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The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1902-11-21
BAr1K DRApEp DUTCH ROOM.

tity. Simplicity of treatment is the
keynote of the furnishing of the Dutch
room. Furniture more conspicuous fol
solidity than beauty, but comfortable
nevertheless, quaint decorations OF
shining metal, clean, fresh looking
delft ware, quaint portieres and table
covers, brass and willow lanterns and
oddly shaped tables and stands com.
prise its furnishings.
For the adornment of the Dutch room
nothing could be more effective and al
the same time enthusiastically Dutch
than the handiwork known as batik
This interesting development of applied
design to decorative textiles is familiar
to visitors to Holland and particularly
to The Hague, and is noticeable both
for beauty of design and coloring. Ba.
tik is used for curtains, fire screens
mantel scarfs and table covers, and
the color scheme is excellent. Vivid
orange, delicate sea green, soft gray
and apricot tints serve as backgrounds
upon which are traced designs in black
red or blue, often with a delicate mar.
blelike veining, forming kind of sub.
ordinate design to the varied curves
and circles, which blend into a pattern
both original and artistic.
A decoration of batik, such as is here
Illustrated, is particularly good in a
room where the relief Of dash Of color
is desired. and batiked cushion and
table covers or mantel dranerieN arc
equally artistic.-Brooklyn Eagle.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1902-11-21
THE BABY.

Use only the best powder for very
young babies.
When wind collie comes, try rubbing
the stomach instead of patting the
back. 1t answers much better.
1t is better to sew the babys band
than pin it. The pressure will be even
and there will be no danger of hurting
him.
Unless the sun is very strong never
let the baby stay out after he gets
sleepy. He can catch cold much more
quickly when he is asleep.
In buying vaseline for babys use al
ways get it in tubes. The jelly as it
squeezes out is just right for slipping
up his nose if he is troubled with
snuffles.
Let the baby be in the sunshine as
much as possible. Turn his back so as
to keep the direct glare from his eyes,
but let the full rays come on his body
as much as possible.
Don't worry about baby and examine
him every time he frets. Assure your
self that no pins are sticking him, and
that his clothing is comfortable, and
then just divert his mind by talking;
he will understand after the first
month.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1902-11-21
The Charm of Neatnes..

Neatness is one of the most attrac-
tive of feminine qualities to man. 1t
is also one of the rarest.
Early and persistent must be the
training which carries the girl into wo-
manhood with her dump of neatness''
well developed. Unless inherently fas-
tidious during school days she Is liable
to drift into careless habits which she
never outgrows.
One girl may have trick Of leaving
shoes about her room. AS a mere tot
she was permitted to do this, and as she
grew older the untidy custom was
never abandoned, for the simple reason
that she herself did not notice anything
unusual about it, and probably nobody
else took the trouble to correct her.
Another slovenly habit is leaving a
bunch Of combings in her comb or on
the dressing table. Constant vigilance
on woman's part is necessary in these
small traits unless she would be judged
unworthy her birthright, daintiness.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1902-11-21
A Luncheon Dainty.

If you are searching fol- luncheon
novelty that will bear out all the de-
licious promises of it's looks when eat
en-, the following may serve the pur-
pose: Omelette -Pulverize
two macaroons and two sponge fingers;
put them in an enameled saucepan,
adding three teaspoonfuls Of apple jelly
and one teaspoonful of whipped cream.
Stir the mixture with wooden spoon
and allow it to get warm, but not hot.
Make an omelet with six eggs and two
ounces of fresh butter When it is set,
turn up first one side and then the
other, in order to form an envelope for
the reception of the mixture, which
should be Immediately laid in. Reverse
the omelet upon hot dish and glaze
the top with salamander. Decorate
it through a forcing pipe with a table
spoonful of whipped cream.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1902-11-21
Velvet CARPETS.

