The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-01-13
WGMAN'SPAGE
Notes That They VIII
Profit By.
A POtpOurri Of Fashion Notes and
Sage Remarks - Items of
Domestic Economy.

Domestic Economy.
To live content with small means;
To seek elegance "a her than luxury,
Refinement rather chan fashion;
To be worthy, not simply respectable;
And weal,hy. no. simply rich;
To study hard. th.uk quisIy.
Talk gently. act frankly. q
To listen with open h55r- 70 BIRDS and
stars,
To babes and sages;
To belr ali cnee. fully, do all bravery;
Await occasions, never hurry
In word to let the spiritual LIE
Grow up through and above the COM
mol
Tn.s is my symphony of life"
w. =. Claiming.
No sooner is a woman bankrupt from
the fail openings than she feels the
necessity for Christmas money.
1nere is no, a woman born who
wouldn't rather be cOmplimented on
her good looks than on ner C eyerness.
Consistency in woman is often mere
s.ubbOrnness in The matter OF accept
ing defeat or disenchantment.
There is no use asking your maid
how she puts in the time when you
are away. Ask the neighbors.
An evening gown of cream lace and
chiffon has an odd trimming. The
bodice and Clinging skirt are almost
covered with small fat rings of moth
er o. pearl, which give the effect of a
coat of mail in Opaiescent colOring.
mere and there are placed flowers in
large applique, gi.Ctering with many
tiny crystals and brilliants. The short
sleeves are finished with wide bands
sewn WI n the mother o. pearl pallet
ties, while among the folds of old lace
draping the decOlle-age IS placed a
deep pink rose
TIE miniature craze las taken the
up-tO-date girl by storm. She has al
ways had a fOndnsss for miniatures,
but this season, if she carries out her
present plan. she Will appear very
mucn like a walking photograph gal
/ lery. The jewelers. have made il posi-
| bic for her best belt TO be fastened by
a buckle formed Of a miniature. The
I brooch at her throat may also be a
miniature framed in jewels. The back
/ of the newest chatelaine watch is a
/ miniature. There are miniatures for
| buttons and other for buckles for even
| ing slippers and even a miniature in
| the handle of the fashionable DANES
| lorgnette.
/ Some of the new evening dresses are
I prOfusely trimmed with artificial flow
/ ers. pink button roses and buds being
especially chic. White tulle. striped
/ with narrow ribbon velvet, is very ef-
| fective over white satin for an evening
gown. and ruffles at the foot are edged
with the velvet rrDOOn.
Children who refuse to take castor
Oil make no fuss if it is given in this
way: Take one cup of milk. one Of
/ traac1A half n cup or sugar, ha'f cup
Of castor oil, a teaspoOnful of carbonate
/ of soda, two of ginger, little salt and
| enough -four 70 make stiff paste. Roll
I out. cut into shapes and bake in quick
/ oven. One or two are as goCi as a
| dose Of oil.
/ Rubber heels for all shoes and boots
! are now worn by women. The heel Is
! a ready-made affair, about half an inch
/ in thickness, and its advocates sly that
I its use lessons the jar of walking, es-
pecially upon city pavements, tc a de-
! gree that very materially affects the
| number of headaches to which many
women are subjected.
A pretty fad of The moment il the
cloth having a monogram center. Not
the woven monogram - this is now
| entirely out. SecOnd-rate hotels and
| boarding houses have taken up these
| woven affairs at the pace which kills
making them common and undesirable
/ No smart shop will now keep them in
/ stock, and The housewife who is tempt
/ ed by them makes a bad mistake.
The fashionable monogram cloth has
| the letters embroidered by hand or ap-
/ Dliqued upon the linen. The cost Is
| far less than Il sounds and the results
| thoroughly delightful The charge for
adding a monogram is 81 for each iet-
ter
An oyeT-cOnscientious woman once
pinned on her mirror frame a motto
taken from a French convent: Time
is a gif. of God; it's duration is uncer-
tain and it's loss irreparable." For
awhile this motto helped % sys. ematiZe
II Lac, but afterward became a
! scOurge to drive her to unwholesomt
effort.
II is the proper caper to look aftel
ones health nowadays, and although
late hours and champagne have nc
gone on. of fashion ye.. hot breads an
hot rooms have, and outdoor exercise
cold plunges, beefsteak and thick boots
have AIKEN the place of Preside rock
ing chairs, bonbons and Louis XIV
heels in the curriculum Of many wo
mems lives.
She likes to Re Jruly loved and Il
be told so.
She likes some noble, honorable maj
70 be though tfut of her kind and con