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Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-07-31
BROOKLYN BRIEFS

John Fody and Michael Hennessey two well known bartenders, are enjoy ing a trip to New Jersey.
 The Misses Adeline Mansfield, De- borah Fitzgerald, Nora Mahaney and Anna Lawlor spent the day at Walnut Beach.
 The indulgence of the portuincula and Mrs Lawlor of South Wilson street are enjoying the cool breezes at Wal nut Beach.
 The indulgence of the portumcula can be gained at St Patrick's church from noon tomorrow until sunset Sum- day. This is an important indulgence and can be gained in only three churches in the Hartford diecose, namely St Patrick's church, St Jo- seph's cathedral, Hartford, and the Franciscan church in Winsted. Every time visit is made to St Patrick's church during the period of time stated above, a plenary indulgence is gained Confessions will be heard at St Pat rick's church tonight.
 It is always refreshing to partake of cool, delicious drink in this warm and dry weather. The warm weather makes people thirsty and tired and in- active. The thirsty, the tired feeling, the inactivity are driven away by those nice, cool and delicious drinks which are dispensed at A. Q. Walkers soda fountain. Try one and you will be sure to want another. The purest of fruit juices are served and the best ice cream is used.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-07-31
Real Estate and Rents
O'NEILL'S BULLETIN.

Il suppose you occasionally take. out your bankbook and look at it. It shows you have $500 to the good, and at the end of the year it increases $2O, thus you have $52O. Now suppose you take that $500 and buy a two-tenement house I have on West Farm street, which you can get for $500 down, the balance to remain on mortgage Which would you rather have, that $2O in the bank on top of your $500, or would you rather have a house and rent free for year instead? The question is, $20 profit with your money in the bank, or $18O with your money in house. Fifteen dollars month for twelve months equals $1s0. $2o or $1So. It is up to you to choose. These figures are plain and cannot be disputed.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-07-31
coNvIcTs GET AWAY.

"a J Mi1itia Has Lost Scent of Califcrnqa
 Fugitiyes.
 SACRAMENTO, Cal, July 31.-A special to the Bee from the Folsom state prison says that the latest re- poxts received show that the militia has had absolutely no trace of the es- caped convicts since Monday night.
 The fugitives are thought to be dou- bling back from the vicinity of Lotus to the neighborhood of Rattlesnake Bar and the Zentgraff mine. The country in which the fugitiyes are supposed to be has a number of deserted cabins and several orchards, which will afford them shelter and food.
 Guard Cochrane, who was stabbed Tn the prison fight, is slightly worse, and his recovery is still doubtful.
 J. L. Woods, the leader Of the escap- ed convicts, is said by the prisoners here to have been a soldier with the United States regulars in the Philip pines. According to their story, he de- serted from the federal troops and joined the Filipinos. He was regarded as hero among the convicts, who say he was once surrounded by a detach- ment of troops and managed to break through their lines at night, and. gath ering force of Filipinos, captured the United States soldiers and had them shot to death. Later Woods was cap tured and tried by a mixed court martial on a charge of desertion and aiding the enemy. He was convicted, but the secretary of war disapproved of the finding for the reason that Woods, being regular, could not be hald-hy the decizien of a mixed cogrt
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-07-31
ST MARY,s CHOIR OUTING.

To Be Guests of Rev J. H. O'Donnell
 at Lake Quassapaug August 10.
 The Rev James H. O'Donnell will entertain the members of St Mary's choir at days outing at beautiful Lake Quassapaug on August 10th. A most enjoyable time will undoubtedly result.
 The party will leave Norwalk on the SIS a. m. train and will drive from Naugatuck to the lake, a distance of some six or seven miles through beau tifui country. There the party may in- dulge in boating, fishing and other sports and dinner will be served.
 The arrival home will be at about 8 o'clock in the evening.-South Nor walk Sentinel.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-07-31
Blackberry Cordial.

