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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-01-25

E"EW are the households in which
there are not more or less de-
~ mards on the purse for the pur-
pose OF entertaining friends. If one
would he entertained, one must In turn
entertain. There havo been few sea
sons when IL has heen harder TO meet
che demand for feastlng and being
fvusted
L.uuchcons and teas and card parties
id dances are all alike i'm one respect
the guests must be provided with some
thing 10 cat, and this something must
DC served in as handsome form as
possible. H. with. the aid of Bridget
ANA 4 couple of servants engaged Tor
the evening, the clever housewife can
manage to dispense with the services OF
the caterer, there is still the ilower man
10 be thought OF, and in this season,
when flowers do not grow in the gar
den or by the wayside that panstaking
individual must be forgiven " he asks
a price for his decorations which fairly
staggers those unused 10 doing much
entertaining.
There Is no question that pretty decora-
tons greatly add 90 the success OF any
social function. whether il be a church
fair or society reception. But If
tho would be hostess Will make the
means serve the end and combine good
taste with discretion she can maHage
very we'll without the professional dec
orator
In the first place. she should not at
tempt ANYTHING elaborate If she has
pretty flowers ~ her own let her dis
pose of tlam To the best advantage,
aud then see what she can borrow from
her neighbors. II there are no pretty
plants. or not enough to be of use, then
she may g. tn the florist s--not the
naughty man on tho avenue who serves
the millionaire families. but some hum
bic little florist who is not overburden-
cd with trade and who Will probably
d. provided with flowers just as hand
some and with prices more moderate.
Having estimated Just how many
picnts arc required. give the florist an
&c. n this, and ask him for what price
he viii rent so many potted palms and
ferns. Also order from him the cut
flowers which you need 10 decorate the
luncheon. tea or dinner table. For a
formal dinner no decorations. are nee
ossary other than those I'm the dining
room. unless q dance follows the din
nor BE satisfied with few cut flow
80 In bowls or vases scattered about
Tho room where their color and fra
grance viii most charm the senses.
For 4 tea or card party or dance
the more elaborate decorations are
suitable. They arc not really required
for the luncheon or fof the dinner. The
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-01-25

Stiff corsets are unknown in France.
French corsets are always supple ana
bendable and this much accounts Tor
the ease of French figures. which are
never frightened excepting at the waist.
leaving the bust and hips quite free.
In England the figure is usually tight
ened in too much at the bust and hips,
which gives too straight a look TO the
figure and makes H. stiff and uncom-
Portable. movement being rendered un-
graceful by this stiffness.
Let any girl Try 10 lace her stays
only az the waist. and let her select her
stays as soft and light az possible, ana
then see If her figure be not as graceful
i'm shape and as elastic as the most
graceful and elastic French figure. No
tight. straight down. even lacing VIII
ever make pretty flgure.
II the corset cannot be he made ex-
pressly 10 suit tho figure. then let II be
laced only in the middle at the waist.
Even then no real corset should b.
worn by girls until they are we'll, In
their teens. Remember. the softer the
corset is the easier il will be. and the
tighter it may be laced at the waist
without feeling uncomfortable. This rs
the only way TO mold the figure, as II
is said, without injuring the health.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-01-25

the table fancy baskets. which may be
filled with flow ers. should be purchased.
Some florists have wire frames, 10 be
covered with flowers. which they sell.
II these cannot be secured, any woman
can make her own frames OF stout wire.
To twist Il into shape a pair OF tweezers
and strong scissors are all the tools
needed When the wire has been mold
ed into the desired shape. IL should be
wrapped with cotton, which may be
dampene6 when the foliage and flowers
are put on the frame. The cotton COW
cred frame should bc next wrapped
with smilaX. Smilax is sold at the
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-01-25

some decorations. \ harp shaped one
of red polnsettla provided with a circu-
lar flower piece below is sometimes
used To- frame a circular plate glass
mirror. Another decoration suggested
by "a florist might consist of "a fairy
lamp set in the midst of a bank of
pink roses and ferns, the three arched
pieces being brought over the lamp and
united i'm one piece to support a scat
tering cluster OF roses and asparagus.
The arches themselves should be trim
med with the feathery asparagus, with
here and there pink rosebud inter-
woven with the green.
a novel centerpiece may be made of
ribbon shaped TO look like a large dou-
BILE bow The ribbon really covers n
small box or pan filled with damp moss
or cotton in which are placed tulips or
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-01-25
PLATED CHIFFON AND ERMINE CLOAK.

