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The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-01-29
THE STYLE.
Old Fashioned Cross Stitch
Work Back Again.

The general effect of sampler work
is to be revived in the cross-stiteh pat
terms again becoming popular, though
it has never entirely gone out OF use
in practical needlework, as dressmak-
ers employ it daily in finishing and
fastening. But, although the sampler
stitch is to undergo a revival as a
method of ornamentation, it will not
be upon the quaint old samp ers, for
these utilitarian days will have none
of the purely decorative unless it can
serve some practical use.
/ Hence, the shops are showing as lat
est designs new WeaVes of linen and
cloth especially manufactured for
cross-stitch work, far which are de-
signed patterns suitable for table
Scarfs, cushion covers and various
household linens. Of the new mater
ials brought out for this work, one is
called Panama cloth, and s to be used
for table covers. 1t comes in white
and ecru and measures one and one
fourth yards in width costing twenty
five cents a yard. 1t is woven in we'll
proportional squares d blocks to guide
the placing of the stitches. 1t is very
easy to work upon this any Of the va
rious cross-stitch patterns illustrated
! in the small books furnished with this
work and material.
Bulgarian woods and cott0ns. electric
| floss and the filing silk are the va
rious materials used in working these
| designs, and can he obtained in a va
riety of shades. The pattern must al
ways be followed one way throughout
the whole piece, or it VIII show a diff
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-01-29
Princesses Who Are
Famed as
.PRAC TICAL WOMEN.
Domestic Training Formed
a Part Of Their Education.

To be domestic is not considered COM
monplace among great ladies abroad,
Where the ability to rule ones home
and keep it in good working order is
thought an accomplishment of the first
water. Queen Victorias daughters
We're taught to cook and sew and make
themselves generally useful. The Prin-
cess of Wales learned scientific dress
cutting, and royal princess not so
very long ago was initiated into the
mysteries of hairdressing.
Princess Henry of Battenburg is
skilful embroiderer, besides being an
artist and musician. Domesticity has
not proved bar to culture in the case
Of any of these highly placed women.
The Empress Frederick of Germany 10
one of the most Intellectual and Gull
| tured women of modern days, but she
is also an adept in the domestic arts.
She is a sculp ,ress and can cleverly
WELD the brush, as well as her sister,
the Marchioness of Lorne, says the
| Philadelphia Press.
There is no better judge of needlework
in the kingdom than Princess Christian.
Many of the designs used in the Royal
School of Art Needlework are from the
clever pencil of Princess Louise, Mar
chioness of Lorne.
| Princess Alice, mother of the present
Empress of Russia used to cut out her
/ childrens clothes and trim their hats
! in the far-back days when she was
| Grand Duchess of Hesse and was sur
rounded by the little ones.
If we take a step down to duchesses,
marchionesses. etc. we shall find that
| blue blood is usually associated with
taste for true British domesticity. The
Duchess of Abercorn can sew beautiful
/ ly. The Duchess of Sutherland can
cook and make a gown. She often de-
oness of Londonderry, one of Englands
most famous beauties, is a utilitarian
of the first water
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-01-29
A WOMAN SUPERINTENDENT.

Mrs. Grace Espy Patton Cowles Ia
the superintendent of public instruc-
ton of Colorado. Her office is in the
state capitol, in Denver. She has
jurisdiction over 1900 school districts
and % counties, which she is expected
to visit at least once a year She has
deputy and a clerk to assist her in
the routine work. which is quite vol
luminous. Her journeys to different
schools are not always taken by rail
but often on horseback, by stage coach
or by ranch wagon, says Leslies
weekly In order to become acquaint-
ed with the best methods employed
for the care Of defective classes, Mrs.
CoWles visits state institutions in Ne
braska and illinois, Mrs. Cowles was
only recently married, or since our
war with Spain began, when she sur
prlsed all her friends by becoming the
wife of Capt Warren Hayden Cowles
of the regular army. A long engage
ment had been kept so secretly that no
one suspected it, and the marriage was
hastily arranged when Capt. Cowles
was ordered to the front. e, -t r.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-01-29

is natural for women to admire the
beautiful, and we do not like to credit
the frequent assertion that women de-
light in cats, because of their innate
deceitfulness and treachery, which
certain cynics amiably profess to find
in the female sex and regard as subtly
Characteristic. However that may be,
it is certain that "'cat cult has be-
come established in this country and is
fas. on the increase.
II is now the eminently proper thing
to own one or more beautiful Persians
or AngoraS. In England this fashion
has been popular for many years, and
the National Cat Club has for con-
secutive seasons devoted a good deal
of study to the breeding of fine cats.
1t is only within few years that the
fashion has spread to this country.
Today we have a National Cat Club,
with headquarters in New York, and
there is a f1ourishing cat club in Chica-
go, of which the president is Mrs. Lee
land Norton.
Mrs. Norton has for several years
been an enthusiastic raiser of Ango-
ras, and has 10 remarkably beautiful
creatures in her kennels. Her
"Madge" is one of the most valuable
females in the country, and was direct
ly imported from Persia. Royal" a
beautiful white male, is another Of her
fine cats; and the kittens produced by
these two of which "Bydie Young" is
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-01-29
CHOOSING YOUR COLOR.