Light velvet and moquette carpets
are greatly improved by dry cleaning
with cornmeal. Five or six pounds of
the coarse yellow variety will not be
too much for good sized room. Re
move as much of the furniture as pos
sible and have the carpet well covered
with the dry cornmeal. Let this re-
main on it over night and the next
morning have it swept off with a Clean
new broom. You will be surprised at
the dirt the meal will gather up and
the grease it will absorb. Now take
some clean meal and with a new, stiff
scrubbing brush give the carpet dry
scrubbing, after which it should be
swept again. Should there be any
spots left, unless of ink, they will usu-
ally yield to a little scrubbing soap
scraped and rubbed into the carpet
with a small, wet brush Rinse these
spots off by scrubbing them with the
brush dipped in clean, warm water.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1902-11-21
Speaking of Husbands.

There is one deviation from strict
good form to which many women cling
This is the custom of referring to ones
husband as "Mr. Brown" or Or
Smith" And the curious part is that
one has often seen girl after marriage
laboriously substitute Mister for the
familiar Harry" or "Will" that she
has used before, as if marriage, to her
self, implied an accession of dignity
that must be marked.
When you are talking with persons
Of your own station in life, it is as In
correct to refer to your husband by
his title as it would be to speak of
your brother as "Mr. Jones'" If you
are on formal terms with the person
to whom you are speaking, say my
husband" just as you would say my
brother under similar circumstances;
otherwise the unadorned Christian
name should be used
There is distinct discourtesy in
using the title if one stops to think
about it. 1t implies that you feel il
necessary to prescribe the proper form
of address.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1902-11-21
Atmospheric Pressure.

If you desire to obtain a vivid idea
Of the force of atmospheric pressure,
try the following simple experiment:
Place an ordinary wooden ruler on
table in such a manner that half of
it will project beyond the edge of the
table, and then over the table and the
portion of the ruler thereon lay a
smooth sheet of paper
Now, if you strike che exposed part
of the ruler, it will in nine cases out
Of ten break in half, and yet the sheet
of paper on the table will neither be
raised nor moved in the slightest from
its position. The simple reason is be.
cause the atmospheric pressure on the
paper IS more than sufficient to coun.
terbalance the force of the blow which
is struck at the ruler
By means of simple experiments like
this one can learn a great deal of sci
ence.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1902-11-21
EnameIed Baths.

Enameled baths are the trial of the
housewife who does not understand
how they should be made to retain
their pristine freshness. Vigorous
scrubbing of them is not desirable but
simple way of cleaning them is this:
First wipe out the tub with a dry cloth /;
then thoroughly rub it with a cloth
dipped in salt and turpentine, than
which nothing is better for removing
stains. After the tub has been gently
secured in this manner rinse with clear
warm water, dry with fresh cloth,
and the tub will look like new.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1902-11-21
A WHIP BOW.
TOW to Construct This Graceful and
Powerful Weapon.

TOW to Construct This Graceful and
Powerful Weapon.
This graceful and powerful weapon
is like an ordinary longbow, with the
exception that the bowstring is made
fast to only one end, after the manner
Of the whiplash; where the whiplash
terminates in snapper the bowstring
ends in hard, round knot. The ar
row is made like any other arrow,
either with a blunt end or pointed
spear point In one side of the ar
row notch is cut Gig. AZ, the bow
string being slipped into this notch.
The knot at the end of the string pre-
vents the arrow from slipping off until
thrown by the archer, VINO, taking the
butt of the whip bow in his right hand,
holds the arrow at the notch with his
left hand; then, swaying his body from
side to side, he suddenly let's go with
his left hand, at the same time extend
ing his right arm to It's full length
from his side. This not only gives the
arrow all the velocity it would require
from the bow, but adds the additional
force of a sling, thus sending the pro-
jectile greater distance. In some sec
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1902-11-21
rhc pouer AL Woman.

Art is at bottom only creation of
the spectators imagination. A picture,
Il strain of music, would be nothing
but color and noise were not their eff
feet to stir our imagination, which does
the rest. A ruin carefully restored and
therefore no longer appealing to the
imagination might as we'll not be. Wo-
man likewise would be but con-
course of atoms unless by her initiative
genius and her power of conveying i'm
pressions she touched our imagination
and suggested to it the sense of larger
life. Imagination is, SO to speak, a
peptone, assisting the minds digestion
and furthering the assimilation Of it's
food. Women minister to our magma
ton, assisting thus toward our diges-
ton of lffe.-La Claviere in "The Art
of Life
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1902-11-21
Flower Menu Holders.