the arrangement of the fringe become
open 10 criticism. it may be made TO
look fresh and artistic by curling each
strand separately and pinning II 10 the
kid head of the dummy. After that the
hair should be put i'm a slightly warm
oven and left there all night 10 dry.
Pretty combs OF tortoise shell set with
artificial gems make the simplest orna-
ments for the hair If one may except
natural flowers, which are again very
much worn. one of the most striking
coiffures which / have seen for some
time was displayed at the opera. where
a stately woman I'm black velvet. with
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-01-25

flower shops by the yard and is a trail
ing vine that Is much used by florists
Asparagus, which has fine, feathery
foliage. often takes the place OF smilaX
Fine wire such as is sold on spools is
used underneath TO hold the strands OF
foliage down. When flowers are put
upon the frame. they are placed with
the stems next 90 the cotton, the smilaN
IN the process of winding gradually be
ing made 90 cover the stems In cases
where clusters of flowers are put on
the frame smiiaX Is wound around the
stems 10 conceal them.
Fairy lamps are used effectively with
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-01-25


.lirt touched with electric hiue satin
trimmings. wore three jacpuemlnot
roses holding I'm a cluster ~ the back
of her head. The flowers were dupl'-
Gated 0n the cOrsage. for there ~ now
nothing more chlc FOR the hair and te'
the urpamcnting of ihe bpdicc man
flowers real Or good limitations. Banus
of twisted yclVet. with bow IN fronk
finished by ciasp or aigrct or tewcisu
pin. arc also considered very stylish.
While on the topic OF heads | may as
well mention that hats are becoming
more and more elaborate. Every TINT
imaginable is combined i'm the smart
hats the most brilliant colors being IA
vored. The hats are trimmed with pun
ed. plated and fIilled chiffon bows and
choux of the same. Wings. plumes and
algrets are also used. but seldom entire
birds Gcranium red velvet, tomato
red magenta and violet are some IA
vorite colors. silver gray, fawn ana
white hats each have ther special adj
mirers. the picture style being perhaps
the most becoming to youthful faces.
Little crested plaits are taking the
place Of the strappings and stltchngs
which have been So popular. These
plaits are made TO describe all sorts or
intricate patterns. just as the stitchings
and strappings did. and the effect IS az
once novel and pleasing. w
CATHERINE TALBOT.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-01-25

each day, a false head or dummy"
should be bought and the hair pinned
on this for cleaning. a hard toothbrush
is the best thing TO scrub with. Powder
or spirits may be rubbed into the arti-
fetal locks and then brushed and
shaken out. To keep the waves i'm good
condition take short lengths of narrow
tape. and when the hair il wet from
brushing run this over IL where the de-
pressions appear In this tape at in
tervals stick pins that Will hold the
hair close 10 the head. Treat each
wave In the same way and let the tapes
remain on until the hair is dry. Should
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-01-25

bile three small silken flags on gilded
staffs may be draped at the back of or
in the center OF a deep bowl of roses,
asparagus and other flowers chosen to
harmonize with the color of the flags.
An English, American and German
flag combined may represent the great
triple alliance, should there be American,
English and German guests present.
The flags should always represent the
nationality OF the guests. If all those
invited are Americans, the several
flags such as the star spangled banner,
the union jack and similar flags, may
be combined. Should there be "A guest
OF honor who ~ connected with the
navy. the naval flags should be used in
miniature. II any one connected with
the army IL a guest. the army corps
aass should be represented
ALICE DE BERDT.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-01-25
Tn to nute Fans.

Now is the time 10 produce the an
tique fan of our great-grandmothers
days-those queer little painted things
with weird looking. inlaid ivory sticks,
shepherds pipe and dances on them.
and the back is generally covered
with a little figured paper that fills our
artistic sense with horror. NeYerthe=
less, they are the correct thing TO carry
about with one at present. And happy
are the possessors of fans with his
tories or If they are painted by some
famous artists. such as Watteau. Fra
gonard. etc. Sometimes spangled silk
Is To be seen. but these. are not such
precious possessions as the painted
fans
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-01-25