Fitzpatrick's Blackberry Cordial is guaranteed to cure all summer ail- ments such as cholera, diarrhoea, dys- entery, etc. 25 cents per bottle at Fftzpatrick's pharmacy only, Wall and EasE Main streets. Telephone 63-4.
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-11-07

glad-not gushingly. but with sort of
emphasis that flatters you Immensely. Il
She always holds out her hand as she
says. How do you DOR accenting a lit
tie the second word and stepping forward
as she speaks.
Copy that. Do it in your own way
without sacrificing an atom of your in
dividuality. but copy the step, the elo-
quent poise of head and body, even the
| tone, which tells in few words such VOL
umes Of trust and warm friendship and
happiness. You can be yourself, and still
! as much as hers.
Mirror Training.
Right here let me remind YOU that for
the man or woman who would acquire the
graceful. kindly bearing of good society,
the best friend and best teacher Is the
| full-1ength mirror, In the privacy Of a
/ bedroom or dressingroom. 1t was Lord
| Chesterfield who wrote something Of that
sort to his son. 1t is as true to-day as it
was then.
If you are an awkward actress in this
simple and pretty role, and If you want to
| inspire your guests with your welcoming
words. don't neglect to follow this course.
| The same mirror practice Is pursued by
one of New Yorks most famous social
leaders. She was for years a hostess of
no slight distinction. self-educated one,
| too.
She had come, like young Lochinvar, out
from that part Of the west that is golden,
Not until she was 25 had she ever seen
a finger bowl or eaten peas with fork.
But behind her keen eyes and deep in her
warm heart, she had swelling ambition
to give notable dinner parties.
For a half hour every day she locked
herself in her bedroom. Before the long
mirror she patiently rehearsed In panto
mime both greeting and leave-takings
with every step and move and look, every
f1eeting expression of brow and eyes. In
the later years Of her brilliant social ca
reer she confessed it to me-
Only her mirror would tell her truth
fully how to do these things with the sim
pie tact and grace that enabled her. or
the threshold, to charm and delight every
stranger within her gates.
:. Naturally she smiled both with lips anC
eyes, and not perfunctorily Next in i'm.
portance to cordiality rank cheerfulness
A woman who has no control of her moods
is never a successful hostess.
It's Unsefishness.
Your head aches-your gown failed tt
ARRIVE time-your cook has burnt the
roast-or your husba nd has just been de
| clared bankrupt does not make an,
, difference.
AT any of the crises-when acting the
! part Of hostess-you smile.
Not only do you smile. but you lool
| glad and gay. That is a part of "the un
selfshness Of high hospitality Unde
your roof your guest must not be per
mitted to suffer any pain that you cal
possibly prevent.
, For, after all. true hospitality has al
ways been must always be-a refinemen
Of unself1shness. You have the unselfish
ness. not doubt. See that you refine it
as the successful hostess must. Which
|, turns the subject in phase that deserves
8 lanother letter. for itself.
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-11-07
READING THE FINGER TIPS


For an autumn evenings entertainment
there Is nothing more amusing than a
fortune-telling party. All like to have
their fortunes told. even If they do not
believe in it. There is something anus
ing and mystifying in peering into the fu-
ture. to. hear the first notes of the song
that is still unsung or the dirge that is yet
to be chanted
You who may be a hostess at any time
try. the new fad of telling fortunes from
the finger tips. 1t is like the reading OF
the future from the hands or the lips, but
1T will furnish enough amusement to while
away an evening.
Here are the rules for the new game OF
the seeress:
When studying finger tips, or phalango-
logy, as 1t is called, the length of the tips
above the BAH of the finger must be noted
Unusual length shows that a woman COW
cts power, and she usually gets it.
Very jolly and gay at times is the WON
an with the tips of her first fingers show
Ing lines extending from one side to the
other absolutely unbroken. except by the
cushion. The pointed or tapering first
finger usually indicates one who is quick
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-11-07

Every hostess varies these rules a
trife for her own use. AS her experience
ripens they increase rapidly In number,
with the growth Of her successes.
Written Precedent.
And these are not her only rules The
complete hostess Is invariably a close
stickler for the law of the best social
usage, as it Is more or less carefully cod
flied by Mrs Grundy-and as 1t Is set
down in the best books on the subject.
You never catch her tripping on the
hard and fast rules Of good form. For
while a kind heart Is more than coro-
net in this respect. a close acquaintance
with the book of social tactics carries
more weight than uneducated Norman
blood. Watch your ideal hostess in her
every move-harken to her every word
and. deep in your mind, analyze carefully
the thoughts, the motives, the whole men
tai attitude that the thoughts and acts
express.
You will soon see that her first and
most ingratiating charm lies in her cor
diality and her cheerfulness
She is very probably not a wit, pos
sibly not even handsome. She may be
so far from rich that she is only able to
offer you cup of tea and biscuit.
But she appeals 1rresistibly to your
every kindly sentiment. the earnest
warmth of her manner wins you at once.
She looks so honestly glad, to see you
under her roof, and confesses that she is
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-11-07

