighs rather severely
against the long-extolled thrift nf the
French housekeeper, which, if it be
thrift, is. according to his notion per-
nicious economy. He considers the Elea-
ger messes served and reserved until
the last scrap is consumed, which
makes up the course dinner OF the
French people. most unsatisfactory and
far from appetizing. 1T has been said. ="
he quotes. that French nousekeeper
will serve a grilled chicken foot making
II a substantial course" This ne de-
nies. not the service. but the substan-
tia1 mart of it. AS to the soup of the
provincial French home. he asserts 1t