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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-06-08
For n Small Waist.

Philadelphia Times.
To decrease the size Of the waist by
tight lacing is simply TO ruin the figure ir-
retrievably. Girls happily are now begin
ming to realize this truth, and instead of
squeezing their waists into the smallest
possible compass have taken to the more
sensible and healthful method of gymnas-
tic exercises to reduce its actual size.
The following simple movements, II per
sisted in regularly and consistently, will
help to produce the desired results:
First. stand perfectly upright. with hips
back, chest high chin pressed well back.
and arms at the sides. with palms Of the
hands 10 the front. Raise the arms UP over
the top OF the head It'll the thumbs touch
and then drop them slowly down again.
Second, hold the arms straight out in
front OF you, palms down, and then move
each arm around gradually to the side and
back again. keeping them on the level OF
the shoulders.
Third, stand with the arms stretched as
far apart as possible level with the shout
ders, and making A perfect cross with the
body and describe small circles with each
arm. using the shoulder a center.
Repeat each exercise half a dozen times
consecutively.
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are shown for trimming. The coloring
usually is in Oriental Persian, or else black
and white. Wool wolfe with embroidered
edge at bottom is new and makes up rich
ly. The embroidery usually is of some
pretty coloring. Bordered mulls. dimities
and lawns are fine. Skirts of these mate
rails do not require more trimming than
few tiny tucks or pleats.
Nainsook and lawn ruffles trimmed with
lace and insertion are shown for wear over
silk petticoats. They are buttoned on 10
the silk skirt where the ruffle joins and
may be changed whenever necessary. The
silk ruffie is underneath. the lawn one out
side. and this gives the appearance OF a
whole white lawn petticoat. Such rufles
are also worn over pOngee silk petticoats
with good effect. Plain white lawn skirts
could be made UP with several OF these
handsome fiounces buttoning on, and could
be changed frequently. The rufies are ex-
pensive just at present, like all new fa6s
This years bathing suit is not much diff
ferent in make or material from those of
last summer. SILK. mohair and very fine
cashmere are the favored materials. There
is kind of canvas. much like bagging. that
is employed. too. 1t is supposed not to re-
tain the water and makes up very attrac-
lively. Black. dark blue, red and white are
the usual colors, with trimming of rcd,
white or blue and white and black and
white braid. Some are trimmed with bands
OF pique duck, others show flannel band
trimming. Flannel suits are SEEN but are
among the cheaper ones. SILK and mohair
are the more expensive. especially when
deliberately trimmed. as often they are
Some suits are made with low neck and
short elbow sleeves. without sailor collar.
but more have sailor collar finish. Bodices
are neatly belted in at the waist. are
trimmed with tucks or pleats and finished
with large sailor collar that matches the
trimming in color.
The loose sailor blouse Is little seen; bod
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trimness that is impossible when the XII
mona extends In straight shapeessness 10
the ground.
Linen should be kept in perfume draw
ers. Sachets containing the housewives IA
vorite scent scattered about the drawer will
leaves and flowers sewed UP in bags may
be substituted for the sachets. Cedar shaw
ings, cassia buds, powdered sassafras. rose
leaves. leaves OF the rose geranfutn
branches Of lavender and sweet verbena
are all delicious I'm Odor. A few drops OF
perfume on sheets OF white blotting paper
will impart a fragrance TO the linen In
which II is laid.
Fruit stains may be removed from linen
as follows: Tie UP some cream OF tartar in
the stained part and let II boil in soap
suds for a few minutes. Then wash and
rinse in clear water. and the STAN will be
gone Another way Is 10 rub the stain
with a preparation OF saleratus, Stacked
lime and sOapsuds. Allow some OF this to
remain upon the stain for a couple OF
hours. Then wash and iron, and the mark
will have disappeared Mildews on linen
may be removed with soft soap and chalk
rubbed over the discolored place before II
goes into the washtub.
One Of the features Of the summer sea-
son is the revival OF low-cut waists. and
the wearing of fat fichus lace berthas,
etc, with this collarless bodice. The con-
trast with all the high stock effects which
have so long predominated is very marked.
and the fashion obviously lacks finish
and style. 1t certainly demands a white
and shapely throat, and very handsome
bodice fabrics and trimmings. TO render IL
anything but dowdy In effect. The fashion
is at its best in evening dress. IL destroys
all appearance Of finish and dainty smart
ness when IL appears with any sort OF day
attire. except perhaps, in a pretty sum-
mer neglige on pretty young woman
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OF INTEREST TO WOMEN
REST CURE MAY BE TAKEN WITH
OUT GOING TO A sANATORIUM.
Charge that Men Are Lacking I'm
Courtesy-Trainingt the Baby
Care of the Hair.

