The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-06-30

and devoted patron of another Irish in
dustry-fne linen. The English SOW
ereign has never permitted cotton artic-
les to be used in the royal palaces, even
the kitchen cloths being of fax. The
queens sheets have not that smooth and
chilling surface generally associated
with linen, but are specially ironed to
certain roughneSS only to be achieved
by experts with the smoothing iron.
All the queens bedding is marked
with a small 90 in red cotton over a
crown, under which comes the ". r.
Needless to say, no sewing machine is
allowed to play a part in making any of
these articles, and the stitching is of it
self a work of art.
In the matter of pillow slips her ma
JeSty prefers them without embroidery
or frills. 1t may not be generally known
that every clothes horse in the royal
household is furnished with a covering
of muslin prettily trimmed with lace.
This Greens all the articles While airing
and prevents the smallest particles of
dust from communicating their spotless
whiteness.
A Hit at American Girls.
A writer in the Western Mail, Wales,
says: when a girl has made up her
mind to say good-by to her girlhood
and to take unto herself a husband she
IS usually quite willing, to a certain
extent, to sink her identity with that
of her partners, and takes his name
cheerfully, often proudly. 1t seems,
not so easily assimilated, for Miss Lillian
Bell, the Chicago writer, who was mar
ried recently, does not intend that her
notoriety and charms should be eclipsed
by matrimony. And so she has had her
visiting cards printed thus: Mrs Arthur
HOyt Gillian BelD.' No doubt she has
insisted on her husbands card being en-
graved Mr.. Arthur Hoyt husband of
Lillian BeIDr"
Remarks by the Wayside.
When a woman wants the earth it is
because she knows some nice man she
would like to give it to.
The girl of today certainly has a
wider choice of either business or pro-
fessions than had the one of half a, cen
fury ago.
Nine. La Mode has shown a kindly
appreciation of our compilations in per-
hitting the Introduction of black some
where in every dress.
Some voices resemble the sound of the
Sawmill, some murmur unpleaSantly; it
is the round, mellow, many-toned, vary
ing voice that is restful
Housekeepers are learning that the
cleaning of the ice box, like the clean
ing of the house, should be constant
rather than occasional.
Novel Cure for Nervousness.
A course of instruction in millinery as
a cure for nervous prOStratiOn certainly
possesses an element of novelty, but
young woman in Brooklyn, with an ex-
cellent reputation for veracity, is auth
| GRITTY, according to the Eagle of that
city, for the statement that several wo-
men have recovered from attacks of this
malady, that is so peculiar to Ameri-
cans and American life. as the result of
a few months constant and systematic
! instruction in the principles of hat max
| ing and trimming. The young woman
| in question makes her living by con
! Quoting millinery classes, and it is
| through letters from grateful husbands
/ that she has discovered how beneficial
has been her work, one husband in par
ticular not only thanking her for being
| the means of Transforming his nervous,
| hySterical wife into a more rational and
| companionable being, but also for re
storing his home.
The couple who have no children, had
been boarding for a long time and the
wife was actually suffering for want of
something to do. Through some means
or other she became interested in this
/ young wOmans millinery classes and
decided to join one. The occupation
proved congenial and when the course
was finished, she found she was so much
/ improved in health that she concluded
to keep on being occupied. There was
no necessity for her to put her new
found talent into use by going into the
millinery business, so she decided to
give up the Hstless life of the boarding
| house and start housekeeping. The at
tempt has been successful The wife's
health is restored, and the husband is
authority for the statement that he has
now happy home and a contented
| wife.
Cure for That Wrinkle Habit.
The cure for wrinkles is primarily a
mental process. If every girl and WON
an would sit before a large mirror and