Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1901-06-06
ART IN rHE HOUSE
Hints for Beauty-Loying womsn.whe Are
Thrifty.


Thrifty.
Philadelphia Record.
Make your hcme express yourself.
Because your neighbors have lace cur
t7ins At esery 1indow, cellar included,
do not follow suit. Tender leaf green
half curtains OF elk are far more dis
tinctiEe as we'll as artistic for some
windows.
Only foolish women discard q fine
pisce of furniture because its style Is
not of the newest Walnut, 50 long
relegated to the least used portions OF
the house, is to be more fashionable
than ever before.
The nost gorgeous sideboards land
chairs can be made of shabby oak
ones il well shaped and massive BY ap-
plying Que coat of dull black stain. No
rubbing down Is nsedsd over yarpish,
as the stain acts beautifully, and the
result is Flemish osk''-a perfect imi-
tation, indeed.
Stained floors grow upon one. Even
conservative housekeeper are bsgip-
ming to grant the beauty of smooth,
glossy floors and rugs, and the labor is
not one half rs great as some suppose,
not one whit harder than swesping
carpets.
The vogue of netting tackled on out
side OF windows is to be doubled this
spring where screens are REQUESTS. The
labor Of adjusting screens, Is saved,
aud the fly and bug nuisance cheapIy
disposed of.
There was never a time the jap rugs
were SO beautifully colored as now.
Two beauties may be had for IS that
upon polished floor will deceive any
save an expert regarding their cost.
To sell massive parlor suite because
its covering ard springs were done for
Is to show great lack Of thrift Take
the advice OF ons who knows, and have
your old suite done up in rich green
corduroy-not any fringe about 1t. but
finished in box pleatine of the goods
nailed in place by brass nails after the
French style. Cheap parlor sRitss are
both snares and delusions.
Soft, pliable mattings outwear all
others. Madras for curtains is again In
full favor.
Denims in cool green's are cheap and
artistic. Cover all your handsome
cushions with dsnim and save the silks
and embroidery until winter.
RI 49, s--fiH
Why BUCHANAN MEIER MARRIED
The Image Of His Dead Ffancee Never
Faded From His Heart.
Mr.. buchanan, who was the first
bachelor elected to the Presidency,
was % years of age when elected, and
bad deliberately given himself to life
OF ceiibaoy, writes William Perrine,
10 the Ladies' Home journal. "In
tue days when he was young lawyer
OF Lancaster, Pa, he had loved Miss
Fs,I
citizen of that town. They had heen
engaged to 10 married when one day
ne was surprised TO receive from her 4
request 10 release her from the PROMISE.
According to Mr. George Ticknor Curtis.
the separation originated in a mis-.
understanding on the part OF the lstjy.
who was unusually sensitive ever some
small matter exaggerated by giddy and
indiscreet tongues. Soon after the
estrangement she was sent to Phila-
delphIa, and there died suddenly.
Throughout the rect OF his life, or for
nearly half century, Mr.. buchsnan
is not known to have revealed to any
body the circumstances OF this romantic
tragedy. DE would only say that it had
ohsnged his hopes aud plans. and had
led him more deeply than ever into
politics as distraction from his grief.
In his old age, long after be had rs,
tired permanently TO private life, he
called attention TO a package contain
Ing, he said. the rapers and relics
which would explain the causes of his
youthful sorrow, and which he pre-.
served evidently with the idea OF re-
realinR them before his death. But
WREN he died, and his will was read,
it was found that he had directed that
the package should be burned without
being opened, and his injunction Was