It isn't every woman. says a writer in the
New Orleans Times-Democrat, who can
take rest cure; but the expense of this
luxury may be minimized If you are in
earnest about the matter. for instead OF
going TO an up-North, high-priced sani-
tarium. you can. If you will summon char
acter enough to deny yourself 10 all friends
| ard duties, get the same results without
moving from your home.
A years devotion 10 massage will not
give the same effect, saith woman who
has been telling me about her experience.
nor is the effect transitory. The rest cure
soothes the nerves brings back brilliancy
to the eyes, smoothes away wrinkles. gives
! fresh vigor to the tissues and new tone to
life. How does she do Il?
The rest cure consists simply in going to
bed, receiving not even your most intimate
| friend, whose chatter would harass you,
| doubtless, or, at any rate, rouse you to en-
! terrain her by common politeness. You
don't want to have to be polite. You want
to be elemental, savage, boorish; that is,
without the effort 10 be suave and we'll
bred. Just give Up to the luxury of living
at ease; put aside worry, fret and fume
and don't even inquire the time Of day. A
cup of warm milk should start the day and
be followed after while by leisure, tepid
bath Your bed has by this time been re-
| made, and with a change of night apparel
you go back TO it to sip another cup Of milk
! and to encourage the drowsy feeling that
is taking possession of you. If you can't
sleep, keep the eyes shut and yield to a
| beatiic sense of dolce far niente. Your diet
| should consist of warm milk, cocoa, the
white of chicken, fish, cream cheese, stewed
! and fresh fruit, baked apples. simple pud-
! dings, cream and toast Remember. If you
| are lying in bed you cannot digest meat
| very we'll nor do you want to give the
/ stomach much to do; ii is to participate in
| the pleasures of the rest cure.
The complete cure should last three
! weeks, says my wise friend, but even one
! is a gain, and causes one to marvel at the
/ clearness and regeneration of the COM
] plexion after even few days trial. Admit
/ plenty of air in the room while undergoing
| the cure, keep it well ventilated at night,
! burn no gas, put the lights out early, and
/ before preparing for slumber battle the face
| in tepid water rub dry on very soft towel
| and rub into il some good oatmeal cream.
! Follow this plan, my friend AYERS, and on
| rising from your retirement you may face
| friends and foes alike serenely-a fact
which in itself adds beauty and composure
| to the features.
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ices must fit as snugly as though for gen.
eral use. So corsets are necessity for the
stylish bathing suit. and bathing sorts are
10 be found in the stores. The newest form
of suit is a freak for which fashionable in
dorsement is promised. but apparently with
little hope of fuifillment. II is made up Of
silk and mohair, with very baggy boomers
reaching to the knees and neat fitting bodice
with sailor collar. Bathing caps are made
Of rubber. shot and plain silks canvas and
duck Plaid silk ones are prettiest. Black
stockings are worn a rule, although the
new fad is to have stockings, sandals and
suit 70 match.
New York June S.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-06-08
Training the Baby.
New York Sun.

new DIX sun
1T should not be necessary nowadays for
parents to sit up all night with the baby
because it will not sleep and will not let
any one else Sleep" said doctor connected
with one of the big maternity hospitals
here. Babies can be trained almost from
their birth, and whether they are good
babies or bad babies depends entirely on
whether they are properly trained.
"Of course 1 do not include sick babies
in this. The worst acting babies 1 have
ever known were children who were per-
fectly sound. but who had never been
trained.
II can show you a ward in our hospital
where fifty babies on the average sleep
every night and you can go in there al
most any time at night and you won t
hear a sound. Some people wouldn't be-
lieve that. but ii is an actual fact. Every
one of those babies has been trained, and
they are as well behaved as grown folks.
THE trouble with young mothers is that
whenever the baby cries they think it is
suffering. They pick it up and pet it and
walk with it. and from that time on they
are slaves to that baby.
Babies are very wise about such things.
They learn mighty soon whether they can
work their parents or not. But it is just
as easy TO teach them that they cannot
If necessary new born baby should be
allowed 10 cry every night for a week as
long il is we'll Generally by the end of
the second third night it will quit and
go TO sleep.
above all. mothers should not pat or
rock baby to sleep. If they do they must
pat or rock that child to sleep every time
it wakes up, and eventually that sort of
thing will wreck woman's health
Il have trained hundreds of ba bies and
some of the nurses in our hospitals have
trained a thousand, and l have yet to hear
of a case where the training was not &C
complished in a week at the outside. Gen
orally it is accomplished in two or three
nights.
"Once trained properly a child is put in
its crib and it rolls over and goes to sleep.
1t wakes up at feeding time, but soon
as it has been fed il goes to sleep again.
ITO young mothers who think their ba-
bies are suffering every time they cry
have just thing TO say: A baby's cry
is the easiest thing in the world TO inter-
pref.
lone can tell by the cry whether a child
is in pain. whether it is uncomfortable or
whether it is just in a bad temper. The
cries of children different, and a
mothers instinct teaches her to understand
them at once.