AS people grow older, they are very
often able to wear colors which in their
youth they found unbecoming Green,
for instance. may be unsuitable in ear
ly life, but later on. certain shades Of
the color may be chosen with distinct
advantage. Blues, violets and pinks
that made youth attractive, often prove
unsatisfactory to won en- of middle age,
is the opinion of writer in the Phila-
delphia Press. To a girl of 20, black
is sometimes strikingly becoming, but
much less so to older women, unless
cream silk or satin, lace or net. or
some redeeming color, is introduced,
for if woman looks at all well in
black garments, she usually looks sur
passingly well. How to relieve-with
white or certain r-contrasts-black
attire is important to all sensible mid
dle-aged women
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-01-29

to the dampened paper and pressed the
two together for about a minute. On
separating the paper and picture a very
fair but reversed impression of the
newspaper print was found to be upon
the paper. In this way the little boy
made several copies of illustrated
verses from the children'S department
of the paper. The copying of print I'M
less in large lettering, was more diff
cult, for unless he was very careful in
putting on the transfer fluid the letters
became blurred.
OF course all the children were inter-
ested in this novel method of making
pictures, and Tommy willingly poured
some of the fluid into cups for the use
of each. Kitty made the best prints.
She used soft, heavy paper, and when
the print was dim went over it a sec
ond time with soft lead pencil, so that
it looked quite like a drawing and one
beyond the skill of so small a girl.
This is how Tommys fluid was made:
One and one-half drains of common yell
low soap (the druggist will showyou how
much) dissolved in a pint of hot water,
to which he added when nearly cold
81 fluid ounces of spirits of turpen-
tine. The mixture was then shaken to-
gether and ready for use.-Boston Bea-
con.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-01-29
POLKA DOTS ON OPERA GLASSES
tPhiladelphia ENQUIRER

The polka dot has appeared in yet
another form. The newest opera
glasses are of pearl spotted with small
cab0chons (Which, being interpreted is
dots) of 8arnets or emeralds. The eff
feet is extremely pretty, yet the practi-
cal person will prefer a palmer glass
and stronger lens. Another brand
new jewelry wrinkle (and heavy ban
giles are hoary in comparson) is a lit
tie leather case closing with four flaps
which hold half-dozen or more lace
pins, all of the. same pattern and size,
but each composed of a different single
gem set III a perfectly plain rim of
gold. The set of six at nine dollars
included coral garnet, turquoise, pearl
catseye and opal, while the more en-
pensive ones for % or 30 dollars or
more displayed diamonds and emeralds
and rubies
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-01-29
PANsY RULES INSTEAD OF VIOLET.

For many seasons the modest violet has
peeh the Hover most universally chosen
py women for their hats, but the tide of
public favor has turned, and our fashion
makers are endeavorlng, with the assist
ance of their French brethren TO teaca us
hued panses
In the last week or two these pansies
nave begun 10 assert themselves and they
cy, for we see them In most beautiful col
orlngs in all the shops and giving the
finishing touches to all the latest Partisan
importations.
A black velvet hat with a knot Of yell
low and black pansies AGAINST the hair
where the brim fits. is a most accountable
novelty, Lovely crown bonnets, made all
OF shaded blue or purple pansies are
seen at the play. and the art Of the flower
maker has never been seen to greater per-
fection than in tho colorlng and shaping
of these blossoms.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-01-29

one, are among the finest cats in this
country.
1t requires some labor to take the
proper care of kennel of Angoras or
Persians. 1t costs something to estab
lish such a kennel, although one NAV
put into it as much or as little money
as one chooses at first. One may be-
gin by purchasing two fine, well-bred
kittens, a male and u female, which
will cost from ten to twenty dollars
apiece, and raise them. A good An
CORA cat will probably have kittens
three times year, with from two tc
si& in a litter, so that after a year OF
two, fine kennel may be established
without large outlay of capital. Kit.
tens will readily sell for ten dollars
and upwards, so that women, once es.
ablished, may readily make severa
hlndred collars a year by the sale oil
tieir cats.-Harpers Bazaar.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-01-29
" HAT TODD
If Thin, Eat, Before
You Retire,
GOOD, SQUARE MEAL.
Nervous, Energetic Women
Need Substantial Food.

