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The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-11-12
MARROW VELVET RIBBON.
1t Will Know Continued Popular ty
This Winter.

Threadings of velvet ribbon, after a
summer season of immense success, will
be repeated on the winter gowns, those
especially for evening or formal house
wear. They will be run through laces,
through Sits in the fabric of the gown
in long and short stitches, in every pos
sible width and every possible color
black being not the least effective, says
the Philadelphia Press. The bows will
be preferably, when the ribbon is of any
narrow width in loose, long clumps Of
loops in almost tassel effect, some of
these clumps fastening a belt and hang
ing half way down the skirt in varying
lengths.
Many bows will have fringed ends,
many will have ends tipped with beads
In pear shape to simulate jewels.
Stitchings will be used again in pro-
lines close together-in white especially
effective on black or navy blue The
tailors are however, stitching Jokes and
lapels, ETC., in intricate geometric pat
terms, sometimes even in several shades
or colors, with rows of straight stitchings
about the edges.
Wooden fringes have been omitted from
this list, and they are some of the most
effective woven into the stuff they trim
after the gown is cut and arranged They
are made of soft worstedS or crewels
and sometimes in mixed eolors should
the material be a fantasia or plaid
Fringe is especially pretty about a tunic
and on the little shoulder cape which
crosses at the waist line, with long
fringed ends.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-11-12

has never been so badly off as to need
any other support than a very fine silk
hose and a high-heeled kid tie of Gin
derella proportions, because it's owner
uses crutch. Such beautiful crutch
an art treasure, with an arm rest and
handle of ivory inlaid with gold and
mother of pearl, and the uprights of the
non that exactly matches its proprietor 5
every change of costume. OF course one
crutch is not enough support so the pref
" cripple always has a mans arm to rest
her other hand on, and talk of her trou-
bic a ways brings the perfectly formed
suffering ankle into momentary view, and
there you have as pretty a beginning for
a love affair as ever the golf links sup
piled.
Another miss, whose most laultless fea-
ture is her long, round snowy arms, al
ways wears a two-inch wide band of
solid diamonds on the upper portion of
her love-right member. Because why?
Wen, because those diamonds conceal a
dreadful scar received in childhood, the
cicatriX of a dreadful wound that nearly
cost her her life that since then has been
scar so entirely terrifying in appear
ance that neither by night nor by day is
the diamond band removed.
MOI one, but the majority of newly bud
ued debutantes carry each silk inclosed
Vlolet-scented down pillow to church and
Theatre, and when driving and calling
This little pillow is about twelve inches
square, and bears the owners initials in
embroidery in one corner. and its purpose
is to protect neuralgia shoulder The
pillow must be placed exactly over the
eXcitable nerve of the left shoulder else
draught creeps in and a killing head
ache is the result.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-11-12
Hairdressers Say This
Style VIII Pre-.
dominate.
AMERICAN COUTURE.
Fifty-nine Masters of the
Art Organ
lZe.

A distinctly American style Of Golf
fure is to be introduced this autumn in
New York, according to the edict of the
American Art of Couture association.
Fifty-nine masters of the art"-alI Of
them foreigners-have organized for
the purpose of adapting to the facial
lines of the American lady certain
styles which will accentuate her special
type of beauty.
1t is interesting to note that the first
decision reached yesterday was unan-
nous approval of parting the hair on
the side The masters of the art" met
by appointment, to study well-known
types of American beauty as represent
ed by certain prominent New York la
dies
The photographs, in varying poses,
lay before them, and each in turn was
studied with the same attention pain
ter might bestow to discover the best
lines in the face and head
The new style is pronounced depar
ture from anything heretofore in gen
eral vogue. 1t is the first of many 9TH
ers yet to be decided upon at training
schools for the creation of style" as
the meetings of the Couture artists"
are designated After careful thought
and study each artist brings his choic-
est ideas to the training school, where
they are accepted, modified, or reject
ed, by committee to whose artistic
judgment all the others defer.
These are exactly the methods adop-
ted in Paris by the coiffures in orig
mating styles.
No person is allowed to join the as
ISOLATION who has not had four years
training, and who is not possessed Of
some originality.
"Three-fourths of the members of the
association are Frenchmen, who per-
fected themselves in Paris and worked
there for years said a prominent
member There is no good reason why
we cannot apply the learning and expe-
rienee we acquired there to American
ladies in America &1s
We shall train our patrons into see
ing what they should avoid and what
they may wear in styles We shall have
six or more styles each one of which
will be exactly suited to certain type
of face so that it will not be compul-
sorry for any woman who wishes to be
stylish to adopt a style unbecoming TO
her.
lone style will, of course, always be
more prominent than others, and II
viii be the side-part this winter. the
Marcel undulation, large, loose wave
will probably be next in choice
Next month the couture artists VIII
give an exhibit of their styles, PROB
ably at one of the large hotels.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-11-12
MRS. cARsE HAS FAITH.
A 100000 Building That Has Been
the Cause of Trouble.