The newest whim of the hostess who
dotes on eHtavagant simplicity is to
have her dinner table as plain and sim
pie as pOssible-a cloth of satin white
candles instead of elaborate and petit
coated electric lights or lamps. The
only bit of pretension is the menu
holders, which may serve as well for
the name cards. This bit of prettiness
is in the form of a proclaim flower,
tinted in natural colorings. At one
place is put a buttercup, at another
a poppy, at third pansy, etc. The
flowers make a charming, decorative
garland around the snowy table.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1902-11-21
A Pun That Failed.

At a public dinner a careless waiter
stumbled when bringing in boiled
tongue. The tongue slipped over the
edge of the dish upon the tablecloth.
Never mind" said the chairman
cheerfully, tits only lapsus lingu@"
(slip of the tongue).
The joke was received with burst
Of laughter. A gentleman present,
who had no knowledge of Latin, yet
saw what boisterous merriment it
caused, secretly determined that he
would repeat the whole performance
at his next little dinner party at home
and give his guests great laugh at his
wit.
The occasion arrived. There was to
be leg of mutton, and the host had
instructed the waiter to let it fall when
coming in. The waiter did so, to the
great dismay of the guests.
."Oh, never mind" cried the host
cheerfully, cts only lapsus llngue."
To his great disgust and astonish-
ment, however, nobody seemed to see
it, and now he is suspicious that some
thing must have gone wrong some
where.-Pearson's
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1902-11-21
Mime. DieuInfOye.

An unusual privilege obtained by
Nine. Dieulafoye as a reward for her
discovery of the ruins of the temple of
Darius, part of which were removed to
the Louvre in Paris, was that she
should ever more have the right to
wear male attire. The eminent ar
chnologist has not been slow to avail
herself of the privilege. There are no
compromises between the habiliments
of men and women in the attire of
Nine. Dieulafoye. Her appearance is
masculine save for the slight bang
which falls over her forehead and her
rosy cheeks and feminine cast of coun-
tenance. On her walks abroad she
wears a silk hat.
Besides the dispensation regarding
her attire. Nine. Dieulafoye was re-
warded for her valuable services to the
cause of science with the medal of the
Legion of Honor.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1902-11-21
Why Women study Law.

The study of law is to a woman a
means of culture, linking all the spe-
cial training OF her education and ex-
perience and teaching her to see unsus-
pected and beautiful relation and har-
mony in the most alien phases of men
tai, spiritual and material life
This understanding only comes after
her course in law is completed and is
seldom conscious reason for under
taking her work, However, 1 believe
that blind intuition of all this is at
the back Of the impulse to know iuris-
prudence. 1t is difficult, therefore, to
make this great value comprehensive
to lavman and to inspire him, a pri-
orr, with an understanding which by
its very nature comes only from expe-
rience in the actual field.
Still, a woman who has as a personal
possession skill in any art or science
will see what this value is of which l
write, for the woman who plays mu-
steal instrument or paints or writes
knows that the end and aim of her
work and its truest value to her are
not playing or painting or writing. She
knows that the meaning of her art to
her is that it opens the door to great
truth and beauty and enables her bet
ter to understand how to live. This is
quite the same in law, excepting that
1t is broader and deeper in it's signif-
canoe than In any of the three exam
pies l have chosen, for law in It's
broadcast sense is the basis of all three
and indeed of every art and science
and of life itself
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1902-11-21
Birthday Feast.