These women are not any oftener the
victims of dyspepsia than their stouter
sisters, although it is the case that. as
rule, they seem to require more rich,
nourishing food. Nervous, energetic
women, who go, go, so, are the thin
women of today, women who retire
with their brains still actively alert.
but with poor weary. fagged-out bodies.
says the st. Louis Democrat. You need
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-01-29
HOW TO MAKE \ PAPER FISH
SWIM.

Cut out of ordinary paper a fish. In
the centre of the body must be a cir
cular opening, communicating with the
tail by narrow canal, says the New
York Herald" Place water in an OBJ
long vessel and lay the fish carefully
on the water so that it's underside will
be thoroughly wetted, though it's upper
surface remains dry.
Pour delicately one or two drops of
oil within the circular opening. The oil
will strive to spread itself over the sur
face of the water, but by doing so it
can only travel along the little canal
that leads to the tail. BY u reactive eff
feet the fish will be impelled in di-
rection opposite to that in which the
oil will go. This movement will last
quite long.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-01-29
BEDROOM ALL IN WHITE.

Nothing looks daintier than white in
q bedroom, especially where 1T is like
ly to remain neat and clean. The bed
stead should be enamelled white; also
the chairs and other furniture. On ths
floor plain Indian mating should he
laid, or better still, white rugs, lust bv
the CRATE, toilet table, washstand ana
bedside, and the floor should be enam-
eled white. like the furniture. Such a
room would only be suitable in the
country, where SCOT is rare and far be-
tween. OF course, bedspread, hanginRs
ana taDle covers Should be white also
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-01-29
CAT FARM.
A Profitable Way to
Play
"PUSS IN CORNER"
A New Scheme For Making
Money.

A few years ago the statement that
women might to their profit undertake
the raising of cats of pure breed and
notable family, such as the Angora and
the Persian, would have aroused in
credulity. 1t is nevertheless true that
the occupation meets a growing de-
mand
The ordinary woman loves a cat.
ChampAeury has said this is because
II its grace and poetry of motion. 1t
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-01-29

crackers spread with marmalade, a fig
or some such fruit will not create bad
dreams, hut will at the end Of a certain
period relieve you of the necessity of
lot of medicines you are in the habit
of taking, and will soon begin to build
up the tissues. You are the best Judge
Of the amount and richness of food to
agree with you, but if you feel that you
can eat several slices instead of two,
don't be afraid; your dreams won't be
bad on that arcOunt
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-01-29
AN UP-To-DATE NECESSITY.

A reception manageress is the latest
addition to the forces of the swell Lon
don hotels. She must be a woman Of
refinement and charming manner, able
TO converse tluently in four or five Ian
guages, to be al the disposal Of foreign
lady guests, attend to all their wants,
TO advise upon every subject, from cab
14res to court etiquette, and to go with
them whenever her services are need
ed. Sne has proved a valuable inno-
walton to the hotels that employ her.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-01-29
CRYSTAL SEALS.

Seals for sealing letters come with
cut crystal handles this year. One seal
that is particularly attractive is a
plain, round piece of crystal with liz
ard in dull gold winding around it. The
initials for the seal are cut in the glass.
This has to be done in London, and at
a cost of 81 or IS, and as the plain crys-
tai with the lizard costs S21, the cost of
the whole is not small
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-01-29
A TEA CORNER

Mile. Cassinl, the Russian am
bassador's niece, has s1tea
corner which is quite UNIQUE
even among the Washington women's
devices. At the end OF the long draw
ing room is arranged a long cusbioned
seat overhung by u canopy. and two
long crimson curtains depend from
that and form becoming background
Tor the dark-eyed and brilliant Young
Russian. Despite the rather regal ma.
ture of this arrangement the hostess
presides in very simple and graceful
manner
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-01-29
HOW TO ARRANGE BR1c-A-BRAc
Ladies' Home Journal1

Authorities upon decoration declare
that there should be a eliminating spot
in the ornamcntauou of a room In
the ordinary room this eliminating cen
tire IS the fireplace and it's mantel MAI
1lraliy therefore, this is the place for
the display of the choicest bits of brio
a-brac. and, generally speaking, Of the
smallest. In arranging these orna-
menta it is helpful to bear in mind
the general rule that bronze REQUIRES
a strong light and that marble and
dalicately tinted china demand half
sh9dow Whatever the bric-a-brac.
and wherever placed it should always
be kent eXquisitell clean
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-01-29