CENTURY SOUP.--For this have one quart o.
clear stock two ounces OF the white flesh et
good sea-4la1,4sE sEei- -slt. cayenne,
lemon peel and nutmeg and three tablespponiuls
of milk or cream, First free the fowl IRON ally
skin and bone ana chUp a. vefy small. pound u IN
a mortar and passft Trough a hair aeve. Mix intd
this suitable seasoning and moisten with the beat
en- eggs and milk. When all is thoroughly blcnd-
cd turn IL into a small plain mold, set in pan,
cover with CREASED paper and steam very slowly
for 20 minutes. Turn out with care, cut into
fancy shapes aud serve In the clear soup with
Little chopped parsley The stock should be care.
fully favored before the sayory custard is added
10 II,
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-01-25
Plum Pudding.

one pound OF bakers bread cut In
slices and placed in a deep dish, one
half cup OF butter Cspread each slice
with the butter). one cup ralsins. seed
ed: mix with the bread. Into one quart
OF milk put one-half cup Of sugar. two
thirds cup OF molasses. three eggs well
beaten. small teaspoonful OF vanilla,
pinch OF cassia. nutmeg and salt. Turn
this mixture over the bread. steam two
hours and half Sauce-Cream one
quarter cup Of butter with two cups
powdered sugar. flavor with vanilla.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-01-25

Many ladies are wearing their hair
parted little to the side. slightly wav-
ed, and a few soft curls straying over
the forehead fon one side only. Young
girls dispense with the waving and fold
the hair loosely on either side, so that
it falls over in an artistic fashion, but a
girl needs 20 be pretty to wear Der
hair this way, 80 q
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-01-25

tihlLs
Rolls. Broilcd Fowl and Mushrooms
Beet salad Potatoes. Olives,
Fried Apples. Floating Island
Cocoa or Tea.

BRoLED FOWL AND MUSHROOMS Place a
fowl on a board back upperrnost and With sharp
knife make an incison straight down the back.
being careful not TO iniure the breast. Open out
the fowl. give II a few blows with cutlot bat 10
nsttcn &C., truss the legs aud wings a. for boiling.
with the liver and gizzard under the wings. and
place In a double gridiron. Rub this With butter
or dripping, give II a sprinkling Of pepper and
salt on both sides and broil IL slowly over clesr
nrc. turning il frequently and basting IL well the
whole time. Serve with stcwod mushrooms asYgr'
Cd with a squeeze 81 lemon Juice.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-01-25
OUR PARIS FASHION LETTER

NABIS Jan. 9Th fashiona bic
t. avenu are being gradually de-
serted foi Nics, Monte Carlo and
Mentone are each claiming their snare
OF butterflies Their the ARREST OF gar
ments are worn while the winter winds
are still sweeping the deserted boule-
wards. 1t is becoming even more Ell
regle to visit some of the winter re-
sorts than 10 go away for the summer.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-01-25

small tables near the windows. should
be provided with handsome jardinieres.
which the florist will also furnish.
Sometimes these can bo rented (along
with me punch bowl in which lemon
ade or punch IL made) from the large
dealers in china, who rent them out
for church entertainments and private
social affairs.
The lemonade should be placed in tho
hall or In some alcove where palms will
screen II and where guests may refresh
themselves with a cup whenever they
wish.
The decoration Of the table where re-
freshments are served H. the problem
that worries most women. Where
SGT piece is desired for the center ~
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-01-25

Mrs Austin Lee, the beautiful and
popular wife of the British charge dat
faires, who Is usually one tf the first
10 quit Paris for SUMMER cline dur
ing the colder months has been plung-
ed into mourning owing TO the death Of
her husbands brother. The Austin
Lees are the leaders i'm the smart Eng
hsh and American circles. and Mrs.
Lees retirement from active entertain
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-01-25
cheese saIl.

