The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1898-02-01

CrONutI Will tdIIldStH ~ - -
that the ooIong wave, better known as
the afternoon tea, is likely to result in a
cyclone. The postman is delivering cards
for teas in every direction. To-day 1t IS
Washington Square, tomorrow 1T !
Nineteenth street, and the merits Of the
caravan tea made in a Russian samoyar.
of English breakfast made IN a satsumi
teapot or Of drainage pekoe, made IL
a silver ball. specially agltate the femIi
inc mine. With Russian tea a iquedr
glass of sherry or rum may be put IL
and is supposed to add to lis excellence.
For my own part, | an old~-faShlone
enough to long for sugar and cream III
my tea. and to prefer it out of a broad
low. hin cup rather than out Of Il tum
bier. | find that | am not alone in nay
tastes, which proves that the conSerVa-
tive party is growing. Very thin sand
wiches made tasty with n leaf of lettuce
and a dash of mayOnnaise dressing or
tissue-like chocolate waters that fairy
melt in ones mouth are offered at ten.
The men who drop in are apt to choose.
in preference to either of these, Il sic
Of bread. buttered On thcl oaf. with a lit
tie raspberry or strawberry jam over IL.
AS lady is. in the Saxon, loaf giver,'
it seems appropriate for her to serve
bread in this fashion, and the woman
who can stand and dispense 1T from the
loaf gracefully. is the pOSSeSS0r OF Z
charm that is absolutely unequaled, Serr
ing tea sinks into inSi@nificance beside
it. One would think the aroma of bread
and butter Would he over it, but i'll reality
there cut the loaf and make it dainty
for you is capable Of being the Wlsc
woman in the Proverbs. liable to manage
those of her own household" and this is
not the easiest thing IN the world. y
woman has to be n bit of a diplomat, AS
well as to have clear, common sense. to
manage the different elements in a home
SO that harmony is the result.
EVOLUTION OF y BIG HAT.
Yesterday afternoon, while drinking
my fifth cup Of tea. L was the confidante
OF Il young woman who had attempted
to economic. This young Woman-We
will call her Dolly-concluded that ali
new bonnets except those she made her
self would be barred out, but that by
using some very handsome feathers she
already possessed she might have Il large
hat. According to her>ewn account, she
mqditated after this fashion: My
feathers are beautiful; they deserve to
be put IN a hat by Il master in the art
OF posing feathers, and. as they Will
constitute the trimming | can afford
to go to a first-class milliner who abso-
lutely understands the art of making a
picture hit" Burdened with her feath-
ers. she invaded the workship of the
high priest of the big hats, told him
what she wished, and he consented. after
mucl persuasion, to mount her plumes
for her. She tried or various hats until
the shape desired was got, and then IN
quirad the price of the new One. 1t was
sd, "Ha, ha," she thought. Mine will
be about $40" Within a week a box
the size OF three ordinary bandboXes IN
one and of dead white wasteboard APP
peared. o~vershadowed by Il small boy
in a startling livery. who presented Il bill
for 1919. Not being brave Mistress
Dolly did not behave as she should-that
is jerk. out her feathers and send the hat
back with her compliments. Instead she
meekly paid the bill. clutched the white
elephant seated herself before the mirror,
and tried on the hat. Somehow Dolly
thought her face had never looked 50
small. 1t certainly had never been as
white. and it had never looked so insight
ficant. Was that hat very large: Was
it very pointed? Wa it very enormous?
After declining to answer these ques-
tions, even to herself, she brought conso-
latiOn to her own soul by thinking that
she was not used to a hat like that, and
she determined to try it on her friends
that is. to see what their opinions would
be. Her most intimate friend was dellcl-
ously vague. and said that she never
saw handsomer Materials Her best
young man was inclined to be a little
b~rusque. looked at it. looked at her. and
then inquired, DO you call that a hat l
call it a hearse, and you look like Il
small corpse under it," Then she cried,
and he went away wishing that he hadn't
said anything, and, to make her feel
better. sent her ten pounds of candy and
a big bunch of ~violets. But, alas. for
Dolly. She has spent more money than
she could afford. She possesses a hat
tina she will not wear, and at present
she is ripping it to pieces and making
BAR ONE. 6 &c &c &c. Is. Is. o.
small bonnets out Of it. There is a mora
to this tale, which is. "When you 90 in
for q hat, beware of the picturesque
Even when you are not saving money
you will find that it is better in the long
run to look like other wOman than to
have on your head a startling symphony
in feathers and felt. No man except an
artist likes a very big hat, and he only
likes it because it helps to decorate bis
studio when he gives an afternoon tea.
Consequently he is purely selfish in his
approval of it.
USES OF THE CHATELAINE.
The chatelaine has got to be Il matter
of great Importance, and the girl who
does not posses one with anywhere from
80 to $50 silver and gold things dangling
on it feels that she is entirely out of the
swim. | had to laugh the other day
when | heard Il man say. "She is sucn
a nice woman, because she always has
such q lot of pins about her. 1t seemed
Il curious sort of approval. and vet if
anybody will remember how often a pin
is longed for and how hard it is to get
when hooks and eyes and buttons that
do button are to the fore, somebody who
has plenty of pins may be a godsend to q
nervous woman who has torn her frock
or to the swell who needs to pin his
scarf at the side, or who has had an ac-
cldent with his coat. The pins. of course.
are carried i'll a little pincushion dang
ling from the chatelaine. The preferred
chatelaine is shaped after the outline of
devil fish, the various legs forming thu
points from which the useful and orna
mental adjuncts hang. and then othel
adJuncts can hang from their chains. T,
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