The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1901-07-13
PRACTICAL Hints ON the Proper Way to Put

PRACTICAL Hints ON the Proper Way to Put
One On.
with the approach Of warm weather
the feminine mind turns to the ques-
ton Of shirt waists. Are they or are
they not to be worn again this sum
mer? Fashion. gives its opinion that
they are to be worn. This will be the
greatest shirt waist season OF all.
can hear the sigh Of content that
goes ND from many an anxious wom-
ans heart. What makes the shirt
waist so popular? AS simple looking
as It is, q shirt waist takes as mucn
time to put on properly as an evening
dress.
I say properly advisedly. for there
are ways and ways of putting on
shirt waist. A woman never looks so
trinity dressed. so altogether "chip-
per." as she does in shirt waist that
is well put on; or so slovenly as In
one that is badly put on. and for the
sake of those dear women who for
lack Of knowledge or inspiration have
never learned to do the thing prop
erly give here few rules which, II
followed to the letter, will guarantee
shirt waist figure" to those who
have dreamed of one, but have here
tofore had 10 personal acquaintance
with it.
My method is my own peculiar in
vention, and have shared the secret
with only a chosen few till now, when
my conscience no longer allows me to
hide 1t from the feminine world.
First, then, take the corset you are
wearing, q straight front, of course,
for they can be bought now in the
cheaper models as well as the most
expensive, and just at the end of the
eyelets, at the bottom OF the corset,
sew a loop Of inch-wide ribbon on
either side.
Now put on your shirt waist, fast
ening it with the tiny pearl buttons
which are to be so fashionable this
summer, and tie your stock, taking
care to lap it neatly in the back.
Then, with two small safety pins,
pin the belt of your shirt waist at the
back to the loop of ribbon as tight as
you can stand it without being I'M
| comfortable or making yourself feel
| like a horse with too tight a check
rein.
| Now take your hand mirror and
| turn around and look at your back.
Did you ever get quite that fiat effect
before. Did you shirt waist ever fit
90 smoothly between the shoulders?
For my own waists always have the
belt sewed down just to the side
seams and then hanging free. SO that
| / may pleat the front OF the waist to
suit myself.
Smooth the waist down well. then
under the arms and over the hips,
and pin it ON each side. Then pleat
the fulness left into side pleats, and
IL you are thin enough to stand 1t,
blouse 1t little in front.
Now fasten the loose ends of your
belt, and there you are. I warrant
| you, with a better shirt waist figure
than you ever dreamed could be
yours.
The problem Of how to pin shirt
waist down remained long unsolved
to me until I evolved the method
from my inner consciousness, but !
had my reward when a friend to
whom had whispered my secret said
to me last summer: do you know,
the most valuable present you ever
made me was your method Of putting
on a shirt waist."-New York Herald
Women in the British Postal Service.
The British Postoffice finds employ
ment for $4,000 women out of 167. O0(
officers, and over $4,000 of these WON
en- are engaged. chiefly in the prov
inces, as assistants to postmasters
There are not many ranks closed tt
women. No fewer than 145 head post
mistresses are to be found in the
provinces, and more than one-third
Of the sub-postmasterships are In
trusted to women. Nine postwomer
daily make their rounds-eight In Eng
land and Wales and one in Scotland
One dame, Martha Pike, was a sub
postmistress until the age of ninety
three. When nearly ninety years ole
she had q three-hour letter round
every morning, up hill and down dale
\ and she even trudged mile and q
half to fetch letter and parcel mai
from the railway station. An equally
remarkable case was that OF Hannal
vowles. who was postmistress o.
Frenchay for forty-fve years. and re
signed at the age Of ninety-five. to b
succeeded by a relation, Miss Kat
vowles, who had already been post
woman In the district for forty-tw'
years. Hannah Brewer, another Gel
ebrity, began to carry letters as 1
child and kept at the work until tn
diamond jubilee of the late reign. bu
J at the age of seventy-two, having
walked q quarter Of a million miles
: she gave up the duty. She was tn
: recipient of the first waterproof cloth
ing issued to postwomen in England
Women. it is clear. are highly appre
ciated by the postofice In almost al
J Observation-Disclosures Telegraph.
F~3 Indulgent Mothers.
7 Mothers of the too indulgent kind
those who have not the heart to max
: their little ones do anything that
unpleasant to them, are accountabl
J for many Of the failures in the live
of young men and women. 1t Is tn
: foolish home indulgence of early LII
! that Is at the bottom Of these failure.
+ The school headaches that are yer
e severe about 8 o'clock In the mornin
8 and that are cured suddenly after
9 are too often accepted seriously an
lessons are allowed to be neglecte
9 for play. Music is dropped becaua
the child has no taste for it and 1t |
: unkind to force her inclinations. s
I It Ia with arithmetic and languag,
and other lessons. and the childis