Nix one-half cup Of grated cheese
with one fourth cup ~ sifted bread
crumbs (drled and sifted) and whites OF
Two eggs beaten light Season with
salt and pepper form into sman balls.
roll I'M siftcd crumbs ,eithcr bread or
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-01-25

lilies OF the valley. with their foliage.
and maidenhair fern or asparagus.
Lilies OF the valley arc easily OBJ
tanned I'm winter and make a very pret-
" decoration massed simply in circu-
lar silver box spray Of fine. feath-
cry fern rising at one side of the box
ana backed by tall bow of green rib-
bon at the base ct which are some
roses ana roscbuds gives an original
touch tn the whole.
For patriotic dinner or luncheon Ia
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-01-25

STUFFED HERRINCs. Split open some her.
rings down the back. remove tho heads and back
bones. Make some seasoning OF bread crumbs
chopped parsley and bacon or suet. pepper, nut
meg and salt. Mostep with eggs, spread ihe
hcrrings with Il, roll them up, pour httle oiied
butter over and bake In quick oven for qisrcr
of an hour The soft roes should be eurled round.
cooked separately With butter only and used as
garnish for the rolls OF fish. Serve very bot witi
a little good brown sauce in 4 turcen.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-01-25

plants should be usel TO screen un-
slightly or bare looking corners. Those
plants that are welt in view and placed
on pedestals, such as maidenhair fern
when placed on the mantelshelf or on
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-01-25

A black panne gown with real gath
crs in tbc skirt ON the bips is one ~ the
latest eccentfiCities. nn
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-01-25
DINNER.
Fruit

tCnfUfN NuuII.
-. Roast Duck Celery. Cuuant Jelly.
Carrots Mashed Potatoes.
Rolls Ice Cream.
Coffee. Cake.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-01-25

BREAKFAST.

Porfldgc.
Stuffed Herribgs. Saratoga Potatoes
Pancakes Coffee
The Marble times and Crystal silver lance., 1900-12-07
Aluminium Us. Copper.

In one of his recent prophetic effu-
sions Nikola Tesla predicted that cop
per would in time be wholly super
seeded by aluminium. With the present
high price of copper and the compara-
lively reasonable price of aluminium
one might expect this to come true.
but the new metal is not yet enough
of a rival even to affect the copper
market. The reason for this is ex-
planned by Professor John Trowbridge
of Harvard in a recent issue of the
Independent. While the price of alu-
minum has fallen from $50 pound
to 65 cents pound, and while its pow
ers of conductivity are double those
of copper for the same weight, it is
still comparatively useless in electro
cal work because of the difficulty OF
soldering or brazing two pieces Of the
metal together. In order to transmit
The Marble times and Crystal silver lance., 1900-12-07

telope at any time in Texas, North
Dakota or Utah.
The moose is one of the most sat
isfactory kinds of big game to get
after. He may be hunted from Maine
to Alaska. Any nimrod who lives in
the east and wants to distinguish him
self has the opportunity of going up
into Maine and killing the King OF
Moose, the monster "specter" that
carries around in his interior lead
mine, the gift of unsuccessful hunt
ers, who, after emptying their maga-
zines of bullets, have taken to the tall
trees or to the nearest cave. And at
Cooks Inlet, Alaska, was killed the
largest moose that ever has been
bagged. So here's the range of the
moose: Maine, New Brunswick, Cape
Breton, Newfoundland, Nova Scotia,
Quebec, the ottawa district of Canada,
around Georgian bay, in northern
Minnesota, and in the region of the
Rockies as far south as northern Wy
oming, and running north in Alaska
to Cooks Inlet, and beyond. No moose,
however, may be killed at any time
In New Hampshire, Michigan, Wyom-
ing, North Dakota or Idaho.
OF the woodland caribou a few are
found in Maine, though it is not law
full to kill them, but they may be
hunted in Newfoundland, New Bruns-
wick, Quebec, Nova Scotia. Cape Bre-
ton, Manitoba, northern Canada. Min
nesota. northern Idaho, Washington,
and then north to northern Alaska.
If they are found in New Hampshire,
Michigan or North Dakota it is un-
lawful to kill them.
The barren ground caribou inhabits
about the same region as the musk
OK, but they range 400 or 500 miles
The Marble times and Crystal silver lance., 1900-12-07
THE BIOGRAPH FIEND.
Public Mems Terror, Who Threatens
Peace of Notables.

