The record-union., 1899-05-28

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although a very fair imitation of it can
be secured by care and patience. 1t is
not what you wear, but how you wear
it, and that fact cannot fail to impress
itself upon you if you will observe with
care each woman you meet. You will
get, in time, to be able to pick out just
the point in which each excels.
One of the best-dressed and conse-
quently most stylish women in town
has reached that position in four years.
I distinctly remember my first sight
of her-plain of face, but handsome in
figure, and dressed in a neat, up-to-date
manner. Nothing alarming about that
you see, because there were hundreds
of women just as we'll off. Bit by bit
she developed, until observers began to
talk of the change, and to-day she has
no equal, says the Philadelphia
Times" She belongs to the world of
busy women who earn every dollar
they spend, and not to the leisure class,
SO the change is more remarkable. How
she accomplished this remains a secret,
which she carefully guards. But this
1 can say, more than one-half of the
responsibility belongs to the carriag ge
of her body She must sit up nights to
maintain that perfect command over
her muscles which looks as if it were
natures gift
The woman who keeps her shoulders
well back has no wrinkles in her bodice
If she poises the upper part of her body
easily and lightly on the hips she keeps
her waist line well defined and allows
the front breadths of her skirt to hang
oEf f11lf fo1d
best gown Will ruin it's effect, so the
stylish woman cultivates repose When
she walks she holds her chin well
in and her head slightly back. allow
ing the shoulders and abdomen to as
sumo their natural and proper posi-
tions. 1 don't know that l ever said
this before, but if 1 did, no matter. for
1t is true. There is no need of a woman
wobbling through the latter part of her
life with a protruding front that is de-
struction to the hang of her gowns It
is purely question of poise. and proper
one is just as easy to maintain when
once it has been found. That is my
objection to the uncorseted figure-so
few women will take the trouble to
avoid general slumping in the figure
Women of the stage, who regard their
forms as part of their stock in trade,
avoid his. and are a joy to the eye.
particularly when some artistic eye
drapes the cloth of their dresses with
special reference to natural lines.
unique entertainment was given re-
Gently at one of the handsome homes of
st. Paul, Minnesota. A company of
guests was hidden in the usual way to
dinner, and arrived on the evening set
with no suspicion that other than a con-
Ventional meal awaited them. To their
surprise, however, when dinner was an
nounced, they We're conducted to a. large
room in the basement of the house.
Once across its threshold they found
themselves in perfect London grill
room, whose placarded name, "Picca-
dilly Restaurant" was hardly needed.
Every detail of one of these English
e2ting-houses was faithfully and most
cleverly carried out The halls We're
whitewashed and covered with English
theater posters; sawdust was on the
1ioor, and across one end of the room
was the usual lunch-counter and bar.
with stems and ale bottles, and back of
it bartender serving raw oysters. The
1rst couFse-oysters- eaten in the
stand-about fashion proper to the place.
but after that the guests were seated at
small tables. each table being laid in
perfect grill-room style. and delicious
dinner followed. Everything was
served after the model. The turkeys
Were rolled in on a side-table to be
carved by the host; the plum-puddings
and mince-pies were also brought in on
tables. and were cut and offered by
the pastry-ccok himself in cap and
apron.
SILK shirt-waists that have passed the
cleaning period and are worn at
cuffs and elbows accumulate NOWADAYS
so rapidly that their disposition is a
problem to the thrifty woman. What
to do with the six or eight useless silk
waists hanging in her closet at the end
of the season needs reflection. One in
genious economist who has small
daughters carefully rips up the waist
washes. turns or "gasolines" the silk
according to the process it will stand
and uses the material for guimpes for
her little girls dresses. Sometimes the
null fronts and the uppers of the
sleeves will piece to advantage and line
a little jacket for the child, or the fly
fronts of one for herself. or the freshest
parts of two or three good taffeta waists
may be utilized as bodice lining
whose patchwork character will not be
seen, while the good-htting qualities of
silk lining are obtained.
The old-fashioned way of clarifying
molasses, and it is probably as good as
any, is to heat it over the fire. pouring
in pint of sweet milk for each gallon.
The scum which arises should be taken
off before it is broken by boiling.
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Women have had all kinds Of pets
from time to time immemorial. but per-
latest news which comes to us from
Paris, that two ladies have succeeded in
tanning dozens of butterflies.
These little insects eat from their mis-
tresses' hands, alight on them and show
no fear of any kind. They are certainly
pretty pets, and well become the airy,
fiuttering sweetness of the typical
woman's nature
The summer girl during the dull days
of the week, from Monday morning un-
til Saturday noon, may in this new fad
md means of diversion, tanning her
butterflies in preparation to a series of
fetching poses, with which to captivate
susceptible man upon his arrival at the
summer hotel for Sunday.
1t is curious what discomforts house
holds endure through the want of a
trifie of common knowledge. A young
matron, who has been a housekeeper