comes with practice. II the pieces are too
short little gaps are left at the sides, and If
too long little pieces lie loosely on the surface.
The purl must be go firmly In position that you
can pass your, finger along without displaci
them. The purl must look exactly as tho 1t was
taken thru the material the same as satin stitch.
Rough and smooth purl may be used together,
two stitches of one and two Of the other alter
nately. or for monograms one letter may be
rough and the other smooth.
Pearl purl is used for outlining purl embroi-
Basket stitch can be worked in purl; that is.
lay the padding before described, and cut
padding. Horsetail silk for purl embroidery
should be we'll waxed Silk purl in variety
of colors is made (over wire) and can be used
with great effect. 1t is worked in the same
way gold.
Plate is sometimes crimped before it is used.
Alternate rows of crimped plate and fine gold
cord or passing used double are very effective
for circle, nimbus or rays. In old embroideries
crimped plate is laid backwards and forwards
| for the centers Of flowers and turnovers of
CUSHION sTITCH-It is similar to laid en-
| broidery, inasnuch as all the silk or crewel is
on the surface and only single thread of the
ground is taken up; and instead of lying in
are covering, pattern Is formed in zfgzag OF
meandering lines. The effect when finished is
rather like woven fabric.
| for flesh in the fourteenth and fifteenth cen
| tury embroideries. no doubt worked in frame
on fabric of fine even threads. The same
amount of silk appears on the back as on the
| surface of the embroidery.
| JAPANESE STITCH-GDnsists OF long stitches
bringing the needle back within short distance
! Of the first starting place. Their appearance
would be that of even parallel lines; they are
| frequently used in old work.
| The Opus Anglicum Anglicanum English
work., which is clearly described by DR.. Rock
| in his catalog on textile fabrics, and which
! is used in the Lyon Cope was introduced about
| the middle of the thirteenth century and was
used strictly for ecclesiastical purposes
The foregoing stitches form the basil
Of all embroidery. On these numbers o
others are constantly invented by ingen
ious workers. 1t is said by authoritie
there are only about seven or eight nee
essary stitches to learn in embroidery. an
when the worker has once mastered them
| if at. all inventive, numerous others viii
follow. Never be afraid to unpack you
work: a small piece badly done may spoi
! the whole embroidery. Good embroiderer
have different methods. In some instance
to avoid waste Of material they work a
much ON the surface as possible, Will
others do not trouble themselves abou
the quantity of material on the wron
side. Under any circumstances your worl
/ must be well finished at the back.
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-11-07

Another style is knot made round the
crossed portion of the herrinsbone. In knottine
the silk, 1T comes over and under the needle
starting from right to left under and over the
needle also. from left to right. In a piece of
Indian work with design in beetles wings and
silver thread, the jeweled effect of beetles
wings in the border suggests possibilities with
the use of blues purples and bottle green silks
They would all have to be the same relative
weight OF color. The small Oblong discs could
then be worked In satin stitch of floss of some
very smooth. glossy and untwisted silk
The Introduction of the new aluminium thread
would give the effect of the silver but IL il
rather duller and does not tarnish Very simple
examples Of counterchange are found I'm the de-
signs often seen Persian pottery. Chinese
work shows the rigid method of shading in
blocks.
ENCROACHING SHADING-In this tbe
stitches are all evenly heightened beyond the
amount visible In the finished work; a follow.
Ing row is then taken up in the previous stitches
so that a raised line following the outline in
shape) is made which only on close examination
proves not to be corded underneath Shading
done entirely with French knots the outline in
fine gold, and If carefully followed it is seen
that 1T is c1eyerly managed as to necessitate
no break through the whole flower. The Chinese
use the change Of direction of their stitches In
block shading to giye variety; also to Emphasize
the value of voiding; that is leaving the ground
to show all around each petal and mass In =
manner which Is rather similar to ties in stem
Cling. - ~ I
Plain COUGHING on laid embroiderr
First lay the threads evenly from side TO side
of the space to be filled. The needle. after
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-11-07