Peace of NotabIes.
The camera fiend is bad enough, and
there is a continual protest against
him by every person in whom the
public takes an interest. But the bio
graph fiend, who is threatening the
kaleidoscope pictures are about to be
put within the reach of everyone. A
London concern has established a
studio where people may go to have
moving pictures taken of themselves,
just as they now go to be photograph
ed, and cheap apparatus for the re-
production of films is sold, which,
while not SO good as those used in the
theaters and nickel-inthe-slot devices
yet answers the purpose. The manag-
er of the studio says that it is in de-
mand for weddings. The bride and
bridegroom, bridesmaids, best man
and all the rest are photographed
while the wedding ceremony is being
performed, and the happy pair and
their friends have copies of the films
as souvenirs of the occasion. But this
is not the worst. A cheap biograph
machine has been invented, by which
a person may take hundreds Of snap
shots of anyone whom he chooses, and
reproduce them. 1t is but natural for
the owner of few biograph strips to
want other films for his machine.
The worry to public people will be
great. They will be the sufferers. For
instance, instead of Gov. Roosevelt's S
children being photographed in bath
ing, the biograph fiend will take snap
shots of their movements, and repro
duce them on the screen as living pic
tuies. The aim of the fiends naturally
would be to secure statesmen in the
most undignified attitudes possible
Chicago Tribune.
The Marble times and Crystal silver lance., 1900-12-07
A Curious Old Churcb.

Boston church, in Lincolnshire, Eng
land, the tower of which is better
known as Boston Stump, has some very
peculiar features. There are 365 steps
In the tower corresponding to the num-
ber of days in the year. The church
itself possesses twelve pillars, fifty-two
windows, and seven doors, the analogy
of which is obvious. Further symbols
of time are to be found in the western
porch, where, leading to the library,
there are twenty-four steps, represent
ing the hours constituting day:
whilst in the choir are two lots Of
steps, each numbering sixty, by means
of which the roof may be reached, and
of course, representing minutes and
seconds. The foundation-stone was
laid about six hundred years ago, and
the work Of erection occupied nearly a
century.
The Marble times and Crystal silver lance., 1900-12-07

By close vote in the fertilization
board the advice of Lieutenant Cen
eral Miles has prevailed and the man.
ufacture of disappearing gun carriages
is to be discontinued. Those under
contract or in course of construction
are to be completed, and those in use
will not be removed, but the policy of
the board is to return to the barbette
model Of coast defense The expert
ment thus abandoned has been expen-
sive, but there can be no progrese
without experiments. The naval au-
thorities are embarking on a similar
enterprise by making a trial of the
Holland submarine boats. These NAV
in the end prove as unsatisfactory as
the coast defense gun carriages. or, on
the other hand, they may be as revo-
lutionary In their effect as was Erics-
sons Monitor. In either case the ex-
pertinent will be justified.
The Marble times and Crystal silver lance., 1900-12-07

It usually is at this season OF the
year that the native hunter of big
game the man who hunts for the joy
and excitement the sport affords, gets
his outfit in shape for the fall or Win
ter outing and sets himself the task
of deciding upon the place at which
he will make his camp. He has
wide territory to look over and va
riety of big game from among which
to choose his quarry.
A glance at the accompanying map,
upon which the habitats of the big
game are charted, will convince even
the most skeptical that there are still
vast areas in the United States and
in British North America where
primeval stiffness reigns" and where
man is only an occasional nightmare
to the beasts which dwell therein.
Years ago it was the ambition of
the American hunter of big game to
bring down a mountain sheep. That
ambition has faded away. not so
much because of a too plentiful sup
ply of mountain sheep, but largely be-
cause the region inhabited by these
sheep or some species of them is more
accessible than it used to be. Speak
ing generally, the mountain sheep
roam over the region of the Rockies,
from New Mexico to northern Alaska.
The four species of mountain sheep
and the localities in which they are
found are: Nelson's, in the southern
big horn, which range from the mid
die Rockies to British Columbia;
Stones big mountain sheep, which
recently have been discovered by him
in the Stickine river region, north of
British Columbia. and the white, or
Dall's, species. which are found from
The Marble times and Crystal silver lance., 1900-12-07

On every side the Alps send down
rivers. leaping from the rocks, and in
the lower lands, especially on the TIA;
ian side, spreading out into beautifA
blue lakes Recently the stored-up en-
Orgy of these Alpine streams has been
brought under control in many in
stances, for the production of electric
power The river AIDA at Paderno al
ready furnishes $1,000 horsepower, and
works are now under way on the river
ficino, below its point of issue from
Lake Maggiore, which will, it is ex-
pected, furnish $4,000 effective horse
power to be distributed among 4
string of manufacturing towns reach.
ing down into the plain of Lombardy.
1t was originally intended to send this
power to Milan, but all of it has been
eagerly seized by the intervening
5maller towns. The Alps are yet rich
n unused energy of this kind.