Women should be compelled to allow
their nurses TO train their children in the
interests of their own good health If
women only knew what it meant TO them
to let the baby cry for a few nights they
not only permit the training, but would in
SiSt upon it,
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net applilued with silver. gold and black
sequins. lace. embroidered silk or satin
and very often OF velvet embroidered pref
tily. Persian and Oriental embroideries are
put on linen cOlored ones. Some are fin
ished with maline or ribbon bows at the
back while others are left plain with the
exception OF a little turnover. They are
also pIeated. tucked. gathered, shocked
or banded with straps and buttons, so
there's no lack OF variety in them.
The newest wash dresses are made with
little Etons, the bodice of some handsome
sheer material. usually chiffon or organdie.
Cream and ecru laces and embroideries are
employed extensively on white gowns.
Cream and black lace insertions are an
other feature Of stylish trimmings. White
organdie gowns are finished with bias folds
OF lowered Organdie edged top and bottom
with ru1fies OF very narrow white Valen-
ciennes. The bands are put on in odd
shapes that give a striking look 10 most
OF the gowns. Powered organizes and
mulls are trimmed with cluny and torchon.
both in bands and medallions. White vel
vet baby ribbon edges many white gowns
and looks very dainty. Net and lace dresses
usually are trimmed in this manner. Lace
and embroidered fiounces are employed ex-
tensively and silk passementeries are be-
Ing used on wash materials with good eff
feet Tucking, pleating shocking and
shirring do not lose favor and are gener-
ally employed on new models. There is a
tendency 20 have bodices blouse very freely
IN front. and many handsome ones fasten
az the back. This allows the maker 10
elaborate the front more than ever. though
advantage is not ALWAYS taken Of this On
pOrtunity. Consider the cream lace bodice
in the middle OF the next picture. whose
trimmings were apple green velvet and cut
steel buttons. or course much freer trim
ming could have been put here. Many ell
bow sleeves are seen. with finish OF hand
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OUT OF THE ORDINARY.

The number of lepers in the Philippine
islands is estimated at about 1900.
Ninety per cent. Of the 12s. 100000 people
of the Russian empire are farmers.
The average number of lives lost by light
ming in this country so far recorded is
500 a year.
The first regular contract to pick cotton
by machinery was recently closed al Green
vile, Miss.
The Netherlands ranks in importance sec
ond only TO Great Britain as market for
American -four.
4 French engineer proposes the erection
of a moving platform six miles long 10
facilitate travel in Paris
Since 1879 France has spent $120.000.00O on
canals, and there are new schemes involv-
ing an expenditure Of 100000 more.
Only the church steeple of Zuydcote, near
Dunkirk, France, now rises above the sand
which overwhelmed the entire village in
IN.
In the experimenting with the magnetic
extraction of metal from low-grade ore
Thomas Edison has spent s2,0Oo,O0O within a
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-06-08
Do Men Lack COurtesys
Lady Colin Campbell

Lady Colin Campbell.
Seeing the enormous value of this quality
of courtesy in the appreciation of men and
women, it is very strange that day by day
the courteous man is becoming more and
more rare, until soon the last specimen
will have to be captured for the Museum of
Natural History, to be placed next to Dodo
among the extinct species. Bad manners
rule the town, and are to be met with
where one would least expect them to be
found. The older men of the present day
still retain some traditions of that courtesy
that distinguished their fathers, and which
they have not known how to hand on to
their sons. Such courtesy is alasl now con-
demned as "old-fashioned.'
What would those forefathers have said
to the young man of the present day who
lounges into a room full of ladies with
both hands plunged in his trouser pockets,
who will stand and talk TO a lady in the
same attitude, who will seat himself at
table before she is seated; who will not rise
to open the door for her If she leaves the
room; who will remain seated when
lady stops TO talk to him in passing, and a
thousand other trivial signs and tokens of
lack of manners having their root in in
dolence, conceit and selfshness? That the
women of the present day are considerably
to blame for allowing young men to behave
thus instead of turning their backs on them
and serenely ignoring them is unquestion-
able; but two wrongs don't make right.
/ have only TO occupy myself at present
with what women like and dislike in men.
and I am quite certain that if a consensus
of opinion could be gathered from my sex
on the subject il would be that, first and
foremost, they like good manners in a
man. For a mans social career among
women courtesy is trump card.