A game that might be called the
birthday feast" though everybody
will recognize it under a dozen other
aliases, is played this way: The giver
of the feast is selected. he remains
standing, while all the others are seat
ed. He whispers to each one the
name of an article of food. Then he
tells story how he bought and pre-
pared the food, and every time he
mentions an article of food the person
named for it must get up, turn around
and sit down again. Somebody else
may get into his seat while he is doing
this, and he must either get to the va
cant place before the host does or con
tinue the story. Whenever the host
mentions the birthday feast" each
one must get up and turn around, and
there is a general changing of places.
The one left without a chair continues
the tale.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1902-11-21

her business she was the member of a
brilliant social set in Milwaukee, She
preferred to do something worth while
and is doing it surprisingly well. Her
work has won the approval of book
collectors. The first book she ever
made established her reputation and
gained her recognition.
Mrs. Van Vechten is the inventor of
practical system Of registration for
deckle edged paper. The task was long
ago given up as an almost impossible
one. Her system has proved efficient,
and printers all over the land are using
it.
The log cabin in which she makes
the beautiful handmade books is a
handsome shop. 1t is furnished
throughout in true log cabin style.
There is nothing in it put there for
mere effect 1t was built because it
was to be the most practical kind of
building. The cabin, like all the ap-
pointments of the printery, is the re-
suit of Mrs Van Vechten's own idea
She worked out the plan and turned
the first shovelful of earth when the
cornerstone was laid. 1t is built in the
form of Greek cross, and the dimen-
sions are IS by 36 feet A beautiful
lawn surrounds it. dotted over with
old fashioned flower gardens and show
ing everywhere evidences of the land
scape gardeners craft.
Mrs. Van Vechten turns out linn
tied number of books. 1t is quality
not quantity, that she strives TO OBJ
tain. She works for the love of the
work, and she is accomplishing some
results that hitherto have not been
thought of
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1902-11-21
PLAN OF THE WHIP BOW.

tons Of the country the whip bow is a
great favorite among the boys, who
throw arrows up an amazing distance.
Arrows can be bought in any city, but
most boys prefer to make their own.
leaving the store arrows for the girls
to use with their pretty store bows.
A single whip bow is made by
any boy in a few minutes out of
an elastic sapling or branch and
the arrow cut out of pine single
with pocketknife. This can be i'm
proved upon as much as may be de-
sired by substituting piece Of straight
grained, well seasoned wood for the
green branch and regularly made In
dian arrows for the crude pine ones.-
New York Tribune.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1902-11-21
An After Dinner Den.

No modern house is complete that
does not boast "den," and the follow
ing description Of beautiful room that
had been fitted up as an Egyptian
latter dinner den" by clever woman
whose house is marvel of taste and
elegance may be of service to other
household chatelaines:
The setting for the den is superb
There is the plain green floor covering
and costly oriental rugs, the side walls
0N soft green velvet with black Egyp-
tim scroll design, while the ceiling.
after eighteen attempts, was done in
the gray green color of the Nile, the
@lrder being the conventional lotus.
The wainscoting in diamond shaped
green, amber and cherry to represent
the serpent's scales is edged with lotus
blossoms and buds, and again with car
touches finished in ebony. AT the top
of the side walls are hardwood squares
for the portraits of the three pha-
raohs.
On every side are appropriate knick-
knacks. There is an old time shield off
set by swords, an Egyptian drum and
violin, pictures of bits of Cairo, books
ON the royal tombs and glittering fans
once waved by some Egyptian beauty
In the pharaohs' days of oriental splen-
dor.
In the den itself Egyptian coffee and
figs are served on Egyptian dishes, the
after dinner beverage being slipped
from spoons tipped with gold lotus
buds.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1902-11-21

removing the chandelier and introduc
ing side lights. In a narrow parlor,
for example, a six arm chandelier set
in its plaster medallion, the arrange
ment repeated perhaps in a mirror over
the mantelpiece, adds very perceptibly
to the narrowness of the room. Take
it away, make the ceiling plain and
you have gained an effect of space that
cannot be realized till the experiment
is tried. Side lights are understood
now to be much more artistic in light
ing in any but very large and lofty
apartments, as well as more convenient.
A pair may be near the piano, another
over a corner seat or against book
case, and so on, to give the light where
specially needed
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1902-11-21

II you have ii basement dining room
OF rather dark bedroom where long cur
tains shut out too much of the light
try the effect of the linen Anne Hatha-
way curtains, copied from the old house
at Stratford-on-Avo These are sim
ply scrim or dotted swiss, made about
three-eighths of a yard in length, fin
ished with a finger and half hem at
the bottom and two inch hem at the
top, shirred very full upon brass rod
or cord and hung across the top Of the
window easement. These do not cut
off the light, but give an artistic finish
to the windows, which shades alone
leave too severely plain.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1902-11-21

Borroughs-Say. old man, can you
break twenty so l can get five dol
lar bill out of it?
Markley-Sure! Here you are. Where
is your twenty?
Borroughs - oh, you misunderstood
me! | thought you had twenty.
Thanks! One five will do.--Philadel-
phia Press.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1902-11-21
Gray Hair.