Shell gave the dressmaker carte
blanche.
He-Merciful heavensl Carte blanche /?
She-Yes. suppose you can tran
slate the expression?
He-Oh yes It's French for extor-
uonl-Pucl.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-01-29

She-Now are you sure you don't
want to marry me for my money?
He--Money, my darling! / marry
you only Tor your own account
Which was true. seeing he meant her
afount in the bank Philadelphia Bull
letin.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-01-29

The clergyman-They say a persons
ear for music Is more accurate Just
after he awakes from slumber.
The parishioner-I thought that an
them by the choir sounded unusually
good, sunday morning. y onkers
Statesman. -
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-01-29
NO ENAMEL on HIS rnprn.

a college woman, not long ago, called
attention to her boys teeth which
were entirely without enamel. and saia,
Wlth a bitter little laugh: II wish my
education had enabled me to discover,
during the time my boy was producing
MS teeth. both first and second, Just
how to feed him properly; and the
dentist tells me that at twenty-five he
VIII not have TOOTH in his head"
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-01-29

Ball Costume by Doucet Princess. ,oh. .,
ismethyst velvet, trimmed with real euieurs
Isce incrusted with gold and silver threads
c ayTenrng cloak Of cream-colorcd SIX with bro.
S9sioeo LOUIS XIV bouquets in etural coiors.
5douhce OF crimped cream-color,d mousseine
de sole Marie Antoinette he ID OF cTeam.
eo ifed velvet, edged with sable High farinp
colar OF brocaded silk lined with sable
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-01-29

4 Dr. Siegert's Angostura Btters, appe-
tzer and invigorator, imparts a delicious
Favor to all drinks and cures dyspepsia.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-12-10
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES

With the motto, mot new women
but new conditions" and the assur-
ance that the world does move" the
National American Woman's Suffrage
association has published a neat little
calendar of the century, in which are
recounted the progress of woman, her
development and the enlargement OF
her sphere of action from the year
1900 to the close of the cycle, 1899.
1t is full of interesting incidents and
gives many historical facts and much
data Of value to the student of wo-
mans advancement through the last
100 years. That the attainment of
many things now enjoyed as matter
of fact was only gained by hard and
persistent struggle and the utmost
perseverance and courage on the part
of few earnest women, is also clearly
shown.
A perusal of this book, although it
shows many advantages gained for
women, such as higher education, the
right to practice in the professions
and a greater liberty of action in all
fields of life, gives more clearly still
an idea of the immensely of the in
dignities suffered by women as a class
before any attempt was made to gain
rights" for them. So that it would
look as if this great cause affected
people much as David Harum said
the possession of money did For 'it
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-12-10
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The Queens
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She Has Always Kept Her
Head in Public Affairs.
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Throughout her long and arduous life
she has never failed to keep her head,
to see things in their true proportions
and to maintain wise, sane, and equa-
Bile outlook on public affairs. The queen,
that is, in spite of the thousand temp
tations which must have arisen during
sixtytwo years of sovereignty, has
never shown fussiness, irritability,
over anxiety, or any other form of dis
traction and want of mental balance.
There must have been plenty Of steps
taken In home and foreign affairs, plen
ty of bills passed and policies adopted,
of which the queen has most heartily
and strongly disapproved, Again, there
must have been plenty of cases in
which statesmen have been raised to
power by popular favor, or dismissed
from power by the flckleness of public
opipion, in which the queen has entirely
differed with the majority of her peo-
pie. Whether the queen or her people
have been in the right does not matter.
No doubt there have been some instan-
ces in which she has been wrong and
the public right, and others in which
her personal view has proved the true
one
The important, the essential, thing is
that she has always kept her head in
public affairs, and that in regard to the
controversies of the hour she has been
able to show the well-balanced mind.
When she sincerely and conscientiously
diSapproVed of a measure or a policy
that was triumphant for the moment
she never showed fussy anxiety or ir
ritability, never let it be seen or known
that she thought the country was be-
ing injured by this or that fundament-
al change. Again, at times when a pol
icy has been popular with which she
has been in special and personal SYM
pathy, she has never yielded to the
temptation to let her name be connect
ed with it, or to assume any credit for
it's initiation. Yet again and again it
has happened that happy suggestions
from the queen have had extremely i'm
pOrtant results in policy and legisla-
ton. In theory her ministers advise the
queen, but in practice she often ad-
vises them.
In a word, the queen has been able,
thanks to the inestimable gift Of equan-
unity, to show neither irritability nor
anxiety when things have not gone the
way she would have liked them to go.
nor the slightest touch of triumph or
-complacency when her personal
view has been in the ascendant. She
has been perturbed neither by regret
nor by pride, but has kept her mental
balance absolutely alike in storm or
calm.-The Spectator.