other and thru which long straight crossbars
worked. THIS is we'll worked in large, strong
glazed thread. This would be effective in pure
SILK Two Of the bars are taken together
which to make the stitch. 1t has the effect of
long chainlike meshes down the center whilst
the thread is whipped round twice, or lie neees
sary, thrice on each side. After the foundation
has been made all the succeeding stitches are
worked on the surface. These straight brick
stitches are also worked OIL cords, but 1t Is as
we'll now and then to carry thru the ma
terial to keep them straight and steady. These
stitches are on the slope in some designs and
are worked up and down the bars, first behind
two bars, then behind one, then to form the
next group, behind two. behind one and SO
There is form of brcking. the stitches being
the crossbars: 1t is worked in two colors, the
stitches being set obliquely, one shade is car
red all the way around and the third time
thru the material, the crossbars being only to
raise 1t and keep the stitches even; 1t Is done
In two shades and two rows of each but the two
rows done at once. The thread goes behind
two. behind three. this behind one, the last to
regain the lower line so as to be ready to go
behind two behind one again. 1t is really sort
of herringbone I'm oriental alternating colors
worked over ladder, that nll the silk is on
(. the surface. The needle always points towards
the center.
Two rows of chain stitch are sometimes
whipped together with n contrasting color, only
passing under the inside of the meshes and not
thru the ground Sometimes alternating rows are
worked in different colors. after making a chain
stitch over two bars. put the needle IN behind
and bring 1t out in the next loop. This If worked
with four or five loops only, can be padded under
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-11-07
ADELAIDE GORDON,
One Famous Hostess Who Acknowledges
the Value and Importance of Practice
Before Her Mirror.

~ Won want to be q successful hostess
YOU must make up your mind to fol-
low the law of genius, take infinite
IA pains"
Your must cultivate carefully the
glorious twin virtues of social unselflsh-
ness and hard common sense.
No woman ever made her house a cen
ter of attraction or conducted satisfactory
and charming entertainments without the
daily and assiduous application of these
rules.
There Is no excuse for you or for any
woman who fails as a hostess.
1t IS your business to learn every cue
In that ancient and honorable role-to
know too every detail in the practice
of this art. A clear head. kind heart
and the right sort of ambition ought to
be equipment enough. These, when aided
by practice of the rules 1 have given,
ought to put you, or anybody else, In the
front rank Of successful hostesses.
Don't make the common blunder of
thinking that in order to qualify for the
position of ideal entertainer you must be
endowed with special gifts-with riches.
or beauty, or even wit Neither do you
need splendid gowns. marble halls, rich
food cooked by French chefs and served
by liveried servants, in order to impress
society in this role.
| have known numbers of women who.
with the most luxurious balls and din
ners, could not, and did not. attract men
and women to their fine houses. A screw
was loose somewhere, of course. I could
have pointed 1t out In one Instant. The
fault lay in the mistress herself.
It's Manner Not Menu.
The people you wish to attract do not
covet mere cake ard champagne.
If charm is lacking in the lady who
offers them, they will not come to the
finest feasts that ever were spread.
OF course, you have got to give your
guests of your very best. But OF far more
real Importance is your manner.
Manner in the hostess is the rock on
which her social prosperity is based.
III you were not blessed with wise
mother. who was a living exemplar to you
of all that competent hostess should be.
hunt for someone to observe and copy il,
her stead.
Put on your hat and going forth, seek
as an example some woman in the circle
of your acquaintance who has a high repu-
tation for successful entertaining. Don't
always seek a rich one.
Remember plain, poor Mademoiselle de
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-11-07

you; the soft sigh of the south wind fans
your face as gently, as you fare south
ward on Nfcollet avenue, as it would in
some remote and inaccessible spot; the
oak-tree on the corner as we'll as In the
woods, dons her robes of praise and
waves her flaming banners.
A sudden puff of wind will bring show
er Of leaves rustling to your feet, accom-
panied by a subtle fragrance as of ripe
ness and a delicious sense of being knee
deep" in October. have enjoyed this ex =
perience during the past month within g.
few blocks of the court house.
In our longing for the inspiration that
comes from contact with trees and their
friendly. sisterly, sweetheart leaves are
we not sonnet times like the knights of old
who went abroad in search of the Holy
Grail They learned by hard experience
that with every league they Travelled they
but widened the distance between them
and the coveted treasure.
By lifting his eyes into the hills from
the vantage ground of his daily paths the
city dweller will recognize that he is by no
means isolated from the beauties of nature
by an urban residence. Before Bradford
Torrey wrote SO delightfully."- of his Fran
CONAN experiences, he had prepared a
most interesting book on birds, the ma
terial for which was gained, am told by
his observations of birds on Boston COM
mon.
My opportunities for wandering away
and away are very rare, but my sunset
windows frame many gloriied ''sky
scape, the aerial perspective Of which
leaves nothing to criticise and scarcely
anything more to be desired by
Another Working Woman.
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-11-07

to grasp an idea and receptive of new i'm
pressions.
The pointed second finger, with fine
lines, shows one decidedly optimistic; if
very pointed, frivolous, fond of gossip,
and on whom sorrows make but little i'm
preston. She is as irresponsible as a but
| terfly.
| The fourth finger. if ringed with lines
near the tip and quite pointed, indicates
one quick at repartee, witty and diplo-
matte. If the finger is smooth, or not
lined with marks, OF If it is square tipped
and rather heavy the possessor is fond
| of praise. nor is hattery unwelcome.
The square little finger shows one who
would rather do a thing herself than try
to show others. She finds it difficult to
put the knowledge into verbal expression
and is prone to say the wrong thing at the
wrong time.
| That woman loves luxury and is most
extravagant whose thumbs show straight
markings.
| Pink nails show Incidence red nails
good temper and nails abnormally pale a
weakness that is both physical and men
Il %
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-11-07

Lespinasse, who could hardly afford bread
and butter for her callers. Yet she was
the mistress of one of the most brilliant
salons, In the day when Partisan society
was leading all Europe.
1t Is safe to say that there is always,
In every grade of society, some woman
who possesses something Of the qualities
of this impecunious and admired French
lady.
Sometimes she is an unconscious artist
born. like the Arabs, with a faculty for
dispensing hospitality. But, oftener than
not, she is a woman who is ambitious
who loves to entertain; and who has de-
| liberately taught herself how to do IT.
Remember that you can teach yourself In
the same way.
Maxlms Of Hospitality.
| When you find her. your business will
be to initiate her almost to the life. Ap-
| ply her maXins to your own methods
Consciously or unconsciously she will have
formulated some such rules as the follow
| ing:
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-11-07

the week says I. But as it is,' says L,
you don't need more'n one any more IN
a mermaid S in want for half a dozen
pairs of shoes. Hats, says L. 'b'long to
folks who have places to wear 'em an
your closet esn't big 'nough to hol' more'n
one, says 1 to her. says l. If folks have
got the money to pay the bills let 'em buy
what they please an as much Of it, i
alys say. tho there's some It think 'thout
you have a place to put it you haven't
any business tn a giraffe even If they re
CROWN scarce an good 'vestmen, as the
circus man says
But what started to tell you bout
was that black hat of Mrs Browns /
dunno as you've seen it, the one th a
black feather reachin' all the way 'roun' !?
Mrs. Brown jes' felt as If she couldn't live
thout it, when she saw it down town but
seems if the things you can't get along
'thout are the ones you can't live with
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-11-07

stitches Much Used lin csmtalN Needew

Z" MBRO1DERY begins with the
H. needle and the needle (thorn, fish
ny bone or whatever 1T may have
-A-~ been) came into use as soon as
the savages had the wit to sew
skins together to keep themselves warm; !;
and if the stitches made any sort of
pattern (as coarse stitching naturally
WOULD this was embroidery. Embroidery
is merely an affair of stitchery: and the
first thing needful is a thoro acquaintance
with the stitches. Not of course with
every modification of q stitch which indi-
vidual ingenuity may have devised-it
would need the space of an encyclopedia
to chronicle them all, but with the broad
~ marked variety of stitches which have
been employed to best purpose in orna-
nentation. Below Is given lin continu-
ance of last 'Stitchery) names and. de-
scription Of stitches.
BRICK STITCH-Consists of two rows Of chain
stitches, the meshes of which are opposite each