1t is not the only one. Women admire
courage (another development of the quail
ity of strength, which is the strongest mag
net of all for women. honesty, good tenn
per, generosity, masterfulness (when not
carried TO the point of bullying), dexterity
in sport of all kinds, and, of course, phys
ical beauty; but man may have all these
and youth besides to recommend him and
yet not find himself Gin the running" with
a gray-haired senior who has realized the
occult influence of courtesy toward wom-
Ell. Courtesy, like charity, covers innum-
cradle sins. man may be the greatest
rapscallion on earth, but If he has good
manners women will like him and fight
his battles. He may be a paragon of all
the virtues; If, however, he lacks courtesy
and is rough and ill-mannered, his virtues
may help his celestial salvation, but will
be of no use at all for his social success
on earth.
Therefore, let the man who wants to be
! liked by women remember that, however
much women may differ in their individual
! tastes, good manners and good tempers
have never yet failed TO find favor in the
! eyes of the daughter of Eve.
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How to Furnish the PIayroom.
Table Talk.

Table Talk
In the first place, be sure they have one.
No matter if the sometimes guest is
obliged to sleep in an extemporized guest
room, see to it that the children,have a
place for their possessions.
In many, too many, homes there is to be
found the stereotyped guest chamber with
daintily frilled shams on the pillows, and
neatly turned coverlet. With every ap-
pointment of comfort. If not elegance, on
the dresser, and not footmark, save the
woman's whose duty it is to sweep or dust,
perhaps more than twice a year, while
the chidren's playthings are crowded into
a closet, or box, or, worse yet, the play
things are not, because there Is no place
for them. And the luckless little ones
look wistfuly out of the window on rainy
days or whine clnging to the busy moth
er's skirts. What can do? l want some
thing to do"
a wise investment, 1t would be, in this
falls house cleaning, TO clear the guest
chamber of the furnishings Of there is
positively no other room to be used and
fix a suitable playroom for the children
A thousand times better that the guest
who comes for a short stay be put in an
ill-lighted, cramped-up apartment than that
the children should be cooped up there for
a part even of three hundred and sixty-five
days in year.
AS last resort, if there is only the
StorerOOm to be used, clear IL out, paper
it with light, bright paper, get all the light
through the windows possible, and set TO
work TO make it attractive. In the first
place. let there be long, low table, where
the children can paste, cut, sew, model
weave and perform any other work that
comes into their play. OF course, there
must be chairs or low benches to sit upon.
Along the wall there must be plenty of
low shelves, and If each child cannot have
his own locker, he can at least have his
own shelf or set of shelves. Plenty of pic
lures suitable to childhood should adorn
the walls. A satisfactory way of prepar-
ing these is to buy for 10 cents a sheet of
cardboard-dark green or gray-such as is
| used for mats on pictures. Cut IL into
three strips leach one will be nearly a foot
wide), and these let the children ar
| range pictures they have cut from maya
zines good ones can be found in the ad-
vertising Department., newspapers, etc.
With a bright ribbon for hanging these
| make a most attractive wall decoration.
| Again, children are always pleased to save
| their pennies for the Perry pictures and
| in indulging this propensity a two-fold pur-
pose is served
Children, especially of the school age.
| delight in making collections. If any of
| the boys are large enough, encourage them
| 10 make a cabinet for these. II not, a car
| penter will make one for a small sum, pro-
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crimson velvet. Batiste embroidery and
ecru cluny and torchon laces are used as
trimming on more elaborate pongee suits.
Some are strapped with emerald green vel
vet. Fancy shirtwaists in white or batiste
usually are worn beneath the Jackets.
Pongee imprime is a new material, and is
pongee in linen color figured In tiny Ores
den flowers. 1t comes about a yard wide
and makes up beautifully for waists and
suits. 1t may be trimmed with lace, en-
broidery or velvet ribbon in striking color.
Pongee matte looks much like cotton chew
lot, but has a silky finish 1t comes only in
linen color. very wide and makes UP nice
ly. 1t is bit heavy, does not require
interlining. Embroidered bands of pongee
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vided the father has not the time. Let
each child have plenty of room TO keep his
own possessions separate, both In the play
room and bedroom. 1t creates growth Of
respect for ones own things, and also for
each other.
Encourage children in all excursions and
walks 10 observe closely all surroundings
and TO carry home souvenirs and objects
for their collections. Stones. shells, de-
serted birds nests and such things for
the cabinet. Flowers and leaves TO be
classified and labeled for the album or
scrap-book.
Minnows, tadpoles, tin turtles and water
plants can go home TO the aquarium.
Don't scold the children for bringing
home litter" Instead, commend their
observation. help them TO sort the worthy
from the unworthy, to classify and ar
range. Give them sympathy and encour-
agement even if you don't put an extra
ruff1e on the new dress, or bake a cake for
supper.
Teach them TO clean up their own litter,
and if they take the proper interest in
home they will be glad to do il.
Let them bring their playmates TO their
room, always supposing that you know and
approve of the little folks.
In the winter, II the room is large
enough, let them have a sand corner; a
tight board wall can separate the sand
from the rest of the room, and with spoons
and pals the little ones will be busy and
happy for hours.