1t is claimed that, although women
are now successful in preserving their
youth almost to the point of annihilat-
ing old age, it is also true that women's
hair turns gray sooner than it used to.
1t is said there are no old ladies in
these days. Grandmothers refuse to
put on caps and sit at home with their
knitting. On the other hand, thell
granddaughters begin to have gray hair
before they get out of college.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1902-11-21
AN ARTISTIC BookMAKER.
Mrs. Van Vechten ForsoOI< Society
For the workshop.

Mrs. Van Vechten ForsOOlk Society
For the workshop.
The most curious printing shop in
America is in an artistic log cabin in
the woods near Wausau, Wis, and it
turns out beautiful work. Mrs. P. O.
Van Vechten is at the head Of the es-
tablishment. She has made a marked
success of the mechanical as we'll as
the artistic side of the printing bust
ness. She does the presswork on all the
fine books that are made at the log
cabin printery, trusting this part of the
work to no one but herself, and her
work is in demand by the best book
publishers everywhere.
Mrs. Van Vechten is not actually
compelled to earn money. She works
for the love of the work. Her earnest
and continuous labor as bookmaker
amounts to a work of art. Mrs. Van
Vechten is college bred woman and a
graduate from the Milwaukee Douner
college. Up to the time of establishing
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1902-11-21
DnulruH.

Olive oil rubbed into the hair In
small quantities each day will often
stop dandruff Or Il mixture composed
of one part of glycerin and three OF
alcohol is a simple remedy that will
often be found effective. Soap and
water seldom cure a case of dandruff,
however often applied, as the soap has
a tendency to dry the cuticle.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1902-11-21
Doilies md Carvers.

A good supply of doilies and carvers
will protect the tablecloth and will
make it possible to avoid spots. The
carvers may be easily made at home,
and if the linen is bought by the yard
and the cloth hemstitched and little
embroidery put on them they will add
greatly to the appearance of the table,
and the work may be done between
times when some light or fancy work is
desired.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1902-11-21

How did you come to select Olive
as a name for your baby?'
"Well. you see, my wife's father OBJ
jected to our marriage, and when the
little one came he forgave us, so we
thought it was no more than right to
let her have proper credit" -Chicago
Record Herald.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1902-11-21

If you have some black lace that
looks hopelessly rusty. soak it for some
hours in a solution of vinegar and wa
ter two tablespoonfuls of the former
to pint of the latter is about the
right proportion); then rinse in cold
coffee and iron while damp in two
pieces of flannel. 1t is wonderful how
this treatment improves shabby lace.
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Literally.

81 suppose" said the supercilious
stranger in town, your city has had
its ups and downs notwithstanding its
present prosperity"
"Yep," replied the resident cheerful
ly; "still got em-streets being torn
up and old buildings being torn down"
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1902-11-21
The Adhenive Coin

Rub coin against a smooth, up
right wooden surface for little while
then press it hard and take your hand
away from it. You will be surprised,
perhaps, to see the coin stick to the
wood. The reason is that in rubbing
the coin over the wood and then press
ing it hard you drive out all the air
between the two objects, and the pres
sure of the atmosphere keeps the coin
in its place.
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A Reef ren suhstitute.

An excellent substitute for beef tea,
according to vegetarians, may be found
in stew of haricot beans, pearl bar
ley, rice, carrots, turnips and an onion.
Strain off the fluid and serve with
toast. When cold, this broth forms a
jelly which is exceedingly nourishing.
sugar, all of which are easily taken up
by the system.