That beautiful building in Chicago.
the w. C. T. U. Temple, from which
the Woman's Christian Temperance
union has just withdrawn it's offices,
was built eight years ago, and until
now the eleventh floor has been used
as the headquarters of the national w.
c. 7. U. 1t was erected as a home for
that organization at a cost of over
$1000,000 Mrs. Matilda B. Carse or
iginating and carrying out the idea,
supported at first by the W. C. T. U.
The ground on which the building
stands is leased for 1919 years from
Marshall Field.
For two years, after it was put up the
temple paid the interest on the indebt-
edness and made considerable money.
In the general depression following the
year 1892 the temple, in common with
some other large office buildings in Chi
cago, barely paid expenses. AT this time
attacks began to be made upon the
enterprise, and some prominent mem
bers of the national w. C. T. u. in
sisted upon Withdrawing the support of
the unions and abandoning the build
ing.
Until her death Miss Willard stood
loyalty Dy the temple, ana turned the
tide in it's favor. Since Miss Willard s
death the temple has been the cause of
many differences in the national W. c.
T. u, and the organization has now
withdrawn completely from it's support
Nevertheless, the temple board of trus-
tees, of which Mrs. NJ. B. Carse is
president, says the N. Y. Mail and Elk
press, is still making brave fight to
lift the debt, and expects to make a
considerable payment to the bondhold-
ers by the first of the coming year.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-11-12
RACK no TILE Beef.


Farewell for awhile to, the succulent choP'
Farewell to the pork and the beans,
For beef has declined with a fayoring urop
That brings 1t within a mans means'3
Last week It went up with "cornering an
And there seemed not ray of reliet
But now 1t resumes its old place in our iaie
And we gladly get back to our beef
Though mutton and pork may suffice Tor =
time
And chickens nice cheer now and then,
Yet what can compare with good peel III
its prime aF h 7gfecl
For the feeding of muscular men3 o.,
With beef ina corner one sorry resop1Ie
= Might haply have caused us much TIN X
But were saved from the fear OF tho
hard-driven horse laL9
BY the pleasant rebound in the beer
on corner" men, let not our steaks, temp
your greed, G .,.,ls,l
Our porterhouse rush not too higni
And leave US our sirloins from fcornei
ings'' freed sit 11A14
That we may continue to buyi ae9 i,
Let trusts and combines otherwise woiA
their way ,t s
=. Restrictions on food must be brief
for Whatever goes wrong, we must nav
honest play -,
For our piece de resistance-good beer
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-11-12
CONCERNING THE APPLE.
One of the Most Wholesome of Foods
By Reason of Its Acids.

