Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-01-10

gown. with a rever collar Of black satin,
embroidered with jet and edged with a
band of the braid trimmed velvet.
Is 1t not the most interesting thing in the
trinket we prize? How We search the
house and turn our drawers upside down!
and what joy We feel when our treasure
gundy. never felt this joy in connection
with his beautiful ring, chased and set
with precious stones; for he lost 1t in the
found by a peasant at N~eufchatel. when
he was blowing some land which had long
been out of cultivation.
Washington Star: Now that spick and
spanness is no longer a necessary attrib-
ute of velvet. there is opened an excellent
field for making over velvet capes which
are past their first youth. The process OF
making mirror velvet has been described
to me as follows: Dampen the velvet. Have
some hot irons. then press the velvet on
the wrong side. The woman who contided
that to me has been very successful in
mirroring velvet. but it sounded to me like
a recipe given by some of the Southern
cooks who make most delicious dishes out
of ham bones. l always fancied those
cooks had something beside ham bones in
the kitchen when they fashioned their
toothsome and seemingly costless repasts.
and | suspect there Is something more TO
mirrored velvet than a hot iron used on
tho wrong side.
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be admired and cultivated it is indoor
spotless neatness in children. During play
hours in the open no exactions should be
made. Children should be fifty dressed
with clothes not too easily soiled or torn,
and let 60 to their hearts content. for IN
this freedom lies their physical and moral
threshold of home. they should be made
from infancy to comprehend another
manner, another mode of life. embracing
quiet good manner and careful dress.
This fS the tr1intno mr. American chill
dren en- masse among families of more or
less social pretension never get. Their
fathers and mothers were In their youth
strangers to it: and these parents con-
them is certainly all that their offspring
is apt to require. In this way the bad
little people have become an intolerable
nuisance in private and in public, and the
jest and byword of foreigners.
ing the duration of human life. together
with the proportion of married persons
and the average number Of marriages TAX
ing place annually in Great Britain Q9o.
OO). it appears that about $50 to 10 golda an
| weddings are celebrated each year. and
from LOCO to 100 silver ones. The dia-
the proportion taking place being one in
each LOCO, 900 of marriages. The proportion
of married persons in the United Kingdom
ranges from IS to Sc per 100. In England
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average duration of marriages is about
twenty-seven years. Most marriages oc-
cur in England and Scotland In the month
of December. and in ireland in January,
Recently at Anderlaus. Belgium. eight
couples celebrated their golden weddings
on the same day. The town was en- fete
happy couples and their friends paradine
the streets. accompanied by bands. police
and military. concluding with a present oil
an arm chair to each couple at the towr
hall.
New York Herald: Perfume pills are the
latest fad; When asked a chemist fol-
about them. He showed me a little round
box like a tiny bonbonniere. which wa:
filled with very fragrant, white pills. The
er surprised and questinong look. he gayt
me the following. explanations:
They are perfume pills. madame. ant
in violet. heliotrope. white lilac and pea,
despagne. Then. We have another sub
stitute for the old-fashioned sachet bag
Iand that is this perfumed flannel. 1t i
very much used at present. and is especial
~ desirable ssewed into the Innings of skirt
l bought some violet pills. and then
set to work to find out just how the swell
girl used her pills. She certainly coul.
them? After much questioning discov
cred that the young woman of fashion jus
now is devoted to pills. She carries then
lOOsc III K pOSNNl. EtuIhCu III Z
or slipped in her glove. The unini.iate.
might easily take her for a walking medi
cine chest, as did. but the up-to-dat
She understands that the pills are war
ranted to be only sweet scented. and tina
they are the latest substitute for the sa
Chef bag. These fragrant tablets. or pills
are the concentrated perfume of flowers
They give just that faint. delicate sugges
ton of fragrance desired by the refine,
woman.
The sale of Madame Carnot's Jewels
which. since 1t was announced. has BEEF
the topic of the hour in the feminine worl'
Of Paris, took place a week or so ago a
the Galerie Georges Petit. The proceed
of the sale are. In accordance with Mad
table work. Some of the stories told abou
the tastes in regard to jewelry of the wive
of the six French presidents are curious
as being fairly characteristic of u ric!
bourgeoise. but nothing to boast of. Mac
anne Crews treasures were still less of
fortune, and consisted of a mediocre ri
Were. a few ordinary rings and a pair o
diamonds. When Madame Carnot cam
to the throne of the presidency, she fel
was DESTROYS of purchasing those whic
have recently been sold. But. though tn
means she possessed could not be terme
very limited. she felt that it would be i'm
prudent to spend a large sum for mer
Jewels. Her husband. however. consider
ing that her position warranted and eve
SoAiC LII tiC hNA ~ SoAh
out her intention, and the purchase wa
made. Il all the six lady presidents. Mad
anne Casimir-Perier possessed far an
away the most beautiful. rich and artist
jewelry, but her husbands r~esignatio
gave Parisians but a very short tim to ad
mire 1t. These Jewels are heirlooms, an
ave been in the family for a very lon
time. If Madame Casimir-Perier'S parure
are the most brilliant and valuable. thos
all. Few people are aware of the inter
esting story of the diamonds Of Madam
Ia Marechale MacMahon. Here 1t Is /
brief. given by the Paris correspondent I
one of the London dailies:
During the reign of Madame Theirs. tn
shah of Persia announced his intention {
5 coming to Paris. This was very goo
news. for no reigning sovereign, had pal
a visit since the war. He had discret
inquiries made as to the present whic
{ Madame Theirs would wish to honor hi
by accepting. This lady's jewelry was. 8
, already stated. merely that of a rich bOul
geoise. and she knew and lamented 1t. ST.
, replied, therefore, that a riviere would /
! very acceptable. Nasr-ed-Din, who new
= did things by halves. rummaged throug
his collection of precious stones, and selec
, limpidity and luster. were marvels. b,
by the time the shah had reached Par
q Madame Theirs had become a simple cit
5 zeness, and Madame MacMahon was raise
: to the rank of presidente. And it was II
! latter lady who received the umDtuo
: riviere which the former had gracious
? consented to accept. Madame de Mar
, chale wore these royal diamonds at all h
a receptions. and finally she presented the
/ the Duchesse de Charities, who marie
i Commander MacMahOn.