The apple is one of the most whole
some and valuable of foods for the rea-
son that it keeps so well in temperate
climates and presents such a variety
of favors, suiting itself to mans needs
by ripening at different seasons and
supplying a considerable amount of
nourishment in the most easily digesti-
BILE form The nutritive value of the
apple, says Good Health, is about IA
per cent.
Its value consists chiefly in the
amount of carbohydrates and vegeta-
Bile acids it contains. The apple con-
tains also a large amount Of phosphor-
us which fact has led to the SUPPOSE
ton that it is particularly valuable as
a brain food But the value of any food
is certainly not to be measured by the
amount of phosphorus it contains.
Pure phosphorus would be a poison,
and even dilute phosphorus is in the
highest degree unwholesome. The best
foods are those that nourish the whole
body, and not those that contain ele-
ments similar to those found in any
one particular part of the body.
tH6 Ola OCdnulndNldQS DelleNeQ JndI
the gods subsisted wholly upon apples,
and that it was through the peculiar
properties communicated by this queen
of fruits that they acquired the wis
dom which they impaired to men. The
acids of apples are exceedingly useful
through their stimulating influence
upon the kidneys, whereby poisons are
removed from the body, and the blood
and tissues purified.
The acids of apples are all highly use
full as a means of disinfecting the
stomach, since the ordinary germs that
grow in the stomach, producing bill
lousness, headache and other troubles,
will not grow in fruit-juice or fruit
pulp. A ripe apple is digested in about
an hour or an hour and a half, where
as much longer time is required for
the digestion of flesh foods and many
cereal foods
Apples should be eaten at mealtime,
not alone at the beginning or close of
the meal, but, if one chooses, through
out the meal, mingling the fruit with
bread and other cereal preparations and
also with nut products. In the case of a
person suffering from biliousness, an
excellent plan is to adopt an exclusive
diet of apples for a day or two or even
longer.
One could live upon an exclusive diet
of apples for a week without any in
jury, and in some cases decided benefit
may be derived from the use Of such
special dietary.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-11-12
BEAUTY ON THE WANE?
Athletics and Study Are Both Said to
Make Women Plain.

Is feminine beauty on the wane? asks
an exchange, This is a question that is
frequently asked nowadays of portrait
painters Sir Edward Poynter, the pres
ident of the English Royal Academy, is
emphatic in his assertion on the affirm
ative side of the question A prominent
Philadelphia artist gives several rea-
sons why women are less beautiful thah
formerly, and the most potent one is
that the men of the present century,
especially American men, are becoming
Indifferent to mere physical perfection
in wOmankind. The gentle sex. he
claims, has been quick to perceive the
change and has prudently decided not
to waste time in nourishing bodily
charms, but has turned its attention to
more important things This notion, ac-
cording to the artist, is considered
really deplorable, for in underestimate
ing the great gift of beauty the modern
woman is as busy as possible destroy
ing it. She is doing it by overstudy for
one thing. In payment for her book
learning she is contracting her chest,
extinguishing the brightness of her eyes
and running her complexion. Those who
are carried away with athletics become
horny-handed and ruin the contour of
their limbs; their faces become weather
beaten, and their hair rough In sum
ming uD his argument, the artist con-
cludes that the whole course Of our civ
ilization is against the growth of femi-
nine beauty
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-11-12
HYGIENE OF THE HAIR.
Philadelphia Exchange Gives Careful
Directions.


The hair is washed too much for the
health by American women. 1t makes
it dry and brittle; also keeps the scalp
devoid CT the oil that means so much
for the health of the hair. Before retir-
ing at night loose the hair; get the fin
gers right on the scalp and rub briskly
till the fingers are quite oily Do not
leave one spot of the scalp untouched.
Then take a clean, stiff brush. Crouch
scalp light with brush.) Take it from
the roots to the end of the hair at least
ten times; braid loosely and let hang;
the hair should never be pinned up on
head when you retire. The hair should
have a sun and air bath for twenty
minutes every other day; let the hair
loose and walk while the sun and air
is doing it's work. There are very few
who have not a small space of yard that
this can be done in. If you are afraid
of taking cold, of course it must be just
sun bath, which is very nutritious of
itself.
If after rubbing the head the scalp
does not produce the natural oil, dip
the ends Of the fingers in vaseline and
rub into the scalp. Wash the hair once
in three months with the shavings of
pure CASTLE soap (of course you shave
the soap yourself), enough to make a
good lather Pour boiling water Zone
pinD to dissolve it, then pour cold wat
er till the chill is off, then rub briskly
with the hands; rinse in cold water and
dry; then take the sun bath without
the outside air If you find the hair too
oily, take towel in both hands and
rub back and forth briskly; this will
cleanse as well as take the oil off to
some extent. If possible, have a second
person to rub the scalp. 1t is more
nourishing One pint of alcohol to a
quarters worth Of quinine, mixed
makes the tonic; use twice a week; rub
briskly into scalp and dry by tanning.
PHILADELPHIA Press.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-11-12
CRYSTAL TEA SERVICES.
They Are Exquisite But Cost a Pocket
book of Money.

book of Money.
Crystal tea and coffee services are
as pretty and as costly as they are
perishable. Some of these sets when
devoid of ornamentation such as gilt
flowers or designs chiselled in the glass,
are well-nigh invisible and seem almost
like an optical illusion. The airy cups
give the tea or coffee the appearance
of being held in mid-air by a magic
ring of silver, or gold, which forms the
base or the top of each cup. The lit
tie sugar bowls which look like soap
bubbles filed with little blocks of snow,
are especially puzzling and pretty
A writing table set of crystal shades
from deep violet to palest amethyst
with decorations in gold the design
showing circles of gold enclosing flow
ers and gaRands, in the style of Louis
XIV medallions. The big ink-well is
square, and has a cover of chiselled
gold; it stands in a tray, the crystal
of which is slightly corrugated and
edged with gilt, according to the New
York Commercial Advertiser. The pa
per cutter is in the form of a sword,
the gold letter opener has a crystal
handle, the pen holder is slender at one
end, but spreads out wide and fiat like
feather at the other end. The can
dlestick, also of crystal bears a tiny
purple taper, The paperweight is a
heavy, diamond shaped crystal block
ornamented with gold
Sets of this description ornamented
with entwined initials in gold are very
effective.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-11-12
WILHELMINA'S CHOICE.
Little Queen Of Holland is Still Fancy
Free.


Queen Wilhelmina of Holland seems
to have left Potsdam as fancy free as
when she reached that royal residence
on her recent visit. The Berlin Tage-
blatt says, on the authority of a person
well informed on court doings: "The
queen was brought into close contact
with all the princes who have been
mentioned in recent years as aspirants
for her hand, both at the entertain
ments given in her honor by the i'm
perial couple and at the baptism in the
family of the hereditary prince and
princess of WED. These aspirants are
the two eldest sons of Prince Albrecht
of Prussia, Prince Friedrich Heinrich
and Prince Joachim Albrecht; also
Prince Bernhard Heinrich of Sake Wei
mar, second son of the. late hereditary
grand-duke, and Prince Wilhelm. sec
ond son of the prince of Wied. 1t can
not be said that the queen showed to
any one of these more favor than she
did to any other of the numerous
princely personages who were pres
ent. The fact that she saw Prince Will
helm of Wied daily for several days
was due to the especially friendly rela-
lions that she cultivated during her
Potsdam visit with all the members of
the Wied family-a family which is
nearly related to her, since Princess
Marie of Wied is by birth a princess of
the Netherlands, a daughter of the late
Prince Friedrich.
Information from well informed cir
cles is to the effect that the young
queen has said. referring to her much
discussed matrimonial prospects, that
she desires to enjoy her youth and free
dom during the first years Of her reign
before she thinks of marriage. Accord
ing to this authority. Prince Wilhelm OF
WED If he asks for the queens hand
is considered to have the best chance
for favorable answer. The prince is
now about % years old, of a fine, large
figure and creates particularly ia
vorable impression in his fulldress uni
- &c
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-11-12
SENSITIVE PLANT.
That is What the New Style Society
Girl Is.


Common sense has had it's day, and the
healthy, stalwart young woman is giving
way to a shrinking, clinging, swooning
creature. At least that's the way it is in
Philadelphia and New York. Whether
the style of feminity will change in Wor-
cester is a matter of speculation, but we
must be on the lookout for the emergence
of a new type, Hear what the Phiadel-
phia Inquirer has to say on the subject:
The golf-playing society girl is no more.
This winter the excessively feminine,
shrinking, clinging, easily fainting quick
ly moved to tears young woman is the
mode and the social power.
If you have a debutante daughter who
insists on rushing about windy links,
a millcmaid color and big waist look
out for her future. Men and society at
large have grown weary of the self-reli-
ant, healthy -sinewy muscled Miss Sam
The girl who knows the side of her
society bread on which the butter of sue
cess and a good matrimonial chance lies,
is a perfect sensitive plant as frail of
constitution as a violet. Her waist has
suddenly shrunk from twenty-six to nine
teen inches in circumference, her feet are
no longer CARRIED in pigskin hob nails but
the highest heeled, thinnest soled shoes
she can find, and she is able to drift off
in the most bewitching swoon when her
pet dogs illness declares itself or the
dressmaker keeps her standing longer
than three minutes at a time. She dares
not trust herself beyond the limits of her
own sitting room without a pair of tiny
crystal iewel-topped TASKS stuck on her
neck chain. One holds powerful salts and
the other sal volatile, and the men who
became proficient in carrying golf clubs
and pumping up the tires for fair dam
sells are now learning how to apply these
two potent antidotes for fainting fits
Added to this pathetic fragility, nearly
every miss and matron IN society DOS
sesses some pet and particular affiiction
to render 1t appealing and bewitchine to
the strong, stupid mascuines who never
see the innocent hypocrisy under the light
masque of invalidism.
For instance, there is one girl in New
York society who mas weak ankle, It
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-11-12
QUEENS NEW CLOTHES.

The queen of Roumania, who is in
herself proof of the fact that it is
quite possible for a woman to combine
great taste in dress with exceptional
mental gifts and culture, has lust or
dered three thoroughly smart and up-
to-date outdoor garments. One. a long
mantle, cut in the newest fashion. Is
of richest black velvet CHE material
which, perhaps, of all others best suits
the poet-queen's effective and uncom-
mon style of beauty, trimmed round
the edge with two moderately wide and
rather full flounces of chiffon. sur-
mounted by a striking wreath of flow
ers and leaves in black, gray and
white beads. More simple, but equally
chic, is the driving coat, fitting tightly
to the wearer's slight figure and made
of dark blue cloth, the high storm col
lar and smart lappets being covered
with the slossiest black astrakhan. The
third, in a soft material, is a long coat
suitable for walking in winter and is
made on much the same lines as the
blue, except that the plaits are some
what fuller at the back, and 1t is de-
void of trimming or ornament of anv
description.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-11-12
AMERICAN WOMEN IN LONDON.

Lady Randolph Churchill presided
the other day at a meeting of Ameri-
can women in London, organized to
raise funds to help the sick and woun-
ded and the refugees in South Africa.
1t is proposed to send out Immediate
ly hospital ship, fully equipped with
medical stores and provisions, to ac-
commodate two hundred patients for
three months, with a staff of four doc
tors, five nurses and forty non-eom-
mssioned officers and orderlies. Much
interest is felt in the project, and $780,
900 has been raised. Among those in
terested are the duchess of Marlbor-
ough, Mrs. Joseph Chamberlain, Mrs.
Bradley Martin, and Mrs. Arthur Pa
get.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-11-12
LITTLE HICKORY NUT.

A little brown baby, round and Vice.
With the kind winds to rock him, slept
high in a tree,
And he grew and he grew till oh dread
full TO say
He tumbled right out of his cradle one
day
Down, down from the treetop, terrible
fall
But the queer little fellow was not hurt
at all: r5F Is
And sound and sweet he lies in the
grass,
And there you will find him whenever
you pass.
Youths Companion.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-11-12
FOR BOOK BORROWERS

l Of my Spenser quite bereft,
Last Winter sore was shaken;
OF Lamb I've but quarter left,
Nor could 7 save my Bacon.
They pick'd my Locke. to me far more
Than Bramah's patent worth, p
And now my losses I deplore
without a Home on earth
They stu have made ue slight returns
~, And thus my grief divide
For, oh! THEY'VE cured me of my Burns
And eased my Akenside
But all ! think shall not say,
= Nor let my anger burn
For as they have not found me Gay
They have not left me Sterne.
Notes and Queries
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-11-12
TO INCULCATE NEATNESS ANr
HEALTH.

The Womens Health Protective asso-
citation of Brooklyn last summer distrib-
uted circulars containing the following
valuable "don'ts" among the household
ers:
Do not throw paper, circulars or fruit
skins on the street.
Do not put garbage in unsightly yes
sells.
Do not put rubbish with your ashes.
Do not put ashes in anything but sound
barrels or cans.
Do not fill them higher than four inches
below the top.
Do not expose waste longer than neces-
sary.
Do not place garbage, ashes or any kind
of refuse on the sidewalk; keep it within
your fence line until calle1 -
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-11-12

Olive oil will be found an agreeable
substitute for lard in frying, and viii
be found as palatabe and more whole
some than animal fat. The Same fnt
may be used repeatedly for frying. mi
1t should be carefully strained after
each time of using, and the same fat
should not be used for fish and rnsats
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-11-12

A CERTAIN METHOD for opriro
cramps, diarrhoea and dysentery Is h55
using Pain Killer, This medicine has sne,
tanned the highest reputation for over ca
one Pain-Killer, Perry Davis